10 September 2012 Section One of One Volume 30 Number 25 $1.99 Farm News • Equipment for Sale • Auctions • Classifieds Drought ~ Page 5 Rich and poor have this in common: The Lord is the Maker of them all. ~ Proverbs 22:2 Your Weekly Connection to Agriculture F eatured Columnist : Lee Mielke Mielke Market Weekly 11 Crop Comments 7 Focus on Ag 21 Auctions 23 Beef 8 Classifieds 34 Farm Safety 19 Farmer to Farmer 14 Vermont DHIA 16 New farmers are urban farmers ~ Page 2
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10 September 2012
SectionOne of One
Volume 30Number 25
$1.99
Farm News • Equipment for Sale • Auctions • Classifieds
Drought ~ Page 5
Rich and poor have this in common:The Lord is the Maker of them all. ~ Proverbs 22:2
Your Weekly Connection to Agriculture
Featured Columnist:Lee MielkeMielke Market Weekly 11Crop Comments 7Focus on Ag 21
turned their love of gar-dening into a business. FayStrongin and sisters LauraBrown-Lavoie and Tess
Brown-Lavoie have beenfriends since early child-hood. These recent collegegrads didn’t seek a deskjob but started farming onan abandoned lot just min-utes from busy downtownProvidence, RI.
Since 2011, SidewalkEnds Farm partners withFront Step Farm in a col-laboration called BackyardFarms Urban CSA to sup-ply a 20-member CSA.Each farm grows comple-mentary produce on a for-merly abandoned city lot.Both also sell producethrough the Little CityGrowers Coop. CSA sharesare comparable to halfshares from other farms;this fits city dwellers’needs and their smallkitchens, refrigerators andfamilies.
Division of LaborThe three partners bring
dif ferent strengths andskills to the business. FayStrongin focuses onFarmers Markets, LauraBrown-Lavoie on the CSAand Tess Brown-Lavoie onrestaurant sales.
Benefits of an UrbanSetting
The Farmers Market is
just two blocks away; CSAmembers come to the farmto pick up their shares, sonone of the farm partnersneed or own cars. Bikeswith trailers are used to
deliver produce to nearbyrestaurants and collectfood waste from farmersmarkets and other sites.
Making the best of urbancloseness, these farmersencourage neighbors toadd to the farm’s compostpile. This is a great way tostay connected and to getneighbors onto the farmregularly. Everyone ishappy to reduce their trashhauling needs and to seetheir kitchen scraps recy-cled into next year’s sal-ads.
“We have a network offertility,” said Tess whenshe described a recent biketrip where a driver pulledover and carefully droppeda banana peel into Tess’sbike cart of food waste.
No one can say it is tooquiet or boring at SidewalkEnds Farm. Regular drive-by and open window “con-certs” keep things lively.
The farm chickens werenamed for the farmers’favorite musicians, radiohosts and writers: Aretha,Berry, Goodman &Gonzales and MaryWollstonecraft.
Sidewalk Ends Farm hasbrought back 1950s-styleneighborhood closeness.People routinely lean over
the fence and chat withtheir neighborhood farm-ers. The chickens are verysocial; they love attention(and snacks) from visitors.
City Farming ConcernsKnowing there could be
soil risks, the three part-ners conducted thoroughsoil tests before startingtheir operations in 2011.The front of their chosenlot had building debris andhigh levels of heavy metalsincluding lead. To mitigatethis, they picked up andmoved all the soils fromthe back of the property tocap or cover the contami-nated soils in the front.This part of the propertydoes not grow food withdeep roots, but ratherhouses a chicken pen,raised herb beds with freshsoils and compost, thePortable Wash Station,CSA pickup station and agathering area or fire cir-cle. All soil surfaces arecarefully covered in freshwoodchips the ships mini-mize any potential lead-tainted dust, keep neigh-borhood and visiting chil-dren safe.
Irrigation and wash wateris provided by neighbors inreturn for a CSA share anda loaf of fresh bread eachweek.
Bio-Intensive Farmingand Compost
The back section of the
property has intensively-planted vegetable rows.Every inch needs to pro-vide two to three crops peryear. Tight, staggered rowshelp increase outputs insmall spaces. When onecrop is harvested, the cropresidue is quickly moved tothe compost piles. 1-2inches of new compost isadded for fertility, and newseeds or transplants areinstalled within a day ortwo.
New compost wasbrought in during the firstfall from Smithfield Peat.Additional material wasadded all winter long(leaves, cof fee grounds,etc) and blended with abroad fork in the springbefore the first seeds andtransplants went in.
Fay is very enthusiasticabout her farm-made com-post. She said, “Compost iskey, because the only timethis land is fallow is whenit is frozen!”
Land SecurityWhile Sidewalk Ends
Farm has a verbal agree-ment with the landowner,they are seeking a morepermanent, long-termlease. A lot of effort hasgone into making this siteviable and safe to farm.Should the farmers have tomove, improved soils wouldbe left behind.
In case a move is needed,some herbs and flowersgrow in portable, repur-posed containers like milkcrates and 5-gallon pails.Eggplants, peppers grow inolive drums.
At a recent Rhode Island
School of DesignCompetition called FarmHack, a Portable WashStation was created withinexpensive of f-the-shelfcomponents. The 5-gallonpails (sinks) can be coveredto make a worktable forsorting and packaging CSAshares. The upper shelfsupports a tarp of feringshade for the produce andfor the farm staff.
Young Farmer Nights Throughout the summer
of 2012, young and begin-ning farmers met on alter-nate Tuesday evenings. Avariety of local farms host-ed Young Farmer Nightsand shared their experi-ences operating small, sus-tainable farms. Internsand farmers establishedpersonal networks of peersand mentors over potlucksuppers, bonfires and sing-alongs. 2012 hosts includ-ed Rosasharn Farm, Pat’sPastured, Scratch Farm,Sidewalk Ends Farm,Medway Community Farmand more.
To learn more aboutSidewalk Ends Farm, seetheir Facebook page. Formore information on thecollaboration betweenFront Step Farm andSidewalk Ends Farm inProvidence, RI, seeBackyard Farm or [email protected]. To arrange a v is i t toSidewalk Ends Farm at47 Har r i son S t ,P r ov idence , R I ema i ll aura .brown. lavo i e@gmai l .com or ca l l 617-817-6598.
New farmers are urban farmers
This young farmer, named Maxwell, practices hoeing weeds andchatting with the chickens.
Sidewalk Ends Farm in Providence, RI hosted Young Farmer Night (YFN) where members shared theirexperiences operating small, sustainable urban farms. Interns and farmers establish personal networksof peers and mentors at YFNs over potluck suppers, bonfires and sing-alongs.
Photo by Sanne Kure-Jensen
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From the U.S. Department ofAgriculture’s (USDA’s) most recentfunding announcement: USDARural Development is allocatingup to $14 million in grants avail-able for projects that help farmersproduce bio-based products fromagricultural commodities.
The Value-Added ProducerGrants program is designed tohelp agricultural producers enterinto value-added activities. Thesegrants can be used to assist in thefunding of an anaerobic digester ifit is part of a project that addsvalue to an agricultural product.For example, if digested manuresolids are going to be made into acommercial fertilizer product or ifthe methane generated is used to
power the value-added process(milk processing, cheese making).
Awards may be made for eithereconomic planning or workingcapital activities related to theprocessing and/or marketing ofvalue-added agricultural products.The maximum grant amount for aplanning grant is $100,000 andthe maximum grant amount for aworking capital grant is $300,000.USDA requires that every dollar ingrant funds be matched, either inthe form of cash or eligible in-kindcontributions.
The deadline to apply for fundingis Oct. 15. Questions should bedirected to your USDA RuralDevelopment State Office.
by Brian M. Henehan, DysonSchool of Applied Economicsand Management, CornellUniversity
In agriculture, we have atendency in marketing tofocus most of our attentionon the hard products weproduce and bring to mar-ket — fruits, vegetables,meat, grains, milk, orcheese. Today’s marketsdemand more attention tothe services and relation-ships associated with mar-keting the actual productitself. The smart marketeris one who not only pro-duces a high quality prod-uct, but also delivers need-ed services and buildseffective relationships withcustomers.
A useful way to examinethese questions of servicesand relationships is tobegin with the old journal-
istic outline of — who,what, where, when, why,and how. We also need tounderstand the distinctionbetween a customer andthe consumer. Our cus-tomers may actually beconsumers if we are directmarketers. But usually arelationship with sometype of intermediary cus-tomer is required to get thefarm product to the end-user, the consumer.Typical intermediary cus-tomers in the food systemcan include: wholesalers,retail supermarket buyers,food service buyers, bro-kers, or processors.
Who are you doing busi-ness with? If you are adirect marketer, know yourconsumer. Who are they inregards to: age, income,residence, family size, gen-der, ethnic group, etc.?How is your consumer basechanging? What serviceswill enhance your relation-ship with your consumers?If you are working withother types of customers,learn about their opera-tions: sales, distribution,
terms of trade, transactionprotocols, etc. How do yourcustomers understand theconsumers that buy yourproducts? What informa-tion about consumers canthey share with you, or youwith them, to assist both ofyou in better serving them?
What makes your prod-uct superior? What differ-entiates your product fromthe rest of the pack? Whatwill make your productmore attractive to yourcustomers or consumers?What will your productbring to the assortment ofproducts your customermarkets? What informationcan you provide along withyour product (nutritionalvalues, recipes, portionsizes, variety, etc.) toincrease sales?
Where will your producthave to end up to effective-ly serve your customers orconsumers? How will yourproduct hold up in transit?Will your product arrive ina package ready for storedisplay or use in thekitchen? Are there anyways to make life easier for
those who buy your prod-ucts in regards to schedul-ing or delivery? Can youbetter coordinate shippingwith other firms shippingsimilar products in yourarea?
When does your productneed to arrive? Time is ofthe essence for all of us.How can you cut your cus-tomer’s time spent receiv-ing or handling your prod-uct? Are there ways tominimize the time yourconsumer (convenientparking, check-out) or cus-tomer (processing invoicesor payment) does businesswith you? Just-in-timedelivery and automatedinventory replenishmentare becoming standardbusiness practices in boththe retail and food serviceindustries.
Why should your cus-tomer do business with youin regards to the servicesyou offer and the value youbring to the business rela-tionship? Why should yoube considered a “preferred”supplier by your customer?Why should your ability to
attract consumers to yourproduct add value to yourcustomers business?
How will you betterunderstand what servicesand relationships will beneeded to insure the effec-tive marketing of yourproducts? In a rapidlychanging marketplace,those services and rela-tionships are changing.How will your servicesincrease the productivityand profitability of yourcustomers?
In summary, smart mar-keters not only deliver highquality products that arerelevant to consumers, butmust also provide valuableservices to build effectiverelationships with cus-tomers. Hopefully, answer-ing some of these ques-tions might shed somelight on how to improveyour marketing capacity.In the haste to produce thehard product itself, don’tforget the needed servicesand relationships that willkeep your product on theshelf, on the plate, or inthe hands of consumers.
Smart Marketing includes services & relationships not just products
USDA seeks applications forgrants to help agricultural producers bring increased
value to their products
Lilah, a member of the Bob-O-Link 4-H club of North Haverhill, is diligently workingon her quilt at this years’ 5th annual Quilt Week. Bob-O-Link project leaders and vol-unteers offer this week to their club members who have a minimum of 2 years’ expe-rience in sewing projects. This year there were a total of 9 participants (7 girls, 2boys). Make plans now to view these quilts and others, done by our Grafton County4-H members, at our Spring Textile Event in April, 2013.
4-H student participates in 5th annual Quilt Week
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PORTSMOUTH, RI — To helpgrow its outreach potential andmembership base, the NortheastOrganic Farmers Association ofRhode Island (NOFA/RI) Board ofDirectors has hired Sanne Kure-Jensen of Portsmouth as its firstAdministrator.
“As the new Administrator, Kure-Jensen will be responsi-ble for coordinating andpublicizing two grant-funded initiatives,” saidTreasurer Dan Lawton.The CollaborativeRegional Alliance forFarmer Training (CRAFT)workshop series sharesfarmer experiences andbest practices betweenfarmers, farm workers,apprentices and garden-ers.
Board President Michael Roberts
of Roots Farm in T ivertondescribed NOFA/RI’s Farm AdvisorProgram, which pairs experiencedorganic farmers as consultants tobeginning or transitioning farmerswho want to adopt organic prac-tices on their farms. Projectscould include farm planning, soilbuilding, pest and disease control,
g r e e n h o u s egrowing and/orhow to become acertified organicgrower. The pro-gram is fundedby the RIDepartment ofE n v i r o n m e n t a lM a n a g e m e n t ’ sDivision ofAgriculture.
K u r e - J e n s e nwill also streamline and overseepublicity and communications as
well as update and maintain theNOFA/RI website. An experiencedagricultural writer and successfulgrant writer, Kure-Jensen’s fea-tures on Rhode Island organicfarmers and their practices havebeen published in “Country Folks”and “Country Folks Grower.” Shehas helped farmers and non-prof-its secure funding for alternativeenergy and conservation projects.Kure-Jensen has helped a RhodeIsland grower seek organic certifi-cation and managed communica-tions and web sites.
A long-time organic grower andbeekeeper, Kure-Jensen is a NOFAAccredited Organic Land CareProfessional, RI CertifiedHorticulturist and RI CoastalResource Management Council(CRMC) Certified Invasive PlantManager.
