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Equipment, 

Parts & Vehicles 

Abingdon Equipment Co. .................................... 40 

Agri-Service, Inc. .................................................... 6 

B & M Tractor Parts ............................................ 43 

Baier Tractor Parts, LLC .................................... 43 

Bridgeview Mfg. Inc. ............................................ 18 

Burrell Implement Company .............................. 41 

C & C Cattle Equipment ..................................... 40 

Carl’s Cycle Sales .................................................. 21 

Colfax Tractor Parts ............................................ 43 

Delmas Equipment Services ................................ 43 

F/S Manufacturing Inc. .......................................... 9 

Gnuse Mfg. Co. ..................................................... 40 

Graham Equipment ............................................. 36 

Herrs Machine ....................................................... 24 

Jack Boyle Salvage ................................................ 43 

Jones Mfg. Co. ....................................................... 41 

Kaddatz Equipment .............................................. 43 

Kern County Tractor Parts .................................. 32 

King Auto Sales ..................................................... 33 

Maibach Tractor Parts ......................................... 42 

Midwest Corn Head Rebuilders .......................... 40 

North Central Steel Co. Inc. ................................ 21 

Rite Way Mfg. Co. Ltd. ........................................ 29 

Swihart Sales Company ........................................ 41 

Wellert’s A.C. Parts .............................................. 43 

Shows & Events 

McCook Farm & Ranch Expo ............................. 43 

index Of AdVertisers 

Products & Supplies Cooperatives 

A-1 Mist Sprayers ................................................ 29 

2T Cattle Guard .................................................... 40 

Ambraco ................................................................. 35 

Bradley Enterprises .............................................. 43 

Colorado Certified Seed Potatoes ....................... 27 

Custom Marketing Co. ........................................ 40 

Diamond Shelters .................................................. 44 

Diamond W Corrals .............................................. 10 

Double D Family Mat Shop Inc. .......................... 41 

Double J Mfg. & Repair, Inc. ............................... 42 

E Tip, Inc. .............................................................. 7 

Emerson Manufacturing Co. ............................. 40 

Erath Earth Inc. .................................................. 19 

FarmTek .................................................................. 5 

Fehr Cab Interiors Co. ........................................ 33 

Fort Dodge Chemical, Inc. .................................. 19 

Gabel Belting, Inc. ................................................ 42 

Grease Buster TM ................................................... 41 

Gripple, Inc. .......................................................... 40 

H & M ® Gopher Control ...................................... 13 

Hasco Tag Co. ....................................................... 41 

Hey Machinery Co., Inc. ....................................... 43 

Hoskins Mfg. Co., Inc. ......................................... 41 

Inosol ...................................................................... 23 

Ioka Marketing ..................................................... 31 

Maz-Zee S.A. International .................................. 24 

Medi-Dart Inc. ....................................................... 23 

Mike’s Heating ....................................................... 43 

New Horizon Corporation. .................................... 11 

Oxarc ...................................................................... 22 

Parsons Drilling, Inc. ............................................. 40 

Performance Medical ............................................ 22 

Pittsburgh Power, Inc. .......................................... 28 

R & C Supply Co. ................................................. 43 

Rawhide Portable Corral Systems ....................... 41 

Replacement Flighting Supply .............................. 39 

S & S Wood Products, Inc. ................................... 42 

Scott Manufacturers ............................................. 15 

Sea Minerals FA .................................................... 31 

Staheli West, Inc. ................................................. 37 

UDy Corporation ................................................. 43 

Wadsworth Mfg. ................................................... 15 

Watkins & Sons Mfg., Inc. .................................... 7 

Challenger .............................................................. 16 

Elite Trailers ........................................................... 13 

Featherlite Trailers ................................................ 20 

Giant Rubber Water Tanks ................................... 38 

Hotsy ....................................................................... 34 

MacDon .................................................................. 12 

Massey Ferguson .....................................................8 

Merhow .................................................................. 39 

Reinke...................................................................... 30 

Suzuki ..................................................................... 35 

Titan Trailer Mfg. Inc. .......................................... 17 

TyM ....................................................................... 21 

Valley ...................................................................... 14 

Zimmatic .................................................................. 4 

Services 

ADM Laboratories ................................................ 41 

Dairy Realty .......................................................... 25 

Double Arrow Embryo Transfer Service ........... 17 

Flynn Farms ......................................................... 43 

G & P Balancing, Welding & Repair .................. 42 

Hoffman A.I. Breeders Inc. .................................. 43 

Mowrey Auction Co., Inc ...................................... 40 

Oregon Opportunities ............................................ 43 

Parsons Drilling, Inc. ............................................. 40 

Porter’s Seed Cleaning, Inc. .................................. 42 

S & W Welding Inc. .............................................. 40 

Sierra Feed & Saddlery ......................................... 40 

Signature Siding .................................................... 9 

Stukenholtz Laboratory Inc. . ............................... 10 

The Cattle Range .................................................. 26 



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Don’t Miss This Issue’s Features: 

Keeping Livestock Fed During Droughts - The Hydroponic Solution - Page 5 

E Tip, Inc.: Stop Filter Fuel Gelling In Cold Weather - Page 7 

Farm Credit Supports Future of Agriculture - Page 9 

Homestead 3-pt. Sprayers From F/S Mfg. Inc. - Page 9 

New Horizon Inc.: Earth-Friendly Way To Heat - Page 11 

H & M ® Gopher Control - Page 13 

Ionia Garden Helps Feed Community - Page 16 

Fort Dodge Chemical: Good-Bye To Pocket Gophers! - Page 19 

New Stock Trailer Features & Options Introduced - Page 20 

Giant Supply USA: Manufacturing Fabric Covered Steel 

Structures Since 1989 – Page 22 & 44 

Pittsburgh Power, Inc. - Page 26 & 28 

Rite Way Mfg. Co. Ltd.: Practical Innovations From Rite Way - Page 29 

Sea Minerals FA - Page 31 

Ioka Marketing - Page 31 

Kern County Tractor Parts - Page 32 

Ambraco: Announces New TamaTec+ TM Feature - Page 35 

Graham Electric Planter Drive - Page 36 

Staheli West: DewPoint 6110 Streams Across The West - Page 37 

Replacement Flighting Supply: Giving You The "Edge" - Page 39 

aCattle / Dairy 

Diamond W Corral - Page 10 

Wadsworth Mfg.: Delayed Castration Is A Benefit - Page 15 

Medi-Dart Inc.: 20 Years Of Making Your Medication Go Farther – Page 23 

Dairy Real Estate Trends - Page 25 

aEvents 

McCook Farm & Ranch Expo - Page 43 

aService Directory - Page 40-42 

aClassifieds - Page 43 

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IDAHO 

Agri-Lines Irrigation, Inc. 

115 N. 2nd St. • Parma, ID 83660 

(208) 722-5121 

(800) 709-7434 


360 Riverside Drive • Grand View, ID 83624 

(208) 834-2380 

MONTANA 

Big Sky Irrigation, Inc. 

523 Roxy Lane • Billings, MT 59105 

(406) 252-8175 

(888) 540-8175 

scott@bigskyirrigation.com 

NeBrASkA 

Scott-Hourigan Co. 

164 W. Nobes Rd. • York, NE 68467 

(800) 284-7066 

(402) 362-7711 

scotthouriganco@hotmail.com 

www.scotthourigan.com 

The Pivot Man, Inc. 

3719 Westgate Road • Grand Island, NE 68803 

(308) 382-5345 

www.thepivotman.com 

The Pivot Man, Inc. 

1306 Zurich Street • Palmer, NE 68864 

(308) 894-2155 

www.thepivotman.com 

NeVADA 


5025 E. Winnemucca Blvd. • Winnemucca, NV 89445 

(775) 625-1945 

OregON 

Schneider Water Services 

21881 River Road N.E. • St. Paul, OR 97137 

(503) 633-2666 

www.seidc.com 

TeXAS 

k & M Irrigation Services, Inc. 

1640 Hwy. 97 East • Pleasanton, TX 78064 

(830) 569-4311 



FarmTek 

Keeping Livestock Fed During Droughts – The Hydroponic Solution 

In the midst of the nation’s most expansive 

drought of the last 60 years, 

many farmers may feel that the futures 

of their farms, and their profits, are out 

of their control. Corn crops are quickly 

deteriorating in the extreme, dry heat 

and pastures are full of brown, dead 

grass. Feed prices are on the rise and 

some farmers are debating whether they 

can afford to feed their livestock or if 

they will be forced to sell. 

With the drought forecasted to last 

through October and uncertainty over future 

weather patterns, forward-thinking 

farmers are taking matters into their own 

hands to ensure fresh feed is available to 

their livestock, no matter the weather conditions. 

They are achieving this by turning 

to hydroponic fodder systems, such as 

Fodder-Pro Feed Systems from FarmTek. 

Fodder Explained 

Fodder is any agricultural foodstuff 

that is specifically used to feed cattle, 

horses and other livestock. The term 

refers to food given to animals, rather 

than the food they forage for themselves. 

Types of plants typically grown for fodder 

include alfalfa, barley, oats, clover, 

grass and wheat. When grown hydroponically, 

it is most commonly used as 

a feed supplement for livestock, rather 

than a feed replacement. Hydroponically 

grown fodder has been common for 

years in Australia, Canada and Europe 

and is now a developing trend for feeding 

livestock in the United States. 

Why Grow Fodder 

Hydroponically? 

Hydroponics, in the simplest terms, 

is growing plants without soil. There 

are many types of hydroponic systems, 

but all have similar advantages, including 

no pesticides or herbicides needed, 

high yields in a limited space and up to 

90% less water required compared to 

soil production. 

By growing fodder in these systems, 

farmers will see increased yields of highly 

palatable feed for their livestock. For example, 

one pound of dry barley seed can 

produce more than seven pounds of fodder. 

Fodder that is grown hydroponically 

has a digestibility averaging 75% to 80%; 

the digestibility of field-grown grasses 

can be as small as 30%. The higher nutritional 

value of hydroponic fodder promotes 

animal health. 

A variety of seeds can be grown in fod- 

der systems, including barley, winter and 

red rye, oats, sorghum, wheat and more. 

The nutritional content of the fodder will 

depend on the seed. Depending on the 

system and seed type, fodder can be ready 

to harvest in as little as seven days. 

FarmTek’s Fodder-Pro 

Feed Systems 

Fodder-Pro Feed Systems are state-ofthe-art 

hydroponic fodder growing systems 

designed to rapidly produce highly 

nutritious fodder at a low cost, with 

minimal labor. Fodder can be grown in a 

Fodder-Pro Feed System year long, with 

minimal water required, when housed in a 

climate-controlled space. Utilize the fullsize 

system’s seven-day growing cycle to 

produce over 250 lbs. of nutrient-, protein- 

and enzyme-rich fodder each day. 

Mini and custom systems are also available 

to meet any fodder demand. 

The full-size system consists of seven 

tiers of four 12’ long UV-stabilized, 

NSF-quality, food-grade PVC channels 

that sit on a heavy-duty galvanized 

steel frame. It provides 336 linear ft. of 

growing space. Featuring a hydroponic 

nutrient film technique (NFT) recirculation 

system, the Fodder-Pro eliminates 

the need for overhead watering, reducing 

humidity levels that may promote 

fungus and mold growth. 

