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VanAller and Son Dairy~ from floods to drought

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Auctions C1Classifieds B19DHIA & Dairy A13Farmer to Farmer A26

ColumnistsParis ReidheadCrop Comments A6Lee MielkeMielke Market Weekly A16

Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads topeace and to mutual edification. ~ Romans 14:19

Scenes from Empire Farm Days~ Page B16

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by Troy Bishopp

SCHOHARIE, NY — One only has tothumb through the pages of HolsteinWorld to see the Gaige Family’s com-mitment and passion towards develop-ing top cow families led by theirfamous Tamara and Beauty grand-dams. This commitment to quality alsoextends to developing a pasture sys-tem which David says saves them over18 percent on their grain bill. But likemaking All-American cows, pasturestoo need good patient management tosucceed.

To “forage” ahead with improvingupon pasture management tools andideas on their 10 year old system in

this tedious drought, David, Donna,Jessica and Gregory Gaige teamed upwith Donna Murray at The HudsonMohawk Resource Conservation andDevelopment Council, Tom Gallagherof Albany County Cornell CooperativeExtension, and Joe Slezak and SusanLewis at the Albany County SWCD, theNew York Grazing Lands ConservationInitiative and fellow farmers to addressthe many challenges in maintaininghigh quality pastures.

The meeting started with everyonegetting up to speed on the goals andlogistics of the farm. They currentlymilk 50 registered Holsteins with acurrent BAA of 109.7 and own 250

acres and rent 200 acres which con-sists of corn, hay and rotational graz-ing pastures with nine paddocks and aseparate system for dry cows andheifers.

“We are sold on rotational grazingand have definitely noticed that thecows are healthier on pasture withlower vet bills but we need to fine tuneour management,” said Dave. Armedwith questions on grazing planning,determining proper paddock sizes andpasture dry matter levels, fertilityenhancement ideas, fescue palatabilityissues, supplemental feeding, watering

infrastructure, fencing, monitoringtools, reseeding and clipping the groupof 30 farmers embarked on thinkingand discussing these topics.

Troy Bishopp, Grazing Specialist forthe Madison County SWCD showedfarmers and agency professionals howhe uses a planned grazing chart to, inhis words, “know where you were,know where you are and know whereyou are going” in monitoring foragegrowth, rest periods and plan aroundfarm schedules. He also worked withDavid and the group out in the pastureestimating yields, measuring brix lev-els and inspiring discussions on differ-ent grazing management techniquesand scenarios that could help soilhealth, improve grazing efficiency andincrease forage production.

Karen Hoffman who serves asResource Conservationist in AnimalScience for the USDA-NRCS and NewYork State coordinator for the GrazingLands Conservation Initiative incorpo-rated the Gaige’s feeding strategy intoa discussion on maximizing dry matterintake taking into account the dry, hotweather. She taught the group aboutgrain feeding strategies, the impor-tance of energy in the diet of a grazinganimal and to pay attention to foragequality and transition times on and offpasture.

As David’s list of questions were dis-cussed and different ideas broughtforth, he concluded how much he likedthe brainstorming and appreciated themindsets in a group of his peers. “Thispasture walk has given us plenty tothink about for the short term and forthe long term viability of our grazingoperation and we know who can helpus with our management”.

To learn more about grazing man-agement and grass-based educationalprograms call the Hudson MohawkRC&D Council at 518-270-2668,Albany County CCE at 518-765-3500or the Albany County SWCD at 518-765-7923.

Gauging pasture conditionsand management strategies

Karen Hoffman and David Gaige talk ration balancing.

Photo by Tom Gallagher

The group out in the pasture.

Photo by Tom Gallagher

The grass whisperer whispering?

Photo by Susan Lewis

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by Elizabeth A. Tomlin

Do you know whattype of fly is most fre-quently found in yourbarn? If you guessedface flies, horn flies, deerflies or even horse flies,your guess would bewrong.

As explained byEastern NY IntegratedPest ManagementSpecialist at CornellUniversity, Ken Wise,houseflies and stableflies are the culprits thatdrive you and your live-stock crazy in the barn.

Wise recently held aseries of ‘On Farm FlyControl’ meetings inCentral New York, whichwere coordinated by CCECentral NY DairyManagement SpecialistDavid Balbian.

Wise informed farmersabout types of fly speciesand the best way tomanage them in thebarn and pasture.

Using charts that pro-vided identification,information and statis-tics for assistance, Wisepointed out that preven-tion of excessive fly pop-ulations through sanita-tion and fly controlstrategies provide a bet-ter and more financiallyefficient alternative thanwaiting for the problemto get out of control.

Wise explained howflies affect the health oflivestock by spreadingmastitis and other dis-ease, causing weight lossand even blood loss,while reducing grazingtime — all resulting in adecrease in milk produc-tion for dairy cows andcausing a stressful envi-ronment for livestock ingeneral. All environ-ments that may result in

a shorter life span foryour animals.

Furthermore, flies arealso found to be a seri-ous cause of dairy milkcontamination, increas-ing bacterial counts inmilk.

Research shows thatunder the right condi-tions, houseflies willcomplete their egg toadult life cycle in onlyeight days.

Wise pointed out thatif only one female house-fly was to begin layingeggs on June 1 and all ofthose eggs were left tomature and reproduce,more than 25 billion flieswould be produced in 8weeks. Not a pretty pic-ture.

Both houseflies andstable flies have becomeresistant to chemicalinsecticides. Wiseexplained that one rea-son for this is becausethere are so many gener-ations of flies producedin only one season.

“All strains of flieshave shown resistance topermethrin,” Wisereported.

Tests show that insome cases there is 100percent survival rate.Other chemicals in pesti-cides flies show resist-ance to include tetra-chlorvinphos andcyfluthrin. This factshould prompt farmersto read their labelsbefore spending moneyon pesticides and to con-sult with professionalexterminators beforespraying.

Wise quoted the FoodQuality Protection Act inwhich all pesticidesmust meet specific crite-ria. He reported thatwith “no new pesticides

on the horizon, there arefewer insecticides avail-able.”

“Houseflies can fly overone mile,” Wise said,commenting on “urban-rural conflicts” withneighbors over fly popu-lations and health con-cerns, he stated thatNew York State hasacquired a collection of“legal records for barnflies.” These recordsinclude nuisance law-suits where neighborsseek damages, or worseyet, request removal ofthe livestock.

Wise explained that byfollowing a strict man-agement programaround the barn, farm-ers are able to disruptthe life cycles of both thebiting blood-sucking sta-ble fly and the non-bitinghouse fly.

Both species deposittheir eggs in undis-turbed, moist organicmatter — includingstraw and manure,spilled feed and silage,round bales, grass clip-pings, manure mixedwith soil and moistureand any decaying organ-ic matter. Houseflies alsobreed in fresh manure.

Calf hutches and silospill areas, as well asstalls and feed areas,watering areas, andmanure handling areasall need to be thoroughlycleaned and inspected atleast weekly.

“A small cupful ofmoist organic matter canproduce over 1,000houseflies,” affirmedWise.

Spot cards are usefulin monitoring houseflypopulations. One hun-dred spots per card indi-cate a problem requiringattention.

Houseflies congregateon the upper body, butstable flies rarely goabove the knee, specifi-cally attacking the lowerlegs.

Monitor the populationof stable flies on yourlivestock’s legs. If youare seeing more than anaverage of 10 flies peranimal, action should betaken immediately.Signs you may noticeinclude livestock stamp-ing their feet or hair losson your calves’ legs.

Keep in mind that calfareas are a primarysource of fly breedingactivity.

In barns, methods ofsuccessful fly controlinclude installing win-dow and door screens,using sticky tape traps(changed weekly toensure efficiency), lighttraps, simple baitedtraps made out of dis-carded milk jugs, andcontrolling moisture byproviding proper ventila-tion and drainage.

“Dry is good,” empha-sized Wise.

Installing rain guttersand proper gradingaround the barn willhelp to decrease placesfor flies to breed.

“Spread manure thinlyso it will dry out quick-ly,” Wise advises, addingthat fly larvae will dryout in the sun only if themanure is spread thinly.

Biological control offlies in the barn includesnatural predators — spi-ders, beetles, mites andparasitic wasps.However, although Wiseadvises using othermethods of control withbiological methods forsuccess, he remindsfarmers that residualpremise sprays will killthese natural fly preda-tors.

“Cleanliness is thenumber one way to con-trol them,” Wiseremarked. “Get rid ofresidue and manure.”

Although stable fliesmay also be problematicin the pasture, face fliesand horn flies are of pri-mary concern.

Face flies feed onsecretions from livestockeyes, nose, and mouth.They are nearly identicalto the housefly, althoughthey are slightly largerand darker and the

males have a yellowishcolored abdomen. Faceflies develop in fresh,undisturbed manure.Increasing herd densityand rotating pasturesfrequently will cut theirlife cycle.

“I have been doing a lotof livestock pasture-flymeetings this summer,and face flies are reallybugging cattle,”remarked Wise. “Faceflies have been overthreshold on pasturedcattle in most of themeetings.”

Threshold for face fliesis considered to be anaverage of 10 flies peranimal. Wise reported anincrease in pinkeye, adisease spread by faceflies.

Horn flies are usuallyfound on the shoulders,backs and sides of live-stock, where they usetheir piercing mouth-

parts to obtain bloodmeals from the animal.An average of 50 hornflies per one side of a cowcalls for action on yourpart.

Biological control inthe pasture includespredaceous mites, bee-tles, birds, spiders, andbats. Muscovy ducksand other poultry willalso act beneficially inthe pasture.

Since fly control isspecies specific, it isimportant to identify thespecies of fly you are try-ing to eliminate.

“Chemical controls areused as a last resort,”Wise said. “When youreach that thresholdnumber, the number oneway to control is throughcleanliness!”

Contact IPM SpecialistKen Wise for more infor-mation at klw24@cor-nell.edu.

CNY Fly Controlmeetings advocate

sanitary management

Cornell University Field Crop IPM Specialist Ken Wise

explains that high levels of resistance to approved dairy

insecticides are now common.

IPM Specialist Ken Wise demonstrates fly breeding activity in a silage spillage area.

Photos by Elizabeth A. Tomlin

CNY CCE Dairy Management Specialist Dave Balbian

uses a trowel to look for dung beetle activity. Dung bee-

tles help to move manure quickly, deterring fly breeding

activity.

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by Jay Girvin, Esq., Girvin& Ferlazzo, P.C., Albany,NY

Q. Do you have anyadvice on finding andhiring an attorney?

A few months ago, weoffered some generalguidance to assist read-ers in deciding whetheror not to retain a lawyerto handle a particularlegal issue or transac-tion. This month, wefocus our attention onthe next step — findingand hiring the rightattorney to representyou.

Although there is cer-tainly no shortage ofattorneys licensed topractice in New York,finding the right lawyerwho can competentlyand efficiently help withyour particular problemor issue is not alwayseasy. While most attor-neys choose not to do so,some lawyers do adver-tise their servicesthrough the telephone

book, radio or televisionads, billboards, and onthe Internet. Relyingsolely on lawyer advertis-ing, however, is rarely aneffective means of select-ing an attorney, sincemost advertisements donot contain sufficientinformation on which tomake an informed oreducated judgment.

A far better approachis to seek the personalrecommendation orreferral of a friend,neighbor, co-worker,employer or other personin your community whomay have recently usedthe services of a lawyerfor the same problem orissue that you are facing.These sources should beable to tell you not onlywhether they had a suc-cessful outcome in theirparticular matter, butmore importantly, theiroverall impressionsregarding the quality ofthe attorney-client rela-tionship. Was the

attorney attentive anddiligent in moving thematter forward to a con-clusion? Did the attor-ney promptly returncalls or e-mails? Did theattorney take the time toexplain the legal issuesinvolved and his or herassessment of the mat-ter? What fees did theattorney charge and, ifbased on an hourly rate,did the attorney handlethe matter efficiently?Perhaps most important-ly, would they use thatattorney again in thefuture?

If you cannot locatesomeone in your com-munity who has recentlyused a lawyer for a simi-lar issue, otherresources of informationmay be available.Attorneys themselves areoften an excellent sourceof referrals to otherattorneys. If you need tofind a lawyer to repre-sent you in connectionwith a personal injurycase, for example, youmay want to call anattorney you previouslyused in connection witha real estate closing, awill, a traffic matter, etc.While that attorney maylack the experience

necessary to take on apersonal injury case, heor she will often be ableto recommend an attor-ney that they think wellof in the legal communi-ty. If you simply havenever worked with anattorney in the past, anylocal attorney will gener-ally be happy to offer youa referral or recommen-dation to one or morelawyers who can assistyou.

If all else fails, the NewYork State Bar Assoc-iation (www.nysba.org)and most county barassociations offer freelawyer referral servicesthat offer the names ofattorneys available totake on matters in a par-ticular legal area or field.Such legal referral serv-ices do not carry thesame weight as a per-sonal recommendation,but can at least provideyou with the names ofattorneys in good stand-ing who have at leastsome level of experiencein the appropriate areaof law.

As with any other pro-fessional service, it maybe advisable to meet withand interview several dif-ferent lawyers beforeselecting an attorney torepresent you. Mostattorneys will offerprospective clients abrief (say, half hour)meeting at no charge ora nominal charge to dis-

cuss the particular legalmatter involved. Be pre-pared to discuss theimportant facts relatingto your situation, andbring with you any perti-nent documents orrecords. While youshould not expect adefinitive assessment ofyour case or matter atthe consultation meet-ing, the attorney shouldbe able to offer you ageneral sense of legalissues involved and hisor her past experience indealing with the same orsimilar issues.

You should discusswith the attorney theavailable fee arrange-ments (for example, anhourly rate or a contin-gency agreement), aswell as whether he or shewill require a retainerdeposit toward fees andother costs and, if so, inwhat amount. If theattorney is one or manylawyers in a particularfirm, it is also appropri-ate to ask whether theattorney will be handlingyour case or matter per-sonally, or whether someor all of your case maybe handled by one ormore other lawyers in

the firm. There is noth-ing wrong with havingmultiple attorneys avail-able to assist on yourcase — and, in fact, thatcan often be an advan-tage in hiring a law firmas opposed to a solopractitioner. However, ifyour decision to retain afirm is based on yourassumption that a par-ticular attorney will bepersonally involved inyour matter, it is certain-ly advisable to confirmthat assumption at theoutset of any relation-ship.

Once you are armedwith sufficient informa-tion to make an informedjudgment, you should bein a position to decidewhich attorney is theright one for your partic-ular situation. Althoughobjective criteria such asexperience and costshould weigh in yourdecision making, theultimate choice frequent-ly rests on purely intan-gible factors — does theattorney instill in you asense of trust and confi-dence that your matterwill be in good hands? Ifso, you have found yourattorney.

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Eastern Edition

Cover photo by Lorna QuinnSitting in front of the Black Hawk Cockshutt tractor dis-

play at Empire Farm Days were Don Schwendy (L-R), Carl

Rufener and Bill Jones. The tractor is owned by Jim

Northrup (not in photo).

ARLINGTON, VA – The National MilkProducers Federation (NMPF) is askingmembers of Congress, as they returnhome for the August congressionalrecess, to meet with struggling dairyfarmers in their districts to discuss theperilous economic conditions affectingfarmers, and the urgent need forCongress to pass a new farm bill yet in2012.

“NMPF believes this type of one-on-one dialogue will enable members inboth the House and the Senate to seefirsthand the need for passing a five-year farm bill, including the vitalreforms to the nation’s dairy policy inthe form of the Dairy Security Act(DSA),” said NMPF President and CEOJerry Kozak.

“We hope that Members of Congresswill take time to visit local dairy farmsto experience up-close the challengesdairy farmers are facing and under-stand why it is so imperative to pass a

five-year farm bill which includes abetter safety net for farmers,” Kozaksaid. “We are approaching a crisiscomparable to or worse than that of2009, when dairy farmers lost $20 bil-lion in equity and thousands of farm-ers went out of business.”

“When you factor in additional oper-ating costs, such as labor and energycosts, on top of the sky-high price offeed caused by the ongoing drought,dairy farmers are currently sellingtheir milk for far less than the cost ofproduction,” said Kozak. “The DairySecurity Act would give producers andtheir bankers the assurances theyneed to continue their operationsthrough these tough times.”

Kozak said that farmers themselvesshould take this message to theirelected officials during the next fourweeks, with the hope that Congresscan be spurred to action after LaborDay.

NMPF asks Congressmen to meet with dairy farmers

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by Katie NavarraIt is no secret that farming is a chal-

lenging way of life. Despite advancesthat have improved efficiency, cropyields and herd health, farmers arelargely at the mercy of Mother Nature.Todd VanAller, fourth generationowner of VanAller and Son Dairy inMiddleburgh, NY knows this betterthan most.

Drought conditions this summerhave left farmers wondering if therewill be enough feed for their livestock.“A lot of the corn is curled up anddying because we haven’t had rain,”VanAller said. “At least it’s been a goodyear for doing hay.”

For farmers in the Schoharie Valley,

NY region, the shortage of rain thissummer is a sharp contrast to the rainthat arrived late August 2011, whenwater poured from a faucet that couldnot be closed off.

Nearly a year ago, Todd VanAller wasone of several farms that lost almosteverything to the rains brought byTropical Storm Irene. Flooding pushedthe Little Schoharie Creek over itsriverbanks.

The VanAller and Son Farm was oneof the hardest hit. The storm flattened100 acres of corn and caused costlydamage to structures and machinery.VanAller estimates he has investedclose to $100,000 in repairs to fields,pastures, barns and equipment.

The night before Tropical StormIrene arrived, VanAller left his herd of98 cows inside the barn for protectionfrom the storm before he and familymembers retreated down the road tohigher ground.

When the storm subsided, VanAllerknew he had to get back to the barn.He could see that the powerful rush ofwater had pushed in one side of thebarn where the cows were, but thefarm was eerily quiet. “I figured theywould have jumped over the stalls, gotcaught upside and drown,” heexplained. “I thought for sure they alldied.”

As soon as the cows caught sight ofhim the entire herd chimed in a chorusof bellows. “It was great to hear thembellow,” he said. “I had to wadethrough waist deep water to turn thebreaker box off so they didn’t all getelectrocuted.”

All but one calf survived and theherd was relocated to nearby StantonFarm. Had they remained at theVanAller farm, their fate may not havethe same. Tropical Storm Lee followedon the heels of Irene and pushed theLittle Schoharie river father over its

banks.When the surrounding community

learned about the damage, volunteersstarted to arrive, shovels in hand tohelp the family with clean-up efforts.Silt from surrounding fields and thenearby riverbank was deposited onevery visible surface. “Sixty or seventypeople were here to help,” VanAllersaid.

Farmers rallied from around NewYork State. A tractor-trailer load ofabout 600 square bales and 50 roundbales was delivered to the VanAllerFarm. Eighteen farmers donatedsquare bales of hay, and about 15donated round bales.

The double whammy of TropicalStorms Irene and Lee were the first inthe farm’s 120 year history to bringsuch damage. “The Creek came upover its banks in 1999 when Floyd hit,but it has never before been up to thebarn in my lifetime,” VanAller said.

The farming community is a strongcommunity. Even when farms are“competing” with one another to pro-

duce more than another, they pulltogether to help one another survivetough times.

“The farming industry is so uniqueto other industries in that these busi-nesses are helping neighbors first andnot competitors,” Richard Hill,Agricultural Product Specialist withNew England Organics said, “I havetalked with farmers from Oneonta toAlbany to Malone, NY, who was a partof helping this area repair and rebuildtheir farms while also providing andrunning their own family farm in theprocess.”

It has taken almost a full year for theVanAller and Son Farm to return to asense of normalcy. Even though thecows returned to the barn months ago,they lived inside the barn while$10,000 in repairs were made to theriverbank so the cows could once againroam in the pastures. “If it weren’t forall the help we received, we probablywould have been done,” Todd conclud-ed, “I feel like we owe it to them for alltheir help to keep going.”

VanAller and Son Dairy ~from floods to drought

Todd VanAller (left) and Chris Sherman(right) in front of a pasture that requiredthe removal of silt before the herd couldbe turned out.

Photo by Katie Navarra

Less than 12 months later, the Little Schoharie Creek is barely a trickle. It took nearly$10,000 to repair the riverbank.

Photo by Katie Navarra

VanAller & Son Farm lost nearly 100 acres of corn from the wind and rain brought toMiddleburgh by Tropical Storm Irene in August 2011.

Photo courtesy of Todd VanAller

Silt carried downstream by the Little Schoharie Creek pushed in the side walls of thebarn housing VanAller and Son’s herd of 98 cows.

Photo by Katie Navarra

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Nitrogen train derailmentAn Internet article titled, “Quick test

for nitrates in cornstalks” appeared onthe Dairy Herd Network Website onAug. 2. As bad as the drought is in theNortheast, it’s much worse in the na-tion’s grain belt, centered in Iowa. In aso-called good year, moisture short-ages can greatly heighten the likeli-hood of nitrate toxicity in corn (and oc-casionally other forages). In the worstdrought conditions in a half century,average national corn grain yields for2012 are forecast to drop to less than130 bushels per acre, down some 25percent from last year.

According to agronomists at IowaState University (ISU), when a cornplant is stunted, or not growing nor-mally, nitrates can build up in theplant. Typically, nitrogen that is takenup by the corn plant is converted toamino acids — the building blocks ofprotein — but in the stressed plantthis conversion does not occur nearlyas much as in unstressed plants. Soproducers need to know how to handleand feed drought-damaged corn insilage form, according to Steve Ensley,of Iowa State University’s VeterinaryDiagnostic and Production AnimalMedicine (VDPAM) department.

“The nitrate level can be high enough

in stunted plants that if harvested assilage the nitrate can be toxic to live-stock that consume the silage,” Ensleysaid. “The most common problem iswhen drought stressed corn is greenchopped and fed to livestock withoutgoing through ensiling.” (Ensiling willlower the amount of nitrate in theplant.) “After harvest, allow corn silagetime to ferment in storage to reduce ni-trates,” says Purdue University dairyspecialist Maurice Eastridge. A two-week wait can break down as much as80 percent of the nitrates to safe levelsin corn silage, according to Eastridge.Nitrogen availability to the plant,which depends on recent rain, fertiliz-er applied and other factors, affects thelevel of nitrate in the plant. The onlyway that corn growers can be sureabout the level of nitrate is to sampleand test the corn silage before feeding.

“Producers have several options tohelp determine whether nitrate toxicitymight be a problem,” Ensley said. “As-sess the corn field that will be harvest-ed to determine how much of the fieldhas stunted corn that’s not developinga normal ear. Take samples either bytaking grab samples of silage cut by aforage chopper or by cutting severalentire plants by hand that representthe various types of corn in the field.”

A quick test that will screen for thepresence of nitrates in stalks withouthaving to chop the stalk can be doneby ISU Extension beef and dairy spe-cialists. A drop of diphenylamine insulfuric acid on the surface of a stalksplit in two will turn a blue-black colorif nitrate is present. However, this doesnot provide a concentration of nitrate.

Availability of this screening testvaries. In some cases, the screeningtest may be a part of drought meetingswhere the beef or dairy field specialistsare present.

Other options include getting a rep-resentative sample of several stalksand performing a strip test, which can

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help determine the con-centration of nitrate bysending in a sample. ISUExtension beef and dairyspecialists also will havecapability for this, butdue to the time requiredto prepare the sample foranalysis, the availabilitywill be more limited thanthe screening test. Sam-

ples also can be sent tocommercial feed analysislabs. The critical issue isgetting representative,fresh (whole orchopped… if only with ahatchet) corn plants to alab for analysis.

Back in the good oldNortheast, in his Agrono-my Fact Sheet Series No.

70, Cornell UniversityAgronomy Professor Jer-ry Cherney addressedthe issue of nitrate toxic-ity in crops. Cherneyrecommends to live-stock/crop farmers:

1) Delay harvest untildrought has been overfor at least a week.

2) Test suspect forageto determine whether itis necessary to dilutethe forage (and its ni-trates), or completelyavoid feeding it.

3) Dilute high nitrateforages with a low nitratefeed source.

4) Feed a balanced ra-tion; cattle should haveaccess to nitrate-free wa-ter at all times.

5) Adapt cattle slowly

to forage with elevatednitrate levels. Feed for-age several times a day,rather than one feeding;avoid feeding greenchop, particularly greenchop that has heated orwas kept overnight.

6) Pregnant animalsare much more suscepti-ble to nitrate poisoningthan non-pregnant ani-mals. Forage with a ni-trate concentration ex-ceeding 1.5 percentshould not be fed, evenas a smaller portion ofthe diet. If nitrate poison-ing is suspected, imme-diately switch animals toanother forage source.Animals with moderatenitrate poisoning can besuccessfully treated with

a methylene blue solu-tion intravenously.

Both Cherney and I rec-ommend that nitrates betested... particularly inchopped corn forage...and they can be tested atany reputable forage lab.One private, reasonably-priced, source of nitratetesting listed in Fact SheetNo. 70 is Nitrate Elimina-tion Company (NEC);www.nitrate.com); call888-NITRATE.

In studying the actualmechanism by which ni-trate toxicity becomesacute in corn plants, Ilearned that corn plantsgrown on soils withhigher humus levels areless prone to bothdrought stress and ni-trate build-up.

A simple definition ofhumus is: the organicmatter of soils that haddecayed sufficiently tohave lost its identity withregards to its origin; theend product from the de-composition of plant andanimal residue underproper environmentalconditions.

Ge r man -Amer i c anagronomist EhrenfriedPfeiffer (1899-1961), pio-neer of biodynamic farm-ing, explained how hu-mus functions to makecrops healthy. He saidthat nitrogen (N) fromthe atmosphere entersthe soil. Various organ-isms (including nitrogen-

fixing bacteria on legumeroots) convert thisgaseous N to nitrates.Nitrates... and water...are stored in the humus,which functions as atype of savings bank.When needed, nitrate iswithdrawn from the“bank” by the plants,particularly grasses (likecorn). Pfeiffer showedthat for each one percentof soil organic matter(OM) in an acre, organicnitrogen reserve is about1,000 pounds. Whichmeans that a soil with4.5 percent OM has or-ganic nitrogen reserve ofabout 4,500 pounds.Pfeiffer stressed that theprocess of nutrienttransfer is reversible, sothat unused materials(particularly nitrates)can be returned to thereserve as long as hu-mus balance is main-tained. But... a properhumus level minimizesdrought issues in thefirst place!

Soils with sufficientlydepleted OM, may bewisely pulled out of cornproduction by the grow-er. Should the moisturependulum dramaticallyswing the other way(like with floods), someof these soils may be outof corn next year, be-cause they were relocat-ed to the Gulf of Mexicodead zone (or the Chesa-peake Bay).

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by Tracy GrondineWest Virginians are

nothing if not hardwork-ing, honest and humblepeople. So, when WestVirginia farmer Lois Altwas told by the Environ-mental ProtectionAgency that she neededa discharge permit forher non-dischargingpoultry farm, she wasdumbfounded.

Alt’s farm is immacu-late. She’s even wonseveral environmentalstewardship awards.But, when EPA paid hera visit last year, theytold her they spottedsome feathers and duston the ground in herfarm yard and saw asplotch of litter outsideher chicken houses —things that exist on all

animal farms. But, ac-cording to EPA, becauseof these everyday farmelements, runoff fromAlt’s farm should be reg-ulated as a Clean WaterAct discharge.

Alt told the inspectorthat if there was some-thing she was doingwrong to let her knowand she would correctit immediately. But, tothis date, she hasn’theard a peep from EPA,except that she needsto get a National Pollu-tant Discharge Elimina-tion System permit.And until she does,she’s looking at a fine of$37,500 per day.

“It’s very, very intimi-dating,” says Alt, whoworries about having tomortgage — and possibly

even losing — her farm.Alt believes that, as oneof the larger poultryfarms in her state, ifshe’s intimidated into ap-plying for a permit, mostother West Virginia poul-try farmers will feel com-pelled to do the same.

That’s why she’sbrought a lawsuitagainst EPA. Althoughshe’s a West Virginiafarmer, the issues raisedin her lawsuit are na-tional in scope and affectall livestock and poultryfarmers. The AmericanFarm Bureau Federa-tion, as well as the WestVirginia Farm Bureau,has asked the court tojoin the suit.

The lawsuit challengesjust how much powerEPA has to sweep into

the Clean Water Act per-mitting system. AFBFhopes it will be a casethat generates positivelaw to help other live-stock and poultry farm-ers nationwide that facethe same kind of intimi-dating EPA inspectionsand enforcement efforts.

“A farm is a farm. It’snot a laboratory,” saysAFBF General CounselEllen Steen. But, “EPAhas come up with an in-terpretation of the feder-al Clean Water Act thatsays basically if you’re afarm you’re going to beregulated if you haveenough animals.”

So, that’s why it will bea real setback to all live-stock and poultry farm-ers if the lawsuit doesn’tgo Alt’s way.

But for Alt, who em-bodies some of the mostprevalent characteristicsof West Virginians — astrong sense of justiceand an independent will— the fight’s not over. Asthey say in West Virginia,

“Montani Semper Liberi,”or mountaineers are al-ways free.

Tracy Taylor Grondine,a proud West Virginian atheart, is director of mediarelations for the AmericanFarm Bureau Federation.

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Ultrasound is one of the earliest,most reliable tools available for diag-nosing pregnancy. According to Inter-national Bovine Training Solutions, itprovides more meaningful informationthan other methods.

Ultrasound use has been a populardiagnostic tool for detecting early preg-nancies, but the true benefit to repro-duction comes from identifying theopen cows even sooner. A skilled ultra-sonographer can identify a fetus and aheartbeat within 26 days of gestation.A pregnancy at such an early stage re-quires more methodical scans sincethe fetus and pocket of fluid are verysmall making it difficult to detect.

Following the schedule for timed ar-tificial insemination (A.I.) programs,most people who include ultrasoundinto their pregnancy diagnosis waituntil after 32 days bred to check forpregnancy. The fetus is much bigger atthis time and there is more fluid tohelp detect a pregnancy.

Ultrasound testing also plays a ma-jor role after diagnosing pregnancy.

• Identifying dead fetuses — Soon af-ter fertilization there is some embryon-ic loss beginning to take place andcontinues after fertilization in a de-creasing rate. Most of the loss takes

place prior to day 45 of the pregnancy.There can be many fetuses dead or dy-ing during the time of the pregnancydiagnosis depending on when the preg-nancy diagnosis occurs.

• Once dead fetuses are identified,strategies can be applied to resyn-chronize them as quickly as possi-ble. This will improve heat detectionrate and ultimately increase thepregnancy rates.

• Detecting small pyometras — Usinga palpator to detect small pyometrascan be difficult. However, using ultra-sound, even a small pyometra canplainly be distinguished from an earlypregnancy and strategies can be ap-plied to return the cow to a fertile state(giving an injection of prostaglandin).

• Maximizing profits — For bull-bredherds, recognizing pregnancies andstaging them precisely so that thedairy knows when to dry the cow is im-portant to boosting profits. Ultrasoundis considered to be exceptional at doingthis since it can more find pregnanciesearlier in gestation. By applying meas-uring techniques to the fetus, the stageof the pregnancy can be anticipatedwith strong accuracy.

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Benefits of using ultrasoundto detect pregnancy

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by Hubert J. KarremanHi Folks,Parasites love heat and

humidity. Unless you’rein the drought strickenareas that are extremelydry, the very warm sum-mer temperatures thisyear are helping para-sites multiply in veryshort times. Parasitesare those creatureswhich serve no real pur-pose but to live for them-selves — at the expenseof other living beings.Parasites can be internalor external. Importantinternal parasites of live-stock usually bring tomind stomach wormsand coccidia. There aremany more, but thoseprobably cause the mostproblems. External para-sites bring to mind flies,lice and mange. Flies tor-ment animals during thewarm season while theeffects of lice and mangetend to be seen during

the indoor housing timesof colder season.

Right now, unless yourpaddocks are scorched,parasites are thriving andsending millions of eggsout onto pasture as yourherd animals drop theirmanure on the ground.The eggs hatch in a fewhours, soon crawl up theblades of nearby grasshoping to be eaten by ani-mals as they graze, thenstart their life again in thehost, sucking blood fromthe stomach walls. This isbasic biology and there’sno getting around it com-pletely. Parasites (of anykind) will always be pres-ent wherever there is ahigh animal density in acontained area. Only thefree roaming bison on theAmerican Plains couldconstantly move along andnot encounter heavy pres-sure of internal parasites.

However, there areways that you can re-

duce the pressurewhile also keeping youranimals healthier byeating better. How? Byusing rotational pas-ture management soanimals get new pad-docks every 12 hoursand by giving the pad-docks a rest oncegrazed in order to re-grow. Just as impor-tant, dragging pasturesto spread out manurewill allow quicker dry-ing out of manure tokill the fragile micro-scopic larva crawlingabout. The ideal timeto drag out manurepies is 2-3 days fromwhen the cows are onthe paddock. This willnot hinder pasture re-growth and more im-portantly will allow thedung beetles to do

their work. This timingalso allows time forhorn flies and face fliesto lay their eggs, soeggs will be hatchedand the fragile younglarva can also be killedby spreading out themanure pies andquickly drying outtheir living areas of in-ternal parasites anddeveloping flies.

Speaking of flies... itseems impossible to tellwhen a farm may experi-ence a bad season. In thesame season, farms inthe same area may expe-rience vastly different flypopulations. Why isthat? I certainly don’thave the answers, butwhen farmers apply con-cepts of biology, chronicproblems like flies can bemanaged better. Take for

instance that flies likewarm, humid conditionsand flies don’t like wind.How many times are youbothered by flies on awindy day? Applying thisbasic concept to farmswould indicate that airflow in the barn wouldmean dramatically lessfly problems in the barn.Lo and behold, go into abarn that has tunnelventilation and you willexperience few if anyflies. It certainly neednot be tunnel ventila-tion, but somethingabout tunnel ventilationsimply works extremelywell against flies.

You have probablyheard by now off theSpalding Fly-Vac: a ma-chine which generateshigh velocity wind in alarge walk through cham-

ber. It also has a vacuumaspect which sucks theflies into a large jar thathave been blown off thecows. Without a doubtthis is the best way to re-duce the amount of fliesfrom tormenting yourcows as well as eliminat-ing them from the breed-ing population, therebylowering fly numbersthroughout the fly sea-son. They are now com-mercially available (seeyour trade magazines). Itwas developed at NorthCarolina State University.

At the 180 cow dairyherd at NC State Centerfor Environmental Farm-ing Systems (CEFS) in atime of one week,410,000 flies were elimi-nated and during thesecond week another

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457,000 were eliminated. Horn fly den-sities were reduced from 775 per cowto 263 in the first week and down to150 per cow by the second week. Thisis a 70 percent reduction in flies com-pared to cows not going through the flytrap. In the 3 month study betweenlate May and late September, over 2.4million flies had been removed fromthe 180 cows. That is an amazingamount of flies taken out of the sys-tem, no longer tormenting the cowsnor rapidly reproducing. These samefly traps have also removed over15,000 face flies and 8,000 stable flies.Face flies are the ones that carry thepinkeye bug. In bad situations, theremay be as many as 100 flies per face.It is well known that reducing face fliesto less than 10-15 per face will reducethe spread of pinkeye and maximizeanimal comfort. (from: Managing Para-site Flies in Pasture-based Dairy Sys-tems by Dr. Wes Watson and SteveDemming, presented at the Mid-At-lantic Grazing Conference, July 2012).

Horn flies are smaller than otherkinds of flies and are usually found onthe bellies and backs of cows; hornflies deposit eggs in fresh manure andit takes 9-12 days to develop into anadult. They take 10-12 blood meals perday and can transmit Staph aureusbetween animals. Face flies also layeggs in fresh manure and are adults in14 days; face flies have been found tocarry over 30 bacterial diseases andare the main carriers of the pinkeyebug. Stable flies are found on the low-

er body and legs of cattle and takeabout 2-3 blood meals a day; stableflies prefer aging manure and beddingor round bale feeder areas to deposittheir eggs. Cattle bunch up trying toavoid painful bites. House flies will usea variety of organic materials to laytheir eggs and it takes about 7 days forthem to become adults. (Watson andDemming, 2012).

With these things in mind, maybe it iseasier to see why I have always promot-ed clipping and/or dragging pastures todestroy the manure pies and allow evenre-growth of pasture. Just wait 2-3 daysso the dung beetles can drill manureinto channels they create in the soil.This action of dung beetles is incrediblyimportant. While I will always promotea multi-prong approach to solving prob-lems, if there was ever a “one- stopshopping” method of dealing with flies,the wind/vacuum chamber is it. (I haveno financial interests in the product.)While other methods like sticky tapecatch random flies and parasitic waspswill help reduce flies from becomingadults, the fly-vac basically wipes outlarge numbers quickly — right off thecows — which will make your cowsmore comfortable, allowing them tograze better. The fly-vac may well be thesingle best invention yet for non-chemi-cal fly control. Applying basic biologicalconcepts such as the action of wind willreduce fly burdens and drying-by-drag-ging will reduce the habitat of parasitesin pasture, making your cows happierand more productive.

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HHome,, Family,, Friendss && You

by Courtney Luskin, Rensselaer County DairyPrincess

The Schaghticoke Fair will begin on Wednesday,Aug. 29 and run through Labor Day on Monday,Sept. 3. I will be at the fair everyday and I am bring-ing my cows, calves and heifers, too!

The Schaghticoke Fair will celebrate its 193rd yearof being a showcase for the best that RensselaerCounty residents and agriculture have to offer.Building after building will be bursting with vegeta-bles, fruits, animals, antiques, baked goods andhomemade crafts. The 3rd oldest Fair in New YorkState takes great pride in being a Family Fair withhands on participation at its exhibits. Tasting, see-ing, hearing and literally feeling agriculture in actionis one of the best experiences we can offer.

The Schaghticoke Fair is located at the intersec-tion of routes 67 and 40 or to put in your GPS enter69 Stillwater Bridge Road, Schaghticoke, NY 12154,their phone number is 518-753-4411. To find allsorts of information about the fair go to their web-site: www.schaghticokefair.org

The Dairy Princess Program sells ice cream at thefair in the NYS Products building, we have a dailydemonstration at 4 p.m. in the 4H building, andhand out stickers at Milking Time in the MilkingParlor located near the Cattle Barns. On Sunday,Sept. 2 at 1 p.m. we will have our Annual SmoothieMaking Contest.

I sure hope you come to the fair it is a great way tobe able for you and your family to see a cow up close,observe the milking process, ask a question and def-initely have some great Ice Cream!

This week’s recipe is a cold dessert you can makeahead of time.

Ice Cream Treat3/4 cup butter , melted6 cups crisp rice cereal, finely crushed3/4 cup packed brown sugar1 cup cream, whipped3 Tbsp. sugar1 tsp. vanilla2 quarts vanilla ice creamCombine butter, cereal and brown sugar until

crumbly. Set aside 3/4 cup of the mixture for top-ping. Press the rest into a 13 x 9 dish. Add sugarand vanilla to whipped cream and carefully spreadon crust. Arrange small scoops of ice cream on topof this.

Homemade Raspberry Topping3 cups water 1 cup sugar1 (3 oz.) package raspberry flavored gelatin3 Tbsp. cornstarch2 cups RaspberriesIn medium saucepan, bring water and sugar to a

boil. Mix gelatin with cornstarch and gradually addto boiling mixture. Cook over medium-high heat,

stirring constantly for 5 minutes or until mixture isclear and thickened slightly. Let stand at room tem-perature for 15 minutes. Cool completely and mix inraspberries. Sprinkle with reserved crumb mixture.Cover and freeze until firm.

Off to the Fair

Be sure to visit Courtney Luskin, Rensselaer CountyDairy Princess, at the Schaghticoke Fair.

This week’s Sudoku Solution

by Matilda CharlesThree simple steps to weight loss

Far too many of us, women especially, can developweight problems as we age. We’re less active.Menopause doesn’t help. We might have different eat-ing patterns.

Researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer ResearchCenter have done a study that looked at self-monitor-ing as a way to reduce weight.

The study results show how we can lose weightsafely in three steps: 1) Keep a journal that reportseverything that’s eaten; 2) Don’t skip meals; and 3)Don’t go out to lunch. Sounds so simple, doesn’t it.

They divided 123 overweight and obese seniorwomen into two groups for the yearlong study: onegroup used diet and exercise, and the other only diet.

Here’s what they learned:Women who kept journals of what they ate lost six

pounds more than those who didn’t keep a jour-nal. This appeared to be the most important ofthe three steps, and it makes sense. If we writedown exactly what we eat, it’s easier to identifywhether we’re meeting our goals. The trick is tobe honest, and being honest means measuringportions and reading labels — and always keep-ing your journal with you in case you do eatwhile away from home.

Women who went out for lunch at least once aweek lost five pounds less than those who did-n’t, or who ate lunch out less frequently. Whenyou eat at a restaurant, you can’t control thesize of the portions or how the food is cooked.

Women who skipped meals lost eight poundsless than those who didn’t skip meals.Researchers weren’t sure why this was so, but itcould be that being hungry leads to overeatingor eating out. Eating at regular times gave thebest success.

(c) 2012 King Features Synd., Inc.

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Doebler’s is expanding its leadershipin the market place and is pleased tointroduce four new district sales man-agers in its Eastern region.

Serving central and eastern NewYork State and sections of New Eng-land is Peter Bell. Peter lives in north-eastern Pennsylvania where he and hisfamily operate Bell Farms LLP, a com-mercial meat goat enterprise inAuburn Center. He attended PennState University where he majored inBusiness Management. He is a mem-ber of the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau,the American Boer Goat Associationand the Empire State Meat Goat Pro-ducer’s Association. Peter shares withus that “being in ag sales is an honorand privilege — I get to work with thebest people on earth — farmers!”

Jerrod Lance will serve in northernOhio. He tells us he’s “been aroundagriculture my entire life.” Jerrod grewup on a small family grain farm inWayne County, Ohio and graduatedfrom Ohio State University with a de-gree in Ag Business. Before coming toDoebler’s he worked for a small ag re-tail outlet where he worked his way tobecoming its agronomy manager. Jer-rod says he chose to represent Doe-bler’s because of the comprehensiveproduct selection and quality of itsseed lines.

Bill Johnston will be managingnorthern and western Pennsylvania,western Maryland and northern West

Virginia. He grew up in the small farmcommunity of Mill Run, SomersetCounty, Pennsylvania. Bill graduatedfrom Connersville area schools andimmediately began working at the lo-cal farm and country store. He movedon to becoming a district manager fora tractor supply company and later adairy automation equipment compa-ny. Bill came to Doebler’s because“here is where one can build relation-ships that go beyond selling, onesthat can last a lifetime.”

