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Volume 18, No. 16
October 8, 2016
A fresh start
“It’s a blessing the way it all worked out.” – Pete Hopfer
Hopfer continues dairying, builds new facility after barn re By Andrea Borgerding andrea.b@dairystar.com
LAKE HENRY, Minn. – It’s been almost a year since a re destroyed Pete and Vicki Hopfer’s dairy barn. With everything they’ve been through in the past year, the Hopfers are counting their blessings and looking ahead to a fresh start in their new facility. “It was the worst of the worst scenario,” Pete Hopfer said. “I wish it would have never happened, but you can’t look back.” As of Sept. 1, the Hopfers have been milking their herd of 62 cows in a new 63-cow tiestall barn with tunnel ventilation, a maternity pen and attached TMR room. The facility marks the end of a tumultuous year for the Turn to HOPFER | Page 5
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Pete Hopfer stands in his new 63-cow �estall barn on his farm near Lake Henry, Minn. The facility was completed Sept. 1. Hopfer rebuilt a�er a re destroyed his previous �estall barn.
A golden Expo memory Thyens celebrate 10th anniversary of daughter’s adoption By Missy Mussman missy@dairystar.com
GROVE CITY, Minn. – When World Dairy Expo’s Facebook page asked people to share their golden Expo memories in lieu of their 50th celebration, Heather Thyen knew exactly what memory to share. It was the 2006 World Dairy Expo when Heather and her husband, Russ Thyen, realized they were able to adopt their daughter, Elizabeth, 10. Russ works for Select Sires as an account manager for southwest Minnesota and Heather is a software specialist for Minnesota DHIA near Grove City, Minn. The couple also owns 27 milking cows housed on three different farms. “That Expo is our favorite one to this day,” Heather said. For Heather and Russ, having children was always their dream.
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The Thyens – (from le�) Heather, Elizabeth and Russ – are celebra�ng the 10th anniversary of adop�ng Elizabeth into their family during World Dairy Expo this year. The Thyens own 27 cows that are milked on three different farms near Grove City, Minn. “I’m from a family of 12 and Heather’s from a family of four,” Russ said. “We wanted that.” For nearly 11 years, however, the Thyens struggled to
start a family. They were pregnant several times but suffered miscarriages. “We met with specialists, but they never pin pointed a reason,” Russ said.
So, Russ and Heather had two options, in vitro or adoption. “I don’t like getting shots, so in vitro wasn’t happening,” Heather said. “We had siblings
who adopted before, so it was never out of the question.” Eventually, the Thyens decided to pursue adoption. “We had to if we wanted a family,” Heather said. The Thyens asked their siblings and others about adoption and ofcially began the process in September of 2005 with New Horizon Adoption Agency out of Blue Earth, Minn. The Thyens took a fourhour classroom orientation and were assigned a caseworker. “We met with her four times before we could move forward,” Russ said. Finally, the family lled out a three-inch booklet with every detail about them, wrote a letter to the birth parents about why they wanted to adopt, submitted pictures of where they lived and their family and provided three nonfamily references. “There was a lot of paperwork,” Heather said. “We had to give our life story and divulge everything we ever did Turn to THYENS | Page 7
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In the past two weeks, parts of the Midwest have received an over abundance of rain. Flooding has been reported in southeast Minnesota, northeast Iowa and parts of Wisconsin. We visited with several farmers in these areas to hear how they are managing the water and attempting to get harvest done. Read about this on page 10 in rst section. Many of you are struggling to nd affordable health insurance. With open enrollment coming up, our By Mark Klaphake reporter, Jennifer Coyne, went in-depth to reveal how some farmers have been able to purchase affordable Editor insurance. Read this article on pages 12-13. By the time some of you read this, the 50th World Dairy Expo will be wrapped up. Our reporters were in Madison during Expo and visited with some of the attendees. In From Our Side of the Fence, we met with dairy producers from all over the country to nd out how dairy is in their state. Read this feature on page 16 in the rst section. In the Top Performers feature, we visited with Wirtland Holsteins in Lewiston, Minn. The Wirts milk 542 cows and have a current herd average of 30,500 pounds. Nutrition has been the No. 1 reason for their herd’s production success. Read how they manage to raise quality forages, maximize cow comfort and keep good employees – all of which have contributed to their success. Corn harvest was on full throttle at Howe Dairy near Sherman, S.D. The Howes milk 235 cows and raise enough crops to support their dairy operation. On Sept. 30, our reporter, Jerry Nelson, followed Brian Howe and his son, Nathan, as they lled the second of their two upright silos with high moisture corn. The Day in the Life feature can be found on pages 20, 22-23 in second section. Falls means pumpkin time and for one dairy farmer from Almena, Wis., he has added a pumpkin patch to the family farm. Clayton Wohlk is in his third year of raising pumpkins to sell at the roadside of his family’s 55-cow dairy. He expects to sell close to 1,000, heirloom pumpkins this year. Read this fun, fall story on pages 4, 6 and 7 in third section.
Favorite quotes from this issue:
“Milk is the perfect food; it’s what we can survive on and teaching them that is hard because they can’t have that perfect food.” - Curt Boesl, Third Section Pgs. 2-3
“It’s all about moving more product. That helps the farmers.” - Dave Schwartz, First Section Pg. 15
By the Numbers The daily capacity in pounds of cheese after Wapsie Valley Creamery’s expansion (Second Section, Pgs. 18-19)
300,000:
number of inches of Pat 157: The Duncanson’s 9-point buck he shot in 2010. (Second Section, Pgs. 3, 8)
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It’s all inside... FIRST SECTION
Grove City
Beltrami
St. Louis
Polk Norman
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Clay
Classieds
Douglas Charles Mix
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Lake
Moody
McCook Minnehaha
Wright Hennepin
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Renville
Yellow Medicine
Carver Scott
Sibley Lyon
Redwood
Nicollet Brown
Murray
Rock
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Lincoln
Meeker
Winona
Duncansons excited for bow, rearms hunting seasons
Rice
Goodhue Wabasha
Cottonwood Watonwan Blue Earth Waseca Steele Dodge Olmsted Jackson
Martin
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Freeborn
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Fillimore
Houston
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Pages 19 - 21 Some Udder Stuff Pages 22 - 26
Clark
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Douglas
Stevens
Grant Codington
Pine
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Pages 4, 6 - 7 Wohlk adds new enterprise to family’s dairy farm Page 8 A new lease on grazing Page 9 NICC signs memorandum with USDA, National Corn Growers Association Pages 11 - 12 Rain, ooding challenges graziers Page 18 Dairy Calendar
Roberts
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Big Sto Stone
Carlton
Crow Wing
Todd Grant
Pine Island
Corn silage harvest was slow for farmers in southeast Minnesota
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Second Section: Pages 20, 22 - 23 Marshall
Third Section: Pages 14 - 16
Aitkin
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A day in the life of Howe Dairy
Pages 14 - 15 Dairying Across America Pages 18 - 19 Wapsie Valley Creamery marked by 110 years of change
Pages 28 - 29 U.S. Senate committee sinks the Clean Water Act Pages 30 - 31 Crop & Weather Report Page 32 June mailbox prices perked up in most areas Page 33 People in the Dairy Community Page 37 Harvest meal Pages 38 - 39 Dairy Recipes
Ottertail
Wilkin
Sherman
Cass
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Third Section: Pages 2 - 3
men
Dennison
Kids Corner: The Beckmans
Itasca
Hubbard
Red Lake
SECOND SECTION
Pages 4 - 7 Stuewes named Carver County Farm Family of the Year Page 9 Farm Safety: Making it a daily habit Pages 10 - 11 The “Mielke” Market Weekly Page 12 Dairy markets Page 13 Area hay auction results
Koochiching
Pennington
Beraneks, Boesls raise children with rare metabolic disorder
First Section: Pages 12 - 13
Lake of the Woods
Marshall
Millerville
Options for insurance reviewed as open enrollment begins Nov. 1
First Section: Page 36
First Section: Pages 1, 7
sey
Roseau
Holdingford
Women in Jeans: Brittany Holtz
Washinton
First Section: Kittson Pages 1, 5 - 6
Little Falls
Thyens celebrate 10th anniversary of daughter’s adoption
Kanabec
Hopfer continues dairying, builds new facility after barn re
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Lake Henry
Clearwater
Pages 8 - 9 Ag Insider Page 15 Midwest Dairy Food Research Center uses checkoff to explore new ideas in product manufacturing Page 23 On the Road with Princess Kay Page 25 Manure important in crop budgets Page 26 FSA News & Notes Page 27 Dairy in the Suburbs Page 28 Research updates on robotic milking Page 29 Safe, environmentally sound manure handling Page 30 Dear County Agent Guy Page 31 A Little Bit of Sunshine Page 32 Making Cents of Dairy Page 33 Dairy Good Life Page 34 Salmonella Dublin Pages 35, 37 Photos from World Dairy Expo
Hutchinson
Turner
Bon Yankton Homme
Lincoln Clay
Union
Lyon
Osceola Dickinson Emmet
Sioux
O’Brien
Clay
Palo Alto
Kossuth
FROM OUR SIDE OF THE FENCE:
Nutrition No. 1 way for Wirtland Holsteins to get more milk First Section: Pages 18, 20
WDE attendees: What is dairying like in your area? Page 16
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Hopfer’s new facility measures 40- by 178-feet. A feed room is aƩached, housing the TMR and storage room for hay and grain. Hopfer family. Just a few weeks into his new facility, Hopfer said he is still working out the bugs in the pipeline and automatic takeoffs. The 40- by 178-foot facility has 14-foot ceilings. with ve, 4-foot fans to ventilate the barn on the west end. The east end has a maternity pen with room for four cows and one sliding door for skidsteer access. A center side aisle allows the cattle access to an
“Hauling feed wasn’t bad. But I didn’t want to keep using someone else’s facility and equipment.” PETE HOPFER
outside lot where Hopfer lets his cows exercise every day. An attached 30- by 30-foot feed room houses the stationary TMR and includes an overhead door for moving equipment, hay and grain. The facility took ve months to complete. Hopfer said he considered rebuilding the facility with a milking parlor, but he was concerned about the price and wanted a facility he could easily repurpose in the future. The re destroyed the Hopfers’ original 50-cow tiestall barn in October 2015. The Hopfer family managed to save all the cattle from the burning barn, but the entire facility was a total
loss – taking four re departments to nally extinguish the ames. “When it was all said and done, everyone was down in the dumps for two to three days, but no one was killed,” Hopfer said. Hopfer said he had thought about not milking cows again but at 53 years old, he knew he had another 10 years before he could retire. “Being we kept the cows, we were probably going to rebuild because our son, Sam, who is 17, said he wanted to milk,” Hopfer said. Saving the milking herd from the re that night was one thing, but the Hopfers then had to nd a place to milk by morning. Hopfer moved the cattle to a tiestall barn seven miles away, which still had equipment for milking. The cows were milked there for one month. “Hauling feed wasn’t bad,” Hopfer said. “But I didn’t want to keep using someone else’s facility and equipment.” The neighbor offered to keep the cows through the winter, but Hopfer chose to move the herd of 50 cows to his brother, Tom’s farm – less than one mile from the home farm. The Hopfer brothers operate together in partnership between their two farms. Together they raise 320 acres of crops, and Tom milks 32 cows on his farm site. “Tom has a open-side steer barn about 30 feet away from his tiestall barn,” Hopfer said. “We set up temporary gates to make two alleyways in to Turn to HOPFER | Page 6
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and out of the barn because I couldn’t get all of my cows into his barn.” Tom had only 20 empty stanchions at the time. The brothers milked together – milking Tom’s and then switching Pete’s herd in two groups. Each milking took 3.5-4 hours. Pete would freshen cows at his farm and then move the cow and calf to Tom’s farm to transition them. The system worked but it didn’t come without its challenges.
