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CUMBERLAND, Wis. – When Kyle and Sara Mathison got married in the summer of 2012, they joined together their equally strong love for dairy farming as well as each other. However, something was still divided – their 100-cow dairy herd. Even though they had begun renting an additional barn in 2010, it was not part of the big picture for the Mathison family because erecting a new barn was the end goal. After growing their herd, and the birth of their son, Grant, in 2014, plans began for a new freestall barn in the winter of 2015 with ground being broken earlier this year.
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Worth the wait
In September, the Mathisons brought their cows home to a 116-cow freestall barn and a swing-10 milking parlor, with the vacuum pump turning on for the rst time in mid-October. “We had 65 cows at the home farm with his parents, Wayne and Heidi, and we were renting a barn with an additional 40 cows a few miles away,” Sara said. “I did the majority of the milkings at the rented barn.” In addition to building a new barn, the young couple wanted to build equity in return. “Our cow and heifer numbers were rising. Renting wasn’t supposed to be a long term solution and it wasn’t building equity for us,” Kyle said. Kyle and Sara’s initial goal was to build a freestall barn BRITTANY OLSON/DAIRY STAR Kyle and Sara Mathison, holding son, Grant, milk 100 cows in a newly built swing-10 parlor and and switch cows in and out of 116-cow freestall barn on their farm near Cumberland, Wis. Turn to MATHISONS | Page 6
An upswing in the A century of dairy cows future market in Cozy Valley
Cropp tells ag lenders all-milk price Bonitz family could average $17.16 in 2017 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
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farming in Ashland County for 100 years By Brittany Olson
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MELLEN, Wis. – Every morning, when David and Stephanie Bonitz see their children off to school and head out to the barn, they are surrounded by the wooded and picturesque Penokee Hills of northern Wisconsin. The Bonitz family milks 40 cows north of Mellen, Wis., in an area known locally as Cozy Valley. With the winding rivers and tall trees of the nearby hills, the name ts. “My family came over from Germany 100 years ago, and we started dairy farming, then went to beef when my dad, Rick, took
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Stephanie and Dave Bonitz milk 40 cows with their ve children near Mellen, Wis. over,” David said. “After that, when I started farming, I went back to dairying.” David purchased a group of springing heifers the spring of his senior year of high school, and by that summer the pipe-
line was humming in the tiestall barn on the home farm he renovated. “A lot of people leave this area after high school. They get Turn to BONITZ | Page 11
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As winter approaches, so does a change in the federal overtime rule. On Dec. 1, employees earning a salary less than $47,476 annually or $913 per week are entitled to time and a half for all work over 40 hours in a work week; however, stipulations apply to the rule. Read about how this change might affect dairies on pages 10 in rst section. It’s also that time of year when dairy farmers and their children in the Dairy Star coverage area can sign up to win a heifer or a heifer calf through the Dairy Star Great Heifer Giveaway. The 11-month-old heifer, Sheeknoll Kingboy 2615, also known as By Mark Klaphake Henny, comes from the Sheehan family who milks 300 registered Holsteins on their dairy, Sheeknoll Farms, near Rochester, Minn. Editor The Brown Swiss 2-month-old heifer calf, Eachibon Jessa R Jamaica, comes from Jason Weihrouch, who milks 35 registered Brown Swiss cows with his parents, Charlie and Yvonne, near Melrose, Wis. Learn more about each animal and how to have the chance to win one on page 25 in second section. This year’s show season nished with a big win for Lisa Demmer and her ancé, Kevin Krejic, who farm together with Demmer’s parents, Gail and Rick, on their 50-cow dairy near Ellendale, Minn. The couple’s junior 3-year-old cow, Discoverys Tequila Escape-ET, won the National Jersey Jug Futurity contest on Nov. 6 at the North American International Livestock Exposition in Louisville, Ky. Also during the Jersey show at NAILE, the couple exhibited the All-American Best Three Senior Females and was named Premier Breeder. Read more about their win on pages 6-7 in second section. On Nov. 4, the Heller family and their employees were busy working to harvest the rest of their corn harvest on their 1,500-cow dairy near Alma Center, Wis. Read more about how they spent the rest of their day in the “Day in the life” feature on pages 16, 18-19 in second section. At the beginning of November, dairy women from across the country gathered at the rst national Dairy Girl Network conference. Participants are featured in this issue’s “From our side of the fence” sharing why they think networking is important and the biggest challenges facing their dairy. Read about the responses from these dairy farming-women on pages 15-16 in rst section. Also on a national level, Sabrina Portner received the 2016 Dairy ProductionEntrepreneurship National Agricultural Prociency Award on Oct. 21 during the 89th National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, Ind. Read about her work in order to receive this honor on pages 8-9 in third section.
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“Farmers no longer can raise crops and livestock without the consumer in mind.” - Ben Brancel (First Section, Pages 22-23)
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By the Numbers
of milk 275,000: Pounds processed monthly at
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herd average for 30,043: Rolling Faith Acres Dairy Inc.
who also recorded 1,124 pounds butterfat and 895 pounds of protein (First Section, Pages 18, 20)
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It’s all inside... FROM OUR SIDE OF THE FENCE:
What is the value of networking with other women in the industry? Page 15
Menomonie
Tietz leads St. Croix Lutheran to Minnesota high school football tournament
Eau Claire
Mellen
Barron
First Section: Pages 1, 6-7
First Section: Pages 1, 11
First Section: Page 28
Mathisons take over family farm, build new barn and parlor
Third Section: Pages 6 - 7
Children Museum of Eau Claire hosts June Dairy Kim Voigts Month activities Platteville, Wis.
Cumberland
Bonitz family farming in Ashland County for 100 years
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Buffalo
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Pages 20 - 21 Kjome earns National Dairy Shrine Pioneer Award Page 24
Women In Jeans: Jess Peters Page 36
July mailbox prices higher in all reporting areas
Sparta
Dairy’s Star Youth: Daisy Isensee
Clark
Eau Claire
Pepin
Kristin Schrimpf
Pages 16, 18-19 A day in the life on Heller Farms
Chippewa
Dunn
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St. Croix
Pages 14-15 Dairying Across America
Third Section: Page 13
Jackson Platteville
Roth a candidate for Faces of Farming program
La Crosse Monroe
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Page 25 Mid-American Hay Auction Results
Pages 14, 16 - 17 Some Udder Stuff Pages 18 - 19 Dairy Calendar
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FIRST SECTION Pages 1, 5 Stronger milk prices expected next year Pages 8-9 Ag Insider Page 10 Federal overtime rule changes to affect dairy industry Pages 18, 20 Faith Acres Dairy increases production with 3x milking, TMR Page 22 - 23 Facing a consumer driven industry Page 25 Sheehans provide Holstein for Great Christmas Heifer Giveaway Page 26 Never say never Page 27 Dairy in the Suburbs Page 29 Making time Page 30 Ramblings from the Ridge Page 31 Staying positive in the cloudiest month of the year Page 32 Making Cents of Dairy Page 33 Dairy Good Life Page 34 Veterinary Wisdom Pages 35, 37 Iowa family uses single-arm robot to milk growing herd SECOND SECTION Pages 3 - 4 Opitz establishes Ayrshire dairy on lakeshore property Pages 6-7 Demmer, Krejci win big at NAILE Page 8 Getting through tough times Pages 10-11 The “Mielke” Market Weekly Page 12 Dairy Markets Page 13 Area hay auction results
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ConƟnued from PRICES | Page 1 $16.30 in November and to $16 next December. Cropp’s Class III average next year is $15.84. Turning to the Class IV milk price, Cropp forecasts it at $14.25 in January, and just above $16.50 in December of 2017. The high, he said, should be $16.75 in November. Cropp expects the Class IV price to average $15.54 for all of next year. That would be $1.82 higher than the expected average this year of $13.72. The Class IV price is what processors pay for milk that’s Bob Cropp made into so-called UW-Extension soft products – ice cream, yogurt and cottage cheese. The USDA has a slightly different price outlook, Cropp said. The department of agriculture sees the all-milk price averaging $15.55 to $16.45 next year. That’s 71 cents to $1.61 below Cropp’s estimate. When it comes to the all-important Class III price, Cropp and USDA economists disagree. The USDA expects the price to average $14.20 to $15.10, lower than 74 cents to $1.64 below Cropp’s forecast. Turning to the Class IV price, Cropp said the USDA looks for a 2017 average between $13.70 and $14.70. That’s 84 cents to $1.84 under Cropp’s expectation. Cropp explained his rationale for forecasting higher milk prices next year than the USDA. He expects U.S. milk production to increase from 2016, but not as much as the USDA does. Cropp looks for output to rise by 1.7 percent, compared to the government’s expectation of a 2.2 percent increase. Cropp said he also sees fewer cows next year than the USDA does. The economist looks for cow numbers to rise by 0.3 percent – not by the USDA’s 0.5 percent forecast. And, Cropp looks for a smaller increase in milk per cow than does the USDA. Cropp sees milk per cow increasing 1.4 percent, of 0.3 percent less than the government forecast. Higher dairy product exports should also contribute to oat milk prices higher in 2017, Cropp said. Three things will come into play. The rst factor, said Cropp, is slower growth in world milk production. That slowed growth will be the result of “low milk prices and voluntary supply management,” along with lower production
in New Zealand, Argentina and Australia. That dampened production will result from adverse weather and depressed milk prices. Second, Cropp expects China and other nations to buy more milk products from the U.S. Third, he looks for a rise in world prices of dairy products. Higher world prices will stem from smaller growth in milk production, along with increased demand. An increase in world milk prices will make U.S. dairy products more price competitive, Cropp said. Cropp cautioned that his expectations for the dairy industry next year are not chiseled into stone. “A lot can change, resulting in higher or lower prices than is now forecasted,” he said. The economist ticked off a list of eight things that could alter what happens: • Will the decline in California’s milk production stop? • How will the quality of this year’s feed, such as corn and corn silage, turn out? • How will crop conditions in 2017 affect feed costs in the second half of next year? • What role will the weather play in per-cow milk production? • Will China and other countries really become much more active in buying U.S. dairy products? • What will happen to sales of U.S. butter and cheese? • Other factors could come into play. What will they be, and how large a role will they play? • Milk price uncertainty and price risk are the norm. Cropp suggested dairy farmers think about risk management strategies for 2017. For example, he said price rallies in the futures market could materialize during the second half of the year. Another plan, according to Cropp, is establishing a price oor buy by purchasing Class III puts. “[That can be] fairly expensive, with oor prices close to Class III futures, particularly (for) distant months,” he said. If a good offer appears, think about contracting with a milk buyer to establish a base price, Cropp said. Consider using the Margin Protection Plan (MPP). “With the forecasts for higher milk prices and lower feed costs than in 2016, margins will be higher than in 2016. But margins up to $6.50 (per hundredweight) are still relatively cheap,” Cropp said. The deadline for enrolling in the MPP for 2017 is Friday, Dec. 16.
