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A decade of dairying solo Crubel manages her herd on rented farm

By Abby Wiedmeyer abby.w@dairystar.com

LANCASTER, Wis. – Ashlee Crubel has been milking cows since she was 10 years old and has no intention of stopping. She believes her work ethic and passion for cattle keeps her relevant and motivated in an ever-changing industry.

“I have a real passion for cattle,” Crubel said. “I started by myself with my own cows in 2012. Next March will be 10 years.”

Crubel milks 73 cows at Ashlynn Dairy near Lancaster. The heifers are housed where Crubel lives in Livingston.

She owns a total of 160 head of cattle.

Calves are raised in small groups around the farm and fed bottles.

Currently, there are 27 calves on bottles.

Her dad, Bill Crubel, does the eld work and feeding, and her mom, Gina, helps with calf chores between her full-time job, but the milking is all up to Crubel.

“The cows revolve around me,” Crubel said. “I do all the milking and breeding.”

Because Crubel milks in a 61-stall tiestall barn, she plans to dry some off before winter to avoid switching cows during the winter months.

Crubel graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Farm and Industry Short Course with a dairy science certicate in 2012. Her parents sold the

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Ashlee Crubel poses with one of her show cows on her farm near Lancaster, Wisconsin. Crubel milks 73 cows, and has been dairying on her own since March 2012. cowherd a year prior and offered to rent the barn to Crubel if she wanted to begin milking. Crubel decided to indulge in her love of cows and bought a herd of 20 Jerseys to get started.

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“I told (the Farm Service Agency) to start pushing those payments because I knew it wouldn’t last,” said Crubel,

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Ashlee Crubel feeds grain to a group of calves on her farm near Lancaster, Wisconsin. This calf housing is a new addiƟon to the farm this year. managed to signicantly grow the herd.

Crubel said breeding her own cows is one way she saves money. She also tries not to call the veterinarian too often and can generally take care of problems on her own.

Recently, Crubel has made changes to the feeding program. She does not have a nutritionist and has decided to start purchasing hay from South Dakota in an effort to increase milk production.

“I’m trying to push as much milk out of them as I can,” Crubel said. “Feed can be costly, and I’m trying to make my own ration.”

Other feed is purchased from her parents. The cows are fed western and Wisconsin hay, corn silage and topdressed protein.

Crubel also has a passion for showing.

“I’m 28 years old, and I still put on my whites and get out to the show ring,” Crubel said.

She shows in open class at county fairs and various shows around the country. She tries to nd kids who are interested in the hobby as well and gives them an opportunity to try showing.

When Crubel is not farming, she is working her part-time job as a bartender.

Crubel said the job works well and allows her time to get off the farm and see people.

Many of the clientele are local farmers who come in for lunch. The owner of the bar also appreciates cattle and owns a heifer with Crubel.

Crubel said there are times she becomes worn out and wonders why she does not do something easier, but believes she is too independent to do

“My favorite part is the fact that I can show women that they actually can do it by themselves.”

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“My favorite part is the fact that I can show women that they actually can do it by themselves,” Crubel said. “People don’t think I belong in this eld. I get that all the time. Well, I do it, and I’m proud of it.”

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LAVALLE, Wis. – Chad McCauley and Robin Loewe have made some management changes in the last couple months in order to expand their goat milking operation.

“We were always going to expand the old-fashioned way by raising kids, but after putting pencil to paper, it just did not make sense,” McCauley said.

McCauley and Loewe milk approximately 150 goats on a rented facility near La Valle. In September, the couple sold their young goats and plan to add 190 adult goats to the operation. The new additions will be milking by the end of December, bringing their total milking herd to around 300. They said there will inevitably be some culling as well.

“I work two jobs off the farm, and Chad works full time too, so not having babies to raise will really make things easier,” Loewe said.

McCauley and Loewe will no longer raise any of the kids. They plan to sell the kids as soon as they have two feedings of colostrum consumed. Currently, they have an arrangement with a private buyer

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Chad McCauley and Robin Lowe milk 150 goats in a rented facility near LaValle, Wisconsin. The couple is expanding their goat herd and will be milking around 300 by the end of the year.

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The management changes come as a result of feed costs.

“Corn price is up, and soybeans are so high. I was looking at the feed bill in September and gured it would cost me $23,000 to raise the 79 (kids) we had, and that was in grain alone,” McCauley said.

The couple also had a group of late goats that would have had to wait until the following year when they were big enough to breed, adding to the cost of raising.

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“Working at a lumber yard and delivering to all these farms made me think I wanted to farm again,” McCauley said.

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Chad McCauley brings goats in the barn on his rented farm near LaValle, Wisconsin. buying cows. They said it would have Grain is stored in a bin in the upstairs of been $250,000 just for the cows, so they the barn and comes down a chute in the opted to buy goats instead, which could parlor to make feeding convenient. be purchased for a fraction of the price.

The Koenigs knew there would “It’s probably a good thing because need to be improvements done in the by now we would have been belly up,” barn before McCauley and Loewe McCauley said. could use it, so The couple they did not charge rents the facility the couple rent for from Patty and Steve the rst year they Koenig. Patty’s were there. Every family milked cows time McCauley had in the facility when an idea to make she was growing up, a change in the and it was sitting idle barn, the Koenigs when McCauley and were agreeable and Loewe were looking easy to work with, for a place to rent. said McCauley and CHAD MCCAULEY, DAIRY FARMER They have had to Loewe. make changes to accommodate the barn McCauley is quick to express for goats. gratitude to the Koenigs for their Because the barn was empty for so willingness to let them use the barn and long, they had to raise the oors and the support they have offered in the last remove the stanchion dividers. The goats six years. are housed where the old tie stalls were.

“We would not be able to be doing The gutters were lled in, and wooden this without them,” McCauley said. dividers were built along the old stalls.

McCauley said he is grateful for this The barn also serves as a holding area opportunity which allows him and Loewe to the double-12 parlor McCauley and to build their herd while also gaining Loewe installed. equity for the future.

They purchased used headlocks McCauley’s dairy vision changed for the parlor at a discounted rate. The when he decided to milk goats instead of headlocks are on top of concrete blocks, cows. Now, his management is changing and goats enter from handmade doors. to adapt to a changing industry.

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GIBBON, Minn. – When Arlen Bode and his family decided to enroll in the Minnesota Dairy Initiative program nearly 20 years ago, it was a decision they were sure of and one they have not looked back on.

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Since 2002, the Bode family has used their MDI team to generate healthy discussions and come to sustainable decisions for the betterment of their farm.

“We’ve been with the program for a while, and a lot of it is to talk about herd management and communicating with everybody who does work here, the feeding, the breeding and health, everything,” Arlen said.

In a typical meeting, which the Bodes schedule almost quarterly for a couple hours at a time, their MDI coordinator, veterinarian, agronomist, nutritionist, banker and farm business management instructor all attend.

“It’s super benecial because we have people on our team who work across Minnesota. They work with different herd sizes and operations,” Cody said.

“You work with a lot of these guys weekly, but seldom was there ever a chance you had the vet and nutritionist, or say the hoof trimmer, all together.”

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“Instead of having me, Dad, Vance and Grandma talking through an issue, we have all these people throwing around ideas, options we can talk about and agree or disagree.”

Over the course of nearly 20 years, the Bodes have worked with their team to make signicant changes in the way their dairy is managed.

Since 2002, most notably, Bode Dairy has doubled its herd size and increased milking frequency from twice a day to three times a day, updated housing facilities and put in a manure separator.

“Reproduction has seen a big improvement, and production is up from where it was originally,” Arlen said.

The family’s latest focus has been on their workforce, which includes 12 full-time employees. Through the routine meetings, the Bodes’ goals were to stress

the importance of consistency when it comes to milking cows and scraping the barns.

“We opened up (that topic) at one meeting and talked about employee management,” Cody said. “We came up with incentives for consistency.”

Arlen agreed.

“We have spent a lot of time on that, training and going over protocols,” he said. “We’re hoping these incentives that we talked about as a group will also help.”

Delving into each objective the Bodes have is part of the MDI team’s purpose, but they do it in a way that is fun and result-driven, Arlen said.

“It’s a good group of people,” he said. “We can be open with them, and we don’t have to worry about the discussion leaving the table. We have a good time; it’s not all just business.”

What the Bodes appreciate most is the ability to accomplish goals for the farm business without putting more responsibility on themselves.

“We bounce ideas around, and you can spread the task out so there are several members investigating something rather than you doing it all yourself,” Arlen said.

“That’s what’s nice.”