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“We didn’t lose any cows,” Hopfer said. “But the cows were kept on pen pack and when we hit a January thaw, they went right through the mud.” Hopfer also suffered a back injury during this time. He fractured a vertebrae after slipping on the ice and could not sit for six weeks. “I was in a lot of pain,” Hopfer said. “You can’t imagine how hard it is
when you can’t sit.” Hopfer’s nephews, Shane and Josh Kampsen, helped milk cows at Tom’s farm for six weeks. By April, construction began on the new facility. Hopfer spent most of the summer helping crews with design details. Today, just several weeks into the facility, Hopfer said he is pleased to be settling into a new routine. He has had 14 cows freshen into the new facility. All but one stall is full now. Hopfer said his herd fared well over the past year considering the transition they’ve gone through. He maintained production but is struggling with somatic cell count. “I have to get that year of pen-pack out of them,” Hopfer said. “I have to get that under control because I know [the SCC’s] are high.” Hopfer said he is pleased with his decision to continue dairying. “There’s always a steady income,” Hopfer said. “Even if the milk price is down – we have to work, but you always have a check coming every two weeks.” Looking back at the events of the past year, Hopfer feels fortunate. “It’s a blessing the way it all worked out,” Hopfer said. “Now we have to make this work.”
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ConƟnued from THYENS | Page 1 because they were going to look it up.” “It was like a sales pitch,” Russ said. Finally, after completing all the paperwork, the Thyens submitted their prole for birth parents to choose from. Not long after entering the system, the rst birth mom chose them in May 2006. “We actually turned that one down,” Russ said. “Saying no was the toughest decision we made because we had waited so long.” Less than one month later, they had another chance. “We were on our way home from a convention when we got a call from our caseworker that a birth mom had chosen us,” Heather said. “But within two weeks she changed her mind.” Finally, at the end of July, Elizabeth’s birth mother, Angie, who was 15 at the time, chose the Thyens. Heather and Russ met Angie twice in Forest Lake, Minn. “During the second meeting, she brought her aunt. We discussed names and since we both wanted different ones, we agreed to use two middle names,” Russ said. After the second meeting in August 2006, the Thyens and Angie moved forward with the adoption. Although her due date was Oct. 5, Elizabeth was delivered via C-section on Sept. 22, 2006 due to low amniotic uid and being born breech.
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Elizabeth Thyen feeds a calf milk during morning chores on Sept. 26. “We agreed to wait two days after she was born before seeing her,” Heather said. But that is where things got complicated. “We were a mile away from the hospital when we got a call telling us Angie changed her mind,” Heather said. “I prayed Elizabeth would be a screamer so Angie would change her mind.” Their caseworker put the Thyens portfolio back in the system right before they left for World Dairy Expo less than one week later. “They told us to move forward and consider this one over,” Russ said. So they did. However, on Oct. 3, Russ
was in the ring at Expo with a Jersey heifer when Heather’s phone rang. “It was our caseworker. She said Elizabeth was in foster care. Angie had signed the papers, and we needed to talk,” Heather said. “I called my niece who was ringside and told her when Russ was done in the ring, he was to come back to barn nine immediately.” When Russ heard, he did not know what to think. “I thought the worst,” he said. “I thought it had to do with my mom or something happening at home.” But it was the exact opposite. They found out they would be able to adopt Elizabeth.
“We told them we would be home on Sunday,” Heather said. While meeting with the caseworker after returning home, they realized it would be an at-risk adoption, which allows the birth parents so many days after signing off to change their mind and take the child back. “We were scared to do it,” Russ said. “She’d changed her mind once. Who says she wouldn’t do it again.” But they did it anyway. They took Elizabeth home on Oct. 10. “We weren’t ready at all because we weren’t planning to bring home a baby,” Heather said. “We made emergency stops to grab the necessities.” In the meantime, they waited anxiously for the at-risk time frame to pass. “Angie only had three days left, but the birth dad had 12,” Russ said. “Those were the longest 12 days.” After they passed, the Thyens were able to start their life as a family. “We were so relieved,” Russ said. The Thyens entered an open adoption allowing Angie to stay in contact. “We planned to meet her before Thanksgiving that year so she could see Elizabeth, but she backed out,” Heather said. “We haven’t heard from her since.” Over the last 10 years, Elizabeth has grown up around
cattle and started showing at the age of 2. “She learned to walk during a dairy show in Louisville, Ky.,” Heather said. Although Elizabeth is adopted, she feels right at home with the Thyens. “They push me to do my best and tell me to work hard to get to the top,” Elizabeth said. “That’s the best part about them.” Even the Thyens feel like she is their real daughter. “She looks like us and has our personalities,” Heather said. “She may be adopted, but she doesn’t belong anywhere else.” Each year, the Thyens make sure to celebrate her birthday not only at home, but during Expo, too. “We always take a picture by the globe on the grounds, and we get a picture by the show ring display Friday night,” Russ said. With it being the 10-year anniversary, the Thyens plan to uphold their traditions. “This year’s Expo is extra special because it’s Elizabeth’s rst time showing her own calf in a class at Expo,” Heather said. Regardless, the 2006 World Dairy Expo will be their favorite for years to come. “That was my golden Expo memory,” Heather said. “That’s what makes this more than a cow show for us,” he said.
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In response to a question about struggling dairy and the nutrition community includes Farm farmers during a Senate Agriculture Committee Bureau, Farmers Union and Feeding America. hearing, Agriculture Secretary Tom Groups representing dairy and other Ag Insider Vilsack said he will continue to look commodities are also part of this for ways USDA can help. “Everything coalition. that I can do, I have done. I have spent every dime of credit that Congress has Credit challenge given me permission to loan out. I have The continuing resolution passed spent every money of CCC money that by Congress this past week did not Congress has provided. I have provided include additional money for Farm as much under the Margin Protection Service Agency direct and guaranteed Program as Congress has authorized us operating loan programs. Without that to do and farmers have purchased.” Late provision, the FSA is not expected to this past summer, USDA announced have enough funding to satisfy the a purchase of cheese. Vilsack said loans that have already been approved. By Don Wick USDA will make $11 million in Margin With a weak farm economy, FSA has a Protection Program payments, but, the backlog in its loan programs. The CR is Columnist USDA leader pointed out that if farmers in place until December 9. At that time, would have purchased the same level the shortfall will likely be addressed. of coverage this year as they did last year, those Agriculture groups are also seeking an increase in payments would have been $40 million. Once the funding for FSA loan programs in the new scal new scal year begins, additional resources will be year. available. Trade challenge against Canada is possible Economic concerns The dairy industries in the U.S., Europe, Minnesota Senator Al Franken is already Mexico, New Zealand and Australia are asking their taking input for the 2018 farm bill. The current respective governments to le a trade complaint market situation is top-of-mind. “We’re seeing very against Canada. The Canadian government is low prices in practically all of the commodities. considering a new national strategy that would limit Dairy is hurting and we’re seeing the Margin imports of ultra-ltered milk. The National Milk Protection Program is not working the way it should Producers Federation has said the loss of market for Minnesota dairy farmers.” access would violate Canada’s obligations under the North American Free Trade Agreement and the Preventing a Farm Bill split WTO. Farm groups are working with nutrition and anti-hunger organizations to prevent any attempts Milk production increases to divide the Farm Bill into two separate pieces of In the 23 major dairy states, August milk legislation. During the last Farm Bill debate, there production totaled 16.7 billion pounds. That’s up 1.9 were efforts to cut nutrition assistance programs percent from last year. The size of the dairy herd is from the Farm Bill and creating a state-run block increasing with milk cow numbers up 45,000 head grant program. This alliance between agriculture from a year ago. In South Dakota, milk production
increased 5.4 percent. Minnesota milk output was up nearly 1 percent. Wisconsin production was up 2.4 percent and California milk production declined nearly 2 percent.