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the tiestall barn for ve years, allowing them enough time to pay down debt and install a milking parlor. Last November, with the help of their lender, they did a cash ow analysis with a low milk price and had a loan approved for a new barn. “We looked at switching cows, then building a step-up or at barn parlor in the old barn. It just sounded like too much renovation, and I didn’t want to spend money twice,” Sara said. On Jan. 1 of this year, Kyle and Sara assumed all management and nancial responsibility for the farm while Wayne continued to maintain full-time employment. After looking at parlor designs, they went back to the drawing board with their bank and were reapproved for a new loan for both a barn and parlor in February 2016. “If we had built the barn a year and a half ago it would have been completely different from what we ended up with,” Sara said. Excavation began on May 6, with water lines dug and installed three days later. Construction continued in full swing all summer long in tandem with the every day chores for two separate groups of cows that were miles apart. “We worked with really great crews of people and that, combined with a lot of planning, is what made the project go so smoothly,” Sara said. “I can’t say enough good things about all the guys that were out here working this summer and fall.” By September, the cows came home
for good. On top of that, Sara – a longtime Jersey enthusiast – purchased her grandma’s herd of Jerseys and brought them home as well. “Being able to bring my grandma’s cows here was really bittersweet,” Sara said. Until the parlor was nished, cows were housed in the new barn but milked in the old stall barn. “Those last six weeks were hard because of all the switching we had to do,” Kyle said. “We were spending eight hours a day just milking.” The stress of switching cows, as well as being so close to having the parlor nished, took its toll on Sara. “We were so close to being done, which just made it worse for me. I was having a really hard time,” Sara said. “There was so much going on between nishing the project and fall crop work, and it was overwhelming. I like change but I also have a hard time letting go of the way things used to be.” In mid-October, a week before the parlor was ready to go, Sara and Kyle introduced the cows to the parlor and let them poke around their new workplace. “They’re already easy to work with from being switched out so much, so it wasn’t hard to adjust them to it,” Kyle said. The pump in the parlor turned on for the rst time on Oct. 20. Milking time was cut down during the rst shift Turn to MATHISONS | Page 7
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ConƟnued from MATHISONS | Page 6 by one hour compared to what the Mathisons were experiencing before. “Now it takes us two and a half hours to milk all the cows with cleaning up,” Kyle said. The new barn is a threerow freestall barn attached directly to the old barn, with a holding area bridging the two structures. Black polycarbonate sheets line the walls of the barn to allow in plenty of natural light while maintaining adequate shade, and the alley is wide enough to use drive-by feeding. Meanwhile, a nished
ceiling and forced-air ventilation keep the sand-bedded barn feeling like a breezy, temperate day, and a cow brush at the end of the barn allows any one of the cows to get a good scratch. “The cows transitioned really well to both the freestall barn and the parlor. Production never dropped, and our somatic cell count is still consistently around 100,000,” Sara said. Even though the new barn is the cornerstone of a new generation of farming Mathisons, what past generations have accomplished are far from ob-
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Kyle and Sara Mathison milk their cows in a swing-10 milking parlor. The Mathisons built a freestall barn and milking parlor this year aŌer housing their cows in two barns.
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Cash cheese prices and Class III milk have been MPP should be ‘xed’ very active in recent weeks. INTL FC Stone risk manThe dairy industry’s Margin Protection Program agement consultant Kyle Schrad exis not providing an adequate safety net pects U.S. milk production to increase for dairy farmers. National Milk ProducAg Insider for the end of 2017. “I think we will be ers Federation senior vice president Chris up consistently in the 1.7 to 2.3 percent Galen said MPP needs to be adjusted. for the balance of the year. With grain “Part of the challenge is that when Conprices coming off as much as they have gress created that program in the 2014 this fall, break-evens have improved for farm bill, they adjusted the formula that dairy producers.” Typically, milk prices calculates costs and margins in a way that are lowest at the end of the year and the actually disadvantages dairy farmers and early rst quarter. “Looking at some we need to work with Congress in the uptype of an options strategy or, perhaps, coming months to get it xed.” The NMPF buying some puts to get some protection annual meeting was held in Nashville. below the market in case we go through the typical seasonal downturn and you Praise for dairy fats leave the upside open.” Butter sales have increased in the By Don Wick past two years. Dairy Management IncorColumnist porated CEO Tom Gallagher spoke at the
annual meeting of the National Milk Producers Federation, National Dairy Board and United Dairy Industry Association, saying dairy fats are now more acceptable in the view of consumers. McDonald’s also shifted from margarine to butter, which has helped drive sales. Gallagher said uid milk sales are also beginning to turn around after being in a steady decline for many years. Vetter remains optimistic about TPP ratication The Obama Administration is working overtime promoting passage of the Trans-Pacic Partnership. Ambassador Darci Vetter, who is the country’s chief agriculture negotiator, is reaching out to members of Congress and industry stakeholders. In addition to touting the economic benets of TPP, Vetter said work has been done to protect commodities that are more sensitive to imports, like dairy and sugar. “We worked very closely with both groups. Dairy has strongly supported TPP. They feel we addressed their sensitivities and gave them new market access.” Vetter is optimistic TPP can be ratied in the lame duck session. “I’m quite hopeful that once the election is over and folks turn back to the government issues at hand that they will be able to look at TPP on its merits,” Vetter said. “We will continue to use every minute we have in this administration to get it done.” Ag lenders will be more cautious There has been a steady decline in working capital for farmers. Nathan Kauffman, who is the regional economist for the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, said the farm nancial situation is not a crisis, but he is cautious. “Many will still be OK when it comes to operating credit, but it will be a little bit more difcult and there will be a stronger need for borrowers to be in communication with their lenders. Lenders will want to see some level of transparency and that there has been an effort to make things work in a difcult environment.” Kauffman believes more efforts will be needed to bring costs down. There has been a modest decline in land values. Farmland is often used as collateral in other loans. If land values drop signicantly, Kauffman said it would have a negative impact on farmers.
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ConƟnued from AG INSIDER | Page 8 Kongskilde becomes part of New Holland New Holland Agriculture has an agreement to take over Kongskilde brand. Kongskilde is a Danish company that specializes in tillage and hay and forage equipment. The acquisition includes two plants in Europe, one in Poland and one in Sweden.
No longer the interim executive director Kathleen O’Leary is the new executive director/CEO for the Wisconsin State Fair Park Board of Directors. O’Leary has been the interim CEO since May. Before that, O’Leary was the chief operating ofcer for Wisconsin State Fair Park.
WI farm broadcasters recognized Brian Winnekins, who is the farm broadcaster and owner of WRDN Radio in Durand, Wis., is completing his term as president of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting. At the NAFB Convention, WAXX/WAYY farm broadcaster Bob Bosold was inducted into the NAFB Hall of Fame.
Arneson returns to lead Ag in the Classroom Darlene Arneson has returned as the coordinator of the Agriculture in the Classroom program. Arneson previously led the program from 2004 to 2014. Trivia challenge A gallon of milk weighs 8.6 pounds. That answers our last trivia question. A dairy product called ‘ghee’ was developed in India. For this week’s trivia, what is ghee? We’ll have the answer in the next edition of Dairy Star.
Top honors At the National FFA Convention, Erica Helmer of the Plymouth FFA Chapter won the National FFA Dairy Production-Placement Prociency Award. The diversied horticulture award went to Zachary Olson of Adams Friendship FFA and Brandon Anding of Granton FFA won the ag mechanics repair and maintenance award. The National FFA Grain Production Prociency Award went home with Josh Anderson of Wisconsin Dells FFA.
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ALBANY, Minn. – Dairy producers and other employers in the industry have less than one month to re-evaluate their employee management practices and prepare for changes in federal overtime provisions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Beginning Dec. 1, employees earning a salary less than $47,476 annually or $913 per week are entitled to time and a half for all work over 40 hours in a work week; although, stipulations apply, according to Chris Iacaruso, senior legislative assistant for Congressman Collin Peterson. As the implementation date nears, James Kastanek, owner of Total Agri-Business Services, Inc. in Albany, Minn., fears the revisions will hinder the industry’s potential. “You could be working around the clock to nish harvest or pumping manure before the ground freezes, but overtime Jim Kastanek constraints will make that difTotal Agri-Business cult,” Kastanek said. “On the Services other hand, we don’t want to abuse our employees.” On May 18, 2016, President Barack Obama and U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez authorized updates to the FLSA that is said to extend overtime pay regulations to several million workers. While most agricultural work is exempt from this new ruling, others are not. In a statement by the U.S. Department of Labor, agriculture includes farming in all forms performed by a producer or on farm property connected to or incidental to the farming operations. By denition, there is a broad range of workers that qualify as agricultural employees – from laborers to mechanics to secretaries. As previously noted in the FLSA, agricultural workers are exempt from the latest provisions, with the new exception of those not considered farm laborers and making less than $913 per week. “This may include bookkeepers, those working in a cheese plant and other facets to a dairy,” Kastanek said. However, if an employee is selling an item that is produced by the dairy producer, such as seed or a milk product, those employees are exempt from the law. For example, if an on-farm creamery sells products that are solely made from the dairy’s milk, then those employees are exempt from the overtime provisions. Yet, if other products are sold that were not produced on the farm, the employees are subject to benets of the overtime rule. “There’s a denite gray area,” Kastanek said. Additionally, executive, administrative and professional employees, such as bilingual trainees, veterinarians and nutritionists, are exempt. Dairy producers are also exempt from the new ruling if they use less than 500 man-days of agricultural labor in one calendar year. A man-day is dened where an employee does agricultural labor for at least one hour in a day. “Most small farmers will be exempt from the rule based on the 500 man-day portion of the law,” Kastanek said. While farm employees may be exempt from the federal law depending on their role and the size of the farm, they are still entitled to proper pay for all hours worked – not necessarily time and a half for those hours over 40. Kastanek encourages dairy producers and those involved in the industry to review their state laws and how those differ from the federal laws. “That’s what’s frustrating about it all – in certain cases the laws may contradict themselves,” Kastanek said. “One law says workers could be eligible and the others says they could not be eligible. That’s the trickiness of this thing.” Depending on the conditions of the state laws regarding overtime pay, they may trump the federal law. “If state laws are more rigid, then those are the ones that will affect a farm,” Kastanek said. “Each
state will be different with different circumstances.” For instance, in Minnesota, regardless of their responsibilities on a dairy, employees paid on an hourly basis are entitled to time and a half for work over 48 hours in one work week, according to the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry. “If someone goes over 48 hours, by Minnesota law, they need overtime, but could be OK on the federal level [depending on their job title],” Kastanek said. For dairyman Rick Smith, who milks 250 cows near Adams, Minn., he is unsure yet of how the federal law, coupled with Minnesota’s state law, will effect his farm. “This is a different animal,” Smith said. “We were taught growing up that there was a job and it had to get done. Now, we’ll either have to hire more employees or pay more to get the job Rick Smith done. I’m sure it will hurt the inDairy producer dustry.” In Wisconsin, agricultural workers are exempt from state overtime laws and are also exempt from federal laws if they are employed by a farmer who only farms his farm, but in other situations, that same type of labor may not be exempt, according to attorney Tim Halbach at Twohig Rietbrock Schneider and Halbach S.C. in Chilton, Wis. “The new rules have no impact on farmers who farm their own farms,” Halbach said. “They may affect the farmer who expands his business and starts doing non-agricultural work, such as owning a restaurant on or near his farm, as the farmer must understand that the overtime rules will apply to that non-agricultural business.” Iowa and South Dakota, however, have no state overtime laws, thus only federal laws apTim Halbach ply. Twhohig Rietbrock Regardless of the laws dairy Schneider and producers and others in the inHalbach S.C. dustry will have to abide to, the federal ruling sparks a call to action for improved employee management. “There are federal wage and hour laws that employers need to concern themselves with, and then there are their state’s wage and hour laws,” Halbach said. “Penalties for underpaying your employees can be severe.” Kastanek agreed. “Most importantly, farmers have to track hours, even if their employees are salaried. There are probably some farm audits coming and you want the books to be right,” he said. “Every farm needs to devote considerable time working in the right way.” Kastanek admits, it may be easier to say than to accomplish. “Farmers have to wear so many hats today and that makes farming difcult,” Kastanek said. “This [ruling] is all coming at a busy time of year. Farmers are more worried about other things.” Dairy producers and agricultural employers are encouraged to speak with expert council, including their attorneys and accountants, regarding situations specic to each farm. While questions remain of how different farming operations and businesses within the dairy industry will be affected, the updated overtime rules are an effort to justly reward employees for their work. “Custom operators and farmers who employ people in non-farming activities need to be very mindful of overtime and other wage and hour laws,” Halbach said. “Failing to do so can create signicant costs that were not anticipated.” For Kastanek, he respects the intentions of the overtime laws but envisions these specic regulations being impractical for those who work to produce food and the jobs that accompany that task. “I’d like to see farmers be able to do their job – a job they do so well and are capable of doing,” Kastanek said.
