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Quality pays Severance Dairy wins North Dakota Dairy Excellence award By Jerry Nelson
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DICKEY, N.D. – Even though he did not grow up on a dairy farm, one might say that farming is in Kyle Severance’s blood. “My ancestors moved from England to the American colonies in the 1630s,” Severance said. “The Severance family has been farming continuously in New England for more than 350 years.” Severance’s grandparents dairy farmed but exited the business before Severance was born. Severance’s parents are both teachers. Severance grew up on a 20-acre farmstead located near Waterbury Center, Vermont. “I wanted to be a dairy farmer for as long as I can remember,” Severance said. “I started raising heifer calves on our acreage when I was a kid. As soon as I was old enough, I began to work for neighborhood dairy farmers. This gave me valuable experience and practical knowledge about dairy farming.” While he was yet in high school, Severance looked into purchasing a dairy farm. “There are a lot of ski resorts in the area where I grew up,” he said. “This put the cost of buying even a small farm well beyond my means.” Severance studied dairy farm management at Vermont Technical College when he was a senior in high school. He then searched for a smaller college that had a solid animal science program. His search brought him to University of MinnesotaCrookston. “I had never been to Minnesota,” Severance said. “I just packed up my pickup and drove to Crookston. The campus pretty much matched up to what I saw on the web and in their brochures.” While he was working toward his animal science degree at Crookston, Severance met a young lady named Heather Cuypers, who was pursuing a degree in agronomy. It was not long before Turn to SEVERANCE | Page 4
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The Severance family includes (from leŌ) – Kaitlyn, Claire, Kyle, Dakota, Heather and Grant – milk about 60 Jerseys on their farm near Dickey, North Dakota. Not yet available for this photo was Kyle and Heather’s youngest daughter, Leah.
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ConƟnued from SEVERANCE | Page 3 they became a couple. Heather and Kyle were wed in 2008. The Severances now have ve children, Dakota, 11, Kaitlyn, 9, Grant, 8, Claire, 3, and Leah, 1. Shortly after they were married, the Severances went to Vermont and looked into dairy farming with Severance’s parents. This proved impractical, so the Severances moved to eastern North Dakota. Heather’s parents, Tim and Sheila, farm near Litchville. Heather took a position with K2S Engineering, and
Severance began to work for Dakota Plains Ag. “In 2011, we purchased 40 acres from Heather’s grandmother,” Severance said. “It had been a farmstead once, but all of the buildings were gone. The only things there were an electric pole and a prairie road.” The Severances purchased a house and moved it onto their acreage. They then started a seed dealership, which enabled them to erect a shop building. “By 2016, we built up enough equity to build a dairy
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Cows rest in a 48-by-120 foot loang barn at the Severances’ dairy near Dickey, North Dakota. The barn, which was constructed in 2016, features a bedded pack and natural venƟlaƟon.
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Dakota, 11, and Kaitlyn Severance, 9, help with the milking on their family’s dairy farm near Dickey, North Dakota. The Severance family milks approximately 60 Jerseys twice a day in their 8-cow at milking parlor.
barn if we did things in a reasonable fashion,” Severance said. “One of the biggest obstacles was nding someone to buy our milk. (Dairy Farmers of America) eventually took us on.” The Severances built a 48by-120 bedding pack loang barn that has a drive-by feeding lane on one side. The loafing barn has been designed so that it can be converted into to
a 3-row freestall barn. In an effort to keep their expenses low, the Severances opted to install an 8-cow at parlor on the end of their loafing barn. The parlor has also been future proofed. “We designed the at parlor in such a way that it can be easily switched over to a robotic milking system,” Severance said. “In the early 2000s, I worked on a robotic dairy, so
I’m comfortable with robots. Our dairy barn was also designed so that it could be doubled in size, with room for 120 cows and two milking robots.” The Severances are currently milking about 70 head. Most of their cattle are Jerseys, but they also have a few Holstein-Jersey crossbreds. Turn to SEVERANCE | Page 5
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Cows graze at Kyle and Heather Severance’s farm near Dickey, North Dakota. The couple purchased 40 bare acres from Heather’s grandmother in 2011 and gradually built a dairy operaĆ&#x;on from scratch. From the very beginning, the Severances have focused on cleanliness, cow comfort and herd health. Their efforts were recognized this past January when they received the Commissioner’s Award of Dairy Excellence during the 2020 North Dakota Dairy Convention. The event was sponsored by the North Dakota Milk Producers Association. “Our SCC is currently averaging 100,000 or less,â€? Severance said. “Our butterfat is running about 5.5% and our protein is 3.9%. After adding in all of the quality bonuses, our pay price will be close to $30 per hundredweight.â€? Severance said there are no big secrets to achieving these high levels of milk quality. “Keep things clean and don’t cut corners,â€? Severance said. “We use DHIA records to help us identify problem animals. You need to know where you stand with each cow. We are now at the point where we have enough of our own replacement animals. If a cow is giving us problems, we can replace her with one of our homegrown heifers.â€? The Severances farm a quarter section of land and have access to several hundred acres of pasture. “We raise all of our own forages,â€? Severance said. “We feed our cows a TMR that consists of corn silage, dry alfalfa, alfalfa baleage and corn. The only things we buy are a little soybean meal and some minerals. I can feed our milk cows for $2.50 per head per day.
