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Kroger, Culver’s share views on sourcing dairy product

Partnering with industry is vital to success

By Stacey Smart Contributing writer

Culver’s, the popular fastfood restaurant, and Kroger, the country’s second largest supermarket chain, love dairy farmers.

That was made clear during the World Dairy Expo seminar, “View from the top: How corporate restaurant and food retail sourcing policies are being developed and the implications to the farmer”, Oct. 5 in Madison, Wis. Panelists Mike Brown, director of dairy supply chain at The Kroger Co., and Sarah Hendren, nutrition and quality assurance manager with the Culver Franchising System, LLC, answered questions posed

by Angela Anderson, director of customer outreach at the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy, about how these businesses go about sourcing dairy products.

Following are the questions posed by Anderson and the answers given by Brown and Hendren.

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Sarah Hendren (from leŌ), nutriƟon and quality assurance manager of the Culver Franchising System, LLC; Mike Brown, director of dairy supply chain at The Kroger Co., and Angela Anderson, director of customer outreach at the InnovaƟon Center for U.S. Dairy, discussed sourcing requirements and the impact on dairy farmers during a World Dairy Expo seminar Oct. 5.

When it comes to food sourcing guidelines, we are seeing more requirements from customers to farmers about how they farm and raise food. How does your company make sourcing decisions and who is a part of that process?

Kroger: “Dairy is the No. 1 category at Kroger,” Brown said.

“Our 35 manufacturing plants

produce uid milk, yogurt, cottage cheese, sour cream and processed or packaged cheese, with milk and cheese being our biggest categories. We’re an ardent supporter of the National Dairy Farmers Assuring Responsible Management program. All milk and dairy product suppliers that supply our dairy processing plants and grocery assortment are

enrolled in and in good standing with this program. We feel our producers are doing a great job, and we make sure our customers know this. We also partner with trade associations like the Innovation Center and National Milk Producers Federation.

We nd that a collaborative effort between farmer-owners, processors and retailers is the

perfect way to get the dairy message across.”

Culver’s: “Known for our butter burgers and delicious, creamy, fresh frozen custard, Culver’s is a big advocate for agriculture,” Hendren said. “Our supply chain team has always worked with suppliers that share our core values – from animal care and handling to best management practices. We really care about where our food comes from and work hard with our suppliers to be a part of their industry and long-term solutions.

Our guests are demanding more transparency in where their food comes from and how animals are raised. We know a lot of misinformation and myths exist about food production and animal care. That’s why the education of consumers is so critical. Our customers want to know that we have documentation to support the claims and verications we make. We know dairy farmers are doing the right things. We need that verication piece that supports our messaging and increases customer condence.”

What are your sourcing requirements, and what industry programs or initiatives do you support?

Kroger: “We chose FARM

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ConƟnued from SOURCING| Page 4 because it was the most collaborative program, allowing our vice presidents to talk with co-op leaders and producers about what’s realistic and practical,” Brown said. “We really like this program because it’s based on science and demonstrates sustainability for the dairy industry. …

We need that verication. Unfortunately, there are people who do not want animal agriculture to be successful. But the FARM program is a tool that can help us ght back. It shows that we’re practicing responsible product sourcing.”

Culver’s: “We rely on the FARM program because it sums up everything that dairy producers are already doing and places it into a usable platform that we can share with our customers,” Hendren said. “We want customers to know about all the good things farmers are doing each and every day. By increasing trust, we hopefully sell more dairy, because at the end of the day, that is our goal.”

What type of stakeholders do you typically work with? How does the voice of the farmer become part of that dialogue?

Kroger: “Some folks, such as animal welfare groups, are unreasonable, but we still have to talk to them,” Brown said. “We’ll probably never change their viewpoints, but we do the best we can. Groups like the National Wildlife Federation on the other hand, understand the reality of modern commerce. They’re reasonable and willing to work with us.

They like to know, for example, that the wood used to make the cardboard in our stores is sustainable. Consumers are trickier. They tend to believe what they read on the internet. We have an outreach communications group and sustainability manager who works with the Innovation Center and other dairy groups to get positive messages across. We also put out an annual report on all the things that Kroger is doing. By attending milk supplier annual meetings and working directly with trade associations, Kroger communicates often with dairy farmers. My team also spends time on dairy farms on a regular basis, and we send our people through the FARM program so they understand how it works.”

Culver’s: “Being a Wisconsinbased company, we work closely with Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin to promote Wisconsin dairy,” Hendren said. “We also work with a local animal welfare expert who has been a helpful resource. The Innovation Center is valuable as well, keeping us up to date on happenings in the industry. … We have a PR team that

does a great job engaging with dairy farms and other ag leaders to help them share their story on different social media platforms. As a dairy farmer, you’re seen as a credible source of information. Our consumers trust you. Therefore, share your story if you’re not already doing so. Also, if you’re asked to speak at a conference within the foodservice sector, say yes. It’s a wonderful opportunity to engage with industry decision-makers of both large and small restaurant chains.”

What does it mean to you to have a partner in the dairy industry?

Kroger: “We can’t be experts on everything so we rely on the expertise of other folks, like the Innovation Center,” Brown said. “They’re a resource we can trust because they’re objective and they tell the truth. Kroger values its dairy relationships. They denitely make our job easier.”

Culver’s: “Culver’s is involved in many categories – from dairy to pork, beef, chicken and sh,” Hendren said.

“Therefore, relationships in the dairy industry are benecial for us. Credible partners like the Innovation Center think and speak dairy every day. If an issue comes up, we can turn to them for advice.

How do you recommend farmers talk about sustainability and on-farm efciency to consumers, supply chains and each other?

Kroger: “The Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin is a great forum in which to exchange information,” Brown said. “Farmers of any size can benet from belonging to this organization. Also, exposing more people to the benets of consuming dairy is important. We have a product we can be proud of and need to take every opportunity to help others understand how good it is. I would even love to invite dairy farmers into our stores to talk face-to-face with consumers.”

Culver’s: “We encourage farmers to share their story any way they can,” Hendren said. “Culver’s social media series “Hashtag Farming Fridays” invites members of the ag community to tell their story to Culver’s followers. It’s a fun way to connect the people who enjoy our food to those who produce it.

Also, bring people onto your farm. It can shift perspectives from anti-dairy to prodairy. Share your expertise at forums. In addition to discussing production practices and animal care, we also need to remind people that milk is good for you. It’s full of protein, calcium and Vitamin D. It’s a healthy beverage for everyone.”

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ConƟnued from WELLERS | Page 3

PHOTO BY JARED WELLER

Shane and Heidi Weller butcher the doe Heidi harvested Saturday aŌernoon, Nov. 3. They are excited to eat the venison this winter. one of us is successful, I think we are all just as excited as the person who actually harvested the deer.”

Heidi’s doe was the sole harvest of the Nov. 3 hunt.

“It’s fun when anyone in the group shoots a deer,” Megan said. “It’s nice to have everyone home and spend time together.”

In the past, the Wellers have grilled and had a party in

their shop on Friday evening when everyone gets home.

Then they make a plan for the next morning, deciding on the logistics of who will sit in which stand and who Kylie will sit with.

As far as farm responsibilities, the whole family pitches in to make sure the cows are milked so they can get to the deer stand before sunrise.

“It’s not easy to balance,” Gregg said. “Opening morning the boys will get up and help so we can get done early enough and get out to the stand before sunrise. This year all the boys and Brenda helped. We all did chores that rst morning. We tend to switch off a little bit, someone will do chores so others can MARK KLAPHAKE/DAIRY STAR hunt.”

Brenda Weller, Gregg’s wife, enjoys M e g a n Ɵme with her grandson, Abram, while agreed. the rest of the family hunted Saturday morning. Abram is the son of Heidi and Shane Weller.

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“It’s fun seeing everyone chip in to make sure all the farm chores are getting done so we can all enjoy hunting,” Megan said.

The family butchers the animal themselves.

“We save the back straps, tenderloins and a roast or two, and then we take the rest in for trimmings,” Gregg said. “I have a brother that has a lot of the processing equipment, and in the past we’ve done some of our own processing and will make brats, sausage and bacon with the meat.”

Lately, the family has taken to bow hunting.

“Three of us were fortunate enough to take a deer earlier this year with our bows,” Shane said. “Overall, it was a fun weekend spending time together and talking smart.”

Gregg agreed.

“Bow hunting has become more of a passion than gun hunting in our family,” Gregg said. “Gun hunting still gets everyone together at one time so that’s the fun part about it for us.”

It is easy to see why the Weller family loves deer hunting.

“For our family, hunting is more than just a couple weekends spent together in the woods,” Shane said. “It’s something we are all fairly passionate about. We pretty much talk about hunting all year round, whether it’s shed hunting, planting food plots in the spring and summer, look-

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Starting small leads to prosperous dairy business Nelson earns national prociency in FFA dairy entrepreneurship

By Danna Sabolik

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INDIANAPOLIS – Starting a dairy herd can be daunting in any economic climate, but for one young farmer the dairy industry is looking promising.

Isaac Nelson, of Sleepy Eye, Minn., was awarded the National Prociency in Dairy Entrepreneurship at the 91st National FFA Convention Oct. 26 in Indianapolis, Ind. Nelson is the son of Brian and Jill Nelson and grew up on Olmar Farms in Sleepy Eye, Minn. His family milks 150 registered Holsteins.

