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25 JULY 2011Section
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Volume 29Number 19
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Your Weekly Connection to Agriculture
4-H citizenship programtakes Vermont teens
to Washington~ Page 3
If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture,“Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing right. ~ James 2:8
Freedom rings at theJunior National Angus Show
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Young people from across the country traveledwith their top cattle to Harrisburg, PA, to compete inthe National Junior Angus Show held July 10through 16. This year’s theme, ‘Let Freedom Ring,’was evident throughout the cattle barn, with cleverdisplays depicting each state’s interpretation of thetheme.
In addition to breed classes, Angus juniors enjoyedcompetition in other events, including beef cook-off,photography, written essay, public speaking, fitting,showmanship and judging contests. Four youngwomen from New England made the trip toHarrisburg to participate in contests and make newfriends and memories.
MacKenzie White, of Shapleigh, Maine, broughther summer yearling heifer to the show, and alsocompeted in the fitting contest and the beef cook-off.She explained that for the cook-off, teams wererequired to submit a recipe in one of three cate-gories: steak, roast or other. “We had to come upwith a recipe that includes that meat,” sheexplained, adding that they looked through maga-zines and on the Internet to find a recipe then adapt-ed it for the contest.
“We also had to choose a theme and prepare a skitthat included the 10 specifications required forCertified Angus Beef (CAB).”
The team’s skit followed a news program theme,with an interviewer and guests discussing CAB. “Wetried to make it fun,” said MacKenzie. “Instead oftalking about beef in the show ring, we talked aboutbeef on the plate. People see the (CAB) label in thestore, but they don’t really know the 10 specifica-tions for that label.”
Following the skit, the judges sat down at the tablethat the team decorated using the theme, “Roll ofVictory,” with place settings for each of the threejudges. The dish was asparagus and scallions rolledup in strip steak, based on the Japanese dish knownas Negimaki.
All of the ingredients needed for the dish, includ-ing CAB, were supplied. MacKenzie says preparingthe dish in an unfamiliar kitchen was stressful butfun. “It’s competitive,” she said. “We practiced cook-ing it until we figured out the best way to do it, andpracticed the skit at several meetings.”
Shelby Patten, of Levant, Maine, brought herAngus summer yearling to compete in the bred andowned class.
“I’ve been showing beef cattle for six years,” shesaid, “and showing Angus for four years. I usually goto about five or six fairs each year.”
She says although she enjoys showing cattle, herfavorite aspect of shows is traveling and meeting newpeople. Shelby was on the cook-off team, and hadentries in the photo and writing contests. Theprompt for the writing contest was “what is the per-fect show heifer,” which Shelby says is an animalthat is structurally correct, balanced and sound witheye appeal and femininity. Shelby also participatedin the fitting contest in which teams were allowed 30minutes to fit a heifer.
Kelsey Jurgilewicz, of Norfolk, CT, brought her
September heifer to the show. Her family is in thecattle business and exhibits cattle at numerous localand regional shows throughout the season. Kelseywas on the cook-off team, and also participated inthe fitting contest and quiz bowl.
“There’s a team of four,” she said, explaining thequiz bowl. “First, we had to take a written multiplechoice test. Then the top teams compete in the quizbowl the following day. The National Junior AngusAssociation provides a study guide for it — it’s real-ly helpful — we’re using it to study because most ofthe questions come from the study guide.” The ques-tions range from anatomy and meat cuts to healthand cattle management.
Morgan Clauss, of Lancaster, NH, brought herspring yearling heifer to Harrisburg. Her family hasa 23- head Angus herd, and sells both show cattleand freezer beef. Morgan participates in both 4-Hand FFA, and exhibits cattle in about five fairs dur-ing the show season.
While in Harrisburg, Morgan participated in theextemporaneous speaking contest. As the winner ofher state’s FFA extemporaneous speaking contest,Morgan will participate in the national FFA contestto be held in Indianapolis in October.
Washing, walking, feeding and fitting beef cattle forshows is a time-consuming task, but it’s even morechallenging when the show is hours away fromhome. MacKenzie, Shelby, Kelsey and Morgan saidthey were enjoying their time in Harrisburg, fromcompeting in contests to meeting new friends. Butthey all agreed that the most important part of theshow was the daily work of washing, drying, exercis-ing and monitoring cattle health and well-being.
Freedom rings at the Junior National Angus Show
The fitting team from Maine worked until time was up in the fitting contest held at the National Junior Angus show.
Photos by Sally Colby
Morgan Clauss of New Hampshire, Kelsey Jurgilelwiczof Connecticut, Shelby Patten of Maine and MacKenzie
White of Maine take a break with Flat Andy at theNational Junior Angus Show held recently in
Harrisburg, PA. Junior Angus members from across thecountry used Flat Andy to help document their travels
to the national show.
Whether you have 20 or 2,000 cows,success in the U.S. cattle business liesin your herd’s reproductive ability; how-ever, those traits are among the mostdifficult to characterize from a geneticstandpoint.
But after years of collecting breedingrecords, the American AngusAssociation® has introduced a geneticselection tool to help Angus breedersand their customers better identify ani-mals with desirable reproductive ability.
The heifer pregnancy expected proge-ny difference (HP EPD) will measure thechance of a sire’s daughters becomingpregnant during a normal breeding sea-son.
“One of our research initiatives hasbeen to characterize reproductive traits
in the Angus breed. Now, after muchtime in the research phase, we’ve devel-oped a database that allows us to pro-vide EPDs for the reproductive com-plex,” said Bill Bowman, AmericanAngus Association chief operating offi-cer (COO).
The HP EPD isn’t a new concept. TheAssociation began reporting heifer preg-nancy research values in its biannualSire Evaluation Report in 2007.
In June 2011, the Association Boardof Directors approved moving the HPEPD from research to reality. The EPDnow appears weekly alongside othermaternal trait EPDs such as calvingease maternal (CEM), maternal milk(Milk), mature weight (MW), matureheight (MH) and cow energy value ($EN).
“Angus breeders and their customerscontinue to recognize the value of selec-tion tools available through theAssociation,” said Sally Northcutt,Association director of genetic research.“The weekly heifer pregnancy evaluationwill provide more real-time EPDs forimproving the probability of successfulheifer breedings in the herd.”
Heifer pregnancy EPDs are developedusing breeding records, pregnancy-check and calving data, as well as pedi-gree information. The unit of measurefor the EPD is a percentage — a higherEPD is more favorable.
“In this case, when comparing twosires on heifer pregnancy EPDs, a high-er-EPD sire would be expected to havedaughters with a greater probability or
chance of becoming pregnant than asire with the lower EPD,” Northcuttexplains.
Although reproductive traits are chal-lenging to measure and tend to be morelowly heritable in comparison to growthand carcass traits, Northcutt says theAssociation is spearheading an aggres-sive push to expand the breeding data-base, with first-calf heifers as the initialtarget for selection tools.
Visit www.angus.org to learn moreabout heifer pregnancy or other EPDs.The American Angus Association releas-es National Cattle Evaluation (NCE)EPDs every Friday, providing the mostrapidly available selection tools in thebeef cattle industry.
American Angus Association releases heifer pregnancy EPDs
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BURLINGTON, VT — ThirteenVermont 4-H teens recently returnedfrom Washington, where they had achance to study the workings of ourfederal government firsthand throughparticipation in a special 4-H program,Citizenship Washington Focus (CWF).
The July 2-9 visit, coordinated byUniversity of Vermont (UVM)Extension, provided a unique opportu-nity to learn more about the politicalprocess, the country’s heritage and theteens’ responsibilities as informed citi-zens.
Each summer more than 3,000youths, ages 14 to 19, participate inone of seven week-long training ses-sions at the National 4-H YouthConference Center in Chevy Chase,MD. This year’s program included sev-eral issue-oriented workshops, motiva-tional speakers, a day on Capitol Hilland tours of cultural and historic sitesincluding Arlington NationalCemetery, the National Cathedral,Mount Vernon and many of theSmithsonian Institute’s museums.
The Vermont delegation also metwith Jake Oster, the agriculturalstaffer from U.S. Representative PeterWelch’s office to discuss legislativeissues and participated in the NationalIndependence Day Parade and anevening tour of Washington thatincluded several presidential and war
monuments and memorials. Prior tothe start of the conference, they visitedthe National Zoo.
CWF, coordinated annually by theNational 4-H Council, is one of thelargest national citizenship educationprograms for youth. Vermont 4-H’erswere able to attend thanks to scholar-ship help from the state 4-HFoundation, county 4-H foundationsand local donations.
Beth Carini, a 4-H volunteer fromWest Rutland, accompanied the group,which included the following dele-gates, by county:
Addison: Jonas Hastings, Bridport;Elizabeth Hill, Bristol; Rachel Howlett,Bridport; Kelli Jerome, Leicester;
Caledonia: Kendall Edmondson, St.Johnsbury;
Chittenden: Jen Carp, Colchester;Bethany Demuynck, Underhill;Victoria Mousley, Jericho; EmiSchweikert, Underhill;
Essex: Billy Wright, Lunenburg;Franklin: Braeden Langmaid,
Enosburg Falls; Brian McGarry,Enosburg;
Lamoille: Shelby Biasini, Morrisville.For more information about other
fun, educational opportunities forkids, 8 to 18, offered through UVMExtension 4-H, contact the State 4-HOffice at 802-656-5433 or toll-free at800-571-0668.
4-H citizenship program takes Vermont teens to Washington
A delegation of Vermont 4-H teens participated in Citizenship Washington Focus inWashington, D.C., July 2-9. They included: Front row, left to right, BethanyDemuynck, Underhill; Shelby Biasini, Morrisville; Rachel Howlett, Bridport; KelliJerome, Leicester; Elizabeth Hill, Bristol; Jonas Hastings, Bridport; Billy Wright,Lunenburg; Beth Carini, West Rutland. Back row: Emi Schweikert, Underhill;Victoria Mousley, Jericho; Jen Carp, Colchester; Kendall Edmondson, St.Johnsbury; Braeden Langmaid, Enosburg Falls; Brian McGarry, Enosburg.
Photo courtesy of UVM Extension 4-H
Growing conditions determine fiberdigestibility, and the right combinationof weather conditions make for anoptimum silage crop, say experts atPioneer Hi-Bred, a DuPont business.While temperatures and moisture lev-els over the course of the growing sea-son will set the stage, producers canactively take steps to preserve silagequality once the silage is harvestedthrough good management, resultingin better feeding material for livestock.
Heat, temperature and light are keyfactors in determining fiber digestibili-ty. In 2010, much of the U.S. sawhigher temperatures with low to aver-age rainfall. This combination wasoptimum for neutral detergent fiber(NDF). Cool and wet conditions lowerNDF digestibility.
“Many corn producers struggledwith getting crops in the ground thisyear due to wet weather conditions,”said Kevin Putnam, Pioneer dairy spe-cialist. “No matter the conditions, goodbunker management along with pre-serving forages on both the front andbackend of fermentation is key toboosting the bottom line.”
Quality preservation techniquesMany factors play into nutritive loss-
es — mainly improper harvest tech-niques and overall bunker manage-ment (ensiling and feedout). Harvesttechniques, like crop maturity, drymatter and chop length, have pro-found effects on packing density andfermentation.
Knowing individual field conditionsand hybrid maturities helps growerspick the appropriate harvest date.Experts recommend walking fields toexamine crop maturity levels as har-vest nears, helping determine if cropsare on target for the expected harvestdate. Under normal conditions, thetasseling date can serve as anotherway to check harvest timing.
Harvest is typically six to 10 days
away when the crop is about 3 to 5percent wetter than optimal. Outsidefactors such as weather and field loca-tion can affect the rate of maturity andideal moisture levels for harvesting for-age. Additional harvest timing andchopping tips can be found in thePioneer nutritional sciences library atwww.pioneer.com.
From there, all factors for preservingquality depend on keeping oxygen outof the forage mass. This is done inthree ways, through packing density,covering the bunk/pile and practicingproper feedout management, i.e.,defacers.
“As a general rule of thumb, expertssuggest producers strive for an aver-age packing density of 15 pounds ofdry matter per cubic foot or better,”Putnam said.
Putnam recommends producers getthat number closer to 17 dry matterpounds if possible to improve efficien-cies.
“By increasing dry matter density byanother 2 pounds, producers poten-tially save another 1.5 percent drymatter from oxygen penetration,”Putnam adds. “Dry matter loss is notfiber; it’s carbohydrates like sugar, sofiguring the cost of the loss requires aproducer to calculate the cost ofreplacing that 1.5 percent with anenergy source such as cornmeal.”
Putnam suggests following the prop-er packing guidelines. He says layersspread 6 inches or less across thebunk is optimum. He also suggestsusing the rule of 800 when packing.
Putnam says to multiply the numberof tons coming in each hour by 800.That represents the total pounds oftractor-weight for packing. “If you’rebringing in 100 tons per hour, thatmeans using 80,000 pounds of tractorfor packing per hour.”
After filling silos, producers shouldinvest in plastic to cover the forage.
They can secure the cover with aweight system. Some producers usetires to secure plastic covers. Othertechnologies are available for weight-ing and covering bunkers, such asgravel bags and oxygen barrier liners.
Producers can use plastic to linebunkers, reducing losses along side-walls. They also can wrap the plasticover, doubling protection on top. Ifproducers choose no cover, the top 3feet of the forage pile essentially is thecover.
“Leaving a bunker uncovered causessilage to lose up to 45 percent of itsnutritive value in the top 3 feet. This isespecially important with drive-overpiles,” Putnam said.
For those looking to estimate shrinklosses or improve dry matter recovery,Putnam suggests a straightforwardcalculation.
“An easy guide is with 1,000 tons ofsilage in a bunker and shrink reducedby 5 percent, you save 50 tons,” Portersaid. “Corn silage is worth roughly $45per ton, depending on area. A produc-er can save $2,250 on 1,000 tons.”
If a producer uses Putnam’s systemto replace energy source losses withcornmeal, the system is slightly morecomplicated,” Putnam said. “Fifty tonsof corn silage at 34 percent dry matteris 17 dry matter tons. If cornmeal is 86percent dry matter, this means youneed 19.76 tons of cornmeal to replacethe lost dry matter. If cornmeal cost is$280 per ton, then saving 5 percentdry matter could save the producer$5,532.80.”
Monitoring bunker managementPutnam says producers need to keep
the silage face clean to protect silagequality. Removing forage from thebunker with facing equipment mini-mizes the amount of fractures or oxy-gen penetration compared to gouging
Bunker management offers bottom-line advantages
Bunker A4
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On July 13,U.S. House Agriculture CommitteeRanking Member Collin C. Peterson,D-MN, made the following statementafter releasing a dairy reform discus-sion draft that would offer protection,create stability and inspire growth inthe dairy sector. The draft language isbased on reform proposals put forwardby the dairy industry.
“I released this discussion draft nowbecause we need to act before the nextfarm bill. If we have another dairy cri-sis like we had in 2009, we could losehalf our dairies. The discussion draftallows us to keep the ball moving whilecontinuing to have a dialogue with thedairy industry.
“Current dairy programs aren’tworking; they’re not keeping up withthe challenges facing today’s dairyindustry. This proposal addressesthese challenges.
“I’ve never seen the industry as unit-ed as it is now and I appreciate theirefforts to work together and find asolution that will ensure Americanscontinue to have access to a safe andabundant supply of fresh milk,”Peterson said.
Peterson’s proposal consists of threemain components — a margin protec-tion program, a Dairy MarketStabilization Program and reforms tothe Federal Milk Marketing Order sys-tem. These proposals would provide asafety net based on margin protection,rather than price; and replace both theDairy Product Price Support Program(DPPSP) and the Milk Income LossContract (MILC) Program.
The Congressional Budget Office(CBO) has reviewed the discussiondraft and determined it shows savings.
Peterson movesforward withdairy reforms
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Morgan Clauss, New Hampshire; Shelby Patton, Maine; MacKenzie White,Maine; and Kelsey Jurgilelwicz, Connecticut prepare for the NationalJunior Angus Show held recently in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Cover photo by Sally Colby
HAMDEN, CT — The ConnecticutAgricultural Experiment Station(CAES) is inviting the public to attendits annual Plant Science Day 2011,Wednesday, Aug. 3, 9:30 a.m. to 4p.m.
The event will be held at LockwoodFarm, the station’s 75-acre researchfarm in Hamden, CT. It is free andopen to all. Among the highlights ofthe day are the Century Farm Awardand the Samuel W. Johnson MemorialLecture.
The Farm Award is presented to afarm that has been in family operationfor more than 100 years. This year’srecipient will be announced on theday of the event. The MemorialLecture, named for the director of thestation from 1877 to 1900, was estab-lished as a forum to discuss issues ofconcern to Connecticut residents andthe station. This year’s lecture,“Impact of the Nursery Industry onConnecticut’s Economy,” will be pre-sented by Gregory M. Schaan, presi-dent and chief executive officer ofImperial Nurseries Inc., headquar-tered in Granby, CT.
Additional short presentations byCAES scientists include “The BrownMarmorated Stink Bug: AnotherHarmful Invasive Insect from Asia,”“Healthy Plants — Healthy Business:Support of the Green Industry by
Inspection,” “The ExperimentStation’s New Crops Program,” and“To Bite or Not to Bite: Mosquitoesand Transmission of West Nile andEastern Equine Encephalitis Virusesin Connecticut.”
Technical demonstrations include“Beekeeping Basics” and“Introduction to Bed Bugs, Self-Protection and Management.” PlantScience Day offers many opportunitiesfor attendees to discuss plant sciencetopics on an informal basis with CAESscientists at their research plots.
Barn Displays will highlight the sta-tion’s current research programs.There will be opportunities to visitover 80 field plots and exhibits, as wellas participate in walking and ridingtours and activities for children, suchas the “Passport for Kids.” Experts willbe available to answer questions onplant identification and disease diag-nosis, soil testing, and weed andinsect identification.
Media are invited for on-site inter-views with CAES scientists about theirresearch projects and other servicesand programs at the ConnecticutAgricultural Experiment Station.
For more information, in NewHaven, call 974-8550 or, toll freestatewide, 877-855-2237, or log ontowww.ct.gov/caes .
Plant Science Day planned atAgricultural Experiment Station
with a front-end loader. “Data shows an average bunker silo
loses 15 percent of its dry matter massduring storage and feedout,” Putnamsaid. “Not all of that can be managed.There is always going to be some lossfrom fermentation. However, with goodpacking, a quality inoculant, appropri-ate bunker covering and use of adefacer, losses can be limited to 10percent or less.”
Pioneer experts use an infrared cam-era to show the variation of heatingthroughout the face of a bunker.Increased heat levels result in energylosses. Inoculation Lactobacillus buch-neri is a form of management to reduce
losses. Inoculants containing L. buch-neri help increase bunklife and protectsilage from heating and spoilage bymicroorganisms.
“Infrared cameras show the value ofinoculants,” Putnam said. “Qualityinoculants maintain or retain most ofthe forage quality from the field to thebunker. L. buchneri inoculants extendand maintain the quality from thebunker through feedout.”
For more information on bunkermanagement and Pioneer brand silagehybrids and inoculants, contact yourlocal Pioneer dairy specialist or visitwww.pioneer.com/forages.
Bunker from A3
BOSTON, MA — State agricultureofficials attended a food trade show inWashington, D.C., from July 10-12 tosupport Massachusetts’ specialty foodsector.
Approximately 24,000 people —including buyers from 11 countries —attended the show that included aMassachusetts Pavilion that featured22 businesses, according to theDepartment of Agricultural Resources(DAR), which coordinated the pavilion.
The Massachusetts Pavilion was partof the “Avenue of State Pavilions” at the2011 Summer Fancy Food Show, apremier marketplace for value-addedfoods that included 2,400 exhibitors.Value added products are foods andbeverages that through productionhave enhanced value for the consumer— for example, tomatoes to salsa, goatmilk to goat cheese, or strawberries topreserves and pies.
Many small to medium sized busi-nesses developed sales from the mostlyindependent retail buyers in atten-dance. In addition to the companiesparticipating in the MassachusettsPavilion, there were approximately 35additional exhibitors from the
Commonwealth spread throughout theshow.
“As the state competes for marketshare in an extremely competitive envi-ronment, diversification and differenti-ation have been key success factors forMassachusetts farm and food entrepre-neurs,” said DAR Commissioner ScottSoares, who represented theMassachusetts Pavilion at the show.Soares is president of Food Export USANortheast, an organization represent-ing 10 Northeast states to promoteexport development with funding fromthe U.S. Department of Agriculture.
With the assistance from DAR offi-cials, exhibitors also met with buyersfrom Brazil, Canada, Chile, ElSalvador, France, Hong Kong,Philippines, Qatar, Singapore, Taiwanand the United Kingdom.
DAR works to promote growersadding value to their product as well assupporting food entrepreneurs throughthe state’s shared use kitchens inBoston, Greenfield and Dartmouth.
Currently, the Department is updat-ing its Food Processors ResourceManual. For more information, [email protected].
Agriculture officials promoteMassachusetts food businesses
The New Hampshire Breed Show forHolstein, Brown Swiss, and MilkingShorthorn will be held Wednesday,Aug. 10, at the Lancaster Fairgroundsin Lancaster, NH. Fitting and showingwill start on Tuesday, Aug. 9 at 6 p.m.and the Type Breed Show will start at 8a.m. the next day.
Mike Heath of Westminster, MD, willjudge the fitting and showing for 4-Hclasses on Tuesday. On Wednesday, hewill judge the 4-H type qualifying showfor Ayrshire, Jersey, and Guernsey,plus the adult type show for Holstein,Milking Shorthorn, and Brown Swiss.
Some of the best purebred dairy cat-tle in New Hampshire will be shown inthe ring. This is an opportunity to seesome great cattle and chat with folksaround the ringside.
Granite State Dairy Promotion willhave an ice cream booth and a foodtrailer will be provided.
The Guernsey and the AyrshireShows will be a part of Cornish Fair onAug. 20 and the Jersey Show will beheld during the Deerfield Fair on Sept.30. All these breed shows will be heldin conjunction with fairs.
Registration information will be sentout directly to previous New HampshireBreed Show participants. If you wouldlike some information, contact one ofthe following breed secretaries:
Ayrshire Show Chairperson: MaryMusty, 33 River Road, Piermont, NH03779, phone 603-272-5864;
Brown Swiss Show ChairpersonDavid Conway, 128 Bailey Road,Jefferson, NH 03583, phone 603-586-7950;
Guernsey Chairperson SandyCreighton, 163 Battle Street, Webster,NH 03303, phone 603-746-4338;
Holstein Show Chairperson CindyPutnam, 7 Route 25, Piermont, NH03779, phone: 603-272-4869;
Jersey Show Chairperson RosellaSawyer, 420 Wentworth Road, Walpole,NH 03608, phone 603-756-4049;
Milking Shorthorn Chairperson AnitaCate, 202 Lake Tarleton Road, Warren,NH 03279, phone: 603-764-9430.
For more details, call Michal Lunak,University of New HampshireCooperative Extension, GraftonCounty, at 603-787-6944 or e-mail:[email protected]
New Hampshire Breed Show tobe held at Lancaster Fairgrounds
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The effort to make dramatic improve-ments in U.S. dairy policy took a bigstep forward with the release of draftlegislation incorporating the key ele-ments of NMPF’s Foundation for theFuture program.
The discussion draft text has beenmade available by the HouseAgriculture Committee’s RankingMember Collin Peterson (D-MN) athttp://democrats.agriculture.house.gov/
“This is a long-anticipated and verywelcome next step in the process ofupgrading dairy policy to better providefarmers with protection, stability, andthe opportunity for growth,” said JerryKozak, President and CEO of NMPF.“We appreciate the attention thatCongressman Peterson has brought tothis issue, and we will be working withhim and his colleagues on Capitol Hillto help advance and implement theconcepts of Foundation for the Future.”
The legislative language is termed adiscussion draft, rather than a bill, asit now provides members of Congresswith the opportunity to allow fellowcongressmen, key stakeholders, andconstituents the opportunity to viewthe language prior to the official intro-duction of a bill. It also allows backersof the draft to seek cosponsors whowish to affix their names to the bill,prior to it being formally introduced.
Kozak noted that the economicimpact of the reforms contained in theFoundation for the Future proposal willsave the government money, comparedto current dairy program spending.Such a development “becomes a criticalpart of the effort to help us move it for-ward, because all of the talk inWashington lately has been about cut-ting spending, and specifically, whichfarm program expenditures can bereduced,” Kozak said. “We now have agood answer to that question where
dairy programs are concerned.”The Congressional Budget Office has
evaluated, or scored, the legislativedraft to assess its budget impact, andthat process necessitated two changes,compared to the original Foundationfor the Future package as proposed byNMPF (which can be reviewed atwww.futurefordairy.com/pdfs/NMPF_FFTF%20Magazine-6-11.pdf).
With respect to the Dairy ProducerMargin Protection Program, theamount of basic (no cost to the farmer)margin coverage has been adjusted to75 percent of a producer’s productionhistory. This change saves money,compared to the current baseline fordairy. However, the DPMPP supple-mental coverage option remains at 90percent of the producer’s productionhistory, as NMPF had proposed.
In addition, due to a number ofissues that deal with tax provisionsand the overall federal budget deficit,
CBO has determined that 50 percent ofany dollars collected as a result of theimplementation (i.e. “triggering in”) ofthe Dairy Market Stabilization Program(DMSP) will be remitted to theTreasury, rather than being spent topurchase dairy products. This provi-sion ensures a measure of cost savingssufficiently significant to reduce theoverall cost of FFTF.
Kozak said that NMPF will spend thecoming weeks building support for thelegislative draft, in anticipation of thesubsequent formal introduction of abill in the House, “with an emphasis onobtaining bipartisan support fromacross the country for this critically-important improvement in dairy policy.We also hope the Senate will take upthe charge, so that we can get the leg-islation passed and implemented assoon as possible.”