As the Bodes have worked with their MDI team for past projects on the farm, they are doing the same in the years ahead. Within the next ve years, the family would like to build a farm shop, construct a dry cow barn and upgrade the milking parlor.

Cody’s cousin is also looking to return to the family operation.

“For the shop and dry cow barn, we’ve already looked at a couple other dairies our nutritionist and vet lined up to tour,” Arlen said. “As we get closer to building, we’ll do more farm tours.”

Cody agreed.

“It’ll be the same process for the parlor,” he said. “We’ll want to involve our team with all of these decisions.”

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Dairy protability turns the corner

Farm milk prices continue to recover but more is needed. The October Federal order Class III benchmark was announced by the USDA at $17.83 per hundredweight, up $1.30 from September but $3.78 below October 2020.

Late Friday morning Class III futures portended a November price at $17.76 and December at $17.63, which would result in a 2021 average of $17.00, down from $18.16 in 2020, and compares to $16.96 in 2019.

The October Class IV price is $17.04, up 68 cents from September, $3.57 above a year ago, and the highest Class IV since Nov. 2014. The Class IV average is at $15.44, up from $13.52 a year ago but compares to $16.23 in 2019 One of the measures of dairy farm protability appears to have turned the corner. A small rise in the September All Milk Price and some relief in corn and soybean prices moved the September milk feed price ratio in a positive direction for the rst time since November 2020. The USDA’s latest Ag Prices report has the ratio at 1.69, up from 1.50 in August, but down from 2.27 in September 2020.

The U.S. all milk price averaged $18.40 per cwt., up 70 cents from August and 70 cents above Sept. 2020.

The California all milk price, at $18.80, was up 70 cents from August and $1.50 above a year ago. Wisconsin’s, at $18.30, was up 90 cents from August and 40 cents above a year ago.

The national average corn price slipped to $5.45 per bushel, down 87 cents per bushel from August, but still $2.04 per bushel above Sept. 2020. Soybeans averaged $12.20 per bushel, down $1.50 from August after falling 40 cents the previous month, but were still $2.96 per bushel above Sept. 2020.

Alfalfa hay averaged $209 per ton, up $3 from August and $41 above a year ago.

The September cull price for beef and dairy combined averaged $72.90 per cwt., down $3.10 from August, $6.30 above Sept. 2020, and $1.30 above the 2011 base average of $71.60 per cwt.

Quarterly milk cow replacements averaged $1,340 per head in October, down $40 from July and even with October 2020.

California cows averaged $1,300 per head, down $50 from July and down $50 from a year ago. Wisconsin’s average, at $1,450 per head, was down $30 from July but $30 above October 2020.

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“A signicant slowdown in the growth of milk production while demand has stayed strong has been attributed to some of the recent strength,” the MW stated. “The feed markets have been trending higher as strong ethanol demand for corn has helped to limit harvest pressure,” according to the MW. USDA’s latest Crop Progress report shows the U.S. corn crop is 74% harvested, as of the week ending Oct. 31, down from 81% a year ago, but 8% ahead of the ve year average. Soybeans were 79% harvested, down 7% from a year ago, but 2% ahead of the ve year average.

The milk price recovery is too little too late for the large dairies that came up for sale in California and Texas, according to the Oct. 28 Dairy and Food Market Analyst. Editor Matt Gould talked about it in the Nov. 8 Dairy Radio Now broadcast. He says nearly 28,000 cows were sold in New Mexico since June, 6,800 cows in Texas, and 6,150 in California. Of the auctions he tracks, Gould said some 51,000 head have been sold at dispersals over the last four months.

He blames low margins and says “Dairies in Texas and New Mexico have experienced especially low milk prices so far in 2021. January thru August, prices averaged just $15.56 per cwt. in New Mexico, $2.39 below the national average. Texas was the fth-lowest and averaged $17.31 per cwt,” according to the DFMA. “Add in elevated feed costs,” says Gould, “up $3.16 per cwt. January thru August, and average farm-level margins fell to the lowest level in the USA since July 2013. Typically, when average revenue over feed costs are below $8.00 per cwt. for six months or more, it triggers a slowing of growth,” he concludes. “Margins have been below that level every month in 2021 and most recently totaled just $5.46 per cwt. Dairy processors face many of the same issues.”

Cheese vats were busy in September, according to USDA’s latest Dairy Products report. Cheese output totaled 1.14 billion pounds, down 0.5% from August level which was revised up 7 million pounds, but 3.3% above Sept. 2020. Year to date (YTD) output sits at 10.2 billion pounds, up 3.5% from the same period in 2020.

Wisconsin produced 289.0 million pounds of the September total, down 1.9% from August but 1.9% above a year ago. California output, at 201.9 million pounds, was up 0.1% from August and 4.5% above a year ago. Idaho produced 83.3 million pounds, up 6.9%

from August but 4.4% below a year ago.

Italian style cheese totaled 486.2 million pounds, up 0.2% from August and 3.5% above a year ago. YTD Italian hit 4.3 billion pounds, up 2.6%.

American type cheese, at 454.2 million pounds, was down 0.9% from August but 5.1% above a year ago. YTD American was at 4.2 billion pounds, up 5.3%.

Mozzarella totaled 379.3 million pounds, up 2.1% from a year ago, with YTD at 3.4 billion pounds, up 1.0% from 2020.

Cheddar, which is traded at the CME, totaled 313.0 million pounds, down 6.5 million pounds or 2.0% from August, but 9.7 million pounds or 3.2% above a year ago. YTD Cheddar was at 2.95 billion pounds, up 4.0% from 2020.

Increased cheese meant less fat for butter. Churns produced 143.4 million pounds, down 4.6 million pounds or 3.1% from August, and 7.3 million or 4.9% below a year ago. YTD butter stands at 1.6 billion pounds, down 2.3% from 2020.

Yogurt output totaled 401.3 million pounds, up 2.5% from a year ago, with YTD at 3.6 billion pounds, up 4.3%.

Dry whey production totaled 75.7 million pounds, down 1 million pounds or 1.3% from August, and 1.3 million pounds or 1.6% below a year ago. YTD dry whey output is at 696.2 million pounds, down 4.1% from a year ago. Dry whey stocks slipped to 64.2 million pounds, down 4 million or 5.9% from August and were 15.7 million pounds or 19.7% below those a year ago.

Nonfat dry milk output totaled 122.4 million pounds, up 400,000 pounds or 0.3% from August but were down 3.8 million or 3.1% below a year ago. Powder production YTD totaled 1.6 billion pounds, up 5.6% from 2020.

Stocks fell to 244.1 million pounds, down 40.6 million pounds or 14.3% from August, but were up 5.2 million pounds or 2.2% above those a year ago.

StoneX Dairy Group says it’s not clear if NFDM sitting in a container at port waiting for a ship would be included in this inventory data.

Skim milk powder production amounted to 62.8 million pounds, up 1.3 million pounds or 2.1% from August but were 18.3 million pounds or 22.5% below a year ago. YTD skim milk powder, at 408.9 million pounds, is down 20.8% from 2020.

Strength remained in the Nov. 2 Global Dairy Trade auction where the weighted average jumped 4.3%, following a 2.2% advance Oct. 19. Traders brought 66.0 million pounds of product to market, up from 61.4 million on Oct.5, and the most since Jan. 5.

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after gaining 5.9%. Buttermilk powder was down 3.8%.

StoneX says the GDT 80% butterfat butter price equates to $2.3674 per pound U.S., up 10.6 cents, and compares to CME butter which closed Friday at $1.9350. GDT Cheddar, at $2.2941, up 28.7 cents, and compares to Friday’s CME block Cheddar at $1.5850.

GDT skim milk powder averaged $1.6450 per pound, up from $1.5426. Whole milk powder averaged $1.7785 per pound, up from $1.7248. CME Grade A nonfat dry milk closed Friday at $1.57 per pound.

StoneX Nov. 3 Early Morning Update points out that China’s participation in the GDT was reduced from the last event but the sharp rise in cheese was driven by bidding out of Africa, not Asia, “likely reecting the dearth of available cheese out of Europe.” They ask; “What’s worse than high priced cheese? Answer: No Cheese. Or cheese that is not reliably delivered on time.”

“That seems to be the story emerging for cheese globally,” says StoneX. “The price spreads may say a lot about global demand. They may even indicate something about global supply. But what we think they really reveal is that of all the cheese exporters out there, the U.S. is, for now, the least reliable.”