Palmer amaranth identied in Minnesota For the rst time, Palmer amaranth has been conrmed in Minnesota. This weed was found on a farm in Yellow Medicine County in a native seed planting. University of Minnesota Extension weed scientist Jeff Gunsolus is asking landowners to scout elds and report any possible infestations. “We need to address that weed before it gets a foothold because, keep in mind, it is even more prolic than waterhemp.” Palmer amaranth grows faster than waterhemp, up to two-to-three inches per day. A single plant can produce 300,000-to-500,000 seeds easily. Gunsolus is also concerned about this weed’s resistance to multiple herbicides. “If it were to get truly established in corn and soybeans, it would be a game-changer, but my goal is to not let that happen.” The Minnesota Department of Agriculture is investigating how the weed was introduced to the state. Responding to criticism over Governor’s executive order Minnesota Agriculture Commissioner Dave Frederickson has been busy the last couple weeks responding to criticism of Governor Mark Dayton’s executive order regarding the use of neonicitinoids. “Nothing has really changed and if folks would have read the executive order thoroughly, I think they would have understood that we will just do a better job making sure farmers and commercial applicators pay really close attention to the label.” While some of the state’s commodity groups claim they weren’t informed of the governor’s plans, Frederickson said they did have adequate chance Turn to AG INSIDER | Page 9
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Shutske honored The University of Wisconsin Colleges and University of Wisconsin Extension have presented its annual Award for Excellence to John Shutske. Shutske recently returned to an Extension post with UW-Madison after serving as associate dean for the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences and UW-Extension for seven years. Shutske previously was a farm safety specialist for the University of Minnesota. Trivia challenge Casein is the primary protein found in milk. That answers our last trivia question. For this week’s trivia, what color were the shavings in the coliseum for the 50th anniversary show? We’ll have the answer in the next edition of Dairy Star. Don Wick is a partner and broadcaster for the Red River Farm Network, based in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Wick has been recognized as the National Farm Broadcaster of the Year and served as president of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting. Don and his wife, Kolleen, have two adult sons, Tony and Sam, and ve grandchildren, Aiden, Piper, Adrienne, Aurora, and Sterling.
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Trying to t fall harvest in between heavy bouts of rain has been challenging for southeast Minnesota dairy farmers, including Penny Berg and Tim Boese. “It seems like we had been chopping all month. It just seems like it was going on forever and ever,” Berg said about corn silage harvest. Berg, who farms together with her family on their 200-cow dairy near Pine Island, Minn., said this year’s corn silage took over three weeks to take out of Penny Berg the eld. Pine Island, Minn. “As far as tonnage, it’s been very good, and we had ample silage more than we ever have had, but it’s just that it was so wet,” said Berg, who nished corn silage on Sept. 20. Boese can relate. Corn silage harvest nished on his farm during a two-day break in the weather. Although the eld conditions weren’t ideal, they pushed through and nished their 25 acres at 10:30 p.m. on Sept. 20 shortly after the rain started. That night, his farm received ve more inches of precipitation, ooding a pasture and surrounding corn and bean elds. “It wasn’t pretty, and it wasn’t fun, but we got it done,” said Boese, who milks 65 cows with his cousin, Matt, on their dairy near Morristown, Minn. Both the Boeses and the Bergs had trouble with
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anywhere between $6,000 and $15,000 for family coverage.” This rise came as a result of insurance companies not permitting to health underwriting, where healthy and low-risk individuals would receive a better value of insurance than their counterparts. “Before ACA, if you were healthy and never had to go to the doctor, you may have been on Table 1, or you may have been the other extreme at Table
“Don’t lose sleep over insurance. Get into something that will t your lifestyle; that’s what we did and I’m glad we’re a part of it.” BRUCE WARGA, DAIRY FARMER
12 for a group policy,” Boeckermann said. “Now, we can’t do table ratings and we’re all on Table 6 paying the same rate, which is determined by age and location.” For those with individual coverage, prices skyrocketed – 65 percent increases in some cases, according to Boeckermann. “Right now, the average family’s house payment is the same as what they pay for medical,” Gamradt said. “For some, premiums have doubled with the highest deductible possible.” Additionally, throughout the year major companies have announced they would no longer carry individuals due to the excessive cost, which left many dairy producers searching for another policy. At the time Warga was shopping the market for an insurance policy that t the needs of his family, he discovered three organizations that complied with ACA. “Others had higher deductibles and we didn’t
want to take that jump,” Warga said. “There are some restrictions to join [our ministry], but for us it works really well.” In previous years, holding a family policy for himself, his wife and daughter, Warga paid nearly $18,000 a year in insurance premiums. With the cost-share program, he has cut his costs to a mere $3,600 a year. “For us, it’s cheaper to go with this rate and then pay out of pocket costs for things like prescriptions,” Warga said. “Since I dropped my other plan, I haven’t had any problems. I was covered the minute I signed the papers.” While Warga has had success taking the costshared route, it is not a choice best t for everyone, he said. These plans are not an admitted carrier by the state of Minnesota. For others, connecting with the milk cooperative may pose a better option. Beginning with 2017 policies, Land O’Lakes is offering coverage for their patrons through BuyPoint Insurance Solutions. “We began exploring the idea after a number of our dairy member-owners informed us they were looking for assistance in nding affordable healthcare plans for their families and business,” said Leah Anderson, vice president of member relations with Land O’Lakes. “To meet this need, we worked quickly to create a solution.” Through the program, patrons may review available coverage plans and determine which best t the needs of the individuals and farm. “Participating members and their employees will see their choices expand from one carrier, and limited product lines, into a cafeteria-style program,” Anderson said. “This simplies the search for high quality, cost effective and compliant benet plans.” Anderson and her colleagues are piloting the program in Minnesota for 2017 coverage with hopes of making it available across the nation in
late 2017 for 2018 coverage. “We work one-on-one with participating members and their employees through the entire process, providing support and advice to identify the best available option,” Anderson said. “Pending the results of the pilot, we hope to make this available to all of our members.” Whether choosing a policy as an individual in the marketplace, nding a group plan or becoming a member in a cost-share program, dairy producers have health insurance policies to choose from. “We’re comfortable where we are and that has to be the most important thing,” Warga said. “Don’t lose sleep over insurance. Get into something that will t your lifestyle; that’s what we did, and I’m so glad we’re a part of it.” With open enrollment beginning next month, Boeckermann and Gamradt suggest looking at the different options to best suit each individual’s needs for the upcoming year. “Anything health related must be taken care of in October, November and December,” Gamradt said. “Those other nine months, you can’t opt in.” Boeckermann agreed. “It’s a hard time of year with everyone busy in the elds, but don’t wait until the last week. This all takes time,” she said. “Start discussing options because this is not a decision you’re going to make with one visit.”
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Keeping product moving Midwest Dairy Food Research Center uses checkoff to explore new ideas in product manufacturing By Krista Kuzma
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Together, dairy farmers and dairy manufacturers are two major aspects of the industry – farmers make the quality milk and manufacturers make the product. But what happens if the products have a hard time selling or there are issues in processing? That’s where the Midwest Dairy Food Research Center can help. Director Lloyd Metzger said the Midwest Dairy Food Research Center conducts research regarding dairy manufacturing. Along with being funded by the dairy checkoff, the research done by the center is supported by the six universities – the University of Minnesota, South Dakota State University, Iowa State University, the University of Missouri, University of Nebraska and Kansas State University – involved, along with about 25 dairy manufacturing companies in the region. “The way we have our process set up, the dairy manufacturing industry identies research priorities that we focus on. That has made our center very effective because it forces our researchers to work on problems that matter to the dairy industry,” said Metzger, who is also a professor at South Dakota State University. An advisory board made up of dairy farmers, faculty members from each university involved and dairy manufacturing companies help decide which research projects to fund each year. “Everyone’s got a role in this whole process. The way for this to work is a very dened process to approve research projects,” Metzger said. Dave Schwartz has been one of the dairy farmers on the board since the 1990s. “Research is not a waste. In fact, it’s getting more important,” said Schwartz, who milks 100 cows near Slayton, Minn. “It doesn’t bring the dollar right away or maybe the same day the dollars are short on the farm. But through the years, if you don’t have the research, you don’t have what the consumers want.” Each spring, a group of people representing the companies involved in the center come together to identify issues they are facing when manufacturing dairy products. Then researchers at all the universities submit ideas to address these issues. There are typically about 25 to 30 ideas submitted. A group of farmers and staff from the Midwest Dairy Association screen these ideas and select the best 12 to 18 ideas. The next step in the process is a presentation by the
researcher that submitted the idea at the Dairy Center annual meeting where all the meeting attendees rank the projects and narrow it down to about seven to 10, based on how much funding is available. “We can only do so much with the money we have,” Metzger said. After conrming with Dairy Management Inc., that the research isn’t already being done at another university in the country, the projects start at the beginning of the year. During the selection process, the dairy issues are broken into four categories. The rst is developing analytical tools and testing methods. “In all dairy manufacturing you need to have testing techniques whether to test bacteria count or composition or quality of the product,” Metzger said. This testing helps determine shelf life, too. A recent successful research project in this category is a test to measure hydration characteristics of dry dairy ingredients. “The export market has expanded greatly in the last decade so how dry dairy Lloyd Metzger Dir. of Midwest Dairy ingredients go back into solution Food Research Center is very important,” Metzger said. The second category is safety, avor and the nutritional prole of dairy products. Manufacturers are seeing certain safety issues in regards to bacteria, cleanliness and biolm. And avor is important, too. The past ve years in this category the research has focused on biolms. An example is milkstone – the common name for bacteria on stainless steel which is difcult to clean. It can harbor bacteria and cause problems, Metzger said. “We’ve done a lot of work trying to understand what cleaning protocols are needed to make sure the biolm is removed and what process you need to go through – whether at the farm or plant level. Everything as simple as what your cleaning protocol should look like or what combination of cleaning chemicals you should use to make sure you’re cleaning properly,” he said. The third category is manufacturing quality and functionality of dairy products. An example of this would be if cheese melts the way it should. “We’ve done a lot of work recently on clean labels and how to use dairy ingredients to provide the characteristics you want in a product without having a lot of stabilizers and emulsiers or other things people don’t understand on the ingredient label. For example, we’ve done a lot of work with yogurt to try to get the texture of the yogurt how you want it without adding any stabilizers or additives,” Metzger said.
