Grain Bin Safety The photo above by John Simpson, SRE Specialist shows a device called the Safety Handle which is simply a handle of at least seven feet in length and that is attached to the back of the sweep auger. The handle is also equipped with a ‘kill’ switch and it works similar to the handle of a modern pushtype lawn mower. This method is a good way to prevent grain bin accidents by keeping the operator a safe distance from the revolving auger while cleaning a grain bin and allowing for quick shut down of the auger if a
Farmers Elevator & Exchange Co. 107 So. Chestnut Street P.O. Box 7 Monroe City, Missouri 63456
problem occurs. As we all know, this is the time of year that many bins are being cleaned and we want to help you think about safety at all times vs. allowing something like the following story to occur on your farm: A HIRED HAND WAS INSIDE BIN #2, WORKING ALONE, WHEN HE SOMEHOW BECAME CAUGHT IN AN OPEN PORTABLE SWEEP AUGER. ANOTHER HIRED HAND, REALIZING THAT HIS FRIEND MISSED HIS NOON BREAK, WENT TO CHECK ON HIM AT APPROXIMATELY 1:20 AM. HIS FRIEND WAS FOUND CAUGHT IN AND WRAPPED UP BY THE SWEEP AUGER, FACE DOWN IN THE WHEAT. THE PRELIMINARY CAUSE OF DEATH WAS DETERMINED TO BE ASPHYXIATION….... We are currently working on a plan to acquire a Fact: There were 178 recorded grain entrapments in the U.S. from 1984-2012.
safety apparatus for our local fire department to have in the case of emergency of a grain entrapment. We ask you to think and be safe at all times.
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June 2012
A few years ago I received from the estate of my fatherin-law a small pocket notebook marked ’Producers Livestock Commission Assn’ from National Stock Yards. It was dated in the early 1920’s. Listed inside as a director of that organization was W.W. Fuqua of Monroe City. I became curious and found his name in our company’s archives. But my question was, “Who is this man named W.W. Fuqua?” As our 95th anniversary drew near, one thing led to another and our search yielded quite a trail in Missouri agriculture that was blazed by this man W.W. Fuqua, who at the young age of only 28 years, served as the first Board President of the Farmers Elevator & Exchange Company! Warren W. Fuqua was born in Monroe City in 1891, the son of Julia W. and J.G. Fuqua. He was a grandson of H.C. (Henry Clay) Fuqua who was born in West Virginia and who came to Hannibal in 1840 and married Mary Gentry in 1843. H.C.’s mother was a first cousin to Senator Henry Clay of Kentucky. Following graduation from the University of Missouri with a major in Animal Husbandry in June 1914, the Monroe City Democrat wrote the following:
Manager’s Corner
“Warren W. Fuqua, Agriculture ’14, Monroe City, Mo., President W. W. Fuqua 1920 Ag Club ’13, Stock Judging Team ’13, Gamma Sigma Delta, honorary Agricultural fraternity, Manager Annual Horse Show. Warren W. Fuqua was president of the Agriculture Club for the first semester of this year and also a member of the stock judging team which represented this University at the American Royal Stock Show in Kansas City and also in the National Stock Show at Chicago. Fuqua was also actively interested in the Farmers’ Fair and is one of the managers of the first annual Horse Show which is to be given by the Agricultural college during Stunt week which is the first week in June.”