Joshua Holland is from Suffolk, VA,and will represent central and south-ern Virginia and North Carolina. Agraduate of Virginia Tech, he receivedhis Bachelor’s degree in Crop andSoil Environmental Sciences and isnow pursuing a Master’s in Businessat Liberty University. He is currentlyworking towards getting his CCA cer-tification. Prior to coming to Doe-bler’s, Josh worked for MeherrinAgricultural & Chemical Company,serving as seed coordinator for 29 re-tail locations. Josh remarks “it issuch an exciting time to work in thefield of agriculture, and I look for-ward to working for Doebler’s.”

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The growth rate for Holstein calvesshould be monitored as early as 24hours after birth. According to DCHAGold Standards I, all newborn calvesshould be placed in an environmentthat is safe from adult animals andadult animal diseases. Every newborncalf should also receive care to itsnavel to control infection.

The period from calving to threemonths of age is the most critical timefor heifer growth and development. En-suring heifers reach breeding condi-tion on time and in good health beginswith getting them off to a fast start.Pay close attention to these suggestedmanagement areas to help heifersreach their full potential and deliverhighest profitability.

Environment — It is of utmost im-portance that calves have a clean, dryenvironment. Young calves have devel-oping immune systems and are vulner-able to many viral and bacterial

pathogens. Frequently changing calfbedding aids in maintaining a cleanenvironment and reduces moisturefrom urine and feces. Calves also needaccess to clean, fresh air, so havingwell-ventilated housing is essential.

Nutrition — Calves need adequatenutrition for health and growth, in-cluding a sufficient supply of high-quality colostrum and milk. Access tofresh, clean water is also needed at alltimes. DCHA Gold Standards recom-mends working with a nutritionist tohelp formulate and monitor rations.Likewise, it is important to keep theherd veterinarian informed of rations.

Vaccination — Work with a veteri-narian and customers to develop avaccination protocol appropriate to thedisease challenges of your region andoperation. Protection from major respi-ratory, reproductive and clostridialdiseases is needed from two to fourweeks of age.

Movement and grouping — Calvesshould be grouped according to theirnutritional and management needs.Placing three to four animals in agroup for one month post-weaning al-

lows calves to gradually adjust togroup living.

Source: Dairy Calf & Heifer Associ-ation Tip of the Week

HARRISBURG, PA — The Center forDairy Excellence will host the Dairy20/20 Financial and Risk Manage-ment Conference on Tuesday, Oct. 9,from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Cen-tral Penn Business Conference, locatedat 600 Valley Road, Summerdale, PA,just outside of Harrisburg. The event isbeing held to provide dairy lenders andfinancial consultants with a “Vision forOur Future” in the dairy industry.

“Dairy farm families in Pennsylvaniaand across the globe are faced with in-creased milk price volatility and esca-lating feed and other costs,” said AlanZepp, risk management program coor-dinator for the center. “However, with

new product availability and increaseddairy processing infrastructure, theNortheast holds tremendous opportu-nity for these farm families to thriveand grow. This conference will offer avision of what we can expect to see in-fluencing economics on the dairy farm,both in the short term and into thenext 10 to 15 years.”

Program details are still being devel-oped. Two of the key speakers will be:

• Gary Siporski, dairy developmentmanager for Vita Plus. Siporski spend17 years with Citizens State Bank ofLoyal and worked his way up to presi-dent and CEO. In 2008, he transi-tioned to his current role at Vita Plus

and continues to serve on the CSBboard of directors. In addition, heserved on the advisory committee onagriculture and industry for the Feder-al Reserve Bank of Chicago. He is alsoan advisor for the Professional DairyProducers of Wisconsin and a regularcontributor to Hoard’s Dairyman andother agricultural publications.

• Mark Binversie, president of In-vestors Community Bank, the secondlargest agribusiness lender in Wiscon-sin, after M&I Bank. Total assets forInvestors are pushing $500 million,and it was named the 2007 Businessof the Year by the Chamber of Mani-towoc County. Investors has been

called the “Entrepreneurs’ Bank,” wellknown for finding creative ways to helpeach of their agribusiness clients. Bin-versie is one of the four co-founders ofthe bank.

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Katherine ElizabethDewitt, 19, of DominoFarm, Accord, NY,earned Supreme DairyCow honors during the4-H Dairy Show at the125th Ulster CountyFair, held on Aug. 2, inNew Paltz, NY. DeWitt ex-hibted her 3-year old Jer-sey cow, named DominosCarrier Glow, during the4-H Dairy Show at the

fair that day.Then, on Aug. 4, this

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Katherine Elizabeth Dewitt, 19, of Domino Farm. Accord,NY, with her Senior 3-year old Jersey cow, Dominos Car-rier Glow, the Supreme Dairy Cow at the recent UlsterCounty Fair. Photo by Peggy Lapp

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The Heat is TakingIts Toll

Issued Aug. 10, 2012The Agriculture De-

partment has again low-ered its 2012 and 2013milk production esti-mates in its latestmonthly World Agricul-tural Supply and De-mand Estimates report“as higher forecast feedprices are expected topressure producer re-turns and encourage amore rapid decline in thecow herd. Milk per cowwas also reduced due totighter feed supplies.

USDA now projects2012 milk output to hit200 billion pounds,down 1.6 billion from theJuly estimate, and 2013output is now put at198.9 billion, down 2.8billion pounds from lastmonth’s estimate.

Imports for 2012 wereraised on both a fat andskim-solids basis andwere raised on a fat basisfor 2013. Exports wereraised for 2012 but ex-ports for 2013 were re-duced from last month ontighter supplies. Endingstocks were also reduced.

Product prices wereforecast higher for 2012and 2013 “as tightersupplies support prices.”With higher productprices, both Class III andClass IV price forecastswere raised.

The 2012 Class III av-erage was projected torange $16.50-$16.70 perhundredweight (cwt.), upfrom the $16-$16.30projected a month agoand compares to $18.37in 2011 and $14.41 in2010. The 2013 averageis now projected at$16.70-$17.70, up from$16.25-$17.25 lastmonth, and compares to$18.37 in 2011 and$14.41 in 2010.

The 2012 Class IV willrange $15.10-$15.40, upfrom $14.55-$14.95 ex-pected last month. The2013 average is project-ed at $15.90-$17, upfrom $15.40-$16.50 amonth ago, and com-pares to $19.04 in 2011and $15.09 in 2010.

U.S. feed grain sup-plies for 2012/13 wereprojected sharply loweragain with corn produc-

tion forecast 2.2 billionbushels lower. The fore-cast U.S. corn yield wasreduced 22.6 bushelsper acre to 123.4bushels as extreme heatand dryness continued,and in many areas wors-ened, during July acrossthe Plains and Corn Belt.As forecast, the 2012/13corn yield would be thelowest since 1995/96.

Corn area harvestedfor grain was lowered 1.5million acres from thelast month’s forecastthat was based on theJune Acreage report.U.S. corn production for2012/13 was forecast at10.8 billion bushels, thelowest since 2006/07.

The report projects the2012/13 season-averagefarm price for corn at arecord $7.50 -$8.90 perbushel, up sharply fromthe $5.40-$6.40 perbushel projected in July.

The U.S. season-aver-age soybean price is pro-jected at $15.00-$17.00per bushel, up $2 onboth ends. Soybean mealprices are projected at$460-$490 per ton, com-pared with $365-$395/ton last month.

Dairy Profit Weekly re-ported that potentiallyaffecting cull cow prices,beef price forecasts for2012 and 2013 were re-duced as producers liq-uidate cattle due to highfeed costs, although beefprices still remain high.The August projectionput the 2012 averagesteer price at $119-$122per cwt., down $4 fromlast month’s forecast.The 2013 average priceis forecast at $122-$132per cwt., down $2-$3.

Meanwhile the cashdairy markets continueto reflect what’s happen-ing weather-wise in thecountry. Block cheeseclosed the second Fridayof August at $1.8550 perpound, up 14 1/2-centson the week, the highestit’s been since November2011, but still 17 centsbelow a year ago whenthey tumbled almost 11cents, to $2.0250. Theyplunged another 12 1/2cents the following weekand 11 cents after thatbefore recovering.

The barrels, despite a

half-cent slip on Friday,closed at $1.82, up 131/2-cents on the weekand 26 cents below a yearago. Fourteen cars ofblock traded hands on theweek and 22 of barrel, 19on Friday. The AMS U.S.average block price hit$1.7125, up 3.6 cents,while the barrels averaged$1.7189, down slightly.

Cheese plants are wor-ried about milk supplies,according to USDA’sDairy Market News

(DMN), especially in ar-eas experiencing hot,humid weather. “Cheeseplants would like to in-crease productionschedules for fall food-service needs, but arenot getting all the milkthey desire.”

Butter closed 6 centshigher on the week, at$1.75, 32 1/4-cents be-low a year ago. Nothingsold on the week. AMSbutter averaged$1.6311, up 6.2 cents.

Many churning opera-tions continue to capital-ize on the good returnsfor cream by selling atleast some of it to takeadvantage of the currentopportunities, reportsUSDA. Butter churningis steady to lower. Theimpact of hot weathercontinues to affect thevolume and fat contentof milk in the Midwestand East, but only to alimited extent in theWest. Butter holdings

are adequate for currentand future needs butbutter is being pulledout of storage to serviceaccounts. Retail andclub store demand re-mains good. Food servicedemand is fair to good.

Cash Grade A nonfatdry milk closed Friday at$1.48, up 8 cents on theweek on 3 bids. ExtraGrade closed at $1.44,up 4 cents, on 12 bids.

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Submitted by Callie Cur-ley, Susquehanna CountyDairy Princess

Hello! My name is Cal-lie Curley and I am the2012-2013 Susquehan-na County DairyPrincess. Over thecourse of the next year itis my goal to feature onedairy farming familyeach month in a newsarticle highlighting theunique aspects of theiroperation and plans forthe future of their farms.Recently, I had the op-portunity of writingabout a hardworkingfarming family that is

not only the caregiver ofmy 4-H animals, butalso a group of peoplethat is very close to myheart, the Vanderfeltzfamily of Rushville. Now,I’d like to bring the spot-light to an equally de-serving farm on the oth-er end of the county; to afamily whose hard workand dedication don’t endat chore time, but extendinto everything they do.

In a time where lessthan 2 percent of theUnited States populationis directly linked toworking dairy farms,many consumers agree

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What is now calledJoSan Farm began as astrictly grade cow opera-tion around the year1917. Forty-three years

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Members of the Pavelski family pose with Callie Curley,Susquehanna County Dairy Princess, and her court.

Photo courtesy of Penn State Extension,Susquehanna County

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AMS powder averaged$1.2144, up 1 1/2 cents,and dry whey averaged51.97 cents, up a penny.

DMN reports that milkproduction continues tobe impacted by weatheracross wide areas of theU.S. Class I demand isbeginning to increase asschools start in some ar-eas of the country anddemand will build overthe next month.

The Northeast andMidwest are seeing milkoutput leveling off andareas are receivingmuch-needed rainfall forcrop and pasture growth.Southeast and Floridamilk output is at season-al low levels and manu-facturing is also at lowlevels. Southwest milkoutput is trending lower.

UDA reports commer-

cial disappearance ofdairy products in thefirst five months of 2012totaled 83.1 billionpounds, up 1.8 percentfrom 2011. Butter wasoff 0.2 percent; Ameri-can cheese, up 1.7 per-cent; other cheese, up1.4 percent; NDM, up awhopping 36 percent;but fluid milk productswere down 2.9 percent.

Cooperatives WorkingTogether (CWT) acceptedseven requests for exportassistance this week tosell 2 million pounds ofcheese and 597,453pounds of butter, to cus-tomers in Asia, CentralAmerica and the MiddleEast. The product will bedelivered through Janu-ary 2013 and raisesCWT’s 2012 cheese ex-ports to 73.5 million

pounds plus 56 millionpounds of butter and an-hydrous milk fat.

National Milk is callingon members of Congressto meet with their dairyfarmer constituents overthe August recess to dis-cuss the “perilous eco-nomic conditions affect-ing farmers and the ur-gent need to pass a newfarm bill in 2012.” Itsays that this will enablemembers in both theHouse and the Senate to“see firsthand the needfor passing a five-yearfarm bill, including thevital reforms to the na-tion’s dairy policy in theform of the Dairy Securi-ty Act (DSA).”

NMPF President andCEO Jerry Kozak warned;“We are approaching acrisis comparable to or

worse than 2009, whendairy farmers lost $20 bil-lion in equity and thou-sands of farmers went outof business.”

Opponents argue how-ever that “Dairy produc-ers want tools that willlimit risk, that are easyto navigate, and whichare not tied to supplymanagement.” A DairyBusiness Association(DBA) press release thisweek reported that wasthe message from Dr.Eric Erba, Chief StrategyOfficer at CaliforniaDairies, Inc.

Erba joined Dr. MarkStephenson, Director ofDairy Policy Analysis atthe University of Wiscon-sin’s College of Agricul-tural and Life Sciencesat a briefing attended bydairy farmer and Wis-

consin DBA vice presi-dent John Pagel ofPagel’s Ponderosa Dairyin Kewaunee, along withnearly 50 House and AgCommittee staffers.

Rep. Tom Petri (R-WI),Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA)and Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI), members of the U.S.House of Representa-tives Dairy FarmersCaucus, sponsored thebriefing which was of-fered to present an alter-native view point to thatpresented at a sessionlast week on the DairySecurity Act.

Dr. Stephenson’s pres-entation on “Dairy Op-tions for the Farm Bill”called attention to the“Unintended Conse-quences” of the DairyMarket Stabilization Pro-gram, including the

speed at which circum-stances change in thedairy industry, and thefact that the currentdrought situation hasmoved the dairy industryinto concern about nothaving enough milk.

In other dairy news; anational class action law-suit alleging false report-ing of nonfat dry milk(NFDM) prices to USDA,resulting in lower milkprices to producers, willbe allowed to proceed.The 9th U.S. CircuitCourt of Appeals over-turned a February 2010U.S. District Court rulingdismissing the case, ac-cording to Dairy ProfitWeekly’s Dave Natzke inFriday’s DairyLine.

The suit, Carlin et al v.DairyAmerica Inc. et al,was originally filed inCalifornia Eastern Dis-trict Court, March 6,2009. Court documentsname DairyAmerica, thenation’s largest marketerof NFDM, and dairyprocessor CaliforniaDairies Inc. (CDI) as de-fendants. Filing the law-suit were dairy farmersGerald Carlin, Pennsyl-vania; Paul Rozwadows-ki, Wisconsin; BryanWolfe, Ohio; and JohnRahm, Ohio. (Wolfe diedas the result of a farmingaccident, Aug. 7, 2012.)

The lawsuit, filed onbehalf of approximately50,000 dairy farmerswho sold milk from 2002to 2007, chargesDairyAmerica, thelargest marketer of non-fat dry milk, and dairyprocessor CaliforniaDairies Inc. (CDI), formisreporting informa-tion used by USDA to setfarmer milk prices underthe federal milk market-ing order system.

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end goal being a completely registeredherd with deep pedigrees and genera-tions of excellence. Over the 52 yearsthat have passed since he began thistransformation, the property has be-come the lifelong home of Joe, his wifeSandy, and their 50 milking registeredHolstein cows.

Joe and Sandy have four children;Steve, Cathy, Michele, and Matt. Likeall children do, they had choresaround the house and in the barngrowing up. But according to Sandy, itwas never a topic of discussion.

“Our kids worked hard on the farmbut they enjoyed it because they werenever told it was work,” Sandy said.“They were in the barn with a manurefork at 7 and 8 years old, and now theystill come around to help with milkingand haying. I know that’s because theyenjoyed what they did here.”

The hustle and bustle of life on thefarm has never completed the family’sschedule, however. Throughout their el-ementary and high school years thekids were involved in school sports andother activities such as band and 4-H.

Even now, Joe and Sandy remain activein the Susquehanna County 4-H andYPAC programs. They were recently rec-ognized for 40 years of active member-ship in the Susquehanna County Hol-stein Club, and, with their daughterCathy and son-in-law Owen, are thecurrent leaders of North Jackson Ag 4-H Club. According to Sandy there are23 youths active in the club today.

“I still believe that a farm is the bestplace to raise a child,” Sandy said. “Notonly do farm kids learn work ethic anddiscipline, they also spend more timewith their family than kids whose par-ents work at a 9-5 job.”

This focus on family may be the rea-son that their grandchildren are takingan interest in the workings of the farm.

Emory Bewley, Joe and Sandy’s old-est granddaughter, is eight years oldand already very active in 4-H; show-ing Holstein cows from her grandpar-ents’ herd and promoting the Pennsyl-vania Dairy Industry as a Susquehan-na County Dairy Maid. Emory is also amember of the Susquehanna CountyDairy Judging team. She looks forward

to many more years of learning aboutcows and helping on the farm.

2012 marks the 20th anniversary ofthe Pavelski family’s biggest challengeon the farm. When a fire spreadthroughout the barn one day in 1992,Joe and Sandy were forced to decidewhether or not they would rebuild the

barn and continue dairying or find anew way to make their living.

“Nobody gave this to us,” Joe said,gesturing to the surrounding acres offarmland. “We worked hard for it, andit’s just not something [we] could ever

prices, and the lawsuit alleges the re-porting errors started in 2002. At itspeak, in 2006 and 2007, it is estimat-ed nonfat dry milk prices were under-reported by about 4 cents per pound.

“That may sound like pennies,”Natzke said, “But those pennies add up.A 1-cent increase in the nonfat dry milkprice raises the minimum price paid todairy farmers by about 9 cents per hun-

dredweight, and USDA’s Ag MarketingService estimates dairy farmers lostabout $50 million due to the errors.”

“However, under USDA policy, pricescan only be adjusted for the previousthree weeks, so there was no mecha-nism for farmers to receive back pay-ments. That prompted the class actionlawsuit, which was filed in 2009, andnow has new life,” Natzke concluded.

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walk away from. We rebuilt [the barn]because there was no reason not to,milk prices were decent and the cost ofeverything else wasn’t as high as it isnow. It’s been hard, but I’m still gladwe did it.”

The Pavelski family’s dedication tothe growth of Susquehanna Countyyouth is evident in everything they do.Not only do Joe and Sandy lease ani-mals of their herd to local 4-Hers forthe project season, but they are alsopartly accredited with the founding ofthe now popular Susquehanna County4-H Dairy Camp, which is an overnightevent that gives 4-H members an op-portunity to practice washing, clip-ping, and leading their animals beforethe actual day of competition later inthe month.

This program, which now takes partover a two day period, involves nearly75 4-H members aged 8 to 18 and fea-tures workshops on topics rangingfrom dairy nutrition to basic first aid,to fitting and showmanship sessions,has evolved from the one day eventthat was held on the Pavelski’s frontlawn for several years before growing

in popularity and finally moving to theHarford Fairgrounds as a way to ac-commodate more 4-H members. Eventoday Joe and Sandy continue to helpwith Dairy Camp by providing an aver-age of 30 heifers for use of the 4-Hers.

Because 98 percent of America’sdairy farms are owned and operated bydedicated, hardworking families likethe Pavelski family, consumers canfeel safe when purchasing items fromthe dairy aisle of their local grocerystore. Farmers are committed to fol-lowing regulations and managementpractices that best protect the healthof their families and their cows as wellas the quality of the milk they produceand the land, air, and water they aresurrounded by every day.

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BROOMEWHITTACRE FARM LLC DHI-AP H 478.5 26844 997 3.7 807 3.0 3XWHITTACRE FARM LLC DHI-AP X 25.4 25895 1000 3.9 778 3.0 3XDIEKOW,ARTHUR & PEGGY DHI-AP H 75.8 23958 870 3.6 727 3.0AUKEMA DOUG. DHIR-AP H 61.0 21149 819 3.9 656 3.1COLEMAN, WALTER DHI-AP H 65.0 21059 832 4.0 645 3.1TILLOTSON,DOUG AND STEVE DHI-AP H 117.4 21794 754 3.5 644 3.0CHARLES MRAS DHIR-AP H 86.4 22151 826 3.7 636 2.9JOHN AND CHARLES HAYES DHI-AP H 91.7 20704 766 3.7 631 3.0FAIGLE, PAUL DHIR H 58.8 19535 715 3.7 593 3.0LEETOPS FARM DHI-AP H 101.4 20055 724 3.6 583 2.9PRICE, LESTER AND DAVID DHI-AP H 55.4 19416 738 3.8 579 3.0WOODFORD, DANIEL J. DHI-AP H 42.4 18094 709 3.9 548 3.0ROSELAND HOLSTEINS DHI-AP H 26.4 17974 664 3.7 511 2.8

CATTARAUGUSCARBU FARMS DHIRAPCS H 505.0 29586 1104 3.7 907 3.1 3XHILL'S VALLEY FARM, LLC DHIR-AP B 152.1 24690 1031 4.2 793 3.2WHITEHEAD, NATE DHI-AP X 71.6 24214 889 3.7 766 3.2JONES DAIRY, INC. DHI-AP H 74.3 24481 917 3.7 751 3.1CHARLES BARES DHI-AP H 2047.6 24050 933 3.9 738 3.1 3XDUROW,MICHAEL AND DAWN DHI-AP H 170.9 23289 796 3.4 726 3.1WILEAN FARMS DHI-AP H 165.5 23631 899 3.8 725 3.1KARON FARMS, INC. DHI-AP H 83.4 24012 920 3.8 723 3.0BOBERG,DANIEL F. DHI-AP H 69.1 22299 741 3.3 684 3.1PIMM ADELIA DHI-AP X 280.8 20780 772 3.7 677 3.3MARK HANSEN DHIR-AP J 71.1 17878 823 4.6 636 3.6ANDERA, CHRIS & CATHY DHI-AP H 63.2 20261 758 3.7 625 3.1BOBERG ALAN F. DHI-AP H 64.6 19868 737 3.7 606 3.1KRATTS RONALD L. DHI-AP H 56.5 20216 743 3.7 606 3.0JOHN MOSHER DHI-AP H 59.3 20554 699 3.4 603 2.9HORTON, DAIRY DHI-AP H 63.9 19351 712 3.7 577 3.0WOLOSZYN FARMS DHI-AP H 101.3 18686 712 3.8 571 3.1PHILIP CLARK DHI-AP H 50.1 19196 667 3.5 569 3.0POWELL FARMS DHI-AP X 103.6 16854 725 4.3 559 3.3ANDERA, CHRIS & CATHY DHI-AP H 18.7 17167 674 3.9 547 3.2MICHAEL KENT DHI-AP H 31.6 16443 581 3.5 503 3.1

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ERIEAMBERWOOD FARM DHI-AP H 54.3 25702 1029 4.0 834 3.2RICHMOND, CHARLES & JOHN DHIR-AP H 216.5 26327 938 3.6 790 3.0 3XROLLING MEADOWS FARM LLC DHI-AP H 591.1 25851 958 3.7 775 3.0 3XEARLY VIEW FARM DHI-AP H 105.5 24820 944 3.8 769 3.1PHILLIPS FAMILY FARM INC. DHI-AP H 914.4 24879 952 3.8 765 3.1 3XR&D JANIGA ENTERPRISES DHI-AP H 305.1 23110 849 3.7 730 3.2MUNN, RICHARD DHI-AP H 74.5 23516 879 3.7 724 3.1HAIER, GEORGE DHI-AP H 60.2 24102 855 3.5 713 3.0WITTMEYER, CLAYTON JR. DHI-AP H 190.9 23196 830 3.6 705 3.0NORBEL DAIRY DHI-AP H 112.3 22989 848 3.7 689 3.0 3XSCHMITZ, KEITH & ANN DHI-AP H 59.5 22769 828 3.6 680 3.0TRIPLE OAK FARMS DHI-AP H 155.0 22718 822 3.6 678 3.0HAIER FREDRICK DHI H 54.5 19838 814 4.1 628 3.2JEFFERY SIMONS DHI-AP H 64.2 19809 744 3.8 600 3.0DONALD RACHWAL JR DHI-AP H 60.1 16930 573 3.4 515 3.0

FRANKLINOOMSVIEW HOLSTEINS DHI-AP H 91.2 32923 1016 3.1 969 2.9 3XSTARGO DAIRY FARM,LLC DHI-AP H 181.5 28805 996 3.5 907 3.1 3XPOIRIER, EUGENE DHIR-AP H 71.3 25293 979 3.9 796 3.1BEAVER FLATS HOLSTEINS DHI-AP H 63.6 25411 804 3.2 773 3.0METCALF FARMS DHI-AP H 516.1 24529 885 3.6 761 3.1 3XARMSTRONG,THOMAS DHI H 72.4 23931 892 3.7 758 3.2VINCENT FARM LLC. DHI-AP H 142.4 24733 877 3.5 755 3.1DANIEL & HELENE MEIER DHIR-AP H 359.5 24025 869 3.6 754 3.1

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GENESEEBLUMER DAIRY DHI-AP H 408.1 25973 977 3.8 814 3.1 3XMOWACRES FARM DHI-AP H1571.8 26270 1005 3.8 793 3.0 3XKINGSLEY,HOWARD&SONS DHI-AP H 107.3 24592 902 3.7 748 3.0TORREY FARMS DAIRY DHI-AP H 899.3 24635 883 3.6 731 3.0 3XBERKEMEIER, H. C. & SONS DHI-AP H 75.0 21556 823 3.8 693 3.2ROBERT WOOD DHIR-AP H 85.8 21434 680 3.2 651 3.0ZUBER FARMS 2 DHI-APCS H 2216.0 20518 800 3.9 609 3.0 3XVALLEY VIEW FARM DHI-AP H 234.6 18674 702 3.8 564 3.0JOHN KUSZLYK DHIR-AP X 72.2 18228 657 3.6 556 3.1

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HERKIMERCASLER, JIM & PHIL DHI-AP H 292.3 28648 1211 4.2 875 3.1MAYPAR FARM DHIR H 136.7 25852 997 3.9 804 3.1FOSTER'S ACRES HOLSTEINS DHIR-AP H 139.1 24780 824 3.3 773 3.1TIMMERMAN FARMS DHI-AP H 203.2 25561 836 3.3 771 3.0 3XWOLFE, HOWARD DHI-AP H 91.2 23553 905 3.8 739 3.1VALLEY HIGH FARM DHI-AP H 75.7 23440 920 3.9 711 3.0KELVISTA HOLSTEINS DHIR-AP H 90.9 23292 869 3.7 693 3.0WINDEX FARMS DHIR-AP H 99.2 22127 845 3.8 686 3.1BOEPPLE, RAYMOND & LISA DHI H 62.4 22592 843 3.7 680 3.0BLACK IRON DAIRY LLC DHI-AP H 180.7 22373 813 3.6 662 3.0FREDERICK P HERRINGSHAW DHI-AP H 202.3 20699 807 3.9 661 3.2SCHWASNICK FARMS DHI-AP H 112.8 21509 819 3.8 641 3.0DONALD & ERIN SHUTTS JR DHI-AP X 64.6 20382 760 3.7 641 3.1BRUCE TREADWELL DHI-AP H 78.1 21557 790 3.7 639 3.0SPRING LAWN FARM DHIR-AP H 79.8 20188 760 3.8 631 3.1ATRASS FARM DHIR-AP H 65.2 20532 777 3.8 615 3.0MEADOW BROOK FARM DHI-AP X 73.4 18789 709 3.8 604 3.2JORDAN VALLEY DHI-AP H 70.6 19912 686 3.4 598 3.0WINTERGREEN FARM DHI-AP H 66.7 19684 715 3.6 578 2.9COLLINS PRIDE HOLSTEINS DHIR-AP H 116.7 18807 676 3.6 562 3.0FOSTER'S ACRES JERSEYS DHI-AP J 13.5 15055 709 4.7 551 3.7SALMSTEAD FARMS DHI-AP H 102.4 18844 662 3.5 545 2.9HACKLEY, BRIAN DHI-AP H 52.3 17733 655 3.7 543 3.1DALE COVERT DHI-AP H 40.7 18074 660 3.7 542 3.0ELM TREE FARM DHI-AP H 70.0 18242 693 3.8 538 2.9GEHRING, DONALD DHI-AP H 41.2 17835 670 3.8 536 3.0HILLSDALE FARM DHI-AP H 14.7 16997 550 3.2 530 3.1LYON, JOSEPH & ANGELA DHI-AP H 73.6 17700 629 3.6 528 3.0HAUGHTON FARM DHI-AP H 97.4 16893 678 4.0 527 3.1MARSHY ACRES FARM DHI-AP X 60.5 17873 625 3.5 521 2.9DITHMARSIA HOLSTEINS DHI-AP H 105.6 17124 668 3.9 516 3.0DALE COVERT DHI-AP X 21.2 15564 662 4.3 511 3.3DONEINFARM DHI-AP H 30.4 17215 639 3.7 503 2.9

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LEWISL&M FARMS DHI-AP H 48.4 28310 960 3.4 836 3.0WALNUTHOF FARM DHI-AP H 108.9 26201 989 3.8 805 3.1 3XANDY SCHANTZ DHI-AP H 75.2 24860 846 3.4 764 3.1YORK, SCOTT E DHI-AP H 57.9 24732 919 3.7 748 3.0RIDLESIDE HERD #1 DHIR-AP H 169.1 23680 876 3.7 741 3.1TARA LYNDAKER DHI-AP H 51.0 22971 800 3.5 718 3.1RIVEREDGE DAIRY DHI-AP H 64.4 22605 850 3.8 716 3.2SCHRAG,WILFRED & LOIS DHIR H 83.6 23035 959 4.2 702 3.0ROGGIE,KEITH DHI-AP H 83.8 24238 884 3.6 700 2.9SOUTH KEENER DAIRY DHI-AP H 111.1 22591 835 3.7 697 3.1WILLIAMS FARM DHI-AP H 166.0 22684 889 3.9 696 3.1HOUSER, DWIGHT DHI-AP H 79.7 22708 894 3.9 694 3.1SULLIVAN,MIKE C. DHI-AP H 122.5 20511 762 3.7 676 3.3LEYDEN VIEW FARM DHI-AP H 87.6 22094 888 4.0 673 3.0TERRY WALSEMAN DHI-AP H 72.7 22511 927 4.1 670 3.0JASDALE FARM DHI-AP H 131.9 22044 976 4.4 669 3.0HANCOCK, JIM & DARCIE DHI-AP H 98.0 22114 736 3.3 660 3.0 3XZEHR GLENN DHI-AP H 89.6 21672 787 3.6 655 3.0RODNEY CLINTSMAN DHI H 81.2 20908 764 3.7 631 3.0JEFF SIMPSON DHI-AP H 62.9 20590 826 4.0 628 3.1YORK, MICHEAL & DYNALL DHI-AP H 65.6 20728 779 3.8 624 3.0MISTYKNOLL FARM DHI-AP H 130.7 19822 734 3.7 621 3.1SHERMAN ERIC & LORELLE DHIR-AP H 72.3 19972 863 4.3 614 3.1HEBERT, RONALD DHI H 98.3 20321 753 3.7 607 3.0ERNEST & AMY BEYER DHI-AP H 122.9 19984 828 4.1 603 3.0THUNDER LANE DAIRY DHI-AP H 81.4 19545 843 4.3 586 3.0YANCEY, HASKELL A., JR DHI-AP H 60.1 19039 654 3.4 584 3.1MAST, TITUS DHIR-AP H 73.1 18488 702 3.8 582 3.1WIDRICK, KYLE DHI-AP H 78.9 19494 728 3.7 579 3.0VALMONT DAIRY FARM DHIR H 113.9 19093 716 3.8 576 3.0PALUCK, WILLAIM DHI-AP H 94.8 18325 774 4.2 553 3.0NORTZ, CHRISTINA DHI-AP H 37.5 18824 782 4.2 552 2.9HOPPEL, CARL & DORIS DHI-AP H 105.0 18621 736 4.0 544 2.9BUCKINGHAM, DALE DHI-AP H 62.0 17398 629 3.6 542 3.1GINGERICH, LOWELL & JOYCE DHI-AP H 129.3 17075 679 4.0 540 3.2BAUER, JAMES DHI-AP H 25.0 17835 621 3.5 527 3.0MOSER, LYNDON DHI H 91.5 16580 641 3.9 515 3.1

LIVINGSTONR. SCHRAMM ENT. DHI-AP H 193.4 28154 1030 3.7 874 3.1 3XMULLIGAN FARM, INC DHI-AP H 1243.7 28040 1037 3.7 854 3.0 3XMROCZEK, JOSEPH & ANDY DHI-AP H 89.5 26934 936 3.5 839 3.1KEVETTA FARMS DHIR-AP H 26.3 26203 893 3.4 807 3.1KEVETTA FARMS DHIR-AP J 14.5 21810 955 4.4 802 3.7COYNE FARMS, INC. DHIRAPCS H 905.5 26088 1019 3.9 782 3.0 3XDAIRYKNOLL FARMS DHI-AP H 933.2 25857 896 3.5 776 3.0 3XMAXWELL FARMS DHI-AP H 78.8 24002 881 3.7 710 3.0CADYVILLE FARM DHI-AP H 155.1 21441 870 4.1 661 3.1DONNAN FARMS, INC. DHI-APCS H 3593.1 21156 779 3.7 630 3.0 3X

MADISONCHRIS AND STEPH ANDERSON DHIR-AP H 52.1 30213 888 2.9 928 3.1 3XMORRISVILLE COLLEGE FOUND DHI-APCS H 257.9 29565 1079 3.6 920 3.1 3XCEDARKNOB FARMS, LLC DHI-AP H 331.0 28125 892 3.2 854 3.0 3XSPRINGWATER FARMS LLC DHI-AP H 419.2 27902 924 3.3 839 3.0 3XDURFEE, STEVEN DHI-AP H 523.8 26643 1017 3.8 822 3.1 3XGATEHOUSE FARM DHI-AP H 246.0 25002 910 3.6 748 3.0 3XROBERTS, CHARLES & SONS DHI-AP H 125.8 23897 917 3.8 740 3.1WHITE EAGLE FARMS DHI-AP H 1029.1 25209 910 3.6 739 2.9 3XSWAMP BOTTOM FARM DHI-AP H 47.7 23334 785 3.4 733 3.1GRANNY ANNE DHIR-AP H 85.3 23337 879 3.8 731 3.1EVANS, DOUG DHIR A 41.0 21918 843 3.8 711 3.2MONANFRAN FARMS, INC. DHIR-AP H 193.6 23890 837 3.5 703 2.9FERN HILL FARM, LLC DHIR H 236.6 21959 865 3.9 699 3.2BIKOWSKY, PATTY & JOHN JR. DHI-AP H 77.9 23492 822 3.5 697 3.0TFARM DHIR H 86.9 21890 842 3.8 686 3.1JOE SHOEMAKER DHI-AP H 69.1 21853 805 3.7 674 3.1WESTFALL, FRED & STEVE DHI-AP H 93.2 21423 790 3.7 664 3.1WOOD, CALVIN & MATT DHI-AP H 240.9 20936 787 3.8 657 3.1WINTERCREST FARMS DHI-AP H 120.2 22015 790 3.6 654 3.0PUSHLAR, PAUL & FAMILY DHI-AP H 79.0 21102 745 3.5 654 3.1JONES,DAVID & SCOTT DHI-AP H 79.8 20994 805 3.8 651 3.1MANLEY, GWEN & JEFF DHI-AP H 44.2 20967 797 3.8 644 3.1RENDCACH FARMS DHI-AP H 162.8 21251 795 3.7 642 3.0WRATTEN FARM DHI-AP H 37.0 20298 763 3.8 622 3.1WOODCOCK, LOUIS L. DHI H 89.4 19521 742 3.8 620 3.2HENRY, JOSEPH O. & PETE DHI-AP H 71.1 20258 684 3.4 617 3.0PARSONS, DOUGLAS DHI-AP H 120.2 19743 734 3.7 615 3.1FANNING, TERRY DHI-AP H 67.1 19539 660 3.4 606 3.1WEDGE FARM DHI-AP H 71.3 20077 784 3.9 606 3.0BARNES, BRUCE DHI-AP H 69.7 19668 697 3.5 593 3.0BRIDGEDALE FARM DHI-AP H 113.3 18895 710 3.8 578 3.1MORGAN, FRED & JUDY DHI-AP H 148.2 18030 749 4.2 563 3.1SCHELL, JOHN E. DHI-AP H 62.0 18892 658 3.5 560 3.0PERRY, DONALD L. & DONALD H DHI-AP H 82.5 18356 714 3.9 546 3.0WESTFALL, FRED & STEVE DHI-AP A 26.9 17637 685 3.9 539 3.1MEEKER, ROY E. DHI-AP H 46.2 19170 711 3.7 539 2.8SCHELL, JOHN E. DHI-AP J 16.7 17348 659 3.8 537 3.1WILCOX, TERRY DHI-AP H 80.7 16751 608 3.6 508 3.0WRATTEN FARM DHI-AP X 31.6 16024 598 3.7 504 3.1

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The incidence of Strep-tococcus agalactiae (S.agalactiae) mastitis in theUnited States has beensignificantly reduced inrecent decades. However,some farms continue tostruggle with the controlof this contagiouspathogen. Similarly, thispathogen still plaguesother countries of theworld that lack propercontrol programs. A suc-cessful control programincludes prompt treat-ment of cases, the use ofproper milking proce-dures, and dry cow thera-py. All streptococci bacte-ria are Gram-positive andsimilar in structure to

Staphylococcus spp. Milkculturing laboratoriescan distinguish Strep.agalactiae from otherstreptococci using stan-dard biochemical tests.Where are these organ-

isms found?The reservoir for Strep.

agalactiae is infected ud-ders. This pathogen is anobligate parasite of theudder in dairy cows. Un-like S. aureus, Strep.agalactiae does not readi-ly colonize damaged teatskin or teat lesions.

How does strep.agalactiae spread tothe mammary gland?The spread of Strep.

agalactiae can occurthrough washcloths andteat cup liners. Duringmilking, irregular vacu-um fluctuations can forcebacteria up into the teatcanal, leading to the po-tential for new infection.

How can you preventand control mastitis

caused by Strep.agalactiae?

Proper milking proce-dures, including the useof efficacious pre- andpost-milking teat disin-fectants, will help to re-duce the number of newinfections. Importantmilking-time considera-tions that will help re-duce the spread to unin-fected cows include theuse of gloves and single-use towels and milkinginfected cows last. Fur-thermore, a backflushsystem may help reducebacterial numbers withinthe liners, but rinsingunits by hand is not rec-ommended. Testing newherdmates will help toidentify reservoirs ofthese contagious bacte-ria. Finally, dry cow ther-apy should be adminis-tered to all quarters of all

cows at the time of milkcessation.

When are Strep. agalac-tiae mastitis infectionsmost likely to occur?

Due to the contagiousnature of these bacteria,new infections are likelyto occur during lacta-tion. Cows in early lacta-tion are at increased riskfor new infections due tothe increased stress andimmune suppression as-sociated with the post-partum period. Cowswith high milk produc-tion are not at greaterrisk than cows with lowmilk production.

How likely is Strep.agalactiae to cure?Successful treatment of

Strep. agalactiae is easilyachieved with the use abroad-spectrum intra-mammary antibioticpreparation. New clinicalinfections should betreated promptly and ap-

propriately. In some in-stances, herd outbreaksof Strep. agalactiae havebeen reported. In thesesituations, treatment ofall culture-positive ani-mals at one time is rec-ommended, followed withbacteriologic testing toconfirm success.

Retreatment may benecessary, as well asmonitoring culture-nega-tive cows to make surethey remain uninfected.This process is repeateduntil all animals are cul-ture-negative for Strep.agalactiae. During awhole-herd treatment,those administering thetreatment must be dili-gent about cleaning theteat ends prior to antibi-otic infusion. Impropercleaning prior to adminis-tration can yield the in-troduction of a newpathogen into the gland.In general, use of a strip

cup or similar device isstrongly recommendedfor detecting abnormalmilk. The use of DairyHerd Improvement so-matic cell count recordsin addition to visual ob-servation of forestrippedmilk and milk culture re-sults will indicate effec-tiveness of treatment.

Quick notes • Strep. agalactiae is a

contagious mastitispathogen spread fromcow to cow at milking.

• New herdmatesshould be tested prior toentering the milkingstring; they should beseparated from othercows until their tests areculture-negative.

• Use of gloves, effica-cious pre- and post-milk-ing teat disinfectants,single-use towels, anddry cow therapy will helpcontrol this pathogen.

• Strep. agalactiae re-sponds well to antibiotictherapy.

Source: http://pubs.ext.vt.edu

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12.4 X 24 GOODYEAR tire 100% tread45° angle tread pattern, $250. Came offFarmall A. Ask for Ben 607-263-5120.(NY)

DEUTZ-ALLIS 7085 90HP Tractor 4wdcanopy $9,500. OBO. WANTED: 4” Lay flathose. No Sunday calls. 315-536-8803.(NY)

DION UNLOADING wagon tandem gear, 3beater roof, ready to work, silage elevator16-20ft. 528 McMurdy Brook Rd. So. Kor-tright, NY. 607-538-9612

JD 260 LOADER, JD front silage blade, JD46A loader, Case IH-885 w/cab JD directcut head, 55gal. barrels w/lids. 518-376-0244.(NY)

9 ANGUS STEERS and 6 Angus Bulls 600to 700 weight, all natural grazers$1.25/pound. 607-743-3037.(NY)

2003 FORD F350 DRW 4WD 6.8LV10auto 161K 8’x9’ Gooseneck bed brake con-troller F+R electrical plugs, new tires andbrakes. 802-376-7452 OBRO.(VT)

FOR SALE: ROPS fits Oliver 1850-1955stored inside, after market, no canopy$1,000. obo. 315-269-3794.(NY)

NH 2R717 CORN HEAD EX NH 258 rakeEX JD 70 NF rare half size PaPec ensilagecutter. 845-469-2430.(NY)

FOR SALE: Irish Dexter cattle breedingstock. Call 585-928-2725.(NY)

FOR SALE: JD 327 square baler with kick-er, extra wide pickup, excellent condition,field ready, always stored inside$8,500/obo. 716-731-4021.(NY)

NH 718 CHOPPER w/2 hay heads $800.New 8ton running gear Stoltzfus, neverused $1,500. 802-464-2644.(VT)

WALK IN COOLER with compressor andcondenser. 6 Allis tractor Powell planter, 2row Moline 607 gas. 585-526-6606.(NY)

JOHN DEERE corn binder one row, PTOdrive, rubber tires, nice shape, can seework $2,000. or best offer. Syracuse, NY.315-382-6656

40 DORSET FINN Ewe Sheep 2-3yrs. old$150/ea. or make offer for all. Roy Miller7725 Mosher Hollow Rd. Cattaraugus, NY.14719.

BLUE HEELER puppies, good cattle dogsor will make a friendly pet. Both parents areworking cattle dogs and friendly. 607-532-9582.(NY)

FOR SALE: D4 Winch complete $360.Daniel A. Stoltzfus 16568 County Route161 Watertown, NY 13601.

