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Volume 18, No. 18
November 12, 2016
More dairy in the cafeteria
Winona High School adds frozen yogurt, smoothie options with help from grants By Krista Kuzma
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WINONA, Minn. – In the last few years, students at Winona High School have had more opportunities to incorporate dairy into their meals at school. “We’re trying to increase our participation [in meals]. In the lunch line, we really want kids to go through and eat a complete meal,” said Jennifer Walters, the nutrition director for the Winona school district in Winona, Minn. Dairy is a part of that complete meal. With the help of grants, the school was able to add a smoothie machine to make fruit and yogurt smoothies and a frozen yogurt machine over the past two school years. “They’re both popular options,” said Principal Mark Anderson. “Everyone in the building loves the fact that Turn to DAIRY PRODUCTS | Page 11
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Jennifer Walters, nutriƟon director for the Winona school district in Winona, Minn., stands in front of the high school’s à la carte area, which recently added a frozen yogurt machine with help from a grant.
An upswing in the Standing up for the U.S. farmers future market Dairy reect on time
Cropp tells ag lenders all-milk price serving their country could average $17.16 in 2017 By Krista Kuzma By Ron Johnson
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DUBUQUE, Iowa – Look for milk prices to strengthen a bit in 2017. That’s the main thrust of a presentation by Bob Cropp, an emeritus professor of agricultural economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Cropp spoke Oct. 25 at the Thirtieth Annual Tri-State Agricultural Lenders’ Seminar in Dubuque, Iowa. Cropp told approximately 200 lenders he forecasts the U.S. allmilk price to average $17.16 per hundredweight next year. If it happens, that would be above the expected 2016 nish price of $15.89. Cropp thinks the all-milk price will start at just above $16 in January and nish at about $17.75 in December. In between, he expects the price to rise steadily, reaching a peak of about $18 in November, before weakening slightly toward year’s end. As its name implies, the all-milk price covers all milk used in the manufacture of all categories of dairy products. But the Class III price is the one that matters most to Wisconsin farmers, and to a certain extent to those in Minnesota and Iowa, since it applies to milk that’s made into cheese. Approximately 80 to 90 percent of the milk produced in the Badger State winds up in cheese vats. Cropp expects January to deliver a Class III average of $15.84, with it rising to $16.40 in October. In between, he expects a low of $15.30, with the price rising steadily into the fall, before slipping to
While farmers make up less than 2 percent of the American population, members of the U.S. military are even fewer. “It’s a sense of pride [to serve the country] because there’s a statistic that we’re less than 1 percent of all Americans who do stand up, serve and do our time,” Jake Dejno said. With Veteran’s Day on Nov. 11, three dairy farmers who have served their country spoke about their experiences: 27-year-old Dejno, who milks 300 cows with his family near Independence, Wis.; 71-yearold Dave Maschka, who milks 200 cows with his son, Chad, near Minnesota City, Minn.; and 91-year-old Ralph McNamara, who helps his son, Dave, on his
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Dave Maschka shows the taƩoo he has with his nickname, Mac the Flying Farmer, which he received while serving in the Vietnam War. Maschka milks 200 cows with his son, Chad, near Minnesota City, Minn.