NOFA is a growing regional asso-ciation with chapters in seven
states representing over 5,000farmers, farm workers, appren-tices, gardeners, chefs and con-sumer members.
Formed in 1990, NOFA/RI is anorganization of farmers, con-sumers, gardeners and environ-mentalists working to promoteorganic farming and organic landcare practices. NOFA/RI fosters ahealthy relationship to the naturalworld through educational work-shops, advocacy and participationin local and regional events.NOFA/RI works to increase theacreage of land sustainably andorganically managed and to pro-vide access to local organic foodfor all Rhode Islanders. NOFA/RIis affiliated with other NOFA chap-ters through the NOFA InterstateCouncil.
For more information on NOFAand NOFA/RI, see www.nofari.orgor email [email protected].
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NOFA/RI names Sanne Kure-Jensen as administrator
Cover photo by Sanne Kure-JensenSidewalk Ends Farm’s partners each have a focus: Tess
Sanne Kure-Jensen brings a history of organic horticulture and communicationsexperience to NOFA/RI.
NOFA pairs experienced
organic farmers as consultants to beginning ortransitioning
farmers who want to adopt organic
practices on their farms.
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by Joe ParzychNo one has to tell farmers that
drought conditions exist. Almost80 percent of agricultural land isexperiencing drought, making itthe most extensive drought sincethe 1950s, according to the USDA.The Mississippi River is beingdredged because it is too low forbarge travel. The increased cost ofshipping commodities to seaportsby rail is sending grain pricesupward. The drought is widespread over much of the world.Russia had a shortfall in theirwheat harvest, again. Australia isalso having a rain deficit.
What is the cause of the droughtand when will it end?Climatologist James Gildea ofBernardston, MA predicted thispast year’s warm dry winter withdrought in the Midwest. He sawindications of the coming droughtin November 2011 after earliernoting that a warming of thePacific began in February of 2011heralding El Nino. In a meetingwith an agricultural committee inBernardston, MA, this spring,Gildea predicted a dry year in theMidwest with very wet conditionsin the Southwest, heavy springrains in the Northeast with dryweather to follow. His predictionswere right on.
“There are many variables,”Gildea said, “but the temperatureof the North Atlantic Ocean is agood indicator of long term weath-er in the U.S. A cold AtlanticOcean results in a blocking ridgeof high pressure which resulted inEngland and Ireland being coveredwith snow last winter. A warmingof the Pacific Ocean off the coastof Peru indicates a beginning of ElNino resulting in drought, amongother things.”
Weather has a direct effect oneconomic conditions. World grainprices are on the rise because ofpoor grain growing conditions inmany countries. U.S. corn andsoybean prices have doubled fromlast year. And then there’s 10 per-cent corn based ethanol in everygallon of gasoline mandated inmany states.
With drought in the Midwestef fecting harvests of corn, soybeans and wheat prices will con-tinue to rise, which is good newsfor farmers who are able to pro-duce a decent crop. The U.S. is theworld’s largest exporter of thesegrains, exporting upwards of 70percent of the total imported byother countries. That figure maygo higher with continuing droughtin other countries.
When will it all end? “There’s nopredicting the end of it,” Gildeasaid. “It may intensify and last upto five years, or longer. El Nino has
lasted for decades. PrehistoricMayans abandoned advancedcities in Mexicobecause of droughtfrom an El Nino thatlasted for decades—20,30, 40 years….”
One of the reasonswhy we may have notseen dust storms in theU.S. during presentdrought conditions, asin the 30’s, is that oneof Roosevelt’s stimulusprograms was to havehis newly formedCivilian ConservationCorps plant millions oftrees to act as wind breaks and tohold the soil, as well as createjobs.
With a cold winter approachingin the U.S., there may be early
frosts whichd r a s t i c a l l yaffect soybeanyields becausecrops may nothave reachedmaturity. WithEl Nino, apoor anchovycatch resultsin increaseds o y b e a np r i c e sbecause thelargest marketfor anchovies
is fish meal. When anchovies arein short supply, grain companiessubstitute soybeans in animal
feed, driving up soybean priceswhich benefits growers.
What can farmers do?Farmers can plant trees for
windbreaks to hold the soil, prac-tice strip farming for soil erosioncontrol and water percolation,practice no-till planting,mulching, and use more efficientirrigation methods.
The Five Acre Farm inNorthfield, MA (which presentlyhas a lot more land under cultiva-tion than five acres) uses trickleirrigation rather than overheadirrigation. They store perennials in“cold houses” to keep them dor-mant to conserve water. In theirfields, they use Typar, a porousblack plastic fabric, that allowswater to percolate through andhelps retain water in the soil whilekeeping out weeds.
John Savage of Deerfield, MA,also has land in Northfield, Gill,Deerfield and elsewhere in aPartnership with Patterson Farms.Savage says they have 400 acresplanted to chip potatoes, 75 acresof hot peppers, and 150 acres ofdisplay pumpkins.
“The drought has hurt us,”Savage said, except where we irri-gated, like in Gill and the otherside of the [Connecticut] River inNorthfield. In Gill, we have about20 acres of hot peppers and 60acres of pumpkins, and 110 acresof chip potatoes in Northfield. Weirrigated about six times.”
Eastern Washington farmerstypically have an annual precipita-tion of just eight and a half inch-es. Farmers there use techniquessuch as summer fallow rotation.One crop is grown on two seasons’precipitation. The farmers thenleave stubble and crop residue totrap snow. They also preventrunoff by terracing their fields, orby contour plowing.
More farmers are turning toGMO drought resistant seed.Drought resistant geneticallyaltered grains may offer a partialsolution to alleviate shortages.Dwarf plants are also being devel-oped that need less moisture butyield as much as their tallcousins.
Farmers can insure their cropswith federally subsidized insur-ance programs.
In the final analysis, Gildeaadmits that no one can predict thefuture with absolute certainty.Floods have sometimes occurredfollowing a drought, as happenedrecently, all in the wrongplaces, but Gildea's forecasts havebeen accurate enough in the pastto warrant paying heed to hiswords of coming drought condi-tions.
Drought
One of the strategies farmers can employ during this drought is effective irrigationmethods, as pictured here.
Photo by Joe Parzych
Almost 80 percent of agricultural land
is experiencingdrought, making it the most extensive
drought since the 1950s
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Sweetening the potThis morning, bright
and early, Uri telephonedme with a feeding man-agement question. He isa Central New York or-ganic dairy farmer whoraises no corn silage andpurchases all of hisgrains, which have beenlargely shell-corn based;thus he makes a lot ofbalage. But with the highcost, and limited avail-ability, of organic shellcorn, his grain dealer hasbeen working more smallgrains into the gristwhich Uri feeds his cows.He is afraid that thischange will reduce netenergy intake for hiscows, resulting in re-duced milk production.He wanted to know if mo-lasses can be economi-cally introduced into hisdairy ration, so as tokeep his cows’ dietaryenergy on an even keel.
A major benefit of mo-lasses is that it can im-prove the palatability offeeds that don’t reallytaste that great. Mo-lasses won’t make an im-perfect feed into a goodone, but it can make itend up in the cow’s di-gestive system more con-sistently. With organiccorn priced at about 25cents per pound, andconventional corn pricedat about 15 cents perpound, these figurescompare to molassesprices: 45 cents perpound for organic, and15 cents for conventional(both approximate). I tellfolks that organic mo-lasses does not provide acheap megacalorie; thusthe benefit of improvedforage intake is prettyimportant. For conven-tional dairymen, the sub-stitution, dollars — andcents — wise is more
even. The other variableentering this equation isthe farm-gate price ofmilk: organic runs about28 cents per pound,while conventional milkbrings about a dime less.Most organic dairymen,with whom I have con-tact, say that if theyweren’t already organic,the cost-price squeezethey’re in now wouldhave scared them awayfrom becoming organic.
Although I’m moreused to balancing the en-ergy part of a dairy cow’sdiet with megacalories,more recent nutritionalresearch has examinedthe usefulness of non-fi-brous carbohydrates asan equally valuable pa-rameter (if you want touse scientist jargon).Clearly milk productionper cow is the major fac-tor determining dairyfarm sustainability andprofitability. According tomany dairy scientists,the inclusion of non-fi-brous carbohydrates(NFC) in the range of 35to 42 percent of dietarydry matter is seen as a
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bryos for Education,’ al-lows other Angus breed-ers to join the Trow-bridge family and giveback to the Angus Foun-dation while taking partin the new Angus onlineauction, www.An-gusTradingPost.com.
Nineteen lots of em-bryos are listed on the
online auction by Trow-bridge Angus, and allproceeds from the sale ofthese embryos will bene-fit Angus youth scholar-ships and activities, edu-cational programs forjunior and adult Associ-ation members, and cur-rent and future researchprojects at universitiesacross the country — allof which are funded bythe Angus Foundation.
“On multiple occa-sions, Phil Trowbridgehas taken the lead bymaking personal finan-cial commitments to helpfoster the advancementof a newly implementedfundraising initiative,along with help securethe commitments neces-
sary to bring a fundrais-ing drive to successfulcompletion,” said MilfordJenkins, Angus Founda-tion president. “This gen-erous commitment of do-nating the sale proceedsfrom these embryos isanother illustration ofPhil and his family’s un-selfish ongoing commit-ment to giving back tothe Angus breed that hasmeant so much to themand their family.”
Trowbridge has alsoserved the Angus Foun-dation as a former chair-man of the Angus Foun-
dation Board of Direc-tors. Jenkins says his en-thusiasm and advocacyof the Angus Founda-tion’s value to the Angusbreed and membersacross the country hasbeen an inspiration to allin the Angus breed overthe years.
“The Angus Foundationis in place to support thefuture of the Angusbreed, and donating all ofthe proceeds from thesale of these embryos tothe Foundation is justone way we can provide
more opportunities tosupport Angus breedersand our youth,” Trow-bridge says. “My familyand I believe in the futureof Angus, which is whywe invest in the AngusFoundation.”
To place your bids onthese embryos, go towww.angustradingpost.com and create an ac-count. Make sure to placeyour bids before Sept. 25.To find out more aboutTrowbridge Angus, log onto www.trowbridgeangus-farms.com.
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Recently, the NY AngusAssociation sponsoredthe reception after theSupreme Champion BeefAnimal Show of New YorkState. Held at the NYSFair in Syracuse, this re-ception was a celebrationfor all participants whocame to the Supreme
Show, after winning attheir county fairs. “Withmore than 39 animals inthe show, and over 175people at the reception,the day was a real suc-cess,” said Mike Shana-han, President of the NYAngus Association.
A great congratulations
goes to Kirby Dygert ofElma, NY for winning theshow, & to Sam Birdsall,Homer, NY on ReserveChampion, as well as ourAngus Juniors involved— Jayne Bannister andLizzie Luckman. NYAAalso wishes to thank the
NY Angus represented atSupreme Reception
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popular way to increaseenergy density and thusmilk production. Mostrecently, this recommen-dation is based on re-search conducted andtallied by Jerry H. Cher-ney, PhD., Department ofCrop and Soil Sciences,and Debbie J.R. Cher-ney, PhD., Department ofAnimal Science at Cor-nell University.
One question thatreaders undoubtedlywant to know (but wereafraid to ask) is how isNFC calculated? Well, ac-cording to R. D. Shaver,Professor and ExtensionDairy Nutritionist, Uni-versity of Wisconsin-Madison, here’s how wecalculate non-fibrouscarbohydrate: for a givenfeed, you start by addingthe percent of neutral de-
tergent fiber (NDF) intakeprotein to 100 percent.Then you combine thatfeed’s NDF percent, plusits calcium percent, plusits fat percent, plus itsash percent. Take thesum of those four vari-ables and subtract thatvalue from the shorter(earlier) sum, and thereyou have NFC. [I’m surethis abbreviation is start-ing to make you thinkabout football (NFL) morethan feeding cows.]
Here are some typicalNFC values for feed thatdairymen get to workwith: shell corn at 75percent, ear corn at 64percent, alfalfa at 25 per-cent, grasses at 15 per-cent, and corn silage at35 percent. Molasses val-ue falls between the twocorn figures, and most
small grains are a littlecloser to the ear corn val-ue. One key element formany organic dairymenis their abandonment ofcorn silage as a croppingenterprise. I think whathappened in many casesis they gave up growingcorn because they wouldhave to buy a new rowchopper, and then decid-ed to walk away fromthat cash-flow challenge.(The absence of corn...with all its usual chemi-cal inputs... may haveenabled them to qualifyfor organic certificationquite a bit sooner.)
I had Uri sample histotal mixed ration, whichincluded chopped balageand his purchasedgrains, as well as miner-als and salt. His NFCvalue for his TMR was
just over 25 percent. Ithink that value for amixed feed may be a lit-tle skewed, but I’m surethat the actual figurewould still be below theminimum of 35 percentrecommended by Cher-neys. Addition of mo-lasses would help dragthe average value towardthat goal, but we’ll be re-lying on increased totalconsumption of TMR drymatter, so as to meet thecows’ energy needs,whatever parameter wedecide on.