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Schwartz also recognizes the need for clean labels. “Dairy is naturally clean, and we have to give what the consumers want. That’s one of the reasons why I think dairy research is so important,” he said. There has also been a lot of work on cheese – making sure it can be sliced, shredded or melted the right way, Metzger said. “We have a lot of cheese manufactured in our region and we’ve done a lot of work to help our manufacturers produce a consistent and high quality cheese,” he said. The fourth category is development of value added products. Metzger said dairy manufacturers want to look for ingredients that don’t have a lot of
“We have a lot of cheese manufactured in our region and we’ve done a lot of work to help our manufacturers produce a consistent and high quality cheese.” ȃ LLOYD METZGER
value and try to make them useful in processing. This was done many years ago with whey. “Now we convert [whey] into a product. Most cheese plants would not make money if they didn’t also process their whey into something they could sell as well,” Metzger said. Current research is being done to design products for acid whey, which is produced during yogurt manufacture along with permeate and delactose permeate, which is produced during the manufacture of whey-based products. “We are trying to take salt from delactose permeate to use it to salt cheese,” Metzger said. Students also benet from this research since students from the universities help conduct the studies. “Those students end up being hired by our dairy manufacturing industry. Without those employees, none of our dairy manufacturing plants would function very long. One thing we do that pays out in the end is to generate employees that go on and produce all these products that have to be made in order to process the milk,” Metzger said. Overall, Schwartz said the research projects are worth it. Especially if it benets the people who rst produces the product. “It’s all about moving more product,” Schwartz said. “That helps the farmers.”
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WDE attendees: What is dairying like in your area?
Ted Henderson Live Oak, Fla. 3,250 cows
Leeann Bowman Glencoe, Okla. 50 cows
Mark Chamberlin Colecamp, Mo. 200 cows
Dusty Young Chehalis, Wash. 200 cows
David Gerratt Declo, Idaho 6,500 cows
Tell us about your farm. It is a family operation. My mom and dad are still there with us. My brother and I are co-owners with them and we milk about 3,250 cows, three times a day. We own about 2,800 acres and we farm about 2,000 acres of irrigated farmland three times a year.
Tell us about your farm. We milk 50 registered Jerseys and started our farm from scratch ve years ago.
Tell us about your farm. We milk in a double-7 herringbone parlor. We run all 1,000 acres and grow all of our own feed – corn silage and alfalfa. We are just getting ready to nish our fth crop of alfalfa.
Tell us about your farm. I milk 200 cows – 20 Jerseys and the rest are Holsteins. We milk in a double-8 herringbone parlor.
Tell us about your farm. We have three barns and milk about 6,500 cows. We have a double-7 herringbone we have been milking in since 1960, a double-20 parallel parlor and a double-50 parallel parlor. There are two dairy sites. We raise all of our own heifers.
What is the dairy community like in your area? We have 13 dairies in our county so there aren’t very many. We are the largest in the area. The smallest dairy in the area today is probably 400-500 cows and the largest is us at 3,250 cows milking. We don’t have a lot of dairy equipment companies or veterinarians around; we have good ones but not a large pool to choose from. What types of crops do you grow? We grow corn, then corn sorghum and then oats or ryegrass in the winter. Our crop rotation is all-in corn, and then we are either corn or sorghum or 50/50 and then oats in the winter. What is one unique aspect of dairy farming in your area? That we can farm three times a year. We can control the weather conditions very well now with the tunnel ventilated barns and the freestall barns and we are in close proximity to people. What are two of the biggest challenges to dairy farming in your region? The government and environmental regulations is the rst. The second is the price. Because we aren’t paid on any sort of components right now other than butterfat, some of the guys up here in this part of the country are getting similar prices if not better. We get a $18-$20 mailbox price, but then we have to consider trucking and other factors on top of that. What advantages does your region have for dairy farming? I denitely say the ability to grow crops because if we get in trouble or there is a disaster, we are only about 90 days away from the next crop
What is the dairy community like in your area? Slim to none. There are only about 150 dairy farms left in Oklahoma, and we are the rst dairy farm in our county to exist in 20 years. What type of crops do you grow? None because we graze. What is one unique aspect of dairy farming in your area? That we’re even there. When we started, people thought we were crazy because neither of us inherited a family farm and built ourselves up from nothing. What are the two biggest challenges to dairy farming in your region? No infrastructure or new farmers coming in. Oklahoma is in a milk decit. What advantages does your region have for dairy farming? Land is readily available and the water is good. Why did you come to the World Dairy Expo this year? To bring my daughter, who has never been to Expo before, and to get away from the farm for a little bit. My husband and I provide 100 percent of the labor.
so we can grow again if a hurricane or something sweeps in and wipes us out. We can get right back in and begin planting again. Why did you come to the World Dairy Expo this year? My daughter was in the 4-H dairy judging contest on Monday and two of my daughters will be competing in the showmanship contest on Thursday so we came up for the whole week to watch them show. My daughter wants to watch the Supreme Champion selection on Saturday night.
What is the dairy community like in your area? There are just six of us left in the county. There were 400 dairy farmers when I started in 1986 and there are only six left. I started with 40 cows and went to 200. We are losing our infrastructure. Our milk goes to Highland in Springeld, Mo. We have implements in row crop country. What types of crops do you grow? We grow corn and alfalfa. We also grow some soybeans and wheat. There is some cereal rye that we bale some haylage from in the spring. We always try to keep a half a year of alfalfa in case of a big freeze that we would lose our alfalfa crop. What is one unique aspect of dairy farming in your area? We are close to the alcohol plants – the distilleries. We are just about 60 miles from two of them, so our dried distiller grains are relatively cheap. Corn is readily available and is $2.50 to $2.75 a bushel in our area. We raise alfalfa as well as anybody can, and we silage wrap all of our bales. What are two of the biggest challenges to dairy farming in your region? We have lost a lot of our infrastructure. It’s 100 miles to our nearest equipment dealer to x anything. Our milk has to be hauled 100 miles to be sold, so that’s a challenge, too. What advantages does your region have for dairy farming? Our state is probably 97 percent uid milk, and our base is about $16 right now. We also have well irrigated elds that lead to great crops. We really don’t know why more people aren’t in our area. Why did you come to the World Dairy Expo this year? I came ve years ago and the guys who had cows from my herd have animals up here so I came to see them. I’ll be here all week for the show.
What is the dairy community like in your area? There are probably 60 registered farmers in the entire state at most. There aren’t many in my particular area. Most milk in the area goes to uid milk; we have a current mailbox price of around $15. There aren’t many equipment dealers or vets in the area. If something breaks down on the farm, you’re pretty much expected to x it yourself, even your vet work. What types of crops do you grow? Corn, alfalfa and orchard grass, mostly. What is one unique aspect of dairy farming in your area? It has nice weather. It stays pretty cool and not too hot in the summer. What are two of the biggest challenges to dairy farming in your region? Milk price is denitely one. Regulations are pretty tough in our area, too. What advantages does your region have for dairy farming? I like the climate better in the area, but as far as land prices, it’s a bit of a disadvantage. An acre can go $5,000 to $30,000 depending on the area. Why did you come to the World Dairy Expo this year? We sold a Jersey heifer that is being shown this week so we are down to watch her. Four people from Pennsylvania bought her a couple nights ago; we sold her at the Western National Show to three or four people after she got Junior Champion and they sold her a few days ago.
What is the dairy community like in your area? It has really grown. Idaho always competes with New York as far as uid milk production, right behind California and Wisconsin. The farms are very large, which means our dairy infrastructure is pretty strong. Farms average probably 300-500 cows, but there are a lot that are much bigger than that. What types of crops do you grow? We have about 4,000 acres of alfalfa hay, 2,000 acres of corn for corn silage, 6,700 acres of potatoes and 2,000 acres of wheat. Potatoes are on a three or four year rotation. What is one unique aspect of dairy farming in your area? We struggle with water. Most of our irrigation is deep well irrigation and we struggle with aquifers dropping. What are two of the biggest challenges to dairy farming in your region? The availability of labor and the struggle to nd help is the rst. Water is denitely up there. Land for crops and uptake in nutrients is its own challenge, and regulations are increasing all the time everywhere. What advantages does your region have for dairy farming? Water is also an advantage. We don’t get rained out nearly as often as the Midwest does. Why did you come to the World Dairy Expo this year? A Lely dealer invited us to come with him. I wouldn’t have come if he didn’t invite us to come.