The U.S. has enjoyed good exports, StoneX says, but “lately it seems the world favors more certainty around deliveries and they’re willing to pay a premium for it. In the meantime, we may have a small glut of cheese available here. Add what appears to be a seasonal slowdown and you have a recipe for weaker prices.”

The Nov. 3 Daily Dairy Report says congestion at U.S. ports and limited availability of shipping containers have constrained U.S. dairy exports, according to a USDA Global Agricultural Information Network report.

The DDR citied data from Indonesia as an example of the lost U.S. sales and says European seaports face less severe backlogs so importers are reportedly switching their buying from the U.S. to Europe and Oceania.

That said, the September U.S. export data remains encouraging. Nonfat-skim milk powder exports totaled 154.5 million pounds, up 16.2% from Sept. 2020, with solid gains to Mexico, according to HighGround Dairy (HGD).

Cheese exports totaled 75.2 million pounds, up 20.5% from a year ago, and HGD says third quarter exports were the strongest on record, led by gains to Mexico, Japan, and Chile.

The U.S. shipped 6.8 million pounds of butter, up 111.5%, and topped year ago levels for the tenth consecutive month. Canada remained the top destination.

Dry whey exports, at 41.4 million pounds, were off 0.2% from a year ago.

Cheese imports, at 38.4 million pounds, were up 14.4%, and we took in 10.7 million pounds of butter, up 8.8% from a year ago.

Meanwhile, U.S. cheese prices continued to head lower as they entered November. The CME Cheddar blocks closed Nov. 5 at $1.5850 per pound, down 9 cents on the week and 75.75 cents below a year ago when they plunged the second largest drop ever, losing 44 cents, as traders anticipated results of the Presidential election and the uncertainty of the government’s Food Box program.

The barrels nished Friday at $1.5025, down 31.75 cents on the week, 81.50 cents below a year ago when they lost 21.25 cents, and are 8.25 cents below the blocks. There were 5 sales of block on the week at the CME and 26 of barrel.

After several weeks with barrel prices above the blocks, the situation corrected itself this week as a few contacts report that barrels have become a bit harder to move. Some believe this may signal more volatility for the next few months. Midwest cheesemakers suggest block demand has been steady and are trying to stay ahead of buyer calls, though a few plants are short workers and cannot run at full capacity. Milk intakes are

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Western cheese demand for food service and retail is softening but interest in international markets is still strong. Transportation delays continue to challenge. A shortage of truck drivers continues to cause delays while port congestion is delaying loads. Contacts say that softening demand and cheese inventories being sold at a discount have contributed to lowering prices. Cheese plants are running busy schedules where available while others are limited due to decreased milk supplies and stafng shortages.

Butter headed for $2 per pound, marching to $1.98 on Tuesday, highest since June 4, 2020, with a sale on Wednesday hitting $1.9925, but gears reversed Wednesday and closed Friday at $1.9350, a half-cent higher on the week and 50.50 cents above a year ago, with 24 cars exchanging hands.

Cream tightness continues for Midwest butter makers as seasonally heightened production of dips and whips

pulls heavily on cream supplies. Butter production is busy, but some contacts tell DMN of having to work around delayed cream deliveries and labor challenges.

Butter demand is steady to stronger across food service and retail sectors and market tones remain bullish.

Cream is available to meet demand across the West though a shortage of truck drivers is causing delays.

Demand for butter is strong in food service and retail, which is continuing to pull heavily on butter inventories Grade A nonfat dry milk saw a Friday nish at $1.57 per pound, up 1.25 cents on the week, highest since Aug. 5, 2014 and 50.50 cents above a year ago, on 12 sales.

Dry whey crept up to 66 cents per pound, up 3 cents on the week, highest since April 29, and 23.75 cents above a year ago. 4 cars were sold on the week.

In dairy politics; the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) announced the formation of a Supply Chain Task Force to develop policy recommendations to address severe supply chain disruptions affecting the U.S. dairy industry.

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The block/barrel spread has been trying to return to normal but remains very volatile. Over the past several weeks blocks have traded as much as 15 cents under and over barrels.

U.S. cheese prices are trading well below NZ and EU prices. As long as overseas markets hold, U.S. cheese should find support at current prices. The freight situation at key export ports could be the catalyst that prevents this from being true, as there continues to be reports of buyer cancellations due to contract delivery challenges. This situation will likely not be resolved quickly and may linger deep into 2022.

Class IV prices are now trading above Class III for the first time since January 2019. Class IV traded as wide

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Butter supplies appear to be tightening based on AMS comments in the East and Central regions. Deferred butter futures contracts are starting to approach $2.00/ lb. Spot butter prices are trading in the low $1.90’s and firming.

The strong leg of the milk market is the powder proteins.

Nonfat dry milk is trading in the upper $1.50’s and whey in the upper 60 cent range. This is adding significant value to Class III and IV milk prices. Historically, when powder markets are this high futures would be trading above $20/cwt. Butter and cheese prices will need to improve to see that happen this go around.

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Monica Cramer-McConkey, of the Minnesota Ag Centers of Excellence, spoke about what compassion fatigue is and how the fatigue affects dairy farmers in her presentation, “Watch Out for that Blind Spot,” at the Professional Dairy Producers Calf Care Connection Oct. 27 in Eau Claire.

“You might be thinking, as a calf specialist, ‘What does this have to do with me?’The biggest question is what it has to do with your calves,” said Shelly Mayer, PDPW executive director. “Think about that day when you are feeling really down, and you’re checking on your calves; if you aren’t on you’re A-plus, you can overlook something.”

According to Dr. Charles Figley, of the Tulane University Traumatology Institute, compassion fatigue is a state

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Someone suffering from compassion fatigue experiences extreme tension and preoccupation with the suffering of those they are caring for to the degree that it can create a secondary traumatic stress for the helper.

Cramer-McConkey said first responders are one group who often experience compassion fatigue. So, too, do veterinarians as they are constantly working with animals and possibly distressed owners.

“For those of you who work with calves, we all know that fine line sometimes of keeping these fragile little animals healthy and robust, getting them to that next stage; it all takes a lot out of person,” Cramer-McConkey said. “It can be devastating to put so much into a sick animal and have them not make it.”

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Cramer-McConkey said compassion fatigue is not the same thing as experiencing burnout.

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You’re bored, or it is monotonous or it is inefcient,” Cramer-McConkey said.

“Compassion fatigue is much more intimate and emotional. You carry it with you internally.”

To heal from compassion fatigue, Cramer-McConkey encouraged people to nd someone they can talk to who understands what they are going through.

Eating properly, exercising and getting enough sleep is important as well. She suggested taking time off and developing hobbies and interests outside of work to help identify what is important in life.

“The worst thing you can do is isolate yourself,” Cramer-McConkey said. “Understand that the pain you are feeling is normal. Sometimes when we lose animals and are grieving those animals, we feel like others might not see that as legitimate or being real grief. …

That grief of losing livestock is a very real thing.”

Building resilience is paramount in preventing compassion fatigue from happening in the rst place, according to Cramer-McConkey.

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adversity and to be able to grow and thrive from challenges,” she said. “It is not just going through a tough time and barely getting through, dragging ourselves across the nish line. It is learning from those experiences, picking up skills, becoming more condent so that when we have the next difcult time we are able to get through it better. It is the concept of returning to a normal level of functioning after adversity.”

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We look for production components and good feet and legs. Since we moved into the freestall barn about five years ago, we watch feet and legs even closer. We pay attention to Udder Composite as well.

For many years now, we have been selecting for smaller body size and better health and reproduction.

It’s showing up, the size especially which is a slow process because of the way size is built into the formulas; it takes a pretty significant negative to really decrease body size. We’ve always been breeding for components as well.

In the past few years we’ve selected more for robot traits because of our robotic rotary parlor, with focus on longer teats and wider teat placement. Productive Life has also been an emphasis in recent years.

We select for a smaller, more functional animal. Production has stayed the same. For many years, my dad bred for high components and we’ve continued focusing on that trait.

We like to select for maximum health and production. This philosophy has been consistent for many years with placing more of an emphasis on Daughter Pregnancy Rate (DPR) in recent years.

We’ve always selec but in the last eigh selected more for c a greater focus on look more for a mo functional cow. Kim been our genetic s decades and she m select for sound ud and legs and streng

was there anything you learned or that surprised you in looking for the most profitable cow in y I noticed that her production stood out from the rest of the animals in our herd. She is at about 170 days in milk and running about 40,000 pounds of production and carries a 4% fat.

