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Farm Horizons • Page 2 Feb. 8, 2016 In this issue . . . Country schools in McLeod County ................4 Ready for retirement? ......................................8 Wheaties champions ......................................10 All about tiling ...............................................12 Belt-tightening ...............................................16 Carver County Dairy Expo ............................17 Appying manure in winter .............................18 New veggie: broccoflower .............................19 Supply suppressing prices ..............................22 Milton Clay/Seventh Day Adventist Cemetery .... 24 Contract prices ...............................................30 Classifieds ......................................................32 Farm Business Directory................................34 ADVERTISER INDEX AgStar Financial Services ........................4 Big J’s Transport ....................................12 Bruce Raisanen Painting .......................27 Bruesehoff Seed....................................28 Burns Excavating ..................................18 Carpentry Contractors ..........................15 Cedar Crest Estate .................................31 Centra Sota ...........................................33 Class-Act Outdoor Furnace ....................17 Classifieds .............................................32 Digital Lake ...........................................29 Doorstep DOT ........................................21 Duane Jindra Crop Insurance Agency ....21 Farm Bureau Financial Services – Jeff Albers............................... 22 Farm-Rite Equipment .............................9 Flatout Tire Service ...............................12 Garden House - St. Mary’s ............... 10, 21 GDS Diesel Services .................................8 Genie Drain Cleaning ..............................6 Heldt Painting & Contracting..................3 Highway 55 Trailer Sales .......................30 Horstman’s Woodwork ........................ 23 Hutchinson Co-op ...................................6 Hutchinson Health ................................13 Lake Region Co-op ............................... 25 Lano Equipment of Norwood ................14 Litzau Excavating..................................29 Mayer Lumber.........................................3 Mid-County Coop Agronomy ..................5 Mid-County Coop Energy ..................... 40 Mid-County Coop Shop .........................26 Midwest Machinery Co. ........................16 Mineral Service Plus..............................35 Munson Lakes Nutrition........................34 PKN, Inc. .................................................3 PKN, Inc. – Sarah Esser .........................29 Plumbing and Heating by Craig ............24 Precast Systems ....................................27 Rainy Water Conditioning .......................7 RAM Buildings .................................... 22 Schiroo Electrical Rebuilding ................18 Schoborg Land Services ..........................2 Schroeder Meats ...................................14 Thrivent Financial .................................19 Thurk Bros. .......................................... 23 Trueman Welters ..................................11 UFC United Xpress .................................30 Yetzer’s Home Furnishings ....................28 Farm Horizons SERVING THE FARM, HOBBY FARM AND EQUESTRIAN COMMUNITIES Herald Journal Publishing, Inc. PO Box 129, Winsted, MN 55395 Local/Metro (320) 485-2535 E-mail: [email protected] www.herald-journal.com Farm Horizons is a special publication by Herald Journal Publishing, direct-mailed to people with an interest in agriculture in McLeod, Wright, western Carver, northern Sibley, and eastern Meeker counties. If you know of anyone else in the area who would be interested in receiving Farm Horizons, please drop a note with the exact mailing address to: Farm Horizons, PO Box 129, Winsted, MN 55395. Similarly, if you happen to receive duplicate or multiple copies, we’d appreciate hearing from you so we can keep costs down and continue to provide this service. Currently, Farm Horizons is published six times a year — in February, April, June, August, October, and December. Stories from this issue, as well as previous ones, are also available at our World Wide Web site: www.herald-journal.com/farmhorizons