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Wirtland Holsteins The Wirt family – Russell and Donna, Duane and Liz Wirt, Doug and Glenda, Denny and Kim, Darrin and Michelle, Denton and Heather Lewiston, Minn. Winona County 542 cows
Do you contract your milk? Has it been successful for you? No, we don’t. We tried it once about 15 years ago. We didn’t lose money, but we didn’t make money so we decided to no longer continue it.
What is your current herd average, butterfat and protein? Our current herd average is around 30,500 pounds of milk with 1,120 pounds of fat and 980 pounds of protein.
Describe your housing and milking facility. We milk our cows in a double-12 parallel parlor that we built in 1996. Our herd is housed in sand bedded stalls in barns we have expanded or added over the years. Barns are equipped with fans and sprinklers for the summer.
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The Wirts – (from leŌ) Doug, Darrin, Duane, Denton and Russell – have a herd that currently averages around 30,500 pounds of milk with 1,120 pounds of fat and 980 pounds of protein. They milk 542 cows on their dairy in Winona County near Lewiston, Minn. KRISTA KUZMA/DAIRY STAR
The orange tag in the ear of this cow is the acƟvity monitor the Wirts use on their herd to assist them with breeding.
How many times a day do you milk? If you don’t milk 3x a day, have you tried it in the past? We have milked three times a day since 1996 when we built our parlor set-up. We milk at 3:45 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. We have
two employees milking per shift. Do you use BST? If so, what is your protocol? Yes, we do. Cows are put on BST once they are conrmed pregnant, if they are still open at 230 days in milk
What is the composition of your ration? What has been one of your most recent changes that has been successful for you? We have three different rations for our prefresh, postfresh and our milking group. In our prefresh group, cows receive a ration with 40 pounds of corn silage, 7 pounds of wheat straw, 4.5 pounds of baleage and 3.7 pounds of a mineral mix. The postfresh group’s ration includes 33.3 pounds of corn silage, 31.9 pounds of haylage, 16.4 pounds of snaplage, 5.6 pounds of baleage, 3 pounds of cottonseed, 2.3 pounds of a protein and mineral mix, 2 pounds of distillers grains, 1 pound of wheat straw, 0.5 Turn to WIRTLAND | Page 20
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pounds of soybean meal and .1 pounds of Reashure. The cows in the main milking herd have a ration with 56.7 pounds of corn silage, 40 pounds of haylage, 23 pounds of snaplage, 8.6 pounds of a liquid whey, 6.3 pounds of cottonseed, 5 pounds of distillers grains, 2.5 pounds of a protein mix, 1 pound of wheat straw and 0.7 pounds of soybean meal. We started using snaplage last fall. So far, it has been successful for us, but the key is it needs to be over 40 percent moisture. Now that we have added snaplage, we plan to take the straw out. We also added Integral to protect against toxins in our mineral mix in the main milking group. Through the years you’ve been farming, what change has created the biggest jump in your herd average? Having a good nutritionist. Since about 2004, we have worked with Dan Bergen. He has been great to work with. Reproduction is also important. If you can’t get a cow pregnant, she has more problems the further out she gets and isn’t as useful in the milking herd. Because of this, we have an activity monitor to help with breeding. It’s like having another person in the barn. That’s really helped our herd. What is your herd health program? In the fall and spring, the cows are given a dewormer and J-5. At 30
because if you don’t you’ll be hurting. The second is good employees. We currently have four, and they are the best employees we’ve ever had. One has been here three years, while the others have been working for us for about a year or less. If we need a new employee to milk, we let the current employees do the hiring. The last factor is cow comfort. This includes aspects such as sand bedding, fans and sprinklers. We also have 4- by 7.5-foot stalls. They are headto-head so there is enough lunge room, and there is no brisket board.
days in milk, they are given Bovishield Gold. A herd check is done every two weeks. Cows have their hooves trimmed once during their dry period and once during their lactation. We do all the hoof trimming ourselves. What does your dry cow and transition program consist of? Our dry cow ration consists of 25 pounds of corn silage, 24 pounds of baleage, 5 pounds of wheat straw, and 0.13 pounds of a dry cow supreme mix. We try to allow the cows a 60-day dry period. At dry-off, we use Dry-Clox and Orbeseal. They are also given Ultrabac, J-5 and Scourguard. When they are moved to the prefresh pen, they are given a booster of J-5 and Scourguard. What role does genetics play in your production level and what is your breeding program? Genetics will only go as far as your nutrition. We want a cow that will last so we don’t breed much for milk. We focus on strength and width. It’s also a plus if a cow has a good ability to breed back. When choosing bulls, we don’t use any that are under a score of 1 for front-end strength and 1.5 for rump width. For udder composite we try to aim for a score of 1.75. Select Sires come in to mate the herd, but Darrin does all the breeding. We use a simple ovsynch program.
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Cows at Wirtland Holsteins are bred for strength and width, using bulls that have a composite score of one or higher for front-end strength and 1.5 or higher for rump width. What type of improvements would you like to make that would increase your rolling herd average even higher? It would be interesting to see what BMR corn silage could do.
Mother Nature has more to do with it than anything, but you have to try to use the best times available to make good feed,
Tell us about your farm. Our farm has been in our family since 1855. Denton and Darrin are the sixth generation on the farm. In addition to our milking herd, we raise 551 heifers on site and run 1,600 acres of land. We try to be as sustainable as possible on our farm. Some of us are involved in off-farm organizations including Farm Bureau and the Minnesota Holstein Association. Doug is also the Elba Co-op Creamery board president.
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Live out your passion I love fall. For me, it’s one of those seasons where I just feel fantastic. I love how the leaves change color. I’m usually the person who walks through all the leaves just because I enjoy the crunch beneath my boots. I get excited for fall because that means footOn the Road with ball, something I enjoy Princess Kay watching with my family and friends. As a student, I always appreciate the chance to start fresh with the new school year. I even love the simple breath of fresh air you get after the sweltering hot summer. Most of all, I love fall harvest. I love knowing all the hard work put in during the spring and summer is By Haley Hinrichs nally going to pay off. I 63rd Princess Kay of the love seeing our cows once Milky Way again have enough food to eat for the rest of the year. I love seeing how our community comes together during harvest to help each other out. Agriculture is at its nest during harvest. On my way home from college this weekend, I was enjoying the beautiful scenery, and I thought back to the fall of my senior year; the year I decided to attend National Dairy Conference. Now, this was a big deal for me for a variety of reasons. First, National Dairy Conference blew open the door for my passion for the dairy community. I have grown up on a farm my entire life. I’ve milked cows. I’ve fed calves. I put in my time. But I was never really involved in the dairy community much more than that. I showed dairy cattle as a cloverbud in 4-H, but didn’t stick with it. I was never a part of dairy judging or dairy quiz bowl, or the dairy project in general, and because of this, I never truly felt I was the most qualied person to be a dairy princess or even go to National Dairy Conference. But I wanted to learn more, so I took the
opportunity that fall and headed off to the conference. National Dairy Conference was one of the best weeks of my life. I learned so much about the dairy industry which fueled me to keep learning. Not only did I look at dairy farms that were different than my own, but I also looked at other sides of the dairy community such as education, research and history. I found a wide array of friends from all over the United States, but also close to home, that I still keep in touch with. I found ways I could help make a positive impact on the dairy community. I already had a nudge into the dairy community, but National Dairy Conference gave me the push which allowed me to nd my passion for dairy. What was interesting about this experience was the fact that I missed my senior year of homecoming to attend this conference. It was a tough decision for me, but I have no regrets. When I came home, most people thought it was odd I would choose a conference over homecoming. But, those involved in agriculture and the dairy community knew exactly why I did it. When you nd something you are passionate about, you live it out. Farmers are the denition of living out their passion every single day. The amount of time and commitment they give to their cows and farm is something I dearly admire. We all know it’s not always easy to do either. When milk prices are low or poor weather rolls around, it makes it harder to keep loving what we do. Harvest can be stressful because there is so much to do in such a short period of time. That is the beauty that I see in the fall, hard work paying off. You get to see the nal results of everything you have been working so hard for. So fellow dairy farmers, take a couple minutes and be thankful for the journey you took to get where you are today. Be thankful for those challenges that made you appreciate the outcome so much more. Be thankful for the harvest we are having this season and the many blessings provided to us. Keep living out your passion. Simply give thanks.
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Farm budgets are very difcult on most farms this year. Many, probably most farms can’t pay all of the production costs, make loan payments, and pay for normal family living needs with $3 corn and $9 soybeans. Most current commodity prices don’t work very well for covering farm and family living expenses right now. Things do vary some from farm to farm. As the crop is harvested, land is available for manure application and manure application is a signicant part of the fall work on livestock farms. Fall manure applications are a signicant By Dan Martens rst step toward the next crop U of M Extension year. Applying manure in a way that provides the best opportunity for using nutrients for next year’s crop can be a signicant part of managing next year’s crop production budget. If you’re not sure you’re making the best use of manure nutrients for your crops, there are several sources of information and assistance. University of Minnesota Extension has done a lot of eld trials and research with manure applications related to meeting crop needs. A lot of information can be found by doing a website search for “Minnesota Extension Manure Management.” This includes a spreadsheet for calculating the value of manure based on how and when it is applied, crop nutrient needs, application costs, and other factors. Some Extension staff are available to consult with farmers about manure application strategies and practices. You’re welcome to call the County Extension Ofce with for assistance in getting information and working on this task. Most County Soil and Water Conservation Districts have someone on staff who works with manure application planning. Some Watershed Districts do this work too. There might be cost share resources available to help with cost of doing manure and soil testing as a basis for better use of manure nutrients. Independent crop consultants and farm store agronomy advisors do work on managing manure nutrients effectively.