In the forage NFC are-na today, I stumbled intosome good news: the re-search station in Valatie,NY, has been demon-strating a new variety ofbrown-mid-rib Sudangrass. I was very im-pressed. The folks doing
the research at Valatie(and other experimentstations) firmly believethat the digestible ener-gy of this new crop, asrelated to dairy nutri-tion, places it on a parwith good quality cornsilage. The brown-mid-rib trait in Sudan grass,sorghum, their hybrids,
and even corn silage,has improved their NDFdigestibility. This factmight throw a curve intosome of these complexformulae. But if it makescows more productive...and their owners happi-er... what’s a little morepaperwork and comput-erization?
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Eben Kennedy family fortheir help to organize thereception, as well as tothe NY Beef Producers As-sociation for allowing theNY Angus Association tobe a part of the day andsponsor the reception.
NY Angus Associationsponsors many eventsthroughout the year thatpromote the Angus andBeef Industries, espe-cially when it helps the
advancement of theyouth involved. Keep upon more NY Angus hap-penings always atwww.NY-Angus.com
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Benchmark MilkPrice Jumps $1.05Issued Aug. 31, 2012
Farm milk pricesmoved higher for the
third month in a row.The Agriculture Depart-ment announced the Au-gust Federal order ClassIII benchmark price at
$17.73 per hundred-weight (cwt.) up $1.05from July but still $3.94below August 2011, andequates to about $1.52per gallon. That put the2012 Class III average at$16.23, down from$18.18 at this time ayear ago, and comparesto $13.80 in 2010 and$10.29 in 2009.
Looking ahead; theSeptember contract was
trading late Fridaymorning at $18.89; Oc-tober, $19.75; November,$19.88; and December,$19.81.
The AMS-surveyedcheese price averaged$1.7682 per pound, up8.3 cents from July. But-ter averaged $1.6859, up14.7 cents, nonfat drymilk averaged $1.2543,up 8 cents, and dry wheyaveraged 53.52 cents, up
3.3 cents from July. The August Class IV
price is $15.76, up $1.31from July but 4.38 below ayear ago. California’s com-parable 4a and 4b pricesare scheduled to be an-nounced September 4 bythe California Departmentof Food and Agriculture.
The cash cheese mar-ket ended August on adown note with theblocks closing Friday at
$1.82 per pound, down 31/4-cents on the weekbut 3 cents above a yearago. Barrel closed at$1.7775, down 2 1/2-cents on the week and 13/4-cents above a yearago. Thirteen carloads ofblock traded hands onthe week and 24 of bar-rel. The AMS-surveyed,U.S. average block pricehit $1.8121, up 5.8cents on the week, whilethe barrels averaged$1.8320, up a nickel.
Cheese production ismostly steady to margin-ally below year ago levelsaccording to USDA’sDairy Market News(DMN). Wholesale cheesesales have been goodwith mozzarella increas-ing as schools begin tocome back in session.
Export sales continueto be aided by the Coop-eratives Working Togeth-er program (CWT) whichaccepted 14 requests forexport assistance thisweek to sell 4.58 millionpounds of cheese to cus-tomers in Asia, the Mid-dle East, North Africaand the South Pacific.
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The product will be deliv-ered through Februaryand raised CWT’s 2012cheese exports to 78.3million pounds plus 56.4million of butter and an-hydrous milk fat (adjust-ed for cancellations), to33 countries.
Stewart Peterson’s MattMattke pointed out inTuesday’s DairyLine thatthe U.S. Cheddar price isabout 20 cents higherthan the internationalprice so that may bestalling the U.S. market.Milk and cheese futures,as of Tuesday, werepriced in the $1.90’s, hesaid. “The cash market ishaving a tough time get-ting to $1.90.”
He added that Augustwas a good month forClass III milk prices, up80 cents to $1.00 fromJuly but stalled recentlywith fourth quarter pricesgetting up to $20.25 to$20.50. October, Novem-ber, and December milkof this year is currentlytrading at about 12 centpremiums over cashcheese, according to Mat-tke, so “It’s going to behard to see where thatnext leg of upside is goingto come unless the cashmarket starts to pick upmomentum or we see it inthe whey market, whichhas been extremely quietrecently.”
Meanwhile, as if wedon’t have enough issuesto be concerned about,farmers are on high alertfor the naturally occurringtoxin in corn due to thedraught. Trace amountshave been reportedly
showing up and couldpush prices even higher ofthe reduced supply of un-tainted crop. The Iowa De-partment of Agricultureand Land Stewardshipwill require aflatoxinscreening and testing ofmilk received in Iowa, be-ginning August 31 andcontinuing indefinitely.
Cash butter closed theweek at $1.84, up 4-cents but still 16 1/2-cents below a year agowhen it fell almost 9cents and began a de-cent that shaved 33cents off the price beforerebounding in early Oc-tober. Six cars of buttertraded hands this weekand the AMS butter priceaveraged $1.7576, up4.2 cents.
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cream availability andprice, according toUSDA. Students are re-turning to classrooms,thus school milk bottlingschedules are resuming.Standardized cream vol-umes from increasingbottling schedules arebecoming available forcream needs. Class IIcream demand remainssteady, although typical-ly Class II needs willease, especially for icecream, once the LaborDay holiday has passed.
Churning is often notkeeping pace with de-
mand, thus inventoriedstock is being used. But-ter producers that aretaking advantage of ad-ditional cream offeringsand generating butterbeyond current needsare clearing the extraproduction to inventoryand “holding thosestocks with confidence,”says USDA.
Retail orders are oftenoutpacing food serviceneeds as many food serv-ice buyers are cuttingback as the summer va-cation season windsdown. Food service buy-
ers, especially in resortand vacation areas, indi-cate that traffic flowthrough their operationsis slowing, but will hope-fully remain fairly stableat least through the LaborDay holiday weekend.
DMN warns that milksupplies across the U.S.are short of expected lev-els due to the recent hotweather and higher feedcosts. California produc-tion has leveled off, butremains short of full pro-cessing needs. Midwestmilk volumes have in-creased with cooler tem-
peratures. Eastern sup-plies are still tight.
Cash Grade A nonfatdry milk closed Friday at$1.70, up 3 1/2-cents onthe week, and ExtraGrade held all week at$16250. AMS powder av-eraged $1.2955, up 3.8cents, and dry wheyinched 0.8 cent higher, to54.76 cents per pound.
Getting back to ex-ports briefly, Dairy ProfitWeekly (DPW) reportsthat, compared to May’soutlook, USDA raised itsquarterly forecast for fis-cal year 2012 (FY ‘12)
dairy exports by $300million in August. At $5billion, FY ‘12 dairy ex-ports would easily sur-pass FY 2011’s recordhigh of $4.5 billion.
USDA also issued itsfirst forecast for FY ‘13dairy exports, at $4.8billion. High feed costsare expected to reduceproducer margins, lead-ing to lower milk outputand reduced dairy prod-uct supplies. That willresult in a reduction ofexport volumes, leadingto the $200 million de-cline from FY ‘12, ac-cording to DPW.
The FY ‘12 U.S. dairyimport forecast wasraised $100 million, to$3 billion, due to highervalues and volumes. Theforecast for FY ‘12cheese imports was re-duced to $1billion.
It its first forecast forFY ‘13 imports, USDAforecast slight increasesfor cheese and total dairyproducts, at $1.1 billionand $3.1 billion, respec-tively. Butter, casein andmiscellaneous milkproducts will lead importdemand.
Despite a forecast for amodest appreciation in2012 and 2013, the dol-lar will be relativelyweak. That, and low in-terest rates, provide con-tinued inexpensive creditfor financing trade.Higher expected worldgrowth, lower energyprices and more avail-able credit make the out-look for U.S. agriculturaltrade promising in 2013.
Two weeks ago I de-tailed the latest data onfluid milk sales whichcontinue to fall howeverthe Daily Dairy Report’sMary Ledman sees a sil-ver lining in the darkcloud in her August 24edition. She pointed outthat June’s 0.3 percentdecline in fluid sales froma year ago “pales com-pared to declines of morethan 3 percent in Decem-ber 2011 as well as Feb-ruary and March 2012.
On the down side how-ever, U.S. milk produc-tion through June 2012totaled 119.1 billionpounds, up 2.7 percentadjusted for leap day, ac-cording to Ledman. Fluidmilk sales during thesame period totaled 26.2billion pounds, down 2.2percent. Ledman saidthat means an additional3.15 billion pounds ofmilk were available dur-
ing the first half of 2012,compared with the com-parable period in 2011,plus an additional 580.3million pounds of milkwere available to manu-facturers as a result ofthe lower fluid milksales.
In total, the additional3.73 billion pounds ofmilk contributed to year-over-year productiongains of 51.8 millionpounds of butter, 185 mil-lion pounds of nonfat drymilk and skim milk pow-der, 115 million pounds ofcheese, and 82.6 millionpounds of yogurt.
She points out a fewmore encouraging detailsin her column and agreesin the Daily Dairy Dis-cussion audio on theDDR website that thedata underscores the im-portance of fluid milk ad-vertising and promotionand the export market.
By the way, the August30 DDR reports thatdairy producers culled61,000 cows in the weekending August 18, an in-crease of 6,800 headfrom the same week ayear ago. The slaughterpace year to date is 5.1percent ahead of 2011,according to the DDR,and since July, U.S.dairy producers haveculled 11.7 percent morecows than they did in thesame period a year ago
Labor Day is the unof-ficial end of summer, andfor U.S. dairy farmers,the change of seasonsprobably can’t come soonenough, according toDairy Profit Weekly’sDave Natzke in his Fri-day DairyLine report.
“Even Congress has tocome in from recess inSeptember,” he said,“And here in north cen-tral Wisconsin, we actu-ally have some treesstarting to turn color.”He reported that USDA’smonthly “Milk Cost ofProduction” reportshowed the nation’sdairy farmers likely paidmore in July operatingcosts than at any time inhistory, with feed pricesleading the way. The es-timates put total costs atmore than $27 per cwt.,up $2 from June and$1.75 more than previ-ous record highs in thesummer of 2008.
“Hopefully, the changein season will bring bet-ter news,” Natzke said.“Schools will be back in
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session, and that meansmore demand for fluidmilk for student lunchesand feeding programs,and cheese demand hasalso been picking up.”
He pointed to risingmilk prices but admittedthey’re still well belowlast year’s price levelsbut should continue torise through the end ofthe year. The question, of
course, is whether thehigher milk prices cankeep pace with risingfeed costs.
“Longer term, there’sanother positive sign,”Natzke said. “Dairy prod-uct manufacturers areinvesting in new and up-graded processingplants. Industry analystsestimate U.S. dairy prod-uct manufacturers will
invest $2.2 billion overthe next couple of years,with more than 75 majorcapital projects expectedto be underway beforeJune 2014. Additionaland more efficient ca-pacity should lead tomore demand for milk, awelcome sign for dairyfarmers in any season,”he concluded.
In dairy politics; Na-tional Milk’s Chris Galenreaffirmed the need toget a Farm Bill passed inhis Thursday DairyLinereport. He reminded lis-teners that the currentbill expires September30, leaving dairy pro-grams such as the MILC,in limbo.
He talked about thecoalition of about 40farm organizationswhich I reported on lastweek that is lobbyingCongress to pass a newFarm Bill before fall. Hereported that they willhold a rally on CapitolHill September 12 tomake a “visible and vocalpush for Congress topass a new Farm Bill.”For complete details, logon towww.farmbillnow.com.
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VERMONT DAIRY HERD IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER1909 - 2012
OVER 100 YEARS OF SERVICECountryFolks
Official Publication of Vermont DHIA
Vermont DHIA is proud to announce the addition ofthree new employees to our team! Each of theseladies are covering different regions in our servicearea and we wanted to allow you to get to know thema little bit. Sarah Birch is originally from Craftsbury, Vermont
where she attended Craftsbury Academy. Throughsome friends in Elementary School Sarah got involvedwith the local 4-H program. At first her primary in-terests were in poultry but once getting into HighSchool she quickly became interested in showingdairy cattle. Sarah became even more interested in
dairy cattle after meeting her husband Andy, 3 yearsago. Sarah and Andy currently live in Addison, VTwhere Andy is a herdsman on a dairy farm. They arehoping to start milking their own herd someday soon,inspiring to have mostly Holsteins with maybe a fewJerseys (which would be for Sarah.)
Sarah knew a little bit about DHIA before applyingto the job. A farm at which she worked at during highschool had been on test and did owner sampling so itwas somewhat familiar to her. She feels that DHIA of-fered a great opportunity to work with dairy cattleand dairy farmers. She is looking forward to gettingto know all of the farmers she will be working withand to learn more about the industry. She continu-ously asks farmers questions to better her knowledgein the field.
Sarah B. will be covering approximately 20 herds inAddison and Chittenden County, Vermont. Sarah Porrovechhio grew up on a dairy farm in
Bernardston, MA the contained a herd of registeredHolsteins and Jerseys. Sarah was a very active mem-
ber in the local 4-H Dairy program and received anAssociates Degree from Vermont Technical College.Sarah is now married with 2 children who are active4-H members and help with a herd of 18 dairy cattle.
Sarah enjoys going to the different herds throughDHIA and getting to work with all of the farmers. Shewill be testing herds from 30 to 150 head of cattle,each one just a little different from the next. She isexcited to be working for DHIA and the Dairy farmersin her area. She knows how DHIA plays an importantrole in helping farmers with milk quality, records andoverall herd health.