Our milk production is about 45 pounds per head per day, and our cows have almost no health problems.� In addition to their herd of Jerseys, the Severances have about 30 stock cows. The stock cows take advantage of the pasture during the growing season and are fed grass hay in the wintertime. In an effort to reduce costs even further, the Severances often put their dry milk cows in with their stock cows. “We use rotational grazing for our milk cows in the summertime,� Severance said. “This cuts feed costs and saves on bedding and manure hauling. Most years, I go through 500 big round bales of straw or corn stalks for the bedding pack. But you have to keep the cows dry and comfortable.� Like most dairy farmers, Severance puts in long hours. “A 14-hour day is pretty normal,� Severance said. “I love dairy farming, but it isn’t a get-rich-quick scheme. Heather and I enjoy raising our children on our dairy farm. Our three oldest kids are starting to help me milk, but they aren’t yet tall enough to reach the buttons on the automatic takeoffs.� Even though he is still a young man, Severance is already thinking about the continuation of his family’s centurieslong farming heritage. “Heather and I would love it if one or more of our kids eventually decides to join our dairy farming operation,� Severance said.
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Supply management: a different dairy pricing path WFU seeks support through new video By Danielle Nauman danielle.n@dairystar.com
years, the WFU and the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation have been working together to develop supply management language that is palatable to the widest possible range of dairy farmers. He feels enough support has been amassed to begin moving forward to nd the solution to those problems facing the dairy industry.
favored some form of supply management to help stabilize prices. Von Ruden said the Dairy Farmers of Ontario reached out to the WFU in 2017 and invited him to their annual convention to speak about the trials and tribulations American dairy farmers were facing and the issues created by the Canadian implementation of Class 7 milk. The birth of that relationship eventually led to several Canadian dairy producers speaking at a series of meetings hosted in the spring of 2018 by the WFU, explaining the Canadian quota system for milk production to producers from around the upper Midwest. “Those meetings went really well,” Von Ruden said. “The Canadian dairy farmers told it the way it is, that they like the fact that the farmers have more control over the pricing and the volume of their product.” Von Ruden said the Canadian philosophy is to limit their production to meeting the needs of their country, or keeping within a 2% to 3% range of overproduction. “That really caught the eyes of a lot of the U.S. farmers,” Von Ruden said. “Why are we trying to produce 15% to 20% more than what we actually need in this country, just to drive our prices down? Shouldn’t we be looking at a mechanism that might get us to the 2% to 3% range, making sure we are taking care of our own country’s needs rst, and not using a whole of natural resources and other things we need to keep dairy alive, just to ship it across the ocean?” Von Ruden said over the past two
“... to really make it work efficiently, it has to be a national effort ...” DARIN VON RUDEN, WISCONSIN FARMERS UNION
“Certainly having Congressmen Gallagher and Kind introducing the Dairy Pricing and Policy Commission Act of 2020 is really the rst step in getting that process done,” Von Ruden said. “Within the industry, we have done some things on our own and within our cooperatives and processors, but to really make it work efciently, it has to be a national effort, so that language is a stepping stone to move toward that.” Von Ruden is hopeful that language can be in place to be included in the 2023 farm bill but realizes that even if that happens, full implementation of a supply management system could easily be four to ve years into the future. “We just need to create some equality among dairy producers, regardless of size,” Von Ruden said. “We just need to gure out how to make sure the majority of dairy farmers can earn enough to have a decent standard of living.”