It is important to remember that manure nutrients are not free. The cost of hauling and applying manure can sometimes be greater than the value of the nutrients that crops are able to make use of. For the livestock farmer, the task it sometimes to maximize the amount handling and application costs that can be recovered in the value of nutrients that the crop can use. This is also a time of year when neighbors can talk to each other about events and activities that could be helpful to know about as manure application work is done. Custom rates Here are some examples of custom rates for fall work based on the Iowa State Custom Rate Survey done in the spring of 2016. These are per acre costs, unless noted otherwise. Combining Corn Average Low High $34.75 $23.00 $55.00 Combine with Chopper Head $40.10 $26.00 $55.00 Combine Soybeans $34.05 $25.00 $52.00 Chopping Corn Stalks $11.85 $7.00 $19 Moldboard Plowing $18.80 $12.00 $25.00 Chisel Plowing $16.45 $12 .00 $22.75 Grain Storage /bu/month $0.024 $0.015 $0.040 Grain Storage /bu/year $0.159 $0.09 $0.30
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Entering the pasture from this side, I could see our bred heifers basking in the sun on a hill on the other side of the “lake,” which meant they had crossed through the water to get there. A little water wouldn’t stop them from reaching the best grazing. After searching through the tall grass at the bottom of the hill of 119’s alleged last sighting with no luck, I took a second look at the group of heifers on the hill. She wouldn’t have gone through the water with her calf, would she? 119 is mostly white; I scanned the white cows in the group, but they were too far away for me to pick her out. I walked closer to the water’s edge and called to the cows. Have you ever noticed when you call to a group of lounging cows, they often stand up and start to graze, as though they think you expect them to get back to the business of making milk? That’s what the heifers did when they heard my voice, and with them on their feet, I quickly picked out the white cow that very obviously wasn’t a heifer. Behind 119 I could make out a small black and white blob lying in the grass. “You’ve got to be kidding me,” I said to myself. By this point I was standing at the usually high and dry spot where we typically crossed over the ditch. Ten feet of water stood between me and the other side.
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How in the world had 119 gotten her calf through the water? For the briefest of Dairy in the Suburbs moments I considered wading across, but then looked down at my leather work boots. Nah. It was time to turn this errand over to Kurt and his four-wheeler. By the time I walked back to the barn, farmer and ATV were nowhere in sight, but I could hear the distant growl of an engine slowly coming closer. In By Susan Steinke a little while, 119 walked Columnist into the barnyard, fol-
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Research and data are still scarce on the topic of robotic milking economics and management, especially in North America. Here is a summary of three new studies published in the Journal of Dairy Science this year. Two studies, conducted by a team of veterinarians at University of WisconsinMadison (Tremblay et al., 2016a and 2016b) in collaboration with Lely, analyzed four years of data (2011-14) collected from Lely Astronaut automatic milking systems (AMS) on 529 farms in Canada and the Midwestern and Eastern United States. About one-third of the herds were in the U.S. One study looked at what variables explained the observed difBy Kota Minegishi ferences in milk production per cow (or per U of M Extension robot) per day, and the other divided those 529 farms into six groups and derived groupspecic benchmarks and recommendations. The rst study found that 1) the free-trafc design was associated with 1.1 kg per cow per day higher milk output compared to the guided-trafc design; 2) those who retrotted their facilities with AMS had a slightly lower milk output in the rst three years compared to those who constructed new facilities; 3) U.S. producers had a slightly higher milk output than Canadian producers who were under a production quota system; 4) higher milk production per cow was associated with fewer milking refusals, milking failures and connection attempts; a lower rate of nondispensed feed concentrate over projected allowances; higher milking speeds; more milkings per day and more box time in the AMS. Additionally, one may note successful producers achieved higher production per cow with more cows per robot than the average, indicating a greater ability to manage overcrowding with the AMS. Milking more cows per robot helps spread the cost of large capital investment associated with AMS, and hence contributes to higher income. The second study recommended 1) for those with breeds other than Holsteins, adjust AMS settings according to the breeds’ characteristics; 2) for those with the guided-trafc design, consider switching to the free-trafc design or coming up with better gate solutions; 3) those in the most northern regions with limited feed availability should consider additional automatic feeding stations outside robots; 4) for those with a single robot per pen, minimize the robot’s downtime by preventing dominant cows from crowding the robot and blocking timid cows’ access; 5) those with relatively high production per animal should ne-tune the settings to decrease milking failures which will reduce the risk of milk leakage and mastitis; and 6) for those operating in Canada under the quota system, focus on optimizing efciency in milk production and resource use. That was the gist of the researchers’ interpretation of the results and recommendations, while those groups were more loosely dened based on the simi-
larities in producer characteristics and robots’ performance measures. The authors’ point is to derive group-specic statistics and customized benchmarks for AMS variables that are adjusted for varying circumstances of individual producers. The third study (Shortall et al., 2016) presented AMS budget simulations from Ireland. Focusing on pasture-based, low-cost dairy production prevalent in their country, the Ireland researchers simulated farm budgets under the scenarios of AMS, medium-technology parlors and high-technology parlors at 70- and 140-cow herd sizes. The protability over a 10-year period was similar between AMS and high-tech parlors, which had lower protability compared to medium-tech parlors. Medium-tech parlors were more protable than AMS by 74 percent and 24 percent at the 70- and 140-cow herd sizes, respectively. The 24 percent difference at the 140-cow herd size would shrink with additional assumptions like wage ination, tax deductions on interest and depreciation, and improved quality of life through reduced manual labor and added exibility in work schedule. More interestingly, observe how business environments differ in Ireland: 11,000 pounds per cow milk production, $14 per hour labor wage, $218,000 investment for two AMS units with $67,000 infrastructure cost, and $150,000 investment for 20-unit herringbone high-tech parlors with $123,000 infrastructure cost. Yes, two robots for $218,000. Apparently, low-cost AMS and milking parlors exist in Ireland. The authors used the average prices of milking systems obtained from manufacturers and suppliers. When I contacted the corresponding author, he noted the highly competitive AMS market in Ireland where Lely, De Laval and Fullwood Packo compete to establish their market shares. As one might guess, all budget simulations are subject to assumptions. We encourage those who are considering a new milking system to use the University of Minnesota Dairy Extension’s online tool (http://z.umn.edu/RobotParlor). Given the current economic environment in the U.S., robots are increasingly becoming competitive with conventional parlors. The bottom line for the choice between robots and parlors is to know which one you are better at managing – machines or humans. References: Shortall, J., L. Shalloo, C. Foley, R.D. Sleator, and B. O’Brien. 2016. Investment appraisal of automatic milking and conventional milking technologies in a pasture-based dairy system. Journal of Dairy Science. 99:7700–7713. Tremblay, M., J.P. Hess, B.M. Christenson, K.K. McIntyre, B. Smink, A.J. van der Kamp, L.G. de Jong, and D. Döpfer. 2016a. Factors associated with increased milk production for automatic milking systems. Journal of Dairy Science. 99:3824–3837. Tremblay, M., J.P. Hess, B.M. Christenson, K.K. McIntyre, B. Smink, A.J. van der Kamp, L.G. de Jong, and D. Döpfer. 2016b. Customized recommendations for production management clusters of North American automatic milking systems. Journal of Dairy Science. 99:5671– 5680.
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Fall is when many dairy farmers agitate and land apply stored manure and milking center wastewater. Many farmers try to complete manure agitation and land application as quickly as possible to make the best use of valuable manure nutrients. There are numerous things to consider before and during stored manure agitation and land application to By Kevin A. Janni accomplish these U of M Extension tasks in a safe and environmentally sound manner. Manure is stored in earthen lined basins, above ground tanks or below ground pits either beside the barn or under the barn. This year, stored manure agitation and land application may be a bit different for some farmers with uncovered manure storage structures. These uncovered manure storages may have more water in them because of the above normal rainfall we had this year. Annual precipitation, storm events and freeboard between the top of the manure and the top of the manure storage are considered when sizing uncovered manure storages. In Minnesota, manure storages are designed to hold 24 to 26 inches of precipitation and ve inches of rain from a 25-year, 24hour storm. Several Minnesota storms had rainfall events that dropped over ve inches of rain. Depending on location, some farms will have more material in their uncovered manure storages this fall. This may mean it will take more time to agitate and land apply the manure. Nutrient levels may also be down slightly this
year because of dilution. Manure land application must follow a farm’s manure management plan. Manure nutrients are applied at rates that match nutrient needs of crops. Application rates are based on either past manure tests and application records or table values when historical records are unavailable. Manure characteristics and nutrient levels depend on bedding selection and manure treatment options such as solids separation. Check weather forecasts for predictions of precipitation when planning manure application to avoid land applying manure prior to a large or intense rainfall event. Large or intense rains can lead to surface runoff over elds or down open tile inlets which carry away valuable crop nutrients in manure and contribute to surface water pollution. The National Weather Service offers a new activity planner forecast for the upcoming seven days. This tool and other weather forecasts can help avoid land applying manure prior to rainfall events. To agitate and land apply manure quickly in an environmentally sound manner it is good practice to: • Check equipment thoroughly for broken hoses, loose connections or leaky valves or gaskets. • Review land application plans and the location of sensitive features including streams, lakes, wet lands, sinkholes and open tile inlets. • Layout a plan to collect a composite manure sample after agitation for lab analysis. Consider sampling at different times and locations during agitation and land application. Keep collected manure cool if collecting during warm weather and freeze samples to be submitted un-
til shipped. Follow instructions from the laboratory. • Be prepared for a manure spill. Planning and forethought may help reduce the environmental impact of a manure spill. Both environmental and human safety are important during manure agitation and land application. All manure storage facilities present safety risks that need to be recognized and managed. Here is a list of hazards and safety risks associated with stored manure agitation and land application. • Stored manure can be a potential source of harmful or fatal gas emissions during agitation. Ammonia, hydrogen sulde and methane gases can accumulate in stored manure and be released during agitation. Open air manure storages can also generate localized layers of hazardous gases in low areas when there is little to no breeze. Avoid standing downwind of the agitators during agitation. Barns with
pits need to be ventilated at summer time ventilating rates when agitating manure pits. Remove animals if possible. Keep people out of the building and put lockout tags on all doors during agitation. • Do not enter manure pits without self-contained breathing equipment, a safety harness and sufcient support to remove a person if they become overcome. Fatal gases can collect in manure pits. Multiple tragic deaths can occur when a person who has entered the pit is overcome and a second person goes into the pit to help and is also overcome. • Manure coated surfaces are slippery. The sides of earthen lined basins can be steep and uneven. People and equipment can fall into pits, tanks and basins. Agitation and land application is an important job of many animal operations. Producers need to consider many things to accomplish these tasks in a safe manner that uses nutrients to best advantage.