JD 218 FLEX HEAD VG $3,650, JD 216Flex Head, fair condition $1,300. 315-406-5836.(NY)

REGISTERED AND PET quality NigerianDwarf Goats for sale. Kid and adult Does,Bucks and Wethers available, $50 to $225.716-492-4351(NY)

15 YEAR OLD blonde Belgian Mare, lightmane and tail, good worker, rides $750,518-673-2431.(NY)

WANTED: Qualified person or husbandwife team with passion for dairying, pay bypercentage of income conventionalpipeline barn 90 Cows. 716-358-4762.(NY)

PIGLETS FOR SALE: Pure bred Yorkshire,shots, teeth cut and wormed, good feederPigs. Whole grain fed, papers available.315-858-0088.(NY)

GRAVITY WAGON w/auger $1,500.16.9R26 tire 50% tread w/tube $250. NH27 Blower $800. Front weights 3020w/brackets. 585-747-7567.(NY)

REGISTERED ANGUS and Angus crossBulls for sale. Wellville Farm. 434-292-3102.(VA)

PARLOR, DOUBLE six HerringboneBoumatic, complete low- line system,pump with VF-drive, meters, chain detach-ers. Crowd gate also. 315-292-4229.(NY)

CHEVY C-60 silage dump truck$2,500;Hesston 7155 Chopper $2,000;Harsh 303 mixer $3,000; Farmall 400$2,200; Baby Chicks $2. 607-286-9362.(NY)

1971 FORD 3000 tractor w/back blade;also Ford 8N; both in good condition$5,000 for both. 518-257-6718.(NY)

2 HESSTON SP. 110 haybine’s for parts orrebuild. 607-965-8285.(NY)

ONE 5 TON Schuld bin with auger andInternational Agitator. No hammer dentsand two elec. motors $1,600. 814-326-0826.(PA)

J.D. 920 FLEX HEAD with wagon $6,000.1978 C60 diesel grain body $2,000. obo.315-251-4656.(NY)

BRED SOWS for sale: (1) 800lb. Duroc, (1)600lb. Tamworth, (2) 400lb. Tamworth-Hampshire mix. Asking $200. each. 845-234-7157.(NY)

RISSLER SILAGE conveyor silage dumptable for trucks at silo always under cover16’ silage truck. 607-627-6637 Home, 607-627-6245 Farm.(NY)

DONKEY WEANLING Jenny gray halter-broke $350. Also Peacocks India blueBlack shoulder crosses $30. each 2months old. 315-717-8261.(NY)

FOR SALE or trade Southdown Ram born04-02-2012 triplet, will trade for Ram ofequal value, grand champion at fair. 607-847-8621.(NY)

WANTED: Deutz Fair round baler 3.20parts or repair, also 19L 16.1 manure tanktires 8 bolt rims. No Sunday calls. 315-536-0235.(NY)

THREE REGISTERED Holstein Heifersdue Sept. sired by top sires. 607-583-2084.(NY)

THREE FIRST CALF Heifers, two due inOct. one in Sept, good size $3,000. obo.Will deliver Jersey Heifers. 802-476-4423.(VT)

4X4 TRIPLE WRAPPED baleage purealfalfa $85. Clover grass mix $75. Can loadtrailers. Forage Soybean Sept. $75. 315-265-6788.(NY)

32 COW DAIRY herd Holsteins, Jerseysand H-J crosses $1,200. obo. 607-243-9147.(NY)

400’ 3/4” WATER LINE Goat milking stan-chion, headlocks/ramp, make offer. 4-burnbarrels $20/ea. William Byler 4831-StateHwy. 10 Fort Plain,NY 13339.

WESTFIELD 8” X 51’ grain auger PTOdrive $2,800. Phelps, Ontario County, NY.585-748-9474

7FT. BELLY MOUNT IH Dynahead mower,12ft. IH power set drag model 401, side hillhitch for swinging draw bar. 607-343-2768.(NY)

89 FORD L8000, diesel grain hay truck,102w 18-24L, 35000 GVW, 10sp. goodrubber, scissor hoist, work ready $7,500.OBO. 607-387-6671.(NY)

15K PTO Generator, Antique HayRake, 3Produce Wagons, 1/2Bu. Baskets, 5/8Potato Baskets, 50# Cabbage Bags, 50#Potato Bags, Scales. 315-853-5889.(NY)

SHAVINGS 3.4 CU. FT. bags $5.25 perbag, quantity discount. Cherry Valley, NYarea. 607-547-8536

32’ LITTLE GIANT hay elevator, fair togood condition $650. 315-852-6192.(NY)

WOOD KICKER feeder wagon. 860-274-5659.(CT)

WANTED: 15-20 Ton hopper, bottom feedbin. Also small hammermill or rollermill.315-536-3480.(NY)

WANTED: 16ft. Rear dump silage wagonwith roof. FOR SALE: 7700 Ford tractor;336 square baler 3+4 bottom IH plows.585-526-5954.(NY)

WANTED: 8”-Roller mill, good shape. FORSALE: 42ft.-Double chain-drive hay eleva-tor, G.C. 625gal. Bulk tank. Lester Byler8811 St.Rt.274 Holland Patnt, NY13354.

NH 718 WITH HAY head for parts $350.Hesston 2-row Chopper model 2000 forparts $300. 518-638-8724.(NY)

HAY FOR SALE: Large round bales, 1stcutting. Call 518-762-1523.(NY)

GLEANER MODEL K combine, gasengine, 12ft. grain head $2,500. obo. 814-837-7336(PA)

WANTED: Farmall model AV with cultiva-tors. 585-289-4143.(NY)

JOHN DEERE 4440, great condition, goodpaint, new front tires, good back tires, runsexcellent has served us well. 401-822-0131 401-397-5404.(RI)

GLENCOE CHISEL plow 10’ wide $2,000.Call evenings. 585-599-3489.(NY)

FOR SALE: Berkshire cross feeder Pigs,farrowed on pasture $50. 315-684-3228.(NY)

JOHN DEERE 730 diesel direct start, toomany new parts to list, 16.9x38 rubber,wife say’s must sell. 315-497-0323.(NY)

BLACK POLLED reg.Simmental Bull, Sire:Triple-C extra power. Bred 45 Cows in 60days, ready for heavy service. 315-796-7371.(NY)

TWO TIRES 20P. 710/75/34 two tires 20P.540.65.R30. 315-856-0483.(NY)

FOR SALE: Celtrac HG 42, JD 14T baler,woods RM 600 mower, Freeman loaderwith buckets off JD 2640. 315-576-1573.(NY)

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WASHINGTON, D.C. —Dairy producers wanttools that will limit risk,that are easy to navigate,and which are not tied tosupply management.That was the messagefrom Dr. Eric Erba, ChiefStrategy Officer at Cali-fornia Dairies, Inc. (CDI),the nation’s secondlargest dairy cooperative,referring to members ofhis organization. Erbajoined Dr. MarkStephenson, Director ofDairy Policy Analysis, atthe University of Wiscon-sin’s College of Agricul-tural and Life Sciences

at a briefing attended bydairy farmer and DPACmember Alan Kozak,owner-operator of CloverPatch Dairy in Millers-burg, OH, along withnearly 50 House and AgCommittee staffers.

Rep. Tom Petri (R-WI),Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA)and Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI), members of the U.S.House of Representa-tives Dairy FarmersCaucus, sponsored theAug. 6 briefing whichwas offered to present analternative view point tothat presented at a ses-sion a week earlier onthe Dairy Security Act.

The conversation cen-tered on the Dairy Mar-

ket Stabilization Pro-gram, a controversialnew dairy program de-signed to periodicallylimit milk productionthat is included in theDairy Security Act, partof the House AgricultureCommittee’s version ofthe Farm Bill.

Dr. Stephenson’s pres-entation “Dairy Optionsfor the Farm Bill” calledattention to the “Unin-tended Consequences” ofthe Dairy Market Stabi-lization Program, includ-ing the speed at whichcircumstances change inthe dairy industry, andthe fact that the currentdrought situation hasmoved the dairy industryinto concern about nothaving enough milk.

“If the stabilization

program were law, thesupply management pro-gram would be in effectnow and would be reduc-ing already lower milkproduction by 4 percent,”noted Dr. Stephenson.

“A dairy farm is a bio-logical system with sig-nificant variationsin monthly productiondepending on weather,feed quality, calving pat-terns and many otherfactors,” said Kozak. “If aperiod of reduced pro-duction becomes thebase for futuremargin insurance, whatis meant to be a call toreduce production by,say 4 percent, could be-come a requirement toreduce production by amuch greater percent-age. For this and other

reasons very few produc-ers will participate in theprogram as currentlywritten. There will be nomeans to effectively reg-ulate production and nosafety net.”

“Supply managementhas been tried before,and did not work at all,”said CDI’s Dr. Erba.“Good intentions, buthorrific results.”

Dr. Stephenson offeredhis opinion on the bipar-tisan amendment offeredby Reps. Bob Goodlatte(R-VA) and David Scott(D-GA) that would re-move the program andoffer a stand-alone Mar-gin Insurance Programsimilar, but not identical,to the margin insuranceportion of the SenateFarm Bill, noting that it

would have a moderatingeffect on price volatility,without affecting mar-kets too much.

“I have been workingwith dairy producers formore than 30 years,”said Dr. Stephenson,“and in my opinion, notmore than 40 percentwill sign on to the stabi-lization program. Andthose who register forthe basic level of marginprotection will be carry-ing all of the obligationsof supply management,but receiving few of thebenefits of the insuranceindemnities.”

“The Goodlatte Scottamendment would give methe solution I need,” con-cluded Kozak. “Risk man-agement protection with-out supply management.”NO BULL TOO BIG OR NASTY

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BUTLERED & LORRAINE THIELE DHI-AP H 40.3 25737 928 3.6 793 3.1MIKE & ANETTE SCHIEVER DHI-AP H 117.2 24565 951 3.9 766 3.1HARTZELL FARM DHI-AP H 168.4 23817 821 3.4 713 3.0UNDER GRACE DAIRY DHI-AP H 50.5 23406 914 3.9 698 3.0MARBURGER FARM DAIRY DHI-AP H 118.6 21255 830 3.9 674 3.2ALBERT HOGG & SONS DHI-AP H 50.6 21477 829 3.9 673 3.1RITA KENNEDY DHI-AP X 25.1 17900 683 3.8 611 3.4PAUL CRITCHLOW JR. DHI-AP X 37.1 16991 760 4.5 603 3.5 3XDROVERS INN DHI-AP H 75.8 19533 709 3.6 591 3.0J L & H F KENNEDY DHIR-AP B 31.5 16964 638 3.8 590 3.5JOHN H RENO DHIR-AP H 33.5 17895 696 3.9 572 3.2CHESTNUT RUN FARM DHI-AP H 34.9 18333 695 3.8 571 3.1CROFT BROS DHI-AP H 40.3 17017 662 3.9 550 3.2BRADLEY & CALEB COOPER DHI-AP H 45.8 17475 664 3.8 540 3.1

CENTREVALLEYSEND FARM DHIR-AP H 69.7 26210 1235 4.7 848 3.2PENNDELL FARMS DHIR-AP H 78.4 27027 1118 4.1 838 3.1BROOK WAY HOLSTEINS DHI-AP H 171.7 27327 987 3.6 814 3.0PENN STATE UNIVERSITY DHIR H 258.7 26510 959 3.6 810 3.1GLEN AND LOIS MILLER DHI-AP H 76.5 25845 916 3.5 791 3.1RAS HOLSTEINS DHI-AP H 55.7 25224 898 3.6 791 3.1TODD AND LISA WOOMER DHI-AP H 46.0 26170 1053 4.0 789 3.0PINE HOLLOW FARM DHI-AP H 67.2 25712 881 3.4 789 3.1STRINGERS SAND RIDGE DHI-AP H 90.3 25391 1033 4.1 776 3.1VALLEY WIDE FARM DHIR-AP H 49.8 25838 971 3.8 768 3.0MURMAC FARMS DHI-APCS H 1188.3 25295 896 3.5 745 2.9 3XHAAGEN FARM DHI H 38.5 23784 968 4.1 736 3.1JUSTIN HOMAN DHI-AP H 71.1 23552 857 3.6 732 3.1PAUL HARTLE DHIR-AP H 62.6 23582 893 3.8 714 3.0KENNETH C GEPHART DHI-AP H 66.4 24542 855 3.5 707 2.9DAVID HOUSER DHIR-AP H 35.7 23219 835 3.6 706 3.0TOM AND LORI HARTLE DHIR-AP H 175.7 23030 949 4.1 689 3.0SCOTT E SWARTZ DHI-AP H 50.2 21887 862 3.9 686 3.1BREEZY FARMS DHI-AP H 59.2 21934 813 3.7 667 3.0STEPHEN L MUNDRICK DHIR-AP H 46.4 21029 873 4.2 663 3.2JONATHAN GLICK DHIR-AP H 67.4 22329 811 3.6 663 3.0DOUGLAS P VONADA DHIR-AP H 76.1 20766 807 3.9 662 3.2REESES DAIRYHILL DHI-AP H 118.0 20578 812 3.9 649 3.2BARBARA ROSSMAN DHI-AP H 76.0 21054 739 3.5 640 3.0CLAUDE HOMAN DHI-AP H 41.9 20421 791 3.9 639 3.1TI GLO FARM DHI-AP H 153.2 20986 801 3.8 637 3.0ROD AND TIM BRUSS DHI-AP H 50.6 20039 762 3.8 633 3.2BREEZY FARMS DHI-AP H 135.5 20916 753 3.6 628 3.0FISHER FARMS DHI-AP H 104.5 18602 725 3.9 591 3.2FETTEROLF FARM DHI-AP H 74.4 19044 798 4.2 585 3.1NITTANY SPRINGS FARM DHI-AP H 139.0 19051 777 4.1 580 3.0TONY &SAPRINA HARTER DHIR-AP X 52.7 18236 724 4.0 574 3.1HAROLD.E.HARPSTER DHIR-AP J 66.1 14795 748 5.1 556 3.8LORI D. BROWN DHI-APCS H 15.9 17273 654 3.8 541 3.1CLAUDE NYMAN DHI-AP H 22.5 17098 645 3.8 522 3.1

CLARIONJOHN HENRY # DHI H 55.2 33220 1208 3.6 987 3.0RANKIN DAIRY FARM DHI-AP H 116.3 24119 897 3.7 762 3.2NEXGEN DAIRY INC DHI-AP H 103.9 24126 895 3.7 735 3.0JOHN HENRY # DHI H 69.4 22746 829 3.6 706 3.1KEB DAIRY DHI-AP H 60.5 20983 762 3.6 654 3.1

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COLUMBIAJAN JURBALA DHIR-AP H 60.6 28708 1097 3.8 901 3.1LYONS DEN DAIRY DHI-AP H 86.9 24842 906 3.6 784 3.2HEMSARTH BRUCE&BRENDA DHI-APCS H 198.8 24584 963 3.9 742 3.0 3X

CRAWFORDTRCP FARM LLC. DHIR-AP B 40.6 23773 941 4.0 811 3.4FOSTERS FAMILY FARM DHI-AP H 118.6 26103 851 3.3 787 3.0TRCP FARM LLC. DHIR-AP H 53.3 25157 905 3.6 786 3.1LOST ACRES FARM DHI-AP H 94.0 22669 818 3.6 735 3.2DOLLYRUN FARM DHI-AP X 54.4 18292 599 3.3 613 3.4

ELKPAUL SWANSON DHI-AP H 76.2 26092 951 3.6 796 3.1V BELL FARMS DHI-AP H 56.7 23920 932 3.9 740 3.1PIERRE PONTZER DHI-AP H 73.7 20223 765 3.8 621 3.1

ERIEMARK VOGEL DHI-AP H 49.9 26758 886 3.3 813 3.0KIDSTREAT DHI-AP H 82.2 22959 850 3.7 714 3.1LIND FARM DHI-AP H 66.8 23213 873 3.8 712 3.1WILLIAM+ BRYAN LOPER DHI-AP H 60.7 23030 812 3.5 701 3.0CRAIG SHINKO DHI-AP H 83.2 21000 815 3.9 671 3.2WOODS DAIRY DHI-AP H 115.8 21645 729 3.4 663 3.1MARK VOGEL DHI-AP J 14.0 18399 855 4.6 663 3.6RAUSCH FARMS DHI-AP H 57.9 21520 840 3.9 656 3.0HIGH POINT FARMS DHI-AP H 100.9 22057 848 3.8 655 3.0PALNEL FARM DHI-AP H 121.9 20909 812 3.9 647 3.1DEAN +SUZANNE CURTIS DHI-AP H 142.6 18574 748 4.0 635 3.4BRAD ROBINSON DHI-AP H 259.2 19541 760 3.9 616 3.2KRUSE FARM DHI-AP H 87.0 18728 694 3.7 606 3.2CONCORD VALLEY FARMS INC DHI-APCS H 149.8 19649 760 3.9 581 3.0MARSHY MEADOW FARM DHIR-AP H 55.9 19039 705 3.7 580 3.0EVAN NICKERSON DHI-AP H 34.9 17972 698 3.9 563 3.1MIDNIGHT FIRE DAIRY DHI-AP X 34.8 16883 672 4.0 550 3.3MARSHY MEADOW FARM DHIR-AP B 18.7 16059 658 4.1 534 3.3

FRANKLINPAUL H. ZIMMERMAN JR. DHI-AP H 48.9 26468 965 3.6 830 3.1ROCK GAP DAIRY DHI-APCS H 152.5 26966 998 3.7 829 3.1JEMI CATTLE COMPANY DHIR-AP H 18.2 26796 1114 4.2 809 3.0JAMES&NINA BURDETTE DHIR-AP H 115.9 25347 987 3.9 804 3.2LOCUST HILL FARM DHI-AP H 118.0 26664 972 3.6 801 3.0DENNIS W BRICKER DHI-AP H 63.2 25509 877 3.4 778 3.0STEVEN E RUBY DHIR-AP H 199.3 25051 928 3.7 776 3.1JIM KAHLER DHIR-AP H 109.3 22979 947 4.1 775 3.4EVAN J BURKHOLDER DHI-AP H 192.3 23844 962 4.0 752 3.2CURTIS KNEPPER DHI-AP H 69.0 23271 918 3.9 743 3.2OAKLEIGH FARM DHIR-AP H 120.9 24254 826 3.4 738 3.0ROMARCOHOLSTEINS DHI-AP X 40.1 22615 964 4.3 727 3.2DUFFIELD DAIRY DHI-AP H 241.4 23684 838 3.5 726 3.1 3XANTHONY R LEHMAN DHI-AP H 102.1 23121 847 3.7 702 3.0JIM KAHLER DHIR-AP J 18.8 18602 950 5.1 699 3.8BEIDEL BROTHERS DHI-APCS H 172.7 21778 868 4.0 694 3.2ERIC NISWANDER DHI-APCS H 43.9 22268 783 3.5 693 3.1MILTON ROTZ DHI-AP H 377.2 21379 780 3.6 681 3.2MEYERS BROS DAIRY DHIR-AP H 198.5 20872 763 3.7 674 3.2PAUL H. ZIMMERMAN JR. DHI-AP J 16.9 18315 847 4.6 673 3.7JEREMY D. MARTIN DHI-AP H 93.9 21661 798 3.7 673 3.1PECKMAN HOMESTEAD DHIR-AP X 118.8 20723 851 4.1 670 3.2LAMELLO FARM DHIR-AP H 62.6 21571 695 3.2 670 3.1MIDDOUR FARMS LLC DHI-AP H 157.2 20863 830 4.0 666 3.2DENNIS&JOEL SOLLENBERGER DHI-AP H 97.1 22945 817 3.6 663 2.9ANTRIM WAY FARM DHI-AP H 108.1 20816 823 4.0 655 3.1GUILSIDE FARM DHI-AP H 192.0 21958 783 3.6 652 3.0HONEYSUCKLE ACRES DHIR-AP H 119.4 21064 726 3.4 648 3.1LAMELLO FARM DHIR-AP B 121.2 19223 715 3.7 647 3.4WITTERDALE FARM DHI-AP H 182.5 19821 735 3.7 635 3.2EDGAR S REICHARD DHIR-AP H 52.9 18910 750 4.0 613 3.2LAMELLO FARM DHIR-AP X 20.0 18814 732 3.9 609 3.2NELSON R MEYERS DHI-AP H 55.3 19417 734 3.8 603 3.1VERNON W. ZIMMERMAN DHI-AP H 76.7 19385 760 3.9 600 3.1JEMI JERSEYS DHIR-AP J 31.3 15760 841 5.3 592 3.8DONALD PIPER # DHI-AP H 124.1 18802 690 3.7 584 3.1THOMAS E SHATZER DHI-AP H 68.1 17737 686 3.9 557 3.1JUSTIN GEISINGER DHI-AP X 77.5 17405 597 3.4 547 3.1RYAN D MEYERS DHI-AP H 40.8 16129 647 4.0 534 3.3POVERTY LANE FARMS LP DHI-AP H 149.3 16954 652 3.8 527 3.1

JEFFERSONHIGHLAND H FARMS DHI-AP H 51.4 30605 1055 3.4 943 3.1MOWREYS SPRUCELAWN DHI-AP H 120.7 25748 975 3.8 810 3.1MITCHELLS DAIRY FARM DHI-AP H 85.4 24420 925 3.8 781 3.2DAN KELLER DHI-AP H 21.4 25860 990 3.8 776 3.0LONDONDALE FARM DHIR H 62.5 24614 928 3.8 762 3.1HIGHLAND H FARMS DHIR-AP J 17.8 19420 945 4.9 714 3.7SMITH OAK FARM DHI-AP H 124.0 21123 768 3.6 676 3.2WINGARD DAIRY FARM DHI-AP H 36.4 20342 687 3.4 664 3.3DAN RAYBUCK DHI-APCS H 13.2 20528 788 3.8 658 3.2D & L FARM DHI-APCS H 38.4 20409 737 3.6 640 3.1KNAPP BROTHERS FARM DHI-AP H 112.9 19030 777 4.1 613 3.2PINE VALLEY FARM DHI-AP H 41.6 18867 729 3.9 600 3.2HARVESTORE HILL FARM DHI-AP J 73.7 15668 753 4.8 563 3.6PARADISE ACRES DHIR-AP G 44.8 17342 730 4.2 553 3.2LAUREL VALLEY DAIRY DHI-AP H 26.0 17248 656 3.8 535 3.1

LACKAWANNAGEORGE YEDINAK DHIR H 53.1 20918 831 4.0 641 3.1PAUL MANNING DHI-AP H 77.7 18046 677 3.8 527 2.9

LAWRENCEROBIN&JOHN THOMPSON DHI-AP H 51.1 23012 863 3.8 739 3.2LEFTMAC FARM DHIR-AP H 61.1 23088 827 3.6 711 3.1CAMPRUN HOLSTEIN DHI-AP H 120.4 22565 800 3.5 698 3.1TROTACRE FARM DHIR-AP H 121.2 20965 700 3.3 644 3.1 3XHILLMAR FARM DHI-AP H 63.2 20867 741 3.6 644 3.1MARTINHOLM FARMS DHI-AP H 220.9 19349 694 3.6 571 3.0HENRY FARMS DHI-AP X 40.3 17632 669 3.8 552 3.1TROTACRE FARM DHIR-AP G 36.2 16262 716 4.4 537 3.3 3X

LUZERNEC K TROXELL FARMS DHI-AP H 171.5 22637 824 3.6 678 3.0SCOTT RINEHIMER DHI-AP H 77.6 21482 786 3.7 667 3.1

LYCOMINGBENJAMIN MCCARTY DHIR-AP H 37.7 23862 807 3.4 725 3.0ED+CHRISKITZMILLER DHI-AP H 19.1 21741 805 3.7 681 3.1BOSCH FARMS DHI-AP H 105.7 20055 812 4.0 643 3.2FANTASYFOUND HOLSTEINS DHI-AP H 124.9 20527 786 3.8 636 3.1BRYNN BOWER DHI-AP H 42.3 20012 770 3.8 629 3.1ED+CHRISKITZMILLER DHI-AP H 59.7 20099 778 3.9 627 3.1MICHAEL & LARRY FRY DHI-AP H 80.5 18392 760 4.1 574 3.1JEREMIE SNYDER DHI-AP H 58.6 15758 614 3.9 510 3.2

MCKEANSYN TANN DHI-AP W 54.8 23464 839 3.6 712 3.0DETRICKS FARM DHI-AP H 45.6 21835 850 3.9 711 3.3JAMES & JUDITH LARSON DHI-AP H 76.6 20570 704 3.4 614 3.0THREE MILES DAIRY DHIR-AP H 52.9 19212 751 3.9 606 3.2NEAL D GORDON DHI-AP H 36.7 18031 643 3.6 566 3.1JAMES & JUDITH LARSON DHI-AP X 46.7 16100 673 4.2 546 3.4

MERCERGANDER&GIRLS FAMILY FARM DHI-AP H 49.4 27227 966 3.5 824 3.0CANON DAIRY DHI-AP H 120.0 25929 942 3.6 790 3.0PAUL J CRITCHLOW DHI-AP H 119.6 26023 875 3.4 764 2.9 3XCLAN CAMPBELL DHI-AP H 61.2 23651 836 3.5 739 3.1O'COLTER FARM DHIR-AP H 136.4 21520 833 3.9 707 3.3DALE L KEPNER DHI-AP H 123.7 22622 853 3.8 687 3.0J. D. PHILSON DHI-AP H 29.2 21314 780 3.7 652 3.1HILLVIEW ACRES DHI-AP H 100.4 19790 700 3.5 628 3.2 3XIRISHTOWN ACRES DHIRAPCS J 497.4 15726 800 5.1 600 3.8J. D. PHILSON DHI-AP J 31.3 16388 763 4.7 600 3.7DANE YEAGER DHI-AP H 23.0 17442 681 3.9 536 3.1SALLY+GARY OAKES DHIR-AP H 27.7 16581 627 3.8 507 3.1

MONTOURSAMUEL + ADA BYLER DHI-AP H 52.1 21416 776 3.6 659 3.1

NORTHAMPTONVALKIES REG HOLSTEINS DHIR-AP H 100.3 28538 1085 3.8 848 3.0BREWER FARMS DHI-AP H 95.8 25187 917 3.6 749 3.0KLEIN FARMS DHIR H 64.7 24201 922 3.8 743 3.1EXCELSIOR FARMFLECK DHIR-AP H 100.9 23171 848 3.7 727 3.1BREWERS JERSEYS DHIR-AP J 18.1 18624 929 5.0 701 3.8RALPH HAHN DHI-AP H 82.6 22119 817 3.7 691 3.1REDMAPL SPRING FARM DHI-AP H 100.6 21779 833 3.8 679 3.1JOAN A WILLIAMS DHI-AP H 118.8 18632 757 4.1 572 3.1MACK FARMS DHI-AP H 20.9 17689 579 3.3 548 3.1JOHN BOCKO DHI-AP H 57.4 17821 692 3.9 544 3.1KOEHLER FARM DHI-AP H 37.2 18681 672 3.6 544 2.9KLEINTOP FARMS DHI-AP H 118.4 17509 687 3.9 533 3.0

POTTERJOHNCAROL FOWLER # DHI-AP H 64.6 23355 840 3.6 734 3.1ROGER+RHODA LENT DHI-APCS H 57.9 23312 846 3.6 703 3.0CADY FARMS DHI-AP H 86.8 22099 802 3.6 667 3.0RON+CANDY COONEY DHIRAPCS H 61.6 20019 770 3.8 643 3.2RISSER, DAVID & NELSA DHI-AP H 105.9 20708 760 3.7 637 3.1 3XJ J FARMS # DHI-APCS H 59.4 20104 763 3.8 623 3.1THOMPSON, DONALD & CATHY DHIR-AP H 61.5 19830 782 3.9 618 3.1GARY & TINA HAMILTON DHI-AP H 82.6 18004 674 3.7 555 3.1ROWN FARMS DHI-AP H 67.2 16747 688 4.1 544 3.2KURT KOSA DHIR-AP J 86.6 15462 707 4.6 538 3.5LEON AND CATHY TICE DHI-AP H 56.1 17052 614 3.6 512 3.0

SUSQUEHANNALLOYD & DENISE PEASE DHIR-AP H 60.8 27099 1023 3.8 866 3.2KEITH BRANT DHI H 86.9 24196 956 4.0 784 3.2RANSOMED RANSOMDAIRY DHI-AP H 106.5 23691 898 3.8 758 3.2HARVATINE FARMS DHI-AP H 106.9 24253 798 3.3 752 3.1JOHN CASTROGIOVANNI DHI-AP H 117.5 23845 739 3.1 746 3.1WALKER FARMS DHI-AP H 68.0 24828 925 3.7 737 3.0COTTRELL BROTHERS DHI-AP H 66.5 23408 876 3.7 721 3.1EMPET FARMS DHI-AP H 88.1 22844 853 3.7 704 3.1R M SHIPSKY & SONS DHI H 57.0 22707 803 3.5 701 3.1JOE VALENTINE DHI-AP H 37.6 22343 812 3.6 651 2.9REUBEN EVERITT DHIR-AP H 35.6 20718 761 3.7 648 3.1KENNETH S. GESFORD DHI-AP H 49.4 20773 809 3.9 648 3.1JON ANN FARMS DHI-AP H 33.4 19344 713 3.7 644 3.3JON ANN FARMS DHI-AP M 15.9 18027 696 3.9 609 3.4EMPET FARMS DHI-AP J 14.8 16879 783 4.6 587 3.5DONALD C ROBBINS DHI-AP H 47.5 18257 656 3.6 576 3.2

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Pay extra attention tocalf housing during

warm weather conditions.

The loss of a dairy cow,let alone a dairy calf, isnot something any dairyproducer takes lightly.But with hot weather con-tinuously bombarding theMidwest lately, dairycalves have been underextreme heat stress.

The Wisconsin Depart-ment of AgricultureTrade and ConsumerProtection and the Wis-consin Veterinary Diag-nostic Laboratory re-cently reported that thenumber of dairy calfdeaths due to heat hasbeen on the rise. Offi-cials indicate that heat-stressed calves are dyingin one of two ways thissummer: the calves’ im-mune systems have beenweakened by heat stress

and they then die from abacterial infection orthey become dehydratedand die from heat stroke.

Although recent rainshowers have providedthe Midwest with a briefrespite from the heat,the National WeatherService Climate Predic-tion Center is projectingthe hot and dry weatherpatterns to continue overthe next three months.To pre-empt the impacthot weather can have oncalves and to providethem with better protec-tion, it’s important for allproducers to pay specialattention to calf manage-ment and housing.

When looking to pre-vent heat stress incalves, ventilation iskey. “Ventilation of thecalf hutches is crucialduring the summermonths,” explains Skip-

per Carlisle, calf hous-ing specialist with Calf-Tel. “Calf hutchesshould be placed inopen areas for adequateair movement. If hutch-es are located in a con-fined area, air move-ment may be restrictedand calves can suffer.”

Carlisle adds thatopaque polyethylene calfhutches provide extraprotection to the calf asthey completely preventthe sun’s rays from pen-etrating the hutch, keep-ing the calf protectedduring the warmer partof the days. Researchfrom the University ofFlorida confirms thatpolyethylene calf hutch-es are cooler during boththe coolest and hottestparts of the day.

Additional tips onkeeping calves cool in-clude: propping the back

of the hutch up to allowextra air movement in-side the hutch and in-stalling a shade over thecalf hutches. If using ashade, make sure theshade is high enoughabove the hutches so itdoes not restrict air flow.Bedding with sand is an-other option to help keepcalves cool.

“Calves require spe-cial attention — espe-cially during the sum-mer,” Carlisle reminds.“Remember, calf hous-ing not set up for sum-mer can be deadly foryour calves. As temper-atures continue tobreak records, keepingyour calves in cool,well-ventilated areaswill benefit the future oryour operation.”

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ROBERT JOHNSON DHI-AP H 61.1 18088 700 3.9 559 3.1JO AM SAN DAIRY DHI-AP H 52.8 18577 664 3.6 559 3.0JON ANN FARMS DHI-AP X 22.3 15595 661 4.2 539 3.5HAROLD&NANCY SHAY DHI-AP X 61.1 15795 669 4.2 509 3.2

TIOGABISHCROFT FARM DHI-APCS H 848.1 24033 864 3.6 717 3.0 3XMARK HALTEMAN DHI-AP H 53.9 24254 820 3.4 707 2.9SHERMAN HENRY&KELLY DHI-AP H 109.2 21468 780 3.6 668 3.1KEN MARTIN DHI-AP H 70.2 22706 806 3.5 665 2.9

UNIONCOW COMFORT INN DAIRY DHI-APCS H 52.1 28368 1026 3.6 869 3.1 3XFLOYD MARTIN DHI-AP H 64.2 28408 1052 3.7 865 3.0 3XBUFF RUN DHIR-AP H 55.1 26059 990 3.8 806 3.1GARY B. HOFFMASTER DHI-AP H 95.3 24477 890 3.6 775 3.2ARRON HOOVER DHI-AP H 66.2 24959 885 3.5 759 3.0AMOS M STOLTZFUS DHI-AP H 71.7 23926 841 3.5 701 2.9LOCUSTRIDGE FARM DHI-AP H 64.7 22376 861 3.8 674 3.0BREEZYVUE FARM DHI-AP H 32.6 21833 800 3.7 667 3.1COW COMFORT INN DAIRY DHI-APCS X 99.9 19337 845 4.4 658 3.4 3X

VERNON MARTIN DHI-AP H 40.1 21001 763 3.6 650 3.1GEORGE & JOHN HAUCK DHI-AP H 121.8 21098 774 3.7 647 3.1COW COMFORT INN DAIRY DHI-APCS X 211.7 18895 846 4.5 644 3.4 3XSPRUCE RUN FARM DHI-AP H 59.1 21129 816 3.9 640 3.0IVAN NOLT DHI-AP H 52.7 20696 729 3.5 639 3.1HILL CRAFT FARM DHI-AP H 59.5 21079 813 3.9 639 3.0DALE L.METZLER DHI-AP H 107.8 19544 736 3.8 623 3.2

VENANGODICKMAR FARMS DHI-AP H 158.8 24707 795 3.2 775 3.1MITCHHILL DAIRYFARM DHI-AP H 56.6 21061 824 3.9 655 3.1

WARRENSUNSET DAIRY DHI-AP H 474.8 25801 918 3.6 765 3.0 3XPINE TON FARMS DHI-AP H 290.9 23012 840 3.7 722 3.1MARTHA BEARDSLEY DHI-AP H 46.2 22925 850 3.7 720 3.1KURTIS MESSENGER DHI-AP X 22.8 22692 900 4.0 718 3.2JARED LINDELL DHI-AP H 149.0 23245 835 3.6 715 3.1 3XLINDELL FARMS LLC DHI-AP H 335.1 23543 827 3.5 704 3.0 3XKEVIN LONG DHI-AP H 55.0 19293 735 3.8 598 3.1

FOGGY MEADOWS FARM DHI-AP H 93.7 16964 617 3.6 527 3.1CURTIS JERSEY DHI-AP J 73.4 14164 654 4.6 513 3.6CONNEATTEE WEST DHI-AP H 84.9 15181 561 3.7 502 3.3

WAYNEROWE BROS DHI-AP H 76.7 26072 885 3.4 777 3.0JACK AND ELLA CHYLE DHI-AP H 23.0 24981 915 3.7 768 3.1HIGHLAND FARMS DHIR-AP H 94.9 23893 1005 4.2 747 3.1KEV&GERARDA BURLEIGH DHIR-AP H 47.7 21970 845 3.8 671 3.1N GARY KRAVETSKY DHI-AP H 53.6 21680 764 3.5 658 3.0DAVID&SHEILA BANICKY DHIR-AP H 55.6 20430 800 3.9 614 3.0CHYLE LAND DAIRY DHIR-AP J 102.8 17391 801 4.6 614 3.5ROCK RIDGE FARM DHI-AP H 82.3 19609 700 3.6 610 3.1TRI NON FARMS DHI-AP H 78.2 20213 682 3.4 605 3.0D ELLIS DIX DHIR-AP H 50.3 17081 605 3.5 514 3.0CARL A ROBINSON# DHI-AP H 56.5 15984 630 3.9 509 3.2DON STILES DHI-AP H 49.4 16182 612 3.8 506 3.1

WYOMINGHIRKEY BROTHERS DHI-AP H 45.3 17414 670 3.8 553 3.2

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SKIFF- DEBLOCK H 112 23160 907 3.9 760 3.3HOBART & CYNTHIA PICKARD H 32 21259 820 3.9 681 3.2JOHN & CHRIS NELLIS H 110 21322 807 3.8 650 3PETERSHEIM SAMUEL & SADIE H 88 21620 787 3.6 642 3HOBART & CYNTHIA PICKARD J 19 16526 888 5.4 635 3.8JOHN G. KELLETT JR. H 60 18793 752 4 587 3.1PHILLIPS & SUSAN FERRY J 62 15082 730 4.8 560 3.7DELLAVALE FARM H 31 12837 494 3.8 410 3.2DELLAVALE FARM J 27 8745 407 4.7 317 3.6

OTSEGOM. CHARLES EVANS H 52 23789 879 3.7 726 3.1

RENSSELAERTERRANCE & MICHAEL H0AG H 83 15767 608 3.9 501 3.2

SCHOHARIESEVEN VIEW FARM H 109 21119 806 3.8 693 3.3SLATEHILL FARM H 140 21448 805 3.8 657 3.1MIKE SWART H 83 19779 763 3.9 604 3.1GEORGE B. WILSON J 101 14761 691 4.7 535 3.6GEORGE & KATHY CRAFT G 35 14573 628 4.3 464 3.2GEORGE & KATHY CRAFT X 28 14483 566 3.9 459 3.2

WASHINGTONIDEAL DAIRY FARMS H 963 28316 1081 3.8 884 3.1 *LUNCREST FARMS H 151 24732 854 3.5 745 3HOLLISTER BROTHERS H 100 22895 911 4 698 3TAYLOR & ALAN HENDERSON H 144 22033 837 3.8 671 3GARY & DEBBIE MOORE H 14 22509 888 3.9 670 3WINDY LEA FARM H 151 20619 803 3.9 634 3.1GARY & DEBBIE MOORE J 18 17145 789 4.6 577 3.4SKIFF FARMS INC. H 81 17832 657 3.7 550 3.1SKIFF FARMS INC. B 19 15199 612 4 524 3.4MICHAEL & LOUISE WOODDELL H 100 14914 465 3.1 368 2.5

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What a Difference a Year Makes!By Janet B. Fallon, CCA - Dairy One Forage Lab & Agro-One Soils Lab

What a difference a year makes. Last year, we dealt with the effects of too much water, but this year,we are dealing with the opposite problem: not enough water. I don't think I have to tell you that droughthas had a significant impact on crop yield and quality in much of the Northeast this summer. If you arefeeding livestock, then chances are good that you are concerned about the nitrate content of yourhomegrown or purchased forages. Below is a “refresher”about nitrates and dairy cows, followed byinformation about drought impact on soil fertility and crop management in 2013.

Nitrates and Dairy CattleNitrate is a major precursor of plant protein. At certain times, environmental conditions can causeexcessive nitrate accumulation in the plant. These conditions include heavy nitrogen fertilization,drought, low light intensity, and low temperatures. Nitrate concentrations can rise immediately after adrought-ending rain, which is an important consideration when making harvest decisions.

Crops susceptible to nitrate accumulation include sorghum, sorghum-sudangrass hybrids, sudan-grass, corn forage, small grain forages, and certain weeds, including red root pigweed, lambsquar-ters, and Johnsongrass. Drought can also result in elevated levels of prussic acid in sorghum,sorghum-sudangrass hybrids, sudangrass, and Johnsongrass, so extra precautions should be takento protect against prussic acid poisoning as well.

Ensiling can reduce nitrate concentration by up to 50%, but safety precautions should be taken to protectfarm workers and livestock from silo gas, which may be more likely when ensiling high nitrate forages.

Nitrate levels (DM Basis)

http://www.dairyone.com/Forage/FactSheet/Nitrates.htm

For more information on dealing with the risk of nitrate toxicity in drought-stressed forages, pleaserefer to Cornell’s new Agronomy Fact Sheet, 70 Drought and Risk of Nitrate Toxicity in Forages, foundat http://nmsp.cals.cornell.edu/publications/factsheets/factsheet70.pdf. This provides additional infor-mation on the causes of nitrate buildup in drought-stressed plants, nitrate testing guidelines, signs ofnitrate poisoning in livestock, and management options if high nitrate levels are known or suspected.

In a nutshell, if high nitrates are suspected: 1. Delay harvest until a week or two after drought is “over”.

2. Raise the cutter bar for harvest to avoid the highest concentration of nitrates located in the low-est part of the plant. This may be difficult but necessary to do when yields are already compro-mised by the long drought.

3. In hard-hit areas, grain producers may decide to harvest their crop for silage. This is goodbecause it helps alleviate potential feed shortages and provides a market for drought-damagedcorn crops that will produce little grain, but it is very important to know the nitrate status of this“salvaged” grain crop.

4. Make silage instead of hay or green chop. But beware, elevated nitrates will also increase the riskof potentially deadly silo gas, so be sure to follow adequate precautions to avoid injury to farmworkers or livestock.

5. Test suspected forage to determine if it can be diluted with a low-nitrate feed, or to determine ifyou should avoid feeding it altogether.

6. Feed a balanced ration and make sure that livestock have ready access to nitrate-free water.

7. Introduce forage with elevated nitrates gradually. Feed cows low-nitrate hay before turning theminto a suspected high-nitrate pasture.

8. Avoid feeding greenchop, especially if it has heated in the forage wagon or feed bunk.

9. Don't overstock high-nitrate pastures, since it encourages consumption of the lower canopy,which will be highest in nitrates.

10. Consult with your nutritionist or veterinarian for other management practices to reducethe risk of nitrate toxicity on your farm.

11. Observe livestock frequently. Remove animals and call a veterinarian promptly if symp-toms occur.

Dairy One Forage Lab can test suspected forages for nitrate content. If added to a routinepackage, it will cost an additional $6 per sample. Nitrate alone costs $12 per sample. For acomplete list of services and prices, please refer to http://www.dairyone.com/Forage/services/Forage/ForageInfoForm.pdf

Impact of Drought on Soil Fertility and Crop Management in 2013Some areas of the Northeast got some much needed rain the last week in July…an inch or twoor three…enough to green things up a bit, but it was too little and way too late. Even if we getnormal rainfall for the rest of the summer, much of the damage is already done.

At this point, we really need to start thinking about the impact of the drought of 2012 on soilfertility and crop management in 2013. After reading numerous publications on the subject,I would like to offer these observations and suggestions.