For more on NMPF’s activities, visitour Web site at www.nmpf.org.
The 2011 National Pinzgauer Showand annual member meetings will beheld in Fryeburg, Maine, from Sept. 30to Oct. 2.
The National Pinzgauer cattle showwill be Oct. 2 at noon in the LivestockShow Arena, at the FryeburgFairgrounds, the first Sunday ofFryeburg Fair. Admission to theNational Pinzgauer Show is free withpaid admission to Fryeburg Fair.
Each year the National PinzgauerShow is held in a different region of theUnited States. This year, for the firsttime, the Northeast Region PinzgauerBreeders will be hosting the show,annual member and board of director’s
meetings.Along with the show, there will be a
banquet for members featuring foodsfrom the region. The member meetingsand banquet will be held at the RedJacket Inn, North Conway, NH.
Pinzgauer breeders from all over theU.S. and Canada are expected toattend and show their cattle.
For more information on thePinzgauer Show visit the AmericanPinzgauer Web site at www.pinz-gauers.org or contact Harriet Thoms [email protected] or207-583-4293.
For information on Fryeburg Fair,www.fryeburgfair.org.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — TheAgriculture Department forecastshigher corn stocks in its July cropreport released July 12 compared toits June report, but economists withthe American Farm Bureau Federationstress that corn supplies are still verytight and a big crop is needed to meetstrong demand and build reserves to amore comfortable level.
USDA’s July World AgriculturalSupply and Demand Estimates pegcorn stocks at 870 million bushels forthe 2011/2012 marketing year, up175 million bushels from the Junestocks estimate. Todd Davis, AFBFcrops economist, said the increase isdue mostly to USDA raising its har-vested corn acreage estimate to 84.9million acres in July, up 1.7 millionacres from its June forecast.
“The increase in corn acreage fromthe June report should mean an addi-tional 270 million bushels in corn pro-duction this year,” Davis explained.“USDA is now forecasting a corn cropof 13.47 million bushels, which we willneed to meet very strong demand. Oursupply situation is still very tight. InJune, USDA showed a stocks-to-use
ratio of 5 percent, which is just 19days of supply. USDA raised itsstocks-to-use ratio to 6 percent, whichis still only 24 days of supply.”
Davis emphasized the tight stockssituation means there is no room forany production problems this year.
“Corn farmers have faced a lot ofchallenges this year, from late plantingto floods to drought, and a lot can hap-pen from now until harvest,” he said.“We still have a long way to go to real-ize a corn crop of 13.47 millionbushels this year. There is a very goodchance that both the production andstocks estimates will come down inUSDA’s August report.”
Meanwhile, Davis said drought isclearly taking its toll on the U.S. cottoncrop. USDA projects that a record 30percent of the U.S. cotton crop will beabandoned this year, due to historicdrought conditions, mainly in Texasand Georgia.
“Our hearts go out to Texas cottonfarmers,” he said. “Texas produces 50percent of the U.S. cotton crop andabout 50 percent of the Texas cottoncrop will be abandoned because of thedrought.”
NMPF welcomes draft version of dairy policyDiscussion draft paves way for Congressional consideration of reforms
National Pinzgauer Show tobe held in Maine for first time
Tight corn supply situationstill driving market prices
GRANBY, MA — Chef Jose Duarte,whose Boston restaurant Taranta con-tinues a growing trend in restaurant-farm collaboration, will headline agroup of talented food artists teachingtheir favorite recipes for the crowds atthe 11th Annual Red Fire Farm TomatoFestival.
Duarte was recently named 2011Massachusetts Chef of the Year. OnAug. 27, from 12-5 p.m., festival-goerswill find a set of workshops anddemonstrations showing off local foodskills, with tomatoes as the center-piece. Other chef demonstratorsinvolved this year include Ben Lester ofAmherst’s Wheatberry Café and CathieAlbrecht of 3 Café in Springfield.
Chefs Duarte, Albrecht and Lesterhave been selected to teach becausethey are on the frontlines of a strongand growing trend in which chefs seekout and develop strong relationshipswith local farms and agricultural pro-ducers, highlighting their local connec-tions and produce on their menus.
“We wanted to get some of thesechefs we work with out here to meetthe public, and teach some of the skillsthey know,” said Red Fire Farm ownerSarah Voiland. “It’s really importantthat we all rebuild our skills for eatingand enjoying local food, from canning,to special recipes and techniques.”
Lester worked to create PioneerValley Heritage Grain, which grows anddistributes heirloom grain varieties. Healso will be putting on his farmer’s hatat the festival, leading a workshop ingrain milling for the home user.
Other skill demonstrations includehome composting with Dave Morill ofthe Pioneer Valley based Center forEcological Technology, workshops injuicing with local fruits and vegetables,and food preservation for the homekitchen.
Another highlight of this year’s festi-val includes the annual TomatoTasting of over 100 varieties of locallygrown organic tomatoes. The combina-tion of the valley’s rich soils, abundant
summer sun and the expertise offarmer Ryan Voiland and his crew’smany years of experience lead to thevalley’s best selection of this quintes-sential summer fruit.
Set on Red Fire’s active farm amidstproductive fields and bustling barn-yard, the festival brings together com-munity members and other local agri-culture aficionados for an old-timeymarket day celebration featuring thediverse offerings of the region. Localbakers and caterers vend scrumptiousseasonal fare.
Artisans and local food crafters pres-ent their goods throughout the eventfor perusal and purchase, includinglocal honey, organic tea blends, pre-serves, decorative arts, glasswork,clothing, and pottery. The farm standstays open all day selling Red FireFarm organically certified produce aswell as many other local products.
Though the festival is focused on cel-ebrating tomatoes, local food skills,and local agricultural producers,
Red Fire Farm will not forget otherarts as well. This year the festival willfeature Boston singer-songwriter MegHutchinson (a former organic farmerherself) and local musical artists EvaCapelli and the Watershops Band, aswell as the band Infinite August.
The day begins with a Tomato Trot5K race through the farm fields of RedFire Farm beginning at 10:30 a.m. withthe festival to follow from noon-5 p.m.
Red Fire Farm detailsCertified organic since beginning
production in 2001, Red Fire Farmgrows vegetables, fruits, eggs, flowers,and garden plants. They sell theirproducts locally through their farmstands in Granby and Montague, farm-ers markets in Springfield and Boston,a CSA farm share program, and areastores and restaurants.
For more information about the Aug.27 Tomato Festival and directions tothe Red Fire Farm stand at 7 CarverStreet in Granby, check out www.red-firefarm.com .
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Wild parsnips, any-one?
One of the most impor-tant vegetables in theAmerican diet has wanedin popularity over thelast few decades. Thisparticular sweet root veg-etable stores extremelywell through the winter,a critical advantage backwhen produce was grownlocally and stored local-ly... usually in root cel-lars. Our house, built in1939, just before WorldWar II pulled the U.S. outof the Great Depression,has the remnants of aroot cellar.
Over the last few daysthe vegetable in questionhas been on my mind, ormore accurately, a par-ticular weed that hasbeen taking over road-sides and under-workedfields has been on mymind. This weed wasbrought to my attentionby one of our readerswho wanted to know ifwild carrots could harmcattle in any way. I triedto find out more aboutwild carrots, which areoften referred to asQueen Annes Lace (orscientifically as Daucuscarota). The inflores-cence, or cluster of flow-ers, is fairly umbrella-shaped, and is called an
umbel (easy term to re-member). Wild carrothas a white umbel. Thisreader said its flowerswere yellow, so it had ayellow umbel.
Another reader showedme how a big weed, oftenseven feet tall, hadclaimed some fallowground, and it had a yel-low umbel, and he re-ferred to it as wild carrotalso. Well, I knew it was-n’t Queen Annes Lace.Shortly after arrivinghome, I got out my weedtexts, Weeds of the North-east (Cornell UniversityPress), and Weeds-Con-trol without Poisons(Acres U.S.A. Press). Inneither book could I finda picture of this tall weedwith a yellow umbel. Myluck improved when Ivisited another readerwho had a good stand ofthe weed in question onthe roadside opposite hiskitchen window. He saidthe weed was wild dill.
My luck really got bet-ter when his wife dug upa book titled Wild Flow-ers of New York in Color(Syracuse UniversityPress). In that text shefound the elusive weed,with a beautiful photo-graph. Its scientificname is Pastinaca sati-va, more commonly
known as wild parsnip.As soon as I got home, Igot on line and struck itrich, figuratively. Turnsout that wild parsnip hasthe same scientific nameas cultured (tame?)parsnip. Most wild foodswhich share their namewith a cultivated plantare significantly differentfrom their renegadecousins, such as wildgrape and wild leek. Thewild parsnip is identicalto its “tame” counterpartbecause it is descendeddirectly from it. If youknow parsnips, youknow wild parsnips.
Many rural folks, whoknow the wild parsniponly as a tenacious weedthat cows don’t eat andhumans avoid, are sur-prised to hear that theplant’s root is edible.Parsnip is one of the mostabundant weeds in theMidwest and Northeast. Ifyou haven’t tried this veg-etable, you might want totake advantage of thisperennial opportunity.
Parsnip is a member ofthe same family as car-rots, dill, celery, and car-away. Like many taprootvegetables, it has a two-phase life cycle. In thefirst one to three years, itforms a clump of leavesfrom the top of the root,
and stores energy in thetaproot. In the secondphase, which occurs af-ter the plant has stored asufficient amount of en-ergy to flower, it pro-duces a tall floweringstalk, with the flowersfanning out in the um-bel. The roots of flower-ing plants are too woodyto eat.
The best time to har-vest parsnips is in fall, af-ter they have had the fullgrowing season to storestarch in their root, or inearly spring, before theplant’s top has started togrow and draw energyfrom the root. Like manyother root vegetables,parsnips contain inulin,a non-digestible starch.Through fall and winter,the plant converts this in-ulin to simple sugars inpreparation for growththe following spring. Thisprocess makes the roottaste progressively sweet-er and more digestible, sothe later in the fall oneharvests the roots, thebetter.
In many parts of itsrange the ground doesnot freeze solid for anylong period; in this case,the middle of winter is agreat time to digparsnips. In more north-ern areas, very earlyspring yields the besttasting parsnips… wildor tame. Harvest theparsnip’s tuber, just likeyou harvest the carrot’stuber. Look for largespecimens (as indicatedby the size of the leaves)and try to find them on
the loosest soil possible,because parsnips grownin rocky areas can bebadly shaped and hardto clean and use.
There is a flipside to theparsnip coin, wild ortame: if you get the juiceof parsnip leaves orstalks on your skin whenyou are exposed to sun-light, a chemical reactionwill occur that will giveyou a severe burn. Thechemical culprit that ex-udes from the parsnipstalk and foliage is calledfurocoumarin. If theplant is killed by herbi-cide (much the same asany broadleaf weed) orbrush-hogging, this
chemical volatilizes away.If the tubers are beingharvested in winter orearly spring, this chemi-cal should no longer bepresent in the dried upfoliage. So, it very rarelyaffects those who harvestthe plants for food; manygardeners who havegrown the plant for yearsare unaware of the factthat it can cause suchdermatitis.
Wild parsnips do notdiffer appreciably fromcultivated ones, exceptthat they tend to have aless symmetrical form,and this is due entirelyto their growing condi-
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CONCORD, NH — InAugust of each year,USDA publishes the offi-cial cranberry produc-tion forecast for the fivemajor cranberry-produc-ing states. In Massachu-setts, the survey is con-ducted by the New Eng-land Field Office of
USDA’s National Agricul-tural Statistics Service(NASS). The other fourStates in USDA’s cran-berry estimation pro-gram are New Jersey,Oregon, Washington,and Wisconsin.
“The Cranberry Grow-ers Survey is the only
chance to officially fore-cast production of the2011 crop,” explainedGary Keough, director ofthe NASS New EnglandField Office.
Approximately 350Massachusetts growerswill be surveyed in thiseffort. The questionnaire
will be mailed near theend of July with phonefollow-up in early Au-gust. As with all NASSsurveys, individual infor-mation provided by re-spondents is held confi-dential by law.
“NASS safeguards theconfidentiality of all re-sponses and publishesonly aggregate totals, en-suring that no individualoperation or producercan be identified,” stated
Keough.Representatives from
the NASS New EnglandField Office will contactMassachusetts cranber-ry growers and ask themto provide informationon their acreage and ex-pected production. Fore-casted production esti-mates for the 2011 cropwill be published on Aug.16, at 1 p.m. in theCranberries release. Youcan get a copy of the re-
port by going to theNASS Web site atwww.nass.usda.gov orby calling the NASS NewEngland Field Office at800-642-9571.
tions. They also tend tobe slightly tougher,slightly sweeter, andslightly more aromaticthan their garden coun-terparts, but this doesnot significantly affecttheir use in cooking.Many people relishparsnips, while somefind them disagreeable,kind of like not every-body likes lima beans orrutabaga. To those whoare unfamiliar withparsnip, its flavor issomewhat like carrot,with a hint of bananaand apple. Old-fash-ioned recipes for potroast often includedparsnip chunks, alongwith onions, celery,rutabaga, potato, carrot,and mushrooms. You
can also eat parsnipsalone as a boiled veg-etable, served with a lit-tle butter and salt. Youcan mash them like po-tatoes and serve in asimilar fashion, or mixthem with other mashedroot vegetables such aspotato and rutabaga.Parsnips are deliciouscut into strips anddipped in onion-ring bat-ter, then deep fried.
It wouldn’t surpriseme if the Swiss usedparsnips along withturnips as a dietary sta-ple during periods of na-tional emergency, likeWorld Wars, when theyclosed their borders,and became super-self-sufficient. I’ll have tocheck that out the next
time my son cashes infrequent flyer mile cred-its and flies us toSwitzerland. (Or talk tosome of the Swiss immi-grants whom I knowover here.)
If my wild parsnip re-search has generated cu-riosity in any of ourreaders, they will do wellto check out a book writ-ten by Samuel Thayer,who is a wild food expertand avid forager fromnorthern Wisconsin. Heis the author of The For-ager’s Harvest: A Guideto Identifying, Harvest-ing, and Preparing EdibleWild Plants, availablethrough COUNTRYSIDE& SMALL STOCK JOUR-NAL, or www.forager-sharvest.com.
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HAMDEN, CT — TheConnecticut Agricultur-al Experiment Station(CAES) is inviting thepublic to attend its an-nual Plant Science Day2011, Wednesday Aug.3.
The event will be heldat Lockwood Farm, thestation’s 75-acre re-search farm in Hamden,CT. It is free and opento all. Among the high-lights of the day are theCentury Farm Awardand the Samuel W.Johnson Memorial Lec-ture.
The Farm Award ispresented to a farm thathas been in family oper-ation for more than 100years. This year’s recip-ient will be announcedon the day of the event.The Memorial Lecture,named for the directorof the station from 1877to 1900, was estab-
lished as a forum to dis-cuss issues of concernto Connecticut resi-dents and the station.This year’s lecture, “Im-pact of the Nursery In-dustry on Connecticut’sEconomy,” will be pre-sented by Gregory M.Schaan, president andchief executive officer ofImperial Nurseries Inc.,headquartered in Gran-by, CT.
Additional short pre-sentations by CAES sci-entists include “TheBrown MarmoratedStink Bug: AnotherHarmful Invasive Insectfrom Asia,” “HealthyPlants — Healthy Busi-ness: Support of theGreen Industry by In-spection,” “The Experi-ment Station’s NewCrops Program,” and“To Bite or Not to Bite:Mosquitoes and Trans-mission of West Nile
and Eastern Equine En-cephalitis Viruses inConnecticut.”
Technical demonstra-tions include “Beekeep-ing Basics” and “Intro-duction to Bed Bugs,Self-Protection andManagement.” PlantScience Day offersmany opportunities forattendees to discuss
plant science topics onan informal basis withCAES scientists at theirresearch plots.
Barn Displays willhighlight the station’scurrent research pro-grams. There will be op-portunities to visit over80 field plots and ex-hibits, as well as partic-ipate in walking and
riding tours and activi-ties for children, suchas the “Passport forKids.” Experts will beavailable to answerquestions on plantidentification and dis-ease diagnosis, soiltesting, and weed andinsect identification.
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“The next step is for the administration to send theimplementing legislation to Capitol Hill for a Con-gressional vote. It is imperative that the processpromptly move forward to ensure the agreements
will be completed by August recess. Inaction onthese trade agreements over the last four years hasopened the door to our competitors in these markets.Further delay will only exacerbate the losses for U.S.agriculture and the U.S. economy.
“Combined, the three FTAs represent nearly $2.5billion in new agriculture exports and could generatesupport for up to 22,500 U.S. jobs. These gains willonly be realized if the three agreements are passedby Congress and implemented.”
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Remember the FoodSafety Modernization Act(FSMA) that passed lastyear? We won a hardfought battle, securingappropriate food safetyrules for small-to-mid-sized farms and proces-sors producing fresh andhealthy food for localand regional markets.This law will be imple-mented by one of theagencies with food safetyauthority — the Foodand Drug Administration(FDA).
Now, USDA’s Agricul-tural Marketing Service,is proposing to establisha set of food safety regu-lations for leafy greens(spinach, lettuce, andcabbage) growers andhandlers who sell into
the wholesale market,called the National LeafyGreens Marketing Agree-ment (NLGMA).
The most powerfulplayers in the leafy greenindustry are pushing theNational Leafy GreensMarketing Agreement(NLGMA). The sellers,processors, or distribu-tors that sign on to therule will require that thefarmers they purchasefrom comply with itsstandards. The rule addsa second and conflictinglayer of food safety stan-dards and audits on topof FDA food safety rules.
How to comment:USDA is seeking writ-
ten comments from thepublic on the NLGMAproposal by July 28.
Write USDA today tourge them to reject thisproposal or visitwww.ams.usda.gov/AMS v 1 . 0 / L e a f y G r e e n -sAgreement
Here are some sug-gested points to make:
• I oppose the creationof a National Leafy GreenMarketing Agreement,which I believe to be thewrong approach to ad-dress food safety con-cerns.
• The AgriculturalMarketing Service is nota food safety agency. It isbad public policy to cre-ate food safety regula-tions in order to addressthe “marketing” goal ofincreasing consumerconfidence in the safetyof leafy greens. Food
safety policies should bedriven by science, not bymarketing problems.
• The NLGMA, as pro-posed, would give thelarge conventional pro-duce industry the abilityto dictate farming prac-tices. Small scale and or-ganic farmers wouldhave a very small voicein the standard-settingprocess.
• The NLGMA is mod-eled on state food safetyagreements in Californiaand Arizona. In those ex-amples, the conventionalproduce industry haspushed through foodsafety regulations thatare biased against or-ganic and small-scalefarmers.
• Diversified farming
operations with complexrotations have beenshown to be beneficial tothe environment. Yetcrop-by-crop food safetyregulations, such as theNLGMA, are an econom-ic disaster for diversifiedfarming operations, andare biased toward largemono-cultural opera-tions. For a farmer with40 crops on 100 acres tocomply with 40 differentfood safety regulations isprohibitively burden-some. Crop specific foodsafety regulations, suchas NLGMA, will drivefarmers out of environ-mentally sensitive diver-sified crop production.This is counter to thegoals of food safety andmore environmentally
sound agriculture.• The Food and Drug
Administration is cur-rently writing regula-tions to establish foodsafety standards for pro-duce. Why is AMS pro-posing to establish stan-dards that conflict withor duplicate the FDAstandards, with the con-ventional leafy greenshandlers in the drivers’seat?
The NLGMA is a disas-ter waiting to happen, forMassachusetts farmers,consumers, the environ-ment, and ultimately forfood safety.
Also see the ActionAlert and CommentForm from the NationalSustainable AgricultureCoalition - (NSAC).
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While farmers acrossthe United States join theNational Corn GrowersAssociation for a varietyof reasons, most mem-bers value the represen-tation the organizationprovides in Washington.Legislation and regula-tion that supports agri-culture is essential to thelong-term success of theagricultural industry but,with less than 1.5 per-cent of the population en-gaged in agriculture,these issues often fall tothe wayside.
This is especially truegiven the partisan politi-cal climate prevalent atthe federal level. As thepolarized parties dealwith critical economic is-sues, growers must nowremain in constant con-tact with their state’s rep-resentation in order todraw legislative focus tohow these issues affectour nation’s farmers.
Recently, the growerleaders and state staffparticipating in CornCongress, held in the na-tion’s capital, did justthat. Many corn-produc-ing states sent delega-tions to Capitol Hillwhere they spoke withtheir state’s members ofthe House and Senateand their legislative staff
on issues from govern-ment support for ethanoland infrastructure topending free trade agree-ments and environmen-tal regulations.
“Time and time again,research has shown thatfarmers are their ownmost trusted spokesper-sons,” said NCGA Presi-dent Bart Schott. “It is es-sential that growers buildupon the work that NCGAdoes on their behalf tomake grower voices heardon Capitol Hill every day.”
With so many freshmanlegislators and newstaffers this term, sus-tained educational effortsare of special importance.The work done by thesefarmer leaders and theirstate and national staffhelps ensure that, asthese new members pre-pare to draft key legisla-tion including the 2012farm bill, they under-stand how their work af-fects agriculture and thekey role this industryplays in their state andthe national economy.
“Meeting personallywith our representationon Capitol Hill is incredi-bly important for us asfarmers because it allowsus to explain how theirwork impacts agriculturein a personal, direct man-
ner,” said Douglas Melch-er, the vice president ofthe Colorado Corn Grow-ers Association and agrower from Holly, CO.“Many staffers under-stand the importance ofthe economic contribu-tion of our industry to thestate. By explaining howproposed legislation im-pacts us, we are able toaide them in ensuring thebest possible outcome forboth farmers and thestate as a whole.”
Melcher, along withstate CEO Mark Sponslerand Don Rutledge, agrower from Yuma anddirector for the ColoradoCorn AdministrativeCommittee, visited manyof their federal legisla-tors, including Reps.Scott Tipton, Cory Gard-ner, and Mike Coffmanand Senator MichaelBennett, over the two-dayperiod. The delegationaddressed issues impor-tant at the national level,pushing for ratification ofthe pending Free TradeAgreements and stress-ing the importance ofethanol, in addition toaddressing the particularissues impacting Col-orado growers, such astrucking restrictions.
To supplement these ef-forts, the delegations left
behind information onthe issues important totheir states and NCGA’smembership. Membersreceived packages of in-formation supplied byNCGA in addition to tar-geted materials developedby each state. The Col-orado team, for instance,left behind a booklet out-lining farmer prioritiesand a deck of playingcards featuring facts
about corn, farming andlivestock in their state.
These visits come to-ward the end of the thirdannual Corn FarmersCoalition campaign inWashington. Featuringinformative messages onfamily farming and thetruth about agriculture,this campaign reacheslegislators, regulatorsand staffers over a twomonth period in venues
such as Metro publictransit stations, legisla-tive directories and overthe radio.
Recently, NCGA fol-lowed up on these effortsby delivering copies of the2011 Corn Fact Book toeach legislative office,part of the Corn FarmersCoalition program.
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by Ben LaCrossLike all of the young
American farmers I know,Leo has dreams, ambi-tions and goals. He wantsto provide a better life forhis family. He’s focusedon the goal of sending hisson to college. It’s a typi-cal American story. ButLeo’s story strays fromthe traditional plot. Leo is
from Mexico.Some would call Leo a
farm worker. I call him afarmer. For a big chunk ofeach year, Leo is my right-hand man, working be-side me to tend my Michi-gan cherry orchard andbring in the harvest. Leois invaluable to my suc-cess as an Americanfarmer. In fact, Leo is an
integral part of my farm’sbusiness family.
Without the seasonalfarm services provided byLeo and his counterpartson farms all across ournation, the ability to grow,tend and harvest food inAmerica would grind to ahalt.
I cherish the fact thatmy farm helps provide for
families beyond my own.One of the things I loveabout being a farmer isextending someone else ajob. Agriculture is eco-nomic development. Ournation and our rural com-munities are strength-ened by agriculture, andone major factor in thatstrength is the jobs thatour farms and ranchescreate.
As I study the land-scape, however, I amtroubled that the positiveaspects of providing theeconomic boost of a farmjob are being over-whelmed by the divisivetone set by those who re-fuse to understand thedemographic reality of to-day’s agricultural work-force.
While I was growing upand our farm was small-er, local high school kidsfilled many of the manuallabor positions. Olderworkers from our com-munity would often hireon as sprayers, mechan-ics and harvesters. A fewseasonal migrant laborerswould fill in as needed.There is no way to turnback that clock.
Today, most people inour local community havefound less strenuous, lessdemanding jobs — and insome cases for salariesless than what we offer.As our farm has grownand new workers areneeded, we have madedecisions that make the
most sense for our farm.This spring, I decided to
hire two full time posi-tions to supplement ourcurrent workforce. An adwas placed on the localunemployment Web site.Resumes were submitted.Interviews were conduct-ed. The lack of work expe-rience and skills by manywas disturbing. Proposi-tions to receive payment“under the table” so theycould continue to receiveunemployment benefitswas appalling.
In the end, I neededemployees to help growmy perishable fruit. I gaveseveral local candidates achance. Six men, to be ex-act, were hired. Five don’twork for me anymore.Each man had a differentreason to leave the job,and each left me scram-bling to find qualified re-placements.
Amidst this turnover,the rest of my crew re-turned, many for their12th year. These men, in-cluding Leo, are all fromMexico. As members ofour nation’s mobile mi-grant workforce, theyhave become essential tothe success of each year’scrop on my farm. Andthey leave each fall to runa cotton gin in Georgia.
The bottom line is thatLeo comes to work when Ineed him and he worksfor someone else when I
don’t. He and other mi-grant workers contributeto our communities, fill aneed and are productivemembers of society. Theyaren’t the cause of the fi-nancial dismay our coun-try is facing. In fact, Icould argue that by mov-ing around the country tostay employed, seasonallaborers are a model ofwork ethic and entrepre-neurship.