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Holsteins eat aŌer morning milking on the Bonitz’s 40-cow dairy near Mellen, Wis. jobs elsewhere and, most of the time, don’t come back. I enjoy it here, and farming has allowed me to stay here and make a good living,” David said. David described starting a dairy farm from scratch as being a long learning curve. “What we have here is constantly evolving,” he said. Over the years that followed, David turned the tiestall barn into a double-4 at barn milking parlor and added on a freestall barn. His Holsteins, which are fed a mix of grass hay, alfalfa and corn silage, boast a rolling herd average between 25,000 and 26,000 pounds of milk per year. “We started with grass hay because of the beef cows, and tried to switch over to just growing all alfalfa,” David said. “But we found that we can make great quality grass hay up here. Last year our highest sample of grass ran up at 22 percent protein.” Four crops of grass hay are taken off per year and either round baled or stored in bags, while three crops of alfalfa are harvested and the fourth crop is usually left standing. David said this year’s rains made for great tonnage off their alfalfa elds, but it was hard to keep up with the rapidly growing stands. “This was also the rst year we thought about picking corn because the yields were that good, but with low corn prices we couldn’t make it work,” David said. The farm is located, as the crow ies, about 15 miles from Lake Superior. Their proximity to the largest of the Great Lakes makes for, at times, unique weather conditions on the Bonitz farm. “We’re right on the border of the area that gets hit hardest by lake effect snow,” David said. “It all depends on which way the wind is blowing; it typically gets worse to the north and east of here. Sometimes we get in on some of the action, and sometimes it misses us.” On the other hand, Lake Superior has kept the farm from being struck by untimely frosts. “Sometimes the warmth of the lake will keep us from freezing, but 30 miles south of us they’ll get frost,” David said. “The closer you get to the lake, the stronger the effect gets.” In addition, their northern location puts them in a climate that is more cowfriendly in the summertime. “We get two weeks of summer in late July,” David said. Another advantage is that land rent is low compared to other parts of Wisconsin, which is a major factor in crop production. While the home farm consists of 200 acres, only 60 are tillable, so a considerable amount of acreage is rented to add up to 130 total tillable acres. “Rented ground is cheap here,” David said. “We’ve got loamy sand on our place, but the closer you get to the lake, it’s mostly clay.”
David and Stephanie’s location poses a challenge in the fact that most of the business they conduct is at least 90 minutes away from their farm. For example, their feed dealer in Kennan, Wis., is about 90 minutes south, and their milk travels at least two and a half hours from the bulk tank to the creamery. “If we need dairy equipment or parts, that’s a three-hour drive. When we go to Fleet Farm in Marsheld, Wis., we load up on stuff and it’s like Christmas because we never get out of that store cheap,” David said. Because the farm is a long distance from many of the agribusinesses they work with, the Bonitzes pay a premium at times to cover transportation costs. Despite the travel involved with farming where they do, there are other dairy farms nearby and, as an advantage, three milk routes run through the valley. Wildlife is plentiful in the area, and the Bonitz farm sees more than their fair share. While their animals are indoors most of the time, wolves have been a growing problem for other farmers in the area, David said. “Dairy farming isn’t so bad, but the wolves are more problematic for beef cattle and small animals that are outside, as well as other wildlife,” David said. “Most of our problems lie in turkeys poking holes in silage bags and black bears damaging crops in secluded elds.” David and Stephanie’s most unique brush with Mother Nature happened one day when the cows were grazing outside. “A bear was walking through the pasture, and none of the cows seemed to mind except for No. 51,” Stephanie said. “She decided she was going after that bear, and the rest of the herd followed.” What ensued over the next six hours was memorable and at turns worrisome, but is now a humorous tale. “They ran this bear up a balsam tree and wouldn’t let it leave for six hours. Toward the end, the bear was scrambling to stay up there and was foaming at the mouth. I tried getting the cows to leave the bear alone by moving feed wagons out to the pasture, but they wouldn’t move,” David said. Eventually, the cows walked away and David, with a deputy from the Ashland County Sheriff’s Department, was able to chase the bear off into the woods. The bear ran a short distance before collapsing from exhaustion. Just like they have for the past century, the Bonitz family will continue to make a living with their cows, and one of David and Stephanie’s ve children – Tyler, 16, Brooke, 12, Isabelle, 8, Weston, 3, and Charlotte, 1 – may decide they want to return home to Cozy Valley and continue what past generations have started and grown. “I think people tend to exaggerate the disadvantages,” David said. “There are pros and cons to farming here, just like anywhere else.”
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The Dairy Star presents
The Great Christmas Heifer
G I V E A W A Y THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS Grand Prize Drawing Will Be Held Thursday, December 15, 2016 Drawings every business day December 1 until December 15, 2016 for other prizes. THE WINNERS WILL BE POSTED ON WWW.DAIRYSTAR.COM AND ON FACEBOOK.
Grand Prize Heifer: SHEEKNOLL KINDBOY 2615 (AKA HENNY) (HOLSTEIN) Born: Dec. 15, 2015
Sheeknoll 2615 com Kindboy the Sheeh es from a Rochester,n family Minn.
Sire: 7HO12198 Morningview MCC Kinboy-ET Dam: D Sheeknoll Man-O-Man Dora Dam’s Sire: 14HO06429 Long-Langs Oman Oman 2-ETN D Grand Dam: Sheeknoll Alexander April G Granddam’s Sire: 7HO8221 Golden-Oaks St Alexander-ET G
The Sheehans – (from left) Steve, Ben, Jerome, Andrew, Jeannette and Robert – are providing the heifer for the Great Christmas Heifer Giveaway. The family milks 300 registered Holsteins near Rochester, Minn.
Grand Prize Heifer Calf: EACHIBON JESSA R JAMAICA (BROWN SWISS) Born: August 31, 2016
Sire: Jo Dee Nemo Richard Dam: Eachibon Jessalyn Double Dare Jessa Dam’s sire: 54BS92 Fjel-Mar Joel DOUBLE DARE-ET Granddam: Eachibon Jessica Dally Jessalyn Granddam’s sire: Kulp Gen Pronto Dally-ET
Eachibon Jes R Jamaica sa comes F Jason Weihrom r Melrose, Wouch is. Jason Weihrouch is pictured with the prize heiferr calf, Eachibon Jessa R Jamaica. Weihrouch milks 35 registered Brown Swiss cows on his farm near Melrose, Wis.