A Fodder-Pro Feed System requires on 

average less than an hour of daily maintenance, 

but it is important to provide a 

proper growing environment. Without 

this environment, poor germination and 

low conversions will occur, creating a 

situation where mold can thrive and destroy 

the crop. To prevent this, keep the 

water clean with a balanced pH. The 

area containing the system should also 

be cleaned at least once a week. 

Adding Fodder to 

Livestock’s Diet 

Typically, a fodder diet will consist 

of 2% of the livestock’s live body 

weight per day, but feeding hay or other 

dry matter is still necessary to aid with 

digestion. To feed the fodder, lay it out 

in the pasture, feed troughs, buckets or 

hay racks. Livestock should be transitioned 

onto fodder over a week to tenday 

period so that they can adjust to 

the change in their routine. Fodder can 

also be offered as a treat at first to help 

livestock acclimate to the new feed. It 

is always best to consult your veterinar- 

ian before changing any feed regimens. 

The Benefits of Fodder as a 

Feed Supplement 

Adding fodder to the daily diet of 

livestock should increase all-around 

physical wellbeing. It will result in 

higher energy levels, while minimizing 

feed costs. During times of heat 

stress, feeding fodder will stimulate 

the appetite, keeping livestock full and 

healthy. Since fodder is fed soon after 

it is produced, it will not get moldy or 

dusty like traditional hay, resulting in 

improved respiratory health in animals. 

In addition to improving livestock 

health, farmers will reap higher yields 

and save considerably on feed and energy 

costs when using fodder as a feed supplement. 

The Fodder-Pro Feed System 

typically utilizes low energy and water 

consumption. Fodder can be grown year 

long, regardless of climate, as long as the 

system is located in a climate-controlled 

environment. Because hydroponic systems 

do not require large footprints, a 

field’s worth of food can be produced in a 



building, barn or basement, reducing the 

amount of land needed to produce feed. 

Also, since all of the fodder produced is 

edible, including the seed mat, waste and 

spoilage are virtually eliminated. 

The Future of Livestock Feed 

With droughts becoming so extreme 

that governments are declaring states of 

emergencies, it is time for farmers to rethink 

the traditional methods of feeding 

their livestock. Growing fodder hydroponically 

offers a solution to rising feed 

costs. Fodder systems rapidly produce 

large amounts of lush fodder in a small 

footprint, allowing farmers to provide 

livestock with highly nutritious greens 

in their feed regimen, regardless of the 

weather conditions. 

FarmTek designs and manufactures a 

line of fodder systems which can be customized 

for any feed demand. FarmTek 

also offers livestock housing, feeders, 

waterers, fencing solutions and more. 

Call 1-800-327-6835 ext. 1267 or 

visit www.FarmTek.com/ADFRN for 

more information. - 

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(photos courtesy FarmTek) 



E TIP, Inc. 

stop filter fuel Gelling in Cold Weather 

E TIP, Inc. says to help prevent diesel/ 

biodiesel fuel gelling in cold weather the 

Universal Fuel Filter Preheater mounts 

easily to the engine fuel filter. It is one 

of their extensive line of products for cold 

weather starting, Security, Safety and 

Maintenance. Some of the more popular 

products include the Cable Lock Alarm, 

Personal Strobe Lights and Steering Controls 

for heavy trucks. 

Cold conditions often affect fuel flow 

during start-up and in daily operations. 

When it is cold enough to cause gelling 

in the fuel over-the-road trucks, heavy 

machinery, automobiles, generators and 

other equipment that must operate in low 

temperatures can become disabled. The 

gelling plugs the filter preventing passage 

of the fuel. The only solution is to 

replace the filter or warm up the fuel until 

it flows again. It sometimes requires 

towing the equipment to an inside location 

or bringing a heater to the equipment 

site. Fuel filters for bulk tank dispensing 

pumps can also be affected. See our new 

Filter Heater for Bulk Fuel Tanks and 

Dispensing Pumps. The costs related 

to fuel gelling can become expensive in 

downtime and in repair cost. 

The Universal Filter Preheater offers 

a simple solution. It is a thin, flexible, 

silicone/fiberglass heating pad that easily 

wraps around the metal filter housing to 

maintain full contact and to evenly transmit 

heat quickly through the metal of the 

filter housing helping to avoid the risk of 

fuel gelling. It converts the metal filter 

housing into the heating element. It is an 

electric blanket for the fuel filter housing. 

Springs and nylon ties hold it in place 

When it is time to change the filter element, 

the Universal Filter Preheater 

is easily released for transfer to the new 

filter housing. Fuel gelling and related 

problems are avoided. 

Drawing 85 watts it is available in 

several voltages: direct current 12v & 

24v, and alternating current 120v & 240v 

and a dual grid model combining the option 

of powering with direct current or 

alternating current in the same Universal 

Filter Preheater. Measuring 4” X 7” 

it is designed to fit a diameter of 2.5” to 

4” (circumference of 8” to 12”). See it 

on the website at http://www.etipinc.com 

under Maintenance. The Universal Filter 

Preheater carries a three year materials 

and workmanship warranty. A standard 

12v Universal Filter Preheater is 

priced at $138 each. 

The standard engine oil and hydraulic 

Peel & Stick Fiberglass/Silicone Preheaters 

also are being used to warm fuel 

tanks. 120v they stick to the outside of 

the tank and warm the fuel overnight. 

No cutting or welding, just thoroughly 

clean off the mounting area & stick it 

on. The cold weather products offered 

by the Universal Heater Co., Inc. help 

improve starting and operations and bottom 

line business performance. “THE 

BEST WAY TO PREHEAT ALMOST 

ANYTHING.” 

Include both the Peel & Stick Universal 

Preheater for engines, hydraulic 

systems, transmissions, gear boxes, etc. 

and the Universal Filter Preheater in 

Watkins & Sons Mfg., Inc. 

67 Watkins Lane 

Linden, TN 37096 

(800) 227-4631 

Fax: (931) 589-3380 

www.watkinsandsons.com 

wtksons@watkinsandsons.com 

Fuel Filter Preheater 

Farm Bins 

Commercial Bins 

Grain Dryers 

Bucket Elevators 

Bulk Feed Tanks 

Chain Loop Systems 

Grain Bin Accessories 

Transport Augers 

Irrigation Systems 

Erectors Available 

cold weather packages for a more effective 

and complete solution to cold 

weather problems. 

E TIP represents and markets safety, 

security and maintenance products to a 

variety of customers throughout the US 

and the world. E TIP, Inc. has carefully 

assembled a family of related products 

Gelled Diesel Fuel Filter 

P.O. Box 83 • North Aurora, IL 60542-0083 

(800) 530-5064 • (630) 966-8992 

Fax: 630-801-9569 

sales@etipinc.com • www.etipinc.com 

(Veteran Owned Small Business) 

“Peel & Stick” Engine Preheater 

Best Way to Preheat Almost Anything 



available nowhere else. 

Visit the website at www.etipinc. 

com to review Universal product videos 

as well as other products for Safety, 

Security and Maintenance or contact E 

TIP, Inc. directly at (800) 530-5064 or 

fax (630) 801-9569. E-mail to sales@ 

etipinc.com - 

Stop Fuel 

Gelling 

in fuel filter 

during cold 

weather on your 

equipment and 

bulk tanks, etc. 

Bio-Diesel 

Diesel 

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Massey ferguson® introduces GC1700 series sub-Compact tractors 

the third generation of classic, hardworking massey Ferguson tractors provides a rugged and reliable experience 

DULUTH, GA — Massey Ferguson ® a 

global brand of AGCO (NYSE: AGCO), 

introduces the GC1700 Series sub-compact 

tractors, which deliver hardworking performance 

and reliability plus redesigned styling, 

functionality and control placement, 

making this Series of tractors easy to own 

and a pleasure to operate. From gardening 

to moving bulky material, whether the job 

is commercial or residential, the GC1700 

Series will get the job done right. 

The new GC1700 Series can be 

equipped to take on multiple tasks and 

has the exceptional durability and performance 

features expected from a Massey 

Ferguson. This new offering includes 

four models that replace the previous GC 

range. The GC1705 and GC1710 TLB are 

rated 22.5 gross engine horsepower and 

the GC1715 and GC1720 TLB are rated 

at 24.5 gross engine horsepower. 

Engine features: a quiet and 

efficient powerhouse 

The GC1700 Series sub-compact tractors 

effortlessly undertake a vast number 

of projects, powered by the fuel-efficient, 

three-cylinder, liquid-cooled diesel engine. 

The high-torque engine is protected under a 

very functional, solid metal hood with a tilt 

up design that makes access to the engine 

quick and easy. 

All four models feature a low-rated 

engine rpm that reduces vibration and 

noise, to improve engine life and decrease 

fuel consumption. The radiator 

and radiator fan are strategically placed 

behind the engine, pulling hot air away 

from the operator, keeping both the operator 

and engine cooler. 

Redesigned for greater operator 

convenience and comfort 

Guided by customer input and constant 

testing, the design of the GC1700 Series 

offers improvements that make the tractors 

more convenient, comfortable and easier to 

operate. A wide-open, clutter-free platform 

allows the operator to move on and off the 

tractor with ease and offers plenty of space 

for natural leg movement. The new seat is 

ergonomically designed with adjustments 

to custom-fit any body profile for exceptional 

driving comfort. 

To improve overall operating performance 

for multiple functions, the hydraulic 

joystick has been moved to the right side of 

the front console, putting the control lever 

within easy reach of the operator. Its refined 

linkage provides smoother operation 

to reduce the amount of arm movement for 

the operator. A new safety lockout lever 

prevents the operator from inadvertently 

bumping the joystick or operating the hydraulics 

when in the locked position. Finally, 

the loader and backhoe quick-attach 

design allows the operator to effortlessly 

remove each attachment when necessary. 

Speed and control 

The GC1700 features a dual-range hydrostatic 

transmission with infinitely variable 

speeds from zero to top speed in each 

range. Redesigned hydrostatic foot pedals 

are strategically located on the right side of 

the platform, while the brake pedal is on the 

left side. The foot pedals are spring-loaded 

and are designed to return to a neutral position 

when released. The cruise control also 

has been redesigned and moved to the front 

dash panel for easy access. This allows 

effortless engagement by simply pushing 

down on the orange handle once the desired 

speed is reached. Pulling up on the handle 

IDAHO 

Centennial Tractor Co. 

9310 W. Koch Circle • Hammett, ID 83627 

(208) 366-2088 

(800) 538-4246 

Schlofman Tractor & Implement 

1898 Century Way • Boise, ID 83709 

(208) 376-3333 

(866) HOT IRON 

www.schlofmantractor.com 

NevADA 

Ott’s Farm equipment & Supplies 

5130 Reno Hwy. • Fallon, NV 89406 

(800) 862-2769 

(775) 867-2322 

www.fallonwelding.com 

WASHINGTON 

Agri-Service Northwest Inc. 

12731 Glade North Rd. • Eltopia, WA 99330 

(509) 297-4272 • (800) 215-0265 

www.agriservicenw.com 

Massey Ferguson ® GC1700 Series 

Sub-Compact Tractor 

or pressing any foot pedal will disengage 

the cruise control. 

For more information about the 

Massey Ferguson GC1700 Series subcompact 

tractors, contact your local 

Massey Ferguson dealer or visit www. 

masseyferguson.com - 



farm Credit supports the future Of 

Agriculture through national Contributions 

programs prepare the next generation of Leaders in agriculture 

Maria Miller, 

Senior Account Manager 

DENVER, CO – The average age of the 

American farmer is 57 and according to 

the USDA, about 70 percent of the nation’s 

farmland will change hands in the next two 

decades. Farm Credit, a national provider 

of financing and related services to agriculture 

and rural America, is working to ensure 

that the next generation will be ready to pick 

up where today’s leaders leave off through 

the National Contributions Program. 