Sarah P. will be covering 19 herds in southern VT,NH and northern Mass. Marcy Guillette is a fourth generation dairy farmer
from Derby, Vermont. Marcy attended the Universityof Vermont where she got a Bachelors degree in Ani-mal Science. Since then she has worked for the Uni-versity of Maine, UVM Extension and Cow Town Hol-steins. Currently working part time for both VT DHIAand Semex USA, Marcy also spends her free time asa director on the Orleans County Farm Bureau andFair Association, showing cows, harness racing andspending time with friends and family.
Marcy was interested in working for VT DHIA be-
cause she feels it will give her the chance to learn,share and help improve the Vermont Dairy Industry.She is looking forward to helping producers improvetheir management by utilizing information gatheredand recorded by DHIA.
Marcy currently covers 6 herds in Orleans and Cale-donia County, Vermont.
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Baked Antipasto Sandwiches2 cans refrigerated crescent rolls, divided1/4 lb. imported ham, sliced1/4 lb. provolone cheese, sliced1/4 lb. Genoa salami, sliced1/4 lb. Swiss cheese, sliced1/4 lb. large pepperoni slices1-12 oz. jar roasted sweet red peppers3 eggsGround black pepper3 tablespoons grated Romano cheeseCoat 9x13” pan with cooking spray. Spread 1 can
dough on the bottom, piecing together and pressingthe separations. Layer next five ingredients overdough. Top with red peppers.
Whisk together eggs, black pepper, and Romanocheese; pour over peppers and top with remainingcan of dough, pressing out the separations.
Cover with foil. Bake at 350° for 25 minutes.Uncover and bake 10 more minutes until center isset and top is lightly browned.
Cut into squares, like sandwiches, and servewarm or at room temperature.
Serves 6 - 8Tip: Prepare ahead and bake while dressing to
leave. Wrap in foil with a corner of foil folded back tolet steam escape; wrap in newspapers to insulate;keep warm in a cooler. Heat a clean brick, wrappedin foil, in the oven, and use this to keep the coolerwarm. This is also good baked ahead, chilled, andserved cold.
Herbed Almonds3/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 1/2 tablespoons dried Italian seasoning2 1/4 tsp. garlic powder1/2 tsp. paprika2 egg whites2 cups whole natural almondsPreheat oven to 325°. Combine first four ingredients.Whisk egg whites until opaque and soft peaks
form; add almonds, tossing to coat. Add cheese mix-ture, tossing gently to coat. Arrange almonds on asingle layer on a lightly greased baking sheet.
Bake for 15 minutes. Gently toss and arrangeagain in a single layer. Bake 15 more minutes. Tossgently.
Turn oven off and leave almonds in oven with doorajar 20 minutes. Remove and cool completely. Storein an airtight container up to 1 week.
Enough for 8 to munch onMint Brownies
1/2 cup butter1 cup sugar
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder1/4 cup flour4 eggs, beaten2 tsp. mint extract1/4 tsp. salt12 chocolate mints*Preheat oven to 350°. Line an 8” square baking
pan with foil. Spray foil with cooking spray.Blend butter, sugar, cocoa and flour in large mix-
ing bowl until well combined.Add eggs, mint extract and salt; combine well.Pour batter into prepared pan and bake 25 min.
Remove from oven and place mints over top. Returnto oven and bake an additional 5 minutes.
Remove from oven and spread mints over top ofbrownies for frosting. Cool in pan on rack.
Cut into 16-36 squares*Like Peppermint PattiesSource: Virginia Egg Council, 540-345-3958,
by Healthy ExchangesCute zucchini meatloaf muffins
Even if the men in your family aren’t wild aboutzucchini, they’ll go wild over these cute muffin meat-loaves.
16 ounces extra-lean ground turkey or beef1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon dried fine breadcrumbs1/4 cup finely chopped onion3/4 cup shredded unpeeled zucchini2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
1 cup (one 8-ounce can) tomato sauceSugar substitute suitable for baking to equal 1
tablespoon sugar1/3 cup shredded reduced-fat mozzarella cheese1. Preheat oven to 375°F. Spray a 6-well muffin
pan with olive oil-flavored cooking spray.2. In a large bowl, combine meat, breadcrumbs,
onion, zucchini, 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning and1/2 cup tomato sauce. Mix well to combine. Evenlydivide meat mixture between prepared muffin cupsand make indentation in the center of each.
3. In a small bowl, combine remaining 1/2cup tomato sauce, sugar substitute andremaining 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning. Stirin mozzarella cheese. Evenly spoon about 1tablespoon sauce mixture over top of each“muffin.”
4. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes. Place muffinpan on wire rack and let set for 5 minutes.Remove “muffins” from pan and serve atonce. Freezes well. Serves 6.
by James Carrabba, TheNew York Center for Agri-cultural Medicine & Health— NYCAMH
The Hazard Communi-cation Standard, (HCS)29 CFR 1910.1200 is alaw administered by theOccupational Safety andHealth Administration(OSHA) and is applicableto agricultural work-places. The purpose ofthis law is to ensurechemical safety in theworkplace. Under thislaw, the identities and
hazards of workplacechemicals must be avail-able and understandableto workers. Employersare required to informworkers of any chemicalhazards in the workplaceand to train workers onhow to protect them-selves from these haz-ards. In the past, thisstandard was sometimesreferred to as “The Rightto Know”, because underthe law, workers have theright to know about thehazards of the chemicals
that they work with.The HCS is now in
alignment with the Glob-ally Harmonized Systemof Classification and La-beling of Chemicals(GHS). These newchanges will make itmuch easier for workersto identify chemical haz-ards and understand thepotential hazards ofchemicals that they mustwork with. According toOSHA, these updates willprovide a more uniformand easier to understand
approach for classifyingchemicals and communi-cating hazard informa-tion on labels and safetydata sheets. The formerMaterial Safety DataSheets (MSDS) will nowbe called Safety DataSheets (SDS) under thenew revisions. Thesechanges will make it saferfor workers by providingeasily understandable in-formation on appropriatehandling and safe use ofhazardous chemicals.These new changes were
announced on March 26,2012. Changes to theHCS will be phased inover the next few yearsand will be fully imple-mented by June 1, 2016.
Major Changes to theHazard CommunicationStandard:
• Hazard Classifica-tion: Provides specificcriteria for classificationof health and physicalhazards, as well as classi-fication of mixtures.
• Labels: Chemicalmanufacturers and im-porters will be required toprovide a label and SDSthat includes a harmo-nized signal word, pic-togram, and hazardstatement for each haz-ard class and category.By June 1, 2015, GHSstandardized pictogramswill be required on chem-ical labels to warn of haz-ards that each chemicalhas. Precautionary state-ments must also be pro-vided.
• Safety Data Sheets(SDS): (formerly knownas MSDS) Will now havespecific 16 section for-mat.
• Information andTraining: Important tonote; employers are re-quired to train workersby Dec. 1, 2013 on thenew label elements andSDS format to facilitaterecognition and under-standing.
Other provisions of theHCS have not changed.To be in compliance withthis standard, a businessmust have a written haz-ard communication pro-gram. The hazard com-munication programmust address these sixareas:
1. Name a person re-sponsible for overseeing
the program2. Create an inventory
of all chemicals at theworksite
3. Properly label allchemical containers
4. Obtain and keep onfile a SDS for each chem-ical
5. Train workers onhow to read product la-bels and SDS’s
6. Train workers onhow to protect them-selves from the chemicalsand document training
The HCS states thatSDS’s must be readilyavailable to workers.Workers are free to con-sult the SDS anytimethey have a questionabout a particular chemi-cal. Before using a chem-ical, it is a good idea tocheck the SDS. The SDSwill list the personal pro-tective equipment neededand the appropriate firstaid measures that shouldbe taken in case of anemergency. Worker train-ing is an important com-ponent of complying withthe HCS. The employeetraining should includean explanation of thestandard, how to read alabel and SDS, where tofind the SDS’s, types ofchemicals used in theworkplace, how to protectthemselves from thesechemicals and how to usethe appropriate PersonalProtective Equipment(PPE). Employers need todocument the training.Pesticide labels are ex-empt from the HCS, butthey will have the newSDS’s and need to be in-cluded in a farm’s HCSprogram. Pesticide labelsare covered under theEPA Worker ProtectionStandard (WPS), 40 CFR1970.
Changes to the hazard communicationstandard are coming
GHS Hazard Pictograms that will appear on chemical la-bels. Each pictogram has a white background framed bya red border. The pictogram used on the label is deter-mined by the chemical hazard classification.
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These farm safety tipsare provided by the Pro-gressive Agriculture SafetyDay® program. For infor-mation on how you cankeep your child safe andhealthy on the farm, ranchand at home, go towww.progressiveag.org
Question: The driver of acar, traveling at 50 mph,sees a tractor about 400feet ahead on the road. Thetractor is traveling at 20mph. How long does thedriver of the car have to re-spond, slow down andavoid a rear end collision?
a) More than 60 sec-onds
b) 30 to 40 secondsc) Less than 10 sec-
ondsAnswer: c) Less than
10 seconds. In those 10seconds, the motoristmust recognize a danger-ous situation exists, de-termine the speed atwhich the tractor ismoving, decide what ac-tion to take, take thataction and actually slowthe vehicle to avoid arear-end collision. Trac-tor owners can alert driv-ers that they are travel-ing at slow speeds by dis-playing a slow-movingvehicle (SMV) emblem onthe back of tractors andall slow-moving farmequipment.
Question: When some-one is overcome by manuregases, it is important to getthat person out of the areaas quickly as possible.True or False?
Answer: False. As ani-mal wastes break down,several gases are pro-duced. These gases areoften trapped in manurestorage structures thatdo not have proper ven-tilation. Of these gases,hydrogen sulfide is themost dangerous and isresponsible for the mostmanure-related deaths ofboth animals and people.In low concentrations,this gas smells like rot-ten eggs. But at higherconcentrations, it para-lyzes the sense of smell.Within seconds of expo-sure, hydrogen sulfidecan cause unconscious-ness and then death.
NEVER try to rescuesomeone who is uncon-scious in a manure stor-age structure unless youhave proper equipmentand knowledge of the sit-uation. Instead, call 911or your local emergencymedical service. Multipledeaths from manure gas-es are common becauserescuers succumb to thesame gases as the vic-tim.
It is important thatchildren stay away frommanure storage areas.Fencing/child-proofingthe area is highly recom-mended.
Question: Lightening oc-curs only where it is rain-ing. True or False?
Answer: False. Con-
trary to popular belief,lightening often strikesareas outside of heavyrain and can occur as faras 10 miles away fromany rainfall. Many peoplealso believe that “heatlightening” after a veryhot summer day posesno threat. In reality,“heat lightening” is from
a storm too far away forthe thunder to be heardand it could be movingin your direction.
Most deaths due tolightening happen out-doors. Make sure all fam-ily members know whatto do if caught outsideduring a thunderstorm.In an open field, find a
low spot, away fromtrees, fences and poles.If you are in the woods,take shelter under short-er trees. If you have noshelter, make yourselfthe smallest target bysquatting low to theground on the balls ofyour feet. Minimize con-tact with the ground and
place your hands on yourknees with your head be-tween them when yourskin tingles or your hairstands on end. If you arein a tractor or other ve-hicle, stay put, with yourhands in your lap. Vehi-cles can provide betterprotection than lying ex-posed in open fields.
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by Ben LaCrossParched and burnt
cornfields, hayfields asyellow as the sun andchalky, dry soil are im-ages we’ve seen from therecord-setting drought of2012. The farm bill issupposed to be the safe-ty net for agriculture, es-
pecially in catastrophicdisaster years such asthis. But alas, chancesof passing a new farmbill, which is set to ex-pire on Sept. 30, is wilt-ing as fast as a Midwest-ern cornstalk.
Now, only a handful ofdays remains on the leg-
islative calendar beforethe election.
The farm bill wasgrowing strong andsteady through June.The Senate, under theleadership of AgricultureCommittee ChairwomanDebbie Stabenow (D-MI)and Ranking Member
Pat Roberts (R-KS),passed a strong, biparti-san bill. This bill showedreal promise of reformand savings. The bill cutout the direct paymentprogram, an antiquatedsystem of risk manage-ment for farmers. Cropinsurance was strength-
ened and expanded, en-suring that farmerswould have to have “skinin the game” for theirrisk management needs.
The nutrition title,which makes up wellover 80 percent of all
farm bill spending, wasalso reformed. The daysof lottery winners whostill receive food stampswould be gone. Conser-vation would bestrengthened, allowingfarmers to partner withthe federal governmentto grow their environ-mental stewardship.
Agriculture under-stands the importance ofbeing fiscally responsible.Farmers are ready to dotheir part to reduce thenational deficit. In fact,this bill would have savedtaxpayers more than $23billion, compared to pre-vious farm bills.
The bipartisan HouseAgriculture Committee-passed bill, crafted byChairman Frank Lucas(R-OK) and RankingMember Colin Peterson(D-MN), would havesaved taxpayers evenmore. But, like the fieldsthat never benefited fromtimely rains to save theircrops, House leadershipdealt what could amountto a drought-like blow bynot bringing up the farmbill for a timely vote.
Due to that lack of polit-ical urgency, farmers arenow facing another poten-tial disaster. This time,though, we can’t blameMother Nature. This ca-tastrophe is man-made.