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REGISTER AT THESE PARTICIPATING BUSINESSES:
IOWA ALLAMAKEE COUNTY • Bodensteiner Implement Waukon • 563-568-3463 • Equity Livestock Waukon • 563-568-4501 • Innovative Ag Services Waukon • 563-568-3455 • Waukon Veterinary Services Waukon • 563-568-2487
• Brynsaas Sales & Service Decorah • 563-382-4484 • Franzen Sales & Service Fort Atkinson • 563-534-2724
WISCONSIN BARRON COUNTY
BREMER COUNTY
• Equity Livestock Barron • 715-537-5618 • Highway 48 Farm Serice, Inc. Rice Lake • 715-234-6788
BUCHANAN COUNTY
• Badgerland Financial Mondovi • 715-926-5055
• ViaÀeld Sumner • 563-578-3214 • Bodensteiner Implement Rowley, IA • 319-938-2222 • ViaÀeld Winthrop • 319-935-3336
CHICKASAW COUNTY
• Ag-Land Equipment New Hampton • 641-394-4226 • Bodensteiner Implement New Hampton • 641-394-3061
CLAYTON COUNTY • Bodensteiner Implement Elkader • 563-245-2470 • Innovative Ag Services Elkader • 563-245-1230 Monona • 563-539-2001
DELAWARE COUNTY
• Edgewood Feed Mill Edgewood • 563-928-6405 • Manchester Livestock Auction Manchester • 563-927-2540 • Simon’s Grain & Feed, Inc. Manchester • 563-927-6050
DUBUQUE COUNTY
• Animal Health International Dyersville • 563-875-7555 • Bodensteiner Implement Dyersville • 563-875-2724 • Cascade Livestock Auction, LLC Cascade • 563-852-3533 • Eastern Iowa Dairy Systems Inc. Epworth • 563-876-3087 • Helle Farm Equipment Dyersville • 563-875-7154 • Innovative Ag Services Cascade • 563-852-7245 Farley • 563-744-3337 • New Vienna Ag New Vienna • 563-921-2896 • Ungs Shopping Center Luxemburg • 563-853-2455
FAYETTE COUNTY
• Associated Milk Producers Inc. Arlington • 563-933-4521 • Bodensteiner Implement Clermont • 563-423-5206 Oelwein • 319-283-4371 • Unionland Feed and Supply West Union • 563-422-5022 • ViaÀeld Arlington • 563-633-3415 Clermont • 563-423-5293 Elgin • 563-426-5566 Maynard • 563-637-2285
HOWARD COUNTY
• Clet Koshatka Farm Equipment Protivin • 563-569-8636 • Bodensteiner Implement Cresco • 563-547-2152
JACKSON COUNTY • Innovative Ag Services Andrew • 563-672-3228
JONES COUNTY
• Bodensteiner Implement Monticello • 319-465-3515
WINNESHIEK COUNTY • Bodensteiner Implement Decorah • 563-382-2961
BUFFALO COUNTY
CHIPPEWA COUNTY
• Associated Milk Producers Inc. Jim Falls • 715-382-4113 • Chippewa Valley Dairy Supply Stanley • 715-644-2350
CLARK COUNTY
• Cloverdale Equipment Curtiss • 715-223-3361 • Federation Cooperative Humbird Feed Mill • 715-964-2411
DANE COUNTY
• Argall Dairy Systems, Inc Belleville • 608-424-6110 • Badgerland Financial Sun Prairie • 608-825-2400 • Field Silo & Equipment Mt Horeb • 608437-5561 • YES JCB Madison • 888-276-4365
EAU CLAIRE COUNTY • Equity Livestock Altoona • 715-835-3104
GRANT COUNTY
• Argall Dairy Systems, West Platteville • 608-348-3385 • Badgerland Financial Lancaster • 608-723-4115 • Bloomington Livestock Exchange Bloomington • 608-994-2020 • Fuller’s Milker Center, Inc. Lancaster • 608-723-4634 • Innovative Ag Services Cuba City • 608-744-2287 • Scott Implement Platteville • 608-348-6565
GREEN COUNTY
• Badgerland Financial Monroe • 608-328-2282 • Equity Livestock Monroe • 608-328-8344 • Monroe WestfaliaSurge Monroe • 608-325-2772 • Tri-County Dairy Supply Inc. Janesville • 800-822-7662
IOWA COUNTY
• Badgerland Financial Dodgeville • 608-935-3396 • Premier Cooperative Mineral Point • 608-987-3100
JACKSON COUNTY
• Federation Cooperative Black River Country Store • 715-284-5354 • Federation Cooperative Hixton Country Store • 715-963-2041
LA CROSSE COUNTY • St. Joseph Equipment LaCrosse • 608-788-1775
LAFAYETTE COUNTY
• Center Hill Veterinary Clinic Darlington • 608-776-4083
MONROE COUNTY
• Badgerland Financial Sparta • 608-269-3148 • Equity Livestock Sparta • 608-269-3104 • Preston Dairy Equipment Sparta • 608-269-3830
• St. Joseph Equipment Norwalk • 608-823-7434
PEPIN COUNTY
• Anibas Silo & Equipment Durand • 715-285-5317 • Jerry Baier & Sons Durand • 715-672-4363
PIERCE COUNTY
• Western Wisconsin Farm Store Ellsworth • 715-273-5066 • Ag Partners Grange Hall • 715-647-5002
RICHLAND COUNTY
• Advanced Dairy Solutions Richland Center • 608-647-4488 • Equity Livestock Richland Center • 608-647-6151 • Premier Cooperative Richland Center • 608-647-6173 • St. Joseph Equipment Richland Center • 608-647-8804
ST. CROIX COUNTY
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TREMPEALEAU COUNTY • Badgerland Financial Arcadia • 608-323-3325 • Centerville Cooperative Trempealeau • 608-536-3311 • Hegg Mill Ettrick • 608-525-4545
VERNON COUNTY
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FILLMORE COUNTY • Farmer’s Co-op Elevator Rushford • 507-864-7733
GOODHUE COUNTY
• Ag Partners Bellchester • 651-923-4453 Goodhue • 800-732-1439 Wanamingo-Agronomy Location 507-824-2215 • Ag Partners Farm Store Cannon Falls • 507-263-4651 Pine Island • 507-356-8313 Wanamingo 507-824-2231 • GB Feed and Supply Bellechester • 651-923-4425 • Midwest Livestock Systems Pine Island • 507-356-8349
HOUSTON COUNTY
• Farmer’s Co-op Elevator Caledonia • 507-725-3306 Houston • 507-896-3147 Spring Grove • 507-498-5321
WABASHA COUNTY
• Ag Partners Farm Store Lake City • 651-345-3328 Plainview • 507-534-2531 • Beck Implement Elgin • 507-876-2122 • Dairyland Equipment Service Plainview • 507-534-3161 • Wingert Sales & Service Plainview • 507-534-2285
WINONA COUNTY
• Benson Farm Service Lewiston • 507-523-2188 • S&S Dairy Systems St. Charles • 507-932-4288
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What is the value of networking with other women in the industry? Annelies Seffrood NorSwiss Dairy Summit, S.D. Grant County 1,200 cows
Kelsey Hendrickson Blanchardville, Wis Green County 150 cows
Laura Rosenhammer Sleepy Eye, Minn. Brown County 200 cows
How did you get into dairy farming? I grew up farming, and I could not dream of doing anything else other than take care of such loving and personable animals for a career.
How did you get into dairy farming? I grew up on our dairy farm owned by my dad and uncle.
How did you get into dairy farming? My husband, John, and I are rst generation dairy farmers. My grandfather cofounded Valley Queen Cheese Factory in 1929. In the late ‘90s, we were recruited to build a dairy to supply milk to the plant. This gave us the opportunity to own our own business. It also involved a move from the suburbs of Chicago back to my home area. We wanted to start a family in rural America.
What are your duties on the farm? I mainly take care of animals under 12 months of age along with the normal daily chores of milking, feeding and whatever needs to be done.
What are your duties on the farm? My job title is probably manager. I am in charge of bookkeeping, cow records, human resources and whatever else needs to be done. The 24 humans – one husband, three children and 20 employees – occupy more of my time than the cows. The data analysis of cow records lets me use my mathematics degree.
What do you see is the value of networking with other women in the industry? I think it is great to see what everyone else is doing and their opinions on situations that you may personally be going through. In many ways, men are our rock to push us to be better where women are there to have a shoulder to listen and provide advisement, especially through emotion.
What do you see is the value of networking with other women in the industry? In my 18 years in the dairy industry, I have gotten used to being part of the one-hand crowd – that is, you can count the number of women in the room on one hand. Over the past decade, it has changed to a two-hand crowd. A room full of women brings a different personality to any meeting. At the Dairy Girl Network national conference, it was very interesting to see how women are involved in all aspects of the dairy industry: dairy owners/managers, dairy employees, bankers, sales staff and consultants, executives along with others.
When not attending conferences, how do you connect with other farmers? We do quite a bit of showing, which allows us to communicate with many other farmers. Facebook and other social media are great ,but usually time is of the essence.
When not attending conferences, how do you connect with other farmers? I try to attend meetings in my area. With three children involved in school activities, I don’t travel to many national meetings. The Central Plains Dairy Expo is permanently on my calendar. What are topics you would like to see for upcoming women networking events? I gravitate to technical topics – nancial, cow health and record keeping. What are some of the biggest challenges facing your dairy right now? Labor is our biggest challenge. I think the challenge of nding good employees is only going to increase in the future. We have a solid group of 14-15 employees with an average of eight years of experience with us; however, I am always looking for two to three people. Regulation compliance is another challenge. The list of rules grows longer every year. I understand the need for basic requirements, but the amount of time and resources needed to comply is almost daunting. What do you enjoy most about dairy farming? I like owning a small business. Despite the challenges and struggles, I like waking up every day knowing I am in charge of my day. I also take pride in producing one of the best foods available to feed people. Our milk is made into top quality cheese that is consumed across the country. Tell us about your farm. I am the Swiss half of NorSwiss. My husband is the Norwegian half. We milk Holsteins with a few Brown Swiss scattered in the herd. We started a cross breeding program in 2005. In 2010, we started genomic testing our heifers. This has moved us back to 99 percent Holstein. Through 18 years of genetic selection, we have bred a smaller, leaner Holstein herd with higher components. In addition to our milking herd, we raise 100 calves on milk and 100 springers.
What are topics you would like to see for upcoming women networking events? I would like to see more on technology specics and more topics on health of herd through vaccination protocols. What are some of the biggest challenges facing your dairy right now? We have only been in business for ve years. Labor has been a big challenge along with steady prices not allowing for consistent prot. As a young farming couple getting into farming right now, we have to put a lot of time, labor and commitment to keep it going. What do you enjoy most about dairy farming? The opportunity to make a difference in so many lives. Each animal we raise is happy, and I am able to work side by side with my husband. Most of all, I can see my accomplishments everyday – from a corn plant growing to a newborn calf standing. Tell us about your farm. I own a farm with my husband called Trent Way Genetics. We started farming in December 2011 with 35 cows in a 55-stall tiestall barn and about 15 young heifers. We love genetics and showing, and decided to take our business into a growing direction working with embryo transfer and IVF. Now almost ve years later, we are at 115 milking cows and over 300 youngstock along with many bulls. World Dairy Expo 2015 was a big accomplishment for our farm when we had the second place 5-year-old Holstein cow. Right now, we are working with two separate breeding philosophies via genomics and also our show type animals. Our main income comes from embryo sales and live animal sales instead of milk. This year, we purchased the farm we have been renting for the last ve years and are building a new housing facility for the cows. We will still milk in the tiestall barn, and as we keep growing, we will be looking into future technologies to keep us going strong. We have a big heart for all our cattle and will continue to be a small herd that focuses on genetics.
