BA, I don't know how much more importation of breeding stock will take place up in the new Somalian province, but I would wager that the stock already in place will be fully capable of filling up ever crevice and crack there.
Went to Armstrong yesterday for the fall consignment auction. Equipment sold pretty good, for the clean items. A five shank DMI ripper brought $6750, I wanted it for $5000. A 2188 with very sharp augers brought $24000, by the time you replace the augers you have a $30000 combine with nearly 5000 hrs on it. Ouch. I bought a comparable one last year, in better condition and with more options, for $16000 at Benson MN.
Value of the day was an antique complete F-12 farmall, on steel all the way around, with a nice trailer for $750. If I had a modern shop, and time, I would have been all in on it. The trailer was worth more than $750 alone, and the tractor has to be worth a couple grand.
The Howells seem like decent guys....very helpful before and after the auction. I had not been to a sale there for 20 years, but they still had me in their system. Good people at the auction, even if the crowd was sparse. Lot of online activity. I like the Iowa drawl too from the people that come up from a little further south.