Northern Michigan ex-perienced record warmthfor more than seven daysin the middle of March.While 85 degree tempswere welcomed after along winter, we fruitfarmers knew we were infor trouble. The hotweather awoke our treesfrom dormancy, pushingflower buds to maturefour to six weeks early. Asthe weather patterns re-turned to normal, so didthe cold, freezing temper-atures, and they froze outthe majority of the fruitgrown in Michigan, mycherries included.
Tart cherries, the fruityou enjoy in pie, and thecrop my family relies onfor the majority of ourharvest, is not eligible forcrop insurance. Our in-dustry has been chal-lenging USDA’s RiskManagement Agency toexpand crop insuranceto our fruit, but thewheels of bureaucracyseem to have been stuckin the mud.
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The all-new 504 PROBaler from Vermeer isbuilt to handle the de-mands of heavy, wet ma-terial for frequent silagebaling. The 5 foot by 4foot variable chamber
baler has the heavy drivecomponents necessaryfor effective silage baling,and also offers the fea-tures and flexibility toproduce high qualitybales in a variety of ma-
terials. With the stan-dard, color touchscreenE-Link Pro monitor, bal-ing operations can beeasily controlled fromthe cab.
“Features such as Hy-
droflexcontrol and theXtracut17 chopper sys-tem have proven to bevery effective in balingsilage, and we’re excitedto offer those features inthis all-new 5 foot by 4
foot baler,” said PhilChrisman, VermeerProduct Manger. “The504 PRO Baler has manyof the same componentsfound in our 404 PROSilage Baler, but in a
variable chamber with astandard wide pick-upthat gives producersmore flexibility to balewet or dry hay.
With Hydroflexcontrol,the floor of the 504 PRO
Baler can flex up anddown to minimize block-age in the pick-up. Thisfeature also gives the op-erator the ability to hy-draulically open the floorof the baler should ablockage occur so theycan easily clear the plugwithout leaving the cab.The Xtracut17 is a 17-knife chopper system onthe pick-up rotor, withthe option of utilizingknives in quantities of 0,8, 9 or 17. This featurecontributes to better baledensity, fermentation,silage quality and di-gestibility, and also pro-vides a consistent, pre-cut material for addi-tions to rations fed usinga mixer wagon.
In addition, the all-new, color touchscreenE-Link Pro monitorcomes standard with the504 PRO Baler. “The E-Link Pro monitor givescustomers some user-friendly capabilities andfunctions we haven’t of-fered before,” said Chris-man. “Operators will ap-preciate the ability toelectronically controlbale density from thecab, or the ramp ‘home’
sensor that alerts the op-erator when the bale isfully ejected for a fastertailgate cycle. They canalso collect and storecomprehensive field andoperation statistics,among the many otherfeatures this monitorhas to offer.”
Other features of the504 PRO Baler includethe patented PowersplitTransmission with asplit gearbox design forbetter use of horsepowerwhen baling in heavymaterial, endless belts toeliminate the need forlace maintenance, and
heavy-duty chains, bear-ings and other drivecomponents add dura-bility when handlingheavy, dense silagebales.
For more informationabout the 504 PRO Balerand E-Link Pro monitor,visit vermeer.com.
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The Senate-passedfarm bill contained pro-visions to expand cropinsurance to help farm-ers like me manage riskwhen weather catastro-phes are out of our con-trol. Much of the pro-
posed legislation wouldhelp farmers who’vebeen affected by thisyear’s drought, as well.Yet the House still hasnot scheduled a vote onthis bill.
Farmers certainly
aren’t the only people af-fected by the delayedpassage of the farm bill.Twenty-three millionpeople — one in every 12working American’s —work in agriculture.Agriculture expands for-
eign trade, and is theonly industry with a pos-itive balance of trade.
Think, also, of the mil-lions of schoolchildrenand families in need thatthis bill helps to feed.Last year, the AgricultureDepartment reportedthat one in six Americanswere “food insecure.” Atone point or another lastyear, these folks weren’tsure where their nextmeal would come from. Ifit weren’t for the farm
bill’s nutrition programs,many more might strug-gle to eat.
The droughts and oth-er natural disasters mayhave done damage be-yond repair to this year’sharvests, but the Housecould still breathe lifeback into this bill. It’snot too late.
Congress, it’s time topass this farm bill now.
Ben LaCross is a fruitgrower in northern Michi-gan. He is a member of
the Michigan Farm Bu-reau board of directorsand is immediate pastchairman of the AFBFYoung Farmers & Ranch-ers Committee.
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Saturday September 15, 2012 11:00 AMAuction To Be Held @ Patire Sales & Service, 191 Main Street, Hoosick Falls, NY.
Quality Auction Of Repair Shop Equipment, Auto Lifts, Tire Mach.'s & Balancer, Wrecker, Waste OilFurnace, Compressors, GM Specialty Tools, Old GM Manuals & Signs, Office Equip., Etc.
Including: (4) 9000 Lb. 2-Post Above-Ground Auto Lifts; Emglo & IR Shop Air Compressors; Energylogic EL200HWaste Oil Furnace On Rack w/ Underneath Tank, 18 Mos. Old, Like New!; Hunter Align. Mach. Pro-Cut PFM-9-2,On-Car Brake Lathe; (2) SPX Strut Compressors; SPX Evap. Emissions Tester; (2) GM Tech 2 & Tech 1 PalmScanners; Snap-On Solus Palm Scanner; Snap-On Batt Charger / Tester; Many Trans. Support Stands & Jack Stands;GM Mig. 160 Mig Welder; Lincoln 225 Welder; Trans. Jacks; NYS Inspection Station Computer; Sice S-408, ArmTire Machine, Will Do The Big Wheels, Super Nice!; Coats 40-40A Tire Machine; Coats 1001 Tire Balancer; 3 Gun-Fluid Pump System; (3) 275 Gal. Oil Tanks; Eng. Cherry Picker; Oil Catchers; New Mufflers; GM Accessories; Elec.Connectors; Asst. New Tires, Parts, Bedliners; Chart Frame Puller-Porta-Power System; Porta-Powers; '70's, '80's &'90's GM Service Manuals - Chevy, Olds & Buick; OLD '65 Chevy Corvette Stingray Light Up Show Room Sign,Neat!; Office Equipment - Desks, File Cab.'s, Computers, Etc.; Steel Parts Shelving; Etc.; Etc.; Many More Items,Than Listed!!Special: 1985 Chevy 30, 1-Ton Wrecker Truck w/ Holmes 440 Wrecker Body w/ Winch & Wheel Lift Attachment,454 V8, 4 Spd., Super Clean!!Auctioneers Note: The Patire's Have Decided To Pursue Other Business Interests, Thus Prompting His Auction. TheItems We Have To Sell Are Top Quality And Are In Super-Clean Condition!! Plan To Attend For Quality. The Patire'sWere Chevy-Olds-Buick Dealers Until 2 Yrs. Ago. Terms: Payment In Full Day Of Auction In Cash, Good Check or Major Credit Card w/ Positive ID. 13% BuyersPremium, w/ 3% Discount For Payments Made By Cash or GOOD Check. Nothing Removed Until Settled For! NYSSales Tax Applies, Unless You Can Prove Your Exemption;Auction Preview: Friday, Sept. 14, 2012 From 12 Noon - 5PM, Or Day Of Auction From 8:30 AM To Auction Time.
Licensed Real Estate Brokers & AuctioneersLicensed Real Estate Brokers In NY, NJ & PA
Whitney Point, N.Y. 13862607-692-4540 / 1-800-MANASSE
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Farm & ConstructionEquipment Auction
Sat., Oct. 6TH, 2012 • 10amLocation: Capital District Farmers Market
381 Broadway, Menands, NY 12204 (Albany)
Contact us early to advertise your
consignments, the list is growing every day!
Very early consignments include: JD 2355 w/ 2900 hrs; MF
394H High Clearance tractor; Bobcat 440 Skid Steer; Oliver
550; 2011 McCormick X10-25 4wd w/ ldr-25 hrs like new;Small Essick vibratory roller; Irrigation pump w/ 6cyl Fordeng; New 3pt fence line mower; New Skid Steer attach-ments; New Taylor Way dump trailer; Pneumasem 2rowvegetable planter used only for test plots at University-likenew; 100s more items coming in. Call or email us early toadd yours to this growing list! Terms: Cash or good check. All items sold as is. Consignordelivery and preview Wed-Fri., Oct. 3-4-5 8am-4pm. List issubject to change.
Auction by;
MMACFADDENN && SONS,, INC.1457 Hwy. Rt. 20, Sharon Springs, NY 13459
(518) 284-2090 orwww.macfaddens.com
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The American Sheep In-dustry Association’s (ASI)Board of Directors (BOD)approved the association’sfiscal year 2012-2013 woolbudget and the legislativebudget as well as approvedthe membership dues rate.The budget proposals wererecommended to the direc-tors by ASI’s AmericanWool Council and the exec-utive board.
The $2.25 million woolbudget provides programsand services that will im-prove sheep production,marketing and informationabout American wool. Thewool programs serve sheepproducers, domestic andinternational wool initia-tives and the use of Ameri-can wool by the U.S. mili-tary for fire-retardant,moisture-managing, ma-chine-washable and an-timicrobial wool fabric.Funds are also providedfor local wool projectsthrough the Wool Out-reach program.
Board members also vot-ed in favor of the Fund IIbudget, which is used forthe legislative and mem-bership activities of the as-sociation as well as associ-ation services.
Finally, in a unanimousvote, the BOD approvedthe re-entry of Rhode Is-land Sheep Cooperative asan ASI member state mak-ing them the 46th mem-
ber.“I am very pleased with
the board of director’s sup-port for ASI’s innovativeprograms for the next fis-cal year,” stated MargaretSoulen Hinson (Idaho), ASIpresident. “These ap-proved programs are vital
to keeping our industrythriving and gainingstrength into the future,and it is encouraging thatthe state organizations rec-ognize that value.”
Source: AmericanSheep Industry Weekly,Aug. 31
ASI approves 2012-2013 BudgetWhat’s the BIG BUZZ
this fall?
September 13, 2012 Eastern States Expo - Springfield, MA1:00pm THE BEST OF THE BEST WILL SELL!
SATURDAY, SEPT. 29TH 2012 8AMFarm & Construction Eq - Collector Tractors - Plus lots more!!!This is a very early listing - much more coming in! Live Online bidding available!
TRACTORS: 2008 NH TB120 4wd - 2000 hrs; JD 4050 4 post quad; Sharp Ford 7710 Series II 4wd w/ cab & loader-3200 hrs!!!!;Sharp'75 IH 1066-One owner 4200 hrs; IH 1086; MF 1105 w/ cab-4200 hrs-sharp; MF 3435GE Orchard tractor w/ cab & loader1600 hrs; Landini Legend 125 4wd; Oliver 1855 w/ rops & canopy - new tires; Oliver 1655-Fresh $5300 overhaul; IH 686 dsl w/Rops-fresh overhaul; IH Hydro 70 gas 3300hrs-one owner; IH Farmall Hydro 86 Hi Crop w/ Rops & canopy; (3) Ford 2000s;Modified mini pulling tractor w/ small block V8 - over 20K invested!; (2) mini rod pulling tractors w/ 4 cyl Yamaha engines; MF1105; MF 1130; (10) compact tractors including a New McCormick X10-40 4wd w/ ldr; JD 770 4wd & ldr; Kubota L245 4wd &ldr; Kubota B8200 4wd w/ backhoe; JD 850; Ford 1920; IH 284 4wd; IH Cub LoBoy w/ Woods mwr; Cub Cadet, JD & KawasakiUtility vehicles; + at least 40 more tractors by sale time!CONSTRUCTION & INDUSTRIAL: Ingersoll-Rand VR530 telehandler w/ cab -1700 hrs -like new!; Case 550H WT dozer - 1800hrs; Sharp JD 450E dozer; JD 325 Skid Steer-nice; Bobcat 743; Bobcat 440; Bobcat 325 excavator-2021 hrs; '06 Case CX31Bexcavator-1200 hrs; JD 555 Crawler Loader; Cat 955 crawler loader; Lumbermate 2000 Bandsaw mill - like new; Cushman, JD& Cub Cadet utility vehicles; Goosen 3pt bale chopper-brand new; + moreSALVAGE; JD 6400 4wd w/ loader; JD 6200 4wd w/ loader; NH LS190B, Case 420 & Gehl 3635 Skid Steers - all are partial firedamage. Cat D6D w/water in oil-runs & drives; several older tractorsANTIQUE & COLLECTOR TRACTORS: 1961 JD 840 diesel elevating scraper- S/N849 very low hours and all original; 1960 JD830 diesel S/N6669- only 4997 orig. hours super nice all original tractor w/ rare foot throttle; John Deere AOS-restored w/ orig-inal nose!; JD AOS - original - runs good; 1951 JD A High Crop S/N 686252-on one farm since new-totally original! JD BOLindeman: Nice JD 820 diesel; JD 720 gas Std w/ 3pt; JD 620 gas; JD 620 LP gas-original; JD 730 dsl; JD 730 gas w/ 3pt; '44 JDB w/ cable loader; Unstyled B; JB AW; JD GW; JD Unstyled A puller .125 over-it's hot!; JD 4010 LP Standard; Rare Long-LandiniR9500-all original; Farmall 460 gas-2600 original hours; JD 2010 diesel high crop - original; 1939 JH H - Totally original includ-ing tires & paint!; 1939 Farmall H - all original including the tires!; 1947 Farmall HV high crop - nice all original tractor; FarmallSuper C w/ 2pt very low hours and all original; Rare Oliver 660 rubber tired roller 2000 orig hrs; Oliver 770 rubber tired roller;MMR industrial w/ ldr - very low hours; Cockshutt 560 dsl; Cockshutt 1850 diesel Wheatland-original; Case 900-original; MH333 standard; Nice restored IH collection including WD-9; 400 dsl; 10-20- and others; JD GW; JD AW; AC WD45 diesel; Farmall350 diesel; Case RC; MH44 Special dsl; JD L-restored; Avery V- nice original; Cockshutt 50 w/ V8; Rare Opperman Motocart;Original 3 wheel Bobcat ldr; IH Spirit of '76 Garden Tractor; Ellis Keystone Pony Treadmill-original; Several Hit & Miss Enginesincl a Reliance Bracket & Shaw 5hp Made in Somersworth NH; IH 1hp Famous beautiful restoration; IH Tom Thumb; 1/2 hpEconomy-original; 3/4hp Associated-air cooled; Orig IH Open Grille H & JD 60 pedal tractors; 50 lots of farm toys, literature;primitives + more FARM & EQ: 100+ pcs of farm and construction equipt of all kinds. Early list includes; H&S 325 spreader; Krone KR160; NH848; & Hesston 5600 round balers; Degelman rock picker; Elho bale wrapper; Kverneland KD 807 bale chopper; Nice Tye 12ftNo-Till drill w/ grass; NH 311 baler; Kuhn 7ft disc mwr; Nice JD 950 12ft cultimulcher; JD 510 grain drill-nice; Bush Hog 12ftfinish mwr; Kuhn GTA5100 hyd fold tedder-nearly new; (5) manure spreaders including Sharp NI 3718; Nice JD 40; Nearly newPequea 50; Millcreek plus others; Rebuilt NH 716 Forage wagon; (20) new rear tractor tires 24-42 in; (5) sets new compacttractor wheels & tires; More coming in. Call early to advertise your consignments. AUCTIONEER'S NOTE: Lots of quality here impossible to duplicate! Absentee & phone bidding available. Trucking availableanywhere. List is subject to changes.