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What are your duties on the farm? I manage the herd health, which includes anything from entering data, setting up protocols, administering vaccines and reproduction shots on time, milking, diagnosing and treating sick cows, analyzing records, working with consultants and much more. Additionally, I am in the process of taking over the nancial bookwork. What do you see is the value of networking with other women in the industry? I see tremendous value in networking. The number of women in the dairy industry is growing, and we need to connect in order to share knowledge and offer support so we can keep the dairy industry thriving. I’ve made many contacts through networking that helped me obtain my job at Gar-Lin Dairy after college. Those contacts have also given me advice on how to make changes to improve reproduction on my family’s farm. When not attending conferences, how do you connect with other farmers? I connect with other farmers at meetings. I have connected with other dairy farmers via AgStar’s Annie’s Project, which I highly recommend to any woman in farming. I recommend always trying to get to know whoever is at your table when you are at a meeting. You never know what you will learn from them. What are topics you would like to see for upcoming women networking events? I would like to learn more about farm transitioning and conducting farm meetings. What are some of the biggest challenges facing your dairy right now? Finding ways to increase premiums on our milk check, increasing our manure storage and transitioning the dairy are currently our biggest challenges. What do you enjoy most about dairy farming? I love being challenged each day and the variety in my job. I enjoy keeping our herd healthy and nursing the sick back to health. I appreciate being active outdoors each day and having a variety of places to work – in the skidloader pushing up feed, in a tractor pulling silage wagons, in the ofce getting organized for the week or in the barn giving shots. Tell us about your farm. Our farm is a 200-cow Holstein herd currently owned by my dad, John, and uncle, Greg. I recently returned home to work on the farm. We own 580 acres of cropland used for growing our forages and cash crops. I love giving farm tours. We have acquired horses, goats, chickens, ducks, rabbits, cats, beef cow/calf pairs and dogs to keep tours interesting. We strive to breed cows that milk well, look good and last for several lactations. Turn to FENCE | Page 16
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ConƟnued from FENCE | Page 15 Kim Voigts Platteville, Wis. Lafayette County 85 cows
Kristin Schrimpf Goodhue, Minn. Goodhue County 474 cows
How did you get into dairy farming? I grew up on a dairy farm in northern Illinois and then met my future husband in college at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. He grew up on a dairy farm in Belmont, Wis. We started dairying right out of college in 1981. We started out with his brother, and then branched off on our own.
How did you get into dairy farming? I grew up on a dairy farm and then took a job working on a dairy in Goodhue, Minn. My boss was my husband’s rst cousin. He took us on a blind date, and one year later my husband and I were married. Now my husband, Ken, and I farm together. When I left home, I knew I wanted to try something different, so I worked away from farming. I didn’t like it and that’s why I got the job on the Goodhue dairy.
What are your duties on the farm? I am in charge of the bottle calves and registrations. What do you see is the value of networking with other women in the industry? It’s huge. Dairying can be very isolating, so having that network of women who are going through the same things you are is very helpful. We can also learn so much from each other – sharing helpful hints along with successes and failures saves a lot of time.
What are your duties on the farm? I feed calves, do eldwork, am in charge of bookwork and manage our eight employees. What do you see is the value of networking with other women in the industry? It’s a good way to talk to other dairy farming women who are going through the same thing and living the same life. We can bounce ideas off each other about what works for us and what doesn’t.
When not attending conferences, how do you connect with other farmers? My off-farm career as a commodity broker has me interacting with farmers every day. I love my job and it is very fullling to help farmers manage their nancial risk.
When not attending conferences, how do you connect with other farmers? There are a lot of farmers in the Goodhue area, so I connect at local events. My brothers and dad also farm so I can call them up to see what’s going on or ask them a question.
What are topics you would like to see for upcoming women networking events? Farm transition is something we are working on at our farm. It’s a huge project and something you want to do right.
What are topics you would like to see for upcoming women networking events? Farm transition. I would like to talk to other women about their situation and how other people go about it. We need to do that right now because our son, Ross, is coming home to farm. It’s an important topic because how you transition your farm will have a long-term impact.
What are some of the biggest challenges facing your dairy right now? For us, it is the farm transition. We need to gure out how to generate more income for multiple generations and the best way to do that. What do you enjoy most about dairy farming? I love being around cows. We are purebred Holstein and Jersey breeders, so always striving for that next Excellent cow is incredibly exciting for us. The variety of jobs on a daily basis and being outside are also major perks for me.
What are some of the biggest challenges facing your dairy right now? The two biggest challenges are making sure we keep our good employees and how to transition Ross into the farm. The rising cost of healthcare is also another big issue that everyone who is self-employed is dealing with right now.
Tell us about your farm. We own around 230 acres on which we grow corn and hay. We have a tiestall barn with mattresses that holds 62 cows. We are currently milking around 85. My husband, Larry, and our twin sons, Adam and Matt, do the milking and daily chores. We have a daughter, Carrie, who is a chiropractor in Plaineld, Ill., and a son, Logan, who is a junior at the University of Wisconsin-Madison studying dairy science. We enjoy showing our cattle at area shows and attending as many as we can. The grandchildren are starting to show and get involved in the junior Holstein association, which is very fun. We are always trying to breed a better cow so we do ush work on our better cows.
What do you enjoy most about dairy farming? I like getting up in the morning and doing what I enjoy – working with family and raising healthy animals. Tell us about your farm. My husband, Ken, and I have six kids – Merribeth, Ross, Jeremy, Michaela, Brett and Mitchell. We milk our cows three times a day and raise all our own replacement heifers. We also farm 800 acres of cropland.
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JD 2700 ripper .........................................................$19,500 JD 510, 7 shank disk chisel ..................................$10,500 MF 9895 combine, only 438 sep hrs ........................ Call Case IH 870, 9 shank ripper......................................... Call Sunflower 7200-28 Soil Cond................................Just In Sunflower 4610 ripper .....................................Coming In Sunflower 4511-13 disc chisel ......................Coming In Sunflower 4411-9 ripper ......................................$24,000 Sunflower 1435-26 disc ...........................................Just In Sunflower 1435-23 tandem disc w/mulcher $35,000 Sunflower 1434-32 tandem disc .......................$32,500 Krause 4900, 30’ disc................................................ $9,500 Geringhoff 6 row chopping head ....................... $8,500 Demco 650 gravity box ...........................................Just In MF 2170XD baler ................................................. $100,000 MF 2150, only 11,000 bales.................................$65,000 Vermeer 5500 round baler .....................................Just In Vermeer 605N, only 500 bales ..............................Just In Vermeer 605M, low bales ............................................ Call Vermeer 605M corn stalk, only 1500 bales....$39,500 NH 340 3x3, 2015, only 4500 bales .............Coming In J&M 620 grain cart ................................................... $8,500 Minnesota 250 gravity box w/auger ................. $1,500 JD 2700 5-bottom .................................................... $4,950 Demco 1250G sprayer w/90 ft. boom ..................... Call JD 240 disc mower ................................................... $2,450
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Top Performers
Faith Acres Dairy increases production with 3x milking, TMR Faith Acres Dairy Inc. David Bertram Hewitt, Minn. Ottertail County 136 cows What is your current herd average, butterfat and protein? Our herd average is 30,043 pounds of milk with 1,124 pounds of butterfat and 895 pounds of protein. How many times a day do you milk? If you don’t milk
3X a day, have you tried it in the past? We milk three times a day. Do you use BST? If so, what is your protocol? Yes, we use BST. We start using it when they are conrmed pregnant or if we are having trouble getting them bred back. Do you contract your milk? Has it been successful for you? No, we don’t contract our milk. Turn to BERTRAM | Page 20
MISSY MUSSMAN/DAIRY STAR
David Bertram puts a milking unit on a cow during morning chores. The three Ɵmes a day milking has helped Faith Acres Dairy achieve their current RHA.
MISSY MUSSMAN/DAIRY STAR
David Bertram and his family at Faith Acres Dairy had a recent rolling herd average of 30,043 pounds of milk. Bertram milks 136 cows near HewiƩ, Minn.
GRAND CHAMPION
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BYRON SEED DOES IT AGAIN at World Dairy Expo 2016
• Grand Champ First Time Entrant and Runner-Up to the Grand Champ Over-all! - And guess what? Both are nearly PURE GRASS! • Byron had the over-all 3 top Milk per Ton (MPT) in the hay crop categories and the MPT in both Corn Silage categories. • Byron had 7 of the Top Ten Standard Corn Silages (SCS) including 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, & 9. Three of these and 5 in the SCS were ranked higher than the best BMR! • Grand Champ Baleage and Nos. 1, 2, 3 & 5 Great Forage Means Healthy Cows! • Grand Champ Grass Hay and Nos. 1, 2, 3, & 5 See your Byron Dealer for your • In Dairy Hay, Byron had Nos. 2, 3 & 5
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Gerard Becker
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Hy View Feeds 507-493-5564 Mabel, MN
Valley View Ag Russ Funke Dyersville, IA (563) 590-6939
Schueler Farms
Greenwald Elevator
Sherman Schueler 330-987-3159 Willmar, MN John Dockendorf (320) 894-4808 Greenwald, MN (320) 290-1240
Jack Stamschror
Altura, MN
Crop & Livestock Nutrition Atwater, MN (320) 212-3190
Cleeson Mill
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Winscher Seeds Mike Winscher 320-282-6748 Shawn Winscher Royalton, MN (320) 420-4516
Timberline Dairy Service Joe Graber Kalona, IA (319) 656-3527
Kellogg, MN (507) 259-0269
Dale Ommodt, CCA
Jason Mickelson Frazee, MN 218-849-3137
Lee Kurtenbach
Mechanicksville, IA (319) 241-5105
Peak Forage Products LLC
Benjamin Arlt
Natures Best
Tim Huffman 608-574-7918 Nelson Horst Adam Decker 608-988-6855 Canton S.D. Kevin Zimmerman (605) 359-0765 608-574-7918
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Mervin Beachy St. Ansgar, IA (641) 381-0054
Big Stone City S.D. (651) 331-8865
DJ Cattle Co.
Daryn Yoder Leon, IA (641) 344-6002
Chad Tesch Canton S.D. (605) 759-5622 Dan (Boone) Uphoff, Sioux Falls S.D. (605) 321-1862
Natures Best Roger TeSlaa
Inwood, IA
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“Not only does Udder Comfort work, it works without handling fresh heifers. — Adam Faust
AUSTONE HOLSTEINS, Adam Faust CHILTON, WISCONSIN 70 registered Holsteins, 75 lbs, SCC 150,000
“It gets the edema out fast for complete milkout.
“I picked up Udder Comfort™ as a sample on the first day of the March show at Oshkosh. By the last day, I had my hired man back to buy a gallon. I had been fighting with a high pedigree heifer, an Adonis with 4 out of 5 dams EX, not milking out and giving 15 lbs. “I took the sample home, sprayed her udder after each milking, and by the 3rd time, she was milking out to a dishrag. Her 7-day average is 94 lbs as a 2-yr-old after the Udder Comfort straightened her out,” says Adam Faust during a midsummer visit to his Faustone Holsteins, Chilton, Wisconsin. He purchased the farm from his parents in January and set production and SCC goals. “We use Udder Comfort now on all fresh animals for 7 days.