I was surprised that we have Holsteins that perform extremely well. It’s fun to see we actually have cows doing what we’re trying to breed them to do. This cow calved in with her first calf at 20 months and has calved in every year after at 11-12 months. She produces an enormous amount of dollar value, and reproduces at a surprising level.

Together, with my Select Sire team, we’re able to make the kind of cows we want.

We genomic test every animal in our herd and it’s reassuring to see that the genomics hold true. The higher the genomics, the more likely the animal will still be around for many lactations.

I searched for total milk by age which led me to finding our most profitable cow. Looking at her genomic test, we learned that data entry accuracy is important. The more cows you have, the more hands you have in data entry and the harder it is to stay accurate.

We were also surprised that this animal calved in on her first lactation at 20 months-of-age.

The number of olde we have surprised Our money cow ble rest of the herd and see her; she just go our system. She is into her 11th lactatio

what trait would you like to be able to select more for in the future? ...................................................

I look at the whole package, not just one trait. We watch the leg set and foot angle and try to keep them as straight as possible.

Selecting for animals based on total lifetime profitability would be valuable. Each producer has an opinion on the ideal cow and they might perform differently in different environments. We should keep emphasizing the overall lifetime profitability based on data per day of life. At the end of the day, only the most profitable will be in the dairy industry.

You can select for almost every trait right now, but I’d like to see more information on milking speed in the future.

I would like to be able to select for persistency in the future. Without rBST, we have to utilize genetics to gain persistency in our herd.

Ultimately, I want to be able to advance longevity.

We need to gain re traits that we alrea as Feed Saved and health traits. If we c a more robust num impact us the most

what does longevity mean to you? .........................................................................................................................

We like to see our animals stick around past the first and second lactation. As long as they have good production and don’t show incidences of mastitis or have breeding problems, they’ll prove themselves and stay in our herd longer.

It’s our focus to have sound, healthy, high producing cows that create a greater return on investment.

The longer an animal is here, the less problems she’s had and the easier she’s been to take care of. When she gets to that third lactation and greater is when she is going to milk the most, yielding the most profit. It has a chain reaction, the longer you keep a cow around, the less heifers you need and the less feed you need to put up.

It means more cows reach at least their fourth lactation. I’d like to see the nationwide average shift to 2.5 lactations. We have too much of an investment in our animals to not see them live longer. We have to make sure she is equipped to return that investment through genetics.

It’s a reflection on h our animals. Spendi or doing the details with animals that la means our genetics working. We’re build profitable animals a our genetics based and availability.

What effect do health events have on the profitability of an animal? .......................................................

A health event can have a large impact on an animal’s profitability.

I get especially concerned with mastitis and lameness events. We try not to have to treat our animals to minimize any antibiotic usage.

Health events have a tremendous impact on profitability. If you want high herd averages, you must improve production per cow. If you breed cows that don’t have health problems, you get a profitable cow.

If you take those genetic problems away from the cow, she can express more milk.

Whenever you have a health event, you’re going to see a decrease in production. Any time you get a hiccup in their lactation, it will decrease their production. You also have to factor in the medicinal costs you have involved with health events.

Mobility or mastitis are typically the most common problems producers see, which come with a substantial cost. In order for us to drive profit, we have to create trouble-free, healthy animals that live longer.

It’s significant beca a cow’s lactation. N with their contemp negative consequen event will test how immune system is a handle it with the e needs in order to g that event.

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We focus more on health traits because we want animals that stay in the herd longer. Milk has always been a trait we’ve selected for as well to increase our profitability.

Our main focus is TPI and NM$.

Beyond that, we screen bulls for pounds of protein and fat, positive DPR, PL, and we also watch for Somatic Cell Score (SCS) and fertility traits. Our focus for mating individual cows is to select a group of bulls that form a good average for our herd and we try to mate within those bulls to avoid inbreeding and also make the herd more uniform with regards to size and scale.

We’re looking for moderately sized, functional cows with good teat placement and larger teats. We spend less time looking at udder traits because the udders in the Holstein breed have gotten to be so good. For quite a while we’ve been looking at SCS and DPR. We don’t often pay attention to Milk anymore. We’re looking at NM$, pounds of fat and protein and health traits rather than pounds of milk. Its gradually evolved.

We’re looking for different pedigrees.

We look for gender SELECTED™ Jersey semen to minimize the amount of bull calves we get from our Jersey animals. One of the most recent traits I look for are homozygous Polled bulls to eliminate dehorning calves. I also look at DPR and pay attention to feet and legs as well.

What surprised me the most is the progress we’ve made in the Holstein breed on pounds of fat and protein combined with increases in our herd health areas such as reproduction, calving ease and somatic cell counts. When looking for our most profitable cow, I found that what we are selecting for is working and paying off.

The cows that breed back and we don’t notice are the ones making us the most money. We didn’t notice the cow we nominated until she was in her fourth or fifth lactation. She was getting pregnant and probably wasn’t getting checked by the vet or treated for anything. She’s always had high components. It’s not always your highest milk producer that’s your most profitable cow. By the time a cow is six or seven years old, she’s a pretty good cow.

I didn’t realize that the most profitable cow in my herd was as old as she is.

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er cows that me the most. ends into the d we rarely oes through going to calve on next year.

This animal has been around for many years and she sticks out because of her production, so it wasn’t surprising. We try to keep these high producing, healthy, superior genetic animals around longer.

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Uniformity is key on any commercial dairy regardless of size. Udder conformation and feet and legs are traits I would like to also select more for because they’re critical in any environment.

They’re all important, but improvements in production and maintaining health is very important to us. It’s just like management within the herd, each aspect of it is important to profitability. I’ve seen progress in reproduction and we’re averaging about 54% Conception Rate on our cows and about 75% on our heifers.

Eliminating twinning would be beneficial to our operation. So many of the twin births don’t end up making it. It would be beneficial to at least minimizing it. Teat size and placement also, similar to what producers want for robots, we want the same in parlors.

I would like to be able to select more for Polled. Consumers are getting particular on how much stress or pain the animal is in being raised on a farm and that’s one less thing I have to worry about.

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Having a cow breed back year to year, stay out of the hospital pen and increase milk production are all a part of longevity.

Cows have to be profitable to stay in the herd. Productive Life (PL) is one of the best traits to look at. If the bull is positive for PL, we want to use him. Longevity is only important if they’re profitable and easy to take care of. We want to weed out the ones that don’t breed back and see the least amount of health events on her record.

You don’t know they are there. Good fat, protein, milk, calve every year, not real big. Commercial cow.

The older lactation cows give more milk and they have paid for themselves. The offspring and production they make provide a greater return on investment.

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We don’t give them too many chances. As long as they make it back and forth to the parlor, have a solid udder and keep breeding back, those are the ones we want to stay in the herd.

Health events impact our profitability tremendously. Any time you have to call a veterinarian, it is a significant expense. When you can prevent issues through better management or genetics, it makes a big difference.

All of our expenses have increased while our price per hundredweight has stayed the same.

Massive effect. It’s not only the cost of the health event, but healthy cows last longer in the herd and don’t require an immediate replacement. Low cull rates are more profitable. It’s nice to be able to sell an animal at the end too, instead of having an animal you can’t get off the farm.

Health events have a huge impact.

If an animal has poor feet and legs or mastitis, she won’t stick around in the herd. Technology has changed the way we dairy. Our robots give us notifications and reports that alert us to any health events for each animal.

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Schnurr hauls milk for Tim Neubauer Trucking, LLC, of Sparta. Schnurr’s day begins around 5:30 when he leaves for his route. Schnurr picks up milk from farms and delivers it to various processing plants throughout Wisconsin. Once all the milk is collected from the farms, the rest of Schnurr’s day depends on where the load is scheduled to go.

Schnurr said the routine of picking up milk has

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remained consistent, even if the hours are not. In all his years of hauling milk, there have been times he began at midnight and other times when he did not get home until 10 p.m. Schnurr said some farms are done milking by 6:15 a.m. and some do not start chores until after 7 a.m., and the haulers do their best to schedule around the farmers’ routines.

Over the years, Schnurr’s routes have taken him to farms in Monroe, Juneau, Sauk and Vernon counties.

Just like farming is a lifestyle for many, hauling milk is a lifestyle for Schnurr and his family.

“My father-in-law, Alvin Hageman, always told me the only people crazier than the ones producing the milk are the ones that pick it up,” Schnurr said, who began hauling milk in 2003 for M&M Trucking.

Schnurr enjoys seeing the different ways people farm and how what works for one farm does not work for the other. When Schnurr raised steers of his own, he would take advice from each farm and use what worked best for him.