“Farm Credit’s National Contributions 

Program awarded 23 grants and sponsorships 

totaling more than $735,000 in the 

second quarter of 2012,” said Christina 

Bowen, director of national contributions 

for Farm Credit. “Supporting tomorrow’s 

farmers and ranchers through training and 

leadership programs helps ensure a bright 

future for the agricultural industry.” 

Farm Credit’s National Contributions 

Program awards contributions in three pri- 

Homestead 3-Point Sprayer 

(photo courtesy F/S Manufacturing) 

The Homestead 3-Point Sprayers from 

F/S Manufacturing Inc. are designed for 

use in the most challenging terrain. They 

are ideal for cleanup work behind a large 

mary focus areas: 

Advocates for Agriculture: primarily 

trade organizations that improve the lives 

and livelihoods of farmers and ranchers 

through policy impact 

Friends of Agriculture: organizations that 

foster a healthy agriculture industry through 

consumer education and communication 

Producers of Tomorrow: organizations 

that provide youth agriculture education 

and/or young, beginning, small 

farmer programs 

The following are a few of the programs 

focused on Producers of tomorrow that received 

awards in the second quarter review. 

Agriculture Future of America’s (AFA) 

Annual Conference supports college students 

preparing for careers in agriculturerelated 

fields. Farm Credit’s sponsorship 

of the 2012 Leaders Conference (Nov. 1-4, 

Kansas City, MO) provides a forum for updates 

and discussions on industry trends, 

and helps students bridge the gap between 

Homestead 3-Pt. sprayers from f/s Manufacturing inc. 

boom sprayer such as wet areas and field 

edges, CRP and pastures. If you are looking 

for a sprayer with robust steel work 

and proven quality TeeJet and Hypro 

components, the Homestead is built to 

last and ready to go to work for you. 

The Homestead Sprayer lineup includes 

the Homestead 55 with a 55 gal. tank and 

an 18 ft. boom and the Homestead HD 

with tank sizes of 110, 150, and 200 gallons. 

The HD model is currently available 

with 20 or 30 ft. heavy duty booms. 

F/S plans to offer a 45 ft. boom for the 

2013 model. The boom can be set up with 

manual or electric TeeJet controls. 

The 3-Point hitch will accommodate 

either Category 1 or 2 and will work with 

a quick attach hitch. Four adjustable legs 

Jason Cunningham 

Cell: (208) 870-0630 

Jasonc1795@gmail.com 

Free Estimates • New Construction 

Remodel • Residential Commercial 

academic, leadership and work experiences 

to develop personal and professional skills 

for lifelong success. 

Each year at the National Beef Ambassador 

Competition, five outstanding young 

people are selected from among hundreds of 

participants to serve as American National 

Cattlewomen Beef Ambassadors. Farm 

Credit’s contribution will support the 2013 

competition (Sept. 28-30, Sacramento, CA), 

where participants will demonstrate their 

knowledge of modern beef production, their 

commitment to raising healthy animals, 

beef safety, nutrition, and environmental 

stewardship. 

Farm Credit representatives will lend 

their expertise as judges of the 2012 Eastern 

States FFA Star Recognition Program 

(Sept. 14-20, West Springfield, MA). The 

high-level competition recognizes top 

FFA students from 14 eastern states for 

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tural experiences. The awards ceremony 

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Jim Putnam, Farm Credit East executive 

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Progressive Agriculture Foundation’s 

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diamond W Corral 

Diamond W Corrals introduces the 

portable sorting and gathering system 

by the original designer of the Wilson 

Wheel Corral. 

You will not believe the size of this 

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or horses in the field will amaze you! 

No more gathering, loading, unloading, 

sorting and then reloading. No more 

stressing your herd to get them out of 

the pasture. Thanks to Burlington Welding, 

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those days are gone. One system, 

one move, and you’re done and home in 

time for lunch. 

This is a goose-neck unit that opens 

for access in or out of the front. There 

is a total 16 gates throughout the system. 

On each end of the alley there are two 

sets of 6’ gates that open between the 

split goose-neck hitch and the rear axle 

pens measuring 15’ 6” X 15’ 6” with a 

height of all panels at 6’. This gives the 

rancher the ability to tie into the sorting 

system with any type of portable corral 

or stock trailer in the field. 

A hydraulic system sets the unit 

down on the ground, and when ready 

to move, lifts it up for transport. The 

hydraulic system is operated by a 12volt 

battery charged with a solar panel 

and the ease of pushing a button. All 

systems are assembled with springloaded 

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for added convenience. A 10’ gate 

allows you to drive thru the alleyway 

with a cake truck. 

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assembly. The rancher has four sorting 14’ x 13’ 6” gates 

tracknet from Valley irrigation enhances Growers’ Ability to Manage Pivots remotely 

Valley Irrigation, the leader in precision 

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New Horizon Inc. 

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New Horizon Inc. is announcing a new extended 

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BioMass Gasification Boilers utilize wood 

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The wood gasification combustion technology 

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industry teams Up With Farmers to 

manage herbicide-resistant Weeds 

Proactive weed management helps keep soybean fields clean. 

(NAPS) – A combination of the latest weed 

management recommendations and financial 

incentives is helping farmers fight tough-tocontrol 

and glyphosate-resistant weeds. 

They’re participating in Roundup Ready 

PLUS Weed Management Solutions developed 

by Monsanto in conjunction with and 

supported by university academics, agronomists 

and other industry partners. 

“Last year, more than 50,000 soybean, cotton 

and corn growers participated and received financial 

incentives totaling nearly $100 million to 

help offset the cost of using qualifying, industryleading 

residual herbicide products,” says Chris 

Reat, marketing manager for Roundup Ready 

PLUS Weed Management Solutions. 

Midwest farmer Darrin Johnson follows the 

weed management recommendations to help 

control lambsquarters and waterhemp in his 

corn and soybeans. “On our farm, we feel it’s 

better to be proactive than reactive where these 

weeds are concerned,” Johnson says. “Using 

herbicides with different modes of action is a 

great strategy, and the financial incentive we 

receive is an added bonus.” 

In the South, many cotton and soybean farmers 

are seeing improved control of glyphosate-resistant 

pigweed by participating in the platform. 

“We have such high pressure from resistant 

weeds in this area that it is critical that we use 

residual herbicides,” says farmer Hugh Dollar. 

“Without residual herbicides, we would not be 

able to stay ahead of these weeds, which grow 

two to three times faster than our cotton.” 

Farmers can visit the site www.Roundup 

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Always read and follow pesticide label directions. 

Individual results may vary. - 



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Work Continues On Wind farm near Geyser 

AP Wire Service 

GREAT FALLS, MT (AP) – Officials 

gave a rare tour of a 25-turbine 

wind farm 40 miles southeast of Great 

Falls near Geyser. 

The Great Falls Tribune reports 

that officials from Compass, North- 

Western Energy and other companies 

conducted the tour where about half 

of the 25 turbines have been erected 

in a process that involves a huge 

crane that travels at one-quarter mile 

per hour. 

“Each one of these is its own power 

plant,” said Ilan Caplan, an official 

with Denver-based Compass Wind. 

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“It’s not just a Tinkertoy.” 

It will be the first wind farm owned 

outright by NorthWestern Energy 

when the project is finished and the 

company takes ownership before the 

end of the year. The wind farm will 

generate up to 40 megawatts of power 

and enable NorthWestern to meet 

renewable energy standards. 

The base of each tower has a diameter 

of 15 feet. A door that looks similar to 

those on submarines opens to a ladder 

that goes 263 off the ground. Blades 

on the turbines are 270 feet across. 

“It’s wider than a 747,” Caplan 

said. Each turbine has a 20-year life 

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expectancy, but will likely last longer 

and likely be replaced when they 

wear out. The project is at the southern 

end of the Highwood Mountains. 

Companies involved in the project 

have donated 20 tablet computers to 

the school district. 

“I think it’s great,” said Dale Bernard, 

superintendent of Geyser Public 

Schools, about the wind farm. “They’ve 

all been more than generous.” 

As for the computer tablets, “School 

just started and the kids are already using 

them, Bernard said. 

He also predicted the wind farm 

“will have a good effect on the local 

property taxpayers.” 

Sam Milodragovich of Butte, 

wildlife biologist for NorthWestern 

Energy, said there is a potential for 

deaths of birds and bats, but he said 

Compass Wind has worked to reduce 

wildlife problems. 

He said the area has a “relatively 

low numbers of bats” except during 

migrations in the fall. He said sites 

for three wind turbines were moved 

to make way for a sharptail grouse 

nesting site. 

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H & M ® Gopher Control 

Pressurized exhaust kills Underground rodents 

The patented H & M ® gopher 

control system uses carbon monoxide 

from pressurized engine 

exhaust to kill burrowing rodents 

such as gophers, ground squirrels, 

moles, voles, prairie dogs and 

ground hogs. 

According to the company, exhaust 

gas has long been one of the most 

lethal and least expensive methods 

to kill burrowing rodents. But until 

now there hasn’t been an economical, 

efficient delivery system. 

Company owners, Allen Hurlburt 

and Virginia Massey, said that the 

PERC ® system (Pressurized Exhaust 

Rodent Controller) involves 

a 1/4 inch diameter steel wand that 

is used to probe the burrow and 

injects pressurized exhaust via a 

hand piece valve that fills the burrow 

with lethal concentrations of 

carbon monoxide before the rodent 

has a chance to either escape or 

block the burrow. 

An internal combustion engine, 

that also drives a compressor pump 

that pressurizes the exhaust gas to 

110 psi in a storage tank, generates 

the carbon monoxide. 

Three basic models are available. 

The PERC ® 412 is a trailermounted 

unit with a 14 hp Kohler 

engine and four reels each with a 

50 foot hose and the hand probe. 

The 412 features turf tires and 

is designed to be pulled behind 

an ATV. It sells for $8,295 plus 

S&H. 

The PERC ® 206 is a skid-mounted 

unit with a 7 hp Kohler engine, 

two reels with 50 foot hoses and 

hand probes. It sells for $4,995 plus 

S&H. There is a trailer available for 

the PERC ® 206. This combination 

is popular for use in vineyards and 

other small acreage applications. 

Price of trailer is $595. 

The newest addition to the line is 

the PERC ® 620. It is designed for 

large acreage and custom operators. 

With a Twin 20 hp Kohler engine 

and a V4-70 cfm compressor pump, 

the six reel 620 has tandem axles as 

standard equipment. 

Crop stands are not damaged by 

the carbon monoxide injected into 

the burrow, Hurlburt says. It is simple 

to use and safe for the operator 

as well as wildlife since there is no 

poison bait or explosions involved. 

No other control method is as effective, 

efficient and as inexpensive to 

operate as ours. 

A PERC ® system can treat moderately 

infested alfalfa fields at about 

3.5 acres an hour with a single operator, 

he adds. Each probed location 

requires only about two minutes 

injection time. 

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We have shipped units from 

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Though most of our market has 

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also purchased units. A school 

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Hurlburt says. 

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scientists look At Genetic Crops to beat drought 

FORT COLLINS, CO (AP) – Colorado 

scientists are looking at genetically 

modified crops as a way farmers 

can beat the drought as worries 

continue about the safety of eating 

altered foods. 