“I see fresh cows get going and SCC come down faster. I don’t see nearly as many high cows. If so, I spray the udder 2x/day for a few days. I tried other brands and did not see benefits so I was skeptical that this would do anything without massage. Not only does Udder Comfort work, it works without handling fresh heifers. Just spray it on.”
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ConƟnued from BERTRAM | Page 18 Describe your housing and milking facility. We house our cows in a tiestall barn on our farm. What is the composition of your ration? What has been one of your most recent
changes that has been successful for you? We feed 35 pounds of haylage, 30 pounds of corn silage, 16 pounds of high moisture corn, 9 pounds of protein and mineral mix, 0.25 pounds of an energy booster and 3 pounds of top dress.
Through the years you’ve been farming, what change has created the biggest jump in your herd average? Milking three times a day and using the TMR have done that for us. What is your herd health program? We do pregnancy checks every two weeks and do a nine-way vaccination in the fall. What does your dry cow and transition cow program consist of? We have one pen of dry cows that we feed 28 pounds of silage and 4 pounds of a corn and mineral mix along with free choice mixed round bale. What role does genetics play in your production level and what is your breeding program? It plays a big role. We use top end bulls on our heifers and mostly young sires on our cows. What type of improvements would you like to make that would increase your rolling herd average? As of right now, we don’t have any improvements we want to make.
MISSY MUSSMAN/DAIRY STAR
David Bertram decides which bull to use before breeding a cow. Bertram uses top end bulls on his heifers and young sires on his cows.
What would you say are the three most important factors for you that helped you attain your current herd average? Switching over to three times a day milking, using a TMR along with high quality feeds and using high quality bulls.
MISSY MUSSMAN/DAIRY STAR
David Bertram examines a sample of feed. Bertram credits the high quality feeds in his TMR for his current RHA. Tell us about your farm. I started farming in 1969 with my dad. We built a new tiestall barn in 1980 for 80 cows and added a second addition later for 42 cows and maternity pens. We also added two Harvestores and a stave silo. At the present time, we employ my oldest son, Eric, my brother, James, and Patrick Harris. My youngest son, Cory, and niece,
Keisha, and my grandchildren help with chores. Eric’s wife, Angie, does the morning calf feeding. We have ve irrigation systems and also have 60 head of beef cows. We planted 280 acres of corn, 500 acres of soybeans, 115 acres of oats, 145 acres of alfalfa and 86 acres of an alfalfa and grass mix. My dad, Ted, and I do most of the eld work.
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We would like to congratulate our long time members and friends, the Carpenters, on their great success at the 50th World Dairy Expo! Cora Carpenter and her homebred four-year-old Jersey, Cari, were named Grand Champion of the International Junior Jersey Show! We’ve been doing business with Steve and his family since 1999 and have enjoyed helping feed their herd ever since. Currently Redrock View Farms is milking 595 cows, averaging 96.9 lbs/day with an RHA of 30799, Fat: 3.84% 1181 lbs Protein: 3.04% 937 lbs and SCC of 154.
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ConƟnued from BRANCEL | Page 22 technology have been a key driver in changing the consumer mindset. While addressing summit attendees, Brancel encouraged farmers to stay informed on current topics in agriculture and to be supportive of all production methods. “While two farms can each produce the same crop differently, we cannot put others down for having different attributes. In this day, we need farms of all sizes and practices in order to stay viable,” Brancel said. Brancel identied food labeling as one of the greatest issues facing agriculture today. He said there is a desper-
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Ben Brancel, Wisconsin Secretary of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer ProtecƟon, provides a keynote address to aƩendees of the PDPW Food and Policy Summit on Oct. 25 in Madison, Wis. sumers has broadened the problem. According to Brancel, because these labels were not dened initially, the responsibility of educating the public falls to the farmers themselves. “Biotechnology rms have failed to explain [genetically modied organisms] to the public. Therefore, as farmers, you must,” Brancel said. Brancel further explained consumers’ lack of information saying that while agriculture continues to produce more food on fewer resources, how this is possible has not been adequately communicated to the general public. “We are able to raise crops and
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United States.” Brancel believes that while it may not be possible to change the mindset of an entire population, he said understanding the audience and providing them with the information they want is a way to improve the conversation. “Food security is a term used across the world, but most decisions about it are made in countries with plenty of it,” Brancel said. “Millennials don’t just want the stories behind food; they are looking to learn more – not just what is in their food, but how it is produced.” Because the millennial population seeks this information, Brancel encouraged farmers to be the ones to provide it. “Open up to sharing your story; if you don’t, it is a disservice for our industry. If we don’t open our barn doors, it looks we have something to hide. While we know this is not the case, that is the perception,” Brancel said. Brancel reminded farmers there is a place for everybody at America’s kitchen table and the importance of options in the supermarket. “People speaking up for food production may have the nancial means to pay for food produced in a certain way, but that is not affordable for those who cannot pay more,” Brancel said. “We are in [consumers’] lives every day; if we aren’t, we are in trouble. Serious trouble.” Brancel concluded by urging farmers to remember agriculture’s common goals and to support one another – regardless of size or means of production. “Food production is a huge responsibility we have to do together,” Brancel said. “We absolutely must work together.”
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A good representation of their herd Sheehans provide Holstein for Great Christmas Heifer Giveaway By Missy Mussman missy@dairystar.com
ROCHESTER, Minn. – A combination of quality type and milk production is what the Sheehan family strives for within their herd of Holsteins. “We don’t just breed for type or just production. We want complete cows that look good and perform well,” Robert Sheehan said. Their heifer, Sheeknoll Kingboy 2615, also known as Henny, comes from ve generations of cows just like that. One lucky grade A or B dairy farmer in the Dairy Star coverage area will win Henny during this year’s Dairy Star Great Christmas Heifer Giveaway. Eligible farmers may sign up in person at participating businesses, which are listed on pages 12 and 13 in this section. Henny comes from Sheeknoll Farms, a 300-cow dairy near Rochester, Minn. Sheeknoll Farms is owned and operated by Robert and Jeannette Sheehan, and their son and daughter-in-law, Andy and Juliana, Robert’s brothers and sisters-in-law, Jim and Mary, and Jerome and Karen, and Jim’s sons, Steve and Ben. “Henny is the type of heifer we would want to add to our herd if the roles were reversed,”
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The Sheehan family – (from leŌ) Steve, Ben, Jerome, Andy, JeanneƩe and Robert – is providing their heifer Sheeknoll Kingboy 2615, also known as Henny, for the Dairy Star Great Christmas Heifer Giveaway this year. The Sheehans milk 300 cows near Rochester, Minn. Jeannette said. “We wanted to nd something that was a good representation of what we breed for.” Henny was born on Dec. 15, 2015, and was shown as a winter calf this past year at the Olmsted County Fair by a local FFA member, Meghan Jirik. She placed well in her class at the district show. “She’s a nice straight lined heifer with good feet and legs,” Jeannette said. “Plus, she knows how to lead and has a great birth-
day to show as a winter yearling next year.” Henny’s sire is Morningview MCC Kingboy-ET, who is a high genomic young sire bull. “His daughters are starting to calve in now,” Robert said. “He has the strong potential to create a combination of high type and high producing cows.” That works out well since Henny’s dam, Sheeknoll ManO-Man2 Dora, who sold on the State Holstein Spring Sale last
April, produced 21,700 pounds of milk, with 4.5 percent fat (971 pounds) and 3.3 percent protein (714 pounds) as a 2-year-old at 347 days in milk. “She did really well for us her rst lactation,” Robert said. On top of her production, Dora also scored Very Good 87 as a 3-year-old. “That’s really good for such a young cow,” Robert said. Even Henny’s granddam, Sheeknoll Alexander April, scored Good Plus 82 with her
best production record being 33,790 pounds of milk, and her great granddam, Sheeknoll Swain Stacy, scoring Very Good 86 with her best production record being 30,000 pounds of milk. “Henny has a good production and type pedigree behind her,” Robert said. When breeding their cows, the rst thing the Sheehans look for is high values for feet and legs, and udders. “We want a lot of strength in those areas,” Jeannette said. “We also have been putting more emphasis on components on top of milk production.” Those traits t in well with the Sheehan family’s farm set up. Robert and Jeannette milk 60 cows on their farm in a tiestall barn, and the remaining 240 cows are milked at the other farm in a double-12 parallel parlor with a freestall barn. “There’s no requirements of which cows go on where,” Robert said. “Whichever farm a calf is born at is the farm they return to. Our show cows are housed on both sites. We have a yellow tag for the cows on the freestall farm and white ones for the cows in the tiestall barn.” Breeding the cows to succeed in type and production at both locations is what makes the Sheehans excited for Henny’s next owners. “It’s fun to see people start out with a nice heifer,” Jeannette said. “We hope the next owner can live their dream or start a dream with her.”
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MELROSE, Wis. – For nearly 42 years, Brown Swiss have been the staple breed on the Weihrouch farm near Melrose, Wis. While growing up on the third-generation dairy farm, Jason Weihrouch was determined to carry on the breed that has become a family tradition. “Brown Swiss cows are relatively easy to take care of. They’re good, hearty animals,” Weihrouch said. “And they’re loveable.” Weihrouch is providing a Brown Swiss calf for this year’s Dairy Star Great Christmas Heifer Calf Giveaway. Weihrouch milks 35 registered Brown Swiss cows with his parents, Charlie and Yvonne. The calf, Eachibon Jessa R Jamaica, will go to one lucky son or daughter of a dairy farmer residing in the Dairy Star coverage area. Eligible children must be under the age of 18 and may sign up in per-
son at participating businesses, which are listed on pages 12 and 13 in this section. Weihrouch is excited to see who receives the calf that is the fourth generation out of his rst cow family. Her dam, Jessalyn Double Dare Jessa, is scored GP-84 as a 2-year-old. Her second dam is scored VG88, with the third dam scored VG-87 and the fourth dam at EX-90. Weihrouch said he hopes Jamaica’s new owner will see similar success as she progresses. “It’s hard to make predictions when she is just 2 months old. She comes from good genetics, a family with good dairy structure and correctness in their frames,” Weihrouch said. The calf’s cow family is averaging 20,000 pounds of milk. Total milk production is not what Weihrouch said he looks for most when making breeding decisions, but rather components. The calf’s dam had a 305-day production of 13,000 pounds of milk with 5.1 percent fat and 4.1 percent protein as a 2-year-old. Additionally, the calf’s granddam produced components of 6.5 percent butterfat and 3.7 percent protein. Weihrouch hopes the calf will be just as produc-
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Jason Weihrouch holds Jamaica – a registered Brown Swiss calf, he is providing for the Dairy Star Great Christmas Heifer Calf Giveaway contest. Weihrouch milks 35 cows near Melrose, Wis. tive in her components as the Born on Aug. 31, Weihrest of her family. rouch grants if her new owners An excellent maternal line choose to exhibit her the calf is paired with an equally im- could have tough competition pressive sire. Jamaica is sired in the show ring due to her by Jo Dee Nemo Richard, cur- young age. rently the No. 2 bull in both However, the calf’s genetgenomic type and udder com- ics have potential to bring out a posite index. lot of qualities that Weihrouch “Richard is a little bit big- believes could make her just ger, which hopefully will give as competitive as he hopes she her some more size,” Weih- will be productive. rouch said. “I’ve heard great “I already like her depth things about him and his off- of chest; she has even more spring.” depth than her mom did at
that age. She’s long, stylish,” Weihrouch said. “With being good genetics wise, [the winner] could denitely show her. She’s bigger, longer end-toend than her mother; with that depth of chest, I think she will make a bigger front end cow.” A calf with great potential certainly is hard to part with. Weihrouch said that while this is true, he also wants to provide a calf to a winner who will be satised for years to come. “She has a good pedigree. I wouldn’t sell someone a poor heifer, so I wanted to provide something of quality,” Weihrouch said. Weihrouch is in the process of purchasing heifers from his parents as he transitions into ownership on his family’s farm. With the exception of two Holsteins, the Weihrouch herd has been home to registered Brown Swiss for three generations under the Eachibon prex – a Japanese word meaning No. 1 Weihrouch hopes the calf’s new owners nd just as much joy in the breed as he has. “If they show her one day, that’s great,” Weihrouch said. “But, more importantly, I hope that, with her genetics, she will be a worthy addition to their herd.”