Nelson has a supervised agricultural experience project in dairy production. This marked the third year in a row a Sleepy Eye FFA member has achieved this honor.

“It was a project on entrepreneurship and was basically just me running my own dairy business,” Nelson said.

Nelson’s project consisted of the history of his herd, his money management throughout its existence and details of his production.

“It feels great,” Nelson said about his recent accomplishment.

Nelson is a student at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities studying dairy production and animal science.

He hopes to work in agricultural technology and grow relations within the dairy industry before returning home to

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“My family farms, and I really like cows, too,” Nelson said. “I gured I would start my own herd and have a good way for me to earn money myself.”

His herd began when he was 10 years old and purchased a cow from his

parents to show. Nelson’s herd consists of registered Holsteins: three cows, three heifers, three bulls and multiple embryos.

“I hope to continue to grow my herd so I have a name for myself when I return to the farm,” he said.

He offers advice to FFA members

who may be interested in a project like this.

“It doesn’t really matter how many animals you have or how big of a farm you personally come from,” Nelson said. “It’s about how well you do with what you’ve got. On my parent’s farm, we milk 150 cows which is a decent size for a family farm but not as big as a lot of people I know or competed against.

At the national level, some of them had up to 47 cows in their own herds. It’s about how you manage your herd and the decisions you make. Management is the key.”

Nelson gives credit to his mom for helping him throughout the project.

“She helps me gure out all my feed costs and how to vaccinate, basically all the skills I needed to manage my own herd,” Nelson said.

The reigning award winners from the Sleepy Eye FFA chapter also helped Nelson with management details.

“A big part they helped me with was answering questions on the application form,” he said. “Some of the things they have learned that I used on my application, and I think helped it stand out, like including milk fat and milk protein. Most people I competed with did how many pounds of milk their animal had. So, going through the details is what they helped with.”

Managing his herd for his SAE did not vary much from regular management; he simply had to complete records to apply for the prociency.

“I did have to go over past years and analyze my money management,” Nelson said. “The project has been in the works since I was a seventh grader, so seven years now.”

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The “Mielke” Market Weekly

By Lee Mielke

Strong domestic demand for cheese, butter

The Agriculture Department announced the October Federal order Class III benchmark milk price at $15.53 per hundredweight (cwt.), down 56 cents from September, $1.16 below October 2017, and equates to $1.34 per gallon, down from $1.38 in September and $1.44 a year ago. The 10 month average is $14.72, down from $16.18 at this time a year ago and compares to $14.42 in 2016.

Late Friday morning Class III futures portended a November Class III at $14.81; December, $15.23; January, $15.17; February, $15.25; and March at $15.36.

October’s Class IV price is $15.01, up 20 cents from September, 16 cents above a year ago, and the highest Class IV since September 2017. Its 10-month average is $14.10, down from $15.44 a year ago and compares to 13.65 in 2016.

California’s nal Class 4a and 4b milk prices were announced Thursday by the California Department of Food and Agriculture as the nation’s Number 1 milk producer became part of the Federal Milk Market Order system on November 1.

The October 4b cheese milk price is $15.43 per cwt., down 19 cents from September, 74 cents below a year ago, and 10 cents below the Federal order Class III price. The 10 month 4b average stands at $14.45, down from $15.33 a year ago and compares to $13.72 in 2016.

The 4a butter powder price is $14.49, up 40 cents from September, 2 cents below a year ago, and the highest 4a since October 2017. Its 10 month average is at $13.66, down from $15.24 a year ago and compares to $13.25 in 2016.

Matt Gould, analyst and editor of the Dairy and Food Market Analyst newsletter, said in the November 5 Dairy Radio Now broadcast that while 2018 is the fourth year in a row of poor farm level milk prices, there are some positives; strong domestic demand for cheese and butter plus global dairy demand is “robust.”

“It’s not an issue of demand,” he explained, “It’s an issue of, can we access that demand.” The trade war with China and the tariff spat with Mexico has been the driver of low prices this year, he said, and the silver lining might be a repeal by President Trump of his tariff spat with Mexico as “That would be supportive.”

When asked about pending new trade agreements,

Gould said such agreements with Japan, the Philippines, and the United Kingdom once they do Brexit, would be benecial as they are large dairy markets.

“The tailwinds of the dairy industry are global population growth and rising per capita consumption by those that can afford dairy,” he concluded, “So the long term outlook is certainly positive.”

The USDA’s latest Dairy Products report shows more milk moved to the vat and less to churns and driers. September cheese output hit 1.06 billion pounds, down 2 percent from August but 3.1 percent above September 2017. Year-to-date output hit 9.63 billion pounds, up 2.5 percent from a year ago.

September was the 66th consecutive month output exceeded that of a year ago.

Wisconsin vats contributed 280.5 million pounds, down 0.8 percent from August but 2.0 percent above a year ago. California produced 205.5 million pounds, down 2.7 percent from August but 5.9 percent above a year ago. Idaho provided 84.9 million pounds, up 10.5 percent from August and 5.4 percent above a year ago. Minnesota, with 59.1 million pounds, was down 3.6 percent from August but 5.9 percent above a year ago. New Mexico produced just under 72 million pounds, down 4.5 from August but 18.9 percent above a year ago.

Italian cheese totaled 451.2 million pounds, down 1.1 percent from August but 4.3 percent above a year ago. Year to date (YTD) Italian is at 4.1 billion pounds, up 2.8 percent from a year ago. Mozzarella, at 357.1 million pounds, was up 7.5 percent from a year ago, with YTD at 3.2 billion pounds, up 3.8 percent.

American type cheese totaled 419.4 million pounds, down 1.7 percent from August but 3.9 percent above a year ago, with YTD at 3.88 billion pounds, up 2.5 percent. Cheddar, the cheese traded at the CME, totaled 293 million pounds, down 10.6 million pounds or 3.5 percent from August but 0.4 percent above a year ago, with YTD output at 2.8 billion pounds, up 0.6 percent.

U.S. churns produced 134.4 million pounds of butter, up 0.3 percent from August but 0.1 percent below a year ago. YTD is at 1.4 billion pounds, up 3.0 percent.

California butter output totaled 43.7 million pounds, up 5.3 percent from August and 21.0 percent above a year ago. Pennsylvania output fell to 4.6 million pounds, down 17.0 percent from August and 28.0 percent below a year ago.

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Yogurt output, at 371.4 million pounds, was down 5.6 percent from a year ago, with YTD at 3.36 billion pounds, down 2.4 percent.

Dry whey totaled 71.3 million pounds, down 21.9 percent, with YTD at 771.9 million pounds, down 2.1 percent. Dry whey for human consumption totaled 70.1 million pounds, down 9.7 percent from August and down 21.7 percent from a year ago. Dry whey stocks totaled 67.5 million pounds, down 5.1 percent from August and a whopping 36.5 percent below those a year ago.

Nonfat dry milk totaled 106.3 million pounds, down 13.2 percent from August and 21.0 percent below a year ago. YTD output stands at 1.3 billion pounds, down 3.2 percent. Stocks fell to 262.1 million pounds, down 19 million pounds or 6.7 percent from August and 58.7 million pounds or 18.3 percent below 2017.

Skim milk powder totaled 48.7 million pounds, up 2.4 percent from August and a hefty 67.3 percent above a year ago. YTD skim is at 428.0 million pounds, up 3.8 percent from a year ago.

Cash dairy prices started November looking for direction. The Cheddar blocks fell to $1.4550 per pound Thursday, lowest level since June 25, 2018, but closed Friday at $1.4575, down 5 3/4-cents on the week, 25 3/4-cents below a year ago, and 29 cents lower than they were October 1.

The barrels jumped 8 1/4-cents Wednesday, climbed to $1.3750 Thursday, but closed Friday at $1.34, 9 cents higher on the week, 37 1/2-cents below a year ago, 8 cents lower on the month, and 11 3/4-cents below the blocks. The spread is closer to the normal 3 to 5 cents but is still too high. Lots of cheese came to Chicago with 14 cars of block trading on the week, 82 on the month, and 23 cars of barrel; 183 on the month.

The spread had seen 31 straight trading days at 20 cents or more and FC Stone says the excess milk continues to move into barrels and invariably many of those barrels continue to nd their way to the exchange.

Dairy Market News says “Choppy cheese markets continue to permeate the narrative in the Midwest.

However, there was a sign of positivity midweek, as CME barrel prices jumped up to over $1.30 for the rst time since mid-October.” Specialty cheese producers suggest demand is near peak ahead of the fall holidays. Mozzarella and provolone producers also suggest demand is steady to up. Supplies are mixed but freshly produced cheese is moving well.

Western cheese production is “within the norm of what the industry anticipated,” says DMN. With ample manufacturing milk available, cheese output is ongoing. Cheese stocks are above previous year levels, according to some but overall inventories seem mixed. Export sales to the Middle East are up.

Cash butter shot up mid-week and closed Friday at $2.30 per pound, up 6 3/4-cents on the week, 6 3/4-cents above a year ago, and a quarter-cent higher than October 1. There were 28 sales reported on the week and 173 on the month.