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I recently spoke with Warren Goad of Marion, KY who told me, “My grandfather was second to none in work ethic!” Goad said Mr. Fuqua was a big fan of Missouri Tiger football and attended all the games and was a close friend head coaches. On a humorous note, he mentioned that as a young man Mr. Fuqua was kicked in the head by a mule which caused loss of smell and affected his ability to taste. Therefore, Mr. Fuqua put ketchup on Angel food cake so he could taste it! In the fall of 1915, Warren married Margaret Dorsey from Columbia, MO and they resided on a 3 1/2 miles north of Monroe City. Hilda Wilson sent a note to explain that the farm was eventually sold to Jack Hawker. He sold it to Hilda and Gentry Wilson who raised their five sons on the farm previously occupied
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Newsletter of the Farmers Elevator & Exchange Co. 107 So. Chestnut St. Monroe City, MO
July 2014 edition
by the Fuqua family. While serving as the first president of the Farmers Elevator & Exchange Co. in 1919, Warren Fuqua started a Shipping Association whose office was located in the Farmers Elevator next to the railroad stockyards. From marketing grain, livestock, produce and wool, our company hit a whopping sales figure of $675,000 in the first 7 months of its existence! In 1920, Mr. Fuqua was listed as a breeder of purebred Poland China hogs and promoted a sire named ’The Dominator’ that he purchased at a price of $1,100 from Dr. Poage of Shelbina. Fuqua is also listed in the Shorthorn World as a breeder of Shorthorn cattle. Warren served on the Board of Directors of the first Missouri Farmers’ Grain Dealers Association in 1920 and in 1922, Fuqua served as President of the Missouri Federation of Cooperative Live Stock Shippers. Under his leadership, Farmers Elevator & Exchange became the 2nd largest cooperative shipper of livestock in the state of Missouri to the National Stock Yards in the mid-1920’s. In his 1962 early years, Mr. Fuqua marketed as many as 400 mules from his farming operation known as the Marimo Farm! He later served 20 years as the superintendent of the Mule Show at the Missouri State Fair. Warren W. Fuqua died in 1971 at the age of 81 in Scottsville, Kentucky. His grandson told us Mr. Fuqua loved to travel into the ‘Old West’ including down into ‘old’ Mexico and that he was involved in cattle feeding for many years. In 1933 Warren and Margaret moved to Columbia, MO where they resided at what is known as The Greenwood, built as a plantation in 1840 and that is now on the Historic Registry. In my opinion from all we have gathered, Warren W. Fuqua was a dynamic, resourceful, wellorganized man who promoted agriculture and cooperative principles throughout his life as a student, as a farmer and later as the director of public relations and legislation for the Missouri Farm Bureau where he worked from 1945-1963. Our hats are off to Mr. Warren W. Fuqua! (Our sincerest thanks to George Hawker, Todd Hays, Nancy Gill, Frankie Mattox and Hilda Wilson for their help in gathering the information about this grand person.)
Upcoming County Fairs and Area Events:
Mark Twain Rodeo is July 3, 4 & 5 at the Dam. 4th of July Parade will be held in Monroe City at 9 AM on July 4. Farmers Elevator is closed all day. Monroe City Youth Fair - July 14, 15 & 16 — 6 PM daily Ralls County Fair runs July 9-13 in Center. Shelby County Fair runs July 7-12 in Shelbina. Monroe County Fair runs July 13-20 in Paris. Marion County Fair runs July 26- Aug. 2 in Palmyra.
Crop Care
by Gary Carr, Agronomy Sales Mgr.
Taking A New View At Things This season is moving ahead quickly as July is upon us, and if you haven’t noticed, VT, tasseling stage in early-planted corn in our area as well as R2-R3 stage in soybeans is nearly upon us! If you are looking for opportunities, the team at Farmers Elevator & Exchange Co. is very interested in helping you remove your hassles and earn more money from your crops! Growers choose Quilt Xcel® fungicide to help soybeans manage stress and realize their yield potential, helping growers maximize return on their investment. Soybean plants are able to reach their yield potential because of enhanced plant physiology, which enables plants to withstand environmental stress, such as drought and high temperatures. Quilt Xcel® offers broad-spectrum control of foliar diseases, and boasts both preventive and curative modes of action. Give us today to discuss and to set up the aerial application!
Agri-Edge Excelsior—Legacy 21 Program Features of applying Quilt
Xcel®
Offers physiological benefits and boosts yield an average of 4 to 8 bu/acre Impacts plant growth to produce larger beans, fuller pods and better pod retention for superior soybean harvests Shows yield advantages by utilizing two different modes of action to manage disease resistance Delivers improved broad-spectrum, long -lasting residual control of all major foliar diseases
is the acronym used by the manufacturer (for the unit we will use) to describe their aerial scouting vehicles that are being used by agribusinesses and farmers across 15 states and 2 provinces of Canada. The photo at left is an aerial view over a field taken by the AIMQ and shown here at right is the operator controlling the AIMQ during the scouting flyover of a field of growing corn. We are excited to bring this technology to this area! University of Missouri IPM Alert- Japanese Beetle Japanese beetle is a relatively new pest in Missouri corn and soybean fields, so scouting procedures and thresholds may be modified with experience. Although Japanese beetle larvae will damage crop plant roots, thresholds for insecticide application are based on feeding damage by adults. You may find the MU Integrated Pest Management bulletins on our website: www.farmerselevator.net.