Our nation does havean immigration problem,one that can only besolved by comprehensiveimmigration and bordersecurity reform. A patch-work approach of statelaws and governmentagency crackdowns is nota solution.
But we must have anhonest dialogue aboutwho is going to performskilled, manual labor inour country in the future.If we want those workersto be “local,” we mustchampion skilled, manuallabor as a vocation wor-thy of aspiration.
And, perhaps we willhave no other choice. Be-cause Leo’s son is not go-ing to be pruning my or-chards in the middle of acold Michigan winter. Heis going to college.
Ben LaCross chairsAFBF’s national YF&RCommittee. He is a cherry,plum and apple farmer inCedar, MI
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With today’s high feedcosts, silage managementcan have a significant im-pact on a producer’s bot-tom line. That’s why Pio-neer Hi-Bred, a DuPontbusiness, recommendsgrowers pay attention tohybrid selection, fieldconditions and harvesttiming/management tohelp make the most oftheir silage crops.
“It always comes downto good management,”said Steve Soderlund, Pi-oneer nutritionist and keylivestock account manag-er. “Decisions madethroughout the growingseason can affect silagesuccess and a producer’sability to be more prof-itable.”
Lay the foundationSoderlund says, when
it’s seed selection time,growers should look forhybrids that not only pro-vide good yield but alsoabove average fiber di-gestibility and good grain(starch) content. In addi-tion, growers should con-sider planting hybrids ofvarying maturities to helpaccommodate harvesttiming and ensure ade-quate moisture through-out harvest.
“If we can’t grow it, itdoesn’t matter what thefeed value is,” Soderlundsaid. “That’s the founda-tion we need to be work-ing from.”
Look at agronomics,field conditions
Once hybrids are in theground and growing, asthey are now, it’s criticalto know the state of indi-vidual fields and individ-ual hybrid maturities sogrowers can target har-vest dates.
“Working with youragronomist and nutrition-ist to figure out whatquality you’re shootingfor, as well as yield, iskey,” Soderlund said.
As growers near theiranticipated harvest date,they should walk theirfields to evaluate how thecrop is progressing. Har-vest timing can be affect-ed by many factors be-yond just weather condi-tions, including soil fertil-ity, weed control and pestmanagement. These fac-tors can influence wholeplant moisture contentand drydown rates.Time harvest with per-
formance in mindHarvest timing is criti-
cal to producing high-quality corn silage thatdelivers optimal perform-ance for livestock. Soder-lund says moisture andmaturity are the two keyharvest considerations.
“Typically, we like to seecorn silage put up in the63 to 68 percent moisturerange,” Soderlund said.
“Generally, the kernelmilkline will be half tothree-quarters at thismoisture range. However,growers should keep inmind that milkline is notalways a good indicator insome hybrids, so overallmoisture is still the bestmeasurement.”
Accurately determiningwhole plant moisture isimportant because har-vesting corn for silage tooearly (high moisture con-tent) or too late (low mois-ture content) can affectforage yield, quality andsilage fermentation.
According to Soder-lund, some growers pushthe maturity window andmay pick up more wettons, but reduce theirquality because thestarch doesn’t have timeto fill in.
“It’s amazing how muchstarch accumulation wesee between early dentand three-quarters milk-line, We will typically seea 1 percent point increasein starch content for every1 percent increase in drymatter content duringthis stage of develop-ment.”
Adequate kernel pro-cessing is important foroptimal silage digestibili-ty. Soderlund recom-mends setting the kernelprocessor at 3 mm tostart out and make ad-justments if necessarythroughout harvest. “Ide-ally, we would like to seeall kernels fractured andno cob pieces larger thanyour thumbnail.”
Manage silage with agood inoculant
“I truly believe using agood inoculant today is agood management tool,”Soderlund said.
Soderlund says thereare several high-qualityproducts on the marketdesigned for specificneeds, whether that’s en-hanced fermentation effi-ciency, reduced dry mat-ter losses, improved aero-bic stability or bunklife,improved fiber digestibili-ty, etc.
In addition, many grow-ers are now using theseneed-specific inoculantsin different parts of thebunker or silo or usingmultiple silos so they canaddress specific manage-ment and timing consid-erations.
“Just like putting theright seed in the rightacre to maximize produc-tion, we need to be think-ing of inoculants in thesame way,” Soderlundsaid. “One size doesn’tnecessarily fit all, so wenow have choices that aredesigned for specificneeds.”
Covering criticalFinally, covering is crit-
ical. Too often growerswait until the silo is com-pletely full before cover-ing. That two- or three-day delay, especially ifthere is rain in between,will lead to some spoilageloss on top. Those lossescan affect the bottom line,so anything that can bedone to minimize losses iscrucial in a time of highfeed costs.
“Reducing shrink ormanaging the face of thebunker, keeping loosematerial cleaned up andgetting the cover on asquickly as possible —those things are all goingto pay dividends thisyear,” Soderlund said.
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There is no statisticalevidence to support theargument that growth inethanol production isdriving consumer foodprices higher, accordingto a comprehensive studyreleased on July 11 by In-forma Economics. Rather,the report concludes thatretail food prices are de-termined by a complexset of inter-related fac-tors, including supplychain costs for energy, la-bor, transportation, pack-aging and other market-ing-related expenses.
The new study, entitled“Analysis of Corn, Com-modity, and ConsumerFood Prices”, concludesthat “the statistical evi-dence does not support aconclusion that there is astrict ‘food-versus-fuel’tradeoff that is automati-cally driving consumerfood prices higher.” Theanalysis, which was fund-ed by the Renewable Fu-els Foundation, furtherfound that “…there hashistorically been very littlerelationship between an-nual changes in cornprices and consumer foodprices. The corn pricewould be considered astatistically insignificantvariable in determiningwhat drives the food [con-sumer price index].”
“Ethanol is not the onlydriver influencing cornprices, and corn priceshave not been the onlyfactor driving consumerfood prices,” said BruceScherr, CEO and Chair-man of Informa Econom-ics. “Rather, there is acomplex and interrelatedset of factors that con-tribute to corn and foodprices. Further, the farmshare of the retail fooddollar is relatively small.Increases in other mar-keting bill componentprices are contributing tofood price increases.”
Renewable Fuels Asso-ciation President andCEO Bob Dinneen saidthe new study adds to amounting body of eco-nomic analysis thatshows ethanol plays atrivial role in retail foodpricing.
“Yet again, soundanalysis has demonstrat-ed that the farcical food-versus-fuel debate is justthat — a joke,” Dinneensaid. “Unfortunately, theeffort to scapegoatethanol in order to con-tinue our addiction to im-ported oil is not funny.The fact remains that nostatistical evidence existsdemonstrating a signifi-cant link betweenethanol, corn prices, andrising food costs. “If welearned anything fromthe commodities bubbleand food price run-up of2008, it should have been
that consumer foodprices are influenced by amultitude of importantfactors, not the least ofwhich is higher energyprices. Oil prices at orabove $100 will increaseeverything, includingfood prices and oil indus-try profits.”
The study presents anumber of key findingsbased on statisticalanalysis and examina-tions of government dataand information. Amongthe report’s major con-clusions are:
• There has historicallybeen very little relation-ship between annualchanges in corn pricesand consumer foodprices. The corn pricewould be considered astatistically insignificantvariable in determiningwhat drives the food CPI.
• The costs of othercomponents in the mar-keting bill (e.g., labor,packaging, transporta-tion, energy, profits, ad-vertising, depreciation,rent, interest, repairs,business taxes) have alsobeen increasing and gen-eral inflationary pres-sures have also impactedfood prices. Increases inthese other marketing billcomponents are con-tributing to food price in-creases, as reflected inthe growing farm-to-retailprice spread for manyfood categories.
• The “farm value” ofcommodity raw materialsused in retail foods ac-counts for just 16 percentof total U.S. food costs, aproportion that has de-clined significantly from37 percent in 1973. Forfood products where cornis only one of severalfarm-produced inputs,the proportion of the totalproduct cost attributableto the cost of corn is evenless than 16 percent. Theremaining portion of totalretail food costs is knownas the marketing bill.
• Historical price rela-tionships between cornprices and livestock,poultry, egg, and milkprices show relativelyweak correlations. Withthese low correlations, itis statistically unsupport-ed to suggest that highand/or rising corn pricesare the only or even themain reason behind highand rising retail meat,egg and milk productprices.
• Ethanol has not beenthe only factor influenc-ing corn prices; othersupply and demand fac-tors have also been atplay. Weather events, adecline in the U.S. dollar,strong export demand,and steady feed demandare among thesupply/demand factors
that have pressured cornprices in recent years.
In several places, thereport references the im-portant role of energyprices in determiningconsumer food prices andspeaks to the ability ofethanol to reduce gaso-line prices. According tothe authors, “Within theoverall marketing bill, thecosts of energy and trans-portation have increasedconsiderably over the lastseveral years, with crudeoil prices surging fromjust under $60 per barrelin fall 2006, reachingabove $100 per barrel inthe first half of 2008,falling back down duringthe economic recessionand again breaking $100per barrel in 2011,roughly the same periodsduring which corn priceshave increased.”
On the ability ofethanol to hold downgasoline prices, the re-port states “…to under-stand the net impact onconsumers’ financialcondition, changes in ex-penditures on not onlyfood but also fuel would
have to be considered.Specifically, if moreabundant supplies ofethanol were to result ina measurable reductionin retail fuel prices, thiswould have to be com-
pared to any food priceincrease in determiningthe net impact to con-sumers.” The Informastudy makes reference toa recent analysis by theCenter for Agricultural
and Rural Developmentthat concluded growth inethanol production re-duced gasoline prices byan average of 25 cents, or16 percent, over the en-tire decade of 2000-2010.
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2006 JD 6320 2WD, cab, air, power quad, left handreverser, 2267 hrs, ex 16.9x38 radials, 540+1000pto buddy seat very clean sharp original ex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $35,000
2004 JD 6320 2WD, cab, air, power quad, LHR, ex16.9x38 radials, 540+1000 pto buddy seat, 3066hrs, very clean sharp original . . . . . . . . $32,500
2003 JD 7220 MFWD, cab, air, power quad, LHR, 3remotes, 18.4x38 and 16.9x26 radials, 4272 hrs,very clean sharp runs ex. . . . . . . . . . . . $43,500
1990 JD 4955 MFWD, cab, air, 6200 hrs, ex 20.8x42Michelin radials axle duals ex 540/65R/30 frontsfront and rear weights 3 remotes 3ph quick cou-pler very clean original one owner runs ex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $45,000
1975 JD 4230 FWD cab, quad range 5361 hrs, ex18.4x38 radials new 12.4x24 fronts dual pto andremotes 100 hp, original runs ex. . . . . . $13,500
1968 JD 4020D power shift with added on soundguard cab ex 18.4x38s dual remotes runs ex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,500
1993 Ford 5610 series 2, MFWD, roll bar andcanopy, 3900 hrs, syncro shift dual power, dualremotes with Ford loader + front pump, good run-ning tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $12,000
1998 White 6710 MFWD, cab, air, 95 hp, 8x4 powershift right hand reverser 3 remotes 18.4x38 and13.6x28 with Quicke Alo 465 loader . . . $28,000
2005 Komatsu PC160 LC hydraulic excavator JRBquick coupler plumbed to end of boom patternchanger 2865 hrs, 28 in triple grouser padsex cond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $67,500
2005 CIH JX95 MFWD, cab, air, 80hp, 841 hrs,18.4x30 and 12.4x24 Goodyear super tractionradials, front fenders, dual remotes, like new. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $27,500
2004 CIH MXM 120 MFWD, cab, air, power shift left
hand reverser 2303 hrs, 4 remotes ex 14.9x46
and 380/85R/30 Firestone radials Quicke Q980
SL loader with soft drive very very sharp and
clean runs ex. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $45,000
2002 CIH MXM 220 MFWD, cab, air, 4337 hrs, 185
hp, 520/85R/46 Goodyear super traction radial
axle duals, new 420/85R/34 fronts, front fenders,
3 remotes very clean, sharp, runs ex . . $65,000
1998 CIH MX170 MFWD, cab, air, 145hp, power-
shift, left hand reverser, 5017 hrs, ex 18.4x42
radials rear, new 16.9x28 fronts, front fenders, 3
remotes, CIH 750 self leveling loader, runs ex .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $43,500
1984 IH 3088 2WD fender, like new 20.8x38
Continental radials, 4381 hrs, dual pto and
remotes, nice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,500
1981 IH 3588 2+2, cab, ex 18.4x38's, 5340 hrs,
triple remotes, 1000 pto, 150 hp, clean runs ex
good TA but has chipped reverse idler gear. . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,500
1977 IH 1086 cab, air, 6100 hrs, 18.4x38 radials
dual pto and remotes, clean original Illinois tractor
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $12,500
New Holland 824 2 row cornhead . . . . . . . $3,000
2003 New Holland BR750 4x6 round baler wide pickup
head, bale ramps, netwrap endless belts, very nice
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $12,500
2003 NH BR740 silage special, 4x5 round baler, xtra
sweep wide pickup head, bale ramps, super sharp
and clean, very low usage, looks like new . $12,500
New Holland 310 baler with NH 75 hydraulic pan
type kicker, real nice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,500
1984 New Holland 311 baler hydraulic bale tension
3 year old model 70 hydraualic bale thrower ex
original paint very low usage. . . . . . . . . . $6,000
2003 JD 926 discbine impellar conditioners 9ft 9in
cut field ready ex condition . . . . . . . . . . $10,500
1996 New Holland 1411 discbine 540 pto ex rubber
rolls super nice ex discbine very limited use . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,500
1999 New Holland 1412 discbine impeller condi-
tioner 540 pto super nice clean low useage
discbine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,500
Ex Galfre and MF72 manual fold up hay tedders 17
ft tedding width very nice . . . . . . . . $2,000 each
Kuhn 5001 THA 17ft hydraulic fold up hay tedder
like new . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,500
Kverneland Taarup 17 ft. hydraulic fold tedder, ex
cond., 2 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,000
Agrimetal 24 in front mounted PTO powered leaf
blower ex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,000
IH 450 3 bottom 3ph auto reset plow very nice. . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,500
IH 710 7 bottom 18in auto rest on land hitch plow ex
cond. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000
CIH 7500 4BT variable width auto rest plow 16-20
inches like new . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,500
New Holland 451 3PH, 7 ft. sickle bar mower, ex.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$2,000
20.8x38, 20.8x42, 18.4x46 clamp on duals 18.4x38
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Quick tatch bale spear for JD 640-740 loaders. . . $350
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speed sequencer trans LHR, 3140 hrs, buddy seat, 3
remotes, ex 18.4x38 and 14.9x28 radials, Quicke 970 SL
loader, 3rd valve to front, ex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$35,000
1983 Case 2290 2WD, cab, air, powershift, 129hp, 4700 hrs,
20.8x38 radials, very clean, original tractor, runs ex . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$10,000
1998 NH 644 silage special, 4x5 round baler, wide pickup
bale ramps, super sharp and clean, low usage, sharpest you
will find, looks like new . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$9,500
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JOHN DEERE 25 foot transport hay orgrain elevator, $575. 27 foot skeleton hayelevator, $375. Bushhog QT bale spear.570-756-2764.(PA)
(1) HOLSTEIN heifer, due beginning ofAug., $1,600. Yates Co. 585-526-6829.(NY)
FARMALL Cub with 2 way plow, snowplow, cultivator, $2,200; 16 ft. Patz silounloader, used very little, $4,000; 315-536-4506.(NY)
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INNES Bean windrower, 4 row, field ready,shed kept, straw wheat small squarestwine bales. 315-945-1923.(NY)
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REG. POLLED black Simmental bull.Quiet, nice. Work done here. Daughtersenter cow herd next year. Must move on.315-827-4920.(NY)
SHOW QUALITY silkies, white black blue,$5.00 each; Red Golden Pheasants,$20.00 each; Bobwhite quail $2.00 each;WANTED: Ameraucana Rooster. 585-509-0471.(NY)
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RICHARDTON 750 dump wagon, fieldready, $3,200; NH 782 Forage Harvesterw/ direct cut head, field ready, $2,000.Spotsylvania, 540-895-5729.(VA)
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The Agriculture De-partment again raised its2011 and 2012 milk pro-duction forecasts in itslatest World AgriculturalSupply and Demand Es-timates report. Cownumber estimates werealso raised as highermilk prices and lowerforecast feed prices sup-port further herd expan-sion, but milk per cowwas unchanged from lastmonth’s report.
Commercial exports ona fat basis were forecasthigher for 2011. Endingstock forecasts wereraised as cheese stocksare larger than expected.Dairy product price fore-casts for 2011 wereraised from last monthas were Class III andClass IV milk price fore-casts, in line with the in-creased product prices.
Look for 2011 milkoutput to hit 195.7 bil-lion pounds, up 200 mil-lion pounds from theJune estimate. The 2012total is now projected at198.8 billion pounds, up300 million from amonth ago. These pro-jections compare to192.8 billion pounds in2010 and 189.3 billionin 2009.
USDA expects the2011 Class III milk priceto average $18-$18.30per hundredweight, upfrom the $17.40-$17.80projected a month ago.The 2012 range estimatewas unchanged, at $16-$17. The 2010 averagewas $14.41 and $11.36in 2009.
The 2011 Class IVprice is projected to aver-age $19.15-$19.55, upfrom $18.95-$19.45 lastmonth. The 2012 rangeis projected at $16.50-$17.60, unchanged froma month ago, and com-pares to $15.09 in 2010and $10.89 in 2009.
U.S. feed grain sup-plies for 2011/12 wereprojected higher thismonth mostly with high-er expected beginningstocks and productionfor corn. Corn beginningstocks were raised 150million bushels reflect-ing changes to 2010/11usage projections.
Corn production for2011/12 was projected270 million bushelshigher based on plantedand harvested area asreported in the Acreagereport. Corn use forethanol was raised 100million bushels with
larger supplies and animproved outlook forethanol producer mar-gins. Exports wereraised 100 millionbushels mostly reflect-ing increased demandfrom China. Endingstocks for 2011/12 wereprojected 175 millionbushels higher at 870million. Soybean endingstocks of 175 millionbushels were slightlyhigher than expected.
The 2011/12 season-average farm price forcorn is projected at arecord $5.50-$6.50 perbushel, down 50 centson both ends of therange. Total U.S. cornuse for 2010/11 wasprojected 145 millionbushels lower mostly re-flecting the larger-thanexpected June 1 stocksestimate. Partly offset-ting is a 20-million-bushel reduction in usefor sweeteners reflectingslower demand fromMexico. Corn exportswere lowered 25 millionbushels based on theslower -than-expectedpace of shipments in re-cent weeks.
Cash block cheese sawits third week of declinebut is still holding above$2 and has been theresince early June. Itclosed Friday July 15with a surprise 5 1/2-cent rebound on the day,at $2.0575 per pound,still 5 1/4-cents belowthe previous week, but48 1/4-cents above thatweek a year ago.
The barrels weresteady all week until Fri-day when they were bidup three quarters to$2.11, 58 1/2-centsabove a year ago, and 51/4-cents above theblocks. Volume washeavy as a whopping 43cars of block tradedhands on the week andnone of barrel. TheNASS-surveyed U.S. av-erage block price hit$2.1107, up 2.2 cents.Barrel averaged$2.0991, up 2.6 cents.
Jerry Dryer, editor ofthe Dairy and Food Mar-ket Analyst, attributesthe strength in cheese tostrong food service de-mand and exports. “Thedemand is there,” hesaid, “The cheese isn’t.”
FC Stone dairy econo-mist Bill Brooks says thesupply demand situationin cheese has shifted abit. Speaking in Tues-day’s DairyLine, he sug-
gested that the blocksupply has loosenedsome, pointing to the 17loads of block that trad-ed in the 4th of July hol-iday-shortened week.The last time trading ap-proached that level wasthe week of May 16 when16 loads traded hands.
The profitability ofcheese plants seems tohave recovered as wewent through May andinto June, according toBrooks, but he warnedof the high temperaturesand humidity in theMidwest and how Min-nesota and Wisconsinmilk production laggedyear ago levels in May. Afair amount of barrelcheese is produced thereand lagging milk pro-duction may be tighten-ing the barrel market.Demand for barrels isprobably good, he said,because more people arestaying home and eatingout less and firing upthe barbecue.
Brooks also discussedwhy the block price istypically 2 or 3 centsabove the barrels. Pro-duction and packagingcosts are a little higherfor block cheese, he ex-plained, whereas barrelcheese these days ispackaged in a fiberboard barrel and is easyto extract for use in fur-ther manufacturing “sothere’s not as muchpackaging, not as muchcost there.” Wheneverthe price spread is in-verted (barrels over theblocks) the higher costs“squeeze plant margins”he said, especially whenyou’re paying higherprices for the milk.
He expected morecheese to make its wayto the CME looking for ahome and warned thatpeople will step awayfrom the market once theprice starts slipping andthat will pull the barrellower as well.
Cash butter held allweek at $2.03, 25 1/2-cents above a year ago.Only one car was traded.NASS butter averaged$2.0348, down 5.4 cents.
Cash Grade A nonfatdry milk finished at$1.61, down a penny anda half, and Extra Gradeheld at $1.61. NASS pow-der averaged $1.6667, up0.3 cent, and dry wheyaveraged 54.16 cents,down 0.6 cent.
Looking “back to thefutures;” the Federal or-der Class III contract’saverage for the last halfof 2011 was $18.72 perhundredweight on June3, $18.34 on June 10and June 17, $18.21 onJune 24, $18.19 on July1, and $18.54 on July 8.
California’s AugustClass I milk price wasannounced by the Cali-fornia Department ofFood and Agriculture at$23.24 per hundred-weight for the north and$23.51 for the south.Both are up 86 centsfrom July, are $5.91above August 2010, andequate to about $2.00and $2.02 per gallon re-spectively.
The 2011 northernprice average now standsat $20.27, up from$16.38 a year ago. Thesouthern price average is$20.54, up from $16.65a year ago. The Federalorder Class I base priceis announced by theUSDA on July 22.
National Milk’s RogerCryan says the Federalorder Class I milk price“came within a whiskerof triggering payments inFebruary, then beganrising. Now corn andsoybean prices havedropped, widening thegap between projectedClass I prices and MILCtarget rates for the lastfew months of the Fiscal
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Year. No payments areprojected through Sep-tember.”
Commercial disap-pearance of dairy prod-ucts during the first fourmonths of 2011 totaled64 billion pounds, ac-cording to USDA’s latestdata, up 2.9 percentfrom the same period in2010. Butter was up 15percent; Americancheese, up 4 percent;other cheese, up 7.1 per-cent; nonfat dry milk,down 5.7 percent; andfluid milk products were
off 1.5 percent.USDA reports that
milk production is at ornear peak levels in thePacific Northwest, steadyin Utah, Idaho, and theNortheast; decliningalong the seasonal trendin the Central and Mid-Atlantic regions withsteeper production de-clines in the Southeast,Florida, Arizona and por-tions of California due toheat and or humidity.
FC Stone dairy brokerDave Kurzawski says“Hot weather has been
on everyone’s mind,mostly in terms of how itwill affect grain prices,but now those concernsare spilling into the milkmarket.” There’s plentyof uncertainty. The heatwill take its toll on milkoutput and yields howev-er economic concernscould hurt dairy demandhere in the U.S. and de-veloping countries. And,increased milk produc-tion in Australia andNew Zealand could slowU.S. dairy exports.
Milk production in
Oceania is at seasonallow levels and the winterseason is underway.Australian winter weath-er conditions are devel-oping along typical lines,according to USDA. Milkhandlers are stating thatwinter conditions arewetter than usual insome regions, whilemoisture is in better bal-ance in others.
Australian milk pro-ducers are very opti-mistic about the upcom-ing season, according toUSDA. Much of this opti-
mism comes from anoverall positive the win-ter and provide a positivestart to the new season.
Both countries are inthe early days of the2011-2012 milk produc-tion year, thus it is tooearly to indicate newtrends. Production esti-mates for the new seasonover last season arestarting to develop; 4-5percent higher in NewZealand and 1- 2 percentin Australia. Sales activi-ty out of the Oceania re-gion is minimal as stocks
are limited and nearingseasonal low levels.
California’s Milk Pro-ducers Council’s July 8newsletter reports thatthe number of approvedbidders for Fonterra’sglobal dairy product auc-tion continues to grow asthe number of productsoffered by Fonterra in-creases and the prospectof additional supplierslingers.
It warns that “Moresellers from differentcountries add variablessuch as product qualitydifferences, effects of cur-rency valuations andchanges (including spec-ulation about possiblechanges), differences intransportation costs fromsellers to buyers, and tar-iffs, tariff rate quotas,and the existence or ab-sence of Free TradeAgreements, all of whichlikely affect what biddersare willing to pay.”
It quoted USDA’s DairyMarket News; “Tradersand handlers continue touse the gDT auctionplatform as a componentwhen determining com-mercial prices but mostare not adjusting theirprices as sharply as thepercentage changes fromthe previous auctionevent.” MPC adds that,“What began as a noblebut self-serving tool in-tended to provide an im-portant improvement ininternational pricetransparency, may beapproaching an entirelydifferent stage. “Shouldwe say buyer beware?”
The CooperativesWorking Together pro-gram announced that itaccepted eight requestsfor export assistancefrom Dairy Farmers ofAmerica to sell a total of648,371 pounds ofCheddar cheese to cus-tomers in the MiddleEast, North Africa, Asia,and Central America.The product will be deliv-ered through Novemberand raises CWT’s 2011cheese exports to 49.2million pounds.
Speaking of exports;Dairy Profit Weekly editorDave Natzke reported inFriday’s DairyLine thatthe value of May dairyexports was estimated at$401 million, virtuallyunchanged from April,but 40 percent morethan May 2010.