Colorado State University professor 

Phil Westra says attitudes are 

changing toward crops that have been 

altered to resist drought and pests 

because of a continuing drought that 

has slashed harvests and increased the 

price of food. 

Westra said a new type of droughtresistant 

corn was introduced this year 

that is already showing promise. 

“Obviously, it’s going to be important 

to be able to have those varieties in the 

future if nobody knows if this is going 

to be a one-year, two-year, five-year, 10year 

drought. If the drought continues 

for 10 years, you’re probably going to 

see a lot more sympathy for genetic engineering 

than if we had all kinds of rain 

and all kinds of water,’’ Westra said. 

The genetically modified foods 

are showing up in everything from 

cereal to eggs, and no warning label 

is required. 

According to KMGH-TV, corn and 

sugar beets, two of the largest crops 

in Colorado, are already genetically 

altered and used by many farmers. 

Farmer Dave Eckhardt said this 

year’s harvest would have been worse 

without limited use of “genetically 

modified organisms’’ in crops, also 

known as GMOs. 

In addition to health concerns, opponents 

are worried that seeds from 

genetic crops will be dispersed and 

make their way into organic crops, resulting 

in mutations no one can predict 

or control. 

Last year, there was a political fight 

in Boulder County over use of altered 

crops. County commissioner Will Toor 

said surveys showed residents split 

over their use. 

In response, Boulder County commissioners 

approved a compromise 

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but does not allow GMO alfalfa. They 

also ruled that GMOs can only be 

grown for two years out of a five-year 

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ionia garden helps Feed 

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By Karin Armbruster, Sentinel-Standard (Ionia) 

IONIA, MI (AP) – Families in need are enjoying locally 

grown fresh, organic produce thanks to a number 

of community members who have turned a weed field 

into a flourishing garden. 

Jim Killion, a member at Zion United Methodist 

Church in Ionia, said in 2010 he came up with the idea 

for a garden after the Zion Community Food Pantry lost 

its grant for a food truck. He said he bought a plot of 

land that May, made payments to the city and began 

planting by June. 

“I had the means to do it,’’ Jim said. “It just felt 

right.’’ The garden spans 12,000 square feet and bears 

produce including watermelon, tomatoes, onions, summer 

squash, green beans, peppers, potatoes, snap peas, 

strawberries, cucumbers, zucchini, lettuce, radishes 

and herbs. 

Harvesting takes place every Tuesday so the produce 

can be transported and prepared for those in need to 

pick up at the pantry Wednesday. 

“It’s pretty humbling,’’ Jim said about the process 

of growing the crops, taking them to the pantry and 

knowing families are happy to have them. 

Jim is not the only member of the community tending 

to the garden, however. His wife, Gretchen, his 

daughter, Julie, and Julie’s fiance´ Rob Wright also 

have spent countless hours in the dirt. 

In addition, Jim said he has been working with 

Robbie Bradford out of the Ionia County Probation 

Office to bring in members of the Ionia Treatment 

and Sobriety Court (ITASC) in need of community 

service hours. 

“With the extra help we’ve had this year, we’ve been 

able to build compost bins, take care of the weeds, 

planting, harvesting and watering,’’ Jim added. 

He said he hopes the court will keep sending people 

to help out, because they begin to genuinely care about 

the garden. 

As for security, he said the neighbors have made 

sure to keep a close eye on the plants and the fruits 

they bear. 

Julie said she is happy to know families in the community 

are benefiting from their hard work. 

“(What’s gratifying is) the purpose of why we’re 

doing this,’’ she said. 

Both she and Jim said they would love to have a 

greenhouse to keep the garden running year-round 

and would not hesitate to begin a second garden if the 

volunteers were provided. 

“I’m just thankful that I have the means of starting 

something like this,’’ Jim added. 

He and the other volunteers will likely be harvesting 

throughout October or until the first snow falls and 

have yielded hundreds of pounds of vegetables for the 

Zion Community Food Pantry. 

Information from: The Sentinel-Standard, http:// 

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new Challenger® 500C series Combines boost 

Harvesting Capacity, fuel efficiency 

DULUTH, GA – Challenger ® (www. 

challenger-ag.com), a global brand of 

AGCO (NYSE: AGCO), introduces 

new 500C Series combines that set a 

higher standard for harvesting capacity 

and fuel efficiency compared to previous 

models, thanks to a redesigned 

crop inlet and threshing system, plus 

new in-line positioning of the industry-leading 

AGCO POWER TM 9.8-liter 

seven-cylinder engine. Both the 540C 

[Class 7] and 560C [Class 8] combines 

offer 350-bushel bin capacities and 

best-in-class peak unloading rates of 

4.5 bushels per second. 

“The new 540C and 560C combines 

feature an all-new multi-zone crop inlet 

that improves capacity and control 

of crop material in the segmented rotor 

and concave sections, which we’ve also 

redesigned,” says Kevin Cobb, product 

marketing manager, combines. “These 

changes, along with the repositioned 

engine, boost throughput, reduce power 

needs and dramatically improve overall 

efficiency of the power train, reducing 

fuel use.” 

The redesigned threshing system 

includes twelve modular concave sections. 

This allows one person to easily 

change out the individual concave 

sections with a choice of three options 

and fine-tune the machine for optimal 

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concave support system, 

which keeps concaves concentric 

with the rotor throughout the adjustment 

range, but also includes a unique 

suspension system to allow large 

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“slugs” of material to pass through 

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Tier 4i engine with AGCO e3 

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The AGCO e3 TM technology in the 

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Horsepower ratings at 2,100 rpm for 

the 540C is 370 HP (276 kW) with an 

unloading boost of 426 HP (318 kW) 

and ratings for the 560C are 460 HP 

(343 kW) with an unloading boost of 

502 HP (374 kW), respectively. 

Fuel efficiency gets even better by 

turning this impressive power plant 90 

degrees, so the engine is in-line with 

the rotor. As a result, 500C Series combines 

achieve an engine-to-rotor transfer 

efficiency that tops 90 percent. Inline 

engine positioning offers several 

other advantages, including requiring 

fewer moving parts, which reduces servicing 

needs and downtime. 

The new engine alignment also 

makes room for the V-Cool TM cooling 

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from the cleanest part of the machine 

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V-Cool system is designed with a variable-speed, 

reversing fan, which blows 

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Challenger ® 500C Series combines deliver harvest capacity plus fuel efficiency, due to a redesigned crop inlet 

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operates at the optimum speed needed 

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cooling elements are not stacked, as 

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lots guidance-ready from the factory. 

Optional Nightbreaker TM HID and LED 

lighting puts plenty of attention where it 

is needed during late hours in the field. 

A heated and cooled operator’s seat 

provides extra comfort on both cool fall 

days as well as warmer days earlier in 

the harvest season. Factory-installed 

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Pasco, WA 99301 

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Bale Processors 

BK5100 

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• 12-14 wheels 

• Width compensation 

• Hydraulic window 

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• Width compensation 

• Hydraulic window 

width adjustment 

New for 2012! 

BR800 

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• Heavy Duty frame 

• Triple torsion ride axles 

BK6100 

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• Heavy Duty frame 

• Process 6 bales in one trip! 

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Usda aphis removes Barriers to trade and 

expands market access For U.s. Farm exports 

Contacts Joelle Hayden and 

Lyndsay Cole 

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department 

of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal 

and Plant Health Inspection Service 

(APHIS) has worked in conjunction 

with federal, international and industry 

partners to arrange for the release 

of 209 shipments of American products 

valued at more than $39 million 

in 2012. The goods had been detained 

at foreign ports of entry pending resolution 

of various animal and plant 

health questions. In addition, APHIS 

has helped to open or maintain more 

than $51 million in overseas markets 

for U.S. agricultural products. Under 

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack’s 

leadership, USDA has aggressively 

worked to expand export opportunities 

and reduce barriers to trade, helping 

to push agricultural exports to record 

levels since 2009. The work of USDA 

agencies, including APHIS, and other 

federal partners helps to prevent and 

remove unwarranted barriers to trade, 

saving and securing American jobs and 

businesses, and supporting President 

Obama’s goal of doubling American 

exports by the end of 2014. 

“APHIS works diligently every day 

to help ensure overseas markets for our 

country’s agricultural products,” said 

Rebecca Blue, deputy undersecretary 

for marketing and regulatory programs. 

“In the past six months, APHIS has negotiated 

to reopen the Chinese market 

for U.S. log exports in a six-month pilot 

program, facilitated the first export 

of 1,400 cattle to Angola, helped California 

producers ship their stonefruit to 

important markets in Mexico, and arranged 

for the release of six shipments 

of cherries and $1.5 million of cotton 

held at Chinese ports.” 

APHIS addresses animal and plant 

health concerns that limit the export 

of American agricultural goods and 

negotiates with international trade 

partners to remove trade barriers and 

resolve trade-related issues. APHIS 

personnel stationed in countries overseas 

work closely with foreign regulatory 

counterparts to exchange infor- 

mation on agricultural health issues 

and ensure the safe trade of agricultural 

products. By working on these 

technical trade matters with overseas 

officials, as well as within international 

standard-setting organizations, 

APHIS personnel are in key positions 

to support U.S. agricultural exports 

and ensure that trading partners adhere 

to agreed-upon standards. 

When American shipments are detained 

at foreign ports of entry, APHIS 

and other USDA officials negotiate with 

international officials to resolve the issue. 

APHIS’ team of technical experts 

certify that U.S. animal and plant products 

are free of pests and diseases and 

meet the entry requirements set by our 

trading partners. In negotiations to protect, 

expand, and open new trade markets, 

APHIS advocates on behalf of 

U.S. agricultural industries to ensure a 

free flow of American agricultural products 

in international markets. 

APHIS has launched a new website 

that will contain trade related information 

and accomplishments. The website 

will help exporters find information on 

APHIS’s services, including trade information 

and regulations. It also serves 

as the news hub for APHIS trade updates, 

with links to trade-related feeds 

from the APHIS’ Newsroom, Twitter, 

and the USDA blog. The website is 

located at: www.aphis.usda.gov/newsroom/hot_issues/trade/index.shtml 

U.S. agriculture is currently experiencing 

one of its best periods in 

history thanks to the productivity and 

resourcefulness of America’s producers. 

Today, net farm income is at 

near record levels while debt has been 

cut in half since the 1980s. Overall, 

American agriculture supports 1 in 12 

jobs in the United States and provides 

American consumers with 83 percent 

of the food we consume, while 

maintaining affordability and choice. 

Strong agricultural exports contribute 

to a positive U.S. trade balance, create 

jobs, boost economic growth and 

support President Obama’s National 

Export Initiative goal of doubling all 

U.S. exports by the end of 2014. - 



Fort Dodge Chemical 

Good-bye to Pocket Gophers! 

Bye, bye, to your pocket gophers 

and the damage they cause! If you 

are seeing mounds, like the one in the 

picture you have the cute furry friends 

– pocket gophers. The mounds are 

usually fan-shaped and tunnel entrances 

are plugged, keeping various 

intruders out of the burrows. 

Identifying – Typically the pocket 

gopher fur is brown. However, may 

vary to black. Most pocket gophers 

range from six to thirteen inches long 

(body and head). Color of fur range 

from nearly black to pale brown. The 

adult male gopher is larger than the 

female. They have small external ears 

and small eyes. Their head is blunt 

and you can always see their large 

incisor teeth. The paws have large 

sharp claws. The pocket gopher’s tail 

is sparsely haired and works as a sensory 

mechanism in guiding the gopher 

while moving backwards through its 

tunnel system. 