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Schnurr’s career has allowed him to develop relationships with the farms he has picked up milk from. He has watched kids grow up and has even been invited to several weddings.

“There’s a guy on one farm who just turned 21. I was picking up his milk when he was just a little guy coming out and talking about seeing the new ‘Cars’ movie, and now I see him in the tavern,” Schnurr said.

While there is a lot to love about the job, Schnurr said hauling milk does not come without challenges. Winter is Schnurr’s least favorite season. The only time the weather prevented him from picking up milk was Christmas Eve in 2008. He was hauling in a snowstorm, and the truck slid down a side road. Two farmers with their biggest tractors and a road grader with chains on all six tires

pulled Schnurr out.

On his way to the next farm, Schnurr got stuck in a snowbank that was 5 feet tall. After shoveling for an hour, a farmer tried to get Schnurr out with a tractor, only to get stuck himself. Finally, the MX270 Case tractor with chains on all four tires successfully freed the truck. Two farms had to wait until the next day for their milk to be picked up.

“That was the only time I had to let two farms go without being picked up,” Schnurr said.

Some of the better memories of winter include all the Christmas treats he has received from farmers. Schnurr said by the time he gets done with his route on Christmas Day, his passenger seat is piled high with goodies.

“I can eat Christmas cookies out of the freezer all the way through July,” Schnurr said.

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Gary Schnurr records the bulk tank weights Oct. 28 at a farm near Norwalk, Wisconsin.

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Gary Schnurr takes a sample of milk Oct. 28 from a farm near Norwalk, Wisconsin. Schnurr runs the same general route every day and parks the truck at his home in Kendall, Wisconsin, every night.

Perhaps his favorite was a farm near Wisconsin Dells where a woman in her 70s cooked Sunday supper for her whole family and would share with Schnurr.

“She would bring out two plates every time, and it would have steak, pancakes, eggs, two pieces of cake, everything you could want,” Schnurr said. “I was sorry to see them go to every other day pick up because I missed out on a lot of Sunday suppers.”

Schnurr reciprocates to farm families when he can.

“Little things like washing the bulk tank off, letting them know if there’s build-up in the tank, or if the washer doesn’t sound quite right,” Schnurr said.

One time, Schnurr’s truck was broke down at a farm, so he helped unload four loads of small straw bales while he waited for the service truck to arrive. There were a few times he helped pull calves,

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Schnurr said spending extra time with farmers and their families developed a trust over the years. Schnurr said he has seen farmers leave their creameries at a prot loss just to keep a good milk man.

“One of the hardest things was when we sold the trucks for M&M because a lot of those farms I picked up every single day for 15 years. That was one of the most difcult things I’ve ever gone through,” Schnurr said.

Schnurr still keeps in touch with a lot of the people from previous routes.

He believes the relationships he has built while hauling milk are the best part about all his years in the business.

“I like where I’m at. All in all, it’s treated me pretty good over the years,” Schnurr said.

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Mold receives high honor in Indianapolis Wisconsin dairy woman accepts Honorary American FFA Degree at convention

By Sherry Newell Contributing writer

CUMBERLAND, Wis. – The presentation of an Honorary American FFA Degree to Doris Mold had only one downside: The Wisconsin dairy farmer had to t a trip to Indianapolis, Indiana, into her busy schedule.

Her daily work includes not only a dairy but an agricultural consultancy with multiple clients.

Mold was among 150 people nationally who were awarded the degree during the National FFA Convention Oct. 29 in Indianapolis, Indiana. The honor goes to people who help advance agricultural education and FFA through personal commitment.

It singles out those who have gone beyond daily contributions and made a difference in the lives of students.

While Mold and her husband, Andrew Whyte, farm in Cumberland, her nomination was made by Minnesota FFA.

That is because most of Mold’s involvement with the agricultural community has been Minnesota based.

She may be best known in the dairy community for her role in creating and continuing to manage the Minnesota State Fair Moo Booth and Milking Parlor. In fact, many who know her from her off-farm roles are not even aware she is a dairy farmer as well.

She and Whyte, with their 17-year-old daughter, Sarah, have a herd of 40 cows. Mold manages maternity, youngstock, feed purchases and the nancial side of the business.

The family has a unique arrangement with a neighbor, David Dittbrenner, with the milking cows cared for and milked in his family’s facilities.

Labor surrounding the comingled herd is shared between Whyte and Dittbrenner. Whyte usually milks mornings six days a week and any other time he is needed.

The arrangement began in

2018, when the Whyte-Mold farm, known as Sunrise Farm, was dealing with aging facilities, and Dittbrenner’s farm needed additional labor. Dry cows and heifers are managed at Sunrise Farm.

“It’s a unique arrangement,” Mold said. “They had needs, and we had needs. This was an opportunity to help both farms and the families who owned them.”

M o l d ’s a g r i c u l t u r a l consultancy carries the same moniker as the farm – Sunrise.

Mold’s projects with the Sunrise Agricultural Associates LLC include the Rural Resiliency Project at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, the Farmer Veteran Coalition, evaluator work for the Farm Business Challenge Grant for the Minnesota Agricultural Education and Leadership Council, and co-leadership of Annie’s Project along with a national agricultural stress management task force. She usually teaches once a week at the University of Minnesota, putting her farm and agricultural business degree to work.

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ConƟnued from MOLD | Page 20 two months after Sarah’s birth. Mold was raised on a dairy farm in Chisago County, but the property was sold after both of her parents passed away.

Whyte was raised in England and without any farm background. His father, however, arranged for him to work on several farms.

After receiving his degree in farm management in England, Whyte traveled to Minnesota on the University of Minnesota’s MAST International program. MAST places trainees on farms and at the university to gain practical, cultural and academic experience. Mold was working as a volunteer with MAST students at the time.

They married in 1988 with a goal to have their own dairy.

But as the couple prepared for the plunge into dairying, Mold pursued both her work and a variety of efforts related to FFA. “There were people who supported me when I was young,” said Mold, who was involved in both 4-H and FFA, and earned a Minnesota FFA State Degree. “I think it’s important to give back, not just take. If we are going to have any future in agriculture, it can’t stop when you do (as a student). You have to turn around and do things for others. That’s what will build a strong and vigorous future for agriculture.”

Her contributions related to agricultural education and FFA have included helping with and judging career and leadership development events at the Minnesota FFA Convention, mentoring state ofcers, helping to charter the Metro FFA Alumni and supporting FFA members who were part of the National Ag Day celebration in Washington, D.C., during her service as national president of American Agri-Women.

She also incorporates FFA members into two of her off-farm efforts: Minnesota State Fair and the Women’s Agricultural Leadership Conference held in the spring.

“The conference is, I think, one of the few conferences where FFA members are treated like every other professional presenter,” said Mold of featuring FFA on the program.

During the Minnesota State Fair, she connects FFA exhibitors with media opportunities that come through her role as the Moo Booth and Milking Parlor superintendent.

Each of those interactions – and there are many more – give Mold a look at what FFA can offer young people.

“As you look at what FFA is embracing today, like agriscience and other areas, there is such diversity. I think it’s so critical to have that mix in order to get kids interested,” she said after being honored on stage at the convention where 57,000-plus FFA members, teachers and guests gathered. “I get so excited being around (the students). Why wouldn’t you be, seeing all this.”

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Illinois, Iowa FFA dairy teams win big in Indianapolis Cousins take top two individual honors

By Sherry Newell Contributing writer

When Delana Erbsen, of the Eastland FFAChapter in northern Illinois, was named the winner of two breeds and oral reasons in the national Dairy Cattle Evaluation and Management Career Development Event, the

answer to the question of who would be high overall individual seemed obvious: Delana would win the overall.

But a more surprising moment came when, several hours later, the high school senior’s cousin, Nevin Erbsen, was revealed as the second-place individual in the CDE. SHERRY NEWELL/DAIRY STAR

The Eastland FFA team – (from leŌ) coach Wendy Erbsen, Ella Gunderson, Nevin Erbsen, Delana Erbsen and Alyssa Miller – with contest sponsor Brandt Kreuscher of Allex Livestock Intelligience, take top honors in the Dairy CaƩle EvaluaƟon and Management event during the 2021 NaƟonal FFA ConvenƟon in Indianapolis the nal week of October. Delana Erbsen and Nevin Erbsen placed rst and second individually, respecƟvely.

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after hearing I’d won two breeds and reasons, to be rst or second.

But an Indiana girl won the test portion of the contest, so she could have beat me.”