May imports, at $212million, were down 12percent from April, andup just 3 percent from ayear ago. Thus far in fis-cal year 2011, exportsare valued at $2.9 bil-lion, with a dairy tradesurplus estimated at
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WASHINGTON, D.C.— The House AgricultureCommittee approved itsactivity report for thefirst quarter of the 112thCongress as required byHouse Rule XI, claused(1). During the busi-ness meeting, ChairmanFrank Lucas highlightedthe committee’s effortson behalf of America’sfarmers, ranchers, andrural constituents. Someof the highlights includethe committee approvingtwo key pieces of legisla-tion to improve economicgrowth, fulfilling its over-sight responsibility withnumerous hearings, andpreparing for the impor-tant task of writing thenext farm bill.
The full text of Chair-man Lucas’s openingstatement is below:
“We’re here today toapprove our activity re-port for the first quarter
of the 112th Congress.“Six months ago, when
we held our first busi-ness meeting of thisCongress, I noted the ex-traordinary number ofnewcomers to the Agri-culture Committee.Since that time, we’veworked together on someimportant initiatives andI believe we have allgained valuable experi-ence.
“We passed H.R. 872,the Reducing RegulatoryBurdens Act, throughthe House. As you know,this legislation wouldeliminate costly and du-plicative permitting re-quirements for pesticideapplications. The SenateAgriculture Committeejust voted that legisla-tion out of committee,and we are working withour counterparts on theother side of the Hill tobring it to the Senate
floor without delay.“We also reported H.R.
1573 to the House. Thisbill will ensure that reg-ulators have the timethey need to implementDodd-Frank correctly. Itallows for more stake-holder input and pre-vents regulators fromrushing to meet arbi-trary deadlines.
“Since January, Con-gress has passed notone, but two appropria-tions bills affecting agri-culture. With lowerbudgets and tighterspending, we’ve facedsome difficult decisions,but we’ve done so underregular order, with opendebate. That’s howdemocracy is meant towork.
“We have also held sev-en full committee hear-ings, five business meet-ings, and 16 subcommit-tee hearings. During
these hearings, we heardtestimony from Adminis-tration officials on six-teen occasions. Weworked hard to fulfill ouroversight responsibility,asking challenging ques-tions and requiring de-tailed, accurate answers.
“I believe that thehearings, mark-ups, andlegislation we are includ-ing in our committee re-port today were all im-portant in their ownright. But they have alsohelped lay the founda-tion for the work ahead
of us.“The 2012 Farm Bill
will be a challengingtask, but one that is ofutmost importance toour farmers and ranch-ers. We will kick off theprocess of developing theFarm Bill tomorrow,
with the first Subcom-mittee audit of farm pro-grams on crop insur-ance.
“I’d like to take this op-portunity to remind all ofmy colleagues how im-portant it is to use theseaudits to learn both thedetailed operations of in-dividual farm programs,as well as to develop anidea of how each pro-gram fits into the largerpicture of farm policy.
“Earlier, I mentionedhow many new faces wehad at the start of the112th Congress. Today,I’d like to welcome onemore — Congresswoman
Kristi Noem of SouthDakota joins us todayfor her first AgricultureCommittee BusinessMeeting.
“Ms. Noem is a lifelongrancher, so she bringspractical experience andfirsthand knowledge of
farm life to our discus-sions. I know she will bea strong voice for ourfarmers and ranchersand a valuable additionto our Committee. Anddon’t worry — you’vejoined us just in time toget down to work.
“I’m pleased with whatwe’ve accomplished inthe past six months, butour work has only justbegun. I hope the nextsix months see us con-tinuing with the samededication and commit-ment to progress that isevidenced by the reportwe are discussing to-day.”
more than $1 billion.The U.S. exported 289
million pounds of dairyproducts in May, aboutthe same as April. Ex-ports were equivalent to13 percent of U.S. milksolids production duringthe January-May period,while imports represent2.7 percent, matchingthe lowest percentagesince 1996, according toNatzke.
One other dairy exportnote, U.S. dairy cattle re-main popular on theworld market. Exportstopped 5,000 head againin May, bringing theyearly total to about28,500, nearly doublethe total for the sametime last year. Turkey re-mains the leading mar-ket for U.S. dairy cattle,followed by Mexico.
In politics; draft legis-lation incorporating keyelements of NationalMilk’s Foundation for theFuture dairy policy pro-posal was announcedJuly13. The text wasmade available by theHouse Agriculture Com-mittee’s ranking mem-ber, Collin Peterson (D-MN.) at http://democ-rats.agriculture.house.gov/ . The action provides
lawmakers, farmers, andothers to view the lan-guage prior to an officialintroduction as a bill.
The action drew criti-cism from dairy proces-sors. IDFA CEO ConnieTipton said “We are dis-appointed that Rep.Collin Peterson is circu-lating draft legislationthat clearly would takethe dairy industry in thewrong direction. Insteadof encouraging jobgrowth and reducingregulation on an alreadyoverregulated industry,the discussion draftwould impose new andintrusive governmentmandates on dairy mar-kets at the cost of agrowing dairy exportbusiness and the jobsthat have come with it.”More details are postedat www.idfa.org/news—views/news-releases/de-tails/6175/ .
Meanwhile; CEO JerryKozak and staff are on a12-stop tour across theU.S. meeting with pro-ducers to answer ques-tions about their plan.Locations and times andNMPF’s response toIDFA’s criticism can befound at www.nmpf.org .
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Lucas highlights ag committee’s effortson behalf of America's farmers and ranchers
“Since January, Congress has passed not one,but two appropriations bills affecting agriculture.
With lower budgets and tighter spending, we’ve faced somedifficult decisions, but we’ve done so under regular order,
with open debate. That’s how democracy is meant to work.”~ Frank Lucas
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Because implementtires are used only for acouple of weeks out of theyear, their care and selec-tion may seem trivial tomany farmers, but infarming, timing is every-thing, and if a farmer isexperiencing downtimeduring those couple ofweeks out of the year, theyield can be catastrophi-cally affected. That’s whyit is important for farm-ers to take a close look at
what type of tire they puton their implements.
Speed ratingThe vast majority of
implement tires are rat-ed for 25 to 30 miles perhour. Yet, it’s becomingmore common for largerimplements such asbalers to be towed be-hind a pickup truck oreven a semi-tractor trail-er. In this case, it’s cru-cial to select a highway-rated implement tire.
Traveling at highspeeds causes high tem-peratures to develop un-der the tread bars, whichwill weaken the rubbermaterial and cord fabric.While there may be novisible evidence of dam-age at the time, thestrength of the tire canbecome severely compro-mised, potentially lead-ing to a blowout.
Though a highway im-plement tire may allow
farmers to arrive at theirdestination more quick-ly, they have to realizewhat they’re giving up interms of performance inother areas. Because thecompounding and con-struction of highwaytires are significantly dif-ferent than non-highwaytires, they may not havethe durability in the fieldthat many farmers lookfor in a tire.
Load capacity
Choosing an imple-ment tire at the appropri-ate load capacity isn’tjust as simple as com-paring it to the weight ofthe implement. Manypeople fail to take intoaccount the effect of roaduse on load capacity.
If being used for higherspeeds or particularlyrough gravel roads, ScottSloan, product engineer-ing manager for TitanTire Corporation, recom-
mends using a tire with ahigher ply rating. Doingso will not only ensurethe tires aren’t loaded be-yond their limit, but canalso help decrease sus-ceptibility to puncturedamage in the field.
Size and shapeIn addition to being
concerned about thefield damaging theirtires, farmers are con-cerned about their tiresdamaging the field.Sloan stresses that evenminor subtleties in theshape of tires can have asignificant impact on thefield. Specifically, hewarns against choosingtires with a square-shoulder design.
“If you are cultivatingafter the crop is up, theedges of a square-shoulder implement tirecan cut the roots off,”Sloan explains. “Arounded shoulder en-sures minimal crop andfield damage.”
Tread designImplement tires have
traditionally been ribbed,but as tractors are be-coming more powerful,many farmers are becom-ing more concernedabout the traction of theirimplement tires, especial-ly when working in wetsoils. As such, lugged im-plement tires are becom-ing more common.
“A ribbed tire tends toplow through deep mud,rather than rolling,which can be hard onboth the field and thefuel efficiency of the trac-tor,” says Sloan. ”So, ifyou work in extremelymuddy conditions andsee very little road travel,a lugged tire may be agood option. If you seemuch road time, aribbed tire will lastlonger than a lugged.”
A lugged tire designalso has better resist-ance to puncture dam-age from stubble, whichis a major concern formany farmers.
Radial versus biasBias tires are generally
less expensive than radi-als, and because price isthe deciding factor formany farmers, bias tiresare chosen more oftenthan not. There are,however, many benefitsto using radial tires onan implement.
“With radials, youwon’t have to sacrifice asmuch performance inone area to get perform-ance in another,” saysBill Campbell, presidentof Titan Tire Corpora-tion. “They have a much
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Implement tires not to be left by the waysideProper implement tire selection and care is key to productivity
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stronger carcass and areless susceptible to wearand damage. So, they’llhave a longer lifespan.”
Radials are also able tocarry the same weight atlower inflation pressuresthan a bias. This meansbetter flotation in the fieldand less soil compaction.Their strong carcassmakes for better resist-ance to puncture damageand better roadabilitywith less tread wear.
Choosing areplacement tire
In choosing a replace-ment tire, it’s importantto match the size to theexact overall diameter(OD) of the existingtires, and because sizescan differ slightly be-tween brands, it’s im-portant to use the samebrand of tire.
Implement tire careRegularly checking the
air pressure of imple-ment tires is the best wayto ensure their longevity.The deflection caused byunderinflation can causethe tire to wear rapidlyand unevenly, particular-ly in the shoulder area,eventually leading tocracks in the carcass.Overinflation, on the oth-er hand, creates an un-der-deflected tire, lead-ing to increased wear onthe center of the tire.Moreover, the tightlystretched carcass be-comes more susceptible
to impact breaks.“I’d recommend put-
ting the implement onblocks during the off-season,” says Sloan. “If atire goes flat, you don’twant the weight of theimplement on the rim,because that rim can cutinto the sidewall, andwhen spring rollsaround, you might haveto replace it rather thanjust inflating it.”
Bottom lineWhen it comes to im-
plement tires, there is noone-size-fits-all solution.Although choosing abrand or type of tire mayseem like a trivial deci-sion based on price,choosing the wrong im-plement tire can lead toshortened lifespan andunplanned downtimeduring a crucial time ofyear. A farmer must basehis or her decision onhow the tire will be used,with special attentiongiven to speed rating,load rating, tread design,size and shape, and con-struction type. Properselection and care willensure an implementwill be running when thefarmer needs it most.
For more informationon Goodyear Farm Tireproducts and services,visit the company’s web-site at www.titan-intl.com or e-mail TitanInternational [email protected].
TRACTORSFord 8N w/Blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,500 . . . . . . FultonvilleJD 4240 Quad Cab . . . . . . . . . . . . . $17,500 . . . . . . FultonvilleJD 5510 w/540. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $18,500 . . . . . . Fultonville(2) JD 244 J Loaders . . . . . . . . . Coming In . . . . . . FultonvilleJD 7810 w/840 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coming In . . . . . . . ChathamAC CA 2btm/cult . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,750 . . . . . . FultonvilleFord 4610 Narrow, MFWD, cab . Coming In . . . . . . . . GoshenJD 5320 MFWD w/ldr . . . . . . . . . Coming In . . . . . . . . GoshenKubota MX5000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $14,400 . . . . . . FultonvilleNH 8240 2WD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $13,800 . . . . . . FultonvilleNH TL90 cab 2WD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . $27,900 . . . . . . . ChathamAC 200 w/ cab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,900 . . . . SchaghticokeJD 5325 2WD/Cab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . $26,500 . . . . . . FultonvilleJD 5325 2WD/Cab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . $26,000 . . . . . . FultonvilleJD 5065M w/553 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $37,500 . . . . . . . . GoshenFord 8N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,750 . . . . . . . Chatham
COMPACT TRACTORSFord 1520 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,995 . . . . . . . ChathamJD 3005 w/300. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,350 . . . . . . . ChathamMF 1220 w/mower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,595 . . . . . . . ChathamJD 855 w/cab, & loader . . . . . . . . . . . $9,800 . . . . SchaghticokeJD 2520 w/loader. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $12,900 . . . . . . . ChathamJD 4520 w/cab, loader, low hours . . $39,900 . . . . SchaghticokeKubota L39 TLB, canopy. . . . . . . . . $28,400 . . . . . Clifton ParkKubota L5450 loader/backhoe . . . . $21,000 . . . . . . . ChathamNH TZ25DA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $12,900 . . . . . . . . Goshen
SKID STEER / CONSTRUCTION317 Skid steer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $14,500 . . . . . . . ChathamCat 236 cab, heat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $19,500 . . . . . . FultonvilleJD 320 w/cab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $16,900 . . . . Schaghticoke
MOWER CONDITIONERSNH 477. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,900 . . . . . . Fultonville
TILLAGEJD 1450 4 bottom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,500 . . . . . . FultonvilleJD 2000 6 bottom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,500 . . . . . . FultonvilleJD 2500 4 bottom plow . . . . . . . . . . . $1,000 . . . . . . Fultonville
HAY AND FORAGEClaas 870 SPF H w/Heads . . . . . $169,500 . . . . SchaghticokeDBL Rake Hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $950 . . . . . . FultonvilleDion Forage Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,000 . . . . . . FultonvilleNH 258. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,750 . . . . . . FultonvilleNH 169 Tedder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,500 . . . . . . FultonvilleNH 28 blower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $750 . . . . . . FultonvilleH&S merger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,900 . . . . SchaghticokeMiller Pro Rake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,900 . . . . . . FultonvilleMiller Pro Rake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,750 . . . . . . Fultonville
Miller 1416 merger . . . . . . . . . . . . . $28,500 . . . . SchaghticokeMiller 1416. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $18,500 . . . . SchaghticokeJD 714 Forage Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,750 . . . . . . FultonvilleJD 3960 forage harv., base unit. . . . . $3,800 . . . . . . FultonvilleJD 3970 w/ 7’. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $12,900 . . . . . . FultonvilleNH 166 inverter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,850 . . . . . . FultonvilleFahr KH500 Tedder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,200 . . . . . . FultonvilleFord 3pt hitch, 6’ sickle bar mowerComing In . . . SchaghticokeVicon 4 Star Tedder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,200 . . . . . . . . GoshenJD 945 Moco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $13,500 . . . . . . . . GoshenVicoh 423 TN Rake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,500 . . . . . . . ChathamKuhn FC 302 Moco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,500 . . . . . . . ChathamKuhn FC 4000 Disc Mower . . . . . . . . $6,800 . . . . . . . ChathamKuhn 500 Disc Mower . . . . . . . . . . . $7,500 . . . . . . . ChathamKrone 550 Tedder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,650 . . . . . . FultonvilleRossi 7’ sickle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,500 . . . . . . . ChathamSitrex 302 Tedder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,500 . . . . . . Fultonville
PLANTING / TILLAGEBrillion 18’ Harrow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,900 . . . . SchaghticokeJD 220 disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,500 . . . . . . FultonvilleTaylorway 16’ disc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,500 . . . . SchaghticokeJD 2500 4 btm hyd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,000 . . . . . . FultonvilleJD 7000 4RH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,550 . . . . . . FultonvilleJD 12’ BWA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $750 . . . . . . Fultonville
BALERSNH 326 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,900 . . . . SchaghticokeNH 279 baler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,000 . . . . . . . . GoshenNH 316 baler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,500 . . . . . . . . GoshenJD 447 Round Baler . . . . . . . . . . . . $13,500 . . . . . . . . GoshenPequea Fluffer 81⁄2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,500 . . . . . . FultonvilleHesston 530 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,500 . . . . . . . ChathamHesston Rounder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,500 . . . . . . Fultonville
MISCELLANEOUSHARDI 210 3pt Sprayer . . . . . . . . . . . $2,850 . . . . . . FultonvillePOLARIS RAZOR . . . . . . . . . . . Coming In . . . . . . FultonvilleARCTIC CAT 650 . . . . . . . . . . . . Coming In . . . . . . FultonvilleJD 135 mixer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JD 6600 combine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JD 215 Grain HD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JD 7000 Series 3 pt./PTO, front hitch $4,950 . . . . . . FultonvilleJD HPX Gator 4x4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,750 . . . . . Clifton ParkKeenan 140 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20,000 . . . . . . FultonvilleGreat Bend loader for JD 7000’s . . . $5,500 . . . . . . FultonvilleBush Hog 4 ft. mower . . . . . . . . . . . . . $850 . . . . . . . ChathamJD 9600 w/643, combine . . . . . . . . . $41,500 . . . . . . FultonvilleJD 850 Gator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,500 . . . . . . FultonvilleJD 2 BTM Plow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $450 . . . . . . . . Goshen3 pt. Disc 4’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $750 . . . . . . . . Goshen
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SALE EVERY TUESDAYGoats, Lambs, Sheep, Pigs 12:30
Calves 3:00pm followed byFeeders & Beef Animals
BUYERS FROM 3 NATIONAL
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The U.S. Farmers andRanchers Alliance (US-FRA), a major nationaleffort to improve publictrust in U.S. productionagriculture and to as-sure that the voice offarmers and ranchers isbeing heard in publicdiscussion of food andfood production, haslaunched its producer-focused Web site, us-fraonline.org . The Na-tional Pork Board is oneof 46 commodity organ-izations and agricultur-al businesses support-ing the efforts of the al-liance. National Pork
Board member DaleNorton, a pork producerfrom Michigan, sits onthe USFRA board of di-rectors and its execu-tive committee.
The alliance will be di-recting most of its ef-forts to helping thosewho influence decisionsabout food — food re-tailers and restaurants;chefs; journalists, med-ical professionals andothers — understandhow today’s farmers andranchers go about theirjobs of raising food. Butthe early efforts of thealliance are directed at
farmers and ranchers toacquaint them with thealliance and its objec-tives and to enlist thehelp of farmers andranchers in spreadingthe message about to-day’s agriculture and itsproduction practices. In
addition to the launch ofthe USFRA Web site, aseries of advertisementsunder the heading,“We’ve raised just abouteverything but our voic-es” will be appearingthis week in agriculturalpublications and broad-
casts.“I’d encourage all pork
producers to check outusfraonline.org,” Nortonsaid. “We all have a roleto play to if we want tohave a seat at the tablewhen everyone fromOprah to the manager
of your local grocerystore is talking aboutfood in a way that im-pacts our future. TheWeb site is a good placeto begin getting in-volved.”
Source: Pork LeaderJuly 18
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titled to their own opin-ions about the best ap-proach to reformingdairy policy, no oneshould be allowed tomisrepresent the facts ormake unfounded asser-tions. There are severalmisleading claims thatwere made in the July 13statement from IDFAPresident and CEO Con-nie Tipton regarding therelease of a legislativedraft by Rep. Collin Pe-terson (D-MN).
These include:• The U.S.’s ability to
export dairy productswill be severely hinderedor jeopardized.
FACT: Dairy farmershave invested millions ofdollars in building andfostering an export capa-bility, through the cre-ation and continuedfunding of both the U.S.Dairy Export Council,and the CooperativesWorking Together pro-gram. We are fully awarethat foreign sales of U.S.-made dairy products arecrucial to the currentand future health of ourindustry, and don’t wantpolicies that would detri-mentally affect our ex-port capabilities.
In fact, we believe ex-
port opportunities will beenhanced with the elimi-nation of the Dairy Prod-uct Price Support pro-gram, which is containedin this proposal. Current-ly, the price support pro-gram acts as a govern-ment-funded buyer of lastresort for a limited list ofcommodities, includingcheddar cheese, butterand nonfat dry milk pow-der. Unfortunately, thisprogram also acts as adisincentive to exports.Once this program iseliminated, markets dur-ing periods of surplus willclear more quickly. Prod-uct manufacturers will nolonger have the incentiveto make dairy foods in-tended only for the gov-ernment, and every in-centive to sell those prod-ucts on the world market.The price support pro-gram has hindered ourability to fully develop andcapitalize on foreign mar-kets, as was the case in2009, when U.S. dairy ex-ports dropped and gov-ernment price supportpurchases surged. Foun-dation for the Future(FFTF) changes this forthe better.
• U.S. farm-level pricescould become distorted
and out of alignmentwith world prices.
FACT: While the trig-gers contained in theDairy Market Stabiliza-tion Program (DMSP) aretied to margins, notprice, the FFTF programwas designed to accountfor the possibility thatperiodic discrepanciescould occur where theU.S. farm-level milkprice is above the worldprice, creating an imbal-ance that could incen-tivize more imports,and/or hinder exports.
That’s why this pro-posal contains an explic-it clause that preventsthe DMSP from kickingin if U.S. prices are 20percent or more aboveworld prices for cheddarcheese and skim milkpowder. This clause willensure that any marketstabilizing slowdowns inmilk production don’tunintentionally distortthe relationship betweenU.S. and world prices.
• The program containsnew taxes on farmers.
FACT: Any revenuecollected from the DMSPwill help ensure twothings: one, that com-mercial products are
AUCTIONEERS: C W GRAY & SON'S, INC.EAST THETFORD, VTVT LIC #128 • NH LIC #2890 Timothy Gray802-785-2161 • Field 802-333-4014Email address: [email protected] address: www.cwgray.com • Try: www.auctionzip.com
AABSOLUTE CONSIGNMENT
AUCTIONLocated at Gray's Field, 1315 US RT 5 in Fairlee, VT 05045. Take exit 15 off I-91 go North on
RT 5 and field is on the left.
SATURDAY - JULY 30TH, 2011STARTING @ 8:30 AM
SELLING CONSTRUCTION & FARM EQUIPMENT, AUTO'S, TRUCKS, TRAILERS & MORE
For this sale: 2005 Case 580 Super M Series 2 4WD TLB-Amulet thumb-2109 hrs; 2005 Case 580 Super M Series 24WD TLB-Amulet thumb-4054 hrs; 2000 NH 545D turbo 4WD cab w/loader-3pth-1704 hrs; 2000 NH 545D turbo 4WD cabw/loader-3pth-585 hrs; Kubota L2950 4WD w/loader-2112 hrs; Kubota L2950 4WD w/loader-1138 hrs; Ford 2110 4WD
w/loader-2857 hrs; Kubota L2550 4WD w/loader; 2003 Kubota B7800 4WD w/loader; 2005 Kubota BX2230 w/loader-mowerdeck-275 hrs; Case 1845C skid steer; JD 1010 Industrial 1 w/loader; 2002 Hillsboro 25' 7T equipment trailer; NH 70 balethrower; JCB 214 Series 2 4WD TLB-2163 hrs; 2004 Case 40XT skid steer-heated cab-868 hrs; New Wildcat 72" hyd brushcutter skid steer mount; New Gen-Pac GE870 hyd plate compactor for exc/backhoe; SEC hyd thumb for 15-25K machine;2005 Econoline 12T air brake equipment trailer; 2005 Takeuchi TB135 excavator w/cab-heat/ac-blade-2800 hrs; New 9'dump body (no hyd), palette forks, skid steer buckets 60"-66"-72"; hyd grapple bucket
Many more consignments expectedAAll vehicles must have proper t i t le papers or previous registrat ions.Consignments Accepted on Fridayy - July 29th from 8:00 to 12:00.
Small items will be accepted from 8:00 to 10:00.TTEERRMMSS CCAASSHH OORR GGOOOODD CCHHEECCKK,, VVIISSAA && MMAASSTTEERR CCAARRDD AACCCCEEPPTTEEDD WW//AA 33%% CCHHAARRGGEE LLUUNNCCHH BBYY WWRRIIGGHHTT''SS
DATE: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2011; TIME: 10amLOCATION: 2474 VT 22A WEST HAVEN, VT 05743. DIRECTIONS: 4.8 MILES FROM FAIR HAVEN
LOCATED NEXT TO DEVIL BOWL SPEEDWAY ON RTE 22A.
200 FREE STALL HOLSTEINSThis herd consist of 108 mature cows with 80 milking cows averaging 70+ lbs per cow, 18 fresh, 9 due in August,11 in September, 8 in October, 8 in November, 4 in December, 4 in January, 4 in February & the balance due in dif-ferent lactations. SCC 118,000, 3.7% butter fat, 3% protein. 92 Holstein heifers, 38 bred heifers; 7 due in August,8 in September, 4 in October, 5 in November, 2 in December and 12 short bred heifers. 13 heifers ready to bred, 20heifers 8-12 mos old, 9 heifers 3-6 mos old & 12 calves 0-2 mos old. This herd is on the Bovi-Sheild GOLD pro-gram & has over 50 years of AI breeding, 70% of this herd is milking 1st & 2nd calves. All cows will be inoculat-ed & pregnant checked prior to sale.
