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SeriesA part of the largest manufacturing and new product project in AGCO history, the 4700 Series has been completely re-engineered from the ground up and built in a new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility. These tractors are the result of years of insight from farmers, contractors, operators and dealers from around the world. They have been put through more than 50,000 hours of rigorous endurance testing in extreme weather and terrain conditions. From the rice paddies of Southeast

Asia to the oppressive heat of Africa to the bitter cold of Northern Europe to the grueling applications required for farming in North America, these tractors have been through it all.

The heavy-duty 4700 Series gives you the power, stability and versatility to handle tougher jobs so you can get more done, regardless of your operation. At a best-in-class base weight of 7,125 lbs., the 4700 Series is purpose-built for more pulling power and more lift capacity. At the heart of

it all is a rugged, reliable, fuel-efficient 3.3 Liter AGCO Power™ three-cylinder Tier 4 Final engine with a range from 80-100 horsepower. The powerful and quiet turbo-charged diesel power plant delivers maximum torque at low engine speeds reducing noise and increasing fuel efficiency.

Premium radial tires come standard on the 4700 Series. Built exclusively for agricultural use, these tires provide better stability and traction in the field, reduce soil compaction, improve fuel economy and feature patented interlug terraces that help enhance self-cleaning in muddy soil. The wheels are adjustable, the 2WD axle comes with five track width settings in 4-inch steps, with a wide range of wheel-spacing settings making them versatile enough to handle everything from specialty farming applications, like small-scale row crops and vegetables, to roadside mowing and land management applications.

Heavier than other competitive tractors in its class, this tractor is uniquely designed to handle larger, heavier implements and more demanding applications. Two gear pumps power the simple, open-center hydraulic system, and a heavy-duty three-point hitch helps provide a rear lifting capacity of nearly 4,850 lbs. Taking into account that there is virtually no limit to the range of implements you can put behind these tractors, they are ideal for

the following applications:• HAY – Whether you’re mowing,

tedding, raking, baling or hauling, these tractors were designed to pull bigger balers, bigger mower conditioners and carry heavier bales than other tractors in their class. Plus they match up perfectly with Hesston by Massey Ferguson® hay equipment.

• DAIRY FARMS – Dairy operations need a tough, do-everything tractor that can handle the heavy lifting while still being nimble and maneuverable in tight spaces. Because the days can be long, it also has to be comfortable. This is that tractor.

• SMALL FARMS – For small farms, this tractor is going to be your new best friend. From the field to the barn and everything in between, you’ll have a stable, easy-to-operate machine that won’t let you down.

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A s we leave the spring planting season and move towards the summer growing season, the subjects of water and commodity prices are continuing to lead most agriculture

related conversations. Mountain snows have replenished some of the northern reservoirs and breathed a thread of relief into the water storage systems we depend upon. Commodity prices, while below the necessary returns for a positive and stable ag economy, thankfully have not plunged to the lows some of the volatile pricing cycles in the past have delivered.

Unlike our brethren in the worlds of mining and energy production, where demand is well below our ability to supply, we are able to plan for business as usual. The demand for food and fiber across the globe has not shrunk, but the price we expect to be paid for the finished crops have. Like most of the cycles we experience, there is an anticipated downward correction to current stockpiles of food and fiber stocks, and in turn, an expected rise in price for farm commodities. The only answer not readily available is when this price increase may occur.

Produce plantings in the western corner of Arizona and southern California are mostly harvested with forage and grain harvesting following closely behind. The central and eastern valleys are working across the second or third cutting of alfalfa while cultivating recently planted corn and cotton crops. Milk producers and cattle feeders are holding the herd count steady but are experiencing some of the toughest pricing returns on their crop of beef and dairy.

Even in what seems to be one of the most difficult times we are experiencing in recent history, professional producers continue to invest in their operations to grow their share of the market and increase their opportunity to lower costs.

Technology is a major driver in all aspects of crop production and the offerings from suppliers are at times overwhelming.

Between software, hardware, GPS, lasers, communication systems, and smart equipment offerings, numerous options are available to help growers’ manage their business.