Cream supplies have diminished, says DMN. Bulk butter remains available but some contacts suggest supplies may be tight by the end of the year. Cream prices have trended up sharply for two consecutive weeks. Analysts suggest if butter is to reach the $2.40 range, it will have to be soon as the holidays approach.

They also suggest imports from Oceania may have a larger effect in 2019 than they have in recent years.

Western butter markets are steady ahead of the holiday baking season. Cream is in adequate supply.

After a urry of activity to get butter on hand, retail orders have backed off a little as marketers wait to see how the market responds. Butter makers are eager for stores to kick start their holiday butter promotions and make additional restock orders. Inventories are heavy but getting pulled lower as one would expect during the season. Some western butter makers report inquiries from other parts of the country for bulk butter, but truck and driver availability makes this challenging.

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ConƟnued from MIELKE | Page 10 Grade A nonfat dry milk closed Friday at 90 cents per pound, up 3 1/4-cents on the week, up 2 cents on the month, and 18 cents above a year ago, with 30 cars nding new homes on the week and 54 on the month.

Dry whey closed at a 12 week low of 44 1/2-cents per pound, down 2 1/2-cents on the week and 10 1/2-cents lower on the month, with 26 sales reported on the week and 56 on the month.

A higher U.S. All Milk price average nudged the September milk feed price ratio a little higher, highest level since January 2018, though feed prices crept higher as well. The Agriculture Department’s latest Ag Prices report shows the September ratio at 2.10, up from 2.03 in August but down from 2.46 in September 2017.

The U.S. All-Milk price averaged $16.70 per cwt., up 80 cents from August but $1.20 below September 2017. New Mexico again had the low end at $15.00, followed by Michigan at $15.40. California was at $15.97, up 52 cents from August; and Wisconsin was at $17.40, up $1.20 from August.

The national average corn price in September averaged $3.39 per bushel, up 3 cents from August and 12 cents per bushel above September 2017.

Soybeans averaged $8.77 per bushel, up 18 cents from August but 58 cents below a year ago. Alfalfa hay averaged $180 per ton, up $3 from August and $31 per ton above a year ago.

The U.S. milk-over-feed margin gained 84 cents from August, hitting $8.26 per cwt. based on the dairy Margin Protection Program calculation. While that is the highest margin of the year, the Daily Dairy Report points out that it’s still lower than any monthly margin in 2017 and $1.73 less than a year ago.

Looking at the cow side of the ledger; the September cull price for beef and dairy combined averaged $60.80 per cwt., down $2.20 from August, $9.10 below September 2017 and $10.80 below the 2011 base average of $71.60 per cwt.

Milk cows averaged $1,230 per head in October, down $90.00 per head from July, and $380 below October 2017. California cows averaged $1200 per head, down $100 from July and $400 below a year ago. Wisconsin cows averaged $1180 per head, down $70.00 July and down $430 per head in October 2017.

USDA’s latest Crop Progress report shows 63 percent of US corn was harvested as of the week of October 28, up from 49 percent the previous week and 52 percent that week a year ago, and compares to 63 percent for the latest ve-year average.

Soybeans are at 72 percent harvested, up from 53 percent the previous week but compares to 81 percent a year ago and 81 percent in the ve year average.

Cotton is at 44 percent, up from 39 percent the previous week and compares to 45 percent a year ago, and 43 percent for the average, with just 35 percent rated good to excellent, compared to 55 percent a year ago.

Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) members accepted 11 offers of export assistance to help capture contracts to sell 604,067 pounds of Cheddar and Monterey Jack cheese, 275,58 pounds of butter and

1.17 million pounds of whole milk powder. The product is contracted for delivery in Asia, North Africa and South America through April 2019.

The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) at their annual meeting this week in Phoenix called on President Trump to “recognize the signicant economic losses milk producers are suffering because of the administration’s implementation of Section 232 and 301 tariffs.”

A NMPF press release stated “The duties have resulted in retaliatory tariffs against U.S. dairy exports, particularly in Mexico and China and continue to cause severe economic harm to U.S. dairy farmers.”

NMPF’s board called for aid commensurate to that damage, stating; “In light of the administration’s decision to establish a program to compensate farmers for the damage caused by these retaliatory tariffs, we

call on the president to direct the USDA to provide assistance to dairy producers at a level that reects the damage they have caused.” Farmer losses will exceed $1 billion this year, according to four separate estimates cited by NMPF. NMPF also called on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to “end deceptive labeling of fake-dairy products,” citing data that NMPF said “shows consumers are being misled about the nutritional merits of cow’s milk versus plant-based imitators.”

NMPF President and CEO Jim Mulhern said “The plant-based food and beverage industry has used FDA inaction as a cover to sell consumers a product that is heavily processed to look like real milk, but doesn’t deliver what matters most: a consistent, high-quality package of nutrients.”

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If there is something that could drive the market higher or lower but nobody knows for sure how it will play out, the market will move in the direction of the majority of opinions.

This is what the futures market calls “price discovery”.

The dairy, soybean, and hog markets are all struggling with the impact that U.S. tariffs are having on prices. This is one of those scenarios that market participants don’t know how it will play out. It will have significant impacts on commodity markets once resolved, but nobody knows when this will happen.

Over the past month or so the dairy market has been solely focused on the short term impact of the supply situation. Cow slaughter continues to run well above previous year levels confirming that the market is trying to

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Soybean producers will be receiving a $1.65/bu MFP payment on 50% of production to offset the financial pain of the 25% China tariff. This payment appears to match fairly closely with the discount U.S. prices experienced after the tariff was announced. Trump’s tweet last week provided a glimpse of what will happen once trade issues are resolved, as U.S. soybean futures will likely improve by $1/bu or more.

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Area Hay Auction Results Fort Atkinson Hay

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Oct. 31, 31 loads

Small Squares 3rd crop $310/ton 4th crop $290/ton Grass/new seeding $190-205/ton

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Large Squares 1st crop $170/ton 3rd crop $135-190/ton 4th crop $210/ton Grass hay $155-185/ton Oats hay/new seeding $105/ton

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Albany Monticello Freeport Buffalo Buffalo Freeport Freeport Foley

1,455 1,450 1,413 1,335 1,320 1,285 1,260 1,505

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109.00 109.00 108.50 108.00 108.00 104.00 104.00 101.00

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Annandale Annandale Gilman Avon Becker Freeport Richmond Albany Becker Becker Foley Freeport Freeport Freeport Sartell Becker Richmond Albany Freeport Freeport Howard Lake Sartell Sartell Richmond Watkins Albany Albany Alexandria Alexandria Clarissa Finlayson Foley Freeport Gilman Gilman Paynesville Paynesville Richmond Sartell Sartell Sauk Centre Villard Freeport Alexandria Melrose Sauk Centre Sauk Centre

1,465 1,675 1,745 1,655 1,420 1,595 1,405 1,465 1,360 1,635 1,250 1,475 1,590 1,615 1,585 1,365 1,415 1,405 1,455 1,210 1,545 1,395 1,070 1,550 1,445 1,435 1,590 1,130 1,345 1,040 1,025 1,290 1,440 1,305 1,310 1,635 1,165 1,400 1,345 1,075 1,270 1,570 1,180 1,110 1,600 1,185 1,200

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

55.00 52.00 43.00 42.00 42.00 42.00 42.00 40.00 40.00 40.00 40.00 40.00 40.00 40.00 40.00 39.00 39.00 37.00 37.00 37.00 37.00 37.00 37.00 36.00 36.00 35.00 35.00 35.00 35.00 35.00 35.00 35.00 35.00 35.00 35.00 35.00 35.00 35.00 35.00 35.00 35.00 35.00 34.00 33.00 32.00 32.00 32.00

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Melrose Melrose Melrose Melrose Melrose Melrose Melrose Melrose Melrose Melrose Melrose Melrose Melrose Richmond Melrose Melrose Melrose Melrose Melrose Melrose Melrose Melrose Melrose Melrose Richmond Melrose Melrose Melrose Richmond Richmond Richmond Melrose Melrose Melrose Richmond Richmond Melrose Melrose Melrose Howard Lake Melrose Melrose

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1,450.00 1,375.00 1,175.00 1,100.00 1,100.00 1,025.00 1,025.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 975.00 950.00 925.00 900.00 875.00 875.00 875.00 850.00 850.00 825.00 825.00 825.00 800.00 800.00 775.00 775.00 775.00 760.00 750.00 750.00 750.00 750.00 750.00 700.00 700.00 700.00 675.00 675.00 675.00

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DAIRYING ACROSS AMERICA

One dairy’s magic trick

Royal Dairy turns manure, waste water into pivot irrigation water

By Maria Bichler Contributing Writer

ROYAL CITY, Wash. – In what could seem to be an act happening in the blink of an eye is a remarkable trick turning manure solids and waste water into thousands of gallons of water for irrigation use.

Austin Allred and his family – his wife Camille and their children, Porter, 5, Adaline, 3, and Wells, 3 months – own Royal Dairy in Royal City, Wash. The dairy is located in the Columbian Basin in eastern Washington, about 30 miles southwest of Moses Lake, Wash.

At Royal Dairy, 6,000 Jersey cows are milked around the clock in a parallel-56 parlor, and

the animals’ milking and care is carried out with the help of 48 full-time employees. The milking herd is averaging 64 pounds of milk per cow per day with a 5.3 percent butterfat content.