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The aroma of warming dirt is like espresso to a twice and idle hands are the devil’s workshop?â€? farmer; his pulse races, he becomes wild-eyed and On one such sunny spring day, Dad and I were his hair stands on end. This is why farmers wear seed tilling a ďƒželd to prepare for corn planting. As I turned corn caps. my tractor on the end of the ďƒželd, I saw Dad’s tractor Dad and I farmed some land next to a highway. sitting on the opposite headland. He had stopped work Sunny spring days would and had climbed down from ďƒžnd us frantically rushing his tractor cab and was gabh ld ’ b be so to get our crops planted on A person shouldn’t bing idly with the neighbor, time. Off in the distance, consumed by making a living as if that ďƒželd of corn were I would see campers and going to plant itself. boats gliding by on the that he doesn’t have time I drove to the headhighway and wondered how land to see what was so to live. those folks could do that. important that Dad and the What was wrong with neighbor had to discuss for them? Hadn’t they ever half an hour. Just local gosheard the expressions, “make hay while the sun shines sip. and early to bed early to rise and Rome wasn’t built I later mentioned this to Dad and he said, “You in a day and if you chop your own wood it warms you should rest the horses at the end of the ďƒželd.â€? I said his
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Dairy’s fall excitement
Some people dene fall as changing leaf color, football season, cozy sweaters, trips to the apple orchard and anything pumpkin avored. Don’t get me wrong, I love all those things, too. But within the dairy industry, fall encompasses so much more. For many dairy farmers, fall starts with harvest. I love seeing the choppers, wagons, trucks and tractors in the elds to bring in a good crop. Saturday afternoon football games even make me nostalgic for this time of year and make me think of all the farmers out and about; however, with the sun being hidden more often this season and more rain coming down, A Little Bit of Sunshine getting corn chopped this year proved to be difcult, at least for producers in southeast Minnesota. In fact, there more than likely are some who nished much later than anticipated or haven’t nished yet because of the excess rain dumped on the area. For the rest who were able to get their crop in, there is usually a sigh of relief before moving onto combining – at least that’s what happens on our farm. I know my dad was feeling better once all the bunkers, bags and silos were lled with silage in order to feed the animals until next year’s harvest; however, he and most farmers aren’t By Krista Kuzma relaxing yet. There’s still plenty of corn left in elds Assistant Editor to combine. I know the fall days can be long and tiring during harvest, but I think many farmers can relate to the excitement when the process is nished. Fall also means World Dairy Expo. If a farmer needs a little positivity about the dairy business, travel to Madison, Wis., during one of the biggest industry events around the world. Boom. Problem solved. The atmosphere at World Dairy Expo is so full of excitement and enthusiasm, I think. Dairy farmers are happy to be in the company of other dairy farmers to share their joys, tips and even notso-fun moments of rural life. There are good cows to see and new bulls to talk about using on the farm. There are seminars about new research in the industry and some of the newest technologies alongside the proven stand-by products in the booths and commercial exhibitors throughout the grounds. There are grilled cheese sandwiches to eat and different avors of ice cream to try. Plus, there are old friends to see and laugh with, and new friends to meet. World Dairy Expo can be hectic – if you’re an industry representative, it’s a time-consuming week and if you’re a dairy farmer there are chores to arrange in order to make the trip. But it always seems like the hassle is worth it. There are usually numerous smiles on the people wandering about Expo. Another plus to fall is the cooler weather. Gone are the days of summer when the temperatures soared and the humidity rose higher. During the weeks when there wasn’t even a break in the weather at night, I always thought about the cows. As much as dairy farmers try to keep their cows cool, there are just some days which are worse than others. I also thought about my dad and the other farmers who had to milk during those times. Sometimes, my dad would come out of the barn at night looking like he just took a dip in a pool rather than nishing chores. It can take a toll on any person. But the cool weather of fall is great for both cows and people. Plus, the snow isn’t ying and the bitter cold hasn’t set in yet. I can picture the cows resting in their stalls while chewing their cud after being milked and fed – a good sign of happy, comfortable cows. And being able to wear a long-sleeved shirt or sweatshirt during milking – a sign of a good temperature for the farmers. This denitely gets many farmers excited for this time of year. Whatever makes you excited for fall, embrace it. While it may also be a busy time of year, it’s also a beautiful and exciting time. I hope you continue to have a safe harvest and enjoy the fall season.
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During silage harvest, getting a message saying, switch so they could be off on the road and not blind “I missed the driveway,”, is not something anyone oncoming trafc. We tried using them and it really wants to hear. Those dreaded words can mean a tipped worked well. We decided to do the same to the ve over wagon or semi-trailer and a lot of unnecessary other trucks. We try to support our local retailers, but work. With the rising cost of equipment, it is impor- I told Corey to look on Amazon Prime and see what tant to keep equipment running long hours into the was available. He found a box of 10 lights for $70. We night to make payments and ordered those and eight out get all the silage jobs done of the 10 actually worked. on time. The b Th best li lighting h i addition ddi i we Together with the extra back I was hauling fourth up trailer lights we installed cutting haylage on a late did was not even the truck last year, we felt our trucks night in early August, and lights, but three light towers were lit and ready for the I was struggling to nd a long silage season. driveway. There were two Joe bought used from a The best lighting adbasic reasons for this; one, construction outfit. dition we did was not even my eyes are not what they the truck lights, but three use to be, and the old Sulight towers Joe bought per Mack’s headlights were used from a construction aiming to the sky from the truck being a tad heavy. I outt. These units are on a small two-wheel trailer, asked our mechanic, Corey, if he could put some LED and are powered by a three cylinder Kubota Diesel lights on top of the cab aiming down and out to help engine. We can crank the four lights on each tower to see the driveways. He thought it was a good idea so 30 feet and aim the light at the silage pile and unloadhe went to the local auto supply and bought a set for ing site. It lights up the whole area like a college foot$90. He installed them with a separate on and off cab ball stadium, and the packing tractors don’t even need
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Minnesota Agriculture Commissioner Dave Frederickson asks livestock producers to apply for a portion of $2 million in grants available for on-farm improvements as part of the Minnesota Department of Agriculture’s (MDA) Agricultural Growth, Research and Innovation (AGRI) Program. “Livestock Investment Grants help farmers stay competitive and reinvest in their industry,” said Frederickson. “Last year, we had 104 livestock farmers receive grants to improve their operations.” With funds awarded during the Fiscal Year 2015 Livestock Investment Grant, Jared Franke of Hayeld constructed a new beef barn to increase efciency and allow the next generation to enter into the family farming operation. In Fairmont, Michael Laue constructed a 2,400 head swine facility to increase protability and allow a young farmer to start farming full time. Matthew and David Hanson of Goodridge used grant funding to expand and improve their existing dairy facilities by adding a robotic milking unit and installing equipment to improve protability. Qualifying producers are reimbursed 10 percent of the rst $500,000 of investment, with a minimum investment of $4,000. Qualifying expenditures include the purchase, construction or improvement of livestock buildings or facilities. Fencing, feeding and waste management equipment are also covered. Producers who suffered a loss due to natural disaster may also apply. The grant will not pay for livestock, land purchases or debt renancing. Past applicants who did not receive an award need to reapply for the 2017 program. These grants are incentives to start projects, which must begin after January 1, 2017. Applications for operations with farmers transitioning into livestock, beginning farmers, and those with a positive environmental impact receive priority. Details and grant guidelines are available at www.mda.state.mn.us/livestockinvestmentgrant. The application deadline is December 16, 2016. Please apply online: http://www.mda.state.mn.us/ grants/grants/~/media/Files/grants/ag03150ligx.pdf
A skunk and six kittens