Our dedicated employees and supplier partners have immersed themselves in the technology end of the business. Together, we are always learning about the most effective means of monitoring, measuring and watching over the machines we support to help deliver optimum performance to our clients. Our goal is to be the best supplier for professional producers to partner with in the mutual quest to align production costs with available returns.

As a family owned company celebrating over 65 years in the machinery business, we are always looking at how we can exceed our clients’ expectations. All the while helping you deliver your goods on time and at the most cost effective means available. The low cost production of commodities is at the heart of our business and in all segments of our business operations.

Technology may not hold all of the answers for controlling your costs but there are certainly some good options to help. If you have questions about any segment of agricultural related technologies, please visit with one of our Account Managers or PSSR’s and ask for our help in finding your answers. We appreciate any opportunities our clients and their families provide us to help solve the plethora of business challenges you face every day.

As another growing season unfolds, we continue to ask that everyone remain focused on the safety of our valuable work force, our family and ourselves. Safety is paramount to success and we speak often that there is no job worth doing if it is not safe.

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Highly saline soils have been a thorn in the side of alfalfa producers in arid regions of the U.S. for years. Soils that are high in salt can limit alfalfa yields and have a negative effect on plant emergence and health.

However, new ways are being developed to mitigate soil salinity by developing alfalfa varieties that are increasingly salt-tolerant. These new varieties are designed to thrive in saline soils — a condition that will escalate in the future.

WHAT IS SOIL SALINITY?Saline soils develop when irrigation water that is moderately high in salt is applied to crops in arid environments. In turn, this saline water evaporates, concentrating salts near the surface. Because of inadequate rainfall, these accumulated salts are unable to leach down through the soil profile.

In the Northern Plains, where soil salinity is not as pronounced as in the arid West, salts can still accumulate because of fluctuating water tables or low spots on the landscape. Soil salinity is particularly prevalent in areas of California, Texas, Nevada, Utah and Arizona.

“When you have salty soil, the salt clings to the soil particles and actually

pulls moisture away,” says Peter Reisen, director of plant breeding at Forage Genetics International (FGI). “So you can have a field that is well-irrigated, and yet the plants look like they’re suffering from drought because they’re not able to access that water.”

Saline soil conditions are often accompanied by two other soil problems: high sodium content (sodic soils) and high soil pH (alkaline soils). Sodic conditions negatively affect soil structure and water penetration.

Alkaline soils are poor for plant growth, limiting the availability of key nutrients. The combination can compound stress on alfalfa plants, hampering crop establishment and production.

SOIL SALINITY AND ALFALFA PRODUCERSSharon Benes, a professor at California State University – Fresno, has conducted research on soil salinity in California, where the greater salinity problems for forage producers are found in the western San Joaquin Valley and in the Imperial Valley.

“As we have continuing irrigation water shortages in California, the higher-quality (less saline) waters

will be used for the irrigation of trees and vines,” Benes says. “It is pretty apparent that more saline waters will be used for forage production.

With less surface water available for irrigation, many growers are using deeper groundwater for their irrigation water source. This generally means that more saline water is being applied to soils.”

Other water sources are being tapped, Benes says. “If a grower is using saline well waters, or in some cases, a municipal waste water with some salinity, then a soil salinity problem can develop. As is the water, so will be the soil, although water management practices such as leaching can be employed to reverse this trend.”

Benes stresses the importance of soil sampling so that growers can determine the exact level of salinity, and then make better soil and crop management decisions. “It’s important for growers to determine whether they have just a salinity problem or if they have saline-sodic soils, which means not only too much sodium but also not enough calcium,” she says.

“Sodicity can reduce the emergence of alfalfa plants and cause poor water infiltration and drainage through the soil profile.”

CURRENT RESEARCH ON SALT TOLERANCEAn aggressive breeding effort began in 2010, evaluating and screening alfalfa plants for salt tolerance in actual field conditions. FGI uses three methods for testing new salt-tolerant alfalfa varieties:

1. Greenhouse testing: Salt germination tests are conducted, which measure alfalfa seed germination under moderately high salt conditions.

