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2 Farm News / Fort DoDge, Iowa www.farm-news.com FrIDaY, Dec . 21, 2012

SPIRIT LAKE —Tech-nology abounds in agricul-ture today — variable ratefertilizer applications, autosteering, precision plant-ing, GPS spraying and har-vesting to name a few.

Managing your storedgrain now offers some ex-citing new technology aswell.

A producer can monitorstored grain without leav-ing the house or from anylocation that has Internetservice.

Tri-States Grain Condi-tioning Inc. now offers twowireless systems that canmake monitoring storedgrain easier and faster thangetting that second cup ofcoffee.

Using TSGC tempera-ture cables to give a com-plete temperature profile oftheir bins, producers willbe able to monitor their

grain more efficiently andwith greater accuracy thanever before.

The SafeTrack WirelessGrain Temperature Moni-toring System can be pro-grammed to automaticallytake temperatures and savethem for later viewing.

Grain temperature histo-ry reports are also availableto be printed out. Instead oftaking two to three hoursfor a large operation, read-ing temperatures can nowbe done in minutes.

Another option is theGrainTRAC remote binmonitoring system. Thissystem utilizes a cell phonemodem to transfer datafrom the TSGC tempera-ture cables to an internetwebsite, www.wagnet.net.

The producer is given auser name and a passwordto ensure privacy. Oncelogged onto the website,

the producer can view agraphical display of histemperatures as well as nu-merical.

Either of these wirelesssystems will save you timeand money, while provid-ing peace of mind about thetrue condition of yourgrain.

Knowing your grain tem-peratures, while watchingfor changes, is the only safeway to monitor the condi-tion of your grain.

TSGC Inc. is one of thelargest suppliers of graintemperature monitoringequipment in the world andis located in Spirit Lake,Iowa.

For more information ora free, no obligation quote,contact Tri-States GrainConditioning, Inc. at (800)438.8367, [email protected] or www.Ts-gcInc.com.

Look ma, no wires

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ODEBOLT — A leadingmanufacturer of innovativeplastic products, LundellPlastics has nearly saturatedthe agriculture industry withits products, and the compa-ny is expanding in a relatedmarket: grain processing.

Lundell Plastics is seeingincreased sales to grain-pro-cessing plants around theU.S. and has made a namefor itself in this industrythat processes grain forethanol, livestock feed andhuman consumption.

With its 30th year ofproduct innovations ap-proaching in 2011, thecompany continually looksfor ways to increase effi-ciency and reduce costs forcustomers.

Several months ago,Lundell Plastics added a13,000-square-foot expan-sion to its Odebolt, head-quarters in order to accom-modate high demand fromvarious industries.

Lundell Plastics first en-tered the grain-processingmarket about 20 years ago,gaining traction by offer-ing plastic products to re-place traditional steelparts, which are prone tocorrosion and not asdurable as Lundell's high-tech poly.

They’ve also recently in-troduced new products that

will benefit grain-process-ing plants, including dragconveyer paddles, U-troughliners and plastic augerflighting.

Considering the process-ing plants’ needs, LundellPlastics offers flighting tofit 10-, 13- and 17-inchaugers.

Since processing plantshandle significantly more

grain than small farms, theyrequire larger diameters ofLundell Plastics’ productsto fit their commercial-grade augers.

Brian Lundell said cus-tomers are pleased with theLundell Plastics productsbecause “they’re happy tosee cost savings, both withthe initial prices and thesavings over time.”

Lundell believes that be-cause many plants find itdifficult to reduce operatingcosts, Lundell Plasticsproducts have been able tosuccessfully advance quick-ly in the grain-processingindustry, even in the inter-national market.

From the company’sheadquarters in Odebolt,Lundell Plastics has

shipped its productsthroughout the U.S. andaround the globe for nearly30 years.

Lundell said he antici-pates more sales to thegrain-processing industry inthe future as they add newproducts and larger sizes ofexisting products.

“We can offer customerssome things that biggercompanies can’t,” he said.“I think part of the reasonwe’ve grown into the grain-processing industry is be-cause of our approach to-ward personal service.

“As we branch out, wemaintain focus on costumerservice, which will ulti-mately help our customersgrow their businesses too.”

For more informationabout Lundell Plastics andits products visit: www.lun-dellplastics.com or contactBrian Lundell at (877)367-7659 or [email protected].

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BOONE —What startedas a hobby has turned into acottage business for ruralBoone residents Dave andMary Knight.

They transform used util-ity poles into full dimensionlumber and make hay racks.

With 4-by-8-inch beamsunderneath and full 2-inchthick planks for the bed theyare some of the sturdiestracks around.

The racks are 8-feet wideand 16-feet long and featurea 5-foot back.

All the customer does issupply the running gear,Dave Knight said.