Damage – Pocket gopher causes 

major damage to any root system 

from alfalfa to zinnias. They are 

found in lawns, gardens, ditches and 

agricultural crop areas. Damage can 

occur to machinery, such as dulling 

and plugging sickle bars, when 

harvesting hay or alfalfa caused by 

the mounds of dirt the pocket gopher 

brings to the surface. Gophers damage 

trees by stem girdling and clipping, 

root pruning, and possibly root 

exposure caused by burrowing. The 

tunneling the pocket gopher makes 

causes erosion in ditch banks and 

earthen dams weakening these structures. 

In irrigated areas their tunneling 

can channel water runoff, causing 

loss of surface irrigation water. In 

addition, they may damage plastic 

water lines, lawn sprinkler systems, 

and buried cables. 

Control – The main methods of 

controlling the gophers are trapping, 

gassing, and poison baits. 

Traps are quick and positive when 

properly set. They are a good way of 

controlling gophers if you have only a 

few gophers. The labor of setting the 

traps every day can be time consuming 

and costly. You will only get one 

gopher per trap a day. 

Gassing is of limited effectiveness 

against pocket gophers. The gopher 

will quickly plug off or escape the 

runway when he senses the poisonous 

gas is detected. Therefore, making the 

use of gassing unsatisfactory. 

Poison baits are easy to apply and 

cost effective. There are anti-coagulant 

baits that give some control. They are 

more expensive to use as the gopher 

must eat the bait three to four days 

in a row, therefore more bait must be 

placed in the runways. Plus you have 

the added labor of checking to make 

sure there is bait available every day. 

The most effective, less expensive, 

and least labor involved method of 

treating for gophers is the strychnine 

bait. The gopher only needs to eat 

the bait one time and within five to 20 

minutes the gopher is dead. 

Fort Dodge Gopher Bait is a strychnine 

bait and can be applied either 

by spoon, hand-held probe, or tractor 

drawn machine. 

This is a general overview of the 

gopher, how to identify the gopher, 

the damage they cause, and different 

methods of control. I hope this article 

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with the gophers. If you would like 

further information call Fort Dodge 

Chemical at (805) 736-0065. - 



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new stock trailer features & Options introduced 

CRESCO, IA – Featherlite ® Trailers’ 

newest options and features for its 2013 

stock trailers are now available at local 

Featherlite trailer dealers. Featherlite’s 

2013 enhancements offer additional 

options in the areas of convenience 

and safety. 

The expanded selection of options 

and standard features on Featherlite 

stock trailers include: 

Side ramp: A new optional side ramp 

kit for Featherlite stock trailer Model 

8127 is designed for easy loading of an 

ATV for use on the farm. The option 

widens the escape door to 54 inches and 

includes two separate ramps to attach. 

Rotary slam latch: For a more secure 

hold and a sleeker design, an optional 

rotary slam latch is available on Featherlite 

stock trailers. 

LED load light: For a smaller and 

more stylish option, an LED load light 

is available on stock trailers. Popular 

locations for load lights include above 

the rear doors or side unload doors. 

Remote control load light: A conve- 

nient optional remote control load light 

allows trailer owners to easily position 

the light to help with maneuvering the 

trailer or unloading livestock at night. 

Additional clearance lights & additional 

length: For added visibility 

and safety, three additional clearance 

lights are standard on Model 8117, 

giving the trailer a total of 16 clearance 

lights. In addition, Model 8117 

is now available in a 24 foot length. 

Wireless camera: To make maneuvering 

the stock trailer easier and safer, 

an optional camera on the rear of the 

trailer is available. Updated from the 

2012 option, this camera features no 

wires or cables and is easy to install. 

The camera connects to the rear clearance 

lights, and the 5.6” monitor comes 

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Coalition Urges Waiver Of rfs because Of drought 

— petition asks epa For one-Year Waiver of ethanol production mandate 

WASHINGTON – As drought conditions 

become the worst in 50 years and 

corn yields are expected to drop significantly, 

a coalition of meat and poultry 

organizations recently asked the 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA) to waive the federal mandate for 

the production of corn ethanol. 

In a petition delivered to EPA Administrator 

Lisa Jackson, the coalition 

asked for a waiver “in whole or 

in substantial part” of the amount of 

renewable fuel that must be produced 

under the Renewable Fuels Standard 

(RFS) for the remainder of this year 

and for the portion of 2013 that is 

one year from the time the waiver becomes 

effective. 

The RFS requires 13.2 billion gallons 

of corn-based ethanol to be produced in 

2012 and 13.8 billion gallons in 2013, 

amounts that will use about 4.7 billion 

and 4.9 billion bushels, respectively, 

of the nation’s corn. Some agricultural 

forecasters now are estimating that just 

11.8 billion bushels of corn will be harvested 

this year – about 13 billion were 

harvested in 2011 – meaning corn-ethanol 

production will use about four of 

every 10 bushels. 

The RFS has “directly affected the 

supply and cost of feed in major agricultural 

sectors of this country, causing 

the type of economic harm that 

justifies issuance of an RFS waiver,” 

said the coalition in its petition. 

It pointed out that EPA was granted 

the authority in the 2005 Energy 

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and in the 2007 Energy Independence 

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the fuels standard, to waive because 

of severe economic or environmental 

harm the annual volume of renewable 

fuel that must be produced. 

In asking Jackson to take prompt action 

to provide a measure of relief for 

livestock and poultry producers, the coalition 

petition said, “[i]t is abundantly 

clear that sufficient harm is occurring 

now and that economic conditions affecting 

grain supplies and feed prices 

will worsen in the months ahead. Both 

conditions provide an independent basis 

for a waiver of the RFS.” 

“America’s pork producers are extremely 

worried, given the drought 

affecting much of the corn-growing 

regions, about having feed for their animals,” 

said NPPC President-elect Randy 

Spronk, a producer from Edgerton, 

MN. “And their anxiety is compounded 

knowing that the RFS requires corn 

ethanol to be produced no matter what. 

We’re asking EPA to give livestock and 

poultry producers and, ultimately, consumers 

a little help.” 

“Relief from the RFS is extremely 

urgent. This very short corn crop will 

undoubtedly prove to be devastating to 

the animal agriculture industry, food 

manufacturers, food service providers 

and consumers,” added Michael 

Welch, president and CEO of Harrison 

Poultry in Bethlehem, GA, and 

past National Chicken Council chairman. 

“Thousands of jobs, a continued 

upward trend of rising food prices and 

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urging EPA to implement the law and 

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of the RFS. If not now, when?” 

“I support American ethanol and 

what it has done for rural communities 

in Nebraska and in many other states 

throughout the country,” said J.D. Alexander, 

Nebraska cattleman and National 

Cattlemen’s Beef Association 

president. “What I do not support are 

federal mandates picking winners and 

losers and a federal government sitting 

patiently by, forking over taxpayer dollars 

to artificially inflate the price of 

corn for livestock producers and other 

end-users. I find it concerning to the 

viability of the livestock industry that 

these mandates are allowed to continue 

today in the worst drought I have seen 

in my lifetime. This isn’t rocket science. 

Implement the law, waive the 

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“As a small, independent turkey 

grower from Minnesota who buys 

about 100,000 bushels of corn every 

year, my family’s livelihood is being 

threatened by the looming drought disaster,” 

said John Burkel, of Badger, 

MN. “The EPA granting a waiver from 

the RFS is needed now. This is the only 

immediate relief for this country’s livestock 

and poultry producers. We need 

to stabilize the markets. The reality is, 

at these volatile, high prices, even the 

most prudent, cautious farmer can find 

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Members of the coalition that 

signed the petition include the American 

Feed Industry Association, American 

Meat Institute, American Sheep 

Industries Association, California 

Dairy Campaign, Dairy Producers 

of New Mexico, Dairy Producers of 

Utah, Idaho Dairymen’s Association, 

Milk Producers Council, National 

Cattlemen’s Beef Association, National 

Chicken Council, National Pork 

Producers Council, National Turkey 

Federation, Nevada State Dairy Commission, 

North American Meat Association, 

Northwest Dairy Association, 

Oregon Dairy Farmers Association, 

Southeast Milk Inc., United Dairymen 

of Arizona and the Washington State 

Dairy Federation. 

A copy of the petition is available 

here: http://www.nppc.org/wp-content/ 

uploads/20120730-mf-Final-RFS- 

Waiver-Petition.pdf - 

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UW Lures Big Donors From 

Dairy, Meat Industries 

MILWAUKEE, WI (AP) – Paying 

for new academic buildings often 

requires universities to engage in 

creative financing, and sometimes to 

conduct ambitious fundraising from 

special interests that could benefit 

from the research produced there. 

Fortunately for the University of 

Wisconsin, the state has a vested interest 

in cheese and sausages. 

A dairy plant addition and a new meat 

science laboratory are on the drawing 

board for the University of Wisconsin- 

Madison. Half the money to build them 

is being raised privately by the dairy 

and the meat industries, the Milwaukee 

Journal Sentinel reported. 

The $32 million Babcock Hall 

Dairy Plant renovation and the $42.8 

million Meat Science & Muscle Biology 

Laboratory received preliminary 

approval recently from the UW 

Board of Regents. The Legislature 

and the governor would need to sign 

off on the projects, too, before they 

could move forward in the 2013 state 

budget cycle. 

“These two projects are linked to 

vibrant state industries,’’ said Heidi 

Zoerb, a spokeswoman for the College 

of Agriculture and Life Sciences. 

Naming rights are available for 

both projects. A $10 million gift will 

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Babcock Hall will always be called 

Babcock Hall to honor the late professor 

Stephen M. Babcock, often 

referred to as the Edison of the dairy 

industry. He developed a milk fat test 

in 1890 to quickly and easily measure 

the quality of milk for butter- and 

cheese-making so farmers could get a 

higher price for better milk. 

The dairy industry already has 

raised $12 million of its $16 million 

share of the $32 million Babcock Hall 

project, which would renovate and 

expand a 60-year-old dairy plant that 

is best known among students for its 

award-winning gourmet ice cream. 

It also houses the internationally 

known Wisconsin Center for Dairy 

Research, which trains cheese-makers 

and serves as “doctor on call’’ to help 

develop new dairy products, including 

award-winning cheeses. The center 

supports Wisconsin’s $27 billiona-year 

dairy industry, which employs 

146,000 and is rapidly expanding to 

international markets. 

Money for the Babcock Hall renovation 

has come from all over the 

country, said Deb Wendorf Boyke, 

communications coordinator for the 

Wisconsin Center for Dairy Research. 

The industry’s fundraising campaign 

is headed by Lou Gentine, CEO of 

Plymouth-based Sargento Foods Inc., 

and Dave Fuhrmann, president of Baraboo-based 

Foremost Farms USA. 

The campaign for the Meat Science 

& Muscle Biology Laboratory is 

headed by Kevin Ladwig, vice president 

of Johnsonville, a sausage company 

based in Sheboygan Falls. 

So far, $7.3 million of the $20 million 

private fundraising goal has been 

met to help pay for the new $42.8 million 

lab, Zoerb said. 

“We have an enormous number of 

meat processing plants in Wisconsin 

– over 400,’’ Zoerb said. 