“The previous owner is my mentor really,” Allred said.

“He essentially taught me what I know. I haven’t strayed a lot from his strategies. I learned from his example.”

Allred was raised on his family’s potato and fruit farm, but aligned himself with the Smith Brothers dairy farm, which was built in 2001.

“The previous owner was looking to expand into Texas, so the opportunity presented itself to get involved in a small way in 2009,” Allred said.

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Camille and AusƟn Allred with their children – Porter, 5, and Adaline, 3, and Wells, 3 months, (not pictured) – own Royal Dairy in Royal City, Wash.

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The farm’s 6,000 Jersey cows are housed in freestall barns and open lots.

Two years ago, Allred took over ownership of the farm. His family continues to produce row crops and fruit, which Allred is able to purchase for feed. In addition, Allred utilizes corn silage, earlage, haylage, triticale silage, soy, sweet corn cannery, grapes, mint and onions for feed.

The cows are housed in freestall barns and open lots.

All heifers are raised on site and calves are started in hutches.

On average, Allred said 20 calves are born every day with all the cows receiving sexed semen. Some cows are receiving Angus and Limousin semen.

“I like the cows,” Allred

said. … “I also enjoy the team aspect of working on the dairy. … On the dairy farm, you work together as a team. I really like that part of it. Those two things attract me to the dairy that the potato and fruit farm didn’t offer me in the same way.”

At Royal Dairy, the day shift workers begin at 5 a.m.

“We have a good crew of guys who will spend the rst few hours checking cattle, moving cattle,” Allred said. “I generally will start off my day with reading bunks, checking on different feed, fresh cows and checking hutches. I usually have my two oldest kids in the car with me.

They get up really early and love to go out checking cows. … I help the crew with whatever that day we are doing. We have a pretty set schedule for the week.”

When Allred purchased the farm, he decided to invest in innovation – a BioFiltro BIDA® System – which is turning waste water into water t for pivot irrigation.

Royal Dairy executed a phased implementation of what is now the largest system of its kind in the United States. The full-scale system was completed one year ago.

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Allred hosts the Royal City elementary school second-grade students annually for a tour of his farm. biggest liabilities and challenges on the back side of the dairy,” Allred said. …

“Ever since I have gotten involved, I have been trying to gure out ways to improve that and to turn a need into an asset, because all those nutrients are assets. The cows do an incredible job of pulling the glove off those nutrients to make them plant ready. It is just a matter of us learning how to better process those to get the value out of them as we utilize them on our soils.”

With this in mind, Allred researched the biolter technology, and today Royal Dairy is able to reclaim upwards of 2,000 gallons of water every day which is then put back on the land in his family’s irrigation pivots.

Waste water and manure travels through stages of mechanical separation before entering a 2-acre earthworm bed lled with rocks and wood chips. As the green water settles out the bottom, 90 percent of the nitrogen, 70 percent of the phosphorous and half of the potassium has been captured in the wood chips.

The worms then eat the nutrients and process the nutrients to eject worm castings. The worm castings are collected once per year and sold as a nutrient-dense fertilizer to greenhouses, orchards and gardeners.

The water is collected and pooled in a lagoon which is then pumped for irrigation.

“There is no smell to the water,” Allred said. “There are not enough nutrients to turn on any regulatory radars. …

Implementing the system hasn’t been all that easy, but it is certainly worth it, and we will be better in the end.”

Allred said the worms populate heavily every three months, and after time they may have to remove some worms when they harvest the castings.

Allred said Washington is in a time of farm number decline as well as depressed milk prices. Overall, Allred estimates there to be 400 dairy farms, with a concentration in the Yakima Valley and in the northwestern portion of the state near Lynden, Wash.

“We are losing farms rapidly,” he said. “Our state is very, very difcult to dairy farm in. There is a lot of regulations, and I think most people are … certainly not moving to Washington to try to farm here. … We are trying to move forward and make wise decisions, and try not to change things so we can stay positioned for when prices come back up.”

Royal Dairy is a hub for farm tours in the area. The second-grade class at the Royal City elementary school tours the farm on an annual basis, and Allred said he hosts hundreds of visitors on his farm yearly.

“The thing that is on my mind a lot is education to the majority of people to the realities of a dairy farm, both the impact we have on our local economy, the employees and the impact on their lives, certainly the cows in the way we handle and treat them, milk and nutrition in general,” Allred said. “I gain a bigger passion every day to be in a position to educate people.”

Allred said, in Washington specically, the words natural and wholesome are buzz words.

“That is what dairy products are, and if we can help people understand what we are doing to animals is healthy and our animals are healthy and happy, living a comfortable life, a good life, a fullled life; our employees are living their dreams,” he said. “We have a lot of things we are offering. There isn’t a lot of bad on a dairy farm once we educate others how we are doing it.”

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MINNEAPOLIS – Midwest Dairy paired up with the University of Minnesota Gopher Dairy Club on Oct. 22-23 to bring the Moo Lab to the university’s Minneapolis campus.

The two-day event was held on the campus and staffed by Midwest Dairy and members of the Gopher Dairy Club.

Moo Lab is an opportunity for students to connect to dairy and enjoy the trendy beverage called moon milk. Midwest Dairy also wanted to recognize the value of dairy as a local and nutritious food.

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Eligible majors include journalism, communications/public relations, marketing, business, economics, nutrition, food science or agriculture education.

Scholarship criteria include academic achievement, a career interest in a dairy-related discipline, along with demonstrated leadership, initiative and integrity.

Tony Rice, a Penn State University student from Mount Pleasant Mills, Pennsylvania, earned the 2018-19 James H. Loper Jr. Memorial Scholarship.

Students earning $2,500 scholarships are: Christy Achen (Utah State University), Sanne de Bruijn (South Dakota State University), Tiffany Flatman (Brigham Young University), Alexandra Gambonini (California Polytechnic State University), Kathryn Lyne Gardner (University of Arkansas), Morgan Krause (University of Minnesota-Twin Cities), Haely Leiding (University of Minnesota-Twin Cities), Kayla Leiding (University of Minnesota-Twin Cities), Rebekka Paskewitz (South Dakota State University), Elisabeth Regusci (California Polytechnic State University), Andrew James Wilwerding (South Dakota State University) and Dustin Winston (University of Idaho).

Midwest Dairy seeking applicants for ambassador program College students with an interest in dairy can now apply to be a dairy ambassador in one of eight states across the Midwest. The Dairy Ambassador program provides students with leadership opportunities to connect with consumers and share their dairy story while networking with their peers and industry professionals. Programs are available in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota.

To be considered, applicants must be enrolled in a post-secondary school, communicate effectively through writing and speaking and possess a passion for dairy. Applicants do not have to be majoring in agriculture.

Ambassadors are expected to serve a one-year term, starting January 1, 2019 and ending December 31, 2019. Ambassadors participate in a variety of activities which may include interaction with consumers at county and state fairs, school presentations and attendance at dairy industry meetings.

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The Dairy Ambassador program is a coordinated effort between Midwest Dairy and various colleges and state extension programs within the eight states where programs are available. The program began in Nebraska ve years ago and has since grown to include multiple states. It is effective in shaping future dairy champions to promote the dairy community and supports Midwest Dairy’s mission to give consumers an excellent dairy experience.

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Mid-American Hay Auction results for November 1, 2018

Lot no.

Load # 467 470 473 476 478 482 485 492 501 471 483 488 493 509 465 469 489 507 475 480 497 486 490 466 472 474 477 487 479 481 495 464 461 484 494 462 463 468 496 504 506 511 498

Desc.

Bale Type Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Rounds

moisture protein Moisture Protein 13.6 20.24 14.69 21.61 12.62 9.87 15.12 20.22 13.88 18.24 13.61 9.2 12.14 7.59 15.69 10.33 10.88 20.28 13.14 21.16 15.8 20.2 15.04 20.41 16.2 19.91 20.37 8.78 16.62 23.31 14.1 17.94 14.42 19.63 15.72 18.14 13.85 25.17 13.46 22.22 NO TEST 13.64 19.14 15.91 22.18 23.64 17.85 12.42 22.13 11.38 10.47 9.79 6.6 13.26 22.13 11.67 18.63 14.63 14.9 12.38 10.98 13.44 22.96 12.82 24.91 15.65 23.03 14.69 22.56 STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW

RFV RFV 136.33 205.36 83.05 153.14 141.39 89.39 87.53 76.77 177.74 196.41 160.91 130.36 153.96 75.66 172.4 190.15 109.35 96.03 114.22 105.56

cut.

Cutting 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4

168.64 126.65 138.49 141.08 100.25 93.94 185.63 96.61 70.57 80.96 143.6 205.09 151.43 163.76

1 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 3 4 4 4

Ld. size Load Size 25.1 20.8 22.98 25.02 24.59 7.03 11.74 22.38 18.79 26.41 35.92 15.92 25.99 20.44 24.45 17.63 15.78 22.62 20.11 20.96 26 25.01 23.98 27.99 24.18 20.93 21.82 24.42 22.02 20.1 22.63 22.66 24.75 22.87 19.5 22.25 25.16 25.98 8.45 30.41 30.02 29.61 4

price Price $110.00 $125.00 $90.00 $95.00 $115.00 $120.00 $130.00 $100.00 $120.00 $135.00 $150.00 $120.00 $120.00 $75.00 $135.00 $135.00 $130.00 $115.00 $110.00 $115.00 $32.50 $180.00 $125.00 $140.00 $130.00 $110.00 $120.00 $210.00 $115.00 $85.00 $120.00 $180.00 $210.00 $130.00 $210.00 $95.00 $95.00 $60.00 $95.00 $50.00 $50.00 $50.00 $35.00

Lot no.