EQUIPMENTTRACTORS: JD 7810 4wd tractor w/cab (snap on dual wheels, power shift, 4671 hrs), JD 74004wd tractor w/cab (power quad, 8927 hrs), JD 6420 4wd w/JD 640 loader (snap on dual wheels,3789 hrs), JD 6400 4wd tractor w/cab JD 640 loader (snap on dual wheels, 8500 hrs), JD 970 4wdtractor w/ rubber tire scrapper, JD 5300 tractor, JD 320 skid steer w/attachments & sawdust shoot-er (scrapper, spear, fork & bale roller)HARVEST: Kuhn 4000FC RG 14’ discbine, (2) Kuhn 6000GA 17’ rakes 1- for parts, Kuhn 15’
tedder, JD 3970 chopper w/ 2 row corn head w/ metal detector, JD 582 round baler silage specialw/ netting, 16’ round bale wagon, 18’ steel side tandem hay wagon (can be used either way roundbale or dry hay), bale spear w/ fork, AL 4099 Frontier bale grabber, Richardton 700 hi-dump wagonw/ wide tires & narrow frame, Miller Pro 5200 forage trailer, SPREADERS: Houle 3600gal manure tank, 3632 New Idea tandem dry manure spreader w/ newchain, 3 pth fertilizer, tag-a-long fertilizer spreader, ATV seeder, Unverferth 275 fertilizer wagon,LuckNow 350 mixer wagonTILLAGE: Kverneland BB15 - 5 bottom plow, 3 shank deep till, JD 960 21’ field cultivator, Bearcat 15’ pulvi-
mulcher, Brillion 16’ spring tooth harrows, 10’ land leveler, drags, JD 7200 4-row corn planter w/ dryfertilizer boxTRUCKS: 1990 International 4900 w/ 466 engine w/ 16’ dump body w/ 72,330 miles & 1 owner, 1999Dodge 3500 4x4 w/plow & dump w/ 50,000 miles, 2005 GMC 1500 4x4 pickup w/ 43,000 miles MISC: Semen tank & semen, 10 calf hutches, 1000 gal fuel tank w/ electric pump, JD MX8 8’ bushhog w/ v off set & sim mount, 306 6’ bush hog (needs work) goose neck dump trail-
er w/ like new hoist, 5’ Woods side bush hog, shaver post driver, feed wagon, (2) round bale feeders(heavy duty 1- round, 1- square), JD heavy duty back blade, Kato light 50kw continuous generator50-80, (1) set dual tires 18.4 x 34, (2) sets dual tires 20.8 x 38, 150 BTU space heater, 40 gal waterheater, assorted cattle gates, many small items to be ready day of sale.CORN SILAGE: 100+ TON
AUCTIONEER’S COMMENT: This is the sale we’ve all been waiting for!!
TERMS: Cash or good check w/ID. ***Purchases will not be released until paid in full. For buyers unknownto management, they must provide letter of credit issued to Wright’s Auction Service. ***
Lunch catered by Wright’s Catering Service. Sale managed by Wright’s Auction Service, Newport, VT & CC
Miller Jr., Morrisville, VT
Email: [email protected] Website: www.wrightsauctions.comAUCTIONEER: Ron Wright - TEL: (O) 802-334-6115 (C) (802) 673-9840
CC Miller Jr. - TEL: (O) (802) 888-3670 (C) (802) 793-1583Ring man: Roland Ayers - TEL: (802) 343-3750
Owners: Jim Richards: (802) 265-3576; Peter Richards: (802) 537-3562
CLAY CREEK DAIRY FARM DISPERSAL
SPECIAL SUMMER ANNIVERSARY SALEAND CHICKEN BAR-B-QUE
Friday, July 29, 2011 • 11:00 AMat Peila Bros., LLC Dairy Sales
2220 DAIRY RD., LANCASTER, PASelling A Select group of registered and grade young cows
and first calf heifers* Group #1: 37 head selected by us from the well managed herd of MacGlaflin Farms,
Claremont, NH. They are a SPECIAL group - all first or second calf with super udders.Low somatic cell counts - 2 year olds milking to 94 lbs.
* Group #2: 36 registered young cows picked from the 64 cow herd of Howes FamilyFarm, Commington, MA. This herd has been A.I. bred for years and never pushed forpeak production - Good uddered - sound cows with 29 out of the 36 safe in calf,including a few nice red cows.
* Group #3: Special cattle from Woodmansee Farm in CT. All first or second calf andregistered. Sired by such bulls as Goldwyn, Bolton, Fortune, Pagewire, Velvet andLou. All but one is from a very good or excellent dam. The right kind.
* Group #4: From Tiffany/Schilldale in CT - A group that includes a very goodGrandaughter of Buttercup, 2E94.
* Group #5: 15 Fresh sire ID’d first and 2nd calves from a 24,000 lb. herd milkiing from75 to 105 lbs. from fancy udders.
* Group #6: Several local fresh heifers, some registered and some ID’d personallyselected by us from some great neighbors herds.
* Red & Whites: 2 Fancy ones - 2 yr. old Landslide milking 85 lbs. from an 86pt udder- her dam an 88pt Talent w/35,000 of 4.1 - or Dam EX Rubens over 47,000. Then 4more VG or EX Dams. Just fresh VG Advent w/306 - 25,690 - 3.4 - 872 - 3.0 - 762 -Dam 87pt Rubens over 35,000. Gr. Dam Ex Emery over 36,000 - 3rd Dam 88pts - over30,000 - 4th Dam VG over 26,000.
* Jerseys: Pair of fancy fresh 2 yr. olds sired by Avonlea - TV Kasper from HillacresJerseys - one fresh 6-29 - her dam EX Beretta over 21,000 - Gr. Dam VG over 19,000- The other fresh 6-3 @ 1-11 - 65 lbs. on test - Dam & Gr Dam both 88pts.
TERMS: Cash or good check sale day - people unknown to us must have bank letter of credit.
For additional information or questions call.Marty: John:
717-572-6330 413-537-1308
Auctioneer AU-00873-L PedigreesPaul Snyder John Burket
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Monday, July 25• 8:00 AM: Half Acre Market, Ridge Rd., Auburn,NY. Drop Off Only. John Kelley, Empire LivestockMarketing, 315-258-9752.• 9:30 AM: Athens Stockyards, Athens, PA. Misc.sale starts @ 9:30 am, small animals approx.12:30-1 pm, followed by livestock (pigs, calves,goats, sheep & beef cattle). All times are approx-imate. Tom & Brenda Hosking 570-882-8500 or607-699-3637
www.athensstockyards.com• 12:00 Noon: Pavilion Market, 357 Lake St.,Pavilion, NY. Regular sale. Don Yahn, Mgr. & Auc-tioneer, Empire Livestock Marketing, 585-584-3033, 585-738-2104.• 12:30 PM: Dryden Market, 49 E. Main St., Dry-den, NY. Calves. Phil Laug, Manager, EmpireLivestock Marketing, 607-844-9104• 12:30 PM: Hosking Sales, New Berlin, NY (For-mer Welch Livestock). Misc., Produce & SmallAnimals @ 12:30 pm. 1 pm Dairy, lambs, goats,pigs, feeders immediately following the dairy.Calves & cull beef approx. 4:30-5:30 pm. Alltimes are approximate. Tom & Brenda Hosking607-847-8800 or 607-699-3637
www.hoskingsales.com• 12:30 PM: Burton Livestock, Vernon, NY.Sheep, Goats, Pigs, Horses & Hay. 1:30 pmCalves & Beef. Dale Chambers, Manager, Em-pire Livestock Marketing, 315-829-3105• 1:30 PM: Maplehurst Livestock Market, Inc.,4428 Rt. 16, Hinsdale, NY. Selling a dairy of 60head from Pete Causer, Tutlepoint, PA. Consist-ing of 30 cows (2/3 in 1st or 2nd lactation), 12bred heifers, 18 strated calves & open heifers. AISired & bred, tie stall, pastured and haven’t beenpushed. Also our usual run of quality dairy re-placements. Maplehurst Livestock Market, Inc.,716-257-3542• 2:00 PM: Gouverneur Market, 952 US Hwy. 11,Gouverneur, NY. Calves, Pigs, Goats, Dairy andBeef. Jack Bero, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Live-stock Marketing, 315-322-3500, sale barn 315-287-0220• 4:00 PM: Chatham Market, 2249 Rte. 203,Chatham, NY. Regular Sale. Harold Renwick,Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Livestock Marketing,518-392-3321.• 6:00 PM: Private Consignor - 1985 ChevyCorvette. ‘85 Chevy Corvette 2 door coupew/Borla stainless steel mufflers. Starts, runs &drives. Undercarriage clean & solid. CarFax avail-able.• 6:05 PM - LaFayette CSD - Vehicles & Equip-ment - (3) International 3800 buses, ‘97 Chevy
K1500 Suburban, South Bend vertical milling ma-chine, radios, tires & more.• 6:40 PM - Canaseraga Central School District -Assets - 30,000 & 75,000 BTU Modine heaters,(24) 400w metal Halide lamps, fluorescent ceilinglights & wood planks.• 6:50 PM - Onondaga Corrections - LightningRod Cable - Two piles, approximately 500 feet oflightning rod cable that was used above the topsection of a jail.• 6:55 PM - State of Vermont - Pickups & Jeep -‘01 Ford F250 pickup, ‘00 Chevy S10 pickup and‘03 Jeep Liberty Renegade. All sold with keys &clean titles. Auctions International, 800-536-1401
www.auctionsinternational.comTuesday, July 26
• 10:00 AM: 840 Fordsbush Rd., Fort Plain, NY.Groceries, hay, straw, grain & firewood. MohawkValley Produce Auction, 518-568-3579• 10:00 AM: 1815 Hicks Field Rd. East FortWorth, TX. Late Model Rental Fleet Construction,Support, Attachments, Trucks & Tralers. AlexLyon & Son, 315-633-2944, Site phone 817-847-2071
www.lyonauction.com• 1:00 PM: Central Bridge Livestock, Rte. 30A,Central Bridge, NY. Dairy, sheep, goats, pigs andhorses; 3:30 PM feeders followed by beef andcalves. Tim Miller, Mgr. & Auctioneer, EmpireLivestock Marketing, 518-868-2006, 800-321-3211.• 6:00 PM: Livingston Co. Hwy. Shop Facility, Rte.63, Geneseo, NY (Livingston Co.)`. LivingstonCo. Tax Title Auction. Pirrung Auctioneers, Inc.585-728-2520
www.pirrunginc.com• 6:00 PM: Washington County - Light Fixtures.Troffer 277V T8 w/32w recessed lighting fixtures.2, 3, & 4 bulb styles. Some w/diffusers, some withbackup ballasts.• 6:30 PM - Town of N. Hempstead - Vehicles &Equip. - ‘98 Ford 545 backhoe/loader, Ford L8000dump trucks, pickups, autos, GEM cars, buses,Groundsmasters & more!• 8:15 PM - Wappingers CSD - Vehicles & Equip-ment - ‘94 & ‘95 Bluebird TC2000 buses, ‘00Dodge 2500 Ram van, assorted Ford bumpers &tailgates, some new.• 9:00 PM - North Shore Central Schools - Liter-ature - Large quantity (3354 books) of literature.The books are all in good condition; good for ex-port. Complete inventory included. Auctions Inter-national, 800-536-1401
www.auctionsinternational.com
Wednesday, July 27• 8:00 AM: Half Acre Market, Ridge Rd., Auburn,NY. Drop Off Only. John Kelley, Empire LivestockMarketing, 315-258-9752• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale everyWednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange,585-394-1515.
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com• 1:30 PM: Dryden Market, 49 E. Main St., Dry-den, NY. Phil Laug, Manager, Empire LivestockMarketing, 607-844-9104• 1:30 PM: Burton Livestock, Vernon, NY. Calvesfollowed by beef. Dale Chambers, Manager, Em-pire Livestock Marketing, 315-829-3105• 1:30 PM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 Pickup HillRd., Cherry Creek, NY. Regular sale. Don Yahn,Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041, 585-738-2104• 6:00 PM: Cheektowaga-Maryvale UFSD - Trac-tor. ‘00 New Holland 545D front bucket loaderw/Fisher 9-ft HD snow plow, 10-ft FFC push box,pallet forks & 1/3-cu yd bucket.• 6:05 PM - Town of Cambridge - Tractor & Equip-ment - ‘81 JD 301A tractor w/loader, mower,counterweights & ROPS canopy, military genera-tor & (2) oil tanks.• 6:15 PM - Private Consignor - Corvette & Trailer- ‘87 Chevy Corvette 2 door convertible with anew battery & ‘00 Witzco RG-35 35 ton dual axlelowbed trailer. Auctions International, 800-536-1401
www.auctionsinternational.comThursday, July 28
• 8:00 AM: Half Acre Market, Ridge Rd., Auburn,NY. Drop off only. John Kelley, Empire LivestockMarketing, 315-258-9752• 10:00 AM: 7877 Batesville Blvd., PleasantPlains, AR. Complete Liquidation. Secured PartyAuction of late model Cat construction equip.,dump trucks, truck tractors. Alex Lyon & Son,315-633-2944, Site phone 731-234-8925
www.lyonauction.com• 12:30 PM: Pavilion Market, 357 Lake St., Pavil-ion, NY. Regular sale. Don Yahn, Mgr. & Auction-eer, Empire Livestock Marketing, 585-584-3033,585-738-2104.• 1:15 PM: Burton Livestock, Vernon, NY. DairyCattle followed by Beef & Calves. Dale Cham-bers, Manager, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-829-3105• 2:00 PM: Gouverneur Market, 952 US Hwy. 11,Gouverneur, NY. Calves, Pigs, Goats, Dairy andBeef. Jack Bero, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Live-
stock Marketing, 315-322-3500, sale barn 315-287-0220• 5:00 PM: Central Bridge Livestock, Rte. 30A,Central Bridge, NY. Calves, followed by Beef. TimMiller, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Livestock Mar-keting, 518-868-2006, 800-321-3211.• 6:00 PM: Rockland County - Computers & As-sets. Large lots of ThinkCentre & NetVista PCtowers, Dell laptop, automotive manuals, SpaceSaver file storage system & more.• 6:35 PM - July Second Chance Auction - Morethan ever this month! ‘05 Ford F550 Superdutypickup, ‘77 Gradall G660 SME, ‘99 Chevy 3500dump truck & tons more!• 8:00 PM - Town of Franklin, MA - Vehicles &Equip. - (2) GMC Brigadier J8C042 dump trucks,‘97 Chevy K3500 Pickup, ‘97 Land Rover, (3) ‘00Ford E350 vans & more.• 9:25 PM - Questar III - Modular Bldgs. & Autos- Ammco brake lathe, refrigerant reclamation sys-tems, pressure washer, flatbed truck body, (2)modular buildings & more.• 9:40 PM - Schuyler Co. - Equip. & Tires - Posthole digger, post driver, Blackhawk lifts, graderblade, 2 ton chain pulleys, block & tackles and (6)tires. Auctions International, 800-536-1401
www.auctionsinternational.comFriday, July 29
• 10:00 AM: 840 Fordsbush Rd., Fort Plain, NY.Full line of produce, bedding plants & flowers.Mohawk Valley Produce Auction, 518-568-3579• 6:05 PM: Private Consignor. Trailer & Equip.• 6:20 PM - Valhalla Fire Dist. - Surplus Equip. -(20) 50’ lengths of 1.5” & 2.5” hose, Olympus D-520 zoom digital camera, heater & A/C control &surge protector.• 6:30 PM - Heritage Centers - Rubbermaid Carts- (7) large 1-yd tilt carts and (5) small 1/2-yd tiltcarts. These are heavy duty carts in good condi-tion. Auctions International, 800-536-1401
www.auctionsinternational.comSaturday, July 30
• 8:00 AM: 14 Bridge St., St. Johnsville, NY. Com-plete liquidation of Lenz Hardware Contents,Hardware & Tools, Misc. Antiques. Benuel FisherAuctions, 518-568-2257• 8:30 AM: Gray’s Field, Rt. 5, Fairlee, VT. PublicConsignment Auction of Farm Machinery, Con-struction Equipment, Autos, Trucks, Trailers andsmall tools. Consignments accepted on Fridayfrom 8 am till noon. C.W. Gray & Sons, Inc., Com-plete Auction Services, 802-785-2161• 9:00 AM: 40470 Highway 23 Grand Gorge, NY.One Owner, Complete Liquidation of Construc-
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DANN AUCTIONEERS DELOS DANN
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Franklin, NY607-829-5172
Over 30 Years Experience in Farm Equipment Auctions
Frank Walker, AuctioneerP.O. Box 25, Franklin, NY 13775
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Scott Hamilton 518-483-8787 or 483-8576Ed Legacy 518-483-7386 or 483-0800
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HARRIS WILCOX, INC.Bergen, NY
585-494-1880 www.harriswilcox.com
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tion, Attachments, Support, Tools, Trucks & Trail-ers. Alex Lyon & Son, 315-633-2944, Site phone315-559-5900
www.lyonauction.com• 9:00 AM: 291 Maple Hollow Rd., New Hartford,Ct. Sunset Hollow Farmbr. Combined the con-tents of the Old Mill of Bakersville with theNathan Estate Tractor collection for this spectac-ular auction. 19 JD antique tractors, IH, Case &other antique tractors, 1919 Ford Model T depothack delivery sedan & 1956 IH R190 cab & chas-sis trucks, Hit & Miss engines & early walk be-hinds, horse drawn equip., quilt collection &antiques. Auctioneer Phil Jacquier, 413-569-6421
Sunday, July 31• 6:00 PM: Onondage Co. - Fire Safe Assets. (2)Black Diamond Remington-Rand safe file fire in-sulated, very heavy cabinet. Dimensions are 30”x 20” x 54.” Auctions International, 800-536-1401
www.auctionsinternational.comMonday, August 1
• 12:30 PM: New Berlin, NY (Former Welch Live-stock). Misc. produce & small animals @ 12:30pm. 1 pm dairy, lambs, goats, pigs, feeders im-mediately following the dairy. Calves & cull beefapprox. 4:40-5:30 pm. Monthly Feeder & Fat Cat-tle Sale. All times are approximate. Tom & BrendaHosking 607-847-8800 or 607-699-3637
www.hoskingsales.com• 6:00 PM: Town of Windham. Pickup & Equip. -‘02 GMC Sierra 2500 HD pickup with plow, pushmowers, pole saw, weed eater, air compressor &Police car dividers.• 6:10 PM - Onondaga Community College As-sets - Nexlink computer towers, Colex Studio M50 film processor, conference table & chairs, Tan-dum lab table & more. Auctions International,800-536-1401
www.auctionsinternational.comTuesday, August 2
• 6:00 PM: National Grid MA . Culvert Cylinders -(4) various sized, 2-oz/610-gram cylinders: (1)30” diameter x 6’ L, (1) 40” x 15’ L, (1) 60” x 18’ L,(1) 84” x 23’ L. Auctions International, 800-536-1401
www.auctionsinternational.comWednesday, August 3
• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale everyWednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange,585-394-1515.
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comFriday, August 5
• Queretaro, Mexico. Late Model ConstructionEquip., Trucks, Trailers, Support & Attachments.Alex Lyon & Son, 315-633-2944
www.lyonauction.com• 9:30 AM: Tuscaloosa, AL. Complete DumpTruck & Truck Tractor Liquidation plus Construc-tion & Logging Equip. for SLG Trucking. Alex Lyon& Son, 315-633-2944
www.lyonauction.com• 6:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY. Feeder Cattle sale. Pleasevaccinate your cattle & bring documentation. Cat-tle accepted Thurs. & Fri. between 7:30 am - 6pm. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange, 585-394-1515.
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comSaturday, August 6
• Edison, NH. Retirement Auction. High QualityConstruction, Paving Equipment, Snow & SanderEquipment, Attachments, Support, Trucks & Trail-ers. Alex Lyon & Son, 315-633-2944
www.lyonauction.com• 10:00 AM: Farmersville, NY (Cattaraugus Co.).Raisin Acres Farm Auction. 5th Wheel Camper,Cattle Handling System, Farm Machinery. Pir-rung Auctioneers, Inc. 585-728-2520
www.pirrunginc.comSunday, August 7
• Detroit, MI. Complete Liquidation of Construc-tion, Agricultural Equip., Support & Vehicles. On-line bidding available. Alex Lyon & Son,315-633-2944
www.lyonauction.comMonday, August 8
• 12:30 PM: Hosking Sales, New Berlin, NY (For-mer Welch Livestock). Monthly Heifer Sale. Callto advertise. Tom & Brenda Hosking 607-699-3637 or 607-972-1770
Tuesday, August 9• 6:00 PM: Canaseraga Central School District .Equipment - 30,000 & 75,000 BTU Modineheaters, (24) 400w ‘03 Chevy Silverado 2500 HDFleetside 4X4 pickup, metal Halide lamps, fluo-rescent ceiling lights & wood planks.. Auctions International, 800-536-1401
www.auctionsinternational.comWednesday, August 10
• 10:00 AM: West Haven, VT. Complete Dispersalof Oak Creek Farm including 200 free stall Hol-steins, complete extensive line of equip., 100tons of corn silage. Wrights Auction Service, 802-334-6115• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale everyWednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange,585-394-1515.
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com• 2:00 PM: NY Steam Engine Assn. Grounds,Gehan Rd, off Rts. 5 & 20, 5 mi. east of
Canandaigua, NY. NY Steam Engine Associa-tions 3rd Annual Consignment Auction. Sellingantique and modern farm and constructionequipment. Dann Auctioneers, Delos Dann, 585-396-1676
www.cnyauctions.com/dannauctioneers.htmThursday, August 11
• Route 414, Seneca Falls, N.Y. Farm & Equip-ment Auction. Next to Empire Farm Days Show.Farm Equipment, Tractors, Antique Equipment,Construction Equipment. Roy Teitsworth, Inc.,Auctioneers, 585-243-1563.
www.teitsworth.com• 6:00 PM: Town of Fishkill Police - Crown Vic. ‘03Ford Crown Vic 4 door police interceptor. In over-all good condition. New motor at 50,000 miles,everything works. Auctions International, 800-536-1401
www.auctionsinternational.comSaturday, August 13
• 10:00 AM: 3277 Lexington Rd., Richmond, KY.Over 50 Cars Sell! Corvette Extravaganza!Corvettes & Other Classics. Alex Lyon & Son,315-633-2944
www.lyonauction.comMonday, August 15
• 12:30 PM: Hosking Sales, New Berlin, NY (For-mer Welch Livestock). Monthly Lamb, Sheep,Goat & Pig Sale. Call to advertise. Tom & BrendaHosking 607-699-3637 or 607-972-1770• 6:00 PM: Harrison Central Schools - Van &Equip. ‘99 GMC Savana G2500 cargo van, Toro580D mower, Harper Turbo vac 4D, Garlandranges, Traulsen refrigerator & more. Auctions In-ternational, 800-536-1401
www.auctionsinternational.comTuesday, August 16
• 10:00 AM: 12601 State Rd. 545, North WinterGarden, FL. Rental Return Auction. Construction,Support Rental Fleet Equip., Attachments, Sup-port, Trucks & Trailers. Alex Lyon & Son, 315-633-2944, Site Phone 407-239-2700
www.lyonauction.comWednesday, August 17
• 9:30 AM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 Pickup HillRd., Cherry Creek, NY. Monthly Heifer Sale. Fol-lowed by our regular Wednesday sale at 1:30 pm.Don Yahn, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire LivestockMarketing, 716-296-5041, 585-738-2104.• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale everyWednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange,585-394-1515.
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com• 5:00 PM: Penn Yan, NY (Yates Co.). Curvin &Bertha Stauffer Real Estate & Farm Machinery
Auction. Pirrung Auctioneers, Inc. 585-728-2520www.pirrunginc.com
Thursday, August 18• 4:30 PM: Bath Market, Bath, NY. Special FeederCalf and Beef Replacement Sales. Phil Laug,Mgr., Empire Livestock Marketing, 607-776-2000or 315-427-7845.• 5:00 PM: Dansville, NY. Slaight Farm Real Es-tate Auction. Selling Slaight homestead includinghouse barns and approx. 20 acres w/more landavailable. See our Web site for more information.William Kent Inc., Sales Managers and Auction-eers, 585-343-5449
www.williamkentinc.comFriday, August 19
• Lebanon County Expo Center, Lebanon, PA.Arethusa-Kueffner Klassic II. Hosted by ArethusaFarm & Kueffner Holsteins. The Cattle Exchange,Dave Rama, 607-746-2226
• Mobile, AL. One Owner Complete Liquidation ofDisaster on the Spot Construction Equipment,Recycling Equipment, Tub Grinders, DebrisDump Trucks, Truck Tractors, Pickups, Office &Dump Trailers & much more. Alex Lyon & Son,315-633-2944
www.lyonauction.com• 6:00 PM: Village of Depew Fire. Chevy Tahoe -‘01 Chevy Tahoe 4 door SUV. Comes with code 3 lights & siren package. Transmission rebuilt atGM dealership at 106,000 miles. Auctions Inter-national, 800-536-1401
www.auctionsinternational.comSaturday, August 20
• Racine, WI. Secured Creditor’s Auction-LateModel Truck Tractors, Dump Trucks, Pickups,Equipment & Reefer Trailers, Late Model Con-struction, Earthmoving Equipment, Attachments,Support Equipment. Alex Lyon & Son, 315-633-2944
www.lyonauction.com• 10:00 AM: Prattsburgh, (Steuben Co.) NY. 206Acre Farm in two (2) Parcels. 153 acres withbuildings and 53 acres Farmlands & Woodsalong County Rd. 75 & Townline Roads in Pratts-burgh Township for the John Brezinski Trust. Ab-solute Auction!!. Pirrung Auctioneers, Inc. 585-728-2520
www.pirrunginc.com• 10:30 AM: Carthage, NY. Woodell HolsteinsComplete Cattle & Machinery Dispersal. 45 reg-istered & grade Holsteins, 28 milking age, bal-ance young stock. Full line of machinery, 3tractors, skidsteer, tillage, haying & barn equip.Pictures and full listing on Web site. Tom &
PARTICIPATING AUCTIONEERSHILLTOP AUCTION CO.
3856 Reed Rd., Savannah, NY 13146Jay Martin 315-521-3123
Elmer Zieset 315-729-8030
HOSKING SALESSales Managers & Auctioneer
6810 W. River Rd., Nichols, NY 13812Tom & Brenda Hosking • AU 005392607-699-3637 • Fax 607-699-3661
HOSKING SALES-FORMER WELCHLIVESTOCK MARKET
Tom & Brenda Hosking • AU 008392P.O. Box 311, New Berlin, NY 13411
607-847-8800 • 607-699-3637cell: 607-972-1770 or 1771
www.hoskingsales.comhoskingsales@stny,rr.com
LEAMAN AUCTIONS LTD329 Brenneman Rd., Willow St., PA 17584
717-464-1128 • cell 610-662-8149auctionzip.com 3721 leamanauctions.com
KELLEHER’S AUCTION SERVICER.D. 1, Little Falls, NY
315-823-0089We Buy or Sell Your Cattle or
Equipment on Commission or Outright In Business Since 1948!