Information from: Milwaukee Journal 

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dairy real estate trends 

It is interesting what is being seen in 

the real estate market for dairy farms. 

DairyRealty.com continues to be the go 

to website for the dairy farm market. 

By the number of site and page hits to 

DairyRealty.com, the hot weather and 

the economic conditions has had its impact. 

Buyers are looking for deals, sellers 

are looking for top dollar and banks 

are willing to deal on bank owned properties. 

Money is available for the purchase 

with 50% down and no guarantee. 

Using a guarantee bank may go as low 

as 20% down. 

That being said, there is still a great 

deal of interest in buying and selling 

dairy farms. The main concern is getting 

positive cash flows. Lenders will 

work with producers who have high ethics 

and minimum equity. Lender owned 

properties are the best deals. The sellers 

are coming to understand that “top 

dollar” today is a lot different than “top 

dollar” was before milk pricing became 

so unstable. Priced right, the dairy will 

sell, but it may take longer. The property 

cannot be priced for what is needed, but 

must be priced at its value. Value is what 

a qualified buyer is willing to give and a 

seller is willing to accept. Sellers must 

ask themselves, “Do I want to sell my 

farm or just have it for sale”. 

Located 20 miles south of the World 

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UsdA Celebrates the start Of A Healthier school year for America’s kids 

New Standards Ensure Students Are Offered Healthier, More Nutritious Foods In The Lunch Line 

WASHINGTON — Agriculture Under 

Secretary for Food, Nutrition and 

Consumer Services Kevin Concannon 

announced that America’s students will 

see healthier and more nutritious foods 

in the cafeteria as they return to school 

this year. The new nutrition standards 

for school meals, implemented as a 

result of the historic Healthy, Hunger- 

Free Kids Act of 2010, will help to 

combat child hunger and obesity and 

improve the health and nutrition of the 

nation’s children. 

“Improving the nutrition of school 

meals is an important investment in 

the future of America’s children,” said 

Concannon. “We know that healthy 

food plays a vital role in strengthening 

a child’s body and mind and the healthier 

school meals will help to ensure our 

children can learn, grow, and reach their 

full potential.” 

Starting this school year, schools 

will phase in the nutrition standards 

over a three-year period. Schools will 

focus on changes in the lunches in the 

first year, with most changes in breakfast 

to take place in future years. The 

new meal standards: 

• Ensure students are offered both fruits 

and vegetables every day of the week; 

• Substantially increase offerings of 

knowledgeable in: 

• Large & small dairy operations and management 

• Cash flow projections • expansion proposals • Land acquisition 

• Nutrition requirements • Animal Husbandry • Cattle acquisition 

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whole grain-rich foods and low-fat milk 

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• Limit calories based on the age of 

children being served to ensure proper 

portion size; and 

• Focus on reducing the amounts of 

saturated fat, trans fats and sodium. 

The new meal requirements are raising 

standards for the first time in more 

than fifteen years and improving the 

health and nutrition of nearly 32 million 

kids that participate in school 

meal programs every school day. The 

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the First Lady as part of her Let’s 

Move! campaign and signed into law 

by President Obama. 

USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service 

(FNS) oversees the administration of 

15 nutrition assistance programs, including 

school meals programs, that 

touch the lives of one in four Americans 

over the course of a year. These 

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Pittsburgh Power Inc. 

High fuel Mileage And Performance diesels 

You HAVE to let your engine 

breathe! Over the years, we have written 

many articles about the advantages 

of straight-through quiet-performance 

mufflers and the fuel mileage gains of 

¼ to ½ mpg. This equates to a savings 

of about $6,000 per year in diesel fuel. 

That is why we design mufflers and 

promote the Fleet-Air Filters made of 

several layers of washable foam. This 

is a lifetime air filter and will allow 

the engine to gain another ¼ mpg in 

fuel savings. However, there is something 

else on the engine that needs to 

breathe, and that is the crankcase, or 

the oil pan area of the engine. Blowby 

is a by-product of combustion and 

as the piston is slammed down when 

the injector fires, the air beneath the 

piston and some of the combustion 

that escapes past the piston rings is 

blow-by, and must escape the crankcase 

by way of the breather tube. 

Years ago, back in the early 1980s, 

the breather tube on the older small 

cam and early big cam Cummins engines 

would clog from oil deposits 

and not allow the blow-by to escape 

the engine. Being that the blow-by 

continues, it has to go somewhere. 

As the pressure builds up in the engine, 

it will push the oil down the 

valve stems and oil consumption will 

occur, where you can see a bluish 

smoke coming out of the stacks. The 

majority of the blow-by will escape 

up the turbocharger oil drain line and 

force the oil out of the seals. Now 

when we say seals in a turbo, we think 

of the type of oil seal on the axles of 

the truck because that is what we’re 

all familiar with. However, because 

of the tremendous heat inside a bearing 

housing on a turbocharger, the 

normal type of oil seal could not live, 

so the turbo oil seal is actually a small 

piston ring and exhaust pressure in 

the turbine side of the turbo (exhaust 

housing) and the compressed air on 

the compressor side of the turbo (the 

aluminum housing) help to keep the 

oil in the bearing housing. The oil 

comes into the bearing housing under 

pressure and exits the turbo via gravity 

in a whipped foamy state and must 

have a drain tube no more than 30 degrees 

off of vertical and the drain tube 

has to be about 5 times the volume 

of the oil feed line. So, the oil drain 

tube has a very important function in 

keeping the oil in the bearing housing 

and out of the charge air cooler and 

exhaust pipe. In order for the turbo 

oil drain tube to properly perform its 

function, the breather tube on the engine 

must be able to breathe. 

Now Caterpillar has installed a 

blow-by canister on the Acert engines 

due to the fact that a twin-turbo engine 

develops more crankcase pressure, 

and the canister is supposed to keep 

the oil found in blow-by from traveling 

down the tube and landing on the 

street and accumulating on the undercarriage 

of your truck. The Cummins 

ISX engine has a blow-by filter on the 

top left side of the engine and there is 

a one-way valve in the canister filter 

that could malfunction, creating excess 

crankcase pressure in the engine, 

enabling the filter to clog again, creating 

the excess blow-by pressure in 

the crankcase and causing the turbo 

to throw oil into the exhaust pipe or 

charge air cooler. Are you getting the 

picture of how everything must work 

together on the engine to allow it to 

function properly? 

On August 10th, Henry Good 

called me from just south of Scranton, 

PA, and said he had lost the Turbo. 

As it turned out, the hose connecting 

the charge air pipe to the charge air 

cooler on the right side of the engine 

had blown off the cooler. So, he loosened 

the clamp and installed the hose 

and as soon as the turbo developed 

boost, it blew off again. Again he reinstalled 

the hose and never made it 

up the ramp to the interstate. 

So, I had him remove the elbow 

from the compressor side of the turbo 

and rev the engine to about 1500 

RPM and shine a flashlight across the 

outlet of the compressor housing and 

look for oil. He found oil. Well, by 

now it’s 10 p.m. and I’m ready for 

bed, so we resumed this problem in 

the morning. Now Henry needs another 

turbo and this is not a stock 

turbo on the ISX, it is a Holset, just 

not the original one so we contacted 

Chuck at CG Customs out of Scranton 

and he put us in touch with Mike 

and he went to where Henry was and 

removed the leaking turbo and installed 

the new one we shipped to CG 

Customs. The next day, Henry Good 

brings the leaking turbo to our shop 

and we found nothing wrong with the 

turbo other than the oil coming out of 

the compressor housing. Upon inspection 

of his W-900L Kenworth, 

we found nothing wrong. The air fil- 

ters were clean. He wasn’t in a rain 

storm: Wet air filters will cause the 

turbo to leak oil into the compressor 

housing as well. Upon inspection of 

his crankcase breather, we decided to 

remove the crankcase breather filter 

(after more than a half million miles, 

it was rather dirty). 

I must admit that I did not know 

there was a filter on the breather tube 

of the ISX (I don’t get to spend as 

much time in the shop as I would like 

to, because I have to answer phone 

questions from owner-operators). So 

now every time an ISX comes into our 

shop with a crankcase ventilation filter, 

we will be removing it for inspection. 

The cost of this filter is $77.51, 

but this is economical compared 

to the price of a new turbocharger. 

Henry lost three days of downtime 

and spent about $380.00 in labor to 

have the charge air cooler removed 

and cleaned of the oil. It’s always 

SO much cheaper to do preventative 

maintenance as opposed to waiting 

for the problem to surface. We now 

have the ISX crankcase breather filter 

in stock. 

Written by; Bruce C. Mallinson 


3600 S. Noah Dr. 

Saxonburg, PA 16056 

Phone: (724) 360-4080 

bruce@pittsburghpower.com - 



canela russet – a new Light russet potato For the Fresh market 

by Robert Davidson, CSU Extension 

Seed Potato Specialist 

Canela Russet has been grown by 

San Luis Valley growers for the past 

few years, sometimes with great 

success, but often with problems 

related to its individual cultivar 

characteristics. This cultivar has 

the potential for producing a high 

percentage of US No 1 tubers in a 

very tight size profile, but overall 

yields may be less than other cultivars. 

Even though yields may be 

less (380 cwt/a +) Canela Russet 

has the potential for long term storage 

and has been very profitable for 

many growers when sold late season 

(early May to late June). This cultivar, 

however, has seen its share of 

problems in the last couple of years. 

This article will help to put some of 

these issues into perspective and, 

hopefully, provide some insight 

into understanding the cultivar so 

that each grower will have a greater 

chance for success. 

Late storage to early season: 

Canela Russet is a cultivar which has 

a long dormancy (147 days average 

from the time of harvest to sprouting) 

which translates into a need to 

warm the tubers prior to planting 

(50-55 o F for two weeks) to assure 

proper germination. This is especially 

critical when deciding to cut 

the tubers to help promote growth 

of each eye. Cutting is problematic 

since the tubers are very smooth 

and have few eyes, with more eyes 

concentrated near the bud end of 

the tuber. It is very easy to cut the 

seed too small producing seed pieces 

with no more than one eye. This 

in turn produces a crop with a high 

percentage of single stems. During 

the early trials for this cultivar, the 

number of stems per plant was 1.9. 

This is quite low, so efforts must 

be made to increase the number of 

stems per plants from 1.9 to near 

3.0. This requires the use of slightly 

larger seed pieces (3.0 to 3.5 oz) 

and cutting no larger than splitters 

when available. Additionally, 

warming the seed prior to planting 

and avoiding fresh cutting the tubers 

can pay big dividends in terms 

of stem numbers. 

Growing season: Nitrogen management 

is critical during the season. 

Total N rates should not exceed 

140 to 160 units total for the season 

including residual from soil and N 

from irrigation water. These levels 

appear to be critical for proper 

growth during the season and also 

for the finishing of the vines during 

the late summer. We know that 

excess N applied later in the season 

has a dramatic effect on the vine 

maturity and on tuber maturity coupled 

with skin set. The past couple 

of years, late season environmental 

factors have delayed vine maturity 

on those fields with excess N present 

and made for very difficult tuber 

skin set conditions. 

Harvest/Storage: It is crucial for 

this cultivar to have the appropriate 

length of time for good skin set, assuming 

that the vines are actually 

maturing and ready to go down. 