Fertilizer use can become an important consideration during the year after a drought. Lowcrop yields during the drought year means that a significant amount of unused nutrients couldremain in the soil or in the crop residue of unharvested crops and weeds. In other words, ifyour 2012 crop yield was 1/3 of your goal and nutrient uptake is proportional to yield, thenroughly 2/3 of the phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) applied in the 2012 was not used andmay be available for use by your 2013 crop. Nitrogen is a bit more tricky, but there may be alot of that left over as well.

Nitrogen (N) As most of you know, N is perhaps the most critical and costly nutrient of all. It is also themost volatile and mobile nutrient with the shortest life in the soil. Carryover is most likely if:• The 2012 crop received moderate-to-high amounts of N from fertilizer, legume or

manure inputs.• If yields were lower than expected.• If soils are heavy textured.• If winter precipitation is normal or below normal.

The use of fall cover crops may help hold expensive N in place for the 2013 crop, as well asprovide a much needed source of supplemental feed. However, be mindful of herbicideresidues that may damage more sensitive crops like oats or wheat. Check herbicide labelsfor replanting restrictions.

Consider reducing your total nitrogen rate or splitting nitrogen applications to corn the yearfollowing a drought if the prior crop was heavily fertilized or low yielding and the fall and win-ter precipitation was below normal. Using a Pre Plant Nitrate Test can be used to determineif and how much additional nitrogen is needed at side-dress time.

Boron (B)Drought reduces B availability and may be quite noticeable in high B-requiring crops like alfal-fa. In alfalfa, deficiency shows up as a bronzing to yellowing of the top leaves, especially ondry ridges and light sandy soils. It can be also be confused with potato leafhopper damage.

Drought also reduces leaching of B from the soil (especially sandy or coarse textured soils), so it is hard to tell if your soil is truly deficient or if you have a drought induceddeficiency. The amount of B required by any crop is quite small, so application should alwaysbe based on soil test results, since excess B can be toxic to many other crops at levels thatare needed by high-B crops like alfalfa, beets, or brassicas. Boron is NOT included in thestandard soil test analysis, but can be requested as an additional test for a cost of $10 persample. http://www.dairyone.com/AgroOne/soiltesting/SoilTestingServices.pdf

Phosphorus (P) and Potassium (K) Phosphorus and potassium are more stable in the soil than nitrogen. Fertilizer that is not usedby the 2012 crop due to lower yield caused by the drought will most likely be available in 2013for use by the next crop. It is important to determine the levels of these nutrients through soil test-ing to avoid applying excess fertilizer, which is hard on your wallet and bad for the environment.

Unfortunately, taking a representative sample in dry hard soil can be very difficult. Shallowsampling depth that is common in these conditions can result in very different and mislead-ing results. Specifically, you may see higher levels of P and K and lower soil pH. If the soil istoo hard to sample, it is better to wait until you can sample to the correct depth and take theappropriate number of sub-samples per field vs. compromising accuracy.

In addition to soil fertility, it will be important to consider persistence and carryover of 2012herbicides into the 2013 cropping season. Drought can reduce microbial activity and break-down of some herbicides, which can increase their persistence and potential for carryoverand damage to the rotational crop.

Check with your Certified Crop Adviser, the herbicide label and/or University HerbicideRestrictions included in their Agronomy Guidelines, especially if you used herbicides that areat a higher risk of carryover, such as Atrazine or Command.

Forage analysis and soil testing are important management tools every year, but they areeven more important in a year of extreme drought like we had in many areas in 2012. For acomplete list or our forage analysis and soil testing services, please visit www.dairyone.com.

% Nitrate ppm Nitrate Nitrogen Comments

< 0.44 < 1012 Safe to feed

0.44 - 0.66 1012-1518 Safe for non-pregnant animals. Limit to 50% of rationdry matter intake. Animals may go off feed, experi-

ence a slow drop in milk production or abort in somecases.

0.66 - 0.88 1518 - 2024 Limit to 50% or ration dry matter. Above symptoms, some death.

0.88 - 1.54 2024 - 3542 Limit to 35% - 40% of ration dry matter.DO NOT FEED TO PREGNANT ANIMALS.

1.54 - 1.76 3542 - 4048 Limit to 25% of ration dry matter.DO NOT FEED TO PREGNANT ANIMALS.

> 1.76 > 4048 TOXIC - NO NOT FEED.

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The AJCC ResearchFoundation has issued arequest for research pro-posals to be funded in2013 addressing signifi-cant issues for the Jer-sey breed and Jerseymilk producers.

Current priorities forresearch funding are:

• Nutrition of high-pro-ducing Jerseys, particu-larly practical feedingmethods to maximizeproduction of valuablemilk components;

• Factors affecting man-

agement of Jersey calves;• Factors affecting

yield and/or quality ofproducts manufacturedfrom Jersey milk;

• Factors affectingeconomic impact of Jer-seys: efficiencies, netincome, longevity, andlifetime profit;

• Optimizing the ge-netic basis for improv-ing animal healthand/or enhancing prod-uct quality;

• Enhancing environ-mental impact associat-ed with Jerseys;

• New technologies forsafe and sustainablefood production fromJersey cattle; and

• Feasibility of addingvalue and increasingconsumer acceptance ofJersey-derived productsthrough enhanced prod-uct quality and branding.

Application deadline isDec. 1. The Research Ad-visory Committee of theAmerican Jersey CattleAssociation will evaluatethe proposals, then for-

ward its recommenda-tions to the AJCA Boardof Directors, which willaward funds at its meet-ing in March 2013.

Submissions are eval-uated for (a) merit (e.g.,potential to advancepractical knowledge, cre-ative approach to theproblem); (b) competence(i.e., high probability ofsuccessful completionwithin the proposed timeframe); and (c) relevance(e.g., problem derivedfrom one of the areas ofresearch priority).

Since 1988, the Foun-dation has awarded ap-proximately $878,500 inseed money for selectedprojects.

Detailed informationabout the CompetitiveGrants Program can befound on the web site(www.usjersey.com/pro-grams/researchpro-gram.html) or requestedfrom Cari W. Wolfe, Direc-tor of Research and Ge-netic Programs Develop-ment, at 614-322-4453.

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It can sit on the shelfand look pretty. Or it canwhisper the names ofwildflowers as it lingerson your customer’s lips.Honey tastings sell a lotof product thanks to thebeauty, the fragrances,and the tastes of honey.On Friday, Aug. 24, 10a.m. to 4 p.m., CornellCooperative Extensionwill host a conferencewhere three honey mar-keters will share innova-tive ways to introducethe flavors and appeal ofartisanal honey.

Marina Marchese of RedBee Honey, Weston, CT, isthe founder of The Ameri-can Honey Tasting Soci-ety. She is president ofThe Back Yard Beekeep-ers Association in Con-necticut. She will demon-strate how to hold a hon-ey tasting at your marketor stand and appeal to acustomer’s five senses.

Niechelle Wade of Sun-ny Hill Farm, WhitneyPoint, NY, will discusshow she creates an arrayof artisanal honeys tap-ping into the wildflowermeadows of neighbors inthe region.

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The fee for this programis $15 per person or $25per farm couple which in-cludes a light lunch.Please make checkpayable to Cornell Coop-erative Extension andmail to P.O. Box 184,Hamden, NY 13786. Write“honey” on the check.Pre-registration and pay-ment is appreciated.

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HARRISBURG, PA —Seven individuals havebeen awarded the Stu-dent Leader Scholarshipfrom the Center for DairyExcellence and thePennsylvania Dairy-men’s Association. Thescholarship is intendedto provide recognition,encouragement and fi-nancial assistance tooutstanding studentsenrolled in academicprograms that supportthe dairy industry.

“The Center for DairyExcellence is pleased torecognize these sevenindividuals as a repre-sentation of the brightand dynamic futureawaiting Pennsylvania’sdairy industry,” saidJohn Frey, executive di-rector of the Center forDairy Excellence. “Weare honored to recognizesuch an outstandinggroup of individuals.”

“The PennsylvaniaDairymen’s Associationfeels it is very importantto educate the future ofour dairy industry,” saidDavid Smith, executivedirector of the Pennsyl-vania Dairymen’s Associ-ation. “We are pleased tobe able to support theeducation of these futuredairy leaders.”

In 2012, the programreceived applicationsfrom 25 very qualified in-dividuals. The center’sBoard of Directors select-ed the seven applicantsbased on academicscores and levels, in-volvement in the dairy in-dustry, content includedin the application, andcareer aspirations. Eachof the seven “StudentLeader Scholars” will re-ceive $1,000 upon certifi-cation of enrollment bythe appropriate academicinstitution officer.

This year’s winners in-cluded:

Hannah Bachman,daughter of Mark andMelanie Bachman of Uly-sess, PA, who is a juniorin agribusiness manage-ment at PennsylvaniaState University. Bach-man is the co-chair of theHoliday Cheese Box Saleand works with othercommittees in the PennState Dairy Science Club.She was named overallchampion for the club’s2011 Dairy Expo and ispart of a BASIC BibleStudy group at PennState. Bachman wants to

achieve her undergradu-ate degree in seven se-mesters and return tothe farm in Potter Coun-ty to help her familybuild the “God’s CountryCreamery” cheese busi-ness and brand.

Casey Hall, daughterof George and Jamie Hallof Roaring Branch, PA, isa sophomore at Pennsyl-

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vania State Universitystudying biological engi-neering in the agricul-tural science depart-ment. Hall was the 2010Pennsylvania Fair Queenand was named an out-standing ambassador for

agriculture by the TroyCounty Commissioners.At Penn State, she vol-unteered for Penn State’sFreshStart and GirlScout Programs and is amember of the Society ofWomen Engineers. She

wants to work as a bio-logical engineer to re-search how the U.S. canbecome more sustain-able in agriculture.

Destinee Horning,daughter of Nevin andDenis Horning of Lititz,

PA, is a sophomore atDelaware Valley Collegestudying dairy science.Horning is a ResidentAssistant at DelawareValley, works on thecollege farm and servedas co-chair of the Greenand Gold Dairy Con-signment Sale. She isthe captain of the Colle-giate Girls VolleyballTeam and teaches anelementary Sundayschool class everyweek. Upon graduation,Horning wants to con-tinue through veteri-nary school and becomea food animal veterinar-ian, specializing indairy production.

Heidi Musshafen,daughter of Nick andMargie Musshafen ofMillerton, PA, is a juniorin the agriculture and bi-

ological engineering de-partment at Pennsylva-nia State University.Musshafen worked withthe Natural Resourceand Conservation Ser-vices as a soil conserva-tionist assistant and asan intern at the PennState Ag and Environ-ment Center. She is thepresident of the PennState Dairy Science Cluband is a 2011 -2013 Ag-Choice Scholar. Upongraduation, Musshafenwants to assist farmerswith nutrient manage-ment techniques and en-ergy conservation andgeneration strategies.

Kayla Romberger,daughter of William andKathy Romberger of Pit-man, PA, is a sophomoreat Delaware Valley Col-lege completing a dual

major in animal scienceand agricultural educa-tion. Romberger was theeditor of the DelawareValley College’s Dairy So-ciety yearbook and wasnamed “OutstandingFreshman” within theclub. She was named thetreasurer of the Dairy So-ciety for the 2012 – 2013academic year. Upongraduation, Rombergerwants to become an agri-cultural instructor andFFA advisor at a highschool in Pennsylvania.

Sarabeth Royer,daughter of Sara andLynn Royer of Elizabeth-town, PA, is a freshmanenrolled in ShreyersHonors College at Penn-sylvania State Universitystudying animal science.Royer has recently com-pleted her term as thePennsylvania FFA Secre-tary. She has completedmission trips to NorthCarolina with herchurch youth group andattended the MillersvilleConference for Womenin Science and Math.Royer’s goal upon com-pletion of her under-graduate degree is to at-tend veterinary school

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and become a large ani-mal veterinarian.

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You want me to dowhat?

Do you rememberwhen you took your dri-ver’s test? I rememberpracticing for weeks tomake a 3-point turn,parallel park, and drivethe car in a safe manner.The year that I turned 16is a memorable one. Ibegged my mother to letme get my learner’s per-mit to drive as soon as Iturned 16.

When you had a learn-er’s permit you were al-lowed to drive as long asan adult was with you.The car we had at thetime was a big boat. Mymom bought a 1959Chevy with the big fins.It not only had fins, itwas a standard shift. Mymother figured if I wasgoing to learn to drive Ihad to be able to shiftgears. To say that carwas hard to maneuver isan understatement. Itwas not only large, it wasawkward.

We went up to “ThePoint” to practice eachSaturday. Mom set upguidelines in the parkinglot for me to aim for.Since my birthday is inSeptember, that workedwell. By that time all ofthe picnickers were gone.

I practiced putting mycar through the gears be-fore I did anything else.Getting a smooth startwas a challenge. Eventu-ally, I managed quite wellwith that so we moved onto another skill. I think I

did the three point turnnext. When you madethree point turns youpulled up to a spot,turned the wheel as if tomake a turn, thenbacked up before youpulled forward going theother direction. I remem-ber that I really had tocramp that steeringwheel to get the car toturn. There was no pow-er steering on the model Ilearned to drive on.

Next we tackled theparallel parking. Thatmeant you pulled upalongside another carhoping to back your carinto the parking spacebehind it. You not onlyhad to get the car inthere, you also had to bejust a few inches fromthe curb. It seemed like Ipracticed forever before Ilearned to parallel park.Parking places were notlarge, but our car was. Isee-sawed that wheelback and forth until Iput the car into thespace. Of course, therewere many misfireswhere I missed the park-ing spot or I was too farfrom the curb.

Finally my mom fig-ured I was ready to takemy driver’s test.

First I had to pass awritten portion. Whenthat was completed I wasallowed to schedule thevehicular portion. Theplace to meet the exam-iner was near the park.Parents were not allowedto ride along. My mother

got out and the examinerclimbed in. I had to usehand signals to pull outinto traffic.

I got off to a smoothstart. Everything was go-ing well. I parallel parkedright by the high school.That was an intimidatingexperience in itself. Whatif some of my friendswere watching? My par-allel parking went flaw-

lessly. The examiner sig-naled for me to pull backout into traffic. I onceagain used my hand sig-nal and pulled the carout. I was no sooner outof the spot than a mancrossed the street rightin front of me withoutany warning. I nearlyput the examinerthrough the windshieldwhen I applied my

brakes, but I did not hitthe pedestrian. I guessmy quick reaction timeearned some points forme but I was not sure atthe time what that littleexperience was going todo to my test score.

I passed the test thefirst time and got myprovisional or junior li-cense. Now I could drivewithout an adult. I could

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went through my mind as I watchedone of the horse hitch classes at thefair. The drivers had a team of horseshitched to a cart or wagon that hadmultiple sets of wheels. The voice overthe loudspeaker told them they had toparallel park, then do a back-up intoanother narrow spot, and finally makea 90 degree turn after coming througha narrow opening.

I know many of the drivers so I knewthis was going to be an interesting

competition. Many of these guys usetheir horses all of the time to do rou-tine things on their farms. I was espe-cially anxious to see the parallel park-ing because I had never seen a team ofhorses and a driver do that.

The first team performed the taskflawlessly. He was cautious and tookhis time, but he did not bump any ofthe equipment. The next driver com-pleted his parking as well. Not all ofthem were able to parallel park. That

hurt their score. In the end when theribbons were given out there were fivehappy drivers.

I know that I could not have parkeda team of horses pulling a wagon.When my daughter and I had the four-wheeler and cart up in the woods look-ing for grapevine we ended up pickingup the cart to move it around.

I can still parallel park a car. Somepeople avoid any spot where they haveto parallel park, but I do not bat aneye. No, my car is not one of those thatparks itself. It does not have a mirrorto see the back either. Neither does Ithave a sound to alert people that I ambacking up.

Once I learned to park with that big

boat in the 1960’s I was set for life. Ihave even been called upon to drive acar with a manual gear shift every oncein a while. The last time we had one ofthose was in the early 1980’s. I hatedthat thing because it had to be in re-verse to start. You had to be sure thatyour feet were planted on the brake be-fore you engaged the engine and thatwas a pain.

Now that I have seen them parallelparking a team of horses, however, Iam just happy that my family did nothave those!

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Giglio on Interstate 86 road improvements

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ARLINGTON, VA — The AmericanTransportation Research Institute(ATRI), the trucking industry’s not-for-

profit research organization, on Aug. 7launched the 2012 Top Industry Is-sues Survey. The annual survey, com-

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Sweetwater Energy, a companybased in Rochester, NY, that has devel-oped a process for converting the cellu-lose in plant material into industrialsugars to produce a variety of prod-ucts, including advanced biofuels, bio-plastics and biochemicals, has con-tracted with Western New York farmersto produce energy sorghum for theirconversion process. Farmers in Or-leans, Genesee, and Niagara Countiesare growing several hundred acres ofenergy sorghum for Sweetwater thissummer. Planting of the crop began inlate May and ended in early July.

Energy sorghum differs from thetypes of sorghum grown as a feed graincrop in the South and Southwest, andfrom sweet sorghum grown to producemolasses by simple sugar-extractiontechniques. Energy sorghum is also

different from sudangrass andsorghum-sudangrass hybrids that aregrown for cattle forage. Energysorghum produces a much larger vol-ume of biomass, with plants growing toa height of 12 or 14 feet and yields thatcan exceed 35 tons per acre. The cropwill be harvested and chopped likecorn silage and stored in a bunker un-til it is used for Sweetwater’s sugar ex-traction process.

With funding from the New YorkFarm Viability Institute and supportfrom Ceres, Inc., Sweetwater Energy istesting several different varieties of en-ergy sorghum in strip trials replicatedin a number of fields on differentplanting dates. Dr. Hilary Mayton, acrop scientist with a long backgroundin agronomic research at Cornell Uni-versity, is leading the research pro-

gram. As part of the field day she willbe leading a tour of one of the energysorghum strip trials.

Ron Boillat, Sweetwater’s Chief De-ployment Officer will give an overviewof the company. “Our business de-pends on a reliable source of cellulosicmaterial for our process. The skilledgrowers and agricultural infrastruc-ture in Western New York makes thisan ideal place to source that material.We are glad to be working with the NewYork Farm Viability institute to developenergy sorghum further as a profitableaddition to Western New York crop ro-tations,” Boillat said.

Chuck Kyle of Cato Analytics, theagricultural consulting firm that hasbeen working with area farmers togrow the Energy Sorghum for Sweet-water Energy will share some of the ex-

periences from the 2012 crop and dis-cuss the future potential in WesternNew York crop rotations. “This is thefirst year a significant acreage of thiscrop has been grown in the Northeast.It has been a challenging growing sea-son for all crops. We’ve learned somethings about managing the crop andoverall the energy sorghum looks verygood. We look forward to sharing thoseexperiences with our field day guests,”Kyle said.

The field day will take place on Aug.24 from 2-4 p.m. at Panek Farms14004 W. County House Rd., Albion,NY 14411. Registration is not required.For more information or directions callChuck Kyle at 315-391-8949 or e-mail: chuck@catoanalytics.com.

Aug. 24 Field Day will showcase potential of energy sorghum as a biomasscrop in Western New York

As worsening drought conditionscontinue to envelop more than half ofthe United States, the American Soy-bean Association (ASA) is pointing tothe Farm Bill currently stalled andawaiting debate by the full House ofRepresentatives as an essential meansof ensuring the continued coverage ofAmerican farmland through crop in-surance and risk management, as wellas disaster assistance programs.

“As conditions deteriorate throughoutmuch of rural America and the outlookfor farmers becomes bleaker and bleak-er, we are reminded that farming is sub-ject to so many elements and risks out-side of the farmer’s control. This furtheremphasizes the need for programs tohelp farmers manage risks in order tostay viable and plant next year,” saidASA President Steve Wellman, a soy-bean farmer from Syracuse, NE.

Currently, 85 percent of soybean

acres in the United States are coveredby crop insurance, however Wellmansays that it should not be miscon-strued as a profit center for farmers.“Just as when homeowners insurancereplaces valuables following a flood ora fire, crop insurance only coversfarmers in the event of a significantloss,” he said. “These policies oftenhave deductibles or loss levels at 25percent or more. They aren’t there toturn a profit; they exist to help farmerssurvive and keep farming.”

Wellman added that the currentconditions point directly to the bene-fits provided by revenue-based riskmanagement programs. “Revenue-based risk management tools thatcomplement crop insurance ensurethat farmers who suffer a crop loss—and accompanying revenue loss—re-ceive the assistance they need to re-main viable,” he said. “In contrast, a

target price-based program wouldprovide no assistance to farmers af-fected by the drought since it wouldactivate only if prices are low andthen only on actual production.”

“For these reasons and countlessothers,” Wellman said, “ASA calls onSpeaker Boehner and House leader-ship to schedule floor time to considerand pass a farm bill so that it can beconferenced with the Senate and a newfarm bill can be enacted this year.”

Additionally, Wellman, who is also acow-calf producer, noted the impor-tance of the bill’s disaster assistanceprovisions to American livestock pro-ducers, who are tied closely to soybeanfarmers. “Our colleagues in the live-stock industry, who depend on soy-beans as a steady source of protein-richfeed, are facing an extremely difficultchallenge,” he said. “The disaster assis-

tance provisions in the farm bill willprovide these key soy allies with the dis-aster assistance they need this year.”

“The policies that the House andSenate Agriculture Committees workedto include in the farm bill will helpfarmers deal with the drought, theheat and the galaxy of other real-worldrisks that agriculture faces,” addedWellman. “It is imperative that theHouse acts immediately on the farmbill so that these programs can contin-ue to benefit American agriculture.”

ASA represents U.S. soybean farm-ers on domestic and international is-sues of importance to the soybean in-dustry. ASA’s advocacy efforts aremade possible through voluntarymembership by more than 21,000farmers in 31 states where soybeansare grown.

As drought, heat show importance of risk management programs,ASA calls on House to pass farm bill

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Week ending Aug. 10Congress: The House

and Senate are nowhome for summer recessuntil the Monday follow-ing Labor Day. TheHouse put off voting onthe farm bill directly,and instead approvedfunding for drought re-lief programs. The ur-gency of that action ben-efiting Midwest farmersfell flat, however, sincethe Senate took no ac-tion on drought relief forfarmers outside of thefarm bill it has passed.House members fromNew Jersey refused tobuy into the idea of aone-year extension ofthe bill, which was inline with Farm Bureau’sthinking. Regardingdrought relief, New Jer-sey members were allopposed. AFBF did notsupport or oppose it,saying the preferableway to go was to passthe five-year farm billthat had drought reliefmeasures containedwithin it. Said AFBFfarm policy specialistMary Kay Thatcher: “itwould be much easierand much more expedi-ent if Congress wouldfinish the farm bill.”

But what are theprospects of finishingthe farm bill? Look at the13 session days remain-ing and the other com-peting issues to be final-ly considered. An imme-diate issue is passing abill to fund the govern-ment for six months af-ter Sept. 30. Another iswhat do about saving theU.S. Postal Service frominsolvency. On the farmbill, House Speaker JohnBoehner was quoted lastweek as saying “mem-bers on the left are con-cerned about reductionsin the food stamp pro-gram, and on the rightyou have those whodon’t think the cuts go

far enough. Frankly, Ihaven’t seen 218 votes inthe middle to pass afarm bill.”

Ag tour for Lt. Gover-nor: Lt. Governor KimGuadagno started amonth-long tour ofagribusiness and farmsites on Aug. 7. She firstvisited the test kitchen ofFirst Field in Rocky Hill,NJ (Somerset). This is ah u s b a n d - a n d - w i f e -owned company thatmakes artisan ketchupfrom organic New Jerseytomatoes. They startedas a farm stand, part-nered with Elijah’sPromise in NewBrunswick and then theRutgers Food InnovationCenter to now supply re-tail outlets. On Aug. 8,Guadagno was joined byAg Secretary Doug Fish-er and others for a visitto Comarco, a Camden-based specialty food pro-cessing facility that buysNew Jersey produce in-season. The lieutenantgovernor touted theCamden location (80percent of 57 employeeworkforce are Camdenresidents) and its up-coming expansion plans.

Postal service: Farm-ers and most other ruralresidents depend uponand now take as a giventhe mail delivery func-tion of the U.S. PostalService. But this large,venerable operation thatliterally touches and is alifeline to all communi-ties in the U.S. is on theverge of fiscal collapse.Specifically, the USPSfor the first time ever de-faulted on a $5.5 billionpayment owed to theU.S. Treasury. This isaside from running anoperating deficit of$14.1 billion for the cur-rent fiscal year. Whilethe default does not af-fect mail delivery orpostal employee pay-checks, it does raise

some questions: where’sthe fix, Congress? Whatservices will be affectedin the inevitable reor-ganization, and whatwill the rates be? Busi-nesses need to plan...

Pinelands: NJFB staffwere at the PinelandsCommission office onAug. 8 for a general dis-cussion with the com-mission’s executive di-rector Nancy Wittenberg.The meeting was well-timed at the outset of theeight-week CMP reviewperiod. Farm Bureaumentioned a series oftopics for discussion...PDC’s, the proposed En-vironmental Integrity As-sessment, water supply

for agriculture, links tofarmland preservationand Right to Farm poli-cies, Clean Water Actrules and others. Whilethere may be an absenceof controversy in thePinelands program un-der the Christie adminis-tration, this program re-mains a major land useissue for portions of NewJersey agriculture.

DEP waiver rule: AChristie administrationreform at DEP that grantslimited but strategic per-mit relief for certain devel-opment projects took ef-fect recently. Called the“waiver rule,” the DEPcan use it to consider ex-empting applicants from

its 124 existing programsand regulations in case ofpublic emergency, unduehardship, conflicts withother state/federal rulesor generates a net envi-ronmental benefit. Natu-rally, those who workedto create this cobweb ofoverlapping regulationsobjected to this waiverrule. But DEP Commis-sioner Bob Martin hasbeen steadfast in supportof it, saying this rule wasa top priority of the redtape commission and sev-eral transition team re-ports at the outset of theChristie administration.Opponents succeeded inhaving the Assembly passa resolution declaring it

contrary to the legislativeintent of existing rules;the Senate, however, hasrefused to act on that.NJFB applauds the adop-tion of this waiver rule asanother step toward amore balanced approachto environmental permit-ting in New Jersey. Thistype of action should bepart of New Jersey’s“comeback.”

For further informa-tion, contact the NewJersey Farm Bureau, atThe Farmhouse, 168West State Street, Tren-ton, NJ 08608. Phone609-393-7163; fax 609-393-7072; e-mailmail@njfb.org; websitewww.njfb.org.

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Onondaga CountyFarm Bureau is pleasedto announce two localwinners for itsAgricultural YouthScholarship. They are:Anthony Ashley, a 2012graduate of Fabius-Pompey High School whowill be attendingCobleskill State Collegeas a student in AgMechanics; and ColleenCargile, a 2012Skaneateles High Schoolgraduate who will beattending MorrisvilleState College majoring inDairy Science. Both stu-dents will be receiving a$500 scholarship toward

their agriculture-relatedcollege education.

The scholarship wasintended for applicantsresiding in OnondagaCounty who wereenrolling in college forthe fall of 2012 andmajor in an agriculture— related field.Applicants also must bea member of OnondagaCounty Farm Bureau.

For additional infor-mation about this schol-arship or if you have anyquestions, please con-tact Tricia Bana,Onondaga County FarmBureau ScholarshipChair at 315-391-4290.

The SusquehannaCounty 4-H LivestockLeaders and Penn StateCooperative Extensionin Susquehanna Countyorganized a 4-HLivestock Clinic onSaturday, June 16, atthe Harford Fairgroundsfor all 4-H members tak-ing livestock projects.Nearly 100 4-Hers tookadvantage of this greatopportunity to learnmore about raising,

showing, and fittingtheir 4-H livestock proj-ects.

Livestock specialist foreach project area wereon-hand to help mem-bers learn the properways to show and fit amarket hog, marketsteer, dairy beef feedersteer, market lambs, andmarket goats. JustinGood and his wife,Amanda from LancasterCounty, Pennsylvania

taught the swine show-manship and fittingworkshop. David Nogan,Tompkinsville workedwith the 4-H beef anddairy beef project mem-bers working on show-manship and fitting.Megan Karhnak,Springville shared herexpertise on showingand fitting market goats.

The final workshop wasled by Mike Hardisky ofHop Bottom teachingmembers about sheepshowmanship and fit-ting.

4-H members also par-ticipated in educationalworkshops focusing onGood ProductionPractices presented byMichelle Kowalewski,

Montrose; Abby Onyon,New Milford; RachelSmarkusky, Nicholson;and Amanda Hirkey,Meshoppen. 4-H LeadersJulie Harvatine andCathy Bewley conducteda workshop onMarketing to help mem-bers improve communi-cations skills when talk-ing and approaching 4-H

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one of the many 4-Hactivities offered inSusquehanna County.For more informationabout the 4-H programin Susquehanna County,please contact PennState CooperativeExtension at 570-278-1158.

Annual livestock clinic teaches 4-Hers

4-H Leader Michael Hardisky demonstrates clipping amarket lamb to 4-H member Ben Hayes as a 4-H parentassists.

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The first-ever Home Grown BusinessChallenge, a unique summer campconceived by local educators, farmersand agribusiness advocates, ended itsinaugural year with teams of studentspitching their agricultural idea to apanel of real life venture capitalists /“Shark Tank.” They were paired withlocal farmers and challenged to devel-op a product or service to generateadditional revenue for a local farm.

Students from a number of differenthigh schools in the region includingGreenville, Catskill, Hudson, TaconicHills, Germantown and Maple Hillimpressed the judges with their uniqueideas and presentation skills. Thejudges in turn gave the students feed-back as well as suggestions for growingtheir concept into a working model.

The Shark Tank panel was comprisedof Eric Williams, retired NBA CelticsForward; Todd M. Erling, ExecutiveDirector, HVADC; Emil Ponte, CreditRepresentative, Farm Credit East; RossA. Mauri, Vice President, EnterpriseProcess Transformation IBM; CaroleMurko, Creator, Host and ExecutiveProducer of Heirloom Meals; and MickBessire, Extension Educator-Agriculture and Livestock, CornellCooperative Extension of Columbia andGreene Counties.

Camp Mentor Phil Trowbridge,owner of Trowbridge Angus, spoke

highly of his interactions with the stu-dents and their likelihood to succeedin the future. “They are brighter andsmarter than we were at that age. Theone thing we need to help them with isremembering their intuition andinstincts,” he said.

The camp and reception was held atColumbia-Greene Community College.After the presentations there was abrief ceremony to recognize theachievements of the campers and con-tributions of the mentors, participatingbusinesses and sponsors. A shortreception followed.

The students visited nine farms dur-ing the week including: The BerryFarm, Chatham, NY; Beth’s FarmKitchen, Stuyvesant, NY; Samascott’sFarm, Kinderhook, NY; Wil-Roc Farm,Stuyvesant, NY; Trowbridge Angus,Ghent, NY; Grazin Angus Acres,Ghent, NY; Real Live Amazing CheeseCompany, Pine Plains, NY; Sol Flower,Ancramdale, NY; and Farmer’s Wife,Ancramdale, NY.

The Home Grown BusinessChallenge was operated by CornellCooperative Extension of Columbiaand Greene Counties in conjunctionwith Questar III and was funded by theFarm Credit East-Ag-Enhancementprogram and the Tech Valley CareerPathways Program. Additional supportwas provided by Columbia-Greene

Community College, Hudson ValleyAgribusiness Corp and Friends of theFarmer.

The camp is one of six free summercamps offered by the Tech ValleyCareer Pathways Consortium. Thecamps are designed to give teens anopportunity to explore emerging careeropportunities in their own backyards.For more information, please visit

www.questar.org/summercamp.The Tech Valley Career Pathways

Consortium is a partnership betweenHudson Valley Community College,Capital Region BOCES, Columbia-Greene Community College, QuestarIII BOCES, Washington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton-Essex BOCES,Schenectady County CommunityCollege, and SUNY Cobleskill.

Students bring innovation to agriculture

Students visited Sol Flower Farm in Ancramdale, NY, with farmer Andy Szymanowiczduring the recent first-ever Home Grown Business Challenge summer camp.

Photo courtesy of Caitlin Dederick

On Friday, Aug. 10, 4-H of JeffersonCounty, the Carthage Cloverbuds, andthe office of New York AssemblymanKen Blankenbush partnered to createa storefront display highlighting local4-H youth activities.

4-H Leader Alissa Donnell and twomembers of the Carthage Cloverbudshung banners, balloons, and picturesof the activities they have been doingthroughout the year.

Assemblyman Blankenbush and

members of his staff took time toassist, ask the youths about their proj-ects, and take photographs.

You can see the display and findmore information about how yourchild can become enrolled in 4-H byvisiting Assembly KenBlankenbush’s office on 15 BridgeStreet in Carthage, or contact the 4-H office at Cornell CooperativeExtension of Jefferson County bycalling 315-788-8450.

Assemblyman partners with 4-H Club to

promote youth development

The people in the picture are, in the back row, Madilin Santamour, Assemblyman KenBlankenbush, and 4-H Educator Evan Higgins, and Liam Donnell in the front.

Photo courtesy of Jefferson County CCE

TROY, PA — All 4-H members andtheir families are invited to celebratethe achievements of our county 4-Hersthroughout the year at the 4-H build-ing in Alparon Park on Saturday, Sept.22 at 6 p.m.

“It is going to be an exciting eventfilled with good food, great fun, andsome well-deserved awards,” stated 4-H Extension Educator, AmberleighPackard.

Every fall the Bradford County 4-Hprogram holds an achievement night torecognize the outstanding accomplish-ments of those 4-H members who wentabove and beyond serving their com-munity, completing their projects andleading other 4-Hers. County Council,

the county wide club of teen leaders,runs the program including entertain-ing skits, along with a creative presen-tation of awards to deserving mem-bers. Besides receiving awards, every-one attending will enjoy a deliciousdinner with a main dish of Bryan’spulled pork sandwiches.

Each family attending is asked tobring a dish to pass. Meat, drink andtable settings will be provided. If you areinterested in attending please contactthe Extension Office at 570-265-2896or via e-mail bradfordext@psu.edu bySaturday, Sept. 1.

We are looking forward to seeingeveryone for a fun filled night of cele-bration!

Bradford County 4-HAchievement Night to be held

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by R. E. James, ExtensionDairy Scientist, Dairy Nu-trition

For many years milkreplacers containing 20percent protein and 20percent fat fed at a rate of1 pound of powder perday have been commonlyaccepted as the best diet

for dairy calves. The pow-der was diluted with wa-ter to yield one gallon ofliquid with about 12 per-cent solids. Why? At thetime these recommenda-tions were developed, thegoal in raising dairycalves was to provide lim-ited nutrients from milk

powder to encouragecalves to eat dry calfstarter and thereby pro-mote early weaning andlow daily rearing costs forthe preweaned calf. How-ever, given that the dairycow produces far morethan one gallon per dayfrom the beginning of her

lactation and that on asolids basis it containsmore than 25 percentprotein and nearly 30percent fat it’s obviousthat this practice createssome serious challengesfor the preweaned calf.

One pound of milk ormilk replacer solids is

barely enough nutrition tosupport 200g of gain perday when the tem-pera-ture is 60 degrees. As thetemperature drops to 46degrees, there isn’tenough energy to supportany gain and the calf willbegin mobilizing body fat.The consequences of limit

feeding calves are highermortality and disease asdemon-strated by a Min-nesota study where 52percent of calves fed thisdiet were treated for dis-ease during the winterand approximately 13 per-cent during the summer.In this same study, calvesfed pasteurized cow’s milkhad corresponding treat-ment rates of 20 percentand 4 percent.

Extensive research con-ducted at multiple univer-sities — as well as feedcompany research — indi-cates a positive relation-ship between the composi-tion of the liquid diet fed tocalves and their growth,health, and performanceonce they reach the milk-ing herd. Feeding recom-mendations are heavily de-pendent upon environmen-tal conditions, but indicatethat feeding at least 1.5 to2.5 pounds of milk or milkreplacer solids per daywhich contains 25 percentprotein supports optimalgrowth and later perform-ance. Desired fat content ofthe dry matter portion ofthe diet can vary from a lowof 10 percent (summer) toas much as 30 percentduring the coldest weather.These diets have common-ly been referred to as “in-tensive” or “accelerated”programs when “biological-ly normal” is probablymore appropriate.

The greatest risk infeeding limited amounts(1 pound powder or onegallon liquid) of a 20:20milk replacer occurs dur-ing the first two weeks oflife when calf starter in-take is minimal regardlessof the liquid feeding pro-gram. Preweaned calvesshould double their birthweight by the time thereach 60 days of age. Thisrequires an average dailygain of only 1.5 poundsper day for Holsteins andabout 1 pound per day forJerseys. “Biologically nor-mal” feeding programs willcost more per day. The re-turn is in a lower cost perunit of gain, improvedhealth and less treatmentfor respiratory diseaseand scours and higherproduction during thefirst lactation. Cornellstudies found that eachpounds of average dailygain during the prewean-ing period was worth morethan 1,000 pounds ofmilk in the first lactation.Cutting feed cost by limitfeeding calves a 20:20milk replacer is a shortsighted management deci-sion which sacrifices fu-ture health and productiv-ity of the animal.

Source: Dairy Pipeline,July/August 2012

Why has the 20:20 milk replacer been the industry standard?

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The Rodman Lott & Son Farms in Seneca Falls wasthe setting for the 25th time of Empire Farm Days. Asin the past the event included hundreds of displays,demonstrations and activities along with new addi-tions including a Wind Energy Center, the Hunting &Fishing Center and Sparks the certified therapy dog.

Although the weather was hot, it didn’t deter farm-ers from learning about the newest techniques, infor-mation and equipment. Even the “Old Iron” paradewent off without a hitch.

The 2013 Empire Farm Days will be held Aug. 6, 7and 8.

Scenes from 2012 Empire Farm Days

New this year was the Hunting & Fishing Center with in-pond demonstrations. Dave White, U.S. Coast GuardAux and Dan Welch, NY Sea Grant, showed the featuresof a variety of life preservers and survival suits to keeppeople safe whether fishing, hunting or trapping.

In the NYS Grange Family Center, brown-spottedDalmatian ‘Sparks’ made his first appearance with trainerTibbie Dell as she explained his role as as therapy dog.

The “Old Iron” antique tractor parade is always a big hit.

Three dairy profit seminars were held during Empire Farm Days. Wednesday’sseminar, Positioning the Farm for the Future, was moderated by Pat Hooker andincluded Mark and Frank Albano, Paul Fouts and Dr. Mark Thomas.

Empire Farm Days was the site for the 14th Junior Dairy Leaders Graduation.Students aged 16 to 19 from across the state put on a Power Point presentationto describe the farms they had visited and the activities they have done over thelast year.

The equipment displayed by Kuhn NorthAmerica drew a lot of attention.

Despite the heat outside, people preparedfor the winter ahead at Central Boiler trailer.

Michael Kosinski and Dave Howard are thearea managers for Pioneer Seed.

Mike Galbreath from H&S Mfg. shows their35 foot Tri-Flex Merger.

Elizabeth Spoth and Mike Marshfield dispensedvaluable information at the NYS Farm Bureau tent.

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Members of FCFI were kept busy telling the story of thebeads and handing out walking sticks.

Jim Carrabba, Ag Safety Specialist for NYCAMH,displays a photo of a real “near miss” situation where afarmer’s clothes were ripped off by a PTO after a demon-stration with a paper stuffed dummy.

As usual the field demonstrations drew big crowds tosee a variety of equipment in action.

NY State Dairy Princess Emma Andrew and WayneCounty Dairy Princess Norene Meyer join the JuniorDairy Leaders for ice cream after the ceremony.

Paul Garrett was available at the GEA NORBCO booth toanswer questions about the Stainless Steel HeaterDump Waterer.

North Brook Farms Inc. of Auburn, NY was featuring anew Plastic Plywood panel made from recycled agricul-tural plastics (RAP).

Eric Law with CNY Farm Supply was ready to answerquestions about the new MF 7624.

Members of the FFA show off the restored 1925 FordsonF tractor being raffled. Left to right are Thomas Drake,District 8 President; Ryan Willits, NYS Treasurer; andDan Truss, District 3 President.

(L) Amy Throndsen from Advanced Comfort Technologyand (R) Aaron May, Sales Manager for Ryder Supply Co.take a moment to pose for a snapshot.

Sherv, Milt and Marlin were manning the booth for Nolt’sTire Service.

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Also Net Wrap 48”x9840’ & 51”x9840’

Now Carrying - Stretch-O-Matic Fully AutomaticTubular Wrappers - All At Competitive Prices

(1) Available in Stock

Also Selling - Bale Thrower Racks 8-1/2’x20’,Creek Bank Bale Wagons & Barn FeederNEW - CREEK BANK 25’ BALE WAGON

w/12 Ton Tandem Running Gear & Tires

9000’ Brazilian Green • 20,000’ Poly Twine9,600’ Poly Twine (same as 7200’Twine) • Others Available

315-823-1656

Dealers wanted in select areasAlso Available at:

Central Dairy & Mech. Martinsburg, PA ph 814-793-3721Country View Ag Products Moravia, NY ph 315-374-5457 Elam Miller Ft. Plain, NY ph 518-993-3892Himrod Farm Supply Penn Yan, NY ph 315-531-9497Homestead Nutrition New Holland, PA ph 888-336-7878Levi Fisher Honey Grove, PA ph 717-734-3145Martin’s Ag Shippensburg, PA ph 717-532-7845New Bedford Elevator Baltic, OH ph 330-897-6492Norm’s Farm Store Watsontown, PA ph 570-649-6765Robert Rohrer Millmont, PA ph 570-898-1967Steve B. Stoltzfus Lykens, PA ph 717-365-3804Walnut Hill Feeds Shelby, OH ph 419-342-2942

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Gypsum Bedding• Cheaper than sawdust shavings or straw.• Reduce mastitis & cell counts.• Use in place of Hydrated Lime.• Improves your soil• Available in bulk or bag.

USA Gypsum BeddingLow On Bedding? Add Gypsum!Stanchions - Free Stalls - Bed Packs

Bedding Bedding

BEDDING SANDfor COW STALLS

• Stones• Gravel• AgLime

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Waste Tires forHold DownsFree Delivery

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Barn Repair

BARN REPAIR SPECIAL-ISTS: Straightening, leveling,beam replacements. Fromfoundation and sills to steelroofs. HERITAGE STRUC-TURAL RENOVATION INC.,1-800-735-2580.