The top 10 individuals and top four teams were named in an afternoon classroom setting, but the nal rankings were secret until being announced in front of many of the 57,000-plus attendees at the convention.

As the top 10 individuals stood on stage at Lucas Oil Stadium and placings were announced, beginning with 10th, Nevin had no idea where he would land.

“I was like, ‘I’ll be in the top few,’ as they called off each placing,” he said. “Then they said someone else for third, and I thought, ‘Hey, we’re a Turn to FFA | Page 23

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The team is coached by Wendy Erbsen and Rob Gunderson.

“To be honest, when the Brown Swiss cows came in, I did not think it was going to be a very good day,” said Delana, who ended up with 48 points out of 50 both in placings and reasons on the class. “I was expecting,

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ConƟnued from FFA | Page 22 one-two punch.’”

The contest includes placing six classes of cattle, delivering oral reasons and evaluating herd records.

It was part of the National FFA Convention and Expo in Indianapolis, Indiana, Oct. 25-30.

Nevin, a junior, works at the dairy of teammate Ella Gunderson and on the one owned by his parents, Carl and Becky, and Delana’s parents, Kevin and Wendy.

Ella, a sophomore, was judging in a contest for only the second time. She said she struggled a bit with the short time allotted for classes.

“I haven’t been very condent in my reasons either, but the coaches are really helping me with that,” she said.

Alyssa Miller, who comes from an Angus beef background, gave credit to her coaches as well.

“They’re wonderful for giving tips and tricks,” said Miller, who is a freshmen in college.

Delana Erbsen said Eastland’s win was two years in the making.

“We’ve been working toward this ever since,” Delana said. “And, we couldn’t have done any better.”

The team from Maquoketa Valley FFA in northeast Iowa won third place, with team member Lane Domeyer, a junior from a farm that keeps show heifers, placing eighth as an individual. His teammates were senior Courtney Goedken, sophomore Haley Ronnebaum and Domeyer’s sister, sophomore Alia Domeyer. Jeannie Domeyer coaches the team with help from FFA advisor Haylee Lau and a number of local dairy farmers and judging alumni.

“My goal was to be in the top 20 individually and the top 10 as a team,” said Lane, who began judging in the fourth grade.

Tyler Ratka, a junior from ROCORI FFA in Minnesota, was ninth individual in the contest. His teammates, Craig and Darren Willenbring, and Amber Boulton earned a silver emblem ranking.

Each member of the top 10 individual group received cash awards.

Lane said his team is thinking of accepting the invitation to judge at the Royal Highland Show in Scotland, even though it would fall just before the Delaware County Fair. The top three teams are eligible to make the Scotland trip. The Illinois group is also considering the opportunity.

Both the Eastland and Maquoketa Valley dairy teams received a welcome home from the convention with a celebration of family and friends, complete with re trucks escorting them into town Oct. 27.

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REPORTS

Crop and Weather

Crop and weather conditions in Dairy Star country

Sacred Heart, MN (Renville County)

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We just finished corn stalks yesterday (Nov. 8) and are hauling soybean stalks in today. We just have 300 acres of RAINFALL tillage left. We finished TOTALS our corn Nov. 3 and it Last 3 Weeks averaged 214 bushels an acre. Corn is done in the area; most guys are hauling manure. It was 1.7” a darn good year, cropwise. We could have Since April 1 done without the down 28.55” corn. But even the down corn did 209 bushels per acre. This was a good year for us.

We finished combining Nov. 5. We wrapped up our corn stalks on Nov. 8. We did 350 RAINFALL bales. We did some TOTALS ripping this week and Last 3 Weeks I would like to do more if the weather stays decent. All in all, the crop was OK for us. 0.7” We are going to be nip and tuck to make midMay with our current Since April 1 19.2” hay inventory, but we should squeak by.

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This year’s alfalfa and corn yields surprised us in a good way given the lack of rainfall. Yields were above average RAINFALL for all of our crops. We TOTALS have plenty of forages Last 3 Weeks in inventory to carry us through to the next growing season. We have finished harvest 0.3” and are working on baling corn stalks and Since April 1 doing fall tillage. We are 27.6” lucky to have received timely rains throughout the growing season. Many areas around us weren’t quite as fortunate. All in all, 2021 was a pretty good year.

Millerville, MN

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(Cherokee County) JOE WILCOX

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The growing season was dryer than we would have liked.

We are fortunate to have good soils and received some timely RAINFALL rains. Our soybeans TOTALS averaged over 70 Last 3 Weeks bushels per acre and our corn averaged over 220 bushels per acre. We harvested five 1.3” cuttings of alfalfa and have enough haylage Since April 1 to make it through 19.9” to next year. This summer, we tried wrapping some of our dry hay for the first time. We might have lost some of the top end of our yields, but overall are very pleased by how the year turned out.

PAUL BITZAN JR. 250 cows, 700 acres

We’ve been hauling bales home and we finished the last of the tillage last night (Nov. 9). We chisel plow the lighter ground and disc rip the heavier ground.

I don’t see much to do in the field around here. The crop was better than expected.

We were so dry for so long. It wasn’t a bumper crop, but I can’t complain considering the moisture we had.

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Crop and Weather

REPORTS Crop and weather conditions in Dairy Star country

Manawa, WI

Waterloo, IA

(Waupaca County)

(Blackhawk County)

CRAIG FIETZER

DICK BLOUGH

(Rock County)

155 cows, 350 acres

I am combining right now (Nov. 9) and we have 25 acres left, which I hope to finish tonight. We have been getting around RAINFALL 240 bushels an acre. TOTALS The corn is at 19.5% Last 3 Weeks moisture. We don’t do a lot of fall tillage. I will be planting 600 acres of cover rye the next 0.35” couple weeks. We have to haul manure and have a couple hundred more Since April 1 corn stalk bales to make. 34.45” We usually make 750 bales and we have 500 done. Being as dry as it was, we yielded good. We are thankful we didn’t have the strong winds. Overall, it was a great year.

We took high-moisture corn off Oct. 29-30. We started at 27% moisture and got down to 21-22%. I have 25-30 acres of dry corn left. I want to get down to under 18% moisture before harvesting. Pretty RAINFALL much all the beans and corn TOTALS in the area came off the last Last 3 Weeks week of October. We finished planting 215 acres of winter rye Oct. 31. The dry weather is working really good for fall manure and fall tillage. We’re limiting our manure per acre so we can spread it over everything. Overall, this was Since April 1 the best year we ever had for 21.99” crops on our farm. We had 30-ton corn silage, 18-ton haylage, 220-plus bushels per acre for grain, and 56-bushel yield on beans along with timely rains and warm conditions. This is the most inventory we’ve ever gone into winter with. Crops were outstanding this year in northeast Wisconsin.

We finished corn Nov. 5 and sold it Nov. 8 for $5.27 per bushel. Moisture was 15.1%. We finished high moisture corn about two weeks prior. Some people RAINFALL are round baling corn stalks for bedding. We did ours TOTALS right after the combine went Last 3 Weeks through and got 120 bales.

We have 15,000 bushels of corn in the silo. That will feed the cows all year. I was worried this summer that it was only going to be half full and I’d have to buy corn.

Our yield report came back at Since April 1 191 bushels per acre. Some 17.4” farms were in the 200-210 range. I don’t understand how we could go 30-60 days with no rain yet still get that much corn, but I’m very happy. For beans, I heard people had anywhere from 45 to 80 bushels.

These are unheard of yields with dry weather.

But timely rains got things going were, and I think we had a super fantastic year for crops.

Jackson, WI

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70 cows, 330 acres Half of my soybeans are off. We took off a small field two weeks ago, and on Nov. 6, we took off 32 acres and sold it in Milwaukee – they RAINFALL were paying $0.40 more TOTALS than elevators around Last 3 Weeks here. Yields were very good. Don’t know official numbers yet, but my guesstimate is in the 60s which is phenomenal. I’m waiting for the combine and trucks to come back Since April 1 and finish the other half.

20.9” It was a bountiful year – a year like I haven’t ever seen before. It was pleasant and wonderful, and everything just lined up perfectly. The rains came when we needed them and everything blossomed. We were truly blessed.

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180 cows, 1,000 acres It has been dry the last couple of weeks. A hard frost looks to set in this week and forecast is calling for over an inch of rain tonight (Nov. 10).

We finished our soybeans RAINFALL and corn about two days TOTALS ago and now we are doing Last 3 Weeks some field repair tillage the last couple of days, such as fixing ruts, cleaning ditches and deep-tilling compacted areas. Our final yield estimate for beans was in the mid-50s and Since April 1 our corn ran about 160 to 23.2” 170 bushels per acre. Our new-to-us bin is packed full; we even had to haul some out. Our new-to-us dryer worked really slick, too, with no waiting to unload. We emptied out the wet bin and filled it with late-harvested soybeans.

