Dairy Star • Saturday, January 25, 2014 • Page 3
It’s all inside... Woodside Farm nds niche making ice cream Pages 14 - 15 Second Section
Women in Jeans: Karen Gorentz
Klaphake women manage robotic dairy farm
Page 16 Second Section
Pages 1, 10
MDA district meeting sheds light on checkoff dollars Pages 36 - 37
Sorge shares prevention practices for Johnes Disease at MN Organic Conference Page 4 Second Section
Niehoffs make time for the cows, family Pages 8 - 9 Second Section
Kids Corner: the Gertkens Pages 38 - 39
Balzer uses on-farm metal objects to make life-size bovines
Pages 4 , 6 Third Section
Bertram donates kidney to brother Pages 8 - 9
Plainview family named 2013 Olmsted County Farm Family of the Year
Dent
Pages 2 - 3 Third Section
Teamwork, genetics is force behind high production at Thistle Dew Dairy
Greenwald
Pages 18, 20
Albany St. Cloud Dairy’s Star Youth: Shawn Johnson
Spring Hill Richmond
Energy efciency a hot topic at 9th Annual I-29 Dairy Conference
Pages 13
Pages 21, 23 Second Section
Westbrook
On the Mark
Plainview Winona
Sioux Falls
Contents FIRST SECTION Pages 1, 5 Challenging crop year impacting farms Pages 12 - 13 Making hooves a priority Page 15 Minnesota cow numbers are holding steady Page 16 From Our Side of the Fence Pages 22 - 23 Dairy exports continue to rise in MN, nation Page 25 On the Road with Princess Kay Page 26 FSA News & Notes Page 28 Increase bedding use for calves in cold weather Page 29 Fresh cow milk fat to protein ratio can be used to identify cows experiencing ketosis Page 31
Owatonna
SECOND SECTION Pages 3, 6 Houston Co. hosts dairy night at high school basketball game Page 5 Dairy in the Suburbs Page 9 Making Cents of Dairy Page 10 The “Mielke” Market Weekly Page 11 Dairy Markets Page 12 Iowa hay auction results Page 17 Mid-American Hay Auction Results Page 22 Dairy Recipes THIRD SECTION Pages 9 - 10 Dairy Calendar Pages 13 - 14 Some Udder Stuff Pages 14- 19 Classieds
Challenging crop year impacting farms
Monroe
Pages 1, 5
Columnists Ag Insider Pages 6-7
Just Thinking Out Loud
Nutritionist Pages 34-35
Page 32
The Next Generation Page 33
Getting Kerry’d Away
Dear County Agent Guy
Page 27
Page 30
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