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When I was a kid, Halloween was a chance to put have a ride, but Kurt managed to ďƒžnd a route. The on a fun costume that my mom made for me and visit wagon slipped and slid on a few muddy patches, but a handful of neighbors and nearby relatives. Older it only added to the excitement. It was fun for me to empty-nesters who delighted in seeing act as tour guide for our friends. Dairy in the Suburbs myself and my siblings and rewarded The highlight of the evening was our shy and quiet “trick-or-treatsâ€? with something we’d kept as a surprise: a candy. trebuchet. Used in medieval times to Now that I’m quite a few years into hurl large missiles during siege warfare, this trick-or-treating thing as a parent, this one was built by Kurt’s brother, not Halloween has become my least favorto besiege cities, but to launch pumpite holiday. My kids turn into greedy, kins for the entertainment of spectators. sweet-crazed treat gobblers who drag Most of the dads had seen it set-up by home pounds of candy loot in their the shed and surmised it to be a catapult plastic pumpkins. They dissolve into of sorts, but I don’t think any of them tears and tantrums when we try to limit expected it to do what it does. It’s funtheir candy consumption (well, Tate ny, but when a crowd of people watch does, anyway). Where’s the fun in that? a pumpkin ďƒ&#x;y incredibly high in the By Susan Steinke Halloween originated from All Halair for an incredible distance, and then Columnist lows’ Eve, the vigil before the Catholic explode when it hits the ground with a feasts of All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day. Trick-or-treating evolved from the ancient English custom of going door-to-door to beg for soul cakes, given out in exchange for promises of prayers for the deceased loved ones of the household. Soul cakes eventually took on a shape meant to evoke the idea of eternity: a circle, with a hole in the middle. Otherwise known as a donut. Thus, Halloween wasn’t intended to revolve around candy, but rather as a way to remember our beloved dead. This year, Kurt and I decided to do things differently. Rather than the usual Halloween greed-fest, we hosted a traditional All Hallows’ Eve party with our friends. A fun, fall celebration on the farm. We sent out invitations for the evening of Oct. 30 and soon had a guest list of over 60 people – the majority of them children. I planned the party as a potluck and asked that each family also bring their favorite Halloween treat to add to treat bags that the kids took home at the end of the evening.
loud thump, they all have the same reaction: delighted laughter. It was a great evening, much preferable to Halloweens of years past. The kids ran around being kids and the adults had a chance to enjoy wonderful conversation and company. After the last guests left, with soul cakes in hand and words of gratitude for sharing our farm, I asked Lily if she thought the party had been a success. “Yes,â€? she enthusiastically said. “Except for one thing: no one knew what a gravity box or a bulk tank was.â€? Whoops. Next year I’ll have to make my hunt more city-kid friendly. Susan and her husband, Kurt, milk 40 cows in Greenďƒželd, Minn. They have three little farmhands: Lily, 8, Tate, 4, and Gemma, 2. Just two miles east of their farm, on a clear day you can see the Minneapolis skyline. Susan can be reached at kurt.susan@ hotmail.com.
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A smooth Barron fall sale despite rocky milk prices
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BARRON, Wis. – There were 81 lots of Holsteins and Jerseys that went to new homes following the Barron County Holstein Breeders Association’s fall sale on Nov. 5 at the Barron Sale Pavilion in Barron, Wis. Bob Lentz of Dallas, Wis., acted as chairman of the sale while Darrell Worden of Wausau, Wis., ofciated it. Kevin Jorgensen of Waupun, Wis., read pedigrees. Lentz also served as a ringman alongside Don Mayer of Bloomer, Wis., and Ed Mielke of Fenwood, Wis. The 81 lots sold grossed $151,775. While an overall average has not been tabulated as of press time, Lentz estimated a sale average of nearly $2,000 per lot on bred heifers and milking cows. Bringing in the highest bid was lots 1 and 1 1/2, Bosside Apple Angie-ET and her day-old heifer calf sired by Bosside Captain-Red, at $4,350. Lot 88, Holle-Oaks Gemini Lucy, sold for $3,600 to take the second highest bid, and lot 55, Nova Alchemy E Oprah, came in at third with $2,900. Rounding out the top ve sellers were lots 67 and 67 1/2, Hurrae Ladd Fuschia P-Red and her heifer calf sired by Diamondback, at a total of $2,850 and two milking cows tying for fth highest seller at $2,700 each. “Considering the depressed milk prices and beef prices we’ve been dealing with, it was a good sale,” Lentz said.
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Lot 65, Jebstarr Advent Blossom-Red (right), consigned by Jim Ploeckelman of Athens, Wis., eyes up the audience during the Barron Fall Sale.
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and we don’t cry over spilled milk. I tinue working at our farm. am happy to say we have kids that can This kind of time will change these carry milk pails. All are now lling wa- kids into responsible, efcient and ter pails with fresh water, too, and are knowledgeable employees. This is spenoticing when they need more hay or cial time and worth a lot to me as an grain. This is something to cheer about. employer, a mentor and a role model. As time Making time for goes on and these young men i to b be things get I am not ever going and women that easier for able to replace Anna and could be workthem, I will ing anywhere, make time Catherine, but I am finding but have chosen for these kids comfort knowing I can to work for me, to learn more is a rare treat about cows give this milking crew new to embrace and and calves, opportunities ... value. Give me a animal health little more time, I and how to know eventually scrap the they will all be freestall barn. I will rejoice on all the pulling the 1.5 hour milking. little successes. I am not ever going to Tina Hinchley, her husband, be able to replace Anna and Catherine, Duane, and their daughters, Anna and but I am nding comfort knowing I can Catherine, milk 120 registered Holgive this milking crew new opportuni- steins and farm 2,500 acres of crops ties, challenges and experiences that near Cambridge, Wis. They have been they will want to learn and want to con- hosting farm tours for over 18 years.
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These simple words are the title of Tomie dePaola’s recent picture book. “Open your eyes, and look. Open your eyes and see, and say thank you for today is today. Be grateful for everything you see. Have gratitude. Today is today and it is a gift. So, be grateful.” Though a very short and sweet children’s book, it has great lessons for all ages, especially this time of year. I love November. It holds my two favorite holidays – deer season and Thanksgiving, yet I feel sorry for the month. It’s as if we don’t put as much effort into its holiday as we do the months that surround it. November is smack dab in the middle of ghouls and goblins and presents and a buying frenzy. I’m sure I’m not the only one already thinking about Christmas plans and becoming slightly frazzled; whatever happened to stopping and enjoying the season we are in?
It’s easy to forget to be grateful in the midst of the chaos. There’s always going to be the days we wished we would have gotten more corn combined, more cows moved, wished we had been there to prevent a dead calf due to calving or any number of things. After two corn hauling catastrophes in the past two weeks while hauling loads to the grain elevator, I’m incredibly thankful that everyone is okay despite their unwelcome rides in trucks. It can be hard to refocus your mind to nd something to be thankful about, but perspective on a situation can make a huge difference. During the month of November, we write down ‘I’m thankful’ things on a daily basis at our house. Ira, 10, seemed to struggle. It was as if he couldn’t decide on anything big enough. Being grateful doesn’t have to be a huge thing that happened in your world on that day. Sometimes it’s the smallest things that remind us to be thankful for what we have. Dane’s thanks have
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included having library at school, shooting the BB gun at pumpkins and Oliver getting to stay and play longer at the barn. Ira has found his thankful voice; Peter didn’t get stuck in the pit while scooping up solids, Thomas saw deer and getting his hunting license. Henry, 3, is too young to completely grasp the Ramblings from the Ridge whole concept, so I ask him what made him happy every day. “I played with the kitties at the barn,” “I caught Daisy (his favorite chicken),” “Finley and I played in the mud.” Thanksgiving encourages all of us to be thankful for what we have before us and By Jacqui Davison around us, but recently Columnist a few other holidays popped up to help us extend our giving spirit. A few years ago, I wrote about National Tie One On Day – the day before Thanksgiving when you are encouraged to tie one on (an apron, of course) and bake something special to give to someone to lift them up. Perhaps it made its way into your November traditions. This year, I’d like you to think about another relatively new way to encourage giving when the greater part of our society is a buzz with buying. Giving Tuesday (for you social media buffs it is #GivingTuesday) takes place on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving. Giving Tuesday is after Black Friday, when people lose their minds over trying to be the rst in line for stores to open and rush like mad to buy gifts. It’s after Cyber Monday, when the Internet is full of sales for those that don’t like hitting the crowds and the stores on the previous Friday with full bellies. Giving Tuesday is a global day of giving that harnesses the collective power of individuals, communities and organizations for one common purpose: to celebrate and encourage giving. Giving Tuesday is about ordinary people coming together, doing extraordinary things. Stacy and I both direct organizations in our community that rely on other people who believe in our mission to make our corner of the world a better place for children to grow and thrive. Our programs are proof that ordinary people can bond to make extraordinary things happen. Stacy’s Feeding Our Cubs sends shelf-stable, healthy snacks home with children that live in food insecure households to help them make it through the weekend and holiday breaks. My CARES program focuses on encouraging literacy at all ages. At this time of year, we collect books to send home with families through our local empty stocking program. Our programs wouldn’t be as successful as they are if it wasn’t for the support of our school district along with our community as a whole. As you think about taking part of Giving Tuesday, look up some worthy nonprots in your area or help out a neighbor by cleaning up their yard. Much like Ira struggling with his thankful things not being big enough, something very small may be something very big to someone else. You could brighten their day and put the giving back in the season. Look and be grateful. For me, part of being grateful for what I have is the desire to give. Jacqui, her dad, sister, and brothers milk 550 cows and run 1,000 acres of crops in the northeastern corner of Vernon County, Wis. Her children – Ira (9), Dane (6) and Henry (2) – farm with her while her husband, Keith, works on a grain farm. She loves to cook, quilt and garden and wishes there were more hours in the day to get it all in. Farming and teaching others about farming are her passions.