Knight said he purchasedutility poles five years ago,along with a sawmill, tobuild himself a garage.

But first he needed a newhay rack and made one forhimself. Then a neighborsaw it and suggested he tryto sell them.

A couple sold at an auc-tion, Knight said, then the

auctioneer ordered two andother people ordered racksand a flourishing extra in-come stream was created.

“Everything is madefrom the utility poles,”Knight said. “It keeps themout of the landfill and putsthem into pretty good use.”

As a trademark, Knight

attaches an old horseshoe tothe back.

The sawmill is also avail-able for custom work andthe Knights also buy wal-nuts in October and hullthem for Hammond Prod-ucts, based in Stockton, Mo.

By the way, the garagenever got built, Knight said.

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Brothers Hybrids, Inc., a thirdgeneration, family-ownedseed company, spans the de-velopment of the hybrid seedcorn industry in the UnitedStates.

Established by brothersKenneth and Floyd Epley in1934, the company history be-gins when ears of doublecross-hybrid seed were driedon steel racks, shelled by hand,and sold in hand-tied bags.

Remnants of that bygoneera are still on display in thesmall building that serves as aEpley’s parent seed house.

Juxtapositioned across asmall, grassy yard from theold parent stock house is anew 2012 conditioning towercomplete with optical sorter,and refuge-in-a-bag packingequipment designed to blendand pack the most current,eight-trait stacked GM cornhybrids.

Nearby are three corrugated

steel grain bins outfitted withJelco dryers.

Holding the entire seedbusiness together is a familybelief that their seed productsare a personal expression ofthe family’s commitment totake responsibility for theircustomers’ yields and profitsby providing highest qualityhybrids designed specificallyfor local growing conditions.

The operation of the seedbusiness is managed by Ken-neth Epley’s four sons —Paul, James, Wayne andRobert.

“Our motto is to providedependability of yield to ourcustomers,” said Bill Rover,Kenneth’s grandson. “We as afamily are directly involved inthe business and closely su-pervise every detail of grow-ing and conditioning the seedthat carries our name.”

All Epley’s corn and soy-bean seed is produced on thefamily’s 1,500-acre farm,plus on a few additional rentedacres.

Dealer networkEpley Brothers seed prod-

ucts are distributed in Iowaand in three surrounding states— southern Minnesota, east-ern South Dakota, and easternNebraska through a networkof farmer dealers.

“The hybrids we produceare selected for the growingconditions in our marketarea,” said Paul Epley. “Thereis a vast difference betweenEpley Brothers hybrids andthose mass-produced by othercompanies.

“With conditions being sodifferent in the same maturityarea as you cross the country,the practice of mass-produc-ing hybrids usually eliminatesthe best hybrids for a specificlocal area,” he said.

Epley’s marketing targetsgrain and dual-purpose cus-tomers. Most of their cus-tomers operate less than5,000 acres.

“Each year we produce hy-brids with a wide range of

agronomic strengths and withvarying combinations of dis-ease and pest resistance to suitour customers’ varied condi-tions,” said Wayne Epley.“When we look at the GMtraits available to us, we selecttraits and genetic selectionsthat will work together toserve a purpose for our cus-tomers.

“Our seed products aremore than items in a catalog.They represent our pledge toour customers that we willcreate better-than-averageadapted seed so that they canmake the most profit fromevery seed they plant.”

The company’s 2012 cornseed catalog includes 56 hy-brids ranging in maturity from95 days to 113 days. Theproduct list includes nine Ep-ley Gold Star conventional hy-brids with no GM traits.

Conditioning facilityTen years ago, the Epley

brothers made plans for a mul-ti-phase expansion of their

seed business. Those plans,however, were derailed bysome unforeseen events.However, in 2011, their planswere revised and updated byPopp Engineering, of Ames,with construction set for2012.

“In some ways, we are for-tunate that our facility hasbeen designed now rather that10 years earlier when wecould foresee RIB packagingor the need to provide expand-ed seed treatment options,”Rover said. “What we havenow is a facility capable of an-swering our need for top qual-ity seed through the foresee-able future.”

Major features of the newfacility include:

∫ Westrup cleaners for flatscreen sizing.

∫ RIB packaging for bulk,mini-bulk, and single-unitcontainers, open-ended blend-ing percentage.

∫ Satake optical sorter.∫ Oliver Mfg. gravity sep-

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∫ Bayer CropScience seedcoaters.

Seed exits the Westrupcleaner separated into two flatand two round grades. Next inline is the Satake sorter and theOliver gravity separator.

“By putting the opticalscanner immediately after theWestrup cleaner, we are ableto pull out the off-color smallrounds which takes some ofthe pressure off the gravity,”Rover said. “We still have theoption of going to three roundsizes if needed.”