502 503 505 508 491 499 500 510

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moisture protein

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Brookside Farm addicted to gentle giants Brooks family celebrates 75 years of Clydesdale ownership

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SPARTA, Wis. – Grayson Brooks bought a pair of Clydesdale horses for use on his dairy farm in 1943. Seventy-ve years later, his son and grandsons continue to carry on the tradition of breeding and exhibiting the horses at Brookside Farm near Sparta, Wis. Brian and Dustin Brooks are continuing the tradition started by their grandfather, along with their parents Marvin and Charlotte; Dustin’s wife, Kassey, and Brian’s wife, Megan, and four-month-old daughter Briella.

Dustin works on the farm with his father where they milk 38 cows.

Dustin shoes horses and works in the construction industry. Brian works as a service technician for Preston Dairy Supply. Kassey grew up showing Belgian horses before becoming part of Brookside Farm. She teaches family and consumer science at Sparta High School.

“We really don’t know a day without them,” Dustin said of ClydesDANIELLE NAUMAN/DAIRY STAR dales. “It’s what we have been born Marvin (from leŌ ), Brian, DusƟ n and Kassey Brooks spend Ɵ me in the stable preparing the horses they planned to exhibit and raised to do; they’ve been in our at the World Clydesdale Show.

They milk 38 cows on their farm near Sparta, Wis. family for so long. We’d be bored without them.”

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Following an aŌernoon training session, the Brooks family unharnesses and brushes down one of the Clydesdale mares they exhibited at the World Clydesdale Show.

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Marvin agreed and recalled when he and his father participated in the Sparta June Dairy Days parade with their horses, pulling the Farmer’s Valley 4-H oat.

“I was 8 years old …, and I drove the team the 7 miles into town for the parade and back afterwards,” Marvin said.

The family competed in the World Clydesdale Show held in Madison, Wis., last month with over 600 horses

“Hitch classes focus on the team and how they work together, how high they pick their feet up and how much action in their movement.”

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competing from the United States and Canada.

The family exhibited the secondplace mare cart in a class of 44 entries and were third in the six-mare hitch and third in the mare team. They also placed seventh in the bred and owned team competition and the mare tandem class as well as eighth in the mare unicorn hitch class.

The Brooks family took eight registered mares to the show to be part of the various hitch classes they com-

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“Hitch classes focus on the team and how they work together, how high they pick their feet up and how much action in their movement,” Brian said. “And, then they take the cart or wagon and the overall presentation into account.”

In 2011, they won the tandem hitch class. While the World Clydesdale Show is the biggest show on the Brooks family’s docket, they also attend several shows at state and county fairs each year, including the Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois state fairs.

“It’s usually just the three of us, and sometimes it’s hard to get off work,” Brian said. “August is pretty jam-packed, so we have to choose what shows we go to.”

Showing draft horse hitches is not a small undertaking. The Brookses travel with two trucks and trailers.

One hauls the wagon and tack and the other the horses. Like showing dairy cattle, they bring all their own feed to keep the horses on the same regimen as at home.

While the shows they exhibit at are held in the summer, preparation is a year-long project, working on training the horses and teaching them to drive in a hitch.

The Brookses pride themselves in their breeding and training program, noting they do all the work themselves.

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Crop and Weather

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It’s been wet. We are still trying to make corn stalk bales, there is a lot of corn RAINFALL left to be picked still, TOTALS though. We have Last 2 been hauling manure Weeks today (Nov. 7) the ground is frozen enough to not make 2” a mess in the fields.

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We have the corn picked that we wanted to pick. We have a double wide corn crib and a driveway that is RAINFALL cemented out that we TOTALS filled as well. We have Last 2 about 100 acres of Weeks corn left. The moisture is 19-20 percent. It’s a big crop. We had the weigh wagon out 2” and that corn was running 190 bushels an acre. We’ve done some corn stalk bales Since April 25 and soybean bales. 14.95” We don’t do any tillage until spring. Most of the neighbors are done with their fieldwork.

We’ve been done with soybeans for two weeks.

The fields have been tilled and we’ve been cleaning some ditches.

We finished corn last RAINFALL TOTALS night at 1 in the morning Last 2 (Nov. 6). We tilled right behind and finished that Weeks at 3 a.m. I’m glad we pushed it because we got snow this morning.

The corn was 10 percent 0.7” below average, it was just too dry here in August. It was down to Since April 25 18-22 percent moisture 15.4” and is in the dryer. There is a very small percentage of soybeans, corn and sunflowers in the field yet.

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I’m hoping we finish with tillage by Thursday. I finished corn Nov. 2 and it ran just shy of 200 bushels RAINFALL an acre and was 16.5- TOTALS Last 2 19 percent moisture. I Weeks would say 75 percent of the corn is harvested in this area. Most guys are doing tillage or 1.35” combining corn. We hauled our pit, 1.1 million gallons, Nov. 1. Since April 25 Most of the guys in the 20.85” area are doing tillage or combining corn. We are almost done. It’s been really good here.

We have just finished harvesting our soybeans and spent much of the past two weeks hauling manure while waiting RAINFALL for our corn to dry TOTALS Last 2 down. Our area hasn’t received any snow yet, Weeks but we got half an inch of rain over the past three days. We hope to 0.5” be able to do some of the tillage and custom bale some more corn Since April 25 stalks before winter sets 33.05” in. Like many others in this area, we have been fighting with muddy cattle yards.

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Crop and Weather Sparta, WI

Crop and weather conditions in Dairy Star country

Stratford, WI

(Monroe County)

(Marathon County)

TIM WOODWORTH

JIM BRIGGS

95 cows, 500 acres

60 cows, 118 acres

We’re about twothirds done with both our corn and our beans. We have all RAINFALL our fodder made. We TOTALS still need to empty Last 2 Weeks our slurry.

2” Since April 25

29.3”

Fairly decent weather conditions last week allowed for a lot of crop harvest to be done, even less than desirable RAINFALL field conditions. There TOTALS is still a fair amount of Last 2 corn to be harvested, Weeks especially on wetter ground which hasn’t had a chance to dry out or freeze yet. Beginning 0” on Sunday then rain has returned and looks like rain, snow and Since Aug 22 colder conditions will 15” be here most of this week. I think most farmers would happily take a mild November like last year and be able to finally wrap things up.

Juda, WI

Ellsworth, WI

(Green County)

(Pierce County)

HARLAN JORDAN

NICK HUPPERT

190 cows, 900 acres

65 cows, 600 acres

We are pretty much done with everything, we have just been doing RAINFALL TOTALS some custom work, Last 2 we have got about Weeks 500 acres of custom corn to do yet. A lot of guys don’t have 1.6” theirs in yet.

Since April 25

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We got all our corn done, we actually put the combine away last night (Nov. 5). There aren’t a lot of people around RAINFALL here who are done, TOTALS though. We also have Last 2 our beans all done. I’d Weeks guess most everyone around here will be done in the next week 1.25” or so. The corn yield was so-so. There were good spots and there were some not-so- Since April 25 good spots. The beans 22.85” weren’t as good overall, there weren’t any good spots.

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We got all our high moisture corn done 3” but we haven’t been able to start RAINFALL TOTALS combining any dry Last 2 Since April corn yet, it’s 25 been Weeks too wet.

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We were pretty dry and then since Sunday (Nov. 4) we’ve had about an inch and a half of RAINFALL rain. The collection TOTALS Last 2 ponds are full. Weeks Everything is pretty much wrapping up here crop-wise. All we really have left to 1.5” do is scrape some silage out of the pit. We are mostly Since April 25 getting caught up on 39” some maintenance and repairs, and cleaning up the machinery to store for the winter.

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400 cows, 1,200 acres

We had a lot of rain since Saturday and are mudded out of RAINFALL everything. There is TOTALS plenty of corn around Last 2 and a few soybeans out Weeks there as well. We have about 90 acres of corn to combine, and have to make corn stalks and 2.8” haul manure yet. The corn is running well above 225 bushels an acre. There is a lot of Since April 25 52.3” manure to haul in our area. There hasn’t been much tillage done all fall. We haven’t turned 30 acres, the fields are too wet.

1,400 cows, 1,200 acres

We received two inches of rain since this past weekend, so it’s too wet to do anything in the field right now. We RAINFALL finished harvest two TOTALS weeks ago, but we Last 2 would like to bale some Weeks more corn stalks and get some more manure hauled. Other than that, we are getting 2” things ready for winter.

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of us,” said Kassey of working with, preparing and exhibiting the horses.

All of their horses are raised, a fact the Brooks family takes pride in.

“We’ve made a few purchases,” Dustin said. “But, they are always ones that we’ve seen potential in and brought home to grow that potential.

We’ve never bought anything nished out and showring ready.”