Bedding

FOR SALE: Bedding ChopperValmetal 11hp. Honda motor$2,000. 315-843-5683 315-725-6649

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Delivered all of NY & New England

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$125.00 $115.00/Ton

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Wendell • (717) 989-4153Wesley • (717) 587-7192

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• Dairy Facilities • Machinery Sheds • Pole Barns• Free Stall Barns • Tie Stall Barns • Garages• Gravity Flow Manure Systems• Horse Barns• Riding ArenasCall today and join our family of satisfied customers!!

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SAWDUST FOR SALE:Sawdust, 50-100 yards. Deliv-ery available. J&J Log & Lum-ber. 845-832-6535

WOOD SHAVINGS: Com-pressed bags, kiln dried, soldby tractor trailer loads. SAVE!www.pinebec.ca 1-800-688-1187

Beef Cattle

8 HEREFORD COWS bredback w/calves at their side; 2bred Hereford Heifers & BlackAngus bull. All for $15,500.607-847-8089

BLACK ANGUSALL NATURAL

GRASS FED BEEFStraight From Our

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BLACK ANGUS: (2)Steers,(2)Heifers, (2)1st time heifersw/bull calves on side. 845-758-3332 or 845-876-4111

COW CALF PAIRS: $1,250.Central New York. 585-732-1201

Cow Power Registered AngusSale: September 15th in Mill-brook, NY. For more informa-tion www.conoverauction.comor call 641-227-3537

Beef Cattle

Hereford/Angus cows &heifers,17 bred for spring,alsomixed group of Hereford/Angus,and Holstein steer,heifers 6-9 months old sellingdue to health. 315-363-8487creekyrd@aol.com

Beef Cattle

WANTED: Feeders 250 lbs+up, year round buyer. Beef forsale, 700 lbs. plus. 518-796-1818

BuildingMaterials/Supplies

FACTORY SECONDS FoamInsulation, various thick-ness. 4x8 sheets of recycledblueboard. Adirondack MetalSales, 315-429-3627

Buildings For Sale

FA R M R A I S E D H O M EBUILDER, featuring Bill LakeHomes. Your plans or ours.Also featuring Redman Homesdoublewides & singlewides.www.kdhomesny.com DaveKD HOMES 315-841-8700kdhomes@frontiernet.net

Cars, Trucks, Trailers

THE TOWN OF IRA is sellinga 1996 Mack Plow Truck, 10wheel dump, 14’ box, 350engine, 10 speed transmis-sion, 12’ front plow, 14’ wingand belly sander, as is condi-tion. Sealed Bids should bereceived by 4:00pm Septem-ber 5th, 2012. Bids will beopened at the Town BoardMeeting at 7:00pm Septem-ber 5th, 2012 at the Town ofIra Municipal Bldg., 2487 W.Main St., Cato, NY. The Townreserves the right to reject anyand all bids. Contact TownSuperintendent Clerk at 315-626-2154 for more informationor viewing.

Cattle

REG. TEXAS LONGHORNS:Cow/calf pairs, heifers, bulls,exhibition steers. Seewww.triplemlonghorns.comTom/Julie (w)607-363-7814,607-287-2430

Collectibles

WANTED TO BUY: Old Gritnewspapers (not the Gritmagazine). 518-568-5115

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• Accepting All

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ATTENTION FARMERSOperating 6 Days~Monday thru Saturday

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Rt. 8, Bridgewater, NY

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(607) 293-7927

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315-729-1066

Dairy Cattle

2 REGISTERED yearling Hol-stein service bulls, $1,000each. 518-569-0460

50 WELL GROWN FreestallHeifers due within 60 days.Joe Distelburger 845-344-7170.

95 WELL-GROWN freestalltrained Holstein heifers dueSeptember & October. Had allshots. 315-269-6600

BOSS LIVESTOCK: WANTEDHolstein Jersey or MixedDairy Herds, immediate pay-ment and removal. Also DairyCows For Sale: One or 100-your choice, quality replace-ments. Call Chris Boss 315-219-0590(cell), 315-858-1651(home).

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buycows@warwick.net

Visit Our New Troy, NY Location!Strong demand for youngstock, heifers and herds.

AALWAYSS AVAILABLE:Whether you’re looking for a few heifers or

a large herd, we have a quality

selection of healthy, freestall trained cattle.

Herds ranging in size

from 30-200+ tie or freestall.

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Dairy Cattle

FOR SALE: Certified Organicbagging Holstein heifers. 315-347-2456

FOR SALE: Holstein servicebull. Son of a Ridgedale bull.Throws lots of heifers. Verygentle. Call Clay Oeser 518-772-8856

FOR SALE: Registered Hol-stein heifer, Hill Daughter bredto Denim, due 9/18, $1,700.518-257-6718

FOR SALE: Small HolsteinDairy Herd. Several super milkawards. Some sires includeLC -Alexander -Bond -Murphy-Hero. Located in Mont-gomery County, NY. Call 518-772-8856

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information or emailjeffking@kingsransomfarm.com

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SEMEN COLLECTEDON YOUR BULL

At Your Farm or At OurStud in Verona, NY

All Semen Processed at OurLab Under Strict Regulations

Electronic Seal of Straws(no powder plug)

40 Years ExperienceDependa-Bull Services315-829-2250

Dairy Cattle

USED COWSWANTED

DEAD - DOWN - DISABLEDCATTLE

Call 607-722-5728 Anytime1-800-777-2088AMERICAN RENDERING CO.

BINGHAMTON, NY

� WANTED �

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Free Stall Herds & Tie Stall Herds

(ALL SIZES)

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(518) 279-3101

Dairy Equipment

2” PIPELINE 360’ with receiv-er and washer $1,850. PatzHD unit rebuilt 360’ CCW 12”Hi-Flites $1850. 2 BoumaticFR4 Vacuum pumps, 5hpmotors and tanks, $900 each.10’ hairpin precooler, $900.murphytc@frontiernet.net315-691-6723

USED DAIRY EQUIPMENTBulk Milk Coolers,

Stainless Steel StorageTanks, Pipeline Milkers,Milking Parlors, Vacuum

Pumps, Used MilkingMachine Plus AgitatorMotors, Stainless SteelShells, Weigh Jars, Etc.

CJM Farm Equipment802-895-4159

Dairy Equipment

COWS SOLD. 3,000 gallonGirton Bulk Tank, $10,000 willconsider all offers. Call 607-336-5151

Dogs

A.K.C. BERNESE MountainDog Puppies, farm familyraised, shots/ wormed.REDUCED $700. 518-673-3565

FOR SALE: AKC Black Lab, 1left, had shots and wormed, 4months old, $200. 518-993-5190, 518-774-6300

Employment Wanted

RETIRED DAIRY FARMER31+ years, w/clean class ACDL, interested in full or part-time work. 315-346-1482

Farm MachineryFor Sale

$1,000 OFF MOST all com-bine heads. Buy now, price isgoing up. Quality. Largestselection of heads on EastCoast. 3.7% Fin. Zeisloft Eq.800-919-3322

1990 JD 4755 MFWD, duals,power shift $54,500. JD 44552WD, $35,900. JD 4255MFWD, $33,500. 4850, 4440,4450 & more. Zeisloft Eq. 800-919-3322

1992 CASE IH 1680, 4WDcombine, 3,500 engine hours,$49,500/OBO; 1998 12 row1770 John Deere planter, dryfertilizer, many new precisionplanting parts, $33,500/OBO.Both Excellent Condition andField Ready. 315-420-8328,315-382-6334

2 CATERPILLAR 15’s, onew/rear crank & ice tracks,$4,500 OBO/both. 315-593-3529

2006 Case 621D WheelLoader; 5100 hrs; 2.5 yardbucket; quick coupler; heatedcab. Located in Ithaca,NYarea. Call 607-319-9875.

2007 AERWAY 15’ w/tongue& wheel kit, new tines,$10,500 or make offer. 315-651-0514

2008 AG BAG G-6060 bagger8 and 9 foot tunnel, self-con-tained hydraulics, excellentcondition $26,500. Balzersilage table, excellent condi-tion $8,500. 315-209-7183

(3) JD NO TILL 15’ grain drills750, 1560, 1590 no problem.Zeisloft Eq. 800-919-3322

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(C) GEHL SL4840-2004.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$17,500

(W) GEHL SL4840E-2006CAB. . . . . . . .$24,000

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Magnum, All Low HrsN-Holland TS115A C/A 4x4 w/Loader, N-Holland TD95D C/A 4x4 w/Loader,

Ford 7740 & 4630

Just In “One of a Kind” Case IH 1-owner 8920 Magnum, Sold New in Ohio,2552 hrs, Fancy!!!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $74,900

Just In JD 7430 P. C/A 4x4, Looks Brand New w/700 hrsLOTS OF OTHER TRACTORS & EQUIP. AT www.andrewsfarm.com

Financing/Warranty/Trucking

ANDREWS FARM EQ., INC.Conneautville, PA 16406814-587-2450

MILO MFG. • PENN YAN, NY315-536-8578

We Custom Build Wagon Gears - 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 Ton

TRANSPORT HAY ELEVATORS1 1/2” square

tubing, 14 gauge24’ - 48’

IncludesMotor & Wheels

Other sizes available

Call for prices.

Farm MachineryFor Sale

(3) JD 9550 COMBINES 2 aresidehill all very, very nice.3.7% Fin. 1 Year warranty.zeisloftequip.com 800-919-3322

Farm MachineryFor Sale

(4) JD 9510 Sidehill Com-bines. 2 are RWA. All veryhigh quality. 3.7% fin. ZeisloftEq. 800-919-3322

Call 800-836-2888 to place your classified ad.

Farm MachineryFor Sale

(5) CASE IH 2366 combines.2 are Hillco (sidehill). All aregreat condition. Zeisloft Eq.Bloomburg, PA. 800-919-3322

Farm MachineryFor Sale

(6) GRAIN CARTS in stock,later model Brent, Kilbros,J&M & Parker. More arrivingsoon. Zeisloft Eq. 800-919-3322

Farm MachineryFor Sale

(6) GRAIN CARTS, all centerand corner auger, late mod-els. Brent, Parker, J&M. Niceones. zeisloftequip.com 800-919-3322

Farm MachineryFor Sale

BOB’S Bean Combine Model56, oversized tires, Sun pick-up, $12,000; Picket 6 row w/8bar pickup, $12,000; United 6row w/new blades, $500; 77International LoadStar 16’drag hoist, $1,000. 585-738-6890

BROCKWAY 19’ silage dump,1938 Cletrac E, Vicon Seeder,running gears & more. 845-758-2521

CASE IH 1660 4x4, 4009 hrs.,specialty rotor, new rubber,1063 corn head, field ready,$38,500. 315-569-8267

CASE INT 7140, 4WD tractor,6000 hours, 42” tires, cab, air,$15,000; Int. 1086 tractor withcab, 4500 hours, good condi-tion, $8,000. 518-358-2419

CASE/IH 7130 Magnum 4x4,18spd. power shift, 4revs, 42”rubber, $29,500; Case/IH3394 4x4, 6spd., power shift,20.8-38 duals, $18,500; 6500gal. Semi-Tanker for manure,field spread or transferw/boom, good working condi-tion, $12,500. Must sell. 607-382-7722

CATERPILLAR FORKLIFT,propane engine, 4000lb. liftcapacity, runs & operates verygood, $1,750. 607-829-6817

DAHLMAN PH 2020 potatoharvester, M table, V.G.$12,000. Airflow onion har-vester, good condition $7,000.585-733-7481

END OF SEASON SPECIALON

2 - 10’ FARMKING TEDDERSVanDusen Machinery607-529-3294570-888-5370

FARMALL 340 pulling tractor,new tires, weight brackets,$5,800/OBO; Farmall 560pulling tractor, $6,400/OBO.518-945-1715, 518-567-1532

FICKLIN 185 gravity wagon,$2,750; 18’ steel side kickerwagon, $2,550. 607-533-4850, 607-279-6232

FIVE CASE IH Tractors: CX-100, 4wd, cab, air, 540 &1,000PTO, $17,500; MX-220coming in; Maxxum 5220loader; MX-110, 2 and 4wd.;Case 2670, 200hp, duals, 12’silage blades, runs nice. Case1450 dozer, excellent under-carriage, $14,800. Whites: 2-110, 2-105, 4wd and partstractor. Same 45 vineyard,cab, air, 4wd, loader, 675hours. MF 1529, 4wd, loader,25Hrs. 9’ AgBagger w/Fordpower unit, $8,500. Krone BigM 30’ disk mower, low hours,field ready. Kuhn GA 6002double spinner rake. MillerPro1150. JD 347 Baler thrower,low wear, one owner, $4,800.Knight Reel auger mixerwagon. Bush Hog 18’hydraulic fold disk, $2,400. IH1020 Grain head. Bob’s 30’smooth roller. Aarons Equip-ment 315-536-8718

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MABIESOEM PARTS

MasseyChallenger

AllisWhiteKrone

PerkinsHesston

315-687-7891

Combine SalvageK & J Surplus

60 Dublin Rd.Lansing, NY 14882

(607) 533-4850 • (607) 279-6232

(3) JD 7405 ROPS 4WD, PQ Trans . . . . . .$20,800 to $21,800JD 6410 ROPS 4WD, PQ Trans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$19,500JD 6300 ROPS 4WD, Syncro Trans. 7000 hrs. . . . . . . . . .$13,800JD 5510 ROPS 4WD, pwr reverser w/541 ldr. . . . . . . . . .$16,800JD 5420 ROPS 4WD, creeper gear, dual hyd., 7455 hrs .$15,200JD 2855N 4WD, hi-lo, 540/1000, dual hyd. . . . . . . . . . . . . .$9,800JD 5210 ROPS, 2WD, 4300 hrs, dual hyd. . . . . . . . . . . . . .$9,200JD 540 Loader w/mounting brackets & 74” bucket . . . . . . . .$2,500JD 6300 ROPS, 4WD, syncro, runs & drives, needs TLC .$11,300

Penn Yan, NY 315-536-8919

Farm MachineryFor Sale

FOR SALE: 200 Massey Fer-guson industrial bucketloader. Call 518-332-6827

FORD 8N, 9N, Ferguson, TO-20, miscellaneous parts,tires, tubes, rims, etc. Call315-439-2685 East Syra-cuse,NY

Getting Out Of Farming

JOHN DEERE 960 field cultivator, 24’ wide w/7” JD permalock sweep . . . Reduced $8,20020’ Round Bale Wagon w/IHrunning gear. . . . . . . . . $3,500585-356-2634

GREAT DANE bulk potatotrailer. Insulated with falsefloor, unloading conveyor andlights $4,500. Call for pictures.585-762-9140

Farm MachineryFor Sale

INTERNATIONAL 574 dieseltractor. Gehl 2360 discbine.30” Cut riding mower. 315-397-2593

INTERNATIONAL 966, 2remotes, 2 speed PTO, 20.8-38 rubber, good condition,$7,000. 315-408-3405

JD 213 flex head with cart,very good, $4,500; JD 6 rowcultivator, $1,500; Paul live-stock scale, $650; square balegrabber, $650. 802-644-5974

JD 6600 gear drive combine,nice, $6,200; JD 216 flexhead, poly and stainless bot-tom, $3,000; IH 12’ disc, nearnew blades, excellent, $2,100;JD 15’ disc BW 21” heavy dutyblades, $2,500. Mike Franklin607-749-3424

JD 9650 STS very, verysharp. Good rubber. Nonenicer. 3.7% Fin. Zeisloft Eq.800-919-3322

Farm MachineryFor Sale

JOHN DEERE 100 largesquare baler, $9,500; Case1840 skid loader, $5,800; digi-tal platform scales, 8’x22’,$3,200; New Idea manurespreader, $850. 518-529-7470

JOHN DEERE 2 row M300picker; New Holland 28 blow-er; 9’x18’ Pequea hay wagon;New Idea 279, 9’ cutditioner.315-219-9090

JOHN DEERE 5603, 85pto hp,cab, 4wd, 500 hrs., $35,000.NH TN60A, 4wd, loader 900hrs., $22,000.Woods 9000 3phbackhoe, $4,500. Land PrideRBT4096 backblade $1,650.300 gal. fuel tank $500.murphytc@frontiernet.net315-691-6723

JOHN DEERE 5820 Chopperw/666 corn head, 9’ Maize hayhead, very good condition,many extras, $32,000 w/ker-nal processor. 607-363-2308,607-363-7480

JOHN DEERE 75-80hp, 2004,w/JD loader & Deluxe cab AC,heat, stereo, 12 spd., dualoutlets, power reverser, superclean, $23,500. 315-245-4361. All calls returned.

JOHN DEERE 900 SeriesGrain heads 15’, 20’, 22’, 25’& 30’. In stock today. $1,000.Off. Zeisloft Eq. 800-919-3322

Farm MachineryFor Sale

JOHN DEERETRACTOR PARTS

Many New Parts in StockRECENT MODELS IN

FOR SALVAGE:•6215 burnt •3020 •4240 •L4020

• E3020 syncro • E3020 PS • 4030 • 3010D • 2955 4WD

•2840 •2550 4WD •1020D •830We Rebuild Your Hydraulic

Pumps, SCV Valves,Steering Valves, etc.

All Units are Bench TestedMany Used Tractor Parts

Already DismantledCALL FOR YOUR NEEDS

NELSON PARTSPenn Yan, NY

800-730-4020315-536-3737

MF 85 62HP, Gas, PS, 3pt Live PTO, Good

Runner $2,950; Case Vac-14 $1,875; Int424 Gas, Everything Works $1,875; FarmallAV & Farmall C (wfe) Choice $1,850; 3PtSicklebar Mowers & 3Pt Flail Mowers;Gehl 970 SU Wagon $2,650; Kuhn Knight8110 Slinger Spreader, 1 yr. old, 540 PTO,

Just Like New $10,500; 4x4 Kubota 85-90HP, Full Cab, AC/Heat, New Tires, Dual

Outlets, Wts $11,900; 4x4 Landini Globus,Full Glass Cab, AC/Heat 75-80HP, Dsl,

Field Ready $15,900; ‘99 NH 4835 w/Sd MtSB Mower 2000 hrs, 60-65HP Dsl, Dual

Outlets $9,750; Ford 540 Canopy w/Sd MtSB Mower 50HP, Dsl, 2000 hrs $8,450;Bush Hog 2610 Legend 10’, 540 PTO,

Trailer Type, Nice $6,450; LandprideRCR2510 10’ Mower Trailer Type, Demo

Model $5,500; 18’ Steel Rack KickerWagon $2,275; PTO Generators; 6000Gal. Poly Water/Fluid Storage Tanks;

Kennedy Tractor of Williamstown, NY(315) 964-1161

KUHN #1360 Verticle TMRmixer, 450 cu.ft. 2 speedrebuilt gearbox, new knives,A-1 condition. Free deliverywithin 150 miles. $12,500. Lit-tle Falls,NY 315-823-3478

KUHN 4000 disc mower withfinger conditioning, $7,500OBO; 800 8 row IH Interna-tional corn planter, $2,000OBO. 315-894-0447

LARGE SELECTION OFFARM TRACTORS available.Call for great pricing. BUY-ING good tractors too! Locat-ed just below LJ HANDSFarm Center, 518-922-6301

LARGEST SELECTION ofquality combines on EastCoast. Most with 1 year partswarranty on motor and trans-mission. Low 3.7% Fin. Wedeliver anywhere. Zeisloft Eq.Bloomburg, PA. 800-919-3322

LATER MODEL JD combines.We got ‘em. 9660, 9560, (2)9560 SH, 9550’s, 9650, 9510& more. 1 Year motor and tran.warranty. Zeisloft Eq. 800-919-3322

MACK ENTERPRISESRandolph, NY

(716) 358-3006 • (716) 358-3768Ship UPS Daily

www.w2r.com/mackenterprises/New & Used Tractor &

Logging Equipment Parts

Farm MachineryFor Sale

Maine toNorth CarolinaForage short? Shred

your corn silage with a

PleasantCreekHay.Com

Partnership!Welsarth@Msn.com

MILLER PRO Model 2200double hay rake, good work-ing condition, $3,900. 607-363-2308, 607-363-7480

NEW HOLLAND 1037 auto-matic bale wagon/stacker. Callfor details 518-284-2180

NEW SKID LOADERATTACHMENTS: Buckets,Manure Forks, Pallet Forks,Bale Spears, Round BaleGrabbers, Feed Pushers,Adapter Plates, Skid SteerHitch, 3pt. Bale Spears. TireReplacements for tire scrap-ers. Truck Freight Available.MARTIN’S WELDING, 315-531-8672

NH 1033 BALE WAGON, 105capacity, field ready conditionw/manuals, $4,500. NH 282wire baler with 1/4 turn chutew/manuals, $1,400. 315-497-3740

OLIVER 1650 gas, 4848 orig-inal hours, NF, hydro powerdrive, excellent 2 owner trac-tor that needs nothing,$5,000. 585-703-0204

SKIDSTEER 642B, excellentcondition, high hours but verywell maintained $5,500. 607-264-3090

SMILEY’SFARM EQUIPMENTHARVESTING’S HERE

Corn Choppers, $850 up;Corn Pickers, $1,200 up;Flail Choppers $1,250 Up;Square Balers, $800 Up;Hay Rakes, $450 Up; Hay-bines, $1,200 Up; Dis-cbines, $3,500 Up; RoundBalers, $1,800 Up; HayWagons; Plows, Disks; Har-rows; Cultivators; Cultipack-ers; Seeders; FertilizerSpreaders; Scraper Blades;York Rakes; Post Pounders;Brush Hogs; Finish Mowers,Rollers; Pavers; Seal Outfits;Corn Binders; Silage Blow-ers; Ag Baggers; RunningGears; Manure Spreaders;Grinder Mixers; 3pt. Snow-blower; Hay Elevators; Bull-dozers; Backhoes, CompactTractors; 4x4, 20hp to 155hpTractors; 2 & 4 Wheel Drivewith & without Cabs & Load-ers; Dump Trucks; Trailers;Cars & Pickups - all 4-Sale.Much More. 30 ACRES

Buying EquipmentDead Or Alive

518-634-2310

Farm MachineryFor Sale

STEEL HAY RACK 9x18, littleuse, $2,300; NH hay rake 256,reconditioned, new paint &tires, $1,950; Katolight gener-ator 6040, on trailer, like new,$3,000; Pincor generator,40kw, $2,100. Port Byron,NY315-374-2788

USED 15’ BATWING mowers.Bush Hog, Woods, Rhino, JD.Also 20% off all new Rhinomowers. zeisloftequip.com800-919-3322

WHITE 2-105 4WD, 5491hrs., new cab interior, seat,radiator, converted AC,$9,000 or reasonable offer.Dave, Syracuse,NY 315-263-0872

WOW: Fancy 1996 JD 9400Combine, as nice as we’vehad. Fresh from our wheatfield. 2,600 Hours. Also 9400with 4x4, only $43,900.Zeisloft Eq. 800-919-3322

Farm MachineryWanted

LOOKING FOR an F10 Jacob-sen Gang Mower Tractor forthe purpose of acquiring partsfor same. Please provide asmuch detail about the tractorto: joe@joepietrykainc.com orcall: 845-855-1201

WANTED TO BUY: Used farm& construction equipment, allmakes and models, running ornot, 1980’s & newer. Will 315-777-2357

WANTED: 2 Rollers for NewHolland 467 haybine; AlsoFront fenders for JD 6x4Gator. Call 607-829-6817

WANTED: Front suitcaseweights for John Deere 2840tractor. 315-529-0922

Feed, Seed,Grain & Corn

12-14 TONS Spelt TriticaleMix, 3rd year transition.Stored in totes. Call 315-536-0954

45 ACRES + of excellentstanding corn, Madison Coun-ty,NY, $900/acre or best offer.315-271-4582 leave message

50 ACRES of excellent stand-ing corn, on River Flat.Chenango County, NY. $900.per acre or best offer. 607-206-4365

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Feed, Seed,Grain & Corn

Feed, Seed,Grain & Corn

Fencing Fencing

188 Genesee St. - Suite 209Auburn, NY 13021

1-800-599-71500 315-258-4394

GRAIN AND INGREDIENT MERCHANDISERS

Grieg Dougherty • Richard DamaskeCarter Riley • Greg Creeden

Jeff Kuney • Dan Campbell (Distiller Sales)All New Contraction Options - Call For Details

ORIGINATING CORN && MARKETING DISTILLERS

FOR SUNOCO ETHANOL PLANT,, FULTON,, NY

Grain Roasting OnGrain Roasting OnYYour Farour Farmm

Soybeans • CornBarley • Wheat

Waterville Grain RoastingOneida Co., NY 315-534-8948

E&A Fence LLC518-993-5177

771 St. Hwy 163, Fort Plain, NY

Improve Your Farm EfficiencyALL TYPES OF FENCES

BOARD • VINYL • WOVEN WIRE • HI TENSILEServing The Northeast

QualityGuaranteed

QualityGuaranteed

CyclopsEnergizers

Made in USA

CyclopsEnergizers

Made in USA

Heavy DutyGalvanized

Gates

Heavy DutyGalvanized

Gates

2033 Brothertown RoadDeansboro, NY 13328PPhone: (315) 841-4910Fax: (315) 841-4649

Hrs: Mon-Fri 8am-4pm; Sat. 8am-Noon

www.williamsfarmfence.comwilliamsfence@gmail.comWaterr Tubs

& Valves

Priefert Dog Kennels In Stock

POSTT POUNDERR FORR RENT

Now carryingAgri-Dymanics

Products

“Miles of Quality Start Here”• High Tensile • Split Rail • Misc. Types of Fence

• Energizers • Fencing Supplies

EMPIRE FARM FENCE & SUPPLY

4097 Rt. 34B, Union Springs, NY 13160RUSTIN WILSON

(315) 364-5240 ROY’SSPREADING SERVICE LLC

New LimeHi - Cal

cell#607-434-1024

Roy Van Warner

607-432-7476

Spreader By Float

Fertilizer &Fertilizer Spreading

Fertilizer &Fertilizer Spreading

BULK LIMEHi-Mag Hi-Cal

5 or 8 Ton Spreader SuppliedGYPSUM

CHICKEN LITTER

BEDDING SAND

Mercy Hill Farm LLC315-858-2941 • 315-868-5201 Cell

Financial Services Financial Services

Feed, Seed,Grain & Corn

WEILER’SGRAIN ROASTING( 3 1 5 ) 5 4 9 - 7 0 8 1

Custom Roasting and Cooling Your

Soybeans,Corn, etc. At Your

Farm or MillServing All of

NY State

FOR SALE: 30 acres of nicecorn standing in field for silageor high moisture. Canajoharie(Montgomery County,NY).610-593-6118

FOR SALE: Up to 250 acresof standing corn. Madison,NY. 315-893-7277 or 315-893-7551

Feed, Seed,Grain & Corn

YOUR SOURCE FOR:• Livestock Feeds• Ration Balancing• SeedWay Seeds• Crystalyx Products

(315)) 549-82266Romulus, NY 14541

Buying Corn,Feed Wheat & Oats

STANDING CORN FORSALE. Pattersonville Area. 62acres, $1,000/acre. 518-376-7130

WANTED: Damaged dry orhigh moisture corn, mycotox-in, slight mold or flooded corn,all accepted. Call 518-573-0137

Fencing

ELECTRIC FENCE CON-TROLLER REPAIRS. Factoryauthorized warranty center forZereba, ParMak, many others.No charge for estimates. Quickturn-around time. Send orbring to our shop, any make,any model. 518-284-2180

Fencing

LOCUST POSTS, POLES,Split Rails, 6x6’s, 4x4’s. Otherhardwood & softwood boardsand planks, custom cut. Alsolots, land cleared, woodlotswanted. 518-883-8284

Fertilizer &Fertilizer Spreading

A G L I M EH I - M A G

30 Ton MinimumSpreader & Spreading AvailableLarge Quantity Discount

ALSO BEDDING SAND& CHICKEN MANURECall T J Allen315-845-6777315-868-2438

Call 800-836-2888 to place your classified ad.

Fertilizer &Fertilizer Spreading

HI-MAG LIMEDelivered by the TruckloadAlso BEDDING SANDfor Horse Arenas or CattleFOB McConnellsville, NY

Delivery Available

888-339-2900 ext. 10

Fish

FISH HATCHERYFalconwood

FarmsLive Fish for Ponds

& Restaurants845-832-6086

For Rent or Lease

LOOKING TO rent or lease100 acre farm to raise beefcattle, with housing, inGreene, Madison, or Chenan-go County. 845-877-1101

Fresh Produce,Nursery

Pumpkins, Gourds,Winter Squash, etc.

Pie, Jack-O-Lantern,White & Munchkin PumpkinsAcorn, Butternut, Spaghetti,Buttercup, Ambercup, Sweet

Potato, Sweet Dumpling SquashANY SIZE LOTS AVAILABLE

From Bushels toTractor Trailer Loads

Hoeffner FarmsHornell,NY

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Hay - Straw For Sale

Grain Handling Equip.Bins & Dryers

Hay - Straw For Sale

Grain Handling Equip.Bins & Dryers

Help Wanted Help Wanted

A N MARTIN GRAIN SYSTEMS315-923-9118 Clyde, NY

WE SPECIALIZE IN• Sukup Grain Bins • Hopper Feed Bins

• Dryers • Transport Augers

• Grain Legs • Crane Service

• Custom Mill Righting • Dryer Service

Western * Organic * Conventional * Haylage Wraps

BEST QUALITY / PRICES / SERVICE

We’re #1 - Financing Available WE DELIVER!

Certified Organic Growers Association

$50 CASH for REFERRALSCALL RICK (815) 979-7070

HAHAYY ** HAHAYY ** HAHAY Y 100% Alfalfa or Grass Mix 100-240 RFV wanted to fill immediate opening at our

St. Johnsville or Richfield Springs locations. Full time position with excellent pay and benefits.

Please send resume to:sspringersinc@roadrunner.comOr apply within at either:

Springer’s Inc, 55 West Main St. Richfield Springsor 7403 State Hwy 5, St. Johnsville

EXPERIENCEDD REPAIRR TECHNICIANN

Generators

GENERATORSGENERAC SERVICE

CENTERPTO Units in Stock

25 & 40 KW.

Portable & Standby

•Shipping Available•

GREENVILLE SAWSERVICE, INC.518-966-4346

FAX 518-966-4647

Goats

BOER GOATS for sale allages and sizes $200. a pieceor best offer Full bloods andpercentages. www.highfalls-gorgefarm.com 518-521-0650

KIKO Buck for sale.Purebred.Registered. Excellent parasiteresistance. Throws lots ofcolor. $650. Athens NY. 518-945-2745.

Grain Handling Equip.Bins & Dryers

675 MC GRAIN DRYER sin-gle phase, good condition.518-664-8793, 518-852-5726

NEW AND USED Grain Dry-ers: GT, MC, GSI. Call anytimetoll free 1-877-422-0927

SUKUP 24” burner, drawspropane, used very little;Sukup 3 auger stirator for24’x7 ring high bin. 607-263-5211

Hay - Straw For Sale

STANTON

BROTHERS10 Ton Minimum

Limited Availability518-768-2344

200 4x4 ROUND BALES,Broome & Timothy, no rain,baled before 7/5/2012. 315-778-1828

2011 BALEAGE CHEAP 250Bales; Dry Hay, 50 roundbales. Also 400 bales 2012baleage. Albany,NY area.James Frueh, 518-436-1050

Hay - Straw For Sale

800 EXCELLENT qualitylarge tight 4x4 round bales,cut before June 16th, someundercover; Also, 60 roundbales cut after June 16th. 518-966-4754

BIG SQUARE BALES, 1st cut,nice hay. 51” round bales netwrapped, baled tight, later cut,cheap feed. 51” round bales,made right, June hay, nice.Call for delivered price. 315-737-0820

FOR SALE: Horse quality first& second cut grassy hay, big& small square bales. Deliv-ered.-315-264-3900

FOR SALE: Wheat Straw, bigsquare bales; also SoybeanStraw. Carl Nolt 315-374-5549

GOOD QUALITY HAY &STRAW. Large Square Bales.Will load or ship direct. 802-849-6266

HAY SAVER Plus Hay Preser-vative, 68% Propionic Acid.87¢ per pound. Product avail-able in Waterloo, NY. DeliveryAvailable. Conoy Ag, Eliza-bethtown, PA 717-367-5078

HAY:MIXED GRASS, Clover,Broome & Timothy, $3.50/baleat the barn. 518-767-2342 or571-291-0340 Feura Bush,NY

H AYFarmer to Farmer

Wet and DryRound & Square Bales

1st, 2nd & 3rd Cut HayAlso Square Bales of

STRAWCALL STEVE

519-482-5365

LARGE SQUARE BALES,processed first & second cut.Call 802-864-5382 or 802-578-7352

NOFA CERTIFIED OrganicHay, 2nd cut grass, big squarebales-3x3x8. 2 loads avail-able. 518-234-2188

ONTARIO DAIRYHAY & STRAW

Quality Alfalfa Grass MixLg. Sq. - 1st, 2nd & 3rd Cut

ALSO CERTIFIED ORGANICLow Potassium for Dry CowsCall for Competitive PricesNEEB AGRI-PRODUCTS

519-529-1141

Hay - Straw For Sale

PremiumWestern Alfalfa

Bright CleanWHEAT STRAW

All Hay Tested

Reasonable Prices - DeliveredLarge Square BalesSemi Load or Half Load

800-747-3811845-901-1892

adenbrook.com

ROUND BALES of grass hay$150/ton; 2nd cutting mostlyalfalfa $240/ton. Call 607-336-5151

TOO MUCHHAY?

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Hay - Straw Wanted

ALWAYS WANTEDTIMOTHY MIXED HAYALFALFA MIXED HAY1st, 2nd & 3rd Cuttings

Also Small Square Mulch

Call 4M FARMS315-684-7570 • 315-559-3378

HAY &STRAWFor Sale All Types Delivered

Cell 717-222-2304Growers, Buyers & Sellers

Giorgi Mushroom Company,located in Berks County now

buying the following materials:

HAYCORN STOVER

STRAWAll bale sizes and types, including

ROUND BALES, accepted.

Spot Buys or Long Term Contracts

Small or Large Quantities

Quick Payment

2012 ContractsNow

Available

Contacts:Allen Hollenbach

610-929-5753

ahollenbach@giorgimush.com

Kevin Eickhoff

610-926-8811 ext. 5216

keickhoff@giorgimush.com

Michele Fisher

610-926-8811 ext. 5189

mfisher@giorgimush.com

WANTED: 1st & 2nd cut big &small squares. 315-363-9105

Hay - Straw Wanted

WANTEDHAY &

STRAWTrailer Load Lots

Janowski Bros.315-829-3794315-829-3771

Heating

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FULL TIME POSITION ondairy farm, housing included.Experience helpful. 845-482-5576

HERDSMANFor a Progressive NewHampshire Dairy Farm

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Penacook, NH

Andy Morrill 603-731-9864Rob Morrill 603-496-4820

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Agricultural Belt ServiceRoute 75, Eden, NY 14057

Call 716-337-BELTNow accepting MasterCard, Visa & Discover

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Van Billings Real Estate, LLC Van Billings, Broker/Owner14 S. Main St., Dolgeville, NY 13329

315-429-0300www.vanbillingsrealestate.com

Exeter - 153 Acres - $299,900 Dairy Farm in need of New Owner. 153+acres of tillable and pasture with small troutstream. 130 stanchion barn, with most milk-ing equipment. 36x72 Machine pole barn.Older home needs additional work. Fencesgood. Barn holds 20,000 bales. Additionalacres available.

Adjacent acreage: 114 Ac, $228,000 & 184 Ac, $368,000

Oppenheim - 37.1 Acres - $110,000Beautiful old multi-level barn would make an excel-lent home. A drilled well, 2 septics and electricityalready on the property. 37.1 acres of nice farm-land, great hayfields, beautiful and magnificentdistant views all makes a perfect spot for a retreat.

Fairfield - 200+ Acres - $589,000Amazing Victorian Farm - Restored 3000 sq. ft., 4BR, 3.5 bath home on 200 mostly tillable acres.Huge Barn, Large Equipment Building. Home fea-tures oak & pine floors, high ceilings, large graciousrooms, impeccably maintained. Fields are workedby local farmers, views are wonderful. Additional478 Acres available.

Help Wanted

Herdsman Wanted for 80cow tie stall family owneddairy. Must be experiencedmilker and knowledgeable incalf care. Referencesrequired. Salary negotiable.Call 518-398-7640 leavename and number.

HIGH PROFILE NE DAIRYFARM seeks self-motivatedindividual to work withaward-winning cows andheifers. Experience in milk-ing, feeding, treating andrecord-keeping required. AItraining and/or CDL wouldbe a plus. Must understandcleanliness, organization,communication and teamwork. Housing & benefitsprovided. Salary based onexperience. Email resumewith references toterri@arethusafarm.com orfax 860-567-2426.

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Hogs

Berkshire feeder pigs, breed-ing stock, and butcher pigsavailable on a regular basis.www.Teaselmeadowfarms.com315-383-0432

QUALITY FEEDER PIGS,$60.00. Stoltzfus FamilyFarm, 707 Thompson Rd., Lit-tle Falls, NY 13365

Hoof Trimming

BOVINE HOOF TRIMMING,Grinder & Hand Tools. 50 MileRadius Stamford,NY. SueWilcox LVT,607-221-1852

1685 Cty Hwy 35Milford, NY

Bill KoncharCell: (618) 975-5741

Office: (607) 286-3353

Horses

2 BELGIAN GELDINGS ages10 and 11 years old used forfarming, logging, sleigh rides,hay rides, parades, very goodin traffic. 413-834-2526

BLONDE 11 YEAR OLD Reg-istered Belgian gelding 17-1/2hands, well broke to all farmmachinery $1,700; 1 Roanweanling Belgian filly, $600.No Sunday calls, 607-264-8167

HORSE BOARDING: Herdturn out. $150/mo. includeshay, grain and large pasture.Call for more details. 518-673-2805 or 518-857-1561.

Irrigation

IRRIGATION PIPE 4 inchesaround 30 foot long. Call cell607-749-0133 or 607-423-1160

Livestock For Sale

FOR SALE: 2 Year old JerseyBull for service $975. 3Haflingers, two 4 year old’s,need work, and one 10 yearold. 518-673-3611

Lumber &Wood Products

BAILLIE LUMBER CO. buysall species of hardwoodveneer logs, sawlogs andstanding timber year round.IMMEDIATE LOCAL PAY-MENT AND TRUCKINGAVAILABLE. Please call foran updated price and specsheet today! Smyrna Sawmill607-627-6547. Mark Mowrey315-796-6644; Phil Day 315-436-2766; Jonathan DeSantis315-882-8174; Sean Karn315-436-3588. Boonvi l leSawmill 315-942-5284. DavePrezyna 315-436-5329; PaulSnider 315-827-4062 (home)or 315-436-0949 (cell); TomKing 315-436-0936; LukasMyers 315-263-6909.

Lumber &Wood Products

LOCUST 4x4’s, fence posts,split rails, lumber. Natural,chemical free non poisonousalternative to pressure treatedthat has strength and lasts alifetime. 518-883-8284

Maple Syrup Supplies

FOR SALE: 2x8 Oil FiredMaple Boiler. D & G Arch &Pans, Leader Steam-a-way,Auto Draw/Complete withHoods & Stacks. CLEAN!Excellent Condition. $11,900.W y o m i n g , N Y. e - m a i l :morgs@rochester.rr.com 585-584-8760.

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YARD SIGNS: 16x24 full colorwith stakes, double sided.Stakes included. Only $15.00each. Call your sales repre-sentative or Beth at Lee Publi-cations 518-673-0101 orbsnyder@leepub.com. Pleaseallow 7 to 10 business dayswhen ordering.

Parts

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STARTERS, ALTERNATORS,and GENERATORS for alldomestic and import engines.Also HIGH TORQUE DIESELSTARTERS. Prompt Service315-826-7892 Gary Sneath

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FAIRHAVEN VERMONTDAIRY FOR SALE. 200+ cowcapacity, approx. 400 acres,Double 8 parlor, two houses &one trailer, $750,000 bare.Equipment & cattle available.Call 860-836-1524

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Dolgeville Branch10 E. State St., Dolgeville NY

13329 • (315) 429-9750

St. Johnsville Branch54 East Main Street, St. Johnsville NY

13452 • (518) 568-2776

Specializing In Farm & Land

Palatine Bridge 146 S. GRAY ROAD

Lovely 18 year old colonial home with two-stallgarage, three bedroom, w/master bath, hardwood

flooring, awesome view of the Mohawk valley!Great move-in price of $229,900 Owner Financing

Call Debbie @ 518-495-5770

St.. Johnsvillee 247 ST HWY 67

A beautiful country setting w/2 bedrooms, largeliving room, dining room, kitchen with hard-wood cabinets & large master bedroom, 1.44beautiful acres, vinyl siding, a metal roof, twosheds, a garage, deck and pool. Priced to sell!Owner financing possible - $70,000

Call Bob @ 518-321-9897

St.. Johnsvillee 5543 ST HWY 29Ideal home for outdoor recreation. Mostlywooded, young oak, lots of deer and turkey,access to ATV and snowmobile trails. $78,000

Call John @ 518-281-8008

Fortt Plainn 203 HEISER RD.A beautiful ranch home in a country setting, 2or 3 bedrooms, a large master bedroom, loft,large bathroom w/jacuzzi tub, large living roomw/propane fireplace, large kitchen, and an openfloor plan. Only 8 years old, this home has lotsof natural woodwork and natural light, vinylwindows and a walk in closet off the masterbedroom. The basement is a 3 stall garage and

laundry room and is on 5.1 acres. $169,000 • Call Bob @ 518-321-9897

Fairfieldd 807 RT. 29Charming historic home on 17.10 acres, 3 bed-room, updated w/new kitchen and cabinetry, newbathroom, family room addition w/enclosed frontporch, home was designed as handicap accessible,5 small rooms just dedicated to your closet needsalone and woodwork throughout. Land has 1

drilled well, 2 artesian wells along with a small pond. $189,000Call Heidi Mouyos @ 315-717-7269

Richfieldd Springss 7769 ST. HWY. 28

Canadarago Lake home with 48' of waterfront.Home features 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths, enclosedfront and back porch with nice back yard andbeautiful lake views. Lakeside frontage has newlybuilt dock, boathouse with brick walkway, pine

interior, and a wood stove. Hot tub not included in sale, but can be negotiated.Currently occupied as rental income. $210,000

Call Heidi Mouyos @ 315-717-7269

St.. Johnsvillee 134 EAST ROAD

This Adirondack style home has 60 acres of mesmeriz-ing views, with a beautiful stone-walled driveway.3 bedroom home, 2 full baths, living room with cathe-dral ceilings, stone fireplace and walk out deck. Diningroom and eat in kitchen provides an ambience of

warmth with woodstove. Additional 2800 sq. ft. is located on 1st floor with 4 stall garageand 2 rooms for workshop/office. $369,000

Call Heidi Mouyos @ 315-717-7269

Ephratah 5727 ST HWY 29

Road frontage on State Rte 29, goes back to seasonal road/wooded. Good hunting,timber and small clearing on seasonal road. $60,000 • Call Debbie @ 518-495-5770

St.. Johnsvillee 6 S. DIVISION ST

A five-stall steel building in excellent condition and agreat location. This building had been a detail shop for aFord dealership, five bays w/overhead doors, radiant heatin the floor and a large, paved parking lot in the front of

the building. A great investment property! $89,000 • Call Bob @ 518-321-9897

Palatine Bridge GERHARTS RD.75 Acres. Offers Considered. Road frontage, woods, fields, pastures, streams and a

great view! $129,000 • Call John @ 518-281-8008

Ephratahh 5743 ST. HWY 29

NEWLY REMODELED, country home has 4 bedroomsand two productive businesses already established!Move in and you’re your own boss! 40x40 fabricatedsteel building w/tools negotiable. 20-year guarantee onbuilding, is a welding and heavy equipment shop., Two-stall beauty salon on side of home, landscaped back-

yard w/100x80 pond and wooded property as well. Great business opportunity.$199,999 • Call Debbie @ 518-495-5770

Commercial 223255 -- Jeffersonn County - Neat and Clean Showplace Farm- Exceptionally nice house- 180 acres, 100 tillable, goodsoils. Currently in hay. Good 2 story dairy barn with 43 stallsand dbl 2 milking parlor. New 48x75 Morton Building, large2 car garage, Beautiful 2 story 4 bedroom, 2 bath home. Verywell maintained. High ceilings, big rooms, original wood-work. All on a quiet road, great farming area, close to shop-ping, schools, and hospitals. This would make an awesomefarm for raising beef and making hay. Could be dairy again.Land could be certified organic . . . . . . .Askingg $379,000

23244 -- Neatt andd Clean.. Lewiss Countyy Freee Stalll DairyFarm 150 acres mostly tillable. High Lime well drained soils.Grows excellent alfalfa and corn. Modern 150 stall 3 row freestall barn w/drive thru feed. 30x50 heifer barn for 30 head oflarge heifers plus some machinery storage. Good 2 story 60stall barn with dbl 6 flat barn parlor with large holding area.