MEL MANASSE & SON, AUCTIONEERSSales Managers, Auctioneers & Real Estate Brokers
Whitney Point, NYToll free 800-MANASSE or 607-692-4540
Fax 607-692-4327www.manasseauctions.com
MIDDLESEX LIVESTOCK AUCTION488 Cherry Hill Rd., Middlefield, CT 06455
Sale Every MondayLisa Scirpo 860-883-5828Sales Barn 860-349-3204
Res. 860-346-8550
MOHAWK VALLEY PRODUCE AUCTION840 Fordsbush Rd., Fort Plain, NY 13339
518-568-3579
NEW HOLLAND SALES STABLENorman Kolb & David Kolb, Sales Mgrs.
Auctions Every Mon., Wed., & Thurs.717-354-4341
Sales Mon., Wed. • Thurs. Special Sales
NORTHEAST KINGDOM SALES INC.Jim Young & Ray LeBlanc Sales Mgrs. • Barton, VT
Jim - 802-525-4774 Ray - [email protected]
NORTHAMPTON COOP. AUCTIONWhately, MA • Farmer Owned Since 1949
Livestock Commission Auction Sales at noon every Tues. • Consignments at 9 AM
413-665-8774
NORTHERN NEW YORK DAIRY SALESNorth Bangor, NY
518-481-6666Sales Mgrs.: Joey St. Mary 518-569-0503
Harry Neverett 518-651-1818Auctioneer John (Barney) McCracken
802-524-2991 www.nnyds.com
PIRRUNG AUCTIONEERS, INC.P.O. Box 607, Wayland, NY 14572
585-728-2520 • Fax 585-728-3378www.pirrunginc.com
James P. Pirrung
R.G. MASON AUCTIONSRichard G. Mason
We do all types of auctionsComplete auction service & equipment
Phone/Fax 585-567-8844
ROBERTS AUCTION SERVICEMARCEL J. ROBERTS
Specializing in farm liquidations.802-334-2638 • 802-777-1065 cell
ROY TEITSWORTH, INC. AUCTIONEERSSpecialist in large auctions for farmers,dealers, contractors and municipalities.
Groveland, Geneseo, NY 14454585-243-1563
www.teitsworth.com
TOWN & COUNTRY AUCTION SERVICERt. 32 N., Schuylerville, NY
518-695-6663Owner: Henry J. Moak
WILLIAM KENT, INC.Sales Managers & Auctioneers
Farm Real Estate Brokers • Stafford, NY585-343-5449 • www.williamkentinc.com
WRIGHT’S AUCTION SERVICE48 Community Dr., Derby, VT 14541
802-334-6115 • www.wrightsauctions.com
AUCTION CALENDARTo Have Your Auction Listed, See Your Sales Representative
or Contact David Dornburgh at 518-673-3237 • Fax 518-673-2381
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• Houston, TX. Late Model Construction Equip-ment, Aerials, Forklifts, Attachments, Support,Trucks & Trailers. Alex Lyon & Son, 315-633-2944
www.lyonauction.comWednesday, August 24
• The Pines Farm, Barton, VT. 148th Top of Ver-mont Invitation Dairy Sale. Sales Managers,Northeast Kingdom Sales, 802-525-4774, Auc-tioneer Reg Lussier 802-626-8892
[email protected]• 11:00 AM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 PickupHill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Monthly Feeder Sale.Followed by our regular Wednesday sale at 1:30pm. Don Yahn, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Live-stock Marketing, 716-296-5041, 585-738-2104.• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale everyWednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange,585-394-1515.
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comThursday, August 25
• 5:00 PM: Elba, NY. Dan & Penny Bridge FarmMachinery Auction. Selling a full line of farm ma-chinery including New Holland 1915 forage har-vester, 7 tractors, mixer wagon and more. WilliamKent Inc., Sales Managers & Auctioneers, 585-343-5449
www.williamkentinc.comSaturday, August 27
• 9:00 AM: 140 Perrin Rd., Woodstock, CT. Estateof Ernest Levesque. JD 2355 tractor w/loader, JD327 baler, Woods backhoe, equipment, huge col-lection of horse drawn equip. & collectibles, lum-ber, tools, real estate, barns & 57 acres.Auctioneer Phil Jacquier, 413-569-6421• 9:00 AM: Finger Lakes Produce Auction. Inc.Fall Machinery Consignment Sale. For info con-tact Edwin Zimmerman at 315-536-6252. PirrungAuctioneers, Inc. 585-728-2520
www.pirrunginc.com• 9:00 AM: Oswego County DPW, Oswego, NY.Oswego County Municipal Contractor EquipmentAuction. Roy Teitsworth, Inc., Auctioneers, 585-243-1563.
www.teitsworth.comTuesday, August 30
• 4:00 PM: Wayland, NY (Steuben Co.). JablohskiBrothers Retirement Auction. Potato & GrainFarm Machinery. Pirrung Auctioneers, Inc. 585-728-2520
www.pirrunginc.comWednesday, August 31
• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale everyWednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange,585-394-1515.
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comWednesday, September 7
• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale everyWednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange,585-394-1515.
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com
Saturday, September 10• Morrisville, NY. Morrisville Autumn Review Sale.Hosted by the Morrisville College Dairy Club. TheCattle Exchange, Dave Rama, 607-746-2226
• 9:00 AM: Town of Lansing Highway Dept., Rts.34 & 34B, Lansing, NY. Municipal Surplus & Con-tractor Equipment Auction. Roy Teitsworth, Inc.,Auctioneers, 585-243-1563.
www.teitsworth.com• 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY. Feeder Cattle sale. Pleasevaccinate your cattle & bring documentation. Cat-tle accepted Thurs. & Fri. between 7:30 am - 6pm. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange, 585-394-1515.
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comWednesday, September 14
• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale everyWednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange,585-394-1515.
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comThursday, September 15
• Belleville, PA. First String Holsteins CompleteDispersal. Andrew Fleischer, owner. Co-man-aged by Stonehurts Farms & The Cattle Ex-change. The Cattle Exchange, Dave Rama,607-746-2226
• 4:30 PM: Bath Market, Bath, NY. Special FeederCalf and Beef Replacement Sales. Phil Laug,Mgr., Empire Livestock Marketing, 607-776-2000
or 315-427-7845.Saturday, September 17
• Canton, CT. Estate of Dean Moulton. 1922 IH 8-16 Tractor, Cat 15 Dozer , Boat Motors, EarlyCanoe; Early Mowers & Gravely’s, Horse DrawnEquipment, Early tools, Antiques & Collectibles.Auctioneer Phil Jacquier, 413-569-6421• Atlantic City, NJ. Rental Returns of Construc-tion, Aerials, Attachments, Support, Trucks &Trailers. Alex Lyon & Son, 315-633-2944
www.lyonauction.com• 8:00 AM: Teitsworth Auction Yard, Groveland,NY. Special Fall Consignment Auction of Farm &Construction Equipment, Heavy & Light Trucks.Consignments welcome. Roy Teitsworth, Inc.,Auctioneers, 585-243-1563.
www.teitsworth.com• 9:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY. Horse Sale. Finger LakesLivestock Exchange, 585-394-1515.
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comWednesday, September 21
• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale everyWednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange,585-394-1515.
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comFriday, September 23
• South Bend, IN. 2 Auctions in One Day! Com-plete Liquidation of Late Model Construction,Support Equip. & Large Job Completion of LateModel Construction, Support Equipment & LargeJob Completion of Late Model EarthmovingEquip., Trucks & Trailers. Alex Lyon & Son, 315-633-2944
www.lyonauction.comSaturday, September 24
• Betty & Nelson LeDuc, Champlain, NY. DairyDispersal. 180 head. Northern New York DairySales, 518-481-6666, Joey St. Mary 518-569-0503, Harry Neveett 518-561-1818
www.nnyds.com• Woodward, PA. Houserdale Holsteins Disper-sal. Featuring 100 registered Holsteins. DavidHouser & family, owners. The Cattle Exchange,Dave Rama, 607-746-2226
• 8:30 AM: Gray’s Field, Rt. 5, Fairlee, VT. PublicConsignment Auction of Farm Machinery, Con-struction Equipment, Autos, Trucks, Trailers andsmall tools. Consignments accepted on Fridayfrom 8 am till noon. C.W. Gray & Sons, Inc., Com-plete Auction Services, 802-785-2161• 9:00 AM: Routes 39 & 219, Springville, NY.Lamb & Webster Used Equipment Auction ofFarm Tractors & Machinery. Roy Teitsworth, Inc.,Auctioneers, 585-243-1563.
www.teitsworth.com• 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY. Feeder Cattle sale. Pleasevaccinate your cattle & bring documentation. Cat-tle accepted Thurs. & Fri. between 7:30 am - 6pm. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange, 585-394-1515.
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comWednesday, September 28
• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale everyWednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange,585-394-1515.
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comThursday, September 29
• 10:00 AM: Bath, NY (Steuben Co,). SteubenCo. Surplus Vehicles, Heavy Equipment & Ac-cessories. Pirrung Auctioneers, Inc. 585-728-2520
www.pirrunginc.comFriday, September 30
• 9:00 AM: 44 Hair Rd., Newville, PA. Public Auc-tion of rare & unique memorabilia. Two day event- Sept. 30 - Oct. 1. Quality collection of Farmall,McCormick & IH. Leaman Auctions Ltd., 717-464-1128, AuctionZip Auctioneer ID #3721
[email protected], October 1
• 9:00 AM: 145 Paul Rd., Exit 17, Rt. 390,Rochester, NY. Monroe County Municipal Equip-ment Auction. Heavy Construction Equipment,Cars & Trucks. Roy Teitsworth, Inc., Auctioneers,585-243-1563.
www.teitsworth.com• 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY. Feeder Cattle sale. Pleasevaccinate your cattle & bring documentation. Cat-tle accepted Thurs. & Fri. between 7:30 am - 6pm. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange, 585-394-1515.
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comWednesday, October 5
• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale everyWednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange,585-394-1515.
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comSaturday, October 8
• 9:00 AM: Hamburg Fairgrounds, Hamburg, NY. Municipal & Contractor Equipment Auction. RoyTeitsworth, Inc., Auctioneers, 585-243-1563.
www.teitsworth.comWednesday, October 12
• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale everyWednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange,585-394-1515.
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comFriday, October 14
• Detroit, MI. Alex Lyon & Son, 315-633-2944www.lyonauction.com
• Intercourse, PA. Plankenhorn Farms CompleteDispersal. Co-managed with Stonehurst Farms.Dr. Sam & Gail Simon, owners. The Cattle Ex-change, Dave Rama, 607-746-2226
• 5:30 PM: Bath Market, Bath, NY. Special FeederCalf and Beef Replacement Sales. Phil Laug,Mgr., Empire Livestock Marketing, 607-776-2000or 315-427-7845.
Saturday, October 15• Sweet Water Farm Auction, 26 Barker St.,Three Rivers, MA. IH 5088 & 1086, JD 2020,Dozer, IH Silage Trucks, Equipment, OwnerGeorge Foskit. Auctioneer Phil Jacquier, 413-569-6421• 8:30 AM: Gray’s Field, Rt. 5, Fairlee, VT. PublicConsignment Auction of Farm Machinery, Con-struction Equipment, Autos, Trucks, Trailers andsmall tools. Consignments accepted on Fridayfrom 8 am till noon. C.W. Gray & Sons, Inc., Com-plete Auction Services, 802-785-2161• 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY. Feeder Cattle sale. Pleasevaccinate your cattle & bring documentation. Cat-tle accepted Thurs. & Fri. between 7:30 am - 6pm. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange, 585-394-1515.
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com• 11:00 AM: Richfield Springs, NY. 63rd OHMHolstein Club Sale. 100 head of quality regis-tered Holsteins sell. Hosted by Roedale Farm,the Pullis Family. Tom & Brenda Hosking 607-847-8800 or 607-699-3637, Brad Ainslie SaleChairman 315-822-6087
www.hoskingsales.comWednesday, October 19
• Allentow, PA. State Auction. Complete Liquida-tion of Automotive Dismantling Operation. MACCar Crusher, Rubber Tired Loaders, Rollback &Dump Trucks, Vans. Over 100 Cars (40-50 run-ning), UNBELIEVABLE Accumulation of Motors,Transmissions, Shocks, Glass & Much More.On-line bidding available. Alex Lyon & Son, 315-633-2944
www.lyonauction.com• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale everyWednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange,585-394-1515.
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comThursday, October 20
• Gordonville, PA. Jo-Lan Farm Complete Disper-sal. John & Rachel Lantz, owners. Co-Managedby The Cattle Exchange & Stonehurst Farms.The Cattle Exchange, Dave Rama, 607-746-2226
[email protected], October 22
• 9:00 AM: Syracuse, NY (NYS Fairgrounds).Onondaga County Area Municipal EquipmentAuction of Municipal & Contractor Equipment.Roy Teitsworth, Inc., Auctioneers, 585-243-1563.
www.teitsworth.comWednesday, October 26
• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale everyWednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange,585-394-1515.
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comFriday, October 28
• Bloomfield, NY. Bennett Farms Milking Herd &Bred Heifer Dispersal. Bennett Farms, Inc. own-ers. The Cattle Exchange, Dave Rama, 607-746-2226
Wednesday, November 2• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale everyWednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange,585-394-1515.
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comSaturday, November 5
• Ithaca, NY. New York Holstein Fall Harvest Sale.The Cattle Exchange, Dave Rama, 607-746-2226
• Ithaca, NY. NY Fall Harvest Sale. Hosted byCornell University Dairy Science Club. The CattleExchange, Dave Rama, 607-746-2226
• 8:30 AM: Gray’s Field, Rt. 5, Fairlee, VT. PublicConsignment Auction of Farm Machinery, Con-struction Equipment, Autos, Trucks, Trailers andsmall tools. Consignments accepted on Fridayfrom 8 am till noon. C.W. Gray & Sons, Inc., Com-
plete Auction Services, 802-785-2161• 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY. Feeder Cattle sale. Pleasevaccinate your cattle & bring documentation. Cat-tle accepted Thurs. & Fri. between 7:30 am - 6pm. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange, 585-394-1515.
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comWednesday, November 9
• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale everyWednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange,585-394-1515.
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comThursday, November 10
• Ben K. Stolzfus Farm, Intercourse, PA. Re-served for a major New York Herd Dispersal w/ aBAA of 110%! Co-Managed by The Cattle Ex-change & Stonehurst Farms. The Cattle Ex-change, Dave Rama, 607-746-2226
[email protected], November 11
• 11:30 AM: Hosking Sales, 6096 NYS Rt. 8, NewBerlin, NY (30 miles S. of Utica & 6 miles N. ofNew Berlin). Fall Premier All Breeds Sale. 100head of quality all breeds sell. Call to participatein this sale. Tom & Brenda Hosking 607-847-8800 or 607-699-3637
Saturday, November 12• 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY. Feeder Cattle sale. Pleasevaccinate your cattle & bring documentation. Cat-tle accepted Thurs. & Fri. between 7:30 am - 6pm. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange, 585-394-1515.
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comWednesday, November 16
• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale everyWednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange,585-394-1515.
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comThursday, November 17
• 4:30 PM: Bath Market, Bath, NY. Special FeederCalf and Beef Replacement Sales. Phil Laug,Mgr., Empire Livestock Marketing, 607-776-2000or 315-427-7845.
Wednesday, November 23• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale everyWednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange,585-394-1515.
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comWednesday, November 30
• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale everyWednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange,585-394-1515.
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comSaturday, December 3
• 9:00 AM: Teitsworth Auction Yard, Groveland,NY. Special Winter Consignment Auction of Farm& Construction Equipment, Heavy & Light Trucks,Liquidations & Consignments. Roy Teitsworth,Inc., Auctioneers, 585-243-1563.
www.teitsworth.com• 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY. Feeder Cattle sale. Pleasevaccinate your cattle & bring documentation. Cat-tle accepted Thurs. & Fri. between 7:30 am - 6pm. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange, 585-394-1515.
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comWednesday, December 7
• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale everyWednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange,585-394-1515.
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comSaturday, December 10
• 9:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY. Horse Sale. Finger LakesLivestock Exchange, 585-394-1515.
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comWednesday, December 14
• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale everyWednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange,585-394-1515.
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comThursday, December 15
• 4:30 PM: Bath Market, Bath, NY. Special FeederCalf and Beef Replacement Sales. Phil Laug,Mgr., Empire Livestock Marketing, 607-776-2000or 315-427-7845.
Wednesday, December 21• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale everyWednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange,585-394-1515.
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comWednesday, December 28
• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale everyWednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange,585-394-1515.
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com
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MIDDLESEX LIVESTOCK AUCTION
Middlefield, CTJuly 18, 2011
On the Hoof, Dollars/CwtCalves:45-60# .12-.14; 61-75# .15-.18; 76-90# .20-.22;91-105# .25-.30; 106# & up.35-.40.Farm Calves: .45-.55Veal Calves: .95-1.50Heifers: Open .63-1.20;Beef .68-.7650.Beef Steers: .75-.85; Beef.67-1.1250Beef Bull: 70-72Replacement Cows: one@ 1450Boars: one @ 20Sows: 30-31Butcher Hogs: one @ 40Sheep, ea: 45-205Lambs, ea: 35-162.50Goats, ea: 80-220Kids, ea: 75-85Canners: up to 65.50Cutters: 66-69Utility: 70-75.25Rabbits: 3-12Chickens: 3-21Ducks: 5-18
COSTA & SONS LIVESTOCK & SALES
Fairhaven, MANo report
* Sale every Wed. @ 7 pm.
FLAME LIVESTOCK Littleton, MAJuly 19, 2011
Beef Cattle: Canners .32-.54; Cutters .54-.68; Util .65-.77; Bulls .85-.90; Steers78-102; Heifers 60-78.Calves: Growers No. 1 .75-1.20; Heifers 1.50-2; VealUtil .90-1.05; Other 70-89.Hogs:Sows 40-45; Boars20-25/ea.Sheep: 65-75Goats: 75-130/ea; Billies150-175; Kids 20-120/ea.Lambs: 1.80-2.20
NORTHAMPTON COOPERATIVE AUCTION, INCWhately, MAJuly 19, 2011
Calves: (/cwt) 0-60# 5-16;61-75# 18-42; 76-95# 32-60; 96-105# 35-60; 106# &up 50-60.Farm Calves: 70-250/cwtStart Calves: 50-76/cwtVeal: 74-79/cwtHeifers: 36-82.50/cwtSteers: 86.50/cwtBulls: 68.50/cwtCanners: 22-61/cwtCutters: 61.50-71/cwtUtility: 72-83.50/cwtSows: 35/cwtHogs: 43-71/cwtBoars: 5/cwtPigs: 48-53/eaLambs: 160-225/cwtSheep: 51-110Goats: 45-182.50/ea.Rabbits: 2-9.50/ea.Poultry: 1-18.50/ea.Hay (18 lots): .35-3.30/bale.northamptonlivestockauc-tion.homestead.com
HACKETTSTOWN AUCTION
Hackettstown, NJJuly 19, 2011
51 Calves .02-1.20, Avg.54; 44 Cows .30-.87, Avg.66; 7 Easy Cows .07.5-.57.75, Avg .43; 6 Feeders300-600# .31-1.18, Avg .80;3 Heifers .45-.75.5, Avg .63;7 Bulls .57-.95.5, Avg .87;14 Steers .53.5-1.11.5, Avg.88; 18 Sheep .27-.98, Avg.53; 6 Lambs (ea) 1-72, Avg54.17;, (/#) 1.30-2.06, Avg1.71; 16 Goats (ea) 29-155,Avg 57.16; 11 Kids (ea) 34-65, Avg 48.73. Total 204Poultry & Eggs: HeavyFowl (/#) .80-1; Roosters(ea) 2-4; Bunnies (ea) 2;Ducks (ea) 3.50; Rabbits(/#) 1.50; Pigeons (ea) 1.50-3.25; Guineas (ea) 7.Grade A Eggs: White JumXL 1.25; Brown Jum XL1.40-1.45; L 1.35; M .95.Hay, Straw & Grain: 1 Alfal-fa 4.30; 13 Mixed .70-1.40; 2Timothy 1.90; 6 Grass 1-4.30; 1 Rye Straw 3.20; 1Oats 8. Total 24
CAMBRIDGE VALLEYLIVESTOCK MARKET,
INCCambridge, NY
No report
EMPIRE LIVESTOCKMARKET
BURTON LIVESTOCK Vernon, NY
July 11 & 14, 2011Calves (/#): Hfrs. .75-2.50;Grower Bull over 92# .60-1.25; 80-92# .50-1.15.Cull Cows (/#): Gd .62-.81;Lean .45-.72; Hvy. Beef .70-.92.Dairy Replacements (/hd):Fresh Cows 1000-1400;Springing Hfrs. 900-1500;Bred Hfrs. 1000-1300;Fresh Hfrs. 800-1350; OpenHfrs. 500-900.Beef (/#): Feeders .60-1.15.Goats (/hd): Billies 100-190; Nannies 75-135; Kids30-80.
CENTRAL BRIDGE LIVESTOCK
Central Bridge, NYJuly 11 & 14, 2011
Calves (/#): Hfrs. .75-2.50;Grower Bull over 92# .60-1.25; 80-92# .50-1.15.Cull Cows (/#): Gd .62-.81;Lean .45-.72; Hvy BeefBulls .70-.92.Dairy Replacements (/hd):Fresh Cows 1000-1400;Springing Hfrs. 900-1500;Bred Hfrs. 1000-1300;Fresh Hfrs. 800-1350; OpenHfrs. 500-900.Beef (/#): Feeders .60-1.15.Goats (/hd): Billies 100-190; Nannies 75-135; Kids30-80.
CHATHAM MARKET Chatham, NY
No report
CHERRY CREEK Cherry Creek, NY
July 13, 2011Calves (/#): Hfrs. 2.60;Grower Bull over 92# .90-1.10; 80-92# .60-1.05; BobVeal .10-.55.
Cull Cows (/#): Gd .71-.85;Lean .55-.73; Hvy. Beef .75-.88.Dairy Replacements (/hd):Fresh Cows 1650; Spring-ing Cows 1525; Open Hfrs.900; Started Hfrs. 300-610.Beef (/#): Ch 1-1.13; Sel.90-.97; Hols. Sel .88-.94.Lamb/Sheep (/#): Market1.50-1.75.Swine (/#): Sow .47; Boar.20; Feeder Pig .90-1.05.
DRYDEN MARKET Dryden, NY
July 11, 2011Calves (/#): Hfrs. .75-2.70;Grower Bull over 92# .70-1.30; 80-92# .70-1; BobVeal .20-.50.Cull Cows (/#): Gd .74-.87;Lean .72-.78; Hvy. Beef .80-.86.Beef (/#): Feeders 1.05-1.27.
GOUVERNEUR LIVESTOCK
Governeur, NYNo report
PAVILION MARKET Pavilion, NYJuly 14, 2011
Calves (/#): Grower Calves92# .90-1.15; 80-92# .50-1.05; Bob Veal .10-.50.Cull Cows (/#): Bone Util.71-.80; Canners/Cutters.60-.73; HY Util .80-.90.Dairy Replacements (/hd):Springing Cows 950.Beef (/#): Ch 1-1.12; Sel.95-.98; Hols. Ch .94-.98;Sel .80-.85.
BATH MARKET Bath, NYNo report
FINGER LAKES LIVESTOCK AUCTION
Canandaigua, NY July 13, 2011
Cows: Bone Util 64-81;Canners/Cutters 42-74.Bulls: Dairy 81-88.Calves: 95-110# 15-25; 80-95# 10-22; 60-80# 5-20;Ret. to Feed Bull over 95#30-132; 80-94# 25-130; 70-80# 20-100; Hfrs. 205.Steers: Beef Ch 94-113;Sel 88-94; Hols. Ch 85-95;Sel 78-83.Hogs: St. 71-90; Boar 10;Feeder pigs 60/hd.Lambs/Goats: Lambs 122-197; Sheep 20-75; Goats70-142.50/hd.
FINGER LAKES PRODUCE AUCTION
Penn Yan, NYJuly 13, 2011
Beans (1/2 bu): 4-17Beets (bunch): .45-1.15Blueberries (pt): 1.50-3Broccoli (hd): .55-1.10Cabbage (hd): .25-.95Cherries (peck): 16-28Cucumbers (1/2 bu): 1-12.50Eggs (dz): .65-1.40Hot Peppers (1/2 bu): 7-13Onions (bunch): .25-.85Peas (1/2 bu): 11-34Peppers (1/2 bu): 4.50-15Pickles (1/2 bu): 1-16Potatoes (1/2 bu): 7.50-16
Raspberries (pt): 1.45-3.70Salad Tomatoes (pt): .50-2Salt Potatoes (1/2 bu):11.50-23.50Sweet Corn (dz): 2.65-4.25Summer Squash (1/2 bu):2-16Tomatoes (25#): 17-61Zucchini (1/2 bu): .75-11.50Produce Mon @ 10 am,Wed-Fri @ 9 am sharp.
HOSKING SALES New Berlin, NYJuly 18, 2011
Cattle: Bone Util .70-.8050;Canners/Cutters .60-.70;Easy Cows .60 & dn.Bulls: Bulls & Steers .76-.90Calves: Bulls 96-120# .80-1.30; up to 95# .10-.95;Hfrs. Hols. under 100# 2.82.Sheep/Lambs: Cull .15-.80; Lambs under 60-80#1.45-2.05; Lambs 80# & up1.4250-2.0250.Goats: 15-125.Dairy: Bred Hfrs. up to1435.