The Brookses work to keep their stable at about 16 head, and they typically sell four or ve horses each year

“The cows may have been here rst, but the horses will probably be here longer.”

MARVIN BROOKS, DAIRY FARMER

for show and breeding. They house the horses in a small stable on the family’s dairy farm.

“You don’t make any money buying horses,” Dustin said. “The goal is to sell horses that people want to buy.”

DANIELLE NAUMAN/DAIRY STAR Breeding stock is selected based Clydesdales and Holsteins intermingle at Brookside Farm outside of Sparta, Wis. The Brooks family milks 38 cows and on the individual’s traits, much the keeps about 15 Clydesdales at their farm. same way as dairy cattle genetics. The Brookses look for criteria like a high lift to the legs, the action the horse with the same horses. Halter classes sion to need to sell the cows,” Marvin started by their grandfather, growing moves with and the way they carry focus on the conformation, while the said. “How do you not turn the milk the passion of raising and exhibiting driving classes focus on the action.” pump on one day when you’ve done it Clydesdales in a fourth generation of their heads.

Marvin said the future of the dairy every other day for the past 60 years?” the Brooks family.

“There is a slight difference in Regardless of the future of the “The cows may have been here how hitch classes and halter classes herd is uncertain given milk and comdairy herd, the entire Brooks family rst, but the horses will probably be are judged,” Brian said. “That makes modity prices.

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Another important component of ventilation and the one we probably think of most often is ventilating rates. Ventilating rates vary based on the age of the animal and the current weather conditions. The following rates are given in CFMs, which is Cubic Feet per Minute and measures the velocity of airow. For baby calves aged 0-2 months, the CFM requirements are 15 in cold weather, 30 in mild weather, 65 in warm weather, and 100 in hot weather. Note that these requirements are per calf, so if you have 15 calves in your barn at this age during cold weather, they would require 225 CFM all together. For calves and heifers aged 2-12 months, CFM requirements are 20 in cold weather, 40 in mild weather, 90 in warm weather, and 130 in hot weather. So if you have 15 older calves in hot weather, their CFM requirement is 1,950 CFM. Calf ventilation plays an important role in keeping your calves healthy, and knowing what your calves’ space and ventilation requirements are is the rst step in making sure they are properly ventilated.

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Is your revenue subject to mayhem?

USDA adds newest tool in dairy producers’ marketing box of options

By Maria Bichler Staff Writer

JUNEAU, Wis. – The United States Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency deployed the newest tool to aid producers in risk management in August.

The Dairy Revenue Protection Program, known as Dairy-RP, will protect producers from milk price and milk production associated revenue declines on a quarterly basis at a guaranteed coverage level.

Carl Babler shared an overview of Dairy-RP during a Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin webinar, “New tools to manage market volatility”, Oct. 24 in Juneau, Wis. Babler is a principal at Atten Babler Commodities, LLC in Galena, Ill. In addition to being involved in the futures industry as a broker, educator and hedger, Babler is the lead instructor of a comprehensive commodity marketing class. Babler also has experience living on and owning a dairy farm prior to over 20 years in the commodities business.

Sign-up for Dairy-RP began Oct. 9 by offering coverage for the rst quarter of 2019. Coverage is available in all 50 states and is offered through a RMA approved insurance provider and sold through licensed agents.

Historically, the dairy industry has seen various supply management programs from export enhancements to plant quotas, milk dumping to futures, options and cash contracts. Government subsidized programs such as the RMA Dairy Option Purchase Program, RMA Livestock Gross Margin and the Farm Service Agency Margin Protection Program have

failed to provide producers with consistent effective protection, said Babler.

“The history has come a long way in setting up the Dairy-RP program,” Babler said. “This program is keenly designed. … This program is designed to insure revenue, not price margin or production alone.”

Dairy-RP offers two base pricing options for coverage – class pricing and component pricing. Class pricing combines class III and class IV milk prices as the basis for deriving per farm revenue. Component pricing uses a producer’s component milk price for butterfat, protein and other solids as the basis for determining per farm revenue.

“The ability to blend class III with class IV on the class option is really a great feature in this tool,” Babler said. “I compliment the developers; it is well thought out in giving us an applicable plan of operation.”

Babler said the component price option is most useful for producers whose components are much higher than the standard 3.5 percent butterfat and 2.9 percent protein.

“If you are a high component producing dairy, we would love to look with you and it would be smart for you to run the numbers on component prices and your component production levels and see if you would be better off with a class III class IV mix or just straight component,” Babler said.

A producer chooses the quantity of milk to cover for each individual quarter, and there is no cap on the volume of milk protected.

“That is a real difference to other programs in the past,” Babler said of the no-cap stipulation with Dairy-RP. A producer then chooses the insured revenue coverage level in 5-percent increments, from 70 to 95 percent, with an associated government-subsidized premium.

“The lower levels of revenue covered are higher premium subsidized and the higher levels are a little bit lower,” Babler said. “Most of the producers we

have worked with to date have been using the 95 percent coverage level of revenue.”

USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service’s quarterly announced price average and USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service’s state-level milk production is used to determine the actual revenue for each quarter.

Dairy-RP differs from traditional price risk protection programs because price risk and production risk are mediated in Dairy-RP. “This production risk is determined on a state level not an individual level,” Babler said. “So, in other words the yield factor, the production factor, that comes in to developing the nal revenue level number is based on NASS data of your state.”

Babler said the state level production variability is relatively small compared to the price volatility, and so Dairy-RP mostly covers price variability and is similar to a put option.

If a producer is interested in purchasing Dairy-RP, they must rst complete a Dairy-RP application. The application does not obligate a producer to purchase coverage. Once the application is in place, the next step is to add a quarterly coverage endorsement to the policy to determine an individual producer’s choices within Dairy-RP and purchase coverage.

“Your numbers and pricing and choice all meet into a quotation into a given day for that policy,” Babler said. “The best way to look at it is with your own numbers. All the agents are equipped to help you.”

Babler said producers have many milk marketing tools available, including Dairy-RP, but the key is nding the tool that ts your dairy within the current market conditions.

Dairy-RP does not hinder a producer from utilizing other marketing tools.

For more information on Dairy-RP, visit https:// www.rma.usda.gov/en/news-room/frequently-askedquestions/dairy-revenue-protection.

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Open enrollment runs Nov. 1 to Dec. 19 40 Square Cooperative Solutions, an independent health plan cooperative for farmers and agribusinesses in Minnesota, announced it has begun its second open enrollment season and improvements have been put into place for the 2019 health plan year. A new health plan has been introduced for individuals and families seeking a lower cost insurance solution, and out-of-pocket maximums have been reduced on two of the co-op’s seven health plan options. The cooperative also announced there will be no changes to its provider network in 2019.

Char Vrieze, Executive Director of 40 Square is excited for the cooperative’s second open enrollment season. “We started hosting community meetings earlier this year to get the momentum going and people’s minds focused on the open enrollment period, and I deďƒžnitely think it’s paying off. Everyone that has come to our informational community meetings around the state has been extremely interested in working with an independent co-op that gives them a voice in how their health care dollars are spent.â€?

The 40 Square Cooperative Board of Directors took comments from members before making the decision to offer a new deductible choice and lower out-of-pocket maximums on plans that are extremely popular with members. “The great thing about being a member of a health plan co-op is you get a say in what types of health plans you have access to. We heard from members that they wanted a lower-cost plan and were willing to take on more ďƒžnancial responsibility to get a more affordable price point. It’s a true cooperative in action when members can voice their opinions which sets positive change into motion ,â€? said Robby Gieseke, Chairman of the 40 Square Board of Directors.

The 40 Square open enrollment period runs from Nov. 1 to December 19, 2018. 40 Square will continue to host community informational meetings through open enrollment for both current members and interested parties considering joining the co-op. There are

“Health care is expensive, so we strive to give farmers and agribusinesses the opportunity to determine where their health care dollars are spent.�

CHAR VRIEZE, 40 SQUARE

currently a dozen meetings scheduled throughout the state during open enrollment, and details can be found on the 40 Square Cooperative website.

With the departure of several large insurance carriers from rural Minnesota counties in 2016, the state legislature sought new health plan solutions for farm families. Several representatives championed the cause for allowing farm cooperatives the ability to offer health plans to members. With the passage of an amendment to Senate Bill 1, agricultural cooperative health plans were allowed to be created in the state of Minnesota bringing new health care solutions beginning in 2018. Today 40 Square covered over 1,000 individuals through its health plan cooperative. “Health care is expensive, so we strive to give farmers and agribusinesses the opportunity to determine where their health care dollars are spent,� said Vrieze. “We believe this economic backing and strength of the co-op helps preserve the proud traditions of farming for future generations to come.�

For general information about 40 Square cooperative health plans, visit 40Square.coop or call 844205-9579. Insurance brokers and agents interested in marketing 40 Square health plans can contact Terri Moxley, Director of Beneďƒžts and Distribution at agents@40Square.coop.