Calf pens, side addition for 36 head of young stock. 30x100bunker silo. Very nice remodeled 2 story 6 bdrm home. Farmis turn-key. Good dairy area. Machinery and feed dealersclose by. Great milk market . . . . . . . . . .Askingg $450,000

NEWW -- 23411 -- Madisonn Countyy 355 acree Hobbyy Farm. 20acres tillable, 10 acres in pasture, 5 acres woods. 2 story 6bdrm modern home, 80% finished. Nice big roomy homewith large fireplace, nice setting, and a beautiful view. Large 2car garage. Property sits on a very quiet road. Would workwell for beef or horses. Close to Cazenovia, MorrisvilleCollege, and Syracuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Askingg $160,000

23022 -- Otsegoo Countyy Freee stalll Operation. Buildingsfor 300 head. Double 8 milking parlor, pad for feed storage.Good 2 story 4 bdrm home. All situated on 70 acres of landw/40+/- acres tillable, gravel loem soils w/lots of additionalland to rent reasonable. Great location. Mins fromCooperstown or Oneonta. Farm would work well for dairyalthough buildings are conducive for horses and beef. Farmhas 2 trout streams. Excellent deer and turkey hunting. Nicearea to live and farm. Priced to sell Reducedd too $199,900

23366 -- Otsegoo County,, Cooperstownn NY.. 888 acreGeentleman'ss Farm. Bordering a beautiful year round troutstream. 45 acres in fields. Excellent ground. Balance woods.2 story partially remodeled farm house. New septic and well.Farm would work well for horses, or beef, make hay or veg-etables. Phenomenal fishing and hunting. Great location forkids. REA electric. Cooperstown School District . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Askingg $174,900

787 Bates-Wilson RoadNorwich, NY 13851(607)) 334-97277

Celll 607-316-3758www.possonrealtyfarmsandland.com

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POSSON REALTY LLC

David C. Posson, Broker Richard E. Posson, Associate Broker

Little Falls, NY 13365

Phone (315) 823-0288www.demereerealty.com • demeree@ntcnet.com

93-A - HUNTING CLUB SPECIAL!!! 716 ACRES IN ADIRONDACK PARK - Great for

recreation - all wooded with creeks & ponds thru out property - great hunting and fish-

ing - hunting cabin - logging road up thru middle of property - 4 wheeler trails thru prop-

erty - Town of Ohio - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Price $798,000. REDUCED TO $494,00093-B - Great property for hunting & fishing is joined on it’s northern border by 93-A, it’s

mostly wooded, 475 acres with creek going thru - road goes by East end of property &

log road thru west end - mostly level with hills on East end. Located in Town of Ohio,

Herkimer Co., Southern part of Adirondack Park, Poland School District . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . priced to sell fast at $327,750 REDUCED TO $235,12593-C - Another great property for hunting & trout fishing is joined by 93-B on the East -

mostly wooded, 157 acres, log road thru property, trout stream going thru center of

property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sale price $108,33093-D - 574 ACRES OF LAND BORDERS 93-A - great for recreation and hunting - mostly

wooded, creeks & ponds - trees marked for cutting with over ONE MILLION BOARD FEET

OF LUMBER. Priced at . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$575,00093-A + 93-B + 93-C + 93-D form a square of 1,922 acres. This great piece of property

in the Adirondack Park joined together sells for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,411,455C-80 - 2011 Newly Remodeled Certified Organic Dairy Operation Located Along The

Hudson River with NYS Dock Access. 50 Acres total, 40 Acres grazing 36x122 Two-

Story Gabled Roof Barn, 50 lg.Tie Stalls Milkhouse, 1000 Gallon Bulk Tank, 2” Pipeline,

3” Vacuum Line, 8 Units, Two Steel Grain Bins; 40x100 Coverall Barn with Curtains,

Cement Floor with Pens for Heifers and Calving Areas, Concrete Barnyard; Residence

Is In Poor Condition, 200 Acres of Neighboring Land is Rented and Lease Could be

Continued. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Asking $289,000C-81 - Very Nice Beef or Crop Farm Consisting of 101 Acres, 58 Tillable Sandy Loam

and Gravel Loam Soils, 43 Acres Woods. Approximately 200’ Open Housing for Cattle,

Attached Shop with Water and Electricity; 36x60 Metal Bldg., Gravel Floor, Electricity,

Used for Hay and Equipment Storage, Attached 16x36 Propane Heated Shop with Wt.

Steel Lining, Electricity, Concrete Floor. 2520 Sq. Ft. Two-Story Home Completely

Remodeled, Drilled Well for House and Barns; Excellent Soil, well Maintained Bldg. . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Asking $365,000

DEMEREE REALTY

Northh Countryy RealtyMalone,, NYY • 518-483-0800

www.northcountryrealty.com

Northern New York365 acre farm 220+ tillable 175 ac tiled, 90 cow tie stall 4.5 foot stall,

mattresses and rubber walk mats. 8 auto take off units, 2 bunk silos 1 upright,

Dry cow free stall, coverall heifer barn, TMR mixer, 2 machine sheds. Ex 4 br

home. One of the nicest facilities in the north east . . . . . . . . . . . . . $760,000Also has 5 wind turbines for income that can be purchased separate . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Call for Details

Purchase feed or horse farm, 28 ac. 40 stalls, pipeline, etc. Heifer facilities,

machine shed, storage barn, 3 br remodeled home buildings in good

condition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Only $113,500

We have others! Also, looking for listings.

Herkimer County, NY with5 Acres of land and possiblymore if needed. Privacy, CustomBuilt Colonial Home w/ 4 BR,2.5 Baths, Convenient locationto Golf, Hunting, Snowmobile,and plenty of room if you havehorses. 20 min. to New Hartford,20 min. to Richfield Springs . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$259,900

Jim Lenahan, Assoc. BrokerHUNT REAL ESTATE, ERA

8380 Seneca Tpk., New Hartford, NY 13413315-723-2270

Real Estate For Sale

HOOSICK FALLS,NY: 253acre farm, currently horse/beef farm. Has farmhouse,hay barn, sheds, pastures,hay fields, mobile homerental, organic potential, justoutside village. 603-847-9026

Real Estate For SaleReal Estate For Sale

ORGANIC DAIRY FARM/CREAMERY, 318 acres. 8miles from Cooperstown,NY.Two 3 bedroom homes, 100cow freestall, Double 6 milk-ing parlor. Many outbuildingfor young stock, hay & equip-ment. New cheese room,aging facility & solar electricsystem. 200 acres fenced forgrazing. $998,500. 607-286-9362

WE HAVE OVER 20 FARMSFOR SALE

THROUGHOUT PA.JOHN MATTILIO, BROKER

FARM AND LAND REALTY, INC.717-464-8930

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FORESTRY CUTTER FOR RENT

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Trailer Parts & Towing Accessories

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Equipment • Landscape • Motorcycle

Snowmobile • ATV • Car and More

Trucks Trucks

1998 Western Star 4964SX 510K miles, 18K front, 46K rear,

20K lift, front floats, wetline, 475CAT 13 spd. double frame,

full locking rears, spring ride with 1984 Polar 9000 gal.

aluminum trailer with stinger boom, new 22.5 tires unloads in

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Real Estate Wanted

FARM WANTED ASAP tolease with option to purchase.315-212-4226

Services Offered

CANVAS PRINTS: All sizes.Mounted or Unmounted. Justbring in or send us your photoat Lee Publications. Call 518-673-0101 bsnyder@leepub.com

WEDDING INVITATIONSprinted and designed by LeePublications: 100 (4.5x6) Invi-tations including envelopeswith 100 RSVP postcards.Only $150.00 +tax. We canalso do smaller and largeramounts. Call for pricing anddesigns 518-673-0101, orb s n y d e r @ l e e p u b . c o mAlso Save the Dates • ShowerInvitations • Baby Announce-ments and more.

Sheep

SHETLAND SHEEP FLOCK.Tan, Brown, Black, Grey. 11mature ewes. Up to 4 youngrams. Housed separately untilNovember. 607-598-2758leave message. $450.00, youpay transportation.

Silos, Repairs,Silo Equipment

MARTIN’SSILO REPAIR

Specializing in Teardown & Rebuilding

New & Used Staves Silos• Shotcrete Relining• Distributors• Fill Pipe• Replacement Doors• Roofs• Chutes• General Repair

Will Buy Good UsedConcrete Stave Silos

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Defensive Driving CoursesArkell Center, Canajoharie,NY. • Aug 20 & 22: 1-4 pm.• Sept. 17 & 19: 5:30-8:30pm.$20/person. All classes willbe held in the CommunityRoom of Arkell Center. Uponcompletion, individualsqualify for a NY ate point &insurance reduction certifi-cate which will be mailed tothem. Payment required inthe form of a check or moneyorder made payable to TheShults Agency or cash - paidon the day of the first class.Bring your drivers license.Contact Joam Cimino, 518-673-4408, leave your nameand phone number.

AUG 21

Dairylea Resolutions Committee meeting

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Syracuse, NY. 10 am to2:30 pm. Members wish-ing to submit resolutionscan do so by sendingthem to Karen Cartier atKaren.Cartier@dairylea.com.

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Tree Steward ProgramFerndale Loomis Rd, Liberty,NY. 11 am - 3 pm on Tues-day and 9 am - 1 pm onWednesday. The fee for thisclass is only $25 and willinclude a tree care guidebook and light refreshments.Class size is limited, so reg-ister early to assure place-ment. Call 845-292-5250.

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Fresh Market Varieties,Insect & Disease

Management Meeting5077 Russell Rd., Marion,NY 14502. 5:30 - 8:30 pm atWilliams Farm. Pre-registerby Aug. 17. Free for currentCVP enrollees; $10 for non-enrollees (tent.) DEC/CCAcredits if you attend theentire meeting - bring yourcard. Contact Carol Mac-Neil, 585-313-8796 orcrm6@cornell.edu.

Preparing for the Upcoming Harvest

White Eagle Farms LLC,Eddy Rd., just off from SmithRd., County Highway 85,Eaton, NY. 7 pm. PleaseRSVP by Aug. 21. ContactCCE Madison Co., 315-684-3001.

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Farm ToursSpring Grove Farm, 3423Fountain St., Clinton, NY.1:30 pm. Emphasis on laborsaving techniques using cus-tom field work, bunk man-agement and a look at alter-native heifer facilities. PleaseRSVP by Aug. 22. Call 315-0736-3394 ext. 132. Growing a Honey Business34570 State Highway 10,Hamden, NY. Sign-in beginsat 9:30 am and the programwill start at 10 am, runningthrough 4 pm. The fee forthis program is $15/personor $25/farm couple. A lightlunch is included. Please

make check payable to Cor-nell Cooperative Extensionand mail to PO Box 184,Hamden, NY 13786. Write“honey” on the check. Pre-registration and payment isrequested by Aug. 17.

Pond Management Workshop

Agroforestry Resource Cen-ter, 6055 Route 23, Acra,NY. 2-5 pm. Pre-registrationis required by August 20.The fee for this program is$15/person. There will becopies of The Pond Guidebook, available for $15,which is below cost. ContactCCE, 518-622-9820 ext. 0.

Silvopasture Field DayBlack Queen Angus Farm,630 Green Hollow Rd,Berlin, NY. 5.0 Category 1CEU credits pending forCertified Foresters. Partici-pants encouraged to watchwebinar on silvopasturingat www.forestconnect.infoprior to course. $10/per-son, includes lunch.Please Register using con-tact information provided.Contact Susan Lewis, 518-765-7923 or e-mailsusan.lewis@ny.nacdnet.net

AUG 24 & SEP 7

Hudson Mohawk Resource Conservation & Development Council

Grazing Seminars• Aug 24 - 10 am - 4 pm -Black Queen Angus Farm,Green Hollow Rd., Berlin, NY• Sep 7 - 10 am - 3 pm -Ovinshire Farm, 511Frog City Rd., Fort Plain,NY. Contact SusanLewis, 518-765-7923 orsusan.lewis@ny.nacdnet.net

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Golf Tournament and Silent Auction

Cronin’s Golf Course War-rensburg, NY. 9:30 am.$75/player, includes greenfees, cart and BBQ. ContactAmy Sabattis, 518-623-3291or e-mail als77@cornell.edu.

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Blue Hill Farm, 398 Blue HillRd, Great Barrington, MA.$30/person, w/ $5 discountfor NOFA members or for reg-istering 14 plus days beforeworkshop. Contact Ben Gross-cup, 413 549 1568 or e-mailben.grosscup@nofamass.orgOn Internet at www.nofamass.org/programs/extensionevents/beef-dairy-pigs.php

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Case 90 - 70 PTO HP, 4WD, Cab, 2 Rear Remotes, Good

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2007 Sunflower 9412-12 - No Till Drill . . . . . . . .$25,675

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Brady 822 Chisel Plow - 10 Shank . . . . . . . . . . . . .$4,575 Glenco Chisel Plow - 7 Shank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$2,975

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24 BICYCLE GIVE-AWAY (19)• Tuesday @ 5:30 PM - 4 will be drawn• Wednesday @ 5:30 PM - 4 will be drawn• Thursday @ 5:30 PM - 4 will be drawn• Friday @ 5:30 PM - 4 will be drawn• Sunday @ 3:30 PM - 4 will be drawn

DAILY EVENTS• MR. SCRIBBLES (14)• “WHODUNIT” (KARAOKE & DJ (19)• TALENT CONTEST• KARAOKE CONTESTS• TODDLERS GAMES, DRIVING SCHOOL & ART FAIR

DAILY (1:00-4:00 PM) (33)FREE DAILY SHOWS BY HANSEN’S SPECTACULAR AND CARRIE MCQUEEN, STILTWALKER

Monday, August 27, 2012 - Miss Fonda Fair Queen Pageant6:30 PM On stage competition & crowning

@ FFCS Auditorium Pageant tickets- $10.00 *Also Good for One DayFonda Fair Entry

Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - Gazette Day• Wrist-band Day for Unlimited Rides - Midway Opens at 11:00 AM• $12.00 Wristband sold 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM -Good until 5:00 PM• $14.00 Wristband sold 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM - Good until closing

Judging Begins8:00 AM Fruits, Vegetables10:00 AM Resident Horses - Kick Off Fun Day (32)10:00 AM Flowers, Creative Arts, Grange, Antiques10:00 AM 4-H & Open Rabbit Judging (25)11:00 AM NYS Horse Harness Racing1:00 PM NYS High School Rodeo (20)5:30 PM Bicycle Give-Away (19)7:00 PM PROFESSIONAL RODEO (20)7:00 PM 4-H & Open Pack Driving, Goat Competition & Livestock Obstacle Course

Wednesday, August 29, 2012 Recorder Day - Agnes• Reduced Admission for Sr. Citizen’s until 5:00 PM• Free Admission for Children under age 14 until 5:00 PM• Children’s Day Bicycle Drawing Tickets will be available at all gates• $13.00 Unlimited Ride Wristband sold 11:00 AM - 3:00PM, Good until 5:00 PM• $15.00 Wristband sold 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM - Good until closing

9:00 AM Mini/Pony/Driving & In Hand Classes (20)9:00 AM 4-H Dairy Showmanship Classes followed by 4-H Dairy Breed Judging (28)

9:00 AM 4-H Sheep Show (tent) & Meat & Fiber Goat Show (28)10:00 AM Creative Arts/Crafts Judging10:00 AM Out of Field Tractor Pull (27)1:00 PM Kiddie Pedal Tractor Pull (26)1:00 PM Open Class Sheep Show & Sheep Olympics (tent)5:30 PM Bicycle Give-Away (19)1:00 PM Mini/Pony/Horse & Draft Light Driving Show (20)7:00 PM NYTPA Modified Tractor & Truck Pull (27)

Thursday, August 30, 2012• Wristband Day for Unlimited Rides• $13.00 Unlimited Ride Wristband sold 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM, Good until 5:00 PM• $15.00 Wristband sold 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM - Good until closing

8:00 AM 4-H Horse Show (20)9:00 AM 4-H Beef Showmanship & Breed Classes (28)9:00 AM Open Poultry Show (25)10:30 AM Open Class Beef Show - Breed Classes 11:00 AM Baby Contest: Birth - Up to 1 year olds (14)

-Sponsored by Beech-Nut Nutrition Corp.(Open to Montgomery & Fulton County Residents Only)

1:00 PM 4-H Poultry Show (25)2:00 PM 4-H & Open Class Swine Show (28)5:00 PM Cichy’s Bike Night (14)5:30 PM Bicycle Give-Away (19)6:00 PM 4 Wheel Drive Outlaw Diesel Truck Pull (27)6:00 PM NBHA BARREL MEET (20)

(Warm ups 5:00 PM)Evening Dairy Goat Milking Contest

Friday, August 31, 2012 - Leader Herald Day• Reduced Admission for Sr. Citizen’s until 5:00 PM• Free Admission for Children under age 14 until 5:00 PM• Children’s Day Bicycle Drawing Tickets will be available at all gates• $13.00 Unlimited Ride Wristband sold 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM, Good until 7:00 PM• $16.00 Wristband sold 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM - For Midway Magic - Closing @ 1:00 AM

10:00 AM Costume Classes Mini/Pony/Horse/Draft (20)9:00 AM Open Class Dairy Cattle Judging (20)9:00 AM Open Class Pet, Pygmy & Dairy Goat Show (28)11:00 AM Baby Contest: Birth - Up to 1 & 2 year olds (14)

-Sponsored by Beech-Nut Nutrition Corp.(Open to Montgomery & Fulton County Residents Only)

12:00 Noon Hunt Seat Horse Show (20)1:00 PM 4-Wheel Drive Outlaw Gas Truck Pull (27)1:00 PM Kiddie Pedal Tractor Pull (26)2:00 PM Livestock Costume Class (28)4:00 PM Cow Chip Bingo - All Proceeds to CASA Montgomery & Fulton County (CASA =

Court Appointed Special Advocates) Children from Fulton & Montgomery County5:30 PM Bicycle Give-Away (19)6:00 PM 4 Wheel Drive Outlaw Gas Truck Pull (27)

Saturday, September 1, 2012 - Country Folks Day - Deb• Wrist-band Day for Unlimited Rides• $15.00 Unlimited Ride Wristband sold 11:00 AM - 3:00PM, Good until 5:00 PM• $17.00 Wristband sold 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM - Good until closing

9:00 AM Open Gymkhana NYSSHA Pointed (20)9:00 AM 4-H Pet, Pygmy and Dairy Goat Show (28)10:00 AM 4-H Dairy Judging Contest (28)11:00 AM Baby Contest: 3 & 4 year olds (14)

-Sponsored by Beech-Nut Nutrition Corp.(Open to Montgomery & Fulton County Residents Only)

1:00 PM Demolition Derby - (27) Big Car1:00 PM Giant Ice Cream Sundae (3)5:30 PM Bicycle Give-Away (19)6:00 PM Demolition Derby - Figure 8 Demo (27)

Sunday, September 2, 2012• Wristband Day for Unlimited Rides• $15.00 Unlimited Ride Wristband sold 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM, Good until 5:00 PM• $17.00 Wristband sold 5:00 PM - 9 :00PM - Good until closing

9:00 AM Western Horse Show (20)9:00 AM ADGA Truck In Goat Show (28)10:30 AM 4-H Dairy Challenge (28)3:30 PM Bicycle Give-Away (19)11:00 AM SEMI TRUCK SHOW & PULL (27) (Convoy for Kids - Battle of the Big Rigs)6:30 PM 4-H Master Showman of Fair Contest (28)7:00 PM SEMI AND MODIFIED TRUCK CHAMPIONSHIPS (27)

(Convoy for Kids - Battle of the Big Rigs)10:00 PM FIREWORKS

Monday, September 3, 2012 - FREE GATE UNTIL NOON• $15.00 Unlimited Ride Wristband sold 11:00 AM to closing

9:00 AM Open Draft Animal Show (20)12:00 Noon PARADE - Theme - Good Ol’ Days (27)2:30 PM Demolition Derby - 1st Timers Male/Female Small Car Demo/Truck/Suburban/

Mini- Van (27)1:30 PM 4-H Livestock & Dairy Awards Ceremony (28)6:00 PM Demolition Derby - Small Car (27)

GENERAL ADMISSION - $10.00 | CHILDREN 6-11 YEARS - $2.00CHILDREN UNDER 6 YEARS - FREE | SR. CITIZEN’S DAYS - $8.00 (62 YEARS AND UP)

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ENTERTAINMENT IN Kane Entertainment Building (14)Tuesday The Dependents (Youth Band & Chelsea Cavanaugh 6:00-9:00 PMWednesday Radio Disney 12:00-4:00 PM; Beth Zaje 6:00-10:00 PMThursday 6 Foot Vertical 6:00-10:00 PMFriday Dr. Kwazy Tunes 3:00 PM - 11:00 PMSaturday Skeeter Creek Band 2:00-5:00 PM & 7:00-11:00 PMSunday Spike & The Boys 2:00-5:00 PM & 7:00-11:00 PMMonday All Fired Up 2:00-6:00 PM

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20122 FAIRR SCHEDULE20122 FAIRR SCHEDULEAugust 28 - September 3, 2012Our 171st Year

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by Evan WisellThe heat is on and it’s

seriously affecting the

agriculture industry inthe Northeast and be-yond. The intense heat is

combined with the mostsevere and extensivedrought in 25 years, ac-

cording to the UnitedStates Department ofAgriculture. This combi-

nation has wreaked havocon more than 62 percentof the nation’s farms.

According to Dr.Swamy Haladi, globaltechnical manager of theAlltech Mycotoxin Man-agement Team, droughtnot only causes obviouslosses in crop yield butbrings more mycotoxinsto the farm as plants be-come stressed and moresusceptible to diseases.“It is not just excess rainthat brings with it the in-creased mycotoxin chal-lenge but historically theworst mycotoxin yearsare also drought years,”Haladi said.

Mycotoxins are harm-ful compounds producedby molds (fungi) that arefound in soil and cangrow on vegetable matterincluding grain, foragesand silages. Mycotoxinscan be formed in thefield pre-harvest andmay continue to beformed under subopti-mal storage conditionspost-harvest. Tempera-ture is an important fac-tor influencing moldgrowth and mycotoxinproduction and plantsstressed by drought andhigh temperatures arecommonly invaded bymold spores, which canproduce mycotoxins. In-sect challenge in the fieldis directly proportionalto temperature and suchdamage reduces the

plant protection againstmolds. The fact thatsome of the crop produc-ers are not sprayingfungicides to keep thecost down only com-pounds the problem.

No matter what thecause, all the elementsassociated with droughtare precursors for As-pergillus and some of theFusarium molds such asFusarium verticilloidesand Fusarium monili-forme. Haladi recom-mends producers takefield checks to look forgrayish, yellow greenmold near the tips of orall over the ears. Produc-ers should check in sev-eral areas of the field tobe sure.

While the Midwest maybe used to seeing inci-dences of vomitoxin(DON) and zearalenone,Haladi warns that thisyear may be worse dueto the dry conditions andinsect damage. Suchconditions allow someFusarium molds to pro-duce another group ofmycotoxins called fu-monisins. These toxinscan compromise im-mune and gut systemsat lower concentrationsbut cause pulmonaryedema (fluid accumula-tion in lungs) at higherconcentrations.

According to Dr. Eliza-

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Monday, August 20• 8:00 AM: Half Acre Market, Ridge Rd.,Auburn, NY. Drop Off Only. John Kelley, Em-pire Livestock Marketing, 315-258-9752.• 12:00 Noon: Pavilion Market, 357 Lake St.,Pavilion, NY. Regular sale. Empire LivestockMarketing, 585-584-3033, Sue Rudgers,Manager, 518-584-3033• 12:30 PM: Dryden Market, 49 E. Main St.,Dryden, NY. Calves. Phil Laug, Manager,Empire Livestock Marketing, 607-844-9104• 12:30 PM: Hosking Sales, 6096 NYS Rt. 8,New Berlin, NY (30 miles S. of Utica & 6miles N. of New Berlin). Monthly Sheep,Lamb, Goat & Pig Sale. Misc. & Small Ani-mals. 12:30 Produce, 1 pm Dairy. We nowsell Lambs, Goats, Pigs & Feeders immedi-ately following Dairy. Calves & Cull Beef ap-prox. 5-5:30 pm. Tom & Brenda Hosking607-699-3637, 607-847-8800, cell 607-972-1770 or 1771

www.hoskingsales.com• 12:30 PM: Burton Livestock, Vernon, NY.Sheep, Goats, Pigs, Horses & Hay. 1:30 pmCalves & Beef. Regular Monday schedule.Tim Miller, Manager, Empire Livestock Mar-keting, 315-829-3105• 2:00 PM: Gouverneur Market, 952 US Hwy.11, Gouverneur, NY. Calves, Pigs, Goats,Dairy and Beef. Jack Bero, Mgr. & Auction-eer, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-322-3500, sale barn 315-287-0220• 4:00 PM: Chatham Market, 2249 Rte. 203,Chatham, NY. Regular Sale. Harold Ren-wick, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire LivestockMarketing, 518-392-3321.• 5:00 PM: Robert Smith, 859 Dale Rd.,Dale, NY. Consignment Auction, Tractors,Farm Equip., Trailers, etc. R.G. Mason Auc-

tions, 585-567-8844www.rgmasonauctions.com

Tuesday, August 21• 1:00 PM: Central Bridge Livestock, Rte.30A, Central Bridge, NY. Consigned fromWashing Co. Farmer. Overstocked sends 10fresh hfrs., Hols. X. All have had 9 way &have been wormed. Real nice group of hfrs.Dairy, sheep, goats, pigs and horses; 3:30PM feeders followed by beef and calves. TimMiller, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire LivestockMarketing, 518-868-2006, 800-321-3211.

Wednesday, August 22• 8:00 AM: Half Acre Market, Ridge Rd.,Auburn, NY. Drop Off Only. John Kelley, Em-pire Livestock Marketing, 315-258-9752• 11:00 AM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. FeederSale. Empire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-447-3842, Sue Rudgers, Man-ager 716-296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer& Sales Manager 716-450-0558• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E.of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. RegularLivestock Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515

www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com• 1:30 PM: Dryden Market, 49 E. Main St.,Dryden, NY. Phil Laug, Manager, EmpireLivestock Marketing, 607-844-9104• 1:30 PM: Burton Livestock, Vernon, NY.Calves followed by beef. Tim Miller, Man-ager, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-829-3105• 1:30 PM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Regularsale. Empire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-447-3842, Sue Rudgers, Man-ager 716-296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer

& Sales Manager 716-450-0558Thursday, August 23

• 8:00 AM: Half Acre Market, Ridge Rd.,Auburn, NY. Drop off only. John Kelley, Em-pire Livestock Marketing, 315-258-9752• 12:30 PM: Pavilion Market, 357 Lake St.,Pavilion, NY. Regular sale. Empire LivestockMarketing, 585-584-3033, Sue Rudgers,Manager, 518-584-3033• 1:15 PM: Burton Livestock, Vernon, NY.Our usual run of dairy cows, heifers & ser-vice bulls. Tim Miller, Manager, Empire Live-stock Marketing, 315-829-3105• 2:00 PM: Gouverneur Market, 952 US Hwy.11, Gouverneur, NY. Calves, Pigs, Goats,Dairy and Beef. Jack Bero, Mgr. & Auction-eer, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-322-3500, sale barn 315-287-0220• 5:00 PM: Central Bridge Livestock, Rte.30A, Central Bridge, NY. Calves, followed byBeef. Tim Miller, Mgr. & Auctioneer, EmpireLivestock Marketing, 518-868-2006, 800-321-3211.

Friday, August 24• 5:30 PM: 5279 Ridge Rd., New Hope, PA.Collection of 200+ & high quality toys and1,000 pcs. of collectable farm literature. Lea-man Auctions, 717-9464-1128, 610-662-8149 cell

leamanauctions.com or auctionzip#3721Saturday, August 25

• 9:00 AM: 5279 Ridge Rd., New Hope, PA.35+ Minneopolis-Moline & Oliver tractors.Leaman Auctions, 717-9464-1128, 610-662-8149 cell

leamanauctions.com or auctionzip#3721• 9:00 AM: Penn Yan, NY. Finger Lakes Pro-duce Auction Farm Machinery ConsignmentAuction. Pirrung Auctioneers, Inc., 585-728-

2520www.pirrunginc.com

• 10:00 AM: 66 N. Brookfield Rd., Spencer,MA. Real Estate & Personal Property Auc-tion. By owner. Jacquier Auctioneers, 413-569-6421

www.jacquierauctions.comWednesday, August 29

• The Pines Farm, Barton, VT. 153rd Top-of-Vermont Invitation Dairy Sale. 150 head ex-pected. Sale Managers, Northeast KingdomSales, 802-525-4774, neks@together.net,Auctioneer Reg Lussier 802-626-8892• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E.of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. RegularLivestock Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515

www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com• 1:30 PM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Regularsale. Empire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-447-3842, Sue Rudgers, Man-ager 716-296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer& Sales Manager 716-450-0558

Thursday, August 30• 9:30 AM: Newark Valley, NY. Large PublicAuction. Farm Tractors, Combines, Grain &Gravity Wagons, Farm Machinery, SkidSteers & more. Consignments welcome.Goodrich Auction Service, Inc., 607-642-3293

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Friday, August 31• The Pines Farm, Barton, VT. 153rd Top-of-Vermont Invitation Dairy Sale. 150 head ex-pected. Sale Managers, Northea• 6:00 PM:D.R. Chambers & Sons, 76 Maple Ave.,Unadilla, NY. Horse Sales every other Friday.

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ALEX LYON & SON Sales Managers & Auctioneers, Inc.

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315-633-2944 • 315-633-9544315-633-2872 • Evenings 315-637-8912

AUCTIONEER PHIL JACQUIER INC.18 Klaus Anderson Rd., Southwick, MA 01077

413-569-6421 • Fax 413-569-6599www.jacquierauctions.com

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BRZOSTEK’S AUCTION SERVICE INC.Household Auctions Every Wed. at 6:30 PM

2052 Lamson Rd., Phoenix, NY 13135Brzostek.com

315-678-2542 or 800-562-0660 Fax 315-678-2579

THE CATTLE EXCHANGE4236 Co. Hwy. 18, Delhi, NY 13753607-746-2226 • Fax 607-746-2911

www.cattlexchange.comE-mail: daveramasr@cattlexchange.com

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C.W. GRAY & SONS, INC.Complete Auction ServicesRte. 5, East Thetford, VT

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DANN AUCTIONEERS DELOS DANN

3339 Spangle St., Canandaigua, NY 14424585-396-1676

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DELARM & TREADWAYSale Managers & Auctioneers

William Delarm & Son • Malone, NY518-483-4106

E.J. Treadway • Antwerp, NY 13608315-659-2407

D.R. CHAMBERS & SONS76 Maple Ave., Unadilla, NY 13849607-369-8231 • Fax 607-369-2190

www.drchambersauction.com

EMPIRE LIVESTOCK MARKETING LLC5001 Brittonfield Parkway

P.O. Box 4844, East Syracuse, NY

315-433-9129 • 800-462-8802Bath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .607-776-2000Burton Livestock . . . . . . . . . . .315-829-3105Central Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . .518-868-2006Chatham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .518-392-3321Cherry Creek . . . . . . . . . . . . . .716-296-5041Dryden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .607-844-9104Farm Sale Division . . . . . . . . . .315-436-2215Gouverneur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .315-287-0220Half Acre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .315-258-9752Pavilion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .585-584-3033

FINGER LAKES LIVESTOCK3 miles east of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20.

Livestock Sale every Wednesday at 1 PMFeeder Cattle Sales monthly

Horse Sales as scheduled585-394-1515 • Fax 585-394-9151www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com

FRANKLIN USED EQUIPMENT SALES, INC.AUCTION SERVICE

Franklin, NY607-829-5172

Over 30 Years Experience in Farm Equipment Auctions

Frank Walker, AuctioneerP.O. Box 25, Franklin, NY 13775

fwalker2@stny.rr.com

FRALEY AUCTION CO.Auctioneers & Sales Managers, Licensed & Bonded

1515 Kepner Hill Rd., Muncy, PA570-546-6907

Fax 570-546-9344www.fraleyauction.com

GENE WOODS AUCTION SERVICE5608 Short St., Cincinnatus, NY 13040

607-863-3821www.genewoodsauctionserviceinc.com

GOODRICH AUCTION SERVICE INC.7166 St. Rt. 38, Newark Valley, NY 13811

607-642-3293www.goodrichauctionservice.com

H&L AUCTIONSMalone, NY

Scott Hamilton 518-483-8787 or 483-8576Ed Legacy 518-483-7386 or 483-0800

518-832-0616 cellAuctioneer: Willis Shattuck • 315-347-3003

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Tack at 1 pm, horses at 6 pm. D.R. Cham-bers & Sons, 607-369-8231

www.drchambersauction.comSaturday, September 1

• 9:00 AM: Glimmerglass Pools, 55 WillettSt., Fort Plain, NY. Public Auction. Shrubs,nursery stock, guns, antiques, tools, fruit.Consignments wanted. Benuel Fisher Auc-tions, 518-568-2257

Wednesday, September 5• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E.of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. RegularLivestock Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515

www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com• 1:30 PM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Regularsale. Empire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-447-3842, Sue Rudgers, Man-ager 716-296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer& Sales Manager 716-450-0558

Thursday, September 6• 1:00 PM: 10400 Gillette Rd., Alexander,NY. WNY Gas & Steam Engine Assoc. 2nd.Annual Consignment. 1st day of show Sept.6-9. Dann Auctioneers, Delos Dann, 585-396-1676www.cnyauctions.com/dannauctioneers.htm

Friday, September 7• 11:00 AM: Lakeview Holsteins, 2456 Rt. 14,Penn Yan, NY. Selling complete dairies andregistered & grade cattle. Hilltop AuctionCompany, Jay Martin 315-521-3123, ElmerZeiset 315-729-8030

Saturday, September 8• North Country Storage Barns. 2nd AnnualShed and Shrubbery Auction. Benuel FisherAuctions, 518-568-2257• 9:00 AM: Town of Lansing Highway Dept.,Rts. 34 & 34B, Lansing, NY. Municipal Sur-

plus & Contractor Equipment Auction. RoyTeitsworth, Inc., Professional Auctioneers,585-243-1563

www.teitsworth.com• 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E.of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. FeederSale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515

www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com• 10:00 AM: North Rd., (Wyben Section)Westfield, MA. Tractors & Cattle Trailer;Horse related items & Antiques FurnitureToy Trucks, Tonkas, early games & comics.Jacquier Auctioneers, 413-569-6421

www.jacquierauctions.com• 11:00 AM: Morrisville, NY. 30th AnnualMorrisville Autumn Review Sale. 90 head.The Cattle Exchange, 607-746-2226

daveramasr@cattlexchange.comwww.cattlexchange.com

Monday, September 10• 1:00 PM: Hosking Sales (former WelchLivestock), 6096 NYS Rt 8, New Berlin, NY(30 miles S of utica & 6 miles N of NewBerlin. Monthly Feeder Sale. Followed bysheep, lamb, goats, pigs & feeders. Calves &cull beef approx. 5-5:30 pm. Tom & BrendaHoskings607-699-3637, 607-847-8800, cell 607-972-

1770 or 1771www.hoskingsales.com

Wednesday, September 12• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E.of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. RegularLivestock Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515

www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com• 1:30 PM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Regularsale. Empire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-447-3842, Sue Rudgers, Man-

ager 716-296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer& Sales Manager 716-450-0558

Friday, September 14• 11:00 AM: Smyrna, NY. Frog Rock FarmComplete Milking herd & Bred Heifer Disper-sal. 55 head All AI sired Holsteins. Tom &Brenda Hosking 607-699-3637, 607-847-8800, cell 607-972-1770 or 1771

www.hoskingsales.comSaturday, September 15

• 8:00 AM: Teitsworth Auction Yard, 6502Barber Hill Rd., Geneseo, NY. Special FallConsignment Auction. Farm & ConstructionEquipment. Heavy & Light Trucks. Consign-ments welcome. Roy Teitsworth, Inc., Pro-fessional Auctioneers, 585-243-1563

www.teitsworth.com• 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E.of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. SaturdayHorse Sales. Tack at 9 am, sale at 10 am.Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515

www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comWednesday, September 19

• 10:30 AM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. MonthlyHeifer Sale. Followed by our regularWednesday sale at 1:30 pm. Empire Live-stock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-447-3842, Sue Rudgers, Manager716-296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer &Sales Manager 716-450-0558• 10:30 AM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. MonthlyHeifer Sale. Followed by our regularWednesday sale at 1:30 pm. Empire Live-stock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-447-3842, Sue Rudgers, Manager716-296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer &Sales Manager 716-450-0558• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E.

of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. RegularLivestock 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.comSaturday, September 22

• Scranton, PA. Complete Liquidation: Ag-gregate, Construction, Support Equipment,Truck Tractors, Dump Trucks & Trailers. A.Lyon & Son

315-633-2944www.lyonauction.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.of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. FeederSale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515

www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com• 10:00 AM: Fuller St, Ludlow, MA. JD Skid-steer; Tractors; Tools; Horse Drawn Mowers& Equipment, Bumper Livestock Trailer.Jacquier Auctioneers, 413-569-6421

www.jacquierauctions.comWednesday, September 26

• 11:00 AM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. FeederSale. Empire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-447-3842, Sue Rudgers, Man-ager 716-296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer& Sales Manager 716-450-0558• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E.of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Regular

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

www.hoskingsales.comhoskingsales@stny.rr.com

HOSKING SALES-FORMER WELCHLIVESTOCK MARKET

Tom & Brenda Hosking • AU 008392P.O. Box 311, New Berlin, NY 13411

607-847-8800 • 607-699-3637cell: 607-972-1770 or 1771

www.hoskingsales.comhoskingsales@stny,rr.com

KELLEHER’S AUCTION SERVICE817 State Rt. 170

Little Falls, NY 13365315-823-0089 • 315-868-6561 cell

We buy or sell your cattle or equipment on commission or outright! In business since 1948

LEAMAN AUCTIONS LTD329 Brenneman Rd., Willow St., PA 17584

717-464-1128 • cell 610-662-8149auctionzip.com 3721 leamanauctions.com

MEL MANASSE & SON, AUCTIONEERSSales Managers, Auctioneers & Real Estate Brokers

Whitney Point, NYToll free 800-MANASSE or 607-692-4540

Fax 607-692-4327www.manasseauctions.com

MIDDLESEX LIVESTOCK AUCTION488 Cherry Hill Rd., Middlefield, CT 06455

Sale Every MondayLisa Scirpo 860-883-5828Sales Barn 860-349-3204

Res. 860-346-8550

NEW HOLLAND SALES STABLENorman Kolb & David Kolb, Sales Mgrs.