BELKNAP LIVESTOCKAUCTION
Belknap, PANo report
BELLEVILLE LIVE-STOCK AUCTION
Belleville, PAJuly 13, 2011
Slaughter Cows: Break-ers 75-80% lean 73.50-78.78, hi dress 80, lo dress70.75-72;Boners 80-85%lean 69.50-74, hi dress75.75, lo dress 68; Lean 85-90% lean 65.50-69.50, lodress 57-62.Slaughter Bulls: YG 11195-1220# 88-94.50.Feeder Steers: L 3 Hols.395-505# 79-82.Feeder Calves: No. 1 Hols.Bulls 95-115# 97-125; 90#85-105; No. 2 95-115# 72-97; 80-90# 70-82; No. 3 80-100# 40-55; No. 1 Hols.Hfrs. 85# 250/hd.Vealers: Util 65-90# 12-45.Slaughter Pigs: Barrows &Gilts 45-50% lean 240#175/hd.Sows: US 1-3 400-450#
205/hd.Boars: 200-350# 60-136/hd.Feeder Pigs: US 1-3 20-50# 38-69; 60-100# 45-100.Slaughter Lambs: Ch 2-335-65# 150-190; 70-80#120-200.Slaughter Ewes: Gd 2-3175# 75.Slaughter Goats: Kids Sel2 20-45# 35-70; 50-70# 80-120;80-90# 120-145.Slaughter Nannies: Sel 1120-140# 125-145; Sel 290-140# 90-125.Slaughter Wethers: Sel 1160# 185.
CARLISLE LIVESTOCKMARKET, INC Carlisle, PA
July 12, 2011Slaughter Steers: Sel &Ch 1150-1560# 108-116;Hols. Ch 1450-1600# 97-99.75.Slaughter Cows: Breakers79.50-84.50; Boners 73.50-80; Lean 71.50-77.50;Big/Middle/Lo Dress/Lights60-71.50; Shelly 69 & dn.Bulls: 1355-1855# 78.50-96.50.Feeder Cattle: Steers 545-880# 84-100; Hfrs. 970-1130# 86-95; Hols. 436-670# 65-67; Bulls Hols.w/horns 510-940# 57-87.Calves Ret. to Farm: Hols.Bulls No. 1 95-120# 105-120; No. 2 90-10# 80-105;No. 3 75-115# 45-80; Util43 & dn; Hols. Hfrs. 100-110# 180-184.Swine: Sows 340-475# 49-59.50; 505-695# 53.50-55.25; Thin/Weak/Rough360-445# 39-45; BoarsWeak/Rough 355# 24.Goats: L Nannies to 127;Fleshy Kids 72-112;Small/Thin 38-65.Lamb: Gd & Ch 50-100#157-185.Sheep: all wts. 55.Sale every Tuesday* 5 pm for Rabbits, Poultry &Eggs* 6 pm for Livestock startingwith Calves* State Graded Feeder PigSale Fri., July 15.* Special Fed Cattle SaleTues., July 19.
CARLISLE LIVESTOCKMARKET, INC Carlisle, PA
Small Animal SaleJuly 12, 2011
Rabbits & Bunnies: .50-15Chickens: .50-7Ducks: 1-10.50Pigeons: 2.75-5Gerbils: .50-1Hamsters: .50Chicken Peeps: .50-1Ducklings: 1.25-1.50Guinea Pigs: .50-2.50Gerbil Family: 5All animals sold by thepiece. Sale starts at 5 pm
CARLISLE LIVESTOCKMARKET, INC
State Graded Feeder Pig Sale
Carlisle, PAJuly 15, 2011
US 1-2: 25 hd, 21# 165; 38hd, 43-49# 123-132; 89 hd,51-59# 116-138; 111 hd,64-69# 111-136; 188 hd,70-76# 102-125; 13 hd, 87-93# 107-120; 54 hd, 125-138# 75-99.US 2: 29 hd, 24-26# 162-164; 51 hd, 31-40# 127-140; 20 hd, 42-59# 100-133.As Is: 7 hd, 50-53# 66; 11hd, 71-80# 85-86; 4 hd,128-140# 70-83.*Next State Graded SalesFri., Aug. 5 & 26. Receiving7:30 am till 10 am. Sale time1 pm.
DEWART LIVESTOCKAUCTION MARKET, INC
Dewart, PAJuly 18, 2011
Cattle: 330Cows: Breakers 69.75-73;Boners 65-68.50; Lean 55-59.Bulls: 1136-2064# 79-85.50Feeder Heifers: M&L 1400-500# 104-109; 500-600# 99-107; 600-700# 97-99; M&L 2 300-400# 92-105; 400-500# 95-104; 500-600# 93-104; 600-700# 81-94.Calves: 159. Bull CalvesNo. 1 94# & up 97.50-112.50; 80-92# 82.50-
WEEKLY MARKET REPORT
Pavilion
Vernon
Dryden
New Berlin
Bath
Penn Yan
Cherry Creek
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EIGHTY FOUR LIVESTOCK AUCTION
New Holland, PAJuly 18, 2011
Slaughter Steers: Ch 2-31145-1485# 113-115.Slaughter HolsteinSteers: Hi Ch & Pr 2-31245# 100; Sel 1-2 1245-1250# 78-79.Slaughter Heifers: Hi Ch& Pr 2-3 1090-1150#115.50-116; Ch 2-3 960-1165# 114.Slaughter Cows: Prem.Whites 65-75% lean 87-87.50; Breakers 75-80%lean 82-85, lo dress 77.50;Boners 80-85% lean 74-79,hi dress 80.50, lo dress71.50-73; Lean 85-90%lean 69.50-72.50, lo dress67-68.50.Slaughter Bulls: YG 11220-1840# 84-86.50; Ret.to farm 1280-1465# 92.50-95.50; YG 2 1340-1655#80-81.Feeder Steers: M&L 1 300-500# 135-142.50; 500-700#130-132.50.Feeder Heifers: M&L 1400-600# 122.50-132.50;M&L 2 300-500# 102-112.50.Feeder Bulls: M&L 1 700#103; M&L 2 600# 97.Feeder Calves: No. 1 Hols.Bulls 90-120# 97.50-112.50; No. 2 90-130# 80-95; No. 3 85-120# 42.50-77.50; Beef Calves 90-195#107.50-120.Vealers: 65-120# 20-32.50.Feeder Pigs: US 1-3 100-175# 71-77.50/cwt.Slaughter Sheep: LambsCh 1-3 60-100# 193-209;Ewes Util 1-2 90-175#62.50-90.Slaughter Goats: Kids Sel1 40# 57.50; 60-62# 115-132.50; Sel 2 35-45# 43-63;Nannies Sel 1 100-115#115-127.50/cwt; Sel 2 85-95# 80-95; 130# 95/cwt; Bil-lies Sel 2 90# 72.50.
GREENCASTLE LIVESTOCK AUCTION
Greencastle, PAJuly 18, 2011
Slaughter Steers: Hi Ch &Pr 2-3 1292-1506# 116.50-118; Ch 2-3 1180-1514#112-116.50; 1660-1680#107-108.50; Sel 1-3 1044-1494# 107-111.Slaughter HolsteinSteers: Sel 1-3 1142-1578#89.50-94.50.Slaughter Heifers: Hi Ch &Pr 2-3 1216-1388# 112.50-115.50; Ch 2-3 1102-1428#
107.50-112.50; Hols. 1164#88.50.Slaughter Cows: Prem.Whites 65-75% lean 82.25-86.75; Breakers 75-80%lean 76-80, hi dress 81.75-83, lo dress 72.50-75.75;Boners 80-85% lean 72.50-76.75, hi dress 77.50-80.25,lo dress 67-72.75; Lean 85-90% lean 67.50-73, hi dress72.50-75.50, lo dress62.50-67.Slaughter Bulls: YG 11026-2098# 81.50-91.50, hidress 1644# 101;YG 2 948-1334# 65-80.50.Feeder Steers: M&L 1442# 117.50; 989# 111; L 3Hols. 702-1024# 78-85.Feeder Heifers: M&L 1224-282# 127.50-134; 349-450# 117.50-126; 504-536#110-117.50; M&L 2 394#105; 725-794# 93-103.50.Feeder Bulls: M&L 1 366-454# 127-130; 520-552#112.50-129; L 3 Hols. 200-260# 99-112.50; 470# 100;538# 75.Feeder Calves: No. 1 Hols.Bulls 96-120# 100-112.50;No. 2 96-116# 75-105; 86-92# 50-67.50; No. 3 94-114# 45-70; 78-92# 42-50;No. 1 Hols. Hfrs. 80-96#175-180; No. 2 102# 145;Beef X 82-94# 80-112.50.Vealers: Util 72-104# 10-45.Sows: US 1-3 440-718#47-54.Boars: 678# 25Slaughter Lambs: Ch 2-350-66# 140-205; 89-106#150-160; Yearlings 138-150# 95-100; Ewes 82# 85;154-194# 65-77.Slaughter Goats: Kids Sel1 45-60# 110.50-122.50;70-80# 122.50-152.50; Sel2 under 20# 10-35; 20-40#37.50-75; 45-60# 62.50-105; 65-75# 84-112.50;Nannies Sel 1 110-150#107.50-130; Sel 2 90-130#76-102; Sel 3 80-90# 57.50-65; Billies Sel 1 170# 220;Sel 2 120-130# 140-165;Wethers Sel 2 140# 160.
INDIANA FARMERS LIVESTOCK AUCTION
Homer City, PANo report
KUTZTOWN HAY & GRAIN AUCTION
Kutztown, PA
July 16, 2011Alfalfa: 1 ld, 210Mixed Hay: 7 lds, 105-200Timothy: 2 lds, 145-190Oat Hay: 2 lds, 115-180Grass: 4 lds, 110-185Straw: 6 lds, 150-160
LANCASTER WEEKLYCATTLE SUMMARY
New Holland, PAJuly 15, 2011
Slaughter Steers: Hi Ch &Pr 3-4 1270-1560# 114-116.50; Ch 2-3 1160-1510#112-114.50; Sel 2-3 1020-1320# 107.50-111.50; Hols.Hi Ch & Pr 3-4 1265-1520#116-120; Ch 2-3 1250-1485# 114-116; Sel 2-31075-1370# 108.50-113.Slaughter Heifers: 1105-1465# 110-113.25; Full1100-1320# 106.50-109;Ch 2-3 1105-1380# 106.50-110.Slaughter Cows:Prem.White 65-75% lean 79-83.50, hi dress 84-88.75;Breakers 75-80% lean75.50-79.50, hi dress 84-86, lo dress 73.50-75.50;Boners 80-85% lean 72-76.50, hi dress 77-79, lodress 67.50-73; Lean 85-90% lean 65-69, hi dress71-77.50, lo dress 60-64.Slaughter Bulls: Mon. YG1 1200-1520# 95-97; Bul-locks 835-1420# 93-97; hidress 1295-1595# 111-114,lo dress 910-1435# 86-92;Thurs. YG 1 1055-1665#89-91, hi dress 1060-1575#93-97.50, very hi dress1350-1665# 100-106; lodress 1215-1540# 79-84.Holstein Bull Calves: Mon.No. 1 95-115# 105-120; 80-90# 85-100; No. 2 95-110#90-100; 80-90# 60-80; No. 395-135# 50-75; 70-90# 30-50; Util 70-105# 27-42;Hols. hfrs. No. 1 85-105#260-310; No. 2 85-105#170-210; Jersey X bred 65-105# 50-120; non-tubing65-85# 14-47.Graded Holstein BullCalves: Tues. No. 1 85-121# 105-122; No. 2 84-112# 100-115; pkg 84# 92;No. 3 83-108# 60-82; pkg74# 21; Util 72-107# 12-30;Graded Hols. Hfrs No. 1 92-110# 355-360; pkg 82#300; No. 2 pkg 81-91# 280;non-tubing 63-72# 20-40.Graded Bull Calves:
Thurs. No. 1 90-128# 100-115; 80-88# 50-87; No. 2120-128# 80; 94-118# 103-109; 88-94# 87-94; 80-86#50; No. 3 72-130# 30-47;pkg 90-98# 65; Util 80-110#11-25; Hols. hfr. calves No. 195-115# 250-280; No. 2 90-105# 175-230; 70-90# 100-110.
LEBANON VALLEY LIVESTOCK AUCTION
Fredericksburg, PANo report
LEESPORT LIVESTOCK AUCTION
Leesport, PAJuly 13, 2011
Slaughter Steers: Sel 2-31040-1245# 89-90; Hols.Sel 2-3 1465-1690# 86-90.Slaughter Cows: Prem.White 65-75% lean 81.50-86; Breakers 75-80% lean75-81.50; Boners 80-85%lean 69-73, hi dress 74-76;Lean 85-90% lean 64-69.50, lo dress 58-64.50.Slaughter Bulls: YG 11490-2125# 82-88.50.Vealers: Util 70-105#17.50-55.Feeder Calves: Hols. BullsNo. 1 95-120# 102.50-127.50; 80-90# 70-90; No. 295-125# 75-105; No. 3 80-115# 45-65.Holstein Heifers: No. 2 95-115# 205-255.Slaughter Sheep: LambsCh 1-3 40-60# 180-215; 60-80# 190-192.Goats: Kids Sel 1 40-60#99-112.50; Sel 2 40-60# 60-62.50; Nannies Sel 1 50-80# 117.50-132.50; BilliesSel 1 70-80# 120-157.50.
MIDDLEBURG LIVESTOCK AUCTION
Middleburg, PAJuly 12, 2011
Slaughter Steers: Hi Ch &Pr 2-3 1260-1500# 117-121.50; Ch 2-3 1180-1505#112.50-116.50; 1665# 108;Sel 1-3 1120-1415# 104-110.Slaughter HolsteinSteers: Hi Ch & Pr 2-31345-1560# 101-103; Ch 2-3 1225-1570# 94.50-99.50;Sel 1-3 1210-1410# 90-94.Slaughter Heifers: Hi Ch &Pr 2-3 1130-1245# 111.50-113.50, Hols. 1540# 94.50;Ch 2-3 1085-1295# 106-
110.50; full/YG 4-5 1090-1095# 104; Hols. 1395# 88;Sel 1-3 1140-1280# 102-106.Slaughter Cows: Prem.Whites 65-75% lean 83.50-85; Breakers 75-80% lean75.50-79.50, hi dress81.50-83, lo dress 72.50-75.50; Boners 80-85% lean72.50-75, hi dress 77, lodress 67.50-70; Lean 85-90% lean 68-73, lo dress61-65.50.Slaughter Bulls: YG 11130-2125# 86-92, 2280#83; hi dress 1250# 103; YG2 1070# 78.50.Feeder Steers: L 1 510#135; L 2 410# 115.Feeder Heifers: L 1 416-430# 100-102; 697-790#85-90; M 2 355# 81; L 2925# 77.Feeder Bulls: M&L 1 240-255# 135-160; 360# 115;M&L 2 490-680# 72-83; L 3Hols. 320-465# 72-78.Feeder Calves: Hols. BullsNo. 1 95-120# 100-127; 90#85-105; No. 2 95-110# 77-100; 80-90# 65-82; No. 395-100# 50-75; 85-90# 45-60; No. 1 Hols. Hfrs. 85-95#205-250; No. 2 85-95# 112-170.Vealers: Util 60-105# 10-50.Barrows & Gilts: 49-54%lean 240-272# 70-72; 290#69; 45-50% lean 236-275#69.50-70.75; 300# 66.50.Sows: US 1-3 390-442#45-50.50; 505-625# 54-56;M 1-2 333-422# 34-43.50.Boars: 355-690# 31-35.50;Jr. Boars 265# 50.Feeder Pigs: US 1-3 25-50# 50-55; Roasters 175-215# 74.50-82/cwt.Slaughter Sheep: LambsCh 2-3 55-60# 190-205; 72-95# 195-202; 110-1483150-185; Gd & Ch 1-2 40#155; Yearlings 180# 125.Slaughter Kids: Sel 1 35-40# 87-105; 55-65# 110-135; Sel 2 under 20# 35-40;25-45# 50-82; 55-70# 92-110; Sel 3 20-35# 20-50.Slaughter Nannies: Sel 1160# 145; Sel 2 9110# 95;Sel 3 80-90# 57-60.Slaughter Billies: Sel 1140-150# 192-250.
MORRISON’S COVE LIVESTOCK AUCTION
Martinsburg, PAJuly 18, 2011
Cattle: 83Steers: Gd 100-105Heifers: Gd 95-100Cows: Util & Comm. 70-77;Canner/lo Cutter 68 & dn.Bullocks: Gd & Ch 78-85Bulls: YG 1 60-78Feeder Cattle: Steers 75-90; Bulls 65-85; Hfrs. 70-85.Calves: 81. Gd 80-100; Std10-45; Hols. Bulls 90-130#50-110; Hols. Hfrs. 90-130#100-200.Hogs: 36. US 1-2 68-72; US1-3 60-65; Sows US 1-3 52-55; Boars 22-40.Sheep: Lambs Ch 160-180;Gd 140-160; SI Ewes 60-80.Goats: 20-200
MORRISON’S COVE HAY REPORT
Martinsburg, PAJuly 18, 2011
Alfalfa: 1 ld, 295Alfalfa/Grass: 170-230Timothy: 125-130Rd. Bales: 80-120Lg. Sq. Bales: 125Straw: 145-170Hay Auction held everyMonday at 12:30 pm.
MORRISON’S COVE LIVESTOCK, POULTRY &
RABBIT REPORTMartinsburg, PA
July 18, 2011Roosters: 2-6.50Hens: 1.25-5.50Pigeons: 1.75Ducks: 4-7Bunnies: .50-2Rabbits: 3-6Fancy Pigeons: 4-5.25Auction held every Mondayat 7 pm.
NEW HOLLAND SALES STABLESNew Holland, PA
July 14, 2011Slaughter Steers: Hi Ch &Pr 3-4 1265-1520# 116-120; Ch 2-3 1250-1485#114-116; Sel 2-3 1075-1370# 108.50-113.Holstein Steers: Hi Ch &Pr 3-4 1340-1625# 100-103; Ch 2-3 1260-1555#94.50-98.50.Slaughter Cows: Prem.White 65-75% lean 80-83,lo dress 73-76; Breakers75-80% lean 76-79, hi dress84-86, lo dress 68.50-72.50; Boners 80-85% lean73-76, hi dress 76-78.50, lodress 67.50-71; Lean 88-90% lean 66-69, hi dress71-73, lo dress 60.50-64.50.Slaughter Bulls: YG 11055-1665# 89-91, hi dress1060-1575# 93-97.50, veryhi dress 1350-1665# 100-106, lo dress 1215-1540#79-84.Graded Bull Calves: No. 190-128# 100-115; 80-88#50-87; No. 2 120-128# 80;94-118# 103-109; 88-94#87-94; 80-86# 50; No. 3 72-130# 30-47; pkg 90-98# 65;Util 80-110# 11-25.Holstein Heifer Calves:No. 1 95-115# 250-280; No.2 90-105# 175-230; 70-90#100-110.
NEW HOLLAND PIG AUCTION
New Holland, PANo report
*Next Feeder Pig Sale willbe Wed., July 20.
NEW HOLLAND SHEEP &GOATS AUCTION New Holland, PA
July 18, 2011Slaughter Lambs: Non-tra-ditional markets: Wooled &Shorn Ch & Pr 2-3 40-60#208-235; 60-80# 205-221;80-90# 202-216; 90-110#196-210; 110-130# 219-233; 130-150# 218-232;Wooled & Shorn Ch 2-3 40-60# 150-277; 60-80# 175-191; 80-90# 177-191; 90-110# 171-185; 110-150#
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NEW WILMINGTON LIVESTOCK AUCTION New Wilmington, PA
No report
NEW WILMINGTON PRODUCE AUCTION,
INC.New Wilmington, PA
No report
PA DEPT OF AGRICULTURE
Grain Market SummaryJuly 19, 2011
Compared to last week cornsold .30-.35 higher, wheatsold steady to .05 higher,barley sold steady, oats sold.20-.30 higher & soybeanssold .60-.70 higher. EarCornsold 3-5 higher. All prices/bu. except ear corn is /ton.Southeastern PA: CornNo. 2 Range 7.99-8.60, Avg8.25, Contracts 6.78-6.79;Wheat No. 2 Range 6.40-6.60, Avg 6.47, Contracts6.90; Barley No. 3 Range4.70-5.10, Avg 4.60; OatsNo. 2 Range 3.60-5.20, Avg4.40; Soybeans No 2 Range14.11-14.30, Avg 14.19,Contracts 13.22-13.25;EarCorn Range 220-245,Avg 232.50.Central PA: Corn No. 2Range 7.50-8.40, Avg 8.04;Wheat No. 6.41; Barley No.3 Range 4.60-4.75, Avg3.90; Oats No. 2 Range3.90-4.80, Avg 3.90; Soy-beans No. 2 Range 13.65-14.20, Avg 14; EarCorn165-225, Avg 195.South Central PA: CornNo. 2 Range 7.61-8, Avg7.77; Wheat No. 2 Range 5-6.80, Avg 5.76; Barley No. 3Range 4-4.80, Avg 4.45;Oats No. 2 Range 3-3.80,Avg 3.35; Soybeans No. 2Range 13.70-14.25, Avg13.93.Lehigh Valley Area: CornNo. 2 Range 7.80-8.37, Avg8.01; Wheat No. 2 Range6.45-7, Avg 6.72; Barley No.3 Range 4-5.05, Avg 4.52;Oats No. 2 Range 4.30-4.65, Avg 4.47; SoybeansNo. 2 Range 13.60-14.42,Avg 13.99; Gr. SorghumRange 7.40.
Eastern & Central PA:Corn No. 2 Range 7.50-8.60, Avg 8.06, Mo. Ago8.05, Yr Ago 3.98; WheatNo. 2 Range 5-7, Avg 5.93,Mo Ago 7, Yr Ago 5.21; Bar-ley No. 3 Range 4-5.10, Avg4.78, Mo Ago 4.69, Yr Ago2.29; Oats No. 2 Range 3-4.80, Avg 3.95, Mo Ago4.04, Yr Ago 10.10; Soy-beans No. 2 Range 13.60-14.42, Avg 14.03, Mo Ago13.48, Yr Ago 10.10;EarCorn Range 165-245;Avg 213.75, Mo Ago202.60, Yr Ago 113.60.Western PA: Corn No. 2Range 7-7.50, Avg7.26;Wheat No. 2 Range6.45; Oats No. 2 Range 3-4.50, Avg 3.90; SoybeansNo. 2 Range 13.71.
PA DEPT OF AGRICULTURE
Weekly Livestock Summary
July 15, 2011Steers: Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 116-120; Ch 1-3 111-116; Sel 1-2 104-110.Holstein Steers: Hi Ch &Pr 2-3 99-104.50; Ch 2-394.50-99.50; Sel 1-2 90-95.Heifers: Hi Ch & Pr 2-3110-115; Ch 1-3 106.50-111.50; Sel 1-2 102-106.Cows: Breakers 75-80%lean 74-70-79.50; Boners80-85% lean 69.50-75;Lean 85-90% lean 65.50-69.50.Bulls: YG 1 88-97;YG 2 78-82.Feeder Steers: M&L 1 300-500# 130-137; 500-700#126-145; M&L 2 300-500#105-117; 500-700# 110-118.
Feeder Heifers: M&L 1300-500# 110-122; 500-700# 124-142; M&L 2 300-500# 102-115; 500-700#103-117.Feeder Bulls: M&L 1 300-500# 130-142; 500-700#113-117; M&L 2 300-500#116-125; 500-700# 95-105.Vealers: Util 60-120# 10-45.Farm Calves: No. 1 Hols.bulls 95-125# 100-127; No2 95-125# 80-110; No. 3 80-120# 30-70; No. 1 84-105#205-280, pkg to 360; No. 280-105# 155-230.Hogs: Barrows & Gilts 49-54% lean 220-270# 67-71;45-50% lean 220-270#66.50-67.50.Sows: US 1-3 300-500#48-53; 500-700# 54-55.Feeder Pigs: US 1-2 20-30# 125-140; 30-40# 100-135; 40-60# 125-145; US 220-30# 115-125; 30-40#115-120; 40-50# 140-145;40-50# 60-80.Slaughter Sheep: LambsCh & Pr 2-3 40-60# 204-230; 60-80# 214-234; 80-110# 210-232; Ch 1-3 40-60# 169-206; 60-80# 184-202; 80-110# 187-211.Ewes: Gd 2-3 120-160#110-120; 160-200# 93-107;Util 1-2 120-160# 90-100.Slaughter Goats: Kids Sel1 40-60# 113-140; 60-80#140-58; Sel 2 40-60# 89-116; 60-80# 122-136; Sel 340-60# 66-78; 60-80# 83-98.Nannies: Sel 1 80-130#140-147; 130-180# 152-166; Sel 2 80-130# 116-130; Sel 3 50-80# 82-92;80-130# 94-109.Billies: Sel 1 100-150#
205-220; 150-250# 246-260; Sel 2 100-150# 165-179.