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VERGAS MN EAGLE BEND MN DETROIT LAKES MN LAPORTE MN SEBEKA MN SEBEKA MN NEW YORK MILLS MN SEBEKA MN SEBEKA MN HEWITT MN OTTERTAIL MN SEBEKA MN PINE CITY MN ERHARD MN SEBEKA MN MOTLEY MN OSAGE MN PINE CITY MN NEW YORK MILLS MN BRAINERD MN VERGAS MN BRAINERD MN COHASSET MN ERHARD MN SEBEKA MN SEBEKA MN VERGAS MN DETROIT LAKES MN WADENA MN ERHARD MN EAGLE BEND MN SEBEKA MN BRAINERD MN VERGAS MN GWINNER ND GWINNER ND COHASSET MN CARLOS MN

HEIFERS Blk Beef Heifer Blk Beef Heifer Blk Beef Heifer BWF Beef Heifer Blk Beef Heifer Blk Beef Heifer Red Beef Heifer Blk Beef Heifer Blk Beef Heifer Blk Beef Heifer Blk Beef Heifer Blk Beef Heifer Blk Beef Heifer Red Beef Heifer Blk Beef Heifer Blk Beef Heifer Blk Beef Heifer Blk Beef Heifer Red Beef Heifer Red Beef Heifer Blk Beef Heifer Red Beef Heifer Blk Beef Heifer Red Beef Heifer Blk Beef Heifer Red Beef Heifer Red Beef Heifer Blk Beef Heifer Blk Beef Heifer Blk Beef Heifer Blk Beef Heifer STEERS 5 Blk Beef Steer 1 Red Beef Steer 1 Blk Beef Steer 5 Blk Beef Steer 18 Blk Beef Steer 2 Blk Beef Steer 7 Blk Beef Steer 1 2 4 3 1 1 3 8 1 4 4 3 2 2 2 6 3 8 2 1 1 3 6 1 4 4 1 5 1 2 3

280 290 320 365 395 350 555 430 345 347 336 335 390 325 357 480 330 486 647 420 475 468 493 480 443 448 480 481 390 432 461

166.00 C 159.00 C 158.00 C 158.00 C 157.00 C 151.00 C 151.00 C 151.00 C 151.00 C 150.00 C 150.00 C 150.00 C 148.00 C 147.00 C 147.00 C 146.50 C 145.50 C 145.00 C 145.00 C 145.00 C 144.50 C 144.00 C 144.00 C 143.00 C 143.00 C 143.00 C 143.00 C 141.50 C 141.00 C 141.00 C 140.50 C

388 375 365 295 316 442 451

191.00 C 190.00 C 189.00 C 189.00 C 185.00 C 180.00 C 180.00 C

SEBEKA MN 1 Red Beef Steer 365 SEBEKA MN 4 Blk Beef Steer 452 SEBEKA MN 1 Blk Beef Steer 350 LAPORTE MN 5 BWF Beef Steer 441 PERHAM MN 1 Blk Beef Steer 335 GWINNER ND 6 Blk Beef Steer 423 PINE CITY MN 6 Blk Beef Steer 455 PARKERS PRAIRIE MN 1 Red Beef Steer 395 OTTERTAIL MN 2 Blk Beef Steer 382 SEBEKA MN 2 Blk Beef Steer 502 SEBEKA MN 11 Blk Beef Steer 538 COHASSET MN 12 Blk Beef Steer 577 HAWLEY MN 2 Red Beef Steer 527 ERHARD MN 1 Red Beef Steer 455 PELICAN RAPIDS MN 2 Red Beef Steer 497 VERGAS MN 5 Blk Beef Steer 552 MOTLEY MN 2 Blk Beef Steer 557 PARK RAPIDS MN 14 Blk Beef Steer 548 NEW YORK MILLS MN 2 Red Beef Steer 530 PINE CITY MN 14 Blk Beef Steer 590 PINE CITY MN 1 Blk Beef Steer 475 HAWLEY MN 12 Red Beef Steer 669 BRAINERD MN 3 Red Beef Steer 558 SEBEKA MN 1 Red Beef Steer 610 MOTLEY MN 8 Blk Beef Steer 647 SLAUGHTER COWS ERSKINE MN 1 BWF Slaughter Cows 1705 HENNING MN 1 Red Slaughter Cows 1760 AKELEY MN 1 Blk Slaughter Cows 1760 MILTONA MN 1 BWF Slaughter Cows 1815 PEQUOT LAKES MN 1 Blk Slaughter Cows 1395 AKELEY MN 1 BWF Slaughter Cows 1450 ERSKINE MN 1 Blk Slaughter Cows 1680 SEBEKA MN 1 BWF Slaughter Cows 1575 ERSKINE MN 1 Blk Slaughter Cows 1590 ERSKINE MN 1 Blk Slaughter Cows 1900 ERSKINE MN 1 Blk Slaughter Cows 1565 ERSKINE MN 1 Red Slaughter Cows 1350 PINE RIVER MN 1 Blk Slaughter Cows 1545 PEQUOT LAKES MN 1 Blk Slaughter Cows 1485 PEQUOT LAKES MN 1 Blk Slaughter Cows 1415

177.00 C 176.50 C 175.00 C 174.00 C 174.00 C 172.00 C 171.00 C 169.50 C 168.00 C 166.00 C 165.50 C 165.25 C 163.00 C 162.50 C 162.50 C 161.00 C 161.00 C 160.50 C 160.50 C 156.50 C 155.00 C 155.00 C 154.50 C 154.00 C 153.50 C

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66.00 C 65.00 C 62.00 C 61.50 C 61.00 C 60.00 C 60.00 C 60.00 C 59.50 C 59.50 C 58.50 C 57.50 C 57.50 C 56.50 C 56.00 C

Nimrod - 95 Beef Steers & Heifers, 500-600 lbs., HR, 2xV, P, Hitterdahl - 60 Fancy Purebred Commercial Red Angus Bred Heifers, 1000-1100 lbs., Bred AI for March 18th (one day) to 5L 93c Defender & 5L 298y Independence, Full Vac Program, Bangs Vac, Superb Mineral Prog, Top-Line set of Hfrs, Gary Jacobson 701-361-3189 Menahga - 65 Fancy Black Angus Steers & Heifers, 450-650 lbs., W, V, HR, DF Staples - 60 Bwf Steers & Heifers, 475-575 lbs., 2xV, HR, Wolf Lake - 45 Red & Blk Heifers, Bred to Calving Ease bulls, Due April 5th Richville - 40 Blk Steers & Heifers HR, DF, V, P Park Rapids - 35 ShrthrnX, 325-525 lbs., W-Aug, 2xV, DF, HR Hewitt - 33 Blk Steers & Heifers, 500-700 lbs., W, V, HR, DF, P Ogema - 29 Bred Heifers (Blk-60%, Red-39%, Char-1%) Bred to Calving Ease Blk Angus for April Calving, 1050-1100 lbs.

Nimrod - 26 Beef Steers & Heifers, W, V, HR, DF Brainerd - 25 Blk Heifers, 600 lbs., W, V, HR Waubun - 24 Red Angus Steers & Heifers V, P, HR, DF, KC, Heifers are replacement quality Waubun Complete Disp - 24 Purebred Red Angus Cows-Bred to Scott Red Angus for Jan 8th. No Papers, Vac Bi-Annually Bluffton - 22 Beef Steers & Heifers, 500-600 lbs., KC, W, V, HR Ashland WI - 22 Blk & Bwf Beef Calves, 550-600 lbs., W, V, HR, P, DF Sebeka - 15 Blk Steers & Heifers, 600-700 lbs., W, V, HR, DF Bertha - Complete Dispersal - 14 Bred Black Angus Cows (1-Red) Bred Black for End of March calving Parkers Prairie-12 Blk Bred Heifers Due April 1st Bertha - 13 Blk Angus Steers 625-650lbs W, V, B, HR, DF Eagle Bend - 12 Blk Bred Heifers Rollag-10 Blk/SimX 2nd Calvers, Bred to Schaff, Due May/June V & P, 1100 lbs.

(Woodbury Genetics-McCloud, ND) Lake Park - 9 Blk Steers 800-900lbs V, P, HR Wheaton - 5 Highlander Bred Cows, 8 HighlanderX calves, 1 Bull

• FRIDAY, Nov 16th Harvest Cattle 11am • Dairy Noon Hay Sells after Livestock “We installed our posts and 5 wire fencing in spring for our cattle receiving/training pen.

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• Nov 19th Feeder Sale

Perham - 20 Hol Steers, 800 lbs.

Menahga - 15 Blk Bulls & Heifers, 400-500 lbs.