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It was about 8 p.m. on a Wednesday night. I was piling the kids back into my Tahoe after spending an hour at my mom and dad’s house. The kids were getting tired. Zander was spooked by the darkness and Silas wasn’t helping as he started asking me if there are bears that live by my parents’ house. Maren started whimpering – sensing the boys’ uncertainty. Just a month earlier, it would have been ne. The sun would have been shining yet – they would have stopped and played with the cats before hopping in the truck, the old barn wouldn’t have looked so dark and scary and the trees wouldn’t have been casting such long dark shadows from the yard light. It’s that time of year again, the cloudiest month of the year – November. By the time you read this, it is By Andrea Borgerding hopefully already half over. There is something about Online Editor this month that is truly uninspiring and down right depressing. Usually, about this time is when I start making a conscious effort to check in on my loved ones and give myself an extra push to surround myself with positive people. I feel luckier than most people. My children keep me happy and busy; it’s hard to be sad when the boys are cracking jokes and Maren is giggling at a silly cartoon. When I know my dad is especially down, I make it a point to stop out with the kids. They have the tendency to lighten up a room – and a mood. For the past two weeks, I’ve found myself struggling to nd energy to work out, even though I know it can change my mood like a ip of a switch. It takes everything I have to drag myself out of bed for a 5:30 workout class or to hit the treadmill for a run. I often think back to my 5:30 wake up calls during the summer when the sun was already up. I’d jump out of bed ready to go, feeling like the day was half over already. This time of year I have to constantly keep myself in check and not rely on the sun to brighten my mood. I get up to go to a workout class to surround myself with positive people. I run on the treadmill to keep me healthy and energetic. I focus on my children and husband to keep myself positive and remind myself that they need me as much as I need them. It’s scary to think of being in a dark place where I don’t think there is any hope or happiness even when the sun is shining. As the days get shorter and the weather gets colder, it gets harder to nd hope, light and energy for every day challenges. Remember to be there for your family and friends. Spread love and cheer to everyone you come across. You never know, you may provide the light and energy someone needed to make it through that day.
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A year and a half has passed since our grand- in St. Louis, Mo. The doctors also said to not be wishdaughter Ava fell out of a side by side with her right ful about much being able to be done for Ava. arm entangled in the shoulder belt harness. She sufAfter the swelling went down, Joe and Rita brought fered some nasty facial lacerations that healed well her to a nerve specialist in St. Louis. The specialist ofover time. The severe pull on fered a surgery that may her right arm disconnected give her some shoulder her brachial plexus nerves IIt was considered and elbow movement id d a success; from her spinal cord leaving and a fused hand. In the her with a totally and perma- however, it takes two years for the meantime, Rita did a lot nently limp arm and hand. nerves to even reach her fingers. of research on brachial Her arm and hand showed no plexus injuries and had visible injuries but there was found that Cincinnati no feeling and no movement. Children’s Hospital was The hand could be laying on a hot stove top and she doing cutting edge surgeries on children with brachial would not feel it. plexus injuries. They brought Ava to Cincinnati, Ohio Ava spent a week in Sioux Falls, S.D. at the Sioux and were told that most brachial plexus injuries occur Falls Children’s Hospital. The doctors recommended at birth. So, a 4-year-old might struggle with reproher parents, Joe and Rita, send Ava to see specialists gramming her brain. The surgery team wanted to try
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Are you ready for FARM 3.0? On Jan. 1, 2017 tion scorecard (when scored by the FARM evaluator). version 3.0 of the National Milk Producers Fed3. Ninety-ve percent or more of lactating and eration (NMPF) FARM program will go into effect. dry cows must score a two or less on the FARM hock Most of you have probably heard about and knee scorecard. one change: the ban on tail docking. This Veterinary Wisdom 4. Ninety-nine percent of all classes is not the only change coming, though. of animal must score a two or more on FARM 3.0 has something called a Manthe body condition score scorecard. datory Corrective Action Plan (MCAP). If a farm does not meet the standards Earlier versions of FARM used Continufor the phase two priority areas at the ous Improvement Plans (CIP) or simply time of evaluation, a CIP will be develaction plans when the evaluator identioped by the evaluator. Upon the farm’s ed areas needing improvement. With next, regularly scheduled second party FARM 3.0, there are three phase one prievaluation, the farm must show progress ority areas that, if not met, will trigger a toward completing its CIP, or may be MCAP. They are: placed on probationary status. 1. Veterinarian-Client-Patient-RelaBeyond the phase one and phase two tionship: Every dairy must have a current priority areas, there are some other docuBy Jim Bennett VCPR form, signed by the Veterinarian ments that must be available to the evaluColumnist of Record and by the farm owner or manator, but will not trigger a MAP or CIP, if ager. The form must be updated annually. not available. They are: 2. Dairy cattle care and ethics training agreement: 1. Training documentation of: All employees with animal care responsibilities must a. stockmanship for all employees with anihave signed this agreement, and must do so annually. mal care responsibilities, dated with past 12 months 3. Tail docking: docking is to be stopped by Janub. calf care: nutritional requirements, feeding ary 1, 2017. techniques and proper handling and movement Farms that do not meet these three requirements c. non-ambulatory animal management will receive a MCAP, and a timeframe for re-evaluad. euthanasia tion, not exceeding one year, will be set by the evalu2. Posted emergency contact information ator. After re-evaluation, a farm still not meeting the 3. Drug treatment records three requirements will be placed on probationary sta4. Written herd health plan that includes written tus and receive a formal notice of suspension after 60 protocols for, at a minimum: days. a. milking routine and procedures FARM 3.0 also designates phase two priority arb. common disease treatment and monitoring eas. If they are not met, a CIP will be triggered. They c. vaccinations specifying age, class, product are: and route of administration 1. Herd health plan: The minimum standard for d. daily observation of all cattle for injury or the herd health plan includes protocols for: disease a. newborn and milk-fed calf management e. newborn and milk-fed dairy calf manageb. pain management ment including: c. management of non-ambulatory animals i. disbudding before 8 weeks of age or earlier d. euthanasia with pain mitigation per herd veterinarian recommen2. Ninety-ve percent of the lactating and dry cow dation herd must score a two or less on the FARM locomoii. other planned medical procedures per-
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ConƟnued from BOLINS | Page 35 The rst three days of getting the cows accustomed to coming to the robots was the hardest, Dan said. But after three weeks, most of them had adapted to “the rhythm of the barn,” he said. Now, not quite a year later, it’s been a gradual progression. “Things continue to get better every day management wise and with cow performance,” Dan said. “The cows have gone up on milk, held the components, and the milk quality is great.” On the morning of Nov. 1, the milking system’s computer reported the 105 cows were averaging 83.1 pounds of milk each, per day. That was up, Dan said, from about 65 pounds a day at his parents’ farm. The fat test is around 4 per-
cent, while the protein test has remained at roughly 3 percent. He said the somatic cell count continues to stay around 200,000. The fat test has dropped a tad in the past 11 months. Dan attributed some of that to adding Holsteins to the herd. He also purchased one Red and White Holstein and several Jerseys. The entire herd is registered. Another thing Dan likes about his robotic milking system is he does not have to offer pelleted feed in the robot room. Instead, the cows get a grain mix from a pair of bins near the barn. “It’s more economical and it offers more exibility in terms of the ingredients,” Dan said. Balancing the ration is easier, too, since Dan can include ingredients that don’t pellet well.
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The roboƟc milker at New Day Dairy is housed in an enclosed area between rows of cows. A posiƟve-pressure venƟlaƟon system pulls stale air out of the robot room. Since there are not any local dealers for his brand of robotic milker, Dan handles most of the maintenance himself. It’s not difcult, he said, but it does require the ability to follow directions and solve problems. To help him learn, Dan attended a technical training course in Pennsylvania. He said he learned how to “speak and understand ‘Dutchlish.’” That happened because parts of the robot’s manuals were written by engineers from The Netherlands, and their words did not always translate perfectly to English. For instance, the manuals refer to teat cups as beakers, Dan said. Like other dairy producers who have handed the milking over to robots, Dan appreciates the more-exible schedule that it has allowed him to adapt. The children are not yet involved in school activities, but there are
still church activities and other things that take he and Lynn away from the farm. Living so close to the robotic milker, and being responsible for most of its maintenance and repairs, can get to be a chore, Dan said. “Sometimes it’s a little bit grueling to be on call 24-7 and know you can’t ever quite fully disengage,” he said. Overall, though, Dan likes his robotic milking system so much that he already has a spot for a second machine on the other side of the barn. Utilities and water lines are ready for the day when the barn is lengthened to accommodate more cows. Dan, the fth generation Bolin on this farm, has a degree in dairy science from Iowa State University. That’s where he met Lynn, who has a degree in busi-
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What has been the best purchase you’ve ever made on your farm? We built the barn and parlor. The previous owner milked in a stanchion barn.
How do you or your family like to spend time when you are not doing chores? Reading. Everybody has their nose in a book.
What has been your biggest accomplishment while dairy farming? How did you achieve this? We built our parlor and barn ourselves. I had a lot of help and it took a lot of time, but it’s working. What are your plans for your dairy in the next ve years? As the boys get older, to be a little more detail orientated and milk a few more cows. What is your favorite thing to do on the farm? I like milking cows and working with the animals. What is your favorite dairy product? I have to get it down to one; I like yogurt, cheese and ice cream.
What is your favorite technology? Cell phone. It saves a lot of steps wherever we are working. Looking back, if you could change one thing that you did on your farm, what would it be and why? When we started dairying, we started with a compost barn and then switched to sand bedding. It would have saved us work if we would have went to sand bedding right away. Tell us about a skill you possess that makes dairy farming easier for you. We tend to buy older equipment and learn how to x it up.
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