Using a flat screen is slow-er than using a drum sizer, butEpley brothers feel it is moregentle on seed. In order forcustomers to get 99 percent orbetter planting singulation,grading is necessary.

“With this new facility, weare light years ahead of wherewe were,” Rover concludes.“We have made a commit-ment to the future, to our cus-tomers, and to helping themrealize the full potential of ourseed products.”

Seed conditioning facility looks to future

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OELWEIN — FORCEUnlimited’s product linehas evolved from 18-plusyears of hard work, experi-ence and dedication to de-signing high performanceand practicality into everyproduct.

One, two, three or four-product fertilizer/lime spin-ner spreader boxes, spread-er trailers, conveyors andcontrollers are the heart oftheir product line.

The Agforce was thefirst fertilizer/lime spinnerspreader box designed byFORCE Unlimited. It is themost modern spreader onthe market today.

The Agforce FL3024features the fewest moving,and better quality, parts toequal less maintenance.

It features an extraheavy-duty belt over chain,the largest conveyor drivegearbox in the industry, in-cab electronic control of

spinner speed with feed-back, and is operator-friendly.

The Pro-Force litter/fer-tilizer/lime spinner spreaderbox stems from the Ag-force. It has the same fea-tures as the Agforce, butfeatures a wider bottom andhas an optional larger spin-ner assembly.

The combination ofsteeper side slope and wider

conveyor width providesfor a lower center of gravityand faster unloading.

Diversifying the productline even further, the Duo-Force (two compartments),Tri-Force and Quad-Force(three and four micronutri-ent bins) were developed al-lowing the user to spreadone to four products withindependent variable ratecontrol in one pass. They

can be added to both theAgforce and Pro-Forceunits at any time.

The FORCE Unlimitedunits can be mounted onvarious floater, truck androw crop sprayer chassis ortrailer-mounted.

Trailer-mounted units areavailable with optional rowcrop tires, flotation tires ortracks. Units are availablein 10- to 25-ton capacities

and will accurately spreadlime and gypsum 40-foot to60-foot and fertilizer, urea,litter, ammonium sulfate,ammonium nitrate, K MAGor even multiple products80-foot to 90-foot.

To round out their“FORCE Field” FORCEUnlimited also manufac-tures the Patented HPC30ABelt Conveyor. It will un-load lime, fertilizer, dirt, or

rock quickly (10 to 20 tonsper minute lime capacitydepending on lime density).

Hydraulic cylinders onthe hopper provide for asimple hook up and a nonfold-up transport allows foran exact placement of thelow profile hopper.

Specialty conveyors in-clude the Undercar HoodedConveyor for easy undercarloading and the ChickenLitter Conveyor that has aspecially designed hopperfor pushing chicken litteronto the conveyor.

From their spinner as-semblies to the valving andcontrollers, no element hasbeen overlooked.

Whether you need tospread one product or multi-ple products the FORCEUnlimited product line willmeet and exceed your needs.

FORCE Unlimited canbe contacted at (800) 632-5986.

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CONRAD — In 1921,Thomas Ritchie, of Os-kaloosa, patented the firstautomatic waterer device byconnecting undergroundrunning water to an auto-matic, float-controlled wa-tering equipment.

At that time, Ritchieheated his waterers with akerosene lamp and the wa-ter remained free-flowingeven in cold weather.

Farmers liked the labor-saving qualities of Ritchie’sfirst patented waterer andfrom there a new businesswas born.

Today, after a move toConrad in 1943, and almost90 years later, Ritchie isemployee-owned and canpoint with pride to an un-matched reputation forquality and integrity.

Automatic waterers are

Ritchie’s specialty whichallows us to continually im-prove, evolve with theneeds of our customers andmaintain our continuousreputation for reliability.

The evolution of our wa-terers took us from the firstkerosene-heated waterer toall-metal units, fully insu-lated plastic to today’s top-of-the-line combinationplastic and stainless steelunits.

Using our years of expe-rience with meeting theever-changing needs of ourcustomers, we have devel-oped, and are, the only wa-tering company capable ofcombining premium steeland fully insulated, impactresistant plastic that can re-liably handle the most se-vere winters, while remain-ing energy efficient.

Ritchie now has a line-upof more than 40 waterersthat are sure to meet theneeds of our customers in

almost any situation and cli-mate.

Designed to withstandthe most severe feedlotabuse, Ritchie waterers willlast for years.

Knowing this, Ritchiehas strived to maintain con-sistency in all of the watererparts. This dedication toour product integrity has al-lowed customers to pur-chase replacement parts,even if their waterers are 30years old.

Ritchie employees areproud of the continuousquality they have been ableto provide to our customers.

With the help of ourworldwide distributor net-work, Ritchie products willcontinue to grow andevolve well into the future.