Four weeks is not too long for skin 

set, so proper planning is essential 

in terms of N management and vine 

killing. In the past two to three 

years many growers have experienced 

problems relating to Fusarium 

Photo courtesy CSU 

spp. and tuber dry rot. After much 

investigation, we believe that these 

problems are related to harvesting 

immature tubers which bruise more 

easily and provide wound areas for 

the pathogen to enter. Additionally, 

very cool late season harvest temperatures 

set the tubers up for greater 

wounding and, thus, more potential 

for dry rot. While this cultivar 

is not resistant to dry rot, it is no 

more susceptible than many other 

common cultivars raised by growers 

in the San Luis Valley. There 

is one notable difference, however. 

It appears that Canela Russet takes 

slightly longer to heal than for example, 

Russet Norkotah, which can 

provide greater likelihood of Fusarium 

spp. becoming established in 

the tuber. Also, keeping early storage 

temperatures in the 50 o F range 

for longer than two to three weeks 

can have a very detrimental effect 

on the amount of dry rot seen in the 

crop, especially when dealing with 

immature tubers. Finally, growers 

should recognize that this cultivar 

will store for a very long period, but 

only if the crop has been properly 

managed during the season and the 

tubers are mature. 

The use of Canela Russet as a 

long term storage alternative for 



SLV producers can be very successful 

when following the appropriate 

management guidelines. Please 

keep in mind a few rules as you 

produce this cultivar. Larger seed, 

more eyes/seed piece, warming 

seed prior to planting, N management, 

proper vine maturity and vine 

kill with plenty of time for skin set, 

good harvest practices and proper 

early storage management. Following 

some of these practices can help 

you become more successful with 

this cultivar and increase both yields 

and profits. - 

SEED POTATOES 

Page 27


High fuel Mileage And Great running diesel engines 

Hard Work Pay Off! Who said there is 

no work in this great country? Who thinks 

you can’t get ahead in the trucking industry 

today? Eight months ago we had the opportunity 

to meet two young brothers who own 

a small trucking and construction business. 

These two brothers happen to be 25 and 22 

years old and are now the proud owners of a 

Pittsburgh Power built 389 Peterbilt Glider 

Kit. Their names are Brad and Josh Deeter 

of Deeter Farms and Construction in Cooperstown, 

PA, 40 miles north of I-80 on Rt. 

8 in northern Pennsylvania. These two boys 

were raised on the family farm of 900 acres 

growing soybeans and corn. Their grandfather 

Paul Deeter and their father Craig not 

only worked the farm they decided to drill oil 

wells in the late 1970’s and purchased some 

trucks and lowboy trailers to haul their own 

equipment. Back then the oil and gas industry 

was doing ok in Franklin and Oil City, 

PA, and the Deeters would do construction 

for the industry. Once the oil industry left 

that part of PA the father decided to close 

down the trucking and construction business 

and just work the farm. So bankruptcy was 

close, and Paul Deeter called Brad who was 

a junior at Penn State University studying 

mechanical engineering and said if you want 

the business come and get it. This was 2009 

and Brad decided he wanted the trucking 

and construction business and still wanted 

to finish his degree at Penn State. Now he 

has a full time job trying to resurrect a defunct 

business along with studying to become 

a mechanical engineer. His commute 

to the business was 150 miles each way 

and he did it; he finished college, married 

a beautiful women by the name of Allison, 

while rebuilding the trucking and construction 

business and avoided bankruptcy with a 

hard intelligent work ethic. When Josh was 

a junior in high school he joined the company 

working in the evenings, weekends, and 

summers building ponds for frack water for 

the oil and gas industry in the Washington, 

PA area. They moved their office to Hickory, 

PA and since 2009 have accumulated 28 

trucks, bull dozers, excavators, skid steers 

and 58 employees. Of the 28 trucks 17 are 

2008 and newer and are equipped with the 

DPF filters and EGR. Two or three of the 

trucks are in the shop for warranty repairs 

all the time and five more are running with 

the check engine light on waiting to get into 

the truck dealership. 

Some of their earth moving equipment also 

have the Tier 4 emissions and drives them crazy 

waiting for the re-gen to complete so they 

can go back to moving dirt. 

Part # 138-4611. Recommended by Pittsburgh Power (not a sleeve gasket) 

Fed up with all of the emission equipment 

on their trucks and in need of a new 

heavy haul truck they contacted Pittsburgh 

Power Inc. to build them a new 389 Peterbilt 

glider kit. This truck is equipped with an 

ISX 600 Cummins, Pittsburgh Power Computer, 

Fass Fuel System, Mercury filled engine 

balancer, 46,000 rears, 3:70 gear ratio, 

18 speed transmission, 8”stacks with quiet 

spools in the stacks. Great care was taken 

by the mechanics and service manager of 

Pittsburgh Power to make the engine installation 

as clean as possible. We wanted to 

keep all of the wires and hoses hidden as 

much as possible for the clean look and I 

think we obtained our goal. 

This truck was NOT financed by a bank or 

loan institution, the Deeter Boys paid cash for 

this truck! Like all growing companies they 

are in need of a few good local truck drivers 

and they are an all Kenworth fleet except for 

one new Pete. If you are interested in working 

in the Washington, PA area and being home 

every night, even though the days are long 

hours, please e-mail Allison.deeterfarms@ 

gmail.com 

Caterpillar exhaust manifold gaskets; if you 

are changing the exhaust manifold gaskets on 

a C-15 Caterpillar and the gaskets have the 

sleeve that protrudes into the exhaust port 

please do NOT use those gaskets. The sleeve 

breaks off and wipes out the turbine wheel and 

now the turbo is junk and there is NO warranty 

on those gaskets. Always install the Cat gasket 

without the sleeve. 

It has been brought to our attention that the 

Kenworth T-660 and the T-800 are now available 

as Glider Kits. That is great news; 2 years 

ago I had several long conversations with the 

Vice President of Kenworth and explained to 

him the demand for glider kits. I’m glad they 

saw the light! 

Please don’t think that building a glider kit 

is more economical than buying a new truck, 

it’s not, in-fact it’s more expensive, however 

you do not have the problems associated with 

the new trucks, so you are truck trouble free 

with more power and no break downs. ISX- 

EGR, DD5-EGR Engines, if you are having 

problems with these engines we can repair 

them and your problems are solved, however 

we need the truck at our shop in Saxonburg, 

PA. There are too many small items that must 

be addressed so doing this type of work at 

your home is nearly impossible. 

Enthusiasm drives owner-operators and 

small business, the problem is government 

employees have no enthusiasm and they 

control us. 

Written by Bruce Mallinson 

Pittsburgh Power Inc., 3600 S.Noah Dr, 

Saxonburg, PA 16056. Phone: (724) 360-4080, 

e-mail: bruce@pittsburghpower.com - 



Rite Way Mfg. Co. Ltd. 

Practical innovations from rite Way 

Rite Way innovations are designed to 

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crops grow better. Plain and simple. 

The patented FORWARD TM unfolding 

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You’ll find this feature on Rite Way 

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Their land rollers are known to be the 

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The best of 

IT’S THe PITTS 

by Lee Pitts 

“Is she open or bred?” It’s a simple 

question really. What the inquirer is wanting 

to know is if the female farm animal in 

question is in the family way. The answer 

depends on who’s asking. 

The cattle feeder does not want a heifer 

to be bred because a feedlot is not a good 

place for children to grow up. If a cattle 

feeder had his way all heifers would be 

spayed when born, which would put us all 

out of business in one generation. Intelligent 

cattle feeders demand to know the 

pregnancy status of the heifers they buy and 

this has created some creative thinking. 

“They have been run to be open,” is the 

typical cowboy answer. Translated to truth 

this means, “I have no idea.” Or that the 

bovine equivalent to teenagers, a bunch of 

yearling bulls, has been shacked up with 

the heifers for the past six months. 

Ranchers have thought up some interesting 

answers to the “open or bred” question... 

The old bull did break in but he was 

crippled and couldn’t do anything.” 

“The bull and the heifers he was with 

for the past ninety days come from different 

breeds and I’m sure they wouldn’t 

mix. He’s from the same family and I 

doubt they’d engage in incestuous activity. 

Their personalities clashed.” 

In all honesty, my royally bred cows 

did not find my neighbor’s inferior bull 

all that attractive.” 

“That sterile old bull is harmless as a 

gopher snake. He’s blind in one eye and 

can’t see out the other. He had as much 

chance of breeding those heifers as a Duroc 

boar would.” 

ensured the size and weight of the rollers 

apply the ideal pressure for pressing 

in rocks and smoothing the field without 

compacting it. And because each landroller 

is built with shorter segments, it more 

easily follows contours of your land. 

When Rite Way started to manufacture 

the MAXI rotary harrow, they made it affordable, 

and included those innovations 

that would make your life easier. For example, 

by allowing you to change the tine 

angle from your tractor cab, it’s simple 

There was a no trespassing sign on 

that pasture.” 

“Those heifers have been saving themselves 

for a $10,000 purebred bull.” 

Females found in male company are often 

referred to as “California opens.“ In 

other words, they’ve only been exposed 

to a bull. Yeah right. Like you’re 33 year 

old son or daughter who’s been living with 

someone for ten years. They only shacked 

up to save on household expenses. 

“I never saw nothing happening,” is another 

common rejoinder. This always reminds 

me of the time I loaned one of my 

black-faced rams to a neighbor to breed his 

white-faced sheep. He complained my ram 

never did anything and all his ewes were 

getting was companionship. So my friend 

introduced a white faced buck as back up. 

Come lambing time all the babies had black 

faces. I guess my buck wasn’t sleeping on 

the job after all. 

Of course, it works the other way. 

Some rancher silly enough to buy heifers 

he has to calve out usually wants them 

bred when he buys them. The big difference 

in price one gets for a bred heifer 

versus a yearling feeder heifer calls for 

some originality and marketing. 

“Is this heifer bred, you ask? Sure. 

Judging by the way those bull calves were 

following her around this morning I’d say 

she got bred this very morning.” 

Oh well, a calf and a rain are welcome 

any time, I suppose. 

Then there are times heifers may actually 

be bred but the parentage could be 

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Rite Way Jumbo Harrows are one of 

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From the first rock picker that Rite 

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Those heifers had two choices. They could 

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Smart ranchers always hedge a little to 

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nM river Water remains At Center Of Water dispute 


TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, NM 

(AP) – A dispute over whether New 

Mexico’s river water is being improperly 

funneled to Texas or if enough groundwater 

is being preserved for farmers along the Rio 

Grande was front and center at a hearing before 

state lawmakers. About 30 lawmakers 

from around the state met Aug. 27 to listen 

to opposing sides of a major legal dispute 

over the Lower Rio Grande Basin, the Las 

Cruces Sun-News reported. 

The debate centers on a 2008 settlement 

between Dona Ana County and irrigators in 

Texas’ El Paso County. New Mexico Attorney 

General Gary King challenged the settlement 

in a federal lawsuit last year, claiming 

the agreement undermines New Mexico’s 

water future along the Rio Grande. 

Assistant Attorney General Steve Farris 

told the lawmakers that the Rio Grande is 

flowing “bank-to-bank’’ south of Elephant 

Butte Reservoir and while the water belongs 

to New Mexico, it’s being allowed 

to flow to Texas. 

“One-hundred percent of that water is 

New Mexico’s credit water that’s being taken 

from New Mexico without New Mexico’s 

permission,’’ he said. 

Farris said the irrigation allotment 

given by an El Paso irrigation district to 

its members is about three times what the 

Elephant Butte Irrigation District gave to its 

members. He said the disparity is one of the 

reasons the attorney general’s office is suing 

the federal government and the two irriga- 

tion districts over the 2008 agreement. 