Auctions Every Mon., Wed., & Thurs.717-354-4341

Sales Mon., Wed. • Thurs. Special Sales

NORTHEAST KINGDOM SALES INC.Jim Young & Ray LeBlanc Sales Mgrs. • Barton, VT

Jim - 802-525-4774 • Ray - 802-525-6913neks@together.net

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

Farm Real Estate Brokers • Stafford, NY585-343-5449

www.williamkentinc.com

WRIGHT’S AUCTION SERVICE48 Community Dr., Derby, VT 14541

802-334-6115 www.wrightsauctions.com

AUCTION CALENDARTo Have Your Auction Listed, See Your Sales Representative

or Contact David Dornburgh at 518-673-0109 • Fax 518-673-2381

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www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comSaturday, September 29

• Twister Valley, Fort Plain, NY. Power SportsConsignment Auction. Benuel Fisher Auc-tions, 518-568-2257• 10:00 AM: 43 Meadowbrook Rd, Granby,CT. Complete Commercial WoodworkingShop & Antiques. Jacquier Auctioneers, 413-569-6421

www.jacquierauctions.comWednesday, October 3

• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E.of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. RegularLivestock Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515

www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com• 1:30 PM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Regularsale. Empire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-447-3842, Sue Rudgers, Man-ager 716-296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer& Sales Manager 716-450-0558

Friday, October 5• 11:00 AM: Lakeview Holsteins, 2456 Rt. 14,Penn Yan, NY. Selling complete dairies andregistered & grade cattle. Hilltop AuctionCompany, Jay Martin 315-521-3123, ElmerZeiset 315-729-8030

Saturday, October 6• 9:00 AM: 145 Paul Rd., Exit 17, Rt. 390,Rochester, NY. Monroe County MunicipalEquipment Auction. Heavy ConstructionEquipment, Cars & Trucks. Roy Teitsworth,Inc., Professional Auctioneers, 585-243-1563

www.teitsworth.com• 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E.of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. FeederSale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515

www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comWednesday, October 10

• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E.of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. RegularLivestock Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515

www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com• 1:30 PM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Regularsale. Empire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-447-3842, Sue Rudgers, Man-ager 716-296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer& Sales Manager 716-450-0558

Saturday, October 13• Hosking Sales (former Welch Livestock),6096 NYS Rt 8, New Berlin, NY (30 miles Sof utica & 6 miles N of New Berlin. OHM Hol-stein Club Sale. Sale hosted by RoedaleFarms in Richfield Springs. Brad Ainslie salechairman 315-822-6087. Tom & BrendaHosking 607-699-3637, 607-847-8800, cell607-972-1770 or 1771

www.hoskingsales.com• 9:00 AM: Hamburg Fairgrounds, Hamburg,NY. Municipal & Contractor Equipment Auc-tion. Roy Teitsworth, Inc., Professional Auc-tioneers, 585-243-1563

www.teitsworth.com• 11:00 AM: Ben K. Stoltzfus Farm, Inter-course, PA. Vison-Gen & Friends Sale. Co-managed with Stonehurst Farm. 100outstanding Holsteins, many with contractGenomic pedigrees. The Cattle Exchange,607-746-2226

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Wednesday, October 17• 10:30 AM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. MonthlyHeifer Sale. Followed by our regularWednesday sale at 1:30 pm. Empire Live-

stock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-447-3842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716-296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & SalesManager 716-450-0558• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E.of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. RegularLivestock Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515

www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comSaturday, October 20

• Hosking Sales (former Welch Livestock),6096 NYS Rt 8, New Berlin, NY (30 miles Sof utica & 6 miles N of New Berlin. EasternBreeders Brown Swiss Sale. Sale managedby Modern Associates, Hosking Sales as-sisting. Call with your consignments. Tom &Brenda Hosking 607-699-3637, 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. FeederSale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515

www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com• 11:00 AM: Hobart, NY. Hosking Farm Com-plete Dispersal. 120 Holsteins. Don &Joanne Hosking. Tremendous cow families,quality, low SCC & lots of type & production.The Cattle Exchange, 607-746-2226

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Wednesday, October 24• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E.of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. RegularLivestock Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515

www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com• 1:30 PM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Regularsale. Empire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-447-3842, Sue Rudgers, Man-ager 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. HilltopAuction Company, Jay Martin 315-521-3123,Elmer Zeiset 315-729-8030

Saturday, October 27• 9:00 AM: Syracuse, NY (NYS Fairgrounds).Onondaga Co. area Municipal EquipmentAuction. Municipal & Contractor Equipment.Roy Teitsworth, Inc., Professional Auction-eers, 585-243-1563

www.teitsworth.com• 11:00 AM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. FeederSale. Empire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-447-3842, Sue Rudgers, Man-ager 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 the finest Holsteins to sell all year!.The Cattle Exchange, 607-746-2226

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Wednesday, October 31• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E.of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. RegularLivestock Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515

www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com• 1:30 PM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Regularsale. Empire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-447-3842, Sue Rudgers, Man-ager 716-296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer& Sales Manager 716-450-0558

Thursday, November 1• 11:00 AM: Reserved for major HolsteinHerd Dispersal in NY. The Cattle Exchange,607-746-2226

daveramasr@cattlexchange.comwww.cattlexchange.comFriday, November 2

• 11:00 AM: Lakeview Holsteins, 2456 Rt. 14,Penn Yan, NY. Selling complete dairies andregistered & grade cattle. Hilltop Auction

Company, Jay Martin 315-521-3123, ElmerZeiset 315-729-8030

Saturday, November 3• Hosking Sales (former Welch Livestock),6096 NYS Rt. 8, New Berlin, NY (30 miles S.of Utica & 6 miles N. of New Berlin). Fall Pre-mier All Breed Sale. Call early to consign tomake catalog & advertising deadlines.Tom &Brenda Hosking 607-699-3637, 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. FeederSale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515

www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comWednesday, November 7

• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E.of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. RegularLivestock Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515

www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com• 1:30 PM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Regularsale. Empire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-447-3842, Sue Rudgers, Man-ager 716-296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer& Sales Manager 716-450-0558

Friday, November 9• Pleasant Lane Beef Farm, Hannibal, NY.Selling complete line of late model equip-ment. (Save the date, late model equip. youdon’t find at absolute public auction.) Raywas very successful and equip. is in greatshape with most only few years old. HilltopAuction Company, Jay Martin 315-521-3123,Elmer Zeiset 315-729-8030

Saturday, November 10• 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E.of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. FeederSale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515

www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comWednesday, November 14

• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E.of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. RegularLivestock Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515

www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com• 1:30 PM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Regularsale. Empire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-447-3842, Sue Rudgers, Man-ager 716-296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer& Sales Manager 716-450-0558

Wednesday, November 21• 10:30 AM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. MonthlyHeifer Sale. Followed by our regularWednesday sale at 1:30 pm. Empire Live-stock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-447-3842, Sue Rudgers, Manager716-296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer &Sales Manager 716-450-0558• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E.of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. RegularLivestock Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515

www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comWednesday, November 28

• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E.of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. RegularLivestock Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515

www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com• 1:30 PM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Regularsale. Empire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-447-3842, Sue Rudgers, Man-ager 716-296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer& Sales Manager 716-450-0558

Thursday, November 29• 11:00 AM: Lampeter, PA. Destiny RoadHolstein Dispersal. Jay Stolzfus, owner. TheCattle Exchange, 607-746-2226

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Saturday, December 1• 9:00 AM: Teitsworth Auction Yard, 6502Barber Hill Rd., Geneseo, NY. Special Winter

Consignment Auction. Farm & ConstructionEquipment, Heavy & Light Trucks, Liquida-tions & Consignments. Roy Teitsworth, Inc.,Professional Auctioneers, 585-243-1563

www.teitsworth.com• 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E.of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. FeederSale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515

www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comWednesday, December 5

• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E.of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. RegularLivestock Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515

www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com• 1:30 PM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Regularsale. Empire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-447-3842, Sue Rudgers, Man-ager 716-296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer& Sales Manager 716-450-0558

Saturday, December 8• 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E.of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. SaturdayHorse Sales. Tack at 9 am, sale at 10 am.Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515

www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comWednesday, December 12

• 11:00 AM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. FeederSale. Empire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-447-3842, Sue Rudgers, Man-ager 716-296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer& Sales Manager 716-450-0558• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E.of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. RegularLivestock Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515

www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comWednesday, December 19

• 10:30 AM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. MonthlyHeifer Sale. Followed by our regularWednesday sale at 1:30 pm. Empire Live-stock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-447-3842, Sue Rudgers, Manager716-296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer &Sales Manager 716-450-0558• 10:30 AM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. MonthlyHeifer Sale. Followed by our regularWednesday sale at 1:30 pm. Empire Live-stock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-447-3842, Sue Rudgers, Manager716-296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer &Sales Manager 716-450-0558

Wednesday, December 19• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E.of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. RegularLivestock Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515

www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comWednesday, December 26

• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E.of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. RegularLivestock Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515

www.fingerlakeslivestockex.comWednesday, December 26

• 1:30 PM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Regularsale. Empire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-447-3842, Sue Rudgers, Man-ager 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. Heldat te Ben K. Stolzfus sale barn. Co-Managedby The Cattle Exchange & Stonehurst Farm.The Cattle Exchange, 607-746-2226

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MIDDLESEXLIVESTOCK AUCTION

Middlefield, CTAugust 13 2012

Calves: 45-60# 20-32; 61-75# 37.50-42.50; 76-90#45-50; 91-105# 53-57.50;106# & up 60-67.50.Farm Calves: .70-.76Started Calves: .22-.30Veal Calves: 1-1.55Open Heifers: .65-1.1750Beef Heifers: .65-1.10Feeder Steers: .90-1Beef Steers: .85-1Stock Bull: .75-1.1750Beef Bull: .67-.88Sows: 5-25Feeder Pigs (ea): 50-80Sheep (ea): 75-105Lambs (ea): 65-210Goats (ea): 45-155Kids Goats (ea): 40-60Canners: up to 68Cutters: 69-72.25Utility: 73-80Rabbits: 6-36Chickens: 5-32Ducks: 3-17

ADDISON COUNTYCOMMISSION SALESEast Middlebury, VT

August 13, 2012Slaughter Cows: Prem.White 65-75% lean 82.50-89.50; Breakers 75-80%lean 68-80.50; Boners 80-85% 68-80.50; Lean 85-90% lean 1000# & up 50-75.50; Lean 85-90% leanunder 1000# 40-66.50.Feeder Calves: Hols. Bulls92-125# 70-110; 80-90#70-90.Vealers: 100-120# 55-65;90-100# 50-75; 80-90# 45-60; 70-80# 30-45; 60-70#20-40.

COSTA & SONSLIVESTOCK & SALES

Fairhaven, MAAugust 8, 2012

Cows: Canners 43-61; Cut-ters 62-68; Util 68.50-79.Bulls: 69-96Steers: Ch 115-117; Sel110-114; Hols. 90-93.Calves: 31-127 ea.Feeders: 68-154Sheep: 65-98Lambs: 100-156Goats: 41-220 ea.Kids: 21-128 ea.Hogs: 52Chickens: 1.50-11.50Rabbits: 1.50-15.50Ducks: 2-10.50Horse: 175 ea.Colt: 105 ea.*Sale every Wed. at 7 pm.

FLAME LIVESTOCKLittleton, MA

August 14, 2012Beef Cattle: Canners 44-72; Bulls 85-110; Cutters67-79; Steers 90-110; Util78-84; Heifers 70-85.Calves: Growers 70-107;

Veal 90-110; Heifers 60-85.Hogs (ea): Feeders 50-60;Roasters 75-130; Market50-62.Sheep: 50-70Lambs: 1.20-1.50Goats (ea): 80-120; Billies125-190; Kids 20-90.

NORTHAMPTONCOOPERATIVE AUCTION, INCWhately, MA

August 14, 2012Calves (/cwt): 0-60# 10-36; 61-75# 30-67; 76-95#10-75; 96-105# 40-68;106# & up 66-80.Farm Calves: 90/cwtStart Calves: 49-145/cwtFeeders: 40-116/cwtBulls: 85-99/cwtRep. Heifers: 650-1050 ea.Rep. Cows: 510-1200 ea,Canners: 30-63.50/cwtCutters: 64-78/cwtUtility: 83-97/cwtSows: 35.50-43/cwtBoars: 13/cwtLambs: 120-190/cwtSheep: 35-115/cwtGoats: 25-220 ea.Rabbits: 1-10 ea.Poultry: 1.50-9 ea.Hay: 6 lots, .90-3.40/bale.

HACKETTSTOWNAUCTION

Hackettstown, NJAugust 14, 2012

Livestock: 15 Calves .24-1.10, Avg .74; 21 Cows .40-.84, Avg .59; 1 Easy Cow.10; 2 Feeders 300-600#.70-1.08, Avg .89; 2 Heifers.64-.90, Avg .77; 2 Bulls.40-1, Avg .70; 6 Steers.60-.99 Avg .81; 22 Roast-ing Pigs (ea) 37.50-57.50,Avg 46.93; 36 Sheep .10-1.70, Avg .98; 18 Lambs(ea) 47.50-97.50, Avg70.87, 124 (/#) .05-1.85,Avg 1.24; 27 Goats (ea)32.50-127, Avg 48.47; 8Kids (ea) 45-60, Avg 52.19.Total 284.Poultry & Egg: HeavyFowl (/#) .40-.50; HeavyFowl (ea) 6.25-8; MixedFowl (ea) 1.50-3.75; Broil-ers (/#) .50;Pullets (ea) 5-9;Geese (ea) 14.50-15.50;Bantams (ea) 4-8.25;Roosters (/#) 1.20, (ea) 5-9; Turkey (ea) 42.50; Bun-nies (ea) 4.25-5.50; Ducks(ea) 5.50-8.50; Rabbits (/#).80-2.30, (ea) 1-3.75;Pigeons (ea) 1-6.25; Chicks(ea) .25-1.70; Quail (ea)2.50-3.25; Silkies (ea) 4.25;Guinea Pigs (ea) 2.Grade A Eggs: Brown JumXL 1.40-1.65; L 1.50-1.55;M .80-1.40.Hay, Straw & Grain: 252Mixed 1.10-2.70; 552 Grass.50-2.75; 180 Mulch .20-1.70. Total 984.

CAMBRIDGE VALLEY

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Cambridge, NYNo report

EMPIRE LIVESTOCKMARKETNo report

BURTON LIVESTOCKVernon, NY

August 6-9, 2012Calves: Hfrs. .50-1.20;Grower Bull over 92# .70-1.50; 80-92# .60-1.20; BobVeal .10-.65.Cull Cows: Gd .68-.81;Lean .42-.72; Hvy BeefBulls .72-.95.Dairy Replacements:Fresh Cows 850-1350;Handling Hfrs. 850-1250;Springing Hfrs 800-1400;Bred Hfrs 700-1100; FreshHfrs 750-1300; Open Hfrs400-800; Started Hfrs 100-400; Service Bulls 500-900.Beef: Feeders .60-1.15Lamb & Sheep: Market 1-1.80; Slaughter Sheep .20-.60.Goats: Billies .80-1.75;Nannies .75-1.25; Kids .15-.60.Swine: Sow .30-.60

CENTRAL BRIDGELIVESTOCK

Central Bridge, NYNo Report

CHATHAM MARKETChatham, NY

August 13, 2012Calves: Grower over 92#85-120; 80-92# 65-85; BobVeal 60-68.Cull Cows: Gd 79-84.50;Lean 72-80.50; Hvy. BeefBulls 80.Beef: Feeders 398-725#75-94; Steers 70-79.Lamb/Sheep:Slgh. Sheep90.Goats: Billies 125-147.50;Nannies 90-117; Kid 40-75.Swine: Hog 28-35; FeederPig 42-60.

CHERRY CREEKCherry Creek, NY

August 8, 2012Calves: Hfrs. .85-1.65;Grower Bulls over 92# .80-1.175; 80-92# .70-1.125;Bob Veal .10-.60.Cull Cows: Gd .72-.81;Lean .38-.72; Hvy. BeefBulls .85-.88.Dairy Replacements:Fresh Cows 575-960;Springing Hfrs. 940-1300;Springing Cows 685-1100;Bred Hfrs. 800-1300; FreshHfrs. 740-1310; ServiceBulls 475-700.Beef: Ch 1.03-1.07; Sel.85-0.905; Hols. Ch .95; Sel.78-0.865.Lambs: Feeder 1-1.70;Market .85-1.30; Slaughter

Sheep .40-.60.Swine: Feeder Pig/hd 30-45

DRYDEN MARKETDryden, NY

August 6, 2012Calves: Grower Bulls over92# .90-1.40; 80-92# .70-1;Bob Veal .10-.50.Cull Cows: Gd .76-.84;Lean .67-.75; Hvy. BeefBulls .78-.83.Goats: Nannies 70-125Swine: Hog .54-.55

GOUVERNEURLIVESTOCK

Governeur, NYAugust 9, 2012

Calves: Hfrs. .70-1.60;Grower Bulls over 92# .80-1.55; 80-92# .60-1.10; BobVeal .20-.58.Cull Cows: Gd .77-.85;Lean .60-.78; Hvy. BeefBulls .70-0.915.

PAVILION MARKETPavilion, NY

No report

BATH MARKETBath, NY

August 9, 2012Calves: Grower Bulls over92# 1.30-1.75; 80-92# .90-1.20; Bob Veal .10-.50.Cull Cows: Gd .75-.82;Lean .62-.76 Hvy BeefBulls .82-.90.Goats: Billies 1.20; Nan-nies .70-.80.Swine: Boar .10-.20; Feed-er Pig (/hd) 45-60.

FINGER LAKESLIVESTOCK AUCTION

Canandaigua, NYNo report

FINGER LAKESPRODUCE AUCTION

Penn Yan, NYAugust 8, 2012

Beans (1/2 bu): 5-23Beets (bunch): .75-1.40Blackberries (pt): 1.85-3.20Blueberries (pt): 1.85-2Broccoli (hd): .55-1.20Cabbage (hd): .45-.95Cantaloupes: .20-1.85Cucumbers (1/2 bu): 2-10Eggplants (1/2 bu): 3.50-6Eggs (dz): .70-1.25Grapes (1/2 bu): 16-22Hot Peppers (1/2 bu): 3-8Nectarines (1/2 bu): 15-29Onions: .12-.70Peaches (1/2 bu): 19.50-28Peppers (1/2 bu): 3-19Pickles (1/2 bu): 3-30Potatoes (1/2 bu): 5-10.50Salad Tomatoes (pt): .25-1.05Salt Potatoes (1/2 bu): 8-12.50Sweet Corn (dz): 1.30-3.40Summer Squash (1/2 bu):5-12.50Tomatoes (25#): 4-34Watermelons: .25-3.75Zucchini (1/2 bu): 1-12.50

FINGER LAKESFEEDER SALEPenn Yan, NY

No report

FINGER LAKESHAY AUCTIONPenn Yan, NY

No Report

HOSKING SALESNew Berlin, NYAugust 13, 2012

Dairy Cows for Slaughter:Bone Util .70-.79; Can-ners/Cutters .58-.70; EasyCows .60 & dn.Bulls/Steers: .98Feeders: Dairy .42-.80.Calves: Bull calves 96-120# 1.10-1.40; up to 95#.10-1; Hfrs. Hols. under100# 1.05.

BELKNAP LIVESTOCKAUCTION

Belknap, PANo report

BELLEVILLELIVESTOCK AUCTION

Belleville, PANo report

CARLISLE LIVESTOCKMARKET, INC Carlisle, PA

August 14, 2012Slaughter Cattle: SteersChar 1580# 108; Hols. Ch145-1605# 101-104; Sel1495# 93.Slaughter Cows: Break-ers/Boners 77.50-84; Lean74-88; Big Middle/LoDress/Lights 70-76; Shelly65.50 & dn.Bulls: Hols. 1615# 91.50.Feeder Cattle: SteersChar 1000# w/horns101.50; Hols. Hfrs. 625-800# 80.50-89.50; Bullsdairy types 165-635# 74-125.Calves Ret. to Farm: Hols.Bulls No. 1 95-120# 116-124; 100-110# 108-115;No. 3 85-110# 70-100; Util70-105# 52-67; Hols. HfrsNo. 2 80-130# 85-105.Goats (/hd): L Nannies/Bil-lies 140-197; Nannies 92-105; Small/Thin/Bottle 34-95.Lambs: Gd & Ch 45-65#104-140.Sale every Tuesday5 pm for Rabbits, Poultry &

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Feeder Pig SaleCarlisle, PANo report

DEWART LIVESTOCKAUCTION MARKET, INC

August 13, 2012Cattle: Steers Ch 2-31320-1490# 114-116.50;Sel 1-3 hi dress 1320-1456# 114-117.50; Hols.Ch 2-3 1386# 98;.Slaughter Cows: Prem.White 80-83; Breakers 75-80; Boners 72-79.50; Lean62-76.50.Bulls: Grade 1 1000-1754#88-91; Grade 2 2188#80.50.Feeder Holstein Steers: L3 500-700# 91-94.Calves: 194. Bulls No. 194-114# 120-135; 88-92#97-117; No. 2 94-114# 112-130; 82-92# 75-95; No. 380-112# 62-100; 76-78#40-60; Util 70-134# 30-60;60-68# 10-32; Hfrs. No. 192-94# 145-155; No. 2 84-94# 105-122.Sheep: Lambs Ch 2-3 50-60# 115-120; 70-90# 122-127; 100-120# 110-125;130-160# 105-110; EwesUtil 1-2 128-196# 50-55.Goats (/hd): Kids Sel 1 40#52; 60-70# 95-117; 80-90#120-140; Sel 2 30-40# 37-42; 60-70# 62-70; BilliesSel 1 200# 250.Hay (/ton): Alfalfa/Grass210; Grass 110; Mixed 145-205; Timothy Grass 80-120.Oats: 4/buEarCorn: 260-270/ton

EIGHTY FOURLIVESTOCK AUCTION

New Holland, PANo report

GREENCASTLELIVESTOCK AUCTION

Greencastle, PA

August 6, 2012Feeder Catle: Steers M&L1 500-700# 112.50; Hols. L3 700-900# 77-83; Hfrs.M&L 1 200-300# 135-140;300-500# 147.50; 500-700# 119-125; Bulls M&L 1300-500# 147; 500-700#120.Holstein Bull Calves: No.1 96-124# 120-130; 80-92#60-80; No. 2 80-122# 90-120; No. 3 76-108# 60-85;Util 56-104# 10-65.Holstein Heifer Calves:No. 1 94-96# 110-135; No.2 78-98# 60-80.Slaughter Sheep: LambsCh 2-3 50-60# 160; 60-70#112-122.50; 70-90# 135-152; 90-120# 127.50-130;120-140# 127.50-135;Ewes 150-260# 45-69;Rams 164-232# 50-55.Slaughter Goats: Kids Sel1 10-20# 23-25; 60-80#105-115; Sel 2 30-40# 32-34; 60-80# 58-62; Sel 3 20-40# 17.50-25; Nannies Sel1 100-130# 90-105; Sel 280-120# 59-92.50; BilliesSel 1 100-150# 175.

INDIANA FARMERSLIVESTOCK AUCTION

Homer City, PAJune 21, 2012

No report

KUTZTOWN HAY &GRAIN AUCTION

Kutztown, PAAugust 11, 2012

Alfalfa: 1 ld, 230Mixed Hay: 7 lds, 100-300Grass: 5 lds, 100-190Straw: 2 lds, 125-185Rye Seed: 1 ld, 10.50Oats: 1 ld, 4.50/bu

LANCASTER WEEKLYCATTLE SUMMARY

New Holland, PAAugust 10, 2012

Slaughter Steers: Hi Ch &Pr 3-4 1225-1570# 113-118; Ch 2-3 1240-1580#110-115.50; Sel 2-3 1160-1340# 104-112.50; Hols. HiCh & Pr 2-4 1400-1680#101-105; Ch 2-3 1270-1620# 95-99.Slaughter Heifers: Ch 2-31100-1335# 110-114; Sel2-3 1005-1320# 104-109.50.Slaughter Cows:Prem.White 65-75% lean77.50-80; Breakers 75-80%lean 75-80.50, hi dress80.50-86, lo dress 66-72.50; Boners 80-85% lean70-75.50, hi dress 76.50-78.50, lo dress 65-70; Lean85-90% lean 64-70.50, hidress 70.50-71.50, lo dress59-64.Slaughter Bulls: YG 1925-1815# 91-100, hi dress100-109, lo dress 84-91.Graded Bull Calves: No. 1

120-128# 100; 94-118#121-129, pkg 94# 94; 86-92# 87-95; No. 2 112-128#100; 98-110# 124-130; 94-96# 112-117; 80-90# 80-82; No. 3 80-130# 60-70;72-78# 25; 72-78# 25; Util60-110# 20-30; Hols. Hfr.Calves No. 1 90-110# 140-170; No. 2 80-110# 80-120.

LEBANON VALLEYLIVESTOCK AUCTION

Fredericksburg, PAJuly 24, 2012

Slaughter Cows: Prem.White 65-75% lean 73.50-79; Breakers 75-80% lean68-72, hi dress 73-75.50;Boners 80-85% lean 63-70; Lean 85-90% lean 61-65, lo dress 45-59.Return to Farm Calves:Hols. Bulls No. 1 95-120#110-130; No. 2 95-120# 95-110; No. 3 70-120# 60-80;Util 65-115# 20-60

LEESPORT LIVESTOCKAUCTION

Leesport, PAJune 27, 2012

No report

MIDDLEBURGLIVESTOCK AUCTION

Middleburg, PANo report

MORRISON’S COVELIVESTOCK AUCTION

Martinsburg, PAAugust 13, 2012

Steers: Ch 105-112; Gd98-104.Heifers: Ch 103-110; Gd100-102.Cows: Util & Comm. 72-85;Canner/lo Cutter 72 & dn.Bullocks: Gd & Ch 85-98.Bulls: YG 1 84-90Cattle: Steers 95-120;Bulls 90-115; Hfrs. 80-120.Calves: Ch 115-125; Gd90-110; Std 15-70; Hols.Bulls 90-130# 60-125.Hogs: US 1-2 63-68; US 1-3 60-63; Sows US 1-3 28-

35.Sheep: Lambs Ch 130-150; Gd 115-130; SI Ewes45-60Goats: 15-175.

MORRISON’S COVEHAY REPORT

Martinsburg, PAAugust 13, 2012

Alfalfa: 245Alfalfa/Grass: 210-265Grass: 245-320Timothy: 125-165Mixed Hay: 125-140Rd. Bales: 50-95Lg. Sq. Bales: 115-150Hay Auction held everyMonday at 12:30 pm.

MORRISON’S COVELIVESTOCK, POULTRY &

RABBIT REPORTMartinsburg, PAAugust 13, 2012

Roosters: 5-7.25Banty Roosters: 1-3.75Heavy Hens: 2-4.75Banty Hens: .25-4Pigeons: 2-4.25Ducks: 4-5Bunnies: 1.25-4Rabbits: 10-21Auction held every Mondayat 7 pm.

NEW HOLLANDSALES STABLESNew Holland, PAAugust 13, 2012

Slaughter Cows: Prem.White 65-70% lean 82-84,hi dress 91-94; Breakers75-80% lean 79-82.50, hidress 84-87, lo dress 74-76; Boners 80-85% lean75-79, hi dress 80-84, lodress 71-73.50; Lean 88-90% lean 73-78, hi dress81-81.50, lo dress 63-72.Slaughter Bulls: YG 1900-1775# 106.50-112.50,hi dress 114-119.50, lodress 92-104.Holstein Bull Calves: No.1 95-120# 125-140; 80-90#97-100; No. 2 95-120# 100-120; 80-90# 70-80; No. 395-120# 70-85; 80-90# 60-

70; Util 70-120# 50-70.Holstein Heifers: No. 185-95# 110-130; No. 2 75-100# 80-110; non-tubing70-95# 50-70.

NEW HOLLANDPIG AUCTION

New Holland, PANo report

NEW HOLLAND SHEEP& GOATS AUCTION

New Holland, PAAugust 13, 2012

Slaughter Lambs: Non-Traditional, Wooled, ShornCh & Pr 2-3 40-60# 177-220; 60-80# 152-195; 80-90# 142-160; 90-110# 125-150; 110-130# 130-147;130-150# 146; 150-200#130-136; Wooled & ShornCh 2-3 40-60# 130-175; 60-80# 126-172; 80-90# 112-146; 90-110# 108-128;110-130# 100-126; 130-150# 120-128.Slaughter Ewes: Gd 2-3 Mflesh 80-100# 90-98; 100-130# 68-80; 130-160# 54-68; 160-200# 80; Util 1-2Thin Flesh 100-130# 50-80; 130-160# 40-68; 160-200# 42-55; 200-300# 40.Slaughter Goats: Kids Sel1 40-80# 97-138; 80-120#126-154; 140-150# 168-177; Sel 2 40-80# 90-126;80-90# 120-126; Sel 3 20-60# 42-92; 60-80# 86-110;80-90# 106-117.Slaughter Nannies/Does:Sel 1 80-130# 137-157;130-180# 148-166; Sel 280-130# 115-130; 130-180# 135-150; Sel 3 50-80# 64-75; 80-130# 70-80.Slaughter Bucks/Billies:Sel 1 100-150# 162-174;150-250# 198-237; Sel 2100-150# 136-146; 1150-250# 162-190; Sel 3 100-150# 90-135; 150-250#190.Slaughter Whethers: Sel 1100-120# 110-127; Sel 290-110# 100-112; Sel 3 60-80# 64-87.

NEW WILMINGTON LIVESTOCK AUCTION New Wilmington, PA

No report

NEW WILMINGTON PRODUCE AUCTION,

INC.New Wilmington, PA

No report

PA DEPT OFAGRICULTUREGrain Report

Compared to last weekcorn sold steady to firm,wheat sold steady, Barleysold .20-.25 higher, Oatssold .10 to .015 higher &Soybeans sold .15-.20higher. EarCorn soldsteady to 1 higher. Allprices per bushel exceptEarCorn is per ton.Southeastern PA: CornNo. 2 8.55-9.01, Avg 8.76,Contracts 8; Wheat No. 28.65-9.05, Avg 8.93, Con-tracts 8; Barley No. 3 4.30-5.85, Avg 5.05, Contracts5.85; Oats No. 2 4.50-4.70,Avg 4.60; Soybeans No. 215.98-16.78, Avg 16.41,Contracts 15.40-15.42;EarCorn 240.SouthCentral PA: CornNo. 2 8.50-8.90, Avg 8.97;Wheat No. 2 7.15-8.85, Avg8.14; Barley No. 3 4-5.50,Avg 4.62; Oats No. 2 3.25-5, Avg 3.96; Soybeans No.2 15.80-16.44, Avg 16.24;EarCorn 210.Eastern & Central PA:Corn No. 2 8.40-9.23, Avg8.81, Month Ago 8.17, YearAgo 8.17; Wheat No. 27.15-9.05, Avg 8.54, MonthAgo 8.09, Year Ago 8.61;Barley No. 3 4-5.85, Avg4.83, Month Ago 4.66, YearAgo 4.67; Oats No. 2 3.25-5, Avg 4.15, Month Ago 4,Year Ago 4.25; SoybeansNo. 2 15.35-16.78, Avg16.17, Month Ago 15.31,Year Ago 13.51; EarCorn195-240, Avg 215, MonthAgo 210, Year Ago 198.75.Western PA: Corn No. 2 8-8.90, Avg 8.34; Wheat No. 28-8.60, Avg 8.36; Oats No.2 3.50-4.50, Avg 4.05; Soy-beans No. 2 16.09.Central PA: Corn No. 28.40-9.232, Avg 8.85;Wheat No. 2 8.84; BarleyNo. 3 5; Oats No. 2 4-4.50,Avg 4.18; Soybeans No. 215.35-16.78, Avg 15.93;EarCorn 195.Lehigh Valley: Corn No. 28.80-9.10, Avg 8.85; WheatNo. 2 9; Oats No. 2 3.55-3.85, Avg 3.70; SoybeansNo. 2 16.10-16.34, Avg16.23.

PA DEPT OFAGRICULTURE

Weekly Livestock

Mercer

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BellevilleNew Holland

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Pennsylvania Markets

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PA DEPT OFAGRICULTURE

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; Timo-thy 100-250; Straw 100-180; Mulch 50-75.Summary of LancasterCo. Hay Auctions:Prices/ton, 83 lds of hay, 13of Straw; Alfalfa 190-415;Mixed Hay 100-420; Timo-thy 185-320; Grass 120-320; Straw 120-185.Diffenbach Auction,August 6, 50 lds Hay, 6 ldsStraw. Alfalfa 240-415;Mixed Hay 100-420; Timo-thy 180-320; Grass 120-320; Straw 120-170.Green Dragon Auction,August 10, 9 lds Hay, 4 ldsStraw. Alfalfa 190-200;

Mixed Hay 185-205; Grass140-240; Straw 160-210.Weaverland Auct, NewHolland: August 4, Noreport.Wolgemuth Auction,August 8, 24 lds Hay, 3 ldsStraw. Alfalfa 225-280;Mixed hay 100-300; Timo-thy 245-305; Grass 165-250; Straw 167-185.Summary of Central PAHay Auctions: Prices/ton,62 Loads Hay, 20 Straw.Alfalfa 225-230; Mixed Hay65-300; Timothy 80-220;Grass 70-190; Straw 55-185, mostly 110-175.Dewart Auction, Dewart:No report.Greencastle Livestock:No reportKutztown Auction, Kutz-town: August 11, 14 ldsHay, 2 lds Straw. Alfalfa230; Mixed Hay 100-300;Grass 100-190; Straw 125-185.Middleburg Auct, Middle-burg: August 7, 12 lds Hay,9 Straw. Mixed 125-300;Timothy 80-165; Grass105-120; Straw 55-145,

mostly 105-145.Shippensburg Auction:August 4 & 7, 27 lds hay, 7lds straw, Alfalfa 225, MixedHay 65-215, Timothy 120-220, Grass 70-162, Straw115-137.50.New Wilmington Live-stock, New Wilmington:No report.

VINTAGE SALESSTABLES

August 13, 2012Slaughter Steers: Hi Ch &Pr 3-4 1300-1580# 117-119, hi dress 120-121; Ch2-3 1220-1540# 113.50-116.50, Sel 2-3 1210-1460# 109-113; Hols. Ch 2-3 1280-1656# 97-100; Sel2-3 1245-1445# 92-97.Slaughter Heifers: Ch 2-31180-1315# 111-114.50;Sel 2-3 1135-1150# 108-111.Slaughter Cows: Breakers75-80% lean 73.50-79.50,lo dress 69-71; Boners 80-85% lean 71.50-74.50, hidress 74.50-78; Lean 85-90% lean 67-72.50, hidress 73-76.50, lo dress

59-65.50.Slaughter Bulls: YG 1 few1450-1535# 91-93.Holstein Bull Calves: No.1 95-115# 100-127; No. 285-110# 75-95; No. 3 80-115# 50-70; Util 60-90# 12-45.*Next Feeder Cattle SaleSept. 14.

WEAVERLAND AUCTIONNew Holland, PAAugust 9, 2012

Alfalfa: 3 lds, 195-225Orchard Grass: 3 lds, 150-225.Mixed Hay: 11 lds, 100-325Grass: 5 lds, 80-325EarCorn: 250-260Oats: 1 ld, 5.35/bu

Rye: 2 lds, 14.75-15/bu.Shavings: 1 ld, 2.60/bg

WOLGEMUTH AUCTION August 15, 2012

Alfalfa: 1 ld, 280Mixed Hay: 19 lds, 80-360Timothy: 4 lds, 125-305Grass: 10 lds, 55-300Straw: 6 lds, 155-220Rye: 1 ld, 145/bu.

WEEKLY MARKET REPORT

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beth Santin in The Myco-toxin Blue Book, Fusari-um species can survivein corn residue, which isprobably the most impor-tant source of inoculumsfor kernel infection.These fungi can be asso-ciated with every part ofthe corn plant and 50 to100 percent incidence ofkernel infection is notuncommon, with the ma-jority of kernels showingno visible damage.

Many experts haverecommended thatfarmers let the cornplants grow more andnot chop too early to aidin nitrates. However,farmers should stillmonitor moisture levels.

“Silage that is too dry,less than 65 percentmoisture, will not packwell,” Haladi said. “Thissituation can increasethe chances of Penicil-lum molds from makingan appearance in oursilage. Unlike other my-cotoxins, these silagemycotoxins can act asantibiotics and kill bene-ficial microbes in the ru-men. The net result is

lowered productivity.”Haladi also warns if

producers are cuttingthe silage lower to in-crease tonnage, theymay also be increasingthe amount of soil con-tamination and thus fur-ther increasing theamount of mold spores.

“Producers shouldpositively identify anysituations that may arisewith this year’s corncrop and not assume itis only Aspergillius,” Ha-ladi said.

In order to indentifymore of the risks associ-ated with mycotoxins,Alltech recently launchedits 37+ Program.

Once mycotoxins havemade their way into thefeed, there are still a fewoptions available to pro-ducers. They can choosenot to feed the contami-nated feed or they canuse an effective mycotox-in adsorbent. There aretwo types of adsorbents:silica-based polymersand carbon-based organ-ic polymers. Silica-typematerials, such as clays,are readily available and

many have shown to beeffective against aflatox-ins but ineffectiveagainst other types ofmycotoxins. Haladi rec-ommends an organic my-cotoxin sequesteringagent that can be used atpractical levels of inclu-sion for all species of my-cotoxins, including DON.

Keep them cool tooOur fields aren’t the

only ones battling the dryconditions and increasedtemperatures. Our live-stock have also been suf-fering. As of July 17, ap-proximately 73 percent ofcattle areas were affectedby moderate to intensedrought. The USDA ex-pects the combination ofheat stress and higher

feed costs to restraingrowth this year on U.S.cattle and hog numbersas well as poultry andmilk production.

Dr. Max Hawkins, All-tech, explains that pro-ducers need to keep inmind the Temperature-Humidity Index (THI).THI is a combination oftemperature and relativehumidity to create a val-ue for heat stress. At 80degrees there is nostress until 30 percentrelative humidity; after30 percent there will bemild stress. At 90 de-grees, the cows are al-ready in mild stress upto 30 percent relativehumidity. At 100 de-grees, cows are in mild

stress up to 50 percenthumidity and above thatthey are in moderate.

Signs of heat stress inlivestock and poultryrange from an elevatedbreathing rate, restless-ness, and drooling, ani-mals standing in pensand grouped together inStages 1 through 3 to la-bored breathing, de-creased heart rate,tongue protruding, openmouth breathing, headdown and isolation inStages 4 through 6. Typ-ically for dairy cows,heat stress is noticed inthe production of lessmilk with lower milk fatand protein.

“These take approxi-mately three days to be

seen,” Hawkins said.“Initially, the cows willhave a higher respirationrate (80 per minute),more standing, less drymatter intake, more wa-ter consumption andseeking the shade orcooler locations.”

He suggests calling aveterinarian when bodytemperature is over102.5 degrees, there isincreased ketosis, andthe respiration rate isover 90.

Hawkins recommendsthe following manage-ment tips to prevent heatstress:

• Provide adequateshade, fans, misters;

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Join American Farm-land Trust on Nov. 15 foran exciting conference inNew York entitled Har-vesting Opportunities:Growing Local Food

Economies & ProtectingFarmland, a conference toinspire and educate NewYorkers to support agri-culture, strengthen localfarm and food economiesand get involved in pro-tecting farmland.

The business of grow-ing and selling food is amajor contributor to New

York’s economy. Farmsannually sell almost $5billion a year in farmproducts and when com-bined with food busi-nesses generate roughly10 percent of New York’sannual economic output.

Yet, New York loses afarm to real estate devel-opment every 3 1/2 days

and more than 4,000farms have been lost todevelopment over thelast 30 years.

This conference willbring together farmers,public officials, landtrusts and local food andpublic health leaders totake a serious look at the

potential to grow NewYork’s economy bystrengthening connec-tions between farmersand local consumers andprotecting our state’s ir-replaceable farmland.

Keynote Speaker: Ver-lyn Klinkenborg, authorThe Rural Life and Mak-

ing Hay.The conference will be

held on Nov. 15 at theHotel Albany, on the cor-ner of Lodge and StateStreets, in downtown Al-bany, NY. For more de-tails visit www.farm-land.org/newyork.• Provide extra cooling

in holding areas, coolwater;

• Use propionic acid toprevent feed heating inbunk;

• Feed multiple timesand at cooler parts of theday to encourage intake;

• Keep feed pushed upand as fresh as possibleto enhance intake.

“Reduced feed intake isa main effect of heatstress,” Hawkins said.“The loss of nutrition in-take needs to be of con-cern to maintain cow per-formance and health.”

According to Dr. MikeHutjens, University ofIllinois, producersshould consider the fol-lowing nutrient guide-lines during periods ofheat stress:

• Maintain 20 to 22percent effective NDF(neutral detergent fiber)in the ration to maintaincud chewing and forageraft in the rumen;

• Limit total crude pro-tein to less than 18 per-cent on a dry matter ba-sis with 6.5 to 7 percentas RUP (rumen unde-graded protein);

• Maintain 28 to 30percent NDF, 18 to 20percent ADF (acid deter-gent fiber);

• Target 24 to 26 per-cent starch and 4 to 6percent sugar to adjustthe rate of carbohydratefermentation in the ru-men and favor microbialgrowth;

• Raise DCAD over350+ meq per kg;

• Increase total rationpotassium to 1.4 to 1.6percent, sodium to 0.4 to0.5 percent, and magne-sium to 0.35 percent.

Feed additives can alsobe beneficial. Accordingto Hutjens, yeast cultureand fungal products canhelp to stabilize rumenpH and improve the ru-men environment whilemaintaining fiber diges-tion. These products canalso reduce lactic acidlevels in the rumen thatcan drop rumen pH.

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Cornell CooperativeExtension (CCE) of LewisCounty in conjunctionwith Mother Earth Newsis responding to the in-creasing numbers of peo-ple inquiring about rais-ing backyard poultry,beef, and other livestock,food preservation, energyalternatives for homesand farms, and back-to-the-land managementskills with a new educa-tional event. A Home-steading Fair will be pre-sented at the Maple

Ridge Center in Lowville,NY, Sept. 8 and 9.

This two-day event willoffer more than 90 edu-cational workshops, heldrain or shine, underlarge tents, in a large,approved, kitchen andformer barns, and on theexpansive lawn at theMaple Ridge Center.Livestock shearing andwool spinning are amongthe many planneddemonstrations.

The Homesteading Fairhours are Saturday 8

a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday8 a.m.-4 p.m.; the firstworkshops begin at 10a.m. each day andbreakfast will be avail-able at the AmericanMaple Museum booth 8a.m.-11 a.m. each day.

All workshops/demon-strations/Do-It-Yourselfprojects are included inthe admission price.Each workshop is 45minutes long. Work-shops will incorporate

raising backyard poul-try, gardening, foodpreservation, solar andrenewable energy op-tions, developing forest-land and maple wood-lots, small farm machin-ery, and raising livestocksuch as beef cattle,sheep, goats and hogs.

Parking at the Home-steading Fair is free. Thepublic can purchase aone-day-only or weekendpass to attend their

choice of workshops. Ad-mission is $10 per per-son, or $15 for a fullweekend pass. Admis-sion for children 17 andunder is free. Home-steading Fair tickets canbe pre-purchased bycalling CCE JeffersonCounty at 315-788-8450; see www.coun-ties.cce.cornell.edu/lewis/ for locations to pur-chase tickets.

“Information on home-

steading skills is some-thing people are askingfor. This new event is agreat opportunity for in-dividuals and families tolearn and to purchasethe equipment and sup-plies they need to getstarted. This venue isperfect for families inter-ested in the opportunityto learn more about asustainable lifestyle at

The 2012 St. LawrenceCounty Maple Court at-tended the recent Gou-verneur / St. LawrenceCounty Fair held July31-Aug. 5.

St. Lawrence CountyMaple Producers Associ-ations is committed topromoting and educatingthe public and producers

on maple production.The SLC Maple Produc-ers welcome new mem-bers. Please look fortheir booths at the St.Lawrence Power &Equipment Museum OldFashion Harvest Days onSept. 1 and 2 and the 4-H Hammond Fair onSept. 14-15.

St. Lawrence CountyMaple Court

The 2012 St. Lawrence County Maple Court at the Gou-verneur/St. Lawrence County Fair included: Seated (L-R) Betsy Foot, St. Lawrence County Maple Queen; KyleaMcAdam, St. Lawrence County Maple Princess. Stand-ing (L-R) Emily Dean, St. Lawrence County MaplePrincess, 2nd Alternate; Brooke Rastley, St. LawrenceCounty Maple Queen Alternate and Megan Parkman, St.Lawrence County Maple Princess, 1st Alternate.