For more information orthe name of a nearby dealer,call (800) 669-4038 oremail [email protected] or [email protected].

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CLARION — In 1947,Ray Hagie invented theworld’s first self-propelledsprayer and founded HagieManufacturing.

Three generations, mil-lions of acres and over 65years later, Hagie Manufac-turing continues to providea superior customer experi-ence, while building on ourfamily owned traditions andvalues.

Today, Hagie Manufac-turing remains familyowned and is being man-aged by Alan Hagie, thegrandson of founder, RayHagie.

Alan also raises corn andsoybeans on the same farm-land that his grandfatherand father once farmed.

“We are able to under-stand our customers’ needsbecause we are in the samebusiness,” Alan Hagie said.Similar to his grandfather’svision over 65 years ago,

Hagie Manufacturing con-tinues to operate on a facto-ry-direct model, allowingthe company to be involvedin all aspects of the cus-tomer’s experience.

Hagie manufactures self-propelled sprayers with ca-pacities ranging from 1,000to 1,600 gallons, to bestsuit the needs of agricultureproducers and retailers.Hagie’s self-propelledsprayers feature a 6-foot-high clearance design, giv-ing producers full seasoncapability to perform pre-season through late-seasonapplications.

Full-season applicationcapability allows operatorsto perform timely applica-tions when crops need itmost, paying back in yield.

Hagie’s front-mountedbooms provide great visibil-ity, while reducing driverfatigue and increasing effi-ciencies. Booms are avail-

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Enhanced full-seasonversatility with available at-tachments, including a Ni-trogen Tool Bar attachmentto perform full season side-

dressing of nitrogen whencrops need it most.

Detasseling attachmentsare also available in cutterand puller designs.

Operators increase effi-ciencies with faster fill andload times through frontand side fill pumps.

With a 20-mile-per-hourfield speed, Hagie sprayersare capable to cover moreacres.

With the balanced andlightweight design, as wellas with high torque wheelmotors available, Hagiesprayers are capable of

working effectively and in-creasing efficiencies on var-ious types of terrain.

The light-weight, bal-anced, high-clearance de-sign reduces compactionand tracks, while also al-lowing capability to per-form in field applications inadverse soil conditions.

With a clean frame, un-derbelly and leg design, anarrow-wheel package, All-Wheel Steer, and fine ad-justment tread width, Hagiemachines are able to per-form late-season applica-tions while minimizing cropdamage.

Hagie Manufacturing’sinnovative crop protectionsolutions enhance versatili-ty, advance capability andincrease efficiency, to opti-mize our customers’growth.

For more informationcall (800) 247-4885 or vis-it www.hagie.com.

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Hawkeye Steel ProductsInc. is comprised of fivecompanies — “old” Hawk-eye Steel Products, Inc.(whose principal brandname is Pride of the Farm),Conrad-American Inc.,Eaton, Brower and Marlor.

Hawkeye Steel ProductsInc. was started in 1920 byMartin Lorenzen in Mar-shalltown.

He moved his small fac-tory to Waterloo, in 1923.His son started a secondcompany in Council Bluffsin 1963. He named thecompany after his father,Marlor.

Conrad-American Inc.was started in 1968 in

Houghton by Leonard Con-rad. Conrad was producerand marketer of hybridcorn.

He began selling grainbins to his seed customersin the 1960s and startedmanufacturing his ownbins in 1968.

Brower Manufacturingwas founded in Quincy,Ill., in 1922 by William J.Brower.

The company originatedas a mail order house dis-tributor. Brower startedmanufacturing in the1930s.

Eaton was establishedby Albert Nathaniel Eatonof Omaha, Neb., in 1903.Eaton’s first product was astock tank patented in1909.

He expanded into grainbins, welded tanks, packag-ing and washing equipmentand energy free waterers.

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∫ Poultry production(broilers, game birds andsmall flocks).

∫ Poultry meat process-ing (small and medium-sized plants)

The company’s productsare sold in all 50 states andin 25 countries each year.

Helping producers grow

ALTON — Dennis VonArb, inventor and the per-son in charge of sales andmarketing, saw a need todesign a piece of equipmentto help with visibility andmaneuverability while mov-ing machinery around thefarm.

He then designed the“Move-It” and gave this de-sign to Custom Cut Manu-facturing Inc., of Sheldon,who took the blueprint ofVon Arb’s idea and broughtit to life.

Von Arb then used the prototype of “Move-It” for two years before starting the man-ufacturing process.

The “Move-It” is a skid loader attachment that helps move machinery, wagons and5th wheel trailers in and out of the machine shed as well as around the yard.

Built with heavy duty construction the “Move-It” works with both large and smallskid loaders and allows great visibility for the driver.

For more information contact Von Arb Ag, in Alton, at (712) 756-4578.

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