Call the team at Farmers Elevator for all your crop protection needs!
Shown here is Arron Bredemeyer on one of our rigs rolling through a soybean field in late June.
Meet our summer intern who is Christian Locke, a resident of Hannibal and a junior at Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau. During our first conversation with Christian, he shared that when he headed to college he was a simply a business major. An opportunity for extra credit presented itself in one of his classes and he attended the program that was presented by the John Deere Co. regarding the use of high tech in today’s production agriculture business. From that he became excited and made the Those of you who are enrolled in the Agri-Edge choice to switch to become an Ag Business major. Christian wants to enter the world Excelsior—Legacy 21 Program at Farmers Elevator & Exchange will be soon be able to receive of agri-business upon graduation. The former All-State pole vaulter from Hannibal an exciting new High School also competes on the track service we plan team at SEMO. Farmers Elevator began to offer! We are employing a summer intern in 2007 and has going to be scoutnow offered seven students an opportunity ing some fields of to learn about life from ‘our side of the counter.’ We encourage college growing crops students who are ag majors to keep us in mind in the future. with an AIMZ! AIMQ
wet the skin and not just the hair coat. Treat once per week. The second option is to use a back rubber filled with one quart of Prolate with 12.5 gallons of diesel fuel or kerosene. The third product is PERMECTRIN FLY and LOUSE DUST with the active ingredient Permethrin. This product controls horn flies and lice. It also aids in reducing face flies. There are two methods of application. The first From The Feed Bag is to place the dust in a commercial dust by Ron Dean, Livestock Consultant bag such as on a mineral feeder. For maximum control the dust bags must be Warm Wet Brings The Bugs! located to force daily use by the animals. June being wet has the corn crop off to a The second method is by direct applicagreat start, but has the fly population on tion of 2 ounces of dust/ animal with a the cow herd going great guns also. I shaker can over the head, shoulders, thought I would take a little time to dis- back, and tailhead. Treat as necessary. cuss the various methods of fly control The last two products are consumed by we offer here at Farmers Elevator. The the animal and passed through into the first product is the pour-on insecticide manure. When the adult fly lays her ULTRA BOSS with the active ingredient eggs in the fresh manure the active inPermethrin. This product controls lice, gredient kills the pupa flies and breaks horn flies, and face flies. It also aids in the fly’s life cycle. Both f these products the control of horse flies, black flies, and control mainly horn flies with some aid in ticks. There are two methods of applica- preventing the development face flies, tion. The first is to apply 3 mil/100 lbs. of house flies and stable flies in manure of bodyweight up to a maximum of 30 ml/ treated animals. The first of these prodanimal by pouring along the back and ucts is ALTOSID with the active ingredidown the face of the animal. Treat once ent Metoprene. This product is fed in every two weeks. The second is with the cattle mineral with a recommended inuse of a back rubber filled with 100 ml of take of 4 ounces per day., The second Boss for every one gal of #2 diesel or product is SWEETLIX RABON MOLASmineral oil. The results are improved SES BLOCK with the active ingredient with forced daily use. This product is not Tetrachlovinphous Vinyl Dimethyl Phoseffective against cattle grub control. The phate. Offer one block for every five second product is the pour-on insecti- cows with an intake of 0.5 ounces/100 cide PROLATE/LIN TOX-HD with the lbs. of bodyweight. Place the blocks active ingredient Phosmet. This product where cattle congregate (near water and controls horn flies, lice, sarcoptic mange, shade). Start feeding both of these prodand ticks. There are two methods of ap- ucts in early spring before the flies come plication. The first is to m ix one quart of from hibernation so the first wave of Prolate with 25 gallons of water, and pupa can be controlled in the manure. If apply as a coarse spray taking care to the adult fly population is established the SALE During July, we’ll knock off 5% on our steel feed before start of feedbunks, round bale feeders and steel mineral feeders in ing then the stock…. Cash-n-carry. existing adults must be controlled by a contact product. We also Stock Back Rubbers, and Mineral
New Item– We are offering this mineral feeder by Ameri Ag. Only $205 with socks. You can purchase it with or w/o insecticide socks. Tire not included. Feeders with Either Dust Bags or Face Rubbers. Come by the store and check out our full line of fly control products. We will be glad to help you find the product that best suits your needs.
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