MacFadden & Sons Inc. 1457 Hwy Rt 20 Sharon Springs NY 13459518-284-2090 or www.macfaddens.com
Equipment that sells: Case IH 7220 Magnum 4W cab/air; NH L465 skidsteer; Kuhn 5042 Vertical Mixer Wagon; Knight 8118 tandem axle side slingermanure spreader; Case IH 1420 Combine w/4row 943 corn head, 810-15grain head; NI Kinze corn planter 4 row dry fert.; semen tank - MACH SM-43(6 mth tank). Produce: AG bag of haylage approx. 10' x 100'; Bunk of haylageapprox. 40' x 150'. Quantity of 2nd Cutting square bales of grass & clover hay.All produce needs to be removed within 60 days after the sale.250 Head sell - 120 milking age - DHI tested, balance bred heifers & youngstock. Cows are ave. 53#/day with cows milking up to 106#. 30 fresh in thelast 60 days, 25 due in Sept., 25 due in the fall - a year around herd in allstages of lactation. RHA 14685 3.5 532f. Herd consist of Holsteins (someR&W), Jerseys, Jersey Crosses and are milking well on Lush pasture & verylittle grain.Health: This herd has been on a regular vaccination program. Cattle will beinterstate tested immediately after the sale. Cattle have been inoculated forshipping fever and pregnancy examined.Sale order: 10 AM starting on large equipment, 11 AM selling produce, sementank following with cattle.Directions: From Poland at the intersection of Rt. 8 & Rt. 28 take Rt. 8 North1.8 miles and turn left on Military Road then right on Grant Road. Watch forauction signs.
Check out website for pictures www.hoskingsales.com
Sale Managed by:Hosking SalesTom & Brenda Hosking6810 West River Rd., Nichols, NY 13812607-699-3637 or 607-972-1770 or 1771
hrs; 2009 Branson 3510H fork lift 2500# cap 5.4 hrs diesel 4WD; Hyster 5000#diesel fork lift; Work Force MD XLB4319 elec trailer mounted boom lift 43' workingheight; Simon-Eagle 32/12 2WD elec man lift; Genie Z45/22 4WD dual fuel boom lift;1990 Int 4000 diesel truck w/telect crane; 1988 Interstate 12T equip trailer; 1997Custom tandem dual equip trailer; 2013 Haulmark 6x12 enclosed trailer w/ramp gate;New 9' dump body; New 10' steel flatbed body; New 12' steel flatbed body; MQ
Whiteman WM-70 tow behind mixer Honda powered;Wildkat hyd Q/A brush mower; Wildkat HD hyd stackinggrapple bucket; Hyd grapple bucket (JD mount); KubotaB7200 4WD w/mid mount mower 630 hrs; Kubota G6200HST diesel w/mower 839 hrs; Kubota G1800 dieselw/mower; Kubota ZD21 diesel 60" deck zero turn mowerw/1195 hrs; Int B414 diesel tractor; Long 510 diesel tractor;Brush Hog 305 rotary mower; Kubota L3571 3pth finishmower; NH 310 baler w/kicker; Int side rake and more.
Al ll vehicless mustt havee properr t i t lee paperss orpreviouss regist ra t ions.
This is a small list of consignments as they are mostlyaccepted on Fr idayy -- Sept .. 14thh from 8:00 to 12:00.Small items will be accepted from 8:00 to 10:00 and only
2 1/2 rows will be accepted.NOO CONSIGNMENTSS ACCEPTEDD ONN THURSDAY!
Monday, September 10• 8:00 AM: Half Acre Market, Ridge Rd.,Auburn, NY. Drop Off Only. John Kelley, EmpireLivestock Marketing, 315-258-9752.• 12:00 Noon: Pavilion Market, 357 Lake St.,Pavilion, NY. Regular sale. Empire LivestockMarketing, 585-584-3033, Sue Rudgers, Man-ager, 518-584-3033• 12:30 PM: Dryden Market, 49 E. Main St., Dry-den, NY. Calves. Phil Laug, Manager, EmpireLivestock Marketing, 607-844-9104• 12:30 PM: Burton Livestock, Vernon, NY.Sheep, Goats, Pigs, Horses & Hay. 1:30 pmCalves & Beef. Regular Monday schedule. TimMiller, Manager, Empire Livestock Marketing,315-829-3105• 1:00 PM: Hosking Sales (former Welch Live-stock), 6096 NYS Rt 8, New Berlin, NY (30miles S of utica & 6 miles N of New Berlin.Monthly Heifer Sale. 10 Registered BrownSwiss all milking age - show quality. RichardBuczek sends a nice group of 10 Holstein Openheifers - dehorned, vac. for rabies. 20-25 startedheifers & calves from overstocked dairy with afew nearing breeding age. Followed by sheep,lamb, goats, pigs & feeders. Calves & cull beefapprox. 5-5:30 pm. Tom & Brenda Hoskings
607-699-3637, 607-847-8800, cell 607-972-1770 or 1771
www.hoskingsales.com• 2:00 PM: Gouverneur Market, 952 US Hwy.11, Gouverneur, NY. Calves, Pigs, Goats, Dairyand Beef. Jack Bero, Mgr. & Auctioneer, EmpireLivestock Marketing, 315-322-3500, sale barn315-287-0220• 4:00 PM: Chatham Market, 2249 Rte. 203,Chatham, NY. Regular Sale starting with calves.Harold Renwick, Mgr. & Auctioneer, EmpireLivestock Marketing, 315-420-9092 or AuctionBarn at 518-392-3321.
www.empirelivestock.com• 4:00 PM: Stafford, Genesee County, NY. Tools,
household, glassware. William Kent Inc.www.williamkentinc.com
Tuesday, September 11• 10:00 AM: 840 Fords Bush Rd., Fort Plain, NY.Auction every Tuesday. Groceries, hay, straw,grain & firewood. Mohawk Valley Produce Auc-tion, 518-568-3579• 1:00 PM: Central Bridge Livestock, Rte. 30A,Central Bridge, NY. Consigned from WashingCo. Farmer. Overstocked sends 10 fresh hfrs.,Hols. X. All have had 9 way & have beenwormed. Real nice group of hfrs. Dairy, sheep,goats, pigs and horses; 3:30 PM feeders fol-lowed by beef and calves. Tim Miller, Mgr. &Auctioneer, Empire Livestock Marketing, 518-868-2006, 800-321-3211.
Wednesday, September 12• 8:00 AM: Half Acre Market, Ridge Rd.,Auburn, NY. Drop Off Only. John Kelley, EmpireLivestock Marketing, 315-258-9752• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Regular Live-stock Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com• 1:30 PM: Dryden Market, 49 E. Main St., Dry-den, NY. Phil Laug, Manager, Empire LivestockMarketing, 607-844-9104• 1:30 PM: Burton Livestock, Vernon, NY. Calvesfollowed by beef. Tim Miller, Manager, EmpireLivestock Marketing, 315-829-3105• 1:30 PM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 PickupHill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Regular sale. Em-pire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-447-3842, Sue Rudgers, Manager716-296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & SalesManager 716-450-0558
Thursday, September 13• 8:00 AM: Half Acre Market, Ridge Rd.,Auburn, NY. Drop off only. John Kelley, EmpireLivestock Marketing, 315-258-9752• 12:30 PM: Pavilion Market, 357 Lake St.,
Pavilion, NY. Regular sale. Empire LivestockMarketing, 585-584-3033, Sue Rudgers, Man-ager, 518-584-3033• 1:15 PM: Burton Livestock, Vernon, NY. Ourusual run of dairy cows, heifers & service bulls.Tim Miller, Manager, Empire Livestock Market-ing, 315-829-3105• 2:00 PM: Gouverneur Market, 952 US Hwy.11, Gouverneur, NY. Calves, Pigs, Goats, Dairyand Beef. Jack Bero, Mgr. & Auctioneer, EmpireLivestock Marketing, 315-322-3500, sale barn315-287-0220• 5:00 PM: Central Bridge Livestock, Rte. 30A,Central Bridge, NY. Calves, followed by Beef.Tim Miller, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire LivestockMarketing, 518-868-2006, 800-321-3211.
Friday, September 14• Albany, NY. A.Lyon & Son, 315-633-2944
www.lyonauction.com• 10:00 AM: 840 Fords Bush Rd., Fort Plain, NY.Auction every Friday. Groceries, hay, straw,grain & firewood. Mohawk Valley Produce Auc-tion, 518-568-3579• 11:00 AM: Smyrna, NY. Frog Rock Farm Com-plete Milking herd & Bred Heifer Dispersal. 55head All AI sired Holsteins. Owner Pete May-nard. Tom & Brenda Hosking 607-699-3637,607-847-8800, cell 607-972-1770 or 1771
www.hoskingsales.com• 6:00 PM: D.R. Chambers & Sons, 76 MapleAve., Unadilla, NY. Horse Sales every other Fri-day. Tack at 1 pm, horses at 6 pm. D.R. Cham-bers & Sons, 607-369-8231
• 8:00 AM: Teitsworth Auction Yard, Geneseo,NY. Special Fall Consignment Auction. Farm &Construction Eq. Heavy & Light Trucks. Con-signments welcome. Roy Teitsworth, Inc.
www.teitsworth.com
• 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. SaturdayHorse Sales. Tack at 9 am, sale at 10 am. Fin-ger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com• 10:30 AM: 2481 Beech Hill Rd., Standards,NY. Great Quality Auction for Kenneth & CarolDidion. Tractor, Equipment, Craftsman, KingKutter, Household. R.G. Mason Auctions, 585-567-8844
www.rgmasonauctions.com• 11:00 AM: Malone, NY. 2nd Annual FranklinCo. Auction. Seized vehicles, cars, trucks, 4wheelers, snowmobiles, heavy equipment. H&LAuctions, Scott Hamilton 518-483-8787, cell518-569-0460. Edeard Legacy 518-483-7386,cell 518-832-0616.
Monday, September 17• 12:30 PM: 6096 NYS Rt 8, New Berlin, NY.Monthly sheep, lamb, goat & pig sale. Specialfor this week- Montgomery County Herd - 35Head Dairy - 30 cows and 5 close bred heifers.Year around herd ave. 50# AI sired, AI bred.Mostly Holsteins, few crosses with 4 -5 R&WHolsteins.Misc & small animals. 12:30 produce,1 PM dairy. We now sell lambs, goats, pigs &feeders immediately following dairy. Calves &cull beef app 5-5:30 PM. Tom & Brenda Hosk-ing, 607-699-3637, 607-847-8800, cell 607-972-1770 or 1771
www.hoskingsales.comTuesday, September 18
• 10:00 AM: 840 Fords Bush Rd., Fort Plain, NY.Special Pumpkin and Fall Decor Auction. Mo-hawk Valley Produce Auction, 518-568-3579
Wednesday, September 19• Atlanta, GA. A.Lyon & Son, 315-633-2944
www.lyonauction.com• 10:30 AM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 PickupHill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Monthly Heifer Sale.Followed by our regular Wednesday sale at1:30 pm. Empire Livestock Market, 716-296-
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To Have Your Auction Listed, See Your Sales Representativeor Contact David Dornburgh at 518-673-0109 • Fax 518-673-2381
ADDISON COUNTY COMMISSION SALESRte. 125, E. Middlebury, VT 05740
Sale every Monday & ThursdaySpecializing in Complete Farm Dispersals
“A Leading Auction Service”In Vt. 800-339-2697 or 800-339-COWS
802-388-2661 • 802-388-2639
ALEX LYON & SON Sales Managers & Auctioneers, Inc.