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Wolsey, SD

(Beadle County)

(Monroe County)

RUSSELL JUNGEMANN

BRIAN FISKE

55 cows, 365 acres The last week or so has been challenging with breakdowns, and I am on a 10-hour road trip today (Nov. 9) to get parts after the hydro blew up in the combine. Last week, I waited RAINFALL four days to get a new PTO TOTALS shaft for the head. I do have Last 3 Weeks my corn done and have one more custom job to do. The beans around here have been phenomenal. They averaged in the upper 50s to low 60s. The corn has been good too. Most has been averaging between 160 and Since April 1 180 bushels per acre; mine 23.9” was at 168 bushels an acre and was really dry. Most of the corn I have been taking off is between 16-17% moisture. Overall, the crops have been better than normal. While I have been broken down, I did get some stalks baled and chisel plowed.

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God is good. It has been an amazing year despite all the hot, dry weather. Our dryland corn yielded 150 to RAINFALL 170 bushels per acre. TOTALS Our bins are full of Last 3 Weeks corn and we still have a quarter section to harvest, so we will be 2” piling some corn on the ground. Even the corn that we planted Since April 1 after we chopped 15.05” wheat looks like it will make 100 bushels per acre. I don’t know where these yields came from given the sparse rains that we received during the growing season.

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Mid-American Hay Auction results for November 4, 2021

Lot no.

503 532 494 496 511 535 543 491 524 501 508 513 520 516 518 519 484 489 487 493 512 537 538 515 483 485 498 507 510

Desc.

Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares

moisture protein 14.22 20.1 No Test 12.54 13.1 11.95 13.03 14.44 21.18 12.75 13.56 31.67 19.72 14.45 27.75 18.09 18.83 10.62 20.42 10.54 19.29 8.56 20.44 10.3 5.25 11.51 18.1 9.97 12.01 18.49 18.73 13.97 25.98 12.24 27.71 12.95 9.06 12.72 19.35 10.67 19.92 16.63 10 10.4 19.93 12.94 17.4 11.7 18.42 16.52 22.33 11.7 18.42 11.3 21.6 12.16 20.74

RFV 164.71

92.2 91.01 174.11 95.8 142.55 190.23 119.1 187.5 157.37 174.8 71.43 166.39 100.34 172.82 151.45 134.64 80.84 142.39 161.11 70.85 169.39 161.81 194.21 171.14 194.21 191.37 162.92

cut.

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

Ld. size 21.15 7.42 17.93 18.15 26.93 7.84 14 17.61 9.96 25.22 24.33 23.12 24.29 26.49 8.82 30.33 25.39 25.52 9.79 23.92 23.8 21.18 24.44 26.59 24.27 22.76 6.49 26.01 17.09

price $240.00 $170.00 $210.00 $200.00 $250.00 $150.00 $60.00 $230.00 $185.00 $280.00 $270.00 $260.00 $175.00 $275.00 $230.00 $240.00 $210.00 $210.00 $160.00 $230.00 $260.00 $140.00 $270.00 $300.00 $250.00 $255.00 $280.00 $285.00 $245.00

Lot no.

490 514 522 523 521 486 492 499 517 528 529 530 531 539 540 482 488 495 497 500 502 504 505 506 509 525 526 527 533 534 542 544 536 541

Desc.

Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Large Rounds Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Large Rounds Large Rounds

moisture protein

15.76 12.72 15.27 13.05

RFV

27.32 163.29 23.47 173.16 11.04 81.38 2.94 60.04 Straw Straw Straw Straw Straw Straw Straw Straw Straw Straw Straw Straw Straw Straw Straw Straw Straw Straw Straw Straw Straw Straw Straw Straw Straw Straw Straw Straw other Corn Straw

cut.

Ld. size

4 4

25.86 25.72 22.54 72 38 23.96 23.91 18.32 20.89 24.09 22.4 10.17 23.64 34 34 36 44 67 76 72 72 67 66 72 70 45 66 75 23.69 24.16 72 72 10.06 12

price

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2020 Production State

1990

2000

2010

2020

Share of U.S.

Rank

Per Capita

(Percent) (Pounds) (Million Pounds) Alabama 513 348 156 45 0.02% 47 9 Alaska1 17 13 7 Arizona 1,645 3,033 4,151 4,889 2.2% 14 684 Arkansas 817 485 153 64 0.03% 46 21 California 20,947 32,245 40,385 41,282 18.5% 1 1,044 Colorado 1,323 1,924 2,816 5,150 2.3% 13 892 Connecticut 515 480 364 438 0.2% 34 121 Delaware 123 146 90 71 0.03% 45 71 Florida 2,526 2,463 2,133 2,289 1.0% 20 106 Georgia 1,440 1,433 1,395 1,772 0.8% 23 165 Hawaii1 151 116 25 Idaho 2,949 7,223 12,773 16,241 7.3% 3 8,831 Illinois 2,559 2,094 1,840 1,787 0.8% 22 139 Indiana 2,276 2,419 3,416 4,330 1.9% 15 638 Iowa 4,233 3,934 4,342 5,374 2.4% 12 1,684 Kansas 1,245 1,540 2,497 4,028 1.8% 16 1,371 Kentucky 2,255 1,695 1,152 938 0.4% 27 208 Louisiana 940 698 235 134 0.1% 41 29 Maine 614 668 587 593 0.3% 32 435 Maryland 1,373 1,351 1,001 878 0.4% 29 142 Massachusetts 461 376 242 199 0.1% 38 28 Michigan 5,234 5,705 8,333 11,683 5.2% 6 1,159 Minnesota 10,030 9,493 9,102 10,149 4.5% 8 1,779 Mississippi 749 541 223 131 0.1% 42 44 Missouri 3,040 2,258 1,445 1,085 0.5% 26 176 Montana 325 338 289 254 0.1% 36 234 Nebraska 1,345 1,255 1,168 1,460 0.7% 25 744 Nevada 328 476 664 765 0.3% 30 246 New Hampshire 302 312 294 234 0.1% 37 170 New Jersey 352 244 140 99 0.0% 43 11 New Mexico 1,524 5,236 7,881 8,169 3.7% 9 3,858 New York 11,067 11,921 12,713 15,337 6.9% 4 759 North Carolina 1,522 1,189 866 895 0.4% 28 86 North Dakota 1,073 686 384 328 0.1% 35 421 Ohio 4,667 4,461 5,270 5,618 2.5% 11 476 Oklahoma 1,245 1,314 959 733 0.3% 31 185 Oregon 1,611 1,640 2,399 2,629 1.2% 18 620 Other States1 5 0.002% 49 2 Pennsylvania 10,014 11,156 10,737 10,276 4.6% 7 790 Rhode Island 34 28 20 11 0.005% 48 10 South Carolina 447 370 286 189 0.1% 39 37 South Dakota 1,716 1,474 1,884 3,120 1.4% 17 3,519 Tennessee 2,022 1,405 850 542 0.2% 33 78 Texas 5,539 5,743 8,828 14,831 6.6% 5 509 Utah 1,267 1,687 1,927 2,227 1.0% 21 681 Vermont 2,368 2,683 2,521 2,602 1.2% 19 4,046 Virginia 2,004 1,900 1,719 1,522 0.7% 24 176 Washington 4,392 5,593 5,902 6,817 3.1% 10 885 West Virginia 270 265 157 89 0.0% 44 50 Wisconsin 24,187 23,259 26,035 30,730 13.8% 2 5,214 Wyoming 125 76 120 189 0.1% 40 327 United States 147,721 167,393 192,877 223,220 100.0% 670 Sources: USDA/NASS: Milk Production Disposition and Income ; Bureau of Census. 1/ Alaska and Hawaii

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DAIRY CALENDAR

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ConƟnued from CALENDAR | Page 28 In the morning we will be focusing on phosphorus and the water quality trade-offs that happen from manure management decisions. The afternoon will be all about nitrogen and the new studies and technologies that will aid us in making the best nitrogen decisions for Wisconsin’s waters.

Join us for this one day event in Wisconsin Dells as we take a deep dive into our data and discuss farm management strategies for balancing water quality tradeoffs to on farm management decisions.

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Emily Krekelberg, University of Minnesota Farm Safety and Health Extension Educator, Jim Salfer, University of Minnesota Extension Educator - Dairy, and Leah Bischof, Minnesota Dairy Initiative will also be presenting.