Farris added that New Mexico farmers 

have been increasing their use of groundwater 

for irrigation to make up for less 

river water and that’s having an impact on 

groundwater levels in the basin. 

Elephant Butte Irrigation District’s irrigation 

season lasted only weeks this year. In 

past wetter years, farmers have been able to 

call for water deliveries for months. Rep. 

Joseph Cervantes, D-Las Cruces, said Dona 

Ana County irrigators, including his family 

farm, didn’t get the full allotment of river 

water they were promised in 2012. 

District water engineer Phil King said 

that was the case for farmers who placed 

their water orders at the last-minute, and 

the district ran out of supply. 

District officials argue that the 2008 

agreement heads off a legal battle between 

New Mexico and Texas that could ultimately 

harm Dona Ana County farmers by cutting 

off their right to use groundwater. 

“If the operating agreement goes away, 

we will be in the U.S. Supreme Court,’’ said 

Steve Hernandez, the district’s attorney. 

He said the fight would be complicated 

by the fact that Dona Ana County belongs 

to New Mexico because of its geographic 

boundaries, but also to Texas for water 

management reasons, thanks to the structure 

of a historic, interstate compact governing 

use of the Rio Grande. 

“In the end, nobody takes care of us,’’ 

Hernandez said, referring to the irrigators 

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It can also be mixed with other 

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Sea Minerals FA also makes great 

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Ioka Marketing 

Ioka Marketing is a full-service seed 

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turf markets. Located in the Cascade 

Mountain foothills near Silverton, Oregon, 

Ioka Marketing is a subsidiary 

of Century Farm, Ioka Farms that has 

been in business since 1877. 

Specializing in seed production, 

processing, and distribution gives Ioka 

Marketing an edge over their competition 

by being able to see the seed from 

the true start to finish. They are able 

to watch how the plant performs in 

the field, ensure that the seed quality 

is top notch, and make sure that you, 

the customer, are planting the absolute 

best fit for you to maximize your profits 

and success. 

Ioka Marketing is the U.S. Distributor 

for PGG Seeds based in New Zealand. 

PGG Seeds specializes in developing 

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seeds that are designed to improve the 

health and productivity of existing 

pastures and herds. Ioka Marketing is 

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Safejary – Back Injury Prevention 

Jary Winstead – Work Safety Services, LLC 

Preventing back injuries in the workplace 

is essential in maintaining a healthy and productive 

workforce. For many of us, back 

pain is a daily part of our life. According to 

statistics, back injuries account for nearly 27 

percent of all injuries and illnesses involving 

days away from work, and cost the nation an 

estimated $20 to $50 billion a year. 

According to the Bureau of Labor and 

Statistics (BLS); 36 percent of the sprain, 

strain, and tear cases, the back was injured, 

while 12 percent involved the shoulder. 

Your back is made up of an intricate 

set of muscles, bones, nerves, and supporting 

tissues and you use it every day in 

ways you never notice. Usually the only 

time you think about your back is when it 

hurts. An injured back affects your ability 

to move your limbs, your neck, your hips, 

and your head. 

How can a workplace 

prevent back injuries? 

Encouraging employees in maintaining a 

healthy life style, and exercising, can play 

an important role in keeping your employee’s 

backs strong, healthy, and flexible. A 

well exercised back is less likely to be injured. 

Use these safety tips for your next 

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of back injury prevention. 

Injury Prevention 

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• Large, awkward, items can be more dangerous 

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• Make sure the weight is balanced and 

packed so it won’t move around. 

• Loose pieces inside a box can cause accidents 

if the box becomes unbalanced. 

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• Be sure you have a tight grip on the 

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• Look for the best hand positions 

• Clean any grease or oil from the area 

before putting your hands there. 

• Use gloves to assist in your ability to 

grip the object 

Is it easy to reach the load? 

• To avoid hurting your back, use a ladder 

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• Get as close as you can to the load. 

Slide the load towards you if you can. 

• Don’t arch your back – avoid reaching 

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• Do the work with your legs and your 

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The best ways to pick up an object? 

• Keeping your body straight when lifting 

will reduce strains and sprains. 

• Use slow and smooth movements. 

Rushed, jerky movements can strain the 

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• Keep your body facing the object while 

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• Place your feet a shoulder width apart. 

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The farther away the object is, the more 

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• “Lifting with your legs” should be 

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To lift with your legs, bend your knees, not 

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Team work 

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Cowboy Logic 

by ryan M. Taylor 

TOWNER, ND – Some people like carnivals 

and midway rides, some people don’t. 

I’ve always been one of the likers. Something 

about the thrill seeking expositions traveling 

the countryside amuses me, just like it’s supposed 

to in the amusement park business. 

Maybe it’s because my birthday always 

coincided with our state fair. I spent a lot of 

birthdays marking another year on my personal 

calendar while hitting the midway on the 

fairgrounds. The games of slim chance, the 

food with questionable health repercussions, 

the rides that you can’t help but inspect and 

check the welds on as they whirl you around. 

This year, I shared the whole experience 

with my kids. Mostly, with the boys, because 

we were all over 48 inches tall and could do 

the really scary rides. I did ride the Ferris 

wheel with our little girl though. She was 

tall enough to get on that ride, but still little 

enough that she buried her face in my chest 

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Carnival Thrills 

On The State Fair Midway 

as I held her near the top. 

I rode the Tornado, the Hurricane, the 

Starship 2000, and others with my 8-yearold 

and 5-year-old boys and my nearly 

teenaged nephew who joined us. 

It was one of our first midway ride riding 

experiences all together as a family. That’s 

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bands for my wife and I, our three children 

and our nephew, it came to $180. And that 

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that tab is what gave me the chill for our day 

of thrills and chills on the rides. 

Genetic code 

There’s affection for carnivals in my blood, 

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photo box to prove up my genetic carnival 

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who was the father figure in my dad’s life af- 

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It was written by one E.L. Pheister of 

Northern Exposition Shows, Hazelton, ND, 

to Gordon Taylor in 1942. The letterhead 

said his show featured the highest Ferris 

wheel ever exhibited in North Dakota, 

and his agent’s name was Dusty Rhodes—a 

great name for an agent in the traveling exhibition 

business in the dirt road days. 

It seems Gordon, my horse ranching 

ancestor from Culbertson, MT, was toying 

with the idea of getting into the show 

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his men so there was an opening for Gordon 

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At least until next year. 

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polymer group and the manufacturing 

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without adding weight or changing the 

physical dimensions of the roll. The 

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AMBRACO introduced the XXL 

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ePA Grants exemption to MsU Ag technology to fight Potato Virus 

Contact: Barry Jacobsen 

BOZEMAN, MT – A biological pesticide 

developed at Montana State University 

will enter the fight this month to control a 

threat to Montana’s $38 million seed potato 

industry after receiving a provisional goahead 

from the U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

EPA’s emergency exemption for Certis 

USA’s product BmJ WG will allow Montana 

growers to use the agent discovered 

by researchers with MSU’s College of 

Agriculture to combat potato virus Y, or 

PVY. The virus has shown a resurgence 

in seed potatoes in the United States, said 

Nina Zidack, director of the MSU Potato 

Lab, the facility that certifies that seed 

potatoes grown in Montana meet very 

strict disease tolerances. 

“The growers are certainly very enthusiastic 

for the arrival of any new tool to reduce 

infection from PVY,” Zidack said. 

The “Section 18” regulatory exemption 

spurred BmJ onto the commercial market 

for Montana seed potato growers months 

earlier than a normal EPA registration process 

would have permitted. 

Barry Jacobsen, a professor of plant sciences 

and plant pathology in MSU’s College 

of Agriculture, discovered BmJ in 

1994 during efforts to tame outbreaks of 

Cercospora leaf spot in northeast Montana. 

By isolating from the healthy plants 

in otherwise devastated fields, Jacobsen 

discovered a bacterium he dubbed Bacillus 

mycoides isolate J, or BmJ, that could trigger 

the plants’ immune response to various 

pathogens. In the research Jacobsen has 

led since, BmJ has shown an astonishing 

ability to control plant diseases caused by 

fungi, bacteria and viruses. 

A biological control – as opposed to 

an industrial chemical-based pesticide – 

BmJ induces what scientists call systemic 

acquired resistance in plants. The bacterium 

has the potential to be an important 

disease-control tool for growers of a wide 

variety of crops, Jacobsen said. 

That promise prompted Jacobsen and 

MSU to patent the discovery. Certis licensed 

the technology in 2011 and is in the process 

of clearing the EPA regulatory hurdles required 

for the product’s commercial release 

in the U.S. 

Facing increased pressure by potato virus 

Y in seed potatoes, and the difficulty in controlling 

the aphids that spread the disease, 

Jacobsen and Zidack asked the Montana Department 

of Agriculture to petition the EPA 

for what is known as Section 18 emergency 

exemption on BmJ. 

Section 18 of Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, 

and Rodenticide Act allows the EPA to 

allow an unregistered use of a pesticide for 

a limited time if the EPA determines that an 

emergency condition exists. 

Jacobsen said the problem is the possibility 

that potato virus Y could disrupt the 

cycle of production in the certified seed potatoes, 

which must meet minimum requirements 

for disease tolerance. Growers begin 

the four-year cycle of seed potato production 

with what is called nuclear generation 

seed – a product that has been certified as 

free of any virus or bacterial diseases by 

Zidack’s lab. 

“The emergency is, if you miss enough 

generations, you have to start all over 

again,” Jacobsen said. “So this year’s 

crop is critical to protect. And based on 

three years of field research on BmJ in potato 

crops, we believe that it will give the 

farmers a much-needed boost in the fight 

against potato virus Y.” 

Montana is an important source of seed 

stock for U.S. potato farmers. Zidack said 

MSU College of Agriculture Professor Barry Jacobsen holds a sample of an agricultural disease-fighting technology 

that could save farmers around the world millions of dollars. MSU research has shown the technology, a 

naturally occurring bacterium dubbed BmJ, works on a wide array of crops and diseases and initiates an innate 

immune response by activating a gene found in most plants. It was granted an emergency exemption from EPA 

registration for use to combat potato virus Y infections in Montana’s seed potato crop. 

more than 12 percent of potatoes grown in 

the United States comes from the certified 

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There are 52 families growing seed potatoes 

in Montana, with the largest production 

coming from the Gallatin Valley. Additional 

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Madison, Broadwater, Lake, Flathead, 

Deerlodge, and Kinsey counties. 

In June, the EPA granted a Section-18 

exemption that calls for the use of BmJ on 

up to 2,675 acres of seed potatoes in the 

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Just 18 months ago there were only six 

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After baling with this machine, I NEVER 

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Ryan Schwebach, New Mexico –“The 

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My bale weights for 4x4 bales have gone 

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now. The biggest money maker out there 

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Garrit Bakker, Nevada – “It’s been 

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Jeff Wood, Utah – “I’ve picked up 

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bales, and you understand exactly where 

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Sam Halterman, Utah – “It expanded 

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The expanded baling window is worth a 

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Mark Dunn, Nevada – “With our 

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at least first and second cutting, I’m not 

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For us we’re trying to get by with 

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Don Roberts, Utah – “We pull into 

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each day but my objective is to bale 500 

acres each day with the two DewPoint 

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The National Junior Angus Association 

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According to U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell, 

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