5041 or 585-447-3842, Sue Rudgers, Manager716-296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & SalesManager 716-450-0558• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Regular Live-stock Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com• 3:00 PM: D.R. Chambers & Sons, 76 MapleAve., Unadilla, NY. Dairy Day Special FeederSale. Every Wednesday following Dairy. D.R.Chambers & Sons, 607-369-8231
www.drchambersauction.comFriday, September 21
• Parkersburg, WV. A.Lyon & Son, 315-633-2944
www.lyonauction.comSaturday, September 22
• On the Farm, 2006 Grant Rd., Poland, NY(Herkimer Co.). B&L Dairy Complete OrganicDairy Dispersal “NOFA.” 250 head sell - 120milking age, balance bred heifers & youngstock. Equip. selling, Case IH 7220 Magnum4WD w/cab, NH L465 skidsteer, Knight 8118Manure spreader, Kuhn 5042 Vertical Mixer &more. Hay & Haylage. Tom & Brenda Hosking,607-699-3637, 607-847-8800, cell 607-972-1770 or 1771
www.hoskingsales.com• Scranton, PA. Complete Liquidation: Aggre-gate, Construction, Support Equipment, TruckTractors, Dump Trucks & Trailers. A. Lyon & Son
315-633-2944www.lyonauction.com
• Waddington, NY. Farm Machinery, Milkhouse& Barn Equip. Willis Shattuck, 315-347-3003,with H&L Auctions, Ed Legacy 518-483-0800,Scott Hamilton 518-483-8787• 9:00 AM: Alabama, Genesee County, NY.Carmine Scopano Real Estate. Firearm, fishingeq, tool and bar eq. Selling former Dew DropInn plus over 130 guns, numerous rods, reels
and tackle, plus contents of the bar. WilliamKent Inc.
www.williamkentinc.com• 9:00 AM: 4276 Rt. 96 South, Waterloo, NY. Es-tate of Carl Poormon. Dann Auctioneers, DelosDann, 585-396-1676
www.dannauctioneers.htm,www.cnyauctions.com
• 9:00 AM: Routes 39 & 219, Springville, NY.Lamb & Webster Used Equipment Auction.Farm Tractors & Machinery. Roy Teitsworth,Inc., Professional Auctioneers, 585-243-1563
www.teitsworth.com• 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Feeder Sale.Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515
• Kutztown, PA. Plushanski Farm Real EstateAuction. Co-managed w/Bachman Auction. 320acre state of the art dairy farm. The Cattle Ex-change, 607-746-2226
• 10:00 AM: Bath, NY. Steuben Co SurplusEquipment, Vehicles, & Buses Auction. PirrungAuctioneers, Inc.
www.pirrunginc.com• 3:00 PM: Brockport, Monroe County, NY. Don-ald Hibsch Contracting Retirement Auction. Fullline of contracting equipment, including JD323DT skidsteer w/ 40 hours, Kubota KX161excavator, 07 Chevy 2500 Duramax, 03 FordE450 diesel, Delta power tools and more.William Kent Inc.
www.williamkentinc.com• 4:00 PM: 6312 CR 36 W. Lake Rd. Honeoye,NY. For Leland and Nancy Durkee. Dann Auc-tioneers, Delos Dann, 585-396-1676
www.dannauctioneers.htm,www.cnyauctions.com
Friday, September 28• Chicago, Il. A.Lyon & Son, 315-633-2944
www.lyonauction.comSaturday, September 29
• Atlantic City, NJ. A.Lyon & Son, 315-633-2944www.lyonauction.com
• Twister Valley, Fort Plain, NY. Power SportsConsignment Auction. Benuel Fisher Auctions,518-568-2257• 9:00 AM: Ridge, Rd, Brockport, NY. LakelandEquipment Auction. Used equipment, lawnmowers. Roy Teitsworth, Inc.
• Atlantic City, NJ. A.Lyon & Son, 315-633-2944www.lyonauction.com
Wednesday, October 3• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Regular Live-stock Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com• 1:30 PM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 PickupHill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Regular sale. Em-pire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-447-3842, Sue Rudgers, Manager716-296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & SalesManager 716-450-0558
Thursday, October 4• 4:00 PM: Lockport, Niagra County, NY. Lock-port Farm Machinery & Consignment Auction.Now accepting consignments. William Kent Inc.
www.williamkentinc.com or 585-343-5449Friday, October 5
Saturday, October 6• 9:00 AM: 145 Paul Rd., Exit 17, Rt. 390,Rochester, NY. Monroe County MunicipalEquipment Auction. Heavy Construction Equip-ment, Cars & Trucks. Roy Teitsworth, Inc., Pro-fessional Auctioneers, 585-243-1563
www.teitsworth.com• 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Feeder Sale.Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com
PARTICIPATING AUCTIONEERSHARRIS WILCOX, INC.
Bergen, NY585-494-1880
www.harriswilcox.comSales Managers, Auctioneers,
& Real Estate Brokers
HILLTOP AUCTION CO.3856 Reed Rd., Savannah, NY 13146
Jay Martin 315-521-3123Elmer Zieset 315-729-8030
HOSKING SALESSales Managers & Auctioneer
6810 W. River Rd., Nichols, NY 13812Tom & Brenda Hosking • AU 005392
Looking to have a farm sale or just sell a few?Give us a call. Trucking Assistance. Call the Sale
Barn or check out our trucker list on the Web site.607-699-3637 • Fax 607-699-3661
NORTHAMPTON COOP. AUCTIONWhately, MA • Farmer Owned Since 1949
Livestock Commission Auction Sales at noon every Tues.
Consignments at 9 AM413-665-8774
NORTHERN NEW YORK DAIRY SALESNorth Bangor, NY
518-481-6666Sales Mgrs.: Joey St. Mary 518-569-0503
Harry Neverett 518-651-1818Auctioneer John (Barney) McCracken
802-524-2991 www.nnyds.com
PIRRUNG AUCTIONEERS, INC.P.O. Box 607, Wayland, NY 14572
585-728-2520 • Fax 585-728-3378www.pirrunginc.com
James P. Pirrung
R.G. MASON AUCTIONSRichard G. Mason
We do all types of auctionsComplete auction service & equipment
Phone/Fax 585-567-8844
ROY TEITSWORTH, INC. AUCTIONEERSSpecialist in large auctions for farmers,dealers, contractors and municipalities.
Groveland, Geneseo, NY 14454585-243-1563
www.teitsworth.com
TOWN & COUNTRY AUCTION SERVICERt. 32 N., Schuylerville, NY
518-695-6663Owner: Henry J. Moak
WILLIAM KENT, INC.Sales Managers & Auctioneers
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Wednesday, October 10• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Regular Live-stock Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com• 1:30 PM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 PickupHill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Regular sale. EmpireLivestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-447-3842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716-296-5041,Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & Sales Manager 716-450-0558
Friday, October 12• 1:00 PM: Chatham Market, 2249 Rte. 203,Chatham, NY. Two day Sale. 1-5 pm. Fall Beef &Feeders Roundup Collection. Hay & water forovernight. Call to consign. Harold Renwick, Mgr.& Auctioneer, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-420-9092 or Auction Barn at 518-392-3321.
• Hosking Sales (former Welch Livestock), 6096NYS Rt 8, New Berlin, NY (30 miles S of utica &6 miles N of New Berlin. OHM Holstein ClubSale. Sale hosted by Roedale Farms in Rich-field Springs. Brad Ainslie sale chairman 315-822-6087. Tom & Brenda Hosking607-699-3637, 607-847-8800, cell 607-972-1770 or 1771
www.hoskingsales.com• 9:00 AM: Hamburg Fairgrounds, Hamburg,NY. Municipal & Contractor Equipment Auction.Roy Teitsworth, Inc., Professional Auctioneers,585-243-1563
www.teitsworth.com• 10:00 AM: Chatham Market, 2249 Rte. 203,Chatham, NY. Fall Machinery Auction. Call toconsign. Harold Renwick, Mgr. & Auctioneer,Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-420-9092 orAuction Barn at 518-392-3321.
www.empirelivestock.com• 11:00 AM: Ben K. Stoltzfus Farm, Intercourse,PA. Vison-Gen & Friends Sale. Co-managedwith Stonehurst Farm. 100 outstanding Hol-steins, many with contract Genomic pedigrees.The Cattle Exchange, 607-746-2226
• 1:00 PM: Cohocton, NY. Komma Land Auction.321 acres in two parcels of outstanding privatehunting and recreational lands plus agriculturallands with rental income. Pirrung Auctioneers,Inc.
www.pirrunginc.comWednesday, October 17
• 10:30 AM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 PickupHill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Monthly Heifer Sale.Followed by our regular Wednesday sale at 1:30pm. Empire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041 or585-447-3842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716-296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & SalesManager 716-450-0558• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Regular Live-stock Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comThursday, October 18
• Wyoming, Wyoming County, NY. Farm RealEstate Auction. Selling 20 acre farm w/ house,barns, pond, pasture, woods and orchard. Ex-cellent hunting. William Kent Inc.
www.williamkentinc.comSaturday, October 20
• Hosking Sales (former Welch Livestock), 6096NYS Rt 8, New Berlin, NY (30 miles S of utica &6 miles N of New Berlin. Eastern BreedersBrown Swiss Sale. Sale managed by ModernAssociates, Hosking Sales assisting. Call withyour consignments. Tom & Brenda Hosking607-699-3637, 607-847-8800, cell 607-972-1770 or 1771
www.hoskingsales.com• 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of
Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Feeder Sale. .Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com• 10:30 AM: Catskill Tractor Inc., Center St.,Franklin, NY. Inventory Reduction & Consign-ment Auction. Sale by Franklin Used EquipmentSales. Call to consign. Frank Walker Auction-eers, 607-829-2600• 11:00 AM: Hobart, NY. Hosking Farm Com-plete Dispersal. 120 Holsteins. Don & JoanneHosking. Tremendous cow families, quality, lowSCC & lots of type & production. The Cattle Ex-change, 607-746-2226
Wednesday, October 24• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Regular Live-stock Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com• 1:30 PM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 PickupHill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Regular sale. EmpireLivestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-447-3842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716-296-5041,Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & Sales Manager 716-450-0558
Thursday, October 25• Pigeon Acres Farm, Manheim PA. Sellingcomplete dairy of 175 mature cattle. Hilltop Auc-tion Company, Jay Martin 315-521-3123, ElmerZeiset 315-729-8030
Saturday, October 27• 9:00 AM: Syracuse, NY (NYS Fairgrounds).Onondaga Co. area Municipal Equipment Auc-tion. Municipal & Contractor Equipment. RoyTeitsworth, Inc., Professional Auctioneers, 585-243-1563
www.teitsworth.com• 11:00 AM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 PickupHill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Feeder Sale. EmpireLivestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-447-3842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716-296-5041,Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & Sales Manager 716-450-0558• 11:00 AM: Cornell Livestock Pavilion, Ithaca,NY. The NY Holstein Harvest Sale. 100 of thefinest Holsteins to sell all year. The Cattle Ex-change, 607-746-2226
Wednesday, October 31• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Regular Live-stock Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com• 1:30 PM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 PickupHill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Regular sale. EmpireLivestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-447-3842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716-296-5041,Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & Sales Manager 716-450-0558
Thursday, November 1• 11:00 AM: Reserved for major Holstein HerdDispersal in NY. The Cattle Exchange, 607-746-2226
• 10:00 AM: Dansville, NY (Livingston Co.).Dwight & Deanna Knapp retiring from dairying.265 freestall/parlor top end Holsteins. (135 milk-ers) Blue Diamond 8 side contour parlor, cornensilage, haylage. Pirrung Auctioneers, Inc.
Saturday, November 3• Canastota, NY. A.Lyon & Son, 315-633-2944
www.lyonauction.com• Hosking Sales (former Welch Livestock), 6096NYS Rt. 8, New Berlin, NY (30 miles S. of Utica& 6 miles N. of New Berlin). Fall Premier AllBreed Sale. Call early to consign to make cata-log & advertising deadlines. Tom & BrendaHosking 607-699-3637, 607-847-8800, cell607-972-1770 or 1771
www.hoskingsales.com• 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of
Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Feeder Sale.Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comWednesday, November 7
• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Regular Live-stock Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com• 1:30 PM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 PickupHill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Regular sale. EmpireLivestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-447-3842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716-296-5041,Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & Sales Manager 716-450-0558
Friday, November 9• Pleasant Lane Beef Farm, Hannibal, NY. Sell-ing complete line of late model equipment.(Save the date, late model equip. you don’t findat absolute public auction.) Ray was very suc-cessful and equip. is in great shape with mostonly few years old. Hilltop Auction Company, JayMartin 315-521-3123, Elmer Zeiset 315-729-8030
Saturday, November 10• 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Feeder Sale.Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comWednesday, November 14
• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Regular Live-stock Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com• 1:30 PM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 PickupHill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Regular sale. EmpireLivestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-447-3842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716-296-5041,Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & Sales Manager 716-450-0558
Friday, November 16• Wyoming County. Reserved for 300 head dairydispersal. Excellent pedigrees!. William KentInc.