They also compare a new variety or breeding line to established tolerant and non-tolerant checks. A second test measures alfalfa plant growth and production potential using pure water versus salt water.

2. Field nurseries: The salt tolerance of various alfalfa varieties is tested through six nurseries in locations from Texas to Washington that typify saline soil stresses. Currently, there are more than 50,000 plants being evaluated for salt tolerance in these six environments.

Only the strong plants survive. If a nursery has 5,000 alfalfa plants, after two or three years that nursery may be down to 10 or 15 plants that are still vigorous and truly salt-tolerant.

Those are the plants that would be used as parents for a new variety. Our data also confirms that a variety will not only perform well under salt conditions, but will also thrive where saline is not a problem, as farmers’ soils are variable and not 100 percent saline.

3. Marker-assisted selection: Falling prices have made marker-assisted selection more appealing to alfalfa researchers. Leaf samples can be taken from plants in the greenhouse, and those genes that provide salt tolerance are then identified.

THE OUTLOOK ON SOIL SALINITY“Anywhere that irrigation water is becoming limited, soil salinity is going to become a bigger and bigger problem,” Reisen says. “We’re going to see more of it in the High Plains and Central Plains, spreading down into Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas.”

“In the West, current water demands are great due to lack of adequate winter precipitation, which is the source of most of our irrigation water. Lack of snow and rain is impacting aquifers, which results in wells drying up. We’re simply not getting the recharge that’s needed.”

“The development of salt-tolerant alfalfa varieties is vital for producers in our region,” Benes says. “It seems that drought is in our future. We may have some wet years ahead, but we’re going to continue to have very dry years. I think that the ability to grow alfalfa on more saline soils, or under irrigation with more saline water, will be critical for the future.”

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Caywood Farms, located about 8 miles east of Casa Grande, Arizona, is a third generation farm. In addition to growing cotton, alfalfa, grain and other crops, they are also in the education business, teaching the public about irrigation, equipment, both old and new, and the rewards and setbacks of every day farm life.

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January is a month for post-holiday adjustment, football play-offs, W-2 forms, farm meetings and year-end financial analysis. It’s also the month when the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) releases their Crop Production Annual Summary report. Prominent in the document are (near) final estimates of past year crop acres, yields and total production. It’s a good summary of what was and, in some cases, an indication of what may come from a market or value perspective. Here are some highlights from the forage crop section.

HAY ACRESAcreage of all hay types in the U.S. totaled 54.4 million acres, 2.6 million acres less than 2014.

Final alfalfa (and alfalfa mixtures) hay acres came in at 17.8 million, down 617,000 acres from 2014 but 100,000 more than 2013.

For hay other than alfalfa, acres in 2015 were down by just over 2 million at 36.7 million.

New seedings of alfalfa totaled about 2.5 million in 2015, slightly less than 2014.

HAY YIELDU.S. all hay average yield was 2.47 tons per acre. This compares to 2.45 tons in 2014 and 2.33 tons in 2013. Arizona topped the charts at 7.99 tons per acre.

Alfalfa (and alfalfa mixtures) averaged 3.32 tons per acre, slightly less than 2014 (3.34 tons per acre) but higher than 2013 (3.24 tons per acre). Arizona finished with an average yield of 8.4 tons per acre, while California ended the year at 6.9 tons.

For hay other than alfalfa, average U.S. yield was 2.06 tons per acre. Yields for 2013 and 2014 were 1.93 and 2.03, respectively.

TOTAL PRODUCTIONU.S. hay production in 2015 totaled 134.4 million tons. This is down from 139.9 million tons in 2014 and 135.0 million tons in 2013.

Alfalfa (and alfalfa mixtures) production finished the year at just under 59 million tons, about 2.5 million tons less than 2014 but 1.8 tons more than 2013.

Production for hay other than alfalfa totaled 75.4 million tons. This compares to 78.5 million tons in 2014 and 77.8 million tons in 2013.