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farm economists that determined that if dairy industry supply management would have been implemented in the 2014 farm bill, milk prices over the past six years would have been increased, doubling net farm income while signicantly lowering government expenditures and would have kept many dairy farms in business; all while having little effect on the price consumers pay in the stores. According to WFU President Darin Von Ruden, a Westby dairy farmer, the idea is to develop equality in the agricultural market among a wide variety of farm sizes. “We want to look at future growth,” Von Ruden said. “A lot of the farmers we are talking to want to see that growth go to new farmers, not to existing farmers. We have been experiencing 2% to 3% growth in the country for decades now.” Von Ruden said the WFU plan proposes to set a base for farm production using their current production level, with the expectation that if farmers stay within their numbers, eventually we could see an increase in smaller dairy farms milking 160 cows or less. “We are not looking to take anything away from what we are doing today, but to keep it so that we can have some diversity,” Von Ruden said. “That is really in the interest of most farmers. They want to be able to have a livelihood and hopefully bring the next generation in, or to bring another new farmer into their operation.” The WFU’s quest to bring back some form of dairy farm management dates back to a survey sent to producers in 2016, where 78% of respondents
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By Lee Mielke
Food Box program drives Class III milk to $21.61
The October Federal order Class III benchmark milk price vaulted $5.18, to $21.61 per hundredweight (cwt.) this week, highest October price since 2014, with a little more to come, thanks in large part to Uncle Sam’s Farmers to Families Food Box program. The November futures contract was trading late Friday morning at $23.21 but December was at $18.63, with January 2021 at $17.18 per cwt. The 2020 Class III average is at $17.89, up from $16.37 a year ago. The October Class IV price is $13.47 per cwt., up 72 cents from September but $2.92 below a year ago. The Class IV average now stands at $13.52, down from $16.23 a year ago and $14.06 in 2018. Dairy margins were again mixed over the second half of October, continuing a recent trend of strengthening in nearby marketing periods while weakening slightly further out the curve in second and third quarter, according to the latest Margin Watch (MW) from Chicago-based Commodity & Ingredient Hedging LLC. The MW stated that “Strength in nearby marketing periods continues to be paced higher trade in cheese, despite what was generally construed as a bearish monthly production report. USDA reported September milk production at 18 billion pounds, up 400 million or 2.35% from 2019 and much higher than anticipated. In addition, USDA reported the milking cow herd at 9.366 million head, up 5,000 from August and 33,000 higher than last year. Moreover, dairy cow slaughter has averaged 9.3% less than last year and 5.2% lower than the historical average over the past 12 weeks, suggesting that dairy producers have been expanding their herds to increase milk output.” The MW said Cold Storage data provided some context for the strong cheese market as “Total cheese stocks contracted 1.3% in September to 1.36 billion
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above September 2019. Year to date Cheddar is at 2.85 billion pounds, up 2.3%. Churns produced 152.1 million pounds of butter, up 500,000 pounds or 0.3% from August, but was 7.8 million pounds or 5.4% above a year ago. YTD butter is at 1.6 billion pounds, up a hefty 6.5% from 2019. Dry whey totaled 74.9 million pounds, down 4.9% from August and 17.3% below a year ago, with YTD at 730.6 million pounds, down 0.2%. Stocks totaled 74.9 million pounds, down 4.9% from August and 17.3% below a year ago. Nonfat dry milk output fell to 124.3 million pounds, down 19.9 million pounds or 13.8% from August but 6.5 million or 5.5% above a year ago. YTD powder sits at 1.4 billion pounds, up 1.8% from 2019. Stocks fell to 233.2 million pounds, down 37.4 million or 13.8% from August, and 17.6 million or 7.0% below a year ago. Skim milk powder output jumped to 72.5 million pounds, up 11.3 million pounds or 18.3% from August and 13.7 million pounds or 23.3% above a year ago. YTD skim milk powder is at 453.0 million pounds, up 10.6% from a year ago. The loud crash you heard the rst week of November was Cheddar block cheese plunging 44 cents, to a Friday close of $2.3425 per pound, ending ve consecutive weeks of gain, but were still 32.75 cents above a year ago. The barrels rolled from their new record high $2.53 per pound, to a $2.3175 close, down 21.25 cents on the week, ending seven weeks of gains, 1.25 cents below a year ago, but at a more typical 2.50 cents below the blocks. There were only 2 cars of block traded on the week at the CME and 14 of barrel. Midwest cheese producers reported changes in production levels this week to Dairy Market News, as some were seeking less milk and limiting production. Customers were buying hand-to-mouth and, with prices where they were, no one wants to be holding extra stocks, anticipating the price declines. Spot milk was available at prices still around or just under Class III. Western retail cheese demand has remained strong, but while government purchases and fast food outlets are moving good volumes of cheese, total food service is underperforming. Export sales have receded, due to the higher prices, and in some cases, manufacturers had to discount cheese to move it overseas. Contacts say domestic market prices and freight costs are making it harder to compete in international markets. Parts of the nation face increasing COVID cases so marketers are concerned about further restrictions that could hamper recovery of the food service sector. Manufacturers and buyers are cautious in cheese production and storage that could lose value. Stocks are moderate. Butter climbed to $1.4375 per pound Wednesday, but closed Friday at $1.43, up 4 cents on the week but 60.75 cents below a year ago, on 26 sales on the week. Plant managers relay that cream availability is opening up from local and Western regions and that cream suppliers are setting Thanksgiving week deals.