Baby kittens are right up there at the top of the list of the best things about living on a dairy farm. While skunks, on the other hand, are right up there at the top of the list of the worst things about living on a dairy farm. Dairy Good Life Last weekend, we had both. We got a preview of what was to come on Friday night when the eau de skunk wafted into the barn during evening milking. I always hate knowing there’s a skunk around, but not knowing exactly where it is. I’m sure I looked more than a little paranoid as I carried the bottles out to the bull calves in the hutches. On Saturday night, the smell returned, and so did the critter. I was in the house putting the kids to bed while Glen nished chores, so I missed all of the action. The only sign I had of anything happening outside came from Ozzy, our Australian Shepherd. By Sadie Frericks Anytime there’s something amiss outside, Ozzy Columnist will slip through the front door the minute someone opens it. Ozzy is not a house dog by any means, so he is promptly escorted back outside. The kids would love to keep him inside, but his eau de barn is very strong and I’m afraid he’d quickly overheat in his ultra-shaggy coat. On Saturday night, Ozzy zoomed into the house and I had to drag him back outside by his collar. Then, as soon as I closed the storm door, he rounded and was scratching on the door as if possessed. Ozzy is a 75-pound dog; I thought he might actually do some damage if he continued. So I let him back in the house. I grabbed the baby gate to quarantine him in the entryway. At least then the whole house wouldn’t smell like hot barn dog. When Glen got in, Ozzy’s demand for refuge in the house nally made sense. Glen said he was letting cows out when he had a feeling he should check the machine shed for the skunk. It’s unreal how often this sixth sense of his is right. Glen calls it his Jedi force. I’ve never seen him exhibit any other supernatural powers, but he does have an uncanny way of knowing when something is happening on the farm. Following his sense, Glen grabbed his .410 gun and went up to the machine shed, which, at this point, is housing very little machinery and lots of hay. The shed also houses our free-range chickens, which have nest boxes, roosts and a feeding area in one corner. Sure enough, just inside the doorway, Glen found the biggest, fattest skunk we’ve ever seen. Pepé Le Pew was quickly dispatched. After Glen replayed the encounter, I was immediately glad that Ozzy was in the house and nowhere near the skunk, even if he did try to take our storm door off. The proof of Pepé’s demise could be smelled all across the farm on Sunday. By the time we nished morning chores, I was nauseous from the smell. The kids ran around with their noses pinched shut. Even our milk truck driver said he looked twice before stepping out of his truck after the stench assailed him. The odor clearly bothers other animals, too. Ozzy walked up to the dead critter, apparently intent on investigating. He quickly backed away, snorting and shaking his head. The mama cat who was hiding her litter of kittens in the machine shed must have had enough of either the smell or the ruckus. During the night, she relocated all six kittens to our ofce in the barn. That morning, Glen announced after rst walking into the ofce, “Bad news: the ofce smells like skunk. Good news: we have new kittens.” The kittens only smelled faintly of skunk, but the mama cat got a big enough dose of spray to make the ofce reek. Skunky or not, the kids were delighted to see the kittens. We knew the mama cat had delivered, but we hadn’t found the litter yet. Six plump, gray, uffy kittens kept the kids busy all day. The kitties are just big enough to withstand being handled by kids, but not so big that their bites and scratches do any real damage. In other words, they’re the perfect size for taming. Even us adults enjoy watching the little furballs scampering around. The mama cat brought her rst litter of the year into the barn in June, so we watched kitten antics all summer. A couple times, I even caught Glen snuggling the little gray one with white boots. Those kittens are almost full-grown now and don’t like cuddling as much. It’ll be nice to have a new litter of kittens to cuddle with and keep us entertained – especially after the skunk smell wears off. Sadie and her husband, Glen, milk 75 cows near Melrose, Minn. They have three children – Dan, 9, Monika, 6, and Daphne, 3. Sadie also writes a blog at www.dairygoodlife.com. She can be reached at gsfrericks@meltel.net.
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Infection caused by various serotypes of Salmo- well, and it is often hard to isolate Salmonella from nella enteritica are common in dairy cattle. Almost all any animals after the outbreak has subsided. With Dubserotypes can result in clinical signs of diarrhea, fever lin, though, elimination of the organism can be much and dehydration in adult and young cattle. A few sero- harder since many normal animals will not clear the types are more likely to cause abortion. One particular organism from their digestive tracts, and they may conserotype of Salmonella enteritica, how- Veterinary Wisdom tinue to shed the organism in their feces. ever, called Salmonella Dublin, is differThis can create a real problem when tryent than others. First, Salmonella Dublin ing to control the disease with sanitation, is host adapted. This means seemingly because as we all know, one dairy cow normal animals can carry the infections can produce a lot of manure, and manure for weeks or perhaps even years, without has many ways of getting moved around showing clinical signs. Second, in young on a typical farm. Once another animal is cattle Salmonella Dublin most often presinfected, it will likely shed more organents as respiratory disease, sometimes isms into the environment, potentially with concurrent diarrhea, and sometimes making biocontrol more difcult. With without. This is unusual for Salmonella any Salmonella outbreak, excellent hyenteritica infections. Third, young calves giene to prevent fecal to oral transfer is with signs of disease are often somewhat imperative, but it is especially important By Jim Bennett older than calves infected with other Salwith Salmonella Dublin. Fresh cows ofColumnist monella serotypes. With Dublin infecten shed Salmonella Dublin, so keeping tions, respiratory disease will be seen in the calving area clean is important. Maincalves around or after weaning, while most cases of taining strict biosecurity between cow and calf areas diarrhea in calves infected with other serotypes occurs is also important. Feeding utensils including bottles, in the rst few weeks of life. buckets and tube feeders need to be carefully examined Most Salmonella enteritica serotypes, including for cleanliness. One often nds milk residues on or inDublin, seem to take advantage of animals in nega- side of equipment; bacteria are very likely to be found tive energy balance. In calves, this often occurs around growing in these areas. People who have been workweaning, because all calves are different in how fast ing with cows should not enter the calf housing areas they increase grain intake during weaning. Calves are unless they have clean boots and coveralls. Tractors, often moved to group housing around weaning, and loaders and other equipment should not travel between individually raised calves may have trouble compet- cow and calf areas. ing for feed when introduced to group housing. It is Many times people think of birds and rodents quite common to see Salmonella Dublin outbreaks in when Salmonella is mentioned, but usually these anicalves following weaning, even though the infection mals carry different serotypes than are typically found may have occurred weeks earlier. The other most com- in cattle. With enough contamination, however, some mon time in a dairy cow’s life to experience negative of these other serotypes can cause infections in cattle. energy balance is post-freshening. As a result, Salmo- In addition, birds, rodents and even ies can serve as nella is often isolated from fresh cows or in fresh pens. mechanical vectors by carrying bacteria on their bodies With most serotypes, fever and diarrhea is observed between cow areas and calf areas. Thus, rodent, bird in fresh cows. With Dublin, fever is also common in and y control can be important for all serotypes, infresh cows, but diarrhea is less so. A farm with high cluding Salmonella Dublin. incidence of fresh cow fever and a high rate of pneuSalmonella Dublin may be shed in milk from inmonia in weaned calves would be wise to consider the fected cows. Many cows with Dublin may carry the possibility of Salmonella Dublin infection. organism for a long time, so contaminated milk is a With most Salmonella outbreaks a combination of strong possibility on farms with Dublin infected anisanitation and vaccination can control the disease quite mals. Pasteurization should kill or reduce the numbers
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Women In Jeans Brittany Holtz Little Falls, Minn. Morrison County 225 cows
Family: My husband, Bennie, and I have been married for 10 years. We have two girls, Brooklyn, 6, and Brianna, 2. Tell us about your farm. The dairy was started in 2005. We milk 225 Holsteins three times a day in a double-6 parallel parlor. Heifer calves are raised at the dairy till weaned. They are then taken to the family beef farm and return to the dairy to calve. We grow corn and alfalfa. What’s the busiest time of day for you? Mornings. Between getting the baby calves fed, getting Brooklyn on the bus, milking and making sure Brianna stays happy the whole time, it’s really busy. When you get a spare moment, what do you do? I like to spend time with family, sit down and relax or catch up on my soap opera, The Bold and the Beautiful. Tell us about your most memorable experience working on the farm. It was one in February 2011, during morning chores. All I had to do was baby calves that morning, then I was off to my parents for a scrapbooking day with my sister. For some reason, I stepped into the parlor because the workers needed help with a rst-calf heifer that had a stepped on teat. I was trying to get the end of her teat open so the milker could be put on. All the while I’m trying to do this, she’s kicking like crazy. All of a sudden, I hear a loud crack. I think to myself, “Oh no, was that my hand?” Sure enough, it was. But the injury didn’t stop me as I fed calves one handed. I made it to my parents and showed my mom my hand. She took Brooklyn, 8 months, out of the car. I was off to scrapbook her pictures and had a great weekend none the less. On Monday morning, I went to the clinic and found I had spiral fractured the bone of my ring nger in my dominant hand. While my most memorable experience may not have been a happy one, it has taught me never to give up on doing something you enjoy as a mother and farm wife.
What have you enjoyed most about dairy farming or your tie to the dairy industry? I have enjoyed working side-by-side with my husband, even though we may not see eye to eye all of the time. Also, to have the kids out in the barn learning what it is like to have a good work ethic. I wouldn’t change it for the world. How do you stay connected with others in the industry? We see people at different events in the county, such as meetings, fairs, breakfast on the farm or just at businesses in town. I also try to stay connected with some of my college girlfriends who attended Ridgewater College in the agriculture department. In your opinion, what’s the importance of women in today’s dairy industry and how have you seen that change over the years? The importance of women in today’s dairy industry is all about equality. Women are doing just as much as men. This has changed dramatically over the years, from when the women were expected to do the behind the scene things like tend to the garden, pick the eggs and take care of the children. Now, more women are working out or they share some of the same roles on the farm. It all starts with our daughters as we teach them everything we know about farming, and let them decide if they will put it to use in their life. If you could give a tour of your farm to a prominent woman in today’s society, who would it be? Michelle Obama because she is all for a healthy lifestyle. She would be able to see how much work it takes to get the milk she and her family consume.
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