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Did you know Bundt cake pans are a Minnesota thing? Two ladies from the Twin Cities asked a couple of brothers if they could make a modern version of a Gugelhupf cast iron dish. The men designed a cast aluminum version which was the start of Nordic Ware Bundt cake pan in 1950. The sculpted designed pans did not sell very well, and the company thought about discontinuing them. A mention in the New Good Housekeeping Cookbook and a second prize winning recipe in the Pillsbury Bake-Off of 1966 resulted in more than 200,000 requests for the pans. Soon, the Bundt pan surpassed the tin Jell-O mold as the most-sold pan in the U.S. According to Wikipedia, more than 60 million Bundt pans have been sold

by Nordic Ware across North America. I have a couple in my cupboards.

Bundt cakes do not conform to any single recipe, instead their characterizing feature is their shape. A Bundt pan generally has uted or grooved sides, but its most dening element is the chimney which leaves a hole through the center of the cake. The tunnel also helps the center of the cake bake evenly from the outside to the center. An average Bundt pan holds 10-12 cups of batter. So, if you are limited on time but need a centerpiece dessert, use two box cake mixes to ll the pan.

Drizzle with a powdered sugar glaze and ta-da. You will amaze your guests. Here are some deliciously rich and moist Bundt cakes you can put on your table as you celebrate National Bundt Day Nov. 15.

Betty’s Kentucky demon butter cake

by Betty Eisenmayer 3 cups our 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1 cup butter (two sticks), softened room temperature

2 cups sugar 4 eggs, room temperature 1 cup sour cream 2 teaspoons vanilla 1 Tablespoon rum Butter sauce 1 cup sugar 1/4 cup water 1/2 cup butter (one stick) 1 teaspoon vanilla Cream butter; add sugar until light and uffy (3-5 minutes). Blend in eggs, one at a time, beating well each time. Sift our, baking powder, salt and soda together.

Combine sour cream with vanilla and rum. Alternately add our mixture and sour cream mixture to butter until well blended. Grease Bundt pan. Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour. While cake is baking, make butter sauce. Bring ingredients to a boil, stirring well. Remove from heat.

Remove cake from oven when done. Poke holes in hot cake with wooden skewers, or handle end of wooden spoon. Pour hot butter sauce over cake. Let cool thoroughly before removing from pan.

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comes out clean. Cool cake in pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes; remove from pan to wire rack and cool completely for about 2 hours. Make frosting: Bring sugar, butter and milk to a boil in a 2-quart pan over medium heat whisking constantly; boil 1 minute. Remove from heat. Stir in vanilla. Gradually whisk in powdered sugar until smooth. Stir gently for 3-5 minutes or until frosting begins to cool and thicken slightly. Pour immediately over cooled cake.

Food columnist, Natalie Schmitt 3 large eggs, lightly beaten at room temperature 3/4 cups canola oil 3/4 cups applesauce 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 3 cups peeled and nely chopped Gala apples Frosting 3 Tablespoons milk 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/4 cup butter 1-2 teaspoon vanilla Powdered sugar Make the lling: Beat cream cheese, butter and sugar at medium speed until blended and smooth. Add egg, our and vanilla; beat until blended. Make cake batter: Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Bake pecans in a shallow pan 8 to 10 minutes or until toasted and fragrant, stirring halfway through. Stir together 3 cups our, sugars, salt, baking soda and spices in a large bowl; stir in eggs, oil, applesauce and vanilla stirring just until dry ingredients are moistened. Stir in apples and toasted pecans. Spoon twothirds of cake into greased and oured 14-cup Bundt pan. Spoon cream cheese lling over apple cake, leaving a 1-inch border around edges of pan. Swirl lling through apple mixture using a paring knife. Spoon remaining cake mixture over lling. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour to an hour and 15 minutes or until a long wooden pick inserted in center

Cranberry-lled orange pound cake by Taste of Home 1 cup butter (2 sticks), softened 8 ounces cream cheese, softened 2 cups sugar 6 large eggs, room temperature 3 Tablespoons orange juice, divided 4 teaspoons grated orange zest 3 cups our 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 14 ounces whole berry cranberry sauce 1/2 cup dried cherries Glaze 1 cup powdered sugar 1/4 teaspoon grated orange zest 4-5 teaspoons orange juice Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and our Bundt pan. In a large bowl, cream butter, cream cheese and sugar until light and uffy. Add one egg at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in 2 Tablespoons orange juice and zest. In another bowl, whisk our, baking powder, baking soda and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture beating until combined.

In a small bowl, mix cranberry sauce, cherries and remaining 1 Tablespoon orange juice. Spoon two-thirds batter into prepared pan. Spread with cranberry mixture. Top with remaining batter. Bake 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Loosen sides from pan with a knife. Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. In a small bowl, mix powdered sugar, orange zest and enough orange juice to reach desired consistency.

Pour glaze over top of cake, allowing some to ow over sides.

As their four children pursue dairy careers off the family farm, Natalie and Mark are starting a new adventure of milking registered Holsteins just because they like good cows on their farm north of Rice, Minnesota.

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Cheesy potatoes 2 pounds frozen shredded hashbrowns 1 teaspoon salt 16 ounces sour cream 1/4 cup melted butter

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Combine the butter and granulated sugar in a large mixing bowl. Beat with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, scraping down the sides of the bowl as necessary. Add the egg and beat until combined. Add the flour, cornmeal, and salt and mix thoroughly on low speed, scraping down the sides of the bowl several times if necessary. Divide the dough in half. Pat each portion into a flattened round. Wrap each round in plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator for 1 hour or until easy to handle. Preheat the oven to 375°F. Remove one portion of the dough from the refrigerator and let it stand for 5 minutes. Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface to 1/8- to 1/4inch thickness. Using a 21/2-inch cookie cutter, cut the dough into the desired shapes. Place the cutouts 1 inch apart on a large nonstick cookie sheet. Using a 3/4-inch cookie cutter, cut shapes from centers of half the cookies. Reroll the scraps as necessary. Repeat with the remaining portion of dough. Bake in batches, if necessary. Bake for 7 to 10 minutes or until the edges are light brown. Transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool. To assemble the cookies, spread a scant teaspoon of the raspberry jam on each cookie bottom (without cutouts). Top with the cookies with cutout centers. Serve within 2 hours. Right before serving, dust with powdered sugar.

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COMPLETE HERD DISPERSAL #1 65 Holstein Dairy Cows. 3rd generation family farm. Milked in tiestall, outside everyday, bunk fed and on home grown feed. 70# 3.95BF 3.02P scc 140. Over 60 years of AI breeding through Select Sires, using a mated program for over 30 years. Full vaccination program, regular hoof trimming and herd health. Coming from Steve and Curt Wang Farm, Argyle WI COMPLETE RETIREMENT HERD DISPERSAL #2 42 Holstein Dairy Cows, milked in stanchions, not pushed, no TMR, on home grown feed, avg. 65# 275sccc, 4.1BF 3.2 P, regular herd health, vaccination program, and regular hoof trimming. Cows outside everyday. Herd includes (5) dry cows. Coming from North Hill Farm, Clintonville WI 5 Very Fancy Fresh Holstein Dairy Cows! Milked in tiestall. 30+ years of AI breeding. Sires include Mega Star, Watson, Helix, Lopaz, and Comstar-Lee. Owner is selling his herd as they freshen in! 100% guaranteed sound! Coming from Manshaem’s Farm ~ Chetek WI Purebred Lineback Bull, 2 yr old, proven, gentle, out of an extremely good Lineback cow!

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Has been a quality market for MN dairy farmers for over 100 years. MN producers provide one of the country’s most distinctive brands of cheese that is still made using the same Old World craftsmanship and has been combined with cutting-edge technology to produce cheese that delivers unforgettable taste with unparalleled quality. MN Dairy farmers and Bongards, quality that stands the test of time.

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We are discontinuing selling fat cattle and slaughter cows/bulls at our TRI-STATE LIVESTOCK location only.

Sale will start at 10 a.m. selling dairy cattle first followed by Holstein feeder cattle.

Also, we are combining the Dairy Sale and the Holstein Sale at Sioux Center on the 3rd Friday of every month.

NO WEEKLY SALES, ONLY THE 3RD FRIDAY OF EACH MONTH.

You will be able to market your slaughter cattle at our two other locations: Sheldon Livestock on Thursdays – Phone 712.324.3144, Sioux Falls Regional Livestock on Mondays & Wednesdays – Phone 605.372.8000

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