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Grade A nonfat dry milk nished the week 4.25 cents lower, closing at $1.0650 per pound, 14 cents below a year ago, with 13 cars nding new homes. Poor exports and a weak GDT were the likely culprits for the powder downfall. Dry whey climbed to a 42.25 cents per pound nish, highest since January 22, 2019, and 14.75 cents above a year ago, with 3 sales reported on the week. The rst Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction of November reversed direction, after three consecutive gains, and saw its weighted average drop 2.0%. Powder and anhydrous milkfat were responsible. Sellers brought 78.1 million pounds of product to the auction block, up from 76.4 million on October 20. Skim milk powder led the losses, falling 4.4%, after inching 0.2% lower on October 20. Whole milk powder was down 2.0%, after inching up 0.3%. Anhydrous milkfat was down 2.6%, following a 0.5% slippage. Cheddar was off 0.8%, after gaining 3.0% last time. Butter led the two gains, up 3.9%, after a 3.3% rise last time, and buttermilk powder was up 1.2%, after not trading in the last event. StoneX equated the GDT 80% butterfat butter price to $1.6913 per pound U.S., up 6.4 cents from the last event. CME butter closed Friday at a bargain $1.43. GDT Cheddar equated to $1.7172 per pound, down 0.8 cent, and compares to Friday’s CME block Cheddar at $2.3425. GDT skim milk powder averaged $1.2348 per pound, down from $1.2933, and whole milk powder averaged $1.3539, down from $1.3776. CME Grade A powder closed at $1.0650. In other trade news; U.S. dairy exports topped year ago levels for the 13th consecutive month in September. Cheese exports hit 62.7 million pounds, up 4.2% from September 2019, fth month in a row they topped year ago levels, and “somewhat against expectations,” says HighGround Dairy (HGD), “as cheese prices rose to record levels in July, likely impacting export potential.” Interestingly, considering the low U.S. butter prices, September exports only totaled 3.3 million pounds, down 10.2% from 2019. Nonfat dry milk-skim milk powder exports hit 135.6 million pounds, down 5.9% from a year ago, rst time they were down from a year ago since February, and followed several months of record high volume. Powder to Mexico was lower again, says HGD, on trend with recent months and down 33% year over year. Dry whey exports totaled 41.5 million pounds, up 52.3%, and the eighth consecutive month they topped the prior year. HGD says the increase was led by China, who took 358% or 15.3 million pounds more than a year ago. Chinese demand was down slightly from August but higher than July, according to HGD. Dairy farm “recovery” is taking a while to get to the farmgate. Another drop in the U.S. All Milk price, plus sharply higher corn and soybean prices, pulled the September milk feed price ratio to the lowest level since May. The latest Ag Prices report has the ratio at 2.28, down from 2.50 in August, and down from 2.34 in September 2019. The index is based on the current milk price in relationship to feed prices for a dairy ration consisting of 51% corn, 8% soybeans and 41% alfalfa hay. In other words, one pound of milk purchased 2.28 pounds of dairy feed of that blend in September. The US All-Milk price averaged $17.90 per hundredweight (cwt.), down 90 cents from August and $1.40 below September 2019. California’s All Milk price fell to $18.70, down $1.30 from August but 10 cents above a year ago. Wisconsin’s, at $17.70, was down $1.70 from August and $2.20 below a year ago. The national average corn price averaged $3.41 per bushel, up 29 cents per bushel from August but 39 cents per bushel below September 2019. Soybeans averaged $9.24 per bushel, up 58 cents from August and were 89 cents per bushel above a year ago. Alfalfa hay averaged $171 per ton, down $1 from August and $8 per ton below a year ago. Looking at the cow side of the ledger; the September cull price for beef and dairy combined averaged $66.60 per cwt., down $4.10 from August, $1.00 above September 2019, but $5 below the 2011 base average of $71.60 per cwt. Milk cow replacements averaged $1,340 per head in October, up $30.00 per head from July and $30 above October 2019. They averaged $1350 per head in California, unchanged from July and $50 below a year ago. Wisconsin cows averaged $1,420 per head, up $70 from July and $150 above October 2019 In the week ending October 24, 58,200 dairy cows were sent to slaughter, up 400 from the week before, but 4,000 head, or 6.4%, below that week a year ago. The U.S. corn harvest is 82% complete, as of the week ending November 1, according to the latest Crop Progress report. That’s up from 49% at this time a year ago and 13% ahead of the ve year average. Soybeans were at 87% harvested, up from 71% a year ago and 4% ahead of the ve year average. The cotton harvest is 52% completed, up 1% from a year ago and #5 ahead of the ve year average. 