Photo courtesy of St. Lawrence County Maple Producers Associations

New Homesteading Fair in Lowville Sept. 8-9 offers Opportunity to Learn Back-to-the-Land Skills

Camille Ledoux draws as one of her Dorset lambsgrazes nearby at her family’s Adirondack Beef Companyfarm in Croghan, NY.

Photo courtesy of CCE Lewis County

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On Friday, August 24,Cornell Cooperative Ex-tension is offering aworkshop on pond man-agement from 2 p.m. to 5p.m. at the AgroforestryResource Center, 6055Route 23, in Acra, NY.

This workshop is acomprehensive look at

pond management —from routine mainte-nance to problem solv-ing. Jim Ochterski, own-er of Progressive PondConsulting and lead au-thor of “The Pond Guide-book,” will discuss thetop ten things you needto know about your

pond. He will help youunderstand your choicesto manage certain weeds,keep the water safe forswimming, and attractwildlife, all while being agood ecological stewardof the pond. He will pro-vide an overview of spe-

cific laws and rules inNew York regarding pondfish stocking, chemicaluse, and construction.

Pre-registration is re-quired by Aug. 20. Thefee for this program is$15 per person. Therewill be copies of “The

Pond Guidebook” avail-able for $15, which is be-low cost. For more infor-mation or to registerplease contact CornellCooperative Extension at518-622-9820.

Dress for the weather,as a component of thisworkshop will be visiting

and assessing ponds atthe Siuslaw Model For-est, across the streetfrom the AgroforestryResource Center. Feelfree to bring a pond weedfor identification! Thisprogram is being fundedin part by the Robert H.Wentorf Foundation.

an all-day educationalevent held in conjunc-tion with, Mother Earth’sInternational Home-steading EducationMonth,” says CCE LewisCounty Executive Direc-tor Michele Ledoux.

Course instructors in-clude Jean O’Toole of theNew York State Beef In-dustry Council; Cornell

Cooperative ExtensionNorthern New York Re-gional Local Foods Spe-cialist Bernadette Lo-gozar, Field Crops Educa-tors Mike Hunter andJoseph Lawrence, andLivestock Specialist BetsyHodge, and Nutrition Ed-ucator Cathy Moore; beefproducer Steve Ledoux ofAdirondack Beef Compa-

ny; and Dr. DeannaFuller, D.V.M. of Coun-tryside Veterinary Clinic.

The Pratt-NorthamFoundation has providedfunding support to sparkthis event. Cornell Coop-erative Extensions of Jef-ferson, St. Lawrence,and Franklin Counties,the New York State BeefIndustry Council, LewisCounty Farm Bureau,American Maple Muse-um, Countryside Veteri-nary Clinic, Lewis Coun-ty Maple Producers As-sociation, Lowville Trac-

tor Supply Company andothers are providing pro-gram support.

Homesteading productvendors and food con-cessions will be on site.For more information ortickets, contact CornellCooperative Extension ofLewis County at 315-376-5270. For lodginginformation, visitw w w . a d i r o n d a c k -tughill.com. Like us onFacebook at www.face-book.com/MotherEarth-NewsHomestead ing -Fair2012.

LARGE PUBLIC AUCTIONThurs., August 30TH, 2012 • 9:30 AM

Newark Valley, NYFARM TRACTORS, COMBINES,GRAIN & GRAVITY WAGONS,

FARM MACHINERY, SKID STEERS & MORE!Consignments Welcome

For more info & photos go to auctionzip.com GOODRICH AUCTION SERVICE, INC.

Rt. 38 & 38B, Newark Valley, NY 13811(607) 642-3293

PROVENN SUPERIOR!S.C.C. UDDER CREAMTest It For Yourself!

500 ml. • $15.0012 Jars = Free Shipment

Ingredients: Peppermint Oil, Tea Tree Oil,Oregano Oil, Menthol, Herbs • ORGANIC SAFE

FREE Sample Excell 7000The Alternative For Today

SYNERGY ANIMAL PRODUCTS1681 Schubert Rd. • Bethel, PA 19507

1-800-507-9361

Located 12 Miles East of Lancaster, PA Just Off Rt. 23, New Holland

SALE MANAGED BY:New Holland Sales Stables, Inc.David Kolb 61-L

717-354-4341 (Barn)717-355-0706 (FAX)

NEW HOLLAND SALES STABLES, INC.

Wed., Aug. 22nd • 10:30 AM

REMINDER: SPECIAL HEIFER SALEWednesday, September 12TH

Abner Esh, Paradise, PA Complete Dispersal

Aug. 29th. Details in Next Week’s Ad

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ALL CONSIGNMENTS WELCOMECows - Heifers - Bulls

PPleasee Sendd Alll Infoo w/TruckersSiree && Damm Info,, Pedigrees,, Birthh Dates,

Freshh && Breedingg Info,, Etc..

LLeamann Auctionss Ltd.. AY002063SALE MANAGED BY:

J. Edward Leaman AU002034L329 Breneman Rd.,Willow Street, PA 17584

717-464-1128 OFFICE • 610-662-8149 CELL or FAX to 717-464-4130FFORR UPDATESS ANDD PHOTOSS USEE OURR WEBSITELeamanauctions.com AANDD FOLLOWW THEE LINKS!

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AUG. 24th FRIDAY 4:30 PMGreg L. Pisarek's personal collection of

High Quality Toys and Collectable Farm Literature @@

Central Bucks Farms5279 Ridge Road, New Hope, PA 18938

215-598-7687 • 215-768-1975DAY 1 - AUG 24th Preview opens @ 10:00 AM200 + Farm related Toys, approx 1000 pcs. of Sales

Literature & Owners Manuals, etc.

DDayy TwooAUG. 25th Same Location, Saturday @ 9 AM35 + Minneopolis-Moline and Oliver Tractors (allare MM based). Collectable Tractors, Parts, Later

Model Tractors, Trucks, Equip.

!! NO BUYERS PREMIUM FOR ONSITE BUYERS !!Online Bidding at Auctionziplive.com

Weekly Sales Every Monday 12:30 Produce, Misc. & small animals;1:00 Dairy; ** We will now sell lambs, goats, pigs, feeders immediate-ly following Dairy. Calves and cull beef approx. 5:00-5:30PM. Help usincrease our volume - thus making a better market for everyone. ** Weare Independent Marketers - working 24/7 to increase your bottom line.Take advantage of our low commission rates. Competitive marketingis the way to go.Monday, Aug. 13th sale - cull ave. 64, Top cow .79 wt. 1567

$1230.10, Bulls/Steers top $.98, bull calves top $1.40, heifer calvestop $1.05.

Friday, Aug. 24th - Fort Plain, NY - sale held on the farm 11AM.Complete Dairy Dispersal for Lighthall Farm - Karl & Joanne Gebhardt.170 Head of Grade Cattle. 90 milking age, 22 bred heifers, 60 openheifers and calves. Herd consist of mostly Holsteins, Jerseys & Crosses.

Friday, Sept. 14th - Smyrna, NY - sale held on the farm 11AM.Complete Milking Herd & Bred heifer Dispersal for Frog Rock Farm -Pete Maynard. 55 Head of AI sired Holsteins- sired by Oman,Jetstream, Garrison, Malin plus many more. Watch next week's ad formore info.

Saturday, Oct. 13th - OHM Holstein Club Sale-Hosted by Roedale Farms,Richfield Springs, NY. Brad Ainslie Sale Chairman 315-822-6087.

Saturday, Oct. 20th - Eastern Breeders Brown Swiss Sale held atHosking Sales, New Berlin. Sale Managed by Modern Associates,Hosking Sales Assisting. Call with your consignments.

Saturday, Nov. 3rd - Fall Premier All Breed Sale - Call early to consignto make catalog and advertising deadlines.

Café is now open for breakfast and lunch - great food!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 truckerlist on our Web-Site. Call to advertise in any of these sales it makes adifference.Directions: Former Welch Livestock 6096 NYS Rt. 8, 30 miles South ofUtica & 6 miles North of New Berlin, NY.

www.hoskingsales.com Call today with your consignments.

WEEKLY SALES EVERY MONDAYHOSKING SALES - FORMER WELCH LIVESTOCK

Tom & Brenda Hosking6096 NYS Rt. 8 New Berlin, NY 13411

607-699-3637or 607-847-8800

cell: 607-972-1770 or 1771

110355 Riverr Rd,, Camdenn NYY 13316Selling for Jirard Brown

Start a complete business or expand/upgradeyour own Syrup or Honey business with variousequipment at this auction. Check out some of

the great things below.

Tools and equipment: Maple cream machine, candy machine,candy molds, jars, reverse osmosis unit, 19 -100 to 850 gallonstainless steel and plastic holding tanks, washing machine, stor-age rack, stainless rack, sink, tables, 2 fair banks platform scales,sap ultra violet light, 40 gal. heated bottler, finishing pan, 40gal. strainer, 30" x 8' Small Bros. evaporator, piggy back pan,bubblers, extra finishing pan, 500 syrup buckets w/lids, 100's offeet of all size plastic tubing, 50 bee hive boxes and assortedparts, and much much more.

Other tools: car jacks, drill press, chain saws, storage cabinets, gasfurnaces, windows, Chevy engine, Vintage Chevy tailgate, sinks,doors, scooter, welding rod, battery charger, glass showcase, 6' 3pt.hitch snow blower attachment, dump rake, and much more.

Special: Model A Truck!!!

Auctioneers Note: Cash or good NY State check, Visa andMaster Card. 10% buyer's premium. Coffee is on Jeff. Bring achair and enjoy the auction. Refreshments will be available.Questions, call Jeff 315-387-6169/315-751-1534 and go towww.gibbsiesauctionservice.com or auctionzip.com for picturepreviews.

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Cows are thirsty andwith good reason — theyneed to drink nearly 30gallons of water a day toproduce milk and stayhealthy. That waterneeds to be high qualitybecause much of the in-gested water becomesmilk, which is 87 percentwater. But high levels ofminerals in water due toshortages can be prob-lematic for cows.

Virginia Tech is lead-ing research into how ex-cess amounts of iron andother minerals can im-pact dairy cow produc-tivity and health, nutri-ent digestibility, milksynthesis, and the quali-ty of dairy products.

Susan Duncan, a pro-fessor in food scienceand technology, Kather-ine Knowlton, a profes-sor in dairy science, andAndrea Dietrich, a pro-fessor in civil and envi-ronmental engineering,are conducting the re-search. Duncan andKnowlton are in the Col-lege of Agriculture andLife Sciences(www.cals.vt.edu/).

“Excess amounts ofiron and copper in milkcan lead to flavor prob-lems, making the milktaste bad,” said Duncan.“Additionally, changes inthe milk’s mineral com-position may reduce thequality of manufactureddairy products, such ascheese and yogurt.”

The results of the study

will provide preliminarydata to establish mineralrecommendations for wa-ter reuse in dairy herdhealth. The project willbenefit water and dairymanagers in the U.S. andaround the globe.

A potential for de-creased availability ofgroundwater for dairyfarming exists. Westerndairy farms are alreadyseeking alternativesources of drinking wa-ter to reduce the burdenon natural groundwaterreservoirs. High levels ofminerals may be in somewater sources.

How the cow’s healthand milk compositionare affected by high ironcontent in drinking wa-ter is unknown.

“But we do know thatiron from feed sourcescan affect calcium ab-sorption,” Duncan said.Calcium is stored incows’ bones, just as it isin humans.

In any species, a moth-er’s body can respond todietary changes to protectthe infant. Many questionsremain about how that re-lationship is affected.

The research seeks toanswer several ques-tions, including: Will thecow’s natural responseto excess iron in the wa-ter protect the calf bymaintaining the normalmilk calcium content? Ifso, will this causechanges in the cow’smetabolic mineral bal-

ance at the expense ofher bone health? Williron from the watersource change the waythe cows synthesize milkproteins so that thereare more iron-bindingproteins in the milk?

Changes in milk com-position can impact thequality of dairy products,which may be noted by adecrease in flavor, odorand texture, and a short-ened shelf life of milkand dairy products,Duncan said.

Georgianna Mann, of

Marietta, GA, and agraduate student in foodscience and technology,is conducting the initialstudies on milk composi-tion and processing. AiliWang, of Beijing, and adoctoral student in thesame department, willjoin the study in Augustto study the changes inmilk proteins. Xin Feng,from the Hebei provinceof China, is a doctoralstudent in dairy science,studying the effects oncows. Katherine “Kat”

PPLANLAN AAHEADHEAD!!!!

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;

MACFADDENN && SONS,, INC.1457 Hwy. Rt. 20, Sharon Springs, NY 13459

(518) 284-2090 orwww.macfaddens.com

HUDSON RIVER TRACTOR COMPHUDSON RIVER TRACTOR COMPANY LLCANY LLCFULTONVILLE518-853-3405

GOSHEN845-294-2500

CHATHAM518-392-2505

SCHAGHTICOKE518-692-2676

CLIFTON PARK518-877-5059

TRACTORSCase IH 9110 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $23,900 . . . . . . . . . FultonvilleJD 350 Dozer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,500 . . . . . . . . . FultonvilleJD 450H Dozer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $38,500 . . . . . . . . . . ChathamJD 750 B Crawler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $28,500 . . . . . . . . . . ChathamJD 850 Diesel Gator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coming In . . . . . . . . . FultonvilleJD 2555 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $12,500 . . . . . . . . . . ChathamJD 3150 w/740 loader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $22,500 . . . . . . . . . FultonvilleJD 4430 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15,900 . . . . . . . . . FultonvilleJD 4555 Cab/2WD/Duals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $42,500 . . . . . . . . . FultonvilleJD 5325 2WD/cab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $24,900 . . . . . . . . . FultonvilleJD 5525 Cab/MFWD / Loader. . . . . . . . . . . . $42,500. . . . . . . SchaghticokeJD 6420 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $42,500 . . . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 6430 Rental Return 2.5% Financing . . . . $65,500 . . . . . . . . . . . Goshen JD 7130 Rental Return 2.5% Financing . . . . $71,500 . . . . . . . . . FultonvilleJD 7400 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $32,500 . . . . . . . . . Fultonville(2) JD 7930 IVT . . . . . . . . . . . . . Starting at $123,000 . . . . . . . . . FultonvilleNH 4630 cab, 2WD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,800 . . . . . . . . . Fultonville

COMPACT TRACTORSJD 850 w/cab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,500 . . . . . . . . Clifton ParkJD 855 w/Loader, Mower Deck & Blower . . . $10,900. . . . . . . SchaghticokeJD 950 w/Loader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $9,350 . . . . . . . . . FultonvilleJD 1600 wam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $27,900 . . . . . . . . . FultonvilleJD 2210 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,900. . . . . . . SchaghticokeJD 2210 w/Loader/Mower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $11,900 . . . . . . . . . FultonvilleJD 2520 w/Loader & Mower . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15,500 . . . . . . . . . FultonvilleJD 3720 w/blower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $18,900 . . . . . . . . Clifton ParkJD 3720 TLB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $24,900 . . . . . . . . . . ChathamJD 4320 cab/loader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $31,800. . . . . . . SchaghticokeKubota L39 TLB, canopy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $24,900 . . . . . . . . . . ChathamNH TC45D cab/loader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $27,500 . . . . . . . . . . . GoshenNH TZ25DA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $11,900 . . . . . . . . . . . GoshenMF 205 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,900 . . . . . . . . . . ChathamJD 728 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $12,500 . . . . . . . . . . Chatham

SKID STEER / CONSTRUCTION78” skid steer blower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,500 . . . . . . . . . FultonvilleJD 96’ pwr rake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,800 . . . . . . . . . . ChathamJD 318 Cab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coming In . . . . . . . . . . ChathamNH LS 180. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $17,500 . . . . . . . . . FultonvilleCat 236 cab, heat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $19,500 . . . . . . . . . FultonvilleNH L175 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $21,500. . . . . . . SchaghticokeNH LS180 cab/heat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $19,500 . . . . . . . . . . . Goshen

MOWERS CONDITIONERSJD 925 MoCo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $9,550 . . . . . . . . . FultonvilleJD 1217 MoCo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,900 . . . . . . . . . FultonvilleJD 1219 MoCo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,500 . . . . . . . . . . ChathamNH 1411 MoCo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coming In . . . . . . . . . . Chatham

HAY AND FORAGEClaas 860 w/UPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $159,500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JD 74 rake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,850 . . . . . . . . . FultonvilleKrone 552 3pt tedder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,500 . . . . . . . . . FultonvilleKrone 552 Tedder 3PT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,250 . . . . . . . . . FultonvilleMiller Pro rake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,750 . . . . . . . . . FultonvilleMiller 1416 merger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $28,500. . . . . . . Schaghticoke(2) JD 2 Row Corn HD . . . . . . . . . . . $2,850 / $3,250 . . . . . . . . . FultonvilleJD 3rn corn head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,850 . . . . . . . . . Fultonville

JD 676 corn head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $48,500. . . . . . . SchaghticokeJD 751 tedder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,750 . . . . . . . . . FultonvilleJD 3960 forage harv., base unit . . . . . . . . . . . $3,800 . . . . . . . . . FultonvilleJD 3970 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,500 . . . . . . . . . FultonvilleGehl 2 row corn head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $650 . . . . . . . . . FultonvilleGehl 860 w/2R 6’ po . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,950 . . . . . . . . . FultonvilleHS HSM9 hydra-swing merger . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,950. . . . . . . SchaghticokeNH 166 inverter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,450 . . . . . . . . . FultonvilleNH 256 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,850 . . . . . . . . . FultonvillePequea fluffer 8 1/2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,500 . . . . . . . . . FultonvilleKrone 550 tedder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,650 . . . . . . . . . Fultonville

PLANTING / TILLAGEAmco 27’ disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,250 . . . . . . . . . FultonvilleJD 750 15’ No-till drill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $13,900 . . . . . . . . . FultonvilleIH 710 4 bottom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,200. . . . . . . SchaghticokeJD 1450 4 bottom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,500 . . . . . . . . . FultonvilleJD 2000 6 bottom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,500 . . . . . . . . . FultonvilleJD 2500 5 bottom (nice) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,500 . . . . . . . . . FultonvilleJD 2800 6 btm trip plow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,900 . . . . . . . . . FultonvilleJD 8300 23 x7 drill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,950 . . . . . . . . . FultonvilleJD 8300 23 x7 drill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,500 . . . . . . . . . Fultonville

BALERSKrone 1500 w/knives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15,000 . . . . . . . . . FultonvilleJD 335 RB. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,500 . . . . . . . . . . . GoshenJD 328 w/chute. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coming In . . . . . . . . . . . GoshenJD 328 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,500. . . . . . . SchaghticokeJD 338 w/out chute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $14,500 . . . . . . . . . FultonvilleJD 348 w/ 1/4 Turn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $16,900 . . . . . . . . . FultonvilleJD 348 w/40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $12,000 . . . . . . . . . FultonvilleJD 446 round baler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $12,500 . . . . . . . . . . . GoshenJD 446 w/mega tooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $12,500 . . . . . . . . . FultonvilleJD 458 silage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $27,500 . . . . . . . . . FultonvilleJD 567 RB w/Mesh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $19,800 . . . . . . . . . FultonvilleNH 740 round baler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $14,500 . . . . . . . . . . . ChathmHesston rounder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,250 . . . . . . . . . Fultonville

MISCELLANEOUSNew 10 bolt duals 480/80R 46 . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,750 . . . . . . . . . FultonvillePronovost Bale Carrier. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $19,500 . . . . . . . . . FultonvilleDynaweld trailer w/hyd tail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $19,800 . . . . . . . . . Fultonville300 HUSKER w/243 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,500 . . . . . . . . . FultonvilleHS 175 Spreader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coming In . . . . . . . . . FultonvilleJD HPX Diesel Gator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,750 . . . . . . . . . FultonvilleJD 6600 combine w/215 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,800 . . . . . . . . . Fultonville(3) JD 7000 Series 3 pt./PTO, front hitch . . . . $4,950 . . . . . . . . . FultonvilleJD 40 Loader. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,700 . . . . . . . . . . ChathamJD 655 Tiller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,100 . . . . . . . . . . ChathamHardi Ranger 2200 (NEW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $21,900 . . . . . . . . . FultonvilleHS 125 spreader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,000. . . . . . . SchaghticokeVermeer TS30 Tree Spade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,500 . . . . . . . . . . Chatham7’ loader blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $875 . . . . . . . . . Fultonville8N/9N loader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $750 . . . . . . . . . FultonvilleSweepster 6’ 3pt broom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,500 . . . . . . . . . FultonvilleSweepster S32C 6’ front broom . . . . . . . . . . . $2,500 . . . . . . . . . FultonvilleUsed 20.8-38 snap on duals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,500 . . . . . . . . . FultonvilleWoods 3100 loader (fits IH 66/86 series) . . . . . $4,900 . . . . . . . . . FultonvilleWoods RB72 rear blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $425 . . . . . . . . . . Chatham

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ST. LOUIS — National Corn GrowersAssociation President Garry Niemeyerreleased the following statement in re-sponse to the U.S. Department of Agri-culture reports released Aug 10 whichfurther decreased the estimated U.S.corn production in 2012.

“Farmers across the country arecoming to grips with the full impact ofthis devastating drought. The AugustUSDA crop report confirms our con-cerns that corn production may beseveral billion bushels less than previ-ously anticipated, due to a summerheat wave which kept temperature wellabove normal and offered only spo-radic rain.

“Our nation’s farmers have done allthey can to increase the corn supply,planting the most corn acres our coun-

try has seen since 1937 this year.Thankfully, this additional acreageand innovative agronomic practiceswill make an important difference, andwe remain hopeful that above averageyields in some areas will further aug-ment the crop. At the same time, werecognize that it will not fully coveryield concerns.

“Without advanced seed technology,including biotechnology and new ge-netics which help corn plants use wa-ter more efficiently and better tolerateextreme heat and other drought condi-tions, production losses would bemuch greater.

“Many of our farmer members aresuffering immensely from the drought.Many are also in the same predica-ment as our customers because they

have livestock or own ethanol plantshares. Now is the time for all of Amer-ican agriculture to pull together andwork together for solutions that bene-fit us all. NCGA offers the followingrecommendations to that end.

“First and foremost, we must main-tain a level perspective when looking atthe situation facing us today. Lookingat similar points in our past, we seethat, in the long run, the marketworks. While speculators aiming forpersonal gain and emotionally chargeddecisions may drive corn prices be-yond justifiable levels in the shortterm, these factors will subside. As italways has, the market will correct andcontinue to effectively allocate the cornsupply for our various customers.

“Likewise, it is crucial that wemaintain this sort of calm, rationalperspective when examining the im-pact that corn actually has on the foodprices paid by average Americans.Corn remains an incredibly small por-tion of the price paid for groceries andprovides a relatively inexpensive,quality ingredient used to make the af-fordable, nutritious foods we enjoy.

While the price of corn may be higherthan it has been historically, theamount of corn in a box of corn flakesstill only costs about 12 cents, andonly 37 cents worth of corn is neededto produce a pound ofhamburger. USDA projects the totalimpact of the drought on retail foodprices to be less than one percent.

“Additionally, we ask that all par-ties maintain perspective when look-ing at how we might allow thedrought to impact our nation’s biofu-els policy. NCGA stands firm in oursupport of the Renewable Fuel Stan-dard. At the same time, we supportthe waiver process that is embodiedin the current RFS, and ask that anyparties who would seek RFS changesdo so in this manner, rather thanthrough legislation.

“With most of the crop still in thefield and thus the most accurate cornsupply estimates still outstanding, wethink that it is still somewhat prema-ture to consider a partial waiver of RFSprovisions. In addition, recent analysis

Phetxumphou, a graduate student incivil and environmental engineering, isevaluating the chemistry of water ondairy farms in Virginia.

The College of Agriculture and LifeSciences Pratt Endowment, www.vt-news.vt .edu/art ic les/2012/05/051512-cals-pratt.html, at Virginia

Tech partially funded this researchproject.

Visit the Innovations website,http://news.cals.vt.edu/innovations,to learn more about this project andother programs in the College of Agri-culture and Life Sciences.

DAIRY CATTLE & HEIFER SALE(90) HEAD DAIRY, JOHN & ELLEN SYNAKOWSKI (90)

SATURDAY AUGUST 25, 2012 11:00 A.M.Directions:: Sale to be held at Jack Wood's Sale Barn, located on Taylor Valley Rd.,Cincinnatus, NY-2 mi. north of Cincinnatus, just off of NYS Rte. 26.

(90) Head Dairy. John & Ellen have decided to sell their complete dairy due to healthreasons. (57) Mature cows, averaging 60 lbs. Nice 1st & 2nd Calf Heifers, strictly fresh.Several due for fall. This is year round herd. Tie stall. Go outside daily. Running with bull.Good Holsteins, Black Crosses, & Jerseys in this herd. (6) Bred heifers due for fall.(8) Heifers, breeding age. (19) from NB to yearlings. This is a nice group of cattle.Alsoo selling: (20) Head, with top 1st calf heifers fresh or springing close. (25) Open heifers, from NB to breeding age. Nice Holstein's, (3) Linebacks, Jersey's, andsome Black Crosses. Bigger heifers have been running outside. Milkingg Equipment:: (4) Delaval pail milkers. Dumping station with large jar.Manager'ss Note: I like this dairy, they haven't been pushed. Easy to work with.

Pleasee notee SATURDAYY salee dayy att Jackk Wood'ss Salee Barn.

Gene Wood’s Auction Service, Inc.Cincinnatus, NY 13040 Tel: (607) 863-3821

Visit us on the Web @ genewoodsauctionserviceinc.com

Advancee Notice: September 7, 2012. Stevener Farm, Poland, NY. Est. 1942. Completecattle, Machinery, Milking/Barn Equipment & Produce dispersal. (88) head of cattle, withover 60 yrs. of AI breeding. Ford 7710 4WD w/cab. Ford 7710 2WD w/cab. JD 3020 w/JD48 loader. JD 2020. NH 570 Baler. NI 5209 Discbine. (2) Kuhn GA 3200 GT rotary rakes.Kuhn GF 5001 TH tedder. (4) Pequea 418 hay wagons. Kuhn/Knight 8114 manure spreader.NH LS 125 Skidsteer. Land Pride Treker 4WD UTV.Produce:: 4000 bales, this year. Another 3000 bales. 16X40 silo 1/2 full of haylage.All equipment well maintained, always serviced, and washed before putting under cover.

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HARRISBURG, PA —PA’s first human cases ofWest Nile Virus (WNV) of2012 have been detected.A Franklin Countywoman is now recoveringafter being hospitalizedwith meningitis due toWNV. A Lancaster Countywoman is also recoveringafter contracting WestNile fever, the milder formof WNV.

Due to an unprece-dented level of mosqui-toes carrying the WestNile Virus, the Depart-ment of Health stronglyurges residents to mini-mize their exposure tomosquitoes.

“Pennsylvanians shouldtake steps to eliminatemosquito breeding sitesaround their homes andprevent mosquito bites byusing insect repellants,”

advised Secretary ofHealth Dr. Eli N. Avila.“This is even more impor-tant for older Pennsylvani-ans and people with weak-ened immune systems,since they are at the great-est risk of severe illness —including encephalitis — ifthey develop West Nilevirus infection.”

Statewide samplingshows higher numbersof WNV-infected mosqui-toes than any othersummer since monitor-ing began 10 years ago.This is likely due to lastyear’s mild winter.

As a result, PA couldsee a greater number ofhuman illnesses in 2012than in recent years. Therisk for WNV infection ishighest during Augustand September and willnot end until the first

hard frost.The Department of En-

vironmental Protection(DEP) conducts regularsurveillance and controlto manage mosquito pop-ulations around thestate. So far, DEP has de-tected WNV-infected mos-quitoes in 42 counties.However, it is likely thatWNV is present in otherareas as well.

“DEP will continuemonitoring and working,through our spray activi-ties, to stop the spread ofWest Nile Virus aroundthe state,” DEP SecretaryMike Krancer said. “I en-courage all Pennsylvani-ans to take appropriateprecautions to help pre-vent the spread of WestNile Virus.”

The mosquitoes thattransmit WNV breed inareas with standing andstagnant water. Thesecan include urbancatch basins, clogged

gutters, discarded tires,poorly maintainedswimming pools, flowerpots and other types ofplastic containers.

Simple steps to elimi-nate standing wateraround the home include:

• Remove tin cans,plastic containers, ce-ramic pots, discardedtires or any object thatcould collect standingwater. Drill holes in thebottom of recycling con-tainers left outdoors.

• Have roof gutterscleaned every year, par-ticularly if the leaves fromnearby trees have a ten-dency to clog the drains.

• Turn over plasticwading pools and wheel-barrows when not in use.

• Do not let water stag-nate in birdbaths.

• Aerate ornamentalpools, or stock them withfish.

• Clean and chlorinateswimming pools, and re-

move standing waterfrom pool covers.

• Use landscaping toeliminate standing waterthat collects on yourproperty.

• Treat standing waterthat cannot be eliminatedwith Bti products whichare sold at outdoor sup-ply, home improvementand other stores. Bti is anatural product that killsmosquito larvae, but issafe for people, pets,aquatic life and plants.

Although mosquitoescan bite at any time ofday or night, they aremost active at dawn anddusk. When outdoors,people can avoid mosqui-to bites by properly andconsistently using DEET-containing insect repel-lants and covering ex-posed skin with light-weight clothing. To keepmosquitoes from enteringa home, make sure win-dow and door screens are

in place and are in goodcondition.

DEP will continue tosurvey communitiesstatewide to monitor thesize and scope of theWNV. When necessary,DEP will conduct larvaland adult control activi-ties in order to lessenthe threat to humanhealth. These efforts willcontinue through theend of October.

For a fact sheet on WNV,including symptoms,please visit the Depart-ment of Health’s webpage,www.health.state.pa.us,and click on “West NileVirus Fact Sheet” under“What’s Hot.”

For more information,including current test re-sults for mosquitoes,birds and horses, visitwww.westnile.state.pa.us and click on the Penn-sylvania map, or call877-PA HEALTH.

suggests that the currentneed for octane in gaso-line is driving ethanol de-mand, rather than theRFS. Corn going forethanol use, about onequarter of total corn sup-ply, is subject to thesame market forces thatall customers of corn arecurrently facing.

“Finally, what farmersand ranchers are experi-

encing clearly demon-strates the pressing needfor Congress to pass afarm bill this year. Thecrop insurance and riskmanagement tools au-thorized in this legisla-tion provide critical as-sistance to crop and live-stock farmers when theyface losses due todrought and other ad-verse weather condi-

tions, crop disease orvolatile markets. TheSenate and the House AgCommittee have alreadydone their job, and wethank them for that. Inlight of the evolving situ-ation, we strongly urgethe Speaker of the Houseto get the farm bill on theHouse floor for an opendebate and quick vote.

“As prices and emo-tions rise, so does thetemptation to take actionthat might actually hurtus all in the long run.Right now, farmers,ranchers, ethanol pro-

ducers and much of thecountry is sufferingthrough this historicdrought. Yet, we suffertogether. We have all seenour investments, be theyof time, hard work or re-sources, wither under theunrelenting heat. Withempathy and a strongspirit of cooperation, wewill come through thesedifficulties stronger forthe experience and withrenewed vigor to build abrighter future for our-selves, our industry andour country.”

Farm is sold prompting this complete AI sired herd dispersal consisting of 90

milking age cows in all stages of lactation, 22 bred heifers, 60 open heifers and

calves. This year around herd is in full flow of milk averaging 62# in the tank

with a SCC 280,000. Majority of this herd is Holsteins, though there are 10 nice

Jerseys and a few Crosses. This herd is Genex sired and the heifers are bred to

sex semen. Youngstock are well grown and in excellent condition.

Health: Cattle will be inoculated for shipping fever and pregnancy checked prior

to sale. Cattle will be tested for interstate shipment immediately after the sale.

Selling before cattle: 10 new cow mats, 1- 48" barn fan, 2- 36" barn fans,

2- 24" barn fans, milk replacer, misc. milkhouse supplies. Mach SM33 MVE

Semen Tank, breeding kit.

Terms: Cash or good check with positive ID.

Directions: From Fort Plain take Rt. 80 South to Lighthall Road to right follow

to farm. Watch for auction signs.

Sale Managed by:

Hosking Sales

Tom & Brenda Hosking

6810 West River Rd., Nichols, NY 13812

607-699-3637 or 607-972-1770

Owner:

Lighthall Farm

Karl & Joanne Gebhardt

530 Light Hall Road

Fort Plain, NY 13339

FFRIDAY,, AUGUSTT 24,, 20122 11:000 AMCOMPLETE DAIRY DISPERSAL

FOR LIGHTHALL FARM - FORT PLAIN, NY

1700 HEAD 1700 HEAD

PUBLIC AUCTION SATURDAY AUGUST 25TH 2012 9 A.M.

JOHN SCOFIELD315-771-4565

COMPLETE HERD DISPERSALWED.,, AUG.. 22ND @@ 1:00PM

N.N.Y. FARMERS MARKET, RT. 26 • LOWVILLE, NY

MARKET MANAGERTED SIMMONS

315-376-7441315-688-4470315-767-8656

CONSIGNMENT #1: STAN PUTMAN, GOUVERNEUR; HAVINGDECIDED TO DISCONTINUE HIS MILKINGOPERATION, WILL SEND HIS COMPLETE HERDOF APPROX 80 HEAD. THE HERD IS CONSIST-ING OF; 55 MILKING AGE COWS, 4 SPRINGINGHEIFERS (SOME FRESH BY SALE), 14 YEAR-LINGS (700-800 LBS.), 8 STARTED TO 6 MO. OLDCALVES. THESE COWS HAVE NOT BEENPUSHED & WILL PERFORM WELL FOR THEIRNEW OWNERS. THE HEIFERS ARE WELLRAISED & ARE IN NICE CONDITION.

CONSIGNMENT #2: 4 LARGE & FANCY SPRINGING CROSS HEIFERSFROM ONE FARM. THE RIGHT KIND.

ALL ANIMALS WILL BE VET CHECKED & HAVE SHIPPING FEVER SHOTS!

ALL CONSIGNMENTS WELCOME!

IF YOU HAVE ANIMALS FOR THIS OR ANY SALE AT N.N.Y. PLEASE CONTACT;

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The House of Representatives passeda one-year farm-ranch disaster bill bya vote of 223-197. The House nowplans to be out of town until Sept. 9.

Senate leadership indicated beforethe House action that it would only en-tertain passing a disaster package thatwas the same as the one included inthe Senate’s approved multi-year FarmBill. The Senate will be out of the dis-trict until Sept. 7 and did not take ac-tion on an agriculture disaster bill.

The House-passed disaster legisla-tion would reauthorize for 2012 onlythe Livestock Indemnity Payments(LIP), Livestock Forage Disaster Pro-grams (LFP), Emergency Assistance forLivestock, Honey Bees and Farm-Raised Fish and the Tree AssistanceProgram providing for payments total-ing $383 million. The money to pay forthe disaster package comes from cutsto the Environmental Quality Incen-tives Program and from the Conserva-tion Stewardship Program.

Under the LIP program, the Houselanguage retains the 75 percent pay-ment on the value of sheep killed, in-cluding loss from federally reintro-duced or regulated predators and

avian predators. The LFP would allowproducers to receive 60 percent of feedcosts for one to three months for stockon the range, depending on the severi-ty of the drought in a locality. There isalso $20 million for feed and watershortages for livestock producers, beekeepers and fish farmers.

According to Peter Orwick, executivedirector of the American Sheep Indus-try Association, “The unfortunate partfor producers in drought areas who arefacing expensive feed purchases andmaking decision on how many ewes tokeep or whether or not to feed lambsrather than sell them on the lowermarket is that there is no opportunityfor them to even apply for LFP or NonInsured Acres Program paymentsthrough the Farm Service Agency. In anormal situation, drought paymentswould be available now to help cashflow feed purchases and assist in mak-ing decisions about selling or feedinglambs. Given the narrow window forHouse and Senate action in Septem-ber, it could be months, not weeks, fora definitive answer on availability andtiming of disaster assistance.”

Senate Agriculture Chairman

Stabenow (MI), on the Senate floor onThursday, said she would pursue adual strategy when the Senate returnsin September. She said she would doeverything possible to pass and send tothe President a complete five-yearFarm Bill; however, if that effortshould fail, she is committed to pass-ing comprehensive disaster aid.Stabenow noted that the disaster pro-visions contained in the Senate-passedFarm Bill would make larger paymentsto livestock producers hurt by thedrought and would also provide forpayments to fruit producers who losttheir fruit whereas the House-passeddisaster legislation would only make

payments to fruit producers if they losttheir trees.

“Finding floor time when Congressreturns in September to consider andpass a complete Farm Bill will be diffi-cult,” said Fran Boyd with Meyers andAssociates. “The House only has sevenor eight legislative days available tothem in September.”

Following the disaster vote in theHouse, House Agriculture ChairmanLucas (OK) and Ranking Member Pe-terson (MN) met with Stabenow andSenate Agriculture Ranking MemberRoberts (KS) and other Senators to dis-

Double K Livestock Sales Inc.Sennett, NY

••• Upcoming Auction •••FALL MACHINERY SALE

Saturday September 22 @ 10:00 AMAuction to be held at Sennett Livestock Barn Located on Rt. 5,

4 miles East of Auburn, NY 20 miles West of Syracuse, NY and

4 miles South of exit 40 off the NYS Thruway

** Advertising deadline is September 10th **Taking consignments for all types of farm machinery,

vehicles, lawn mowers, Tools and much more.

For more information or trucking

Sale Barn 315-253-3579

Kalan 315-374-3428/Mark 315-730-0823

COMPLETE FARM MACHINERY AUCTIONOF THE LATE BRUCE R WENGER

SHAYLOR AUCTIONEERS

496 Elmira St., Troy, PA 16947 AU833L • 570-297-3278 570-297-3873 570-297-2991

SEPT. 1, 2012 AT 10:00 A.M.LOCATION: 266 Elliot Road, Gillett, PA 16925. From Wellsburg NY, take 367 south 5-mi. to Bentley Creek NY, go

Right on Bucks Creek Road, 5-mi. to Elliot Road. From Troy, PA take Route 14 north, bear right @ Columbia Cross

Roads Equipment, go 1.8 mi. to Checkerville Road., go left 3.5 mi. to Burt Road.

TRACTORS: 42555 MF, 4-WD, Cab; 10388 MF Loader; 655 MF, Perkins D, 6 forward - 2 reverse 183253 M 6, Tires

14-9-28; PLANTING: 96800 LILLSTONN no-till drill SN673; JDD FBBB 64086 10-disc. drill; 70000 JD no-till planter;

TILLAGE; 5499 WHITE 5-btm plow; 4588 OLIVER 3-pt. ten-tooth chisel plow; 4-section spring tooth-harrow; 12 ft.

cultipacker; 9 ft. land roller; HARVESTING: VERMEER 10-whl. rake; 504-11 VERMEER round baler (4-5 silage bale);

23655 GEHL discbine; 2566 NH roll-bar rake; RS510T VICON tedder; CBB 6000 GEHL harvester w/2-R head & hay head;

WIFOO WBG round-bale grabber; AG 5x5 round bale wrapper; AGWAYY BF-50000 round bale un-roller; 5000-SS VERMEER

round bale splitter; B3200 WOODS 20ft.Bat-wing rotary mower; 23 ft. round bale wagon; OTHER; 955 OWATONNA

mixer mill; 5533 IHH RISSLER 190 Silage & Grain mixer; GIBSON (Oat Crusher Company) 5122 grainn crusher w/ elec.

motor.; Walsh 500-gal. sprayer; BALTI 3-pt. seed & fert. spreader; 20 ft. 4 in. grain auger; SPECC COO ULTRA 3-pt.

stone fork; Quantity of Steel livestock hay feeder racks; Quantity cattle ZIMMERMAN headlocks; GANNDY 09M902

applicator; (7) Tractor & Skid Steer Loader buckets; SPECC COO ULTRA 3-pt. spear; 1855 NH manure spreader, pintle

chain (no beaters); Quantity POLYROPYLENE baler twine; plastic wrap PK sprayer; 25 gal. acid hay applicator;

Quantity solid concrete blocks (5x2x2); SP-222 SURGE vacuum pump; 45-255 PTU electric generator, on cart, (pto);

KOSHINLL LTD water pump (like new); AQUAA BLAST pressure washer; SURRGEE ELECTROBRAIN Automatic pipe-line

washer, Pulsation control box; 2-inch milker line; Approximately 80 wrapped round bales of mixed hay made in June

2011; Large quantity of compost livestock manure on concrete pad; SUZUKI 4-wheeler; Gehl wagon

ANNAA M.. WENGER,, OWNER************************************************************************

Consignmentt fromm neighbor: 5800 CKK CASE, 188 Diesel, power shuttle, 6ft. front bucket, Model 88 23" backhoe,

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While USFRA is cur-rently working to finalizethe agenda and panelistsfor The Food Dialogues:New York, the event willfeature three distinctpanel discussions fo-cused on antibiotics,biotechnology and me-dia, marketing and food.Additional details, in-cluding event modera-tors and other speakerswill be announced in thenext several weeks. Inthe interim, USFRA hascreated a section of itswebsite where individu-als can sign up for moreinformation and receiveupdates as they becomeavailable.

Recently, USFRA

hosted The Food Dia-logues: Los Angeles, atwo-day event thatbrought together 28panelists and four mod-erators, including en-tertainment decision-makers, chefs, academ-ics, farmers and ranch-ers for in-depth conver-sations about food. Theevent’s four panel dis-cussions addressedquestions including:

• As more Americansturn to entertainment toinfluence their food-pur-chasing and consump-tion decisions, are theygetting the full story?

• What role do urbanfarms play in feedingAmericans? What canlarger, conventionalfarms learn about bestpractices from urbanfarms – and vice versa?

• What technologiesare farmers and ranch-ers using to producefood while protecting theenvironment?

• How are chefs, farm-ers and ranchers adapt-ing their practices asAmericans’ appetites formore information andpreferences aboutfoodsourcing grow?

Answers to these ques-tions, in the form ofvideo content from TheFood Dialogues: Los An-geles, is available atwww.fooddialogues.com.

For more informationabout USFRA or its sig-nature event series, TheFood Dialogues, visitwww.fooddialogues.com.Follow USFRA on Twitter@USFRA using #FoodD.

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Congress will be in a“pro forma session” forthe remainder of Augustand part of Septembersince the House rejectedthe Senate’s resolutionto recess.

Orwick encouragedproducers to share thedrought and feed-crisisdiscussion with U.S.Senators and Represen-tatives while they arehome during the Augustcongressional break.

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