Menahga - 7 Ewe Lambs, 1 Buck, 1 Nanny w/2 whethers Erhard - 20 Lambs

• FRIDAY, Nov 23rd Black Friday Bred Cow Special

Perham - 170 Western Origin Black Bred Heifers- AI Bred to Comrade-Due March 5th for 60 days, Cleaned up with Calving Ease Blk Angus Bulls, 3xV, P, Calfhood Bangs Vac Verndale - 120 Blk & Bwf Bred Heifers Due March 1st for 60days, Bred to Calving Ease Flying W Blk Angus, 3xV & P - 40 Red Bred Heifers Due March 1st for 60days, Bred to Calving Ease Flying W Blk Angus, 3xV & P Palisade - 40 Blk & Red Bred Cows, Exposed May 20th to Reg Blk Angus Bulls, V & P Perham - 40 Blk 2nd & 3rd Calvers, Bred to Blk Schelske for March/April Calving Menahga - 28 Blk Bred Cows (3-6yr olds) Bred to Reg Hanneken Blk Angus for March-May Calving Bluffton - 26 Bred SimAngus Hfrs(20 Blk & 1/4Sim, 6 Red & 1/2 Sim) Bred to Reg Calving Ease Blk Angus, 2xV, Due March 25 Arlington - 16 Registered Hereford Cows, Bred Hereford, Due March-May, HR, V, P New York Mills - 14 Bred Heifers & 10 Bred Cows, Bred to New Day and Schaff Sensation Son Bluffton - 11 Bred Cows (few Reg, few Commercial) Wadena - 8 Black Angus Bred Cows 3rd Calvers, Bred to a Flying W Bull, V, P Bluffton - 8 Bred Heifers-Bred to Reg SimAngus or AI New York Mills - 5 Bred 2nd Calvers 3 Bred Cows (5-Blk, 3-Red) Bred Blk, P Wadena - 1 Flying W Herd Sire Bull, semen checked-Spring, 1200 lbs.

Dairy Star • Second Section • Saturday, November 10, 2018 • Page 29

Supper in a skillet Just the thought of making supper in a single pan is intriguing. As the dishwasher, I appreciate fewer pots and pans to wash. As a beginning cook, I loved the idea of something simple. I found this title and these three recipes in a 1996 issue of “Taste of Home” magazine. These recipes have become family favorites. Over the years, I have modied them to t with our schedules and appetites.

I originally made them in my silver electric skillet. When the kids were little and their appetites were small, it was the perfect pan. As they grew, so did my pans. Today, I use my large roasting pan with lid or my heavy Dutch oven. We may not have as many mouths to feed, but the appetites are still large. I make large batches because I love to have leftovers to eat later in the week.

You can make these recipes in a large skillet on the stovetop as originally directed or you can use whatever pan ts your family’s appetites. The pork chop recipe is easy to throw in the oven at a low temperature. I usually bake it at 250325 degrees depending upon how long I have to be out in the barn. The spaghetti recipe bakes well too, but you do need to stir it every once in a while so the noodles do not stick.

The chicken stir fry is one you prep before you go out and cook when you get in. Dinner will be ready in less than 30 minutes.

4 large potatoes 5 medium carrots, sliced ¼ inch thick 1 medium onion cut into wedges 3 cups beef broth Dredge pork in our. Heat oil in large skillet; brown chops on both sides. Sprinkle with seasonings.

Peel and cube potatoes. Add to skillet along with carrots and onion.

Pour broth over and bring to a boil.

Reduce heat. Cover and simmer for 40-50 minutes or until pork and vegetables are tender. Great on a cold night. Very few leftovers.

Food columnist, Natalie Schmitt My favorite thing about baking supper in the oven while I am out doing chores is when I walk back in the house. The warm smell of supper permeating throughout the house makes me feel like someone else did all the cooking and I had a night off.

Pork chop supper 6 pork loin chops (3/4 inch thick) ½ cup our 2 Tbsp. vegetable oil 2 tsp. dried thyme or sage 2 tsp. salt ¼ tsp. pepper

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One-skillet spaghetti 1 pound ground beef 2 medium onions, chopped 1 package (7 ounces) ready-cut spaghetti 28 ounces diced tomatoes, undrained ¾ cup chopped green pepper ½ cup water 8 ounces sliced mushrooms, drained 1 tsp. chili powder 1 tsp. dried oregano 1 tsp. sugar 1 tsp. salt 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese In a large skillet, brown beef and onions. Drain. Stir in uncooked spaghetti and everything but the cheese. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat.

Cover and simmer for 30 minutes or until spaghetti is tender. Sprinkle with cheese. Cover and heat until melted.

Chicken stir fry The key to this recipe is having all the veggies prepped and the meat marinating while doing chores. Whip together when you come in from the barn.

1 pound boneless chicken, cut into strips 3 Tbsp. cornstarch 2 Tbsp. soy sauce ½ tsp. ground ginger ¼ tsp. garlic powder 3 Tbsp. cooking oil, divided 2 cups broccoli orets 1 cup sliced celery (1/2 inch pieces) 1 cup thinly sliced carrots 1 small onion, cut into wedges 1 cup water 1 tsp. chicken bouillon granules Place chicken strips in resealable plastic bag. Add cornstarch and toss to coat. Combine soy sauce, ginger and garlic powder. Add to bag and shake well. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes. In large skillet or wok, heat 2 Tbsp. oil. Stir fry chicken until no longer pink, about 3-5 minutes. Remove and keep warm.

Add remaining oil. Stir fry veggies for 4-5 minutes or until crisp-tender.

Add water and bouillon. Return chicken to pan. Cook and stir until thickened and bubbly.

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From Denise Menze, Ottertail, Minn.

Macaroni and cheese 16 ounces of elbow macaroni 4-6 ounces of Bongards cheese melt 1 cup milk ½ Tbsp. salt 1 tsp. pepper Cook noodles al dente per package directions. Cube 4 ounces of cheese while noodles are cooking. Strain water off. Put cooked noodles back into the pan. Stir in milk, salt and pepper. Add cubed cheese, cook on low with pan covered, stirring frequently, allowing cheese to melt. Add up to 2 more ounces of cheese depending on your preference. Turn off stove when cheese is almost melted and cover with lid for 5 minutes. Uncover, stir and serve.

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COMPLETE HERD DISPERSAL 120 Holstein Dairy Cows, with several SHARP Red & Whites, herd includes (10) FANCY springing heifers, 65# scc 200-250, cows milked in parlor, housed in freestalls, nice young herd with 90 being in the 1st or 2nd lactation. All Genex sired & bred. Regular herd health & vaccination program. Coming from Shady Lane Dairy, Chilton , WI PENDING: 100 Parlor/Freestall Cows, all stages of lactation!

SPECIAL MONTHLY DAIRY HEIFER AUCTION Friday, Nov. 16, 2018 - 11 a.m.

SELLING SPRINGING HEIFERS, BRED HEIFERS & OPEN HEIFERS

Crab-stuffed twice baked potatoes 4 medium baking potatoes 1/4 cup butter 1/4 cup cream 1 tsp. Old Bay Seasoning 1/4 tsp. ground pepper 1/4 cup chopped green onions

1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese 6 ounces canned crab meat, drained and flaked Paprika

Bake potatoes at 425 degrees for 45-55 minutes until tender. When cool enough to handle, halve the potatoes lengthwise, scoop out the insides into a bowl. Set the shells aside. Beat or mash the potatoes with butter, cream and seasonings. Stir in onions and cheese, then gently mix in crab. Stuff this mixture in the shells, heaping into the halves. Sprinkle with paprika. Return to the oven for 15 minutes or until heated through.

*WE SOLD 599 HEIFERS AT LAST MONTHS SPECIAL DAIRY HEIFER AUCTION* EXPECTING 400-500 DIARY HEIFERS Watch our website for early consignments.

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SPECIAL FEEDER CATTLE & BRED BEEF COW AUCTION Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018 - 11 a.m.

EXPECTING 800-900 HEAD OF FEEDER CATTLE OVER 1100 HEAD SOLD AT 11-6-18 SPECIAL FEEDER AUCTION

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Top cow $1,600 Swiss x. Many decent respectable cows $850-1,150.

Springing heifers continue to be an exceptional buy with most $8001,250. Top springing heifer $1,300 a Jersey. A feature consignment of 70 Jersey springers bring mostly $900-1,250. 70 head Jersey Springers average $1,100. Lesser quality, plain, thin and blemished cows and springing heifers lower, lots of the colored bringing $400-800. Top cows for the month of October supremes $1,700-2,100. We sure hope this milk market can turn around here at some point soon!!

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From Anneke Weg, Nobles County dairy princess

Vanilla homemade ice cream 2 cups granulated sugar 1 1/2 Tbsp. cornstarch 1/4 tsp. salt 7 cups of whole milk 1 1/2 Tbsp. vanilla

5 eggs, beaten 2 3/4 cups of heavy whipping cream 1 1/2 cups of half and half

Mix the sugar, cornstarch, and salt in a large saucepan over medium heat, slowly stirring in the milk. Stir constantly. Very slowly add the beaten eggs and continue to stir. Reduce heat to low and cook until mixture thickens slightly. Keep stirring. Add vanilla, half and half, and heavy whipping cream. Pour into a large bowl and freeze 2-4 hours or until mixture is cold.

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Rice pudding 1.5 cups of rice, cooked Add milk to cover rice On low, bring rice and milk up to room temperature.

3 eggs, beaten 3/4 cup sugar Combine eggs and sugar, then add to milk/rice when warm. Bring to low boil, stir constantly until rice is cooked.

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1 cup brown sugar 2 1/2 cups rhubarb 1/3 cup butter Melt butter and sugar. Stir in rhubarb, put in fry pan and set aside.

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3 eggs 1/4 cup water 1 cup sugar (less 2 tablespoons) In bowl beat eggs and water until light and fluffy. Gradually add sugar.

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1 cup flour 1 tsp baking powder 1/4 tsp. salt 1/2 tsp. vanilla Combine all ingredients and fold into egg mixture. And pour over rhubarb.

Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. When done, place large plate over pan and tip upside down. Good served with milk poured over it or with ice cream.

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