Wednesday, November 21• 10:30 AM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 PickupHill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Monthly Heifer Sale.Followed by our regular Wednesday sale at 1:30pm. Empire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041 or585-447-3842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716-296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & SalesManager 716-450-0558• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Regular Live-stock Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comFriday, November 23
• 9:00 AM: 840 Fords Bush Rd., Fort Plain, NY.Black Friday Auction. Mohawk Valley ProduceAuction, 518-568-3579
Wednesday, November 28• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Regular Live-stock Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com• 1:30 PM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 PickupHill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Regular sale. EmpireLivestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-447-3842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716-296-5041,Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & Sales Manager 716-450-0558
Thursday, November 29• 11:00 AM: Lampeter, PA. Destiny Road Hol-stein Dispersal. Jay Stolzfus, owner. The CattleExchange, 607-746-2226
Saturday, December 1• 9:00 AM: Teitsworth Auction Yard, 6502 BarberHill Rd., Geneseo, NY. Special Winter Consign-ment Auction. Farm & Construction Equipment,Heavy & Light Trucks, Liquidations & Consign-ments. Roy Teitsworth, Inc., Professional Auc-
tioneers, 585-243-1563www.teitsworth.com
• 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Feeder Sale.Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comTuesday, December 4
• 10:00 AM: 840 Fords Bush Rd., Fort Plain, NY.Hay Auction. Mohawk Valley Produce Auction,518-568-3579
Wednesday, December 5• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Regular Live-stock Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com• 1:30 PM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 PickupHill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Regular sale. EmpireLivestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-447-3842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716-296-5041,Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & Sales Manager 716-450-0558
Saturday, December 8• 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. SaturdayHorse Sales. Tack at 9 am, sale at 10 am. Fin-ger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comTuesday, December 11
• 10:00 AM: 840 Fords Bush Rd., Fort Plain, NY.Hay Auction. Mohawk Valley Produce Auction,518-568-3579
Wednesday, December 12• 11:00 AM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 PickupHill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Feeder Sale. EmpireLivestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-447-3842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716-296-5041,Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & Sales Manager 716-450-0558• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Regular Live-stock Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comSaturday, December 15
• 10:00 AM: 840 Fords Bush Rd., Fort Plain, NY.Hay Auction. Mohawk Valley Produce Auction,518-568-3579
Wednesday, December 19• 10:30 AM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 PickupHill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Monthly Heifer Sale.Followed by our regular Wednesday sale at 1:30pm. Empire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041 or585-447-3842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716-296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & SalesManager 716-450-0558• 10:30 AM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 PickupHill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Monthly Heifer Sale.Followed by our regular Wednesday sale at 1:30pm. Empire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041 or585-447-3842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716-296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & SalesManager 716-450-0558• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Regular Live-stock Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comWednesday, December 26
• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. ofCanandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Regular Live-stock Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515
www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com• 1:30 PM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 PickupHill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Regular sale. EmpireLivestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-447-3842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716-296-5041,Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & Sales Manager 716-450-0558
Friday, April 5• Intercourse, PA. Past Present Future Salehosted by C.K. Kerrick & Matt Kimball. Held at teBen K. Stolzfus sale barn. Co-Managed by TheCattle Exchange & Stonehurst Farm. The CattleExchange, 607-746-2226
September 4, 2012Rabbits: .75-10.50Bunnies: .50-7Rabbit Family: 6Roosters: 1-7.25Hens: 1-6Pullets: 5Banties: 2.50-4Ducks: 1.50-4.25Pheasants: 3.50-5Turkey: 2-3Guinea Pigs: .50Pigeons: 3-3.20Cockateil: 13Eggs (/dz): Jum Brown1.75-1.95; XL Brown 1.75-1.85; L White & Brown 2; LBrown 1.85-2; M Brown1.65; S Brown 1.30.Sale starts at 5 pm.
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September 3, 2012Cattle: Steers Ch 2-3 1290-1296# 114-114.50.Slaughter Cows: Prem.White 82.50; Breakers 68-77.50; Boners 66-74.50;Lean 62-74.50.Bulls: Grade 1 1582# 94.50Feeder Steers: L 1 300-500# 142.50-145; Hols. L 3900-1000# 74-82.Feeder Heifers: M&L 1300-500# 120-132.50; M&L2 350-500# 112.50-117.50.Feeder Bulls: M 1 400-500# 120-122.50; L 3 Hols.
Hay Market SummaryHay & Straw Market ForEastern PA: All hay pricespaid by dealers at the farmand/ton. Compared to lastweek hay sold steady to 10lower & straw sold steady.All hay and straw reportedsold /ton. Alfalfa 140-325;Mixed Hay 110-325;Timothy100-250; Straw 100-180;Mulch 50-75.Summary of LancasterCo. Hay Auctions:Prices/ton, 121 lds of hay,22 Straw; Alfalfa 160-410;Mixed Hay 90-470; Timothy137-370; Grass 80-330;Straw 100-240.Diffenbach Auction,August 20, 56 lds Hay, 9 ldsStraw. Alfalfa 180-410;Mixed Hay 90-470; Timothy150-370; Grass 120-330;Straw 130-210.Green Dragon Auction,August 24, 20 lds Hay, 2 ldsStraw. Alfalfa 145-300;Mixed Hay 100-350;Timothy137; Grass 120-255; Straw125-165.Weaverland Auct, New
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’07 CHEVROLET 2500, 4x4,gas, AT, new Cannonball haybed, $18,500; 2000 FordF3509, extra cab, 4x4, 7.3diesel, 6spd., new Cannonballhay bed, $18,500; 2006 FordF350, extra cab, 4x4, 6spd.,diesel 6.0, new Cannonballhay dump bed, $22,500; 2006Ford F250, extra cab, AT, 4x4,new Butler hay bed, $18,500;2001 Dodge 2500, extra cab,diesel, AT, new Butler haybed, $15,500; 2001 FordF250, 4x4, gas, AT, new Can-nonball spike bed, $9,500.Bonny View Farms, Raphine,Virginia 540-460-3535
Trucks
1981 Ford 9000 Dump Truckwith 2009 Silage Box18'long, 78" tall, 102" widew/roll tarp & hyd. tailgate.230 Detroit Diesel engine 13spd RR, 75% 11R24.5 tires,46R, 12F. $12,000. Call 315-729-4932
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SEP 11Custom Slaughter
& Regulatory LiteracyFull Circle Farm, WellsRiver, VT. 3-5 pm. Tour thefacility and learn about theopportunities and challengesa custom slaughter facilitymight provide for your farmor region. Call 802-434-4122or e-mail [email protected]. Invasive Woodland Plants
Maple Wood Nursing HomeConference Room, CountyComplex River Rd, West-moreland NH. 9:30 am - 1pm. Join us for an informa-tive presentation on identify-ing invasive woodland plants,discussion on the challengesand the benefits of control-ling them and how to addressthe problems associated withthem. Bring a bag lunch andcome prepared to ventureout! Contact ConservationDistrict, 603-756-2988 ext.115, e-mail [email protected] Internet at www.cheshireconservation.org
NOFAVORE SocialWellspring Farm, Marshfield,VT. 4-6 pm. Registrationrequested. Call 802-434-4122. On Internet atwww.nofavt.org
Calendar ofEvents
SEP 14Taste the View
Dinner & AuctionQuonquont Farm, Whately,MA. 6-9 pm. To benefit CISA.Call 413-575-4680 or [email protected].
SEP 14-16Northeast Animal Power
Gathering & Draft Animal Power Network
Annual MeetingPerry Farm, Dutton BrookLane, Brownington, VT.Noon. A gathering for thosewho use and appreciate draftanimal power to learn, sareand discuss the practice &theory of animal powerapplications on farms andwoodlots. Families are wel-come, camping and mealsare available. ContactRebekah Baily, 802-754-2396 or [email protected].
SEP 14-30The Big E
West Springfield, MA. Call800-745-3000. On Internetat TheBigE.com
SEP 16Rural Vermont’s 5th
Annual Tour De FarmsShorecham, VT. Advanceregistration $28/adults,$13/kids 16 & under. Day ofregistration is $50/adults,$20/kids 16 & under. Farmfresh foods, amazing bicy-cling and spectacularscenery are in store. Theevent offers 3 loop rides(approx. 10, 25 & 30 miles)and a family friendly fivemile walking or bikingoption. At frequent designat-ed stops, family farmers willtreat bicyclists and walkersto tasty samples of localfoods such as apple cider,quiche, bread, roasted veg-etables, yogurt, wine, maplesyrup and cookies. On Inter-net at www.ruralvermont.org/5th-annual-tour-de-farmsor www.bikereg.com/net/17071
SEP 24Poultry Extravaganza
Randolph, VT. $10 forNOFA-VT or VGFA members& $20 for non-members.Focus on health & nutritionof pastured poultry, includ-ing balancing poultry rationswith alternative feeds. Con-tact NOFA-VT, 802-434-4122 or [email protected].
OCT 2Building a Strong
Management TeamAlliant Energy Center, 1919Alliant Energy Center Way,Madison, WI (Mendota 2meeting room). 1 pm. Dr.Bernard Erven will outlinethe three critical steps informing an effective manage-ment team. Continuing Edu-cation Credits: ARPAS (1),RACE (1). On Internet atwww.worlddairyexpo.comWinter Tunnel Production
and Season ExtensionBread and Butter Farm,Shelburne, VT. 3-5 pm. Freefor farmers & VVBGA mem-bers, $10 NOFA-VT mem-bers & $20 non-members.Contact NOFA-VT, 802-434-4122 or [email protected].
OCT 2-3“Come Home to Kansas”
2012 National Angus Conference and Tour
Doubletree Hotel-AirportWichita, Kansas. Call 816-383-5100 or [email protected].
OCT 3Avoiding Drug Residues in the Dairy Industry
Alliant Energy Center, 1919Alliant Energy Center Way,Madison, WI (Mendota 2meeting room). 11 am. Dr.Geof Smith will discussthese critical points and givean overview of how drugresidue testing in milk andmeat is implemented in theUS. Continuing EducationCredits: ARPAS (1), RACE(1). On Internet atwww.worlddairyexpo.com
Building US Agricultural Exports: One BRIC at a Time
Alliant Energy Center, 1919Alliant Energy Center Way,Madison, WI (Mendota 2meeting room). 1 pm. Brazil,Russia, India and China,also known as BRIC, havehuge buying power, JasonHenderson will discuss thisgrowing market and how itwill affect agriculturalexports and global food pro-duction. Continuing Educa-tion Credits: ARPAS (1),RACE (1). On Internet atwww.worlddairyexpo.com
OCT 4How Many Replacement
Heifers Does Your Dairy Need
Alliant Energy Center, 1919Alliant Energy Center Way,Madison, WI (Mendota 2meeting room). 1 pm. Dr.John Currin will discusshow to manage your replace-ment herd in terms of sizeand quality. ContinuingEducation Credits: ARPAS(1), RACE (1). On Internet atwww.worlddairyexpo.comPlanning for Change: Tran-sitioning the Family FarmAlliant Energy Center, 1919Alliant Energy Center Way,Madison, WI (Mendota 2meeting room). 11 am. Eliza-beth Rumley will discusshow to make the transitionwhile keeping the farmfinancially viable for all par-ties involved. She will alsooutline ideas on creating astructured plan for making asmoother transition to thenext generation. ContinuingEducation Credits: ARPAS(1), RACE (1). On Internet atwww.worlddairyexpo.com
OCT 5“Making Sense of theGlobal Dairy Markets”
Alliant Energy Center, 1919Alliant Energy Center Way,Madison, WI (Mendota 2meeting room). 11 am. AlanLevitt will be discussing justhow large the global market-place is and where the mar-ket is headed. He will outlinethe current US export situa-tion, key markets and whatfactors are driving the globalprice. Continuing EducationCredits: ARPAS (1), RACE(1). On Internet atwww.worlddairyexpo.com
The Effect of Risk onDairy Farm Management
Alliant Energy Center, 1919Alliant Energy Center Way,Madison, WI (Mendota 2meeting room). 1 pm. Dr.Christopher Wolf will exam-ine the risk that differentsized dairies face, how riskhas changed over time andwhat the management impli-cations are for dairy farm-ers.Continuing EducationCredits: ARPAS (1), RACE(1). On Internet atwww.worlddairyexpo.com
OCT 6Should You Treat Them
or Should You Eat Them?How to Improve Your
Mastitis Treatments andMaintain Healthy Cows
Alliant Energy Center, 1919Alliant Energy Center Way,Madison, WI (Mendota 2meeting room). 11 am. Dr.Pamela Ruegg will discussthe changing presence ofmastitis pathogens on mod-ern dairy farms and willdemonstrate how and whenantibiotic treatments shouldbe used.Continuing Educa-tion Credits: ARPAS (1),RACE (1). On Internet atwww.worlddairyexpo.com
OCT 24-27National FFA
Convention & ExpoIndianapolis, IN. On Internet
at www.ffa.orgOCT 25
Invasive Plant SymposiumUniversity of Connecticut,Storrs, CT. 8 am - 4:20 pm.Full program and registra-tion information, includingonline registration are avail-able on the CIPWG websiteat www.hort.uconn.edu/cipwg. Contact Donna Ellis,860-486-6448 or [email protected].
JAN 13-16 American Farm
Bureau Federation’s 2013 Annual Meeting
Nashville, TN. Farm Bureaumembers register for the94th AFBF annual meetingthrough state FarmBureaus.
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