PA DEPT OF AGRICULTURE
Hay Market SummaryJuly 18, 2011
Hay & Straw Market ForEastern PA: All hay pricespaid by dealers at the farmand /ton. Compared to lastweek hay & straw soldsteady. All hay and strawreported sold /ton. Alfalfa130-175; Alfalfa/GrassMixed Hay 120-175; Timo-thy 120-165; Straw 80-150clean; Mulch 60.Summary of LancasterCo. Hay Auctions:Prices/ton, 118 lds Hay, 41Straw. Alfalfa 142-315; Alfal-fa/Grass Mixed Hay 70-350;Timothy 185-280; GrassHay 135-240; Straw 127-230 clean.Diffenbach Auct, N. Hol-land: July 11, 51 lds Hay, 13lds Straw. Alfalfa 200; Alfal-fa/Grass Mixed Hay 135-350; Timothy 190-280;Grass Hay 135-240; Straw150-230 clean.Green Dragon, Ephrata:July 15, 24 lds Hay, 6 Straw.Alfalfa 142-225;Alfalfa/Grass Mixed Hay145-260; Timothy 177-215;Grass Hay 135-210; Straw147-175 clean.Weaverland Auct, NewHolland: July 14, 15 ldsHay, 8 Straw. Alfalfa 150-245; Alfalfa/Grass MixedHay 70-245; Grass Hay180; Straw 132-200 clean.Wolgemuth Auct, Leola:July 13, 28 lds Hay, 14 ldsStraw. Alfalfa 207-270; Alfal-fa/Grass Mixed Hay 150-
242; Timothy 185-230;Grass 127-195; Straw 127-172 clean.Summary of Central PAHay Auctions: Prices/ton,129 Loads Hay, 23 Straw.Alfalfa 135-280;Alfalfa/Grass Mixed Hay 70-295; Timothy 105-200;Grass 80-150; Straw 115-220 clean.Belleville Auct, Belleville:July, 22 lds Hay, 2 lds Straw.Alfalfa 135-280;Alfalfa/Grass Mixed Hay110-250; Timothy 105-167.50; Grass Hay 90-130;Straw 150-170 clean.Dewart Auction, Dewart:July 11, 3 Lds Hay, 1 Straw.Alfalfa/Grass Mixed Hay130-160; Straw 145 clean.Greencastle Livestock:July 11 & 14, 11 lds Hay, 3ld Straw. Alfalfa/Grass 30-130; Straw 82.50-92.50clean.Kutztown Auction, Kutz-town: July 9, 18 lds Hay, 3Straw. Alfalfa 230-245; Alfal-fa/Grass Mixed Hay 130-250; Timothy 115-200;Grass Hay 95-130; Straw150-220 clean.Middleburg Auct, Middle-burg: July 12, 13 lds Hay, 4Straw. Alfalfa/Grass MixedHay 70-295; Timothy 170;Grass Hay 80; Straw 105-120 clean.Leinbach’s Mkt, Ship-pensburg: July 9 & 12, 15lds Hay, 8 Straw.Alfalfa/Grass Mixed Hay 75-160; Grass Hay 140-150;Straw 110-165 clean.New Wilmington Live-stock, New Wilmington:July 15, 16 lds Hay, 0 ldsStraw. Alfalfa 130; Timothy130; Grass Hay 120.
VINTAGE SALES STABLES
Paradise, PAJuly 18, 2011
Slaughter Steers: Hi Ch &Pr 3-4 1310-1590# 114-117.25; Ch 2-3 1145-1520#109-114.50; Sel 2-3 1215-1485# 105-111.Slaughter Heif4005-1465#110-113.25; Full 1100-1345# 110.75-113; Ch 2-31180-1445# 105.75-110.75.Slaughter Cows: Breakers75-80% lean 74.50-78.50;Boners 80-85% lean 68-73.50; Lean 85-90% lean62-67.50, hi dress 57-62, lodress 53-59.Holstein Bull Calves: No. 195-120# 95-110; 80-90# 60-80; No. 2 95-115# 70-90;No. 3 80-115# 40-70.Holstein Heifers: No. 1 few80-130# 105-175* Next Feeder Cattle SaleAugust 12.
WEAVERLAND AUCTION New Holland, PA
July 14, 2011Loads: 25Alfalfa: 2 lds, 150-245Mixed Hay: 11 lds, 70-245;1 Mixed old 275.Grass: 1 ld, 180Straw: 8 lds, 132-200Rye: 2 lds, 12.50/bu.
WOLGEMUTH AUCTION Leola, PA
July 20, 2011Loads: 39Alfalfa: 3 lds, 243-275Mixed: 20 lds, 186-360Timothy Hay: 2 lds, 180-210Grass: 6 lds, 166-180Straw: 8 lds, 139-185
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purchased and used forfeeding programs thatbenefit needy con-sumers; and second,that the costs of thisoverall package are mit-igated through theDMSP revenue collec-tion. The money collect-ed is not a tax on con-sumers; it’s a user feepaid by farmers whichwill, only as needed, beused to help stimulatedemand, and help de-fray the overall costs ofthe Foundation for theFuture program. Similarfees are already collect-ed from farmers to payfor the operation of theFederal Milk MarketingOrder system.
Dairy farmers under-
stand the importance ofthis approach in order tokeep government ex-penses down in a periodwhen reducing federalspending is a key priorityin Congress. In fact, theCongressional BudgetOffice calculates that thesavings of this programwill amount to $166 mil-lion over five years, a 25percent reduction fromthe current federal dairyprogram budget.
• The proposed Feder-al Milk Marketing Orderreforms are insufficient.
FACT: This proposalestablishes only twoprices for milk: a Class Iprice for bottled milk,and a manufacturingprice for all other forms
of dairy products. Thereis no longer a minimumprice for four separateclasses of milk, as thereis today under the cur-rent system. Under thenew program, the man-ufacturing class of milkwill be determined by acompetitive pay price,and not tied directly toChicago Mercantile Ex-change prices for com-modities such ascheese, whey, butterand nonfat milk powder.This evolution is themost significant changein milk pricing in a gen-eration, and will elimi-nate controversial ele-ments such as end-product pricing andmake allowances.”
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ARLINGTON, VA —American Trucking As-sociations President andCEO Bill Graves on July7 applauded the releaseof a highway authoriza-tion proposal from Reps.John Mica and JohnDuncan:
“ATA appreciates theherculean effort ofChairman Mica andSubcommittee Chair-man Duncan to craft acomprehensive 6-yearreauthorization proposalin the face of very diffi-cult fiscal realities.
“Like other highway in-terests, ATA would like
to see a more robust bill,but we believe the cur-rent funding constraintsare forcing an importantre-focusing of the sur-face transportation pro-gram on core programsin the national interest,as well as a greater em-phasis on improving pro-gram efficiency and per-formance.
“We are very pleased tosee the level and type ofreforms Chairman Micalays out, particularlythose prohibiting tollingof existing Interstates;maintaining funding forhighway safety pro-
grams; maintaining apolicy of no earmarks;eliminating require-ments on States to fundnon-highway activities;and consolidating pro-grams.
“We look forward to re-viewing the details of theentire bill in the near fu-ture, and hope those de-tails address other criti-cal issues like truck pro-ductivity and advancingATA’s strong safetyagenda.”
ATA applauds progress onhighway authorization
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Farm MachineryFor SaleMACFADDEN & SONS INC.
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nice big tractor for the money!! . . . . . . . . . . . .$25,000Case IH 8309 discbine, 9ft., very good . . . . . . . . .$8,750JD 1350 8ft. discbine, field ready, nice! . . . . . . . . .$7,500NH BC5050 square baler, no thrower, NEW . . .$12,750JD 344E wheel loader, cab, 4 in 1 bkt, 4,100 hrs., very
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Ford/ NH TC45, 4WD, ldr.,backhoe, $18,950; Case Int’l695, 4WD, ldr., ROPS, F/R,$13,500; Ford 1520, 4WD,w/ldr., $6,500; Krone 4013,13’ center pivot, flail cond.mower, exc., $8,200; JD 1207MoCo, exc., $2,800; NH 477haybine, $1,800; JD 327- 346sq. balers w/ kickers, nice,$4,800 ea. Full line of farmequipment available! 802-885-4000
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HESSTON 4570 hay baler,exc. cond., $11,000. 2 ForageKing bale basket wagons,$2,000 each. 413-230-8444
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JD 3955 forage harvester,excellent condition, 2-rowcorn head plus grass head,$19,900. 978-544-6105
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JOHN DEERE BALER PARTS:New & used. New Miller balewrappers, basic, $7,200; withcut and hold, $8,400. NewSuper Crimp hay conditioners,$4,200; 8’, $4,626. New balegrabbers, $1,750; HD $1,950.Nelson Horning 585-526-6705
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Used Farmi 601 Log Winch for 70-100 HPtractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$4,150Pequea 710P Fluffer 7’ pto Driver new/leftover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$2,250Pequea 175 Bu. Spreader demo (New List$8,000) Our Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$5,950Spray Cab (good glass) came off a white . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$250
Int 504 Row Crop gas outlets . . . . . .$3,650Kicker Wagon 18’ steel rack on good gear .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$2,750JD 301 Dsl Low hrs w/front forklift & ROPScanopy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$5,950Daytont Pto Generator 50/25 on good trailerlater model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CallQuick Attach Digging Hoe for front of skid-steer w/18” bkt like new . . . . . . . . . . .$1,450Quicke Loader (New) w/7’ bkt for 80+ HPw/mounts to fit MF, Agco & Challanger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$4,250Ford NH 4630 Full Factory Cab 55-60 HPdsl 1800 hrs dual outlets clean inside & out! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$11,9002000 NH 545D w/Air Conditioned FactoryCab (also Heat) 65+ HP dsl low hrs dual outlets ps 3pt live pto (Nice!) . . . . . .$10,900
L2 GLEANER COMBINE, 16’flex & 16’ rigid head, goodcondition, $15,000 OBO. 585-721-7684
MACK ENTERPRISESRandolph, NY
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NEW HOLLAND 1044, 119bale wagon, $3,300. 1033,104 bale wagon, $3,400.1030, 69 bales, $1,600. Farm-hand 8-bale accumulator andfork, $2,100. Roeder Impl.,Seneca, KS 785-336-6103
NEW HOLLAND tandem axlerunning gear with mountedall-metal hay racks and floor,19’ long, 8’ wide, 8’ 6” tall,12.5Lx15 tires, all in verygood shape. $2,800 FIRM.203-272-7457
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WANTEDMassey Ferguson165, 175, 265, 275, 285
Any Condition814-793-4293
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Feed, Seed,Grain & Corn
MORRISON'SC U S T O MF E E D S
Quality Organicand
Conventional FeedsWe ship pallets of baggedorganic feed to any farm
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Call For Price413-268-7095For Rent or Lease
FOR RENT OR LEASEThree Rivers, Mass
FREESTALL DAIRYWith Milking Parlor
80 Stall BarnFacility For Young Cows
Includes House
413-297-0035
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A N MARTIN GRAIN SYSTEMS315-923-9118 Clyde, NY
WE SPECIALIZE IN• Sukup Grain Bins • Hopper Feed Bins• Dryers • Transport Augers• Grain Legs • Crane Service• Custom Mill Righting • Dryer Service
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Alltech is currently looking for Territory Sales Representatives for Vermont and New York. Alltech salespeople are highly motivated professionals who provide a natural link between marketing, research and thecustomer. Alltech ranks among the top 10 animal health companies in the world. The company has expe-rienced consistent growth since it was founded in 1980. Headquartered in Lexington, Kentucky, Alltech hasa presence in over 110 countries with distributors around the world. Today it employs 2,600 people andgrowth continues at a rate of 20 percent.
Keyy responsibilitiess include:• Regularly visit our industry partners (feed companies, consulting nutritionists, veterinarians, producers, gov-ernment agencies, etc) across the territory to manage existing relationships while cultivating new relationships • Drive sales by identifying customer needs and finding solutions • Attend industry events and tradeshows to showcase Alltech in a positive, professional manner
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www.demereerealty.com • [email protected]#720 - VERY NICE 250 ACRE DAIRY FARM - 4 miles south of Sangerfield bordersRte 12. 170 acres tillable, 50 pasture, 90 woods - 60 tie stall 2 story cow barn withwide fronts, large milk house, 2 bulk tanks - 72 stall 2 story heifer/dry cow barn with wide fronts, two barns hooked together, concrete barn yard - 3 concrete siloswith black top for unloading wagons. Big 20 room house built by a doctor 150 yearsago - new wood/oil furnace - great water supply. Some of the best soils in NEWYORK STATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Asking $698,000 REDUCED TO $650,000
BIG HOUSE HAS BEEN PAINTED, NEW ROOF, COMPLETELY REMODELED.#18 - Great site for new home or business at end of Industrial Dr. Rd., Frankfort, NY- 25 A. open land with city water & sewer - also 45 A. wet lands with lots of wild life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$100,000 REDUCED TO $75,000
#72 - 241 ACRES on Parkhurst Rd. Near Middleville, Herkimer County, NY - 120acres tillable - 30 acres of woods and 90 acres pasture - great views in all directions- not far from the West Canada Creak . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A great buy for $350,000#267 - Hobby/horse farm w/49 acres - 27 tillable, 12 pasture & 8 woods - 10 rm, 2 story home in good cond’t w/deck, above ground pool, vinyl siding, steel roof, circular driveway & full basement - 84x40 ft. 2 story barn w/cleaner, 34x18 ft. horsebarn w/4 stalls - 24x74 ft. garage w/shop, 26x75 ft. hay storage shed & 14x30 ft.steel silo - 2 wells & half acre pond w/fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$210,000#40 - DAIRY OF DISTINCTION - Very nice 395 Acre river bottom dairy farm w/240tillable, 70 pasture & 80 woods, 350 ft. stone barn w/108 tie stalls & room for 75young stock, 1500 gal. B.T. & 2” pipeline, 6 stall garage & 100x25 ft. carriage barn,4 concrete silos w/unloaders & 40x80 ft. bunk silo, 3 brdm. brick home & 2 fam.tenant house. Also 5 rm. mobile home, 1 lg. pond, 2 springs & 100 ft. well . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Asking $1,500,000 Machinery AvailableC-67 - 3.75A. Adirondack Park Waterfront Property One Quarter Acre Developedwith Year Round Camp, Remainder wooded undeveloped area, Located onMotorless Lake Edward. The pleasant one-story house is fully furnished with threerooms, one full bath, full cellar, new forced air furnace and new chimney, enclosedporch, tiled well, line phone, and septic. All in a private setting at the end of a dirtroad. Great investment property. A nice waterfront location at a modest price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Asking $199,000
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SHARON SPRINGS: 289acre farm. 4 bedroom 2 bathfarmhouse. Large cattle andhorse barn. Picture perfectcountry setting. $495,000.Also, 90 acres. Excellent 5bedroom 3 full bath home.Large barn. 2 stocked ponds.Picturesque and private coun-try setting. Borders 10,000acres of state forest.$299,000. FREE CATALOGCountry Boy Realty, 753East Main Street, Cobleskill,NY 12043. 518-234-4371.www.countryboyrealty.com
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2254 - Showplace Madison County Dairy Farm with a large mod-ern home. Neat, Clean, & Turn-key. 220 acre farm, 160 exceptionalwell drained tillable acres with additional 40+ acres to rent. Balancemostly pasture, some woods. Two story 68 stall dairy barn withattached 80 stall free stall for dry cow and young stock. 3 very niceMorton machinery buildings. Nice 2 story 5 bedroom 3 bath ModernHome. Farm is located near the beautiful Town of Cazenovia. Just southof Syracuse, NY. This is truly an exceptional farm that has everything.Great milking facility, room for heifers and dry cows, plenty of machin-ery storage, and enough supporting lands. Farm recently appraised byleading Ag Bank at close to $550,000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . We're asking $550,000, cattle, machinery, and feed available.
2272 - Herkimer County Farm - 120+ acres with 50 m/l acres till-able, mostly class 1 soils. Exceptional fertility conducive to growingvegetables. Good 2 story barn 65 tie stalls, enclosed manure room.60x80 machinery building, with 8x14 cooler room. 28x48 greenhousebuilding. Location of this farm is outstanding for growing and selling
vegetables: Sweet corn and beef. Farm borders the beautiful WestCanada Creek. Awesome fishing and kayaking. Close to AdirondackPark. This is a very good farm with a lot of different opportunities. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reduced from $320,000 to $300,000
2284 - Herkimer County 23 acre Gentleman's Farm. 23 acres15 acres tillable balance pasture. Additional land to rent. Good 2 storydairy barn with 28 tie stalls room for additional 30. Side addition for25 head of heifers. Shop and machinery building. 4 run in sheds. Niceremodeled 2 story 4 bedroom 2 bath home. This farm has a very quietpretty setting. 20 mins south of Utica and Herkimer. Nice little farm forsomeone who wants to raise beef, horses or milk a small dairy.Reasonably priced at . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $179,000
2293 - Chenango County. 34 acre Gentleman's farm with the min-eral rights. 15 acres tillable ground, all in hay. Will grow row cropsor vegetables. 7 acres of pasture with a year round trout stream.Balance woods. Lots of firewood and good hunting. Good 2 story30x40 drive through barn. 20x20 tack building used for storage,wooden floor, would make a nice wood shop. 22x44 greenhouse. 2story remodeled 4 bedroom home. Has been completely remodeledfrom the bottom up in the modern timber-frame style. Lots of exposedbeams and timbers. New $35,000 poured concrete foundation. Newsiding, windows, kitchen, bathroom and floors. Farm sits atop asmall valley. Very quiet & scenic. Close to shopping, hospitals,schools, yet you are in the country. Would make a very nice hobbyfarm, raise beef or horses, have a big garden, hunting and fishing.Laid back country living at its' best. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assking $199,000
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JUL 27Cover Crop Strategies forSoil Health and Seed Pro-duction & Nofavore SocialClear Brook Farm, Shafts-bury, VT. 4-6 pm. Free, butdonation suggested for Nofa-vore social. Pre-registration
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Mark Hershey Farms, Inc • 431
Maryland Virginia Milk • E-323, E-324
Martin Limestone Inc • 257
Mastitis Management Tools • 205
MAX, Mutual Aid Exchange • 214A
McLanahan Corporation • E-312
Melvin R. Weaver & Sons, LLC • 527, 528
Mensch Manufacturing LLC • L-215, L-216
Messick Farm Equipment • 105, 106
Meyer Manufacturing Corporation • O-100
MH Eby, Inc • W-355
Micron-Bio Systems, Inc • W-304
Mid-Atlantic Agri Systems • W-346
Mid-Atlantic Seeds • E-364, E-365
Mid-Atlantic Seeds / Cumberland Valley Co-Operative • 251, 252
Milk-Rite, Inc • E-301
Miller Diesel Inc • E-308
Miraco • E-336, E-337
MM Weaver • 103, O-105
Monty’s Plant Food Co., Inc • W309A
Morrissey Insurance • 424
Morton Buildings, Inc • E-332, E-333
Mount Joy Farmers Co-op • 210
Mueller • 119
National Farmers Org - NFO • 534
Nachurs Alpine Solutions • 244, 245
New Holland Agriculture • 108, 109
Nextire, Inc • E-380, E-381
NIOSH / NPPTL • 241B
North Brook Farms, Inc • W-335, W-336
Northeast Agri Systems, Inc • 122
Northeast Stihl • 511, 512
Northern Repair • E-306
O.A. Newton • W-302, W-303
Organic Valley • 401
Outback Heating, Inc • 262, 263
Owens Corning Basement Finishing Systems • 603
Oxbo International • 104
PA Association for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA) • L-203
PA Dairy Princess & Promotion Services • 624
PA Farm Bureau • 275, 276, 276A, 277
PA Farmers Union • E-309
PACMA Inc • L-304, L-305
Patterson Farm Maple Products • 240
Patz Corporation • 131
PDM Insurance Agency, Inc • E-326
Pearson Livestock Equipment • O-310
Penn Diesel Serv. Co • E-329
Penn Jersey Products, Inc • E-374
Penn State Agricultural Safety & Health • 241E
Penn State University LAL Lab • 241A
Pennfield Corporation • 247, 248
Pennsylvania Certified Organic • W-341
Pennsylvania Service & Supply, Inc • 425
Pequea Planter • 432, 433
Perma-Column East, LLC • 438, 439
Petersheims Cow Mattresses, LLC • 137
Pioneer Hi-Bred International • E-349, E-350, E-351
P.L. Rohrer & Bros., Inc • E-300
PNC Bank • 407
Power Pro Equipment • 443
Power Systems Electric, Inc • E-382, E-383
Precise Concrete Walls, Inc • 256
Precision Planting Dealers • E-345, E-346
Priority One • 426
Progressive Pressure Systems • 239
Progressive Publishing • 241
Quality Craft Tools • H-301
Quality Milk Production Services • 261
Rain and Hail, LLC • E-315
RCM International LLC • L-202
Red Dale Ag Service • 400
Reed Equipment Sales • W-356, W-357
Reinecker Ag Products • 506, 507
Renaissance Nutrition • 294
Roto-Mix, LLC • W-358
RSI Calf Systems • 266, 267
Ruhl Insurance • 402
Ryder Supply Company • E-372
Salford Farm Machinery, Ltd • W-350, W-350A
Sanimax • 436
Schulte Industries • C
Seedway, LLC • W-342, W-343
Select Sire Power • W-308
Show-Ease Stall Co • 116
Shur-Co • E-307
SI Distributing, Inc • 420, 421, 422
Smuckers Meats, LLC • W-338A
Sollenberger Silos, LLC • 292, 293
Snyder Equipment, Inc • 423
Steiner • 508, 509
Stein-Way Equipment • 500, 449
Stoltzfus Spreaders • 117
Straley Farm Supply • 221, 222, O-101
Stray Voltage Testing • E-325
Stull Equipment Company • 542
Sukup / LnR Feed & Grain Sys. • E-355
Summit Glove Inc / Milkers Helpers • 408
Sunlion Energy Systems • 619, 620
Susquehanna Bank • 406
Susquehanna Dodge Chrysler Jeep / D.K. Hostetler • 525
Sweitzers Fencing Co • 518, 519, 450
Synagro • 238
Syngenta Seeds • W-344, W-345
T.A. Seeds • W-315, W-316, W-317
Tam Systems • E-376
Taurus Service, Inc • W-310
Team Ag Incorporated • E-313
Tech Mix, Inc • 428
The Fertrell Co • 533
The Old Mill-Troy • 538, 539
Tigerco Dist. Co • E-353
TM Refrigeration • 268, O-102
Tractor House • 605
Triple-M-Farms • 265
Udder Comfort • 204
Unique Building Systems, Inc • 126A
U.S. Farmer • 613
USDA US Dept of Agriculture - APHIS-VS • L-205
USDA US Dept of Agriculture - FSA • L-206
USDA US Dept of Agriculture - NRCS • L-207
USDA US Dept of Agriculture - NASS • L-208
Valmetal, Inc • 136
Van Beek Natural Science • R
Vi-Cor • 283
Vigortone Ag Products • 405
Vulcan Materials Company • 227
WA Johnson, Inc • L-302, L-303
Weaver Distributing • E-30, E-303, E-304
Weaver Insurance Group • 249
Weaver’s Toasted Grains LLC • E-330
Wenger Feeds • 217
Wengers of Myerstown • W-351A
Westfield Group • W-334
White Horse Construction, Inc • E-338, E-339
White Oak Mills, Inc • 434, 435
Yoderway Buildings, LLC • T
Zartman Farms • 107
Zeiset Equipment • 447
Zimmerman Cattle Control by PBZ, LLC • 115
Zimmerman Farm Service, Inc • 504
Zimmerman’s Glasslined Storage • 516, 517, 449B
FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL YOUR SALES REPRESENTATIVE OR KEN MARING AT 800-218-5586
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17580 (B)$299,900
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17772 (B)$261,250
2009 Lexion 575R770 hrs, 458 separator hrs, U
17744 (AC)
$264,900
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2005 Case IH
23771792 hrs
U17463 (A) $162,500
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23663473 hrs
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1999 Case IH
23882766 hrs
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laas 830 2001yr, 4WD, 2475 engine hrs (A). . . . . . . . $129,900
Claas 870 2001 4W
D processor, 2952 hrs U
14751 (A). $141,000C
laas 890 2003 4WD, KP U
17684 (H). . . . . . . . . . . . . . $140,000
Claas 890 2001 U
17764 (B). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $150,000C
laas 900 2002 4WD, KP U
17683 (B). . . . . . . . . . . . . . $149,900PU
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H FP240 hay head, 3R
N (A). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $30,625
NH
900 chopper with 3R
N, hay head (A). . . . . . . . . . . . $9,995
Gehl C
B1275, 2001, 7ft PU U
17957 (H). . . . . . . . . . . . $24,900
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ase IH 8880, 1999 yr, U
17827 (H). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $40,000
B ALER
SIH
3450 U17823 (H
). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,555C
laas 250RC
round, 2003 U17997 (B)
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Tyler Patriot XL, 4721hrs, 60’boom, 4-way nozzle bodies,
750 gal tank, 12.4R38 tires, 3-section controller, foam
m
arkers, clean water tank U14686 (B). . . . . . . . . . . . $35,900
JD 4710, 2004 yr, 2850 hrs, 90ft nozzles on 20”spacing &
5-way nozzles, 800 gal poly tank, fresh water & foam
markers, chem
ical inductor, JD tracker system
, 380R
x90x46 (C) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $124,813
Case IH
FLX4300 floater, 1999 U01602 (B)
. . . . . . . . $52,900
TRA C
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ase IH M
X100C, 2000yr, LX550 loader, european quick hitch U
17862 (H). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $34,900
JD 2440 1981yr, 6811 hrs, 2W
D JD
146 loader, 84”bkt U
15274 (AC). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $11,250
JD 2755 2W
D, cab, side & 3pt.flail mowers, 6ft cutting
width each.3pt.hitch on tractor needs repair (C
). . . . please callTR
A CTO
RS 100H
P to 174HP
IH 1486 1978yr, cab, 2 rem
otes U17886 (H
). . . . . . . . . $14,900C
ase IH 7120 1988, soucy tracks available U
18636 (B)$30,000C
ase IH 7120 1989 U
17990 (B). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $37,500C
ase IH 7120 1992 U
17996 (B). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $41,250C
ase IH M
X135, 2000yr, 5978hrs, cab, MFD, U
17885 (B). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $41,250
Case IH
MX120 Pro, M
FD, bar axle, 3100 hrs, 2 remotes,
18.4x38 50%, 14.9x28 50%
, with Stohl F15H
D loader
& 84”bucket U10924 (C
). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $64,813
Case IH
MX120, 2006 U
10985 (C)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $63,313TR
A CTO
RS 175H
P PLUS
Case IH
MX240, 1999, 3126 hrs, U
17392 (B). . . . . . . . $80,000JD
8440 articulated, 1980 17391 (B). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15,879
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