CORN SILAGECorn silage acreage was about 6.2 million in 2015, slightly lower than both 2014 and 2013.

Average U.S. yield for corn silage was 20.4 tons per acre, which compares to 20.1 tons in 2014 and 18.8 tons in 2013. The 2015 average U.S. yield is the highest on record. Arizona came in with the highest average state yield at 31 tons per acre and was followed by Idaho at 29 tons per acre.

In total, corn silage producers harvested 126.9 million tons in 2015, down from the 128.0 million tons harvested in 2014 but considerably higher than the 118.3 million tons harvested in 2013. The 2015 total was the second highest total production on record.

Several CASI members recently took part in a planning workshop that was held at the University of Arizona’s Maricopa Agricultural Center to consider and develop opportunities for working together on joint research aimed at coupling advanced technologies and practices for high efficiency and resource-conserving vegetable production systems for California, Arizona, and New Mexico. Twenty-eight people took part in the meeting that included farmers, university and NRCS participants from these three states along with a colleague from Iowa State University. The meeting occurred as a follow-up to a similar sort of regional planning session that was held in Salt Lake City, UT in 2014 that brought together farmer, NRCS and land-grant university representatives from 18 of the western states in the US to share information

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The goals of the meeting in AZ were to develop ideas and a joint research proposal aimed at maintaining the competitiveness of vegetable farms in these three states, while simultaneously developing practices that address uncertainties of climate change, energy costs, and labor and water shortages. The practices that were discussed are designed to increase production system efficiency while also providing opportunities for testing alternatives that have not yet been applied to the production challenges of high-value vegetable production systems such as the use of a variety of conservation agriculture practices and principles that have been successfully been used in several regions of the world for various agronomic crops.

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1985 CAT 623BOROPS, Cushion Hitch, Self-Loading $37,500

2014 CAT 242DOROPS, Rental Rollout $29,000

2010 CAT 140MPush Block, Ripper, 3980 Hours $175,000

2011 CAT 430EOROPS, E-Stick, 4WD $62,000

1978 CAT 631DOROPS, Conv. Bowl, Retarder $29,500

2014 CAT 289D CAB2 Speed, AC, Hyd. Coupler $63,000

E129308 CN11582Tracked Tractor2009 CATERPILLAR 765C$79,500

E125571 E106721Tracked Tractor2003 JOHN DEERE 9320T$37,500

E129453 E125341Combine2004 LEXION LEX460$28,500

E123349 WR02196

Windrower- sickle2012 MASSEY 9740$41,500

E120767 Cab 2wd tractor2013 MASSEY 5610 2WD$38,900

E131492Cab 4wd tractor2013 MASSEY 5455 MFD$34,900

E131494 Articulated tractor2009 CASEIH 9370 4WD$21,500

E132186 CN11546

Tracked Tractor2010 JOHN DEERE 8320RT$116,900

E127292 CN11579

CN11622

E129533

T101136

4x4 large baler2002 CHALLENGER LB44$14,900

E125277 E131851

CN11636

E123297

3x4 large baler2003 HESSTON 4790$14,500

E121577 E130935

CN11544

CN11629

T101053

Magnum Tractor2015 CASEIH 310 MFD$189,500

E130479 WR02152

Tracked Tractor2007 CATERPILLAR 765B$69,500

E122544 Tracked Tractor2002 CATERPILLAR MT845$36,000

E131197Tracked Tractor2008 CATERPILLAR MT855B $125,000

E128204 Windrower- sickle1995 NEW HOLLAND 2550$13,900

E132951 E129625

Cab 4wd tractor2014 CASEIH PUMA 200$160,271

E132851 Windrower-rotary2009 CHALLENGER SP185C$27,500

Cab-2wd tractor2015 CASEIH 110C$55,681

Cab 4wd tractor2014 CASEIH MAG 250$202,322

E131751 E132811 E132765

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TK60SSD-40 STEEL SIDE DUMP TRAIL KING TRAILERS$51,000 (includes FET, but NOT freight)

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