37% of the crop is rated good to excellent, down from 40% at this time a year ago. In politics, a big “Thank you” to Minnesota Democrat Collin Peterson, ranking member of the House Agriculture Committee, who was defeated in his re-election bid. Hoards Dairyman’s Corey Geiger called Peterson a “champion for agriculture,” in the November 9 “Dairy Radio Now” broadcast, saying he was among a handful of politicians who truly understands agriculture and ushered three farm bills through the House with bipartisan support. While President Trump did not carry Minnesota, Peterson’s large rural 7th district has become more conservative over his 30 years of service, according to Geiger, and while Peterson’s replacement, former Minnesota Lieutenant Governor Michelle Fischbach, would reportedly welcome serving on that committee, she would be a junior member, said Geiger, without the experience of a Collin Peterson.
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HELPING GOOD MANAGERS MAKE BETTER TRADING DECISIONS Price premiums in the CME Group spot block and barrel cheese market are beginning to erode. Spot prices have been trading $2 plus premium over futures prices. Recent price declines, is allowing the spot session to get more in line with futures pricing. Block and barrel spot prices have dropped into the lower $2.30’s. At these values Class III futures will settle in the mid $22’s. December Class III futures are trading in the $18’s. That is a $4/cwt price spread that will need to arbitrage into a better alignment over the next 4 weeks. Will futures go up, or spot cheese prices soften? It is normal for spot loads of milk to trade between manufacturing and processing plants to balance milk flows. Over the past months spot loads have been trading at even money to a slight premium to market prices. This suggests that milk plants needed more milk then they had available to make product to fulfill orders. Last week spot load trading has weakened to to as much as $2 under Class prices. This reflects more milk being available than what plants desire for current production needs so plants with excess milk need to discount it slightly to develop buyer interest.
Class III prices continue to trade in the mid $16’s for most of 2021, while Class IV ranges from $13.76 in January to as high as $16.53 in December. These are values that resemble international dairy product prices. This should allow U.S. exports to be competitive in the 2021 time period. Dry whey prices continue to strengthen as inventories shrink, and China demand improves. In the recent Manufacturers Stocks report whey and nonfat dry milk inventories appear to be in a price supportive posture. Current spot session trading is seeing 42 cent whey and $1.06 nonfat dry milk prices. Butter prices remain pressured, as fear of additional food service restrictions are being talked about due to expanding Covid virus outbreaks. Surprisingly, manufacturer production of butter remains strong. This will make it difficult to see a rally in butter until consumers are allowed to return to their old food service eating out habits.
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Lucky to farm where there is no dairy Deereld Farm sells products direct to customers By Andrea Borgerding andrea.b@dairystar.com
DURHAM, Conn. – Deereld Farms is the last dairy farm in Middlesex County in Connecticut. But knowing she is the last one is not something Melynda Deereld is worrying about. Deereld is the owner of Deereld Farms, a 40-cow registered Jersey farm located on a 60-acre farm site in the town of Durham. Deereld, a rst-generation dairy farmer, said she got involved with dairy animals through 4-H, and her parents
raised veal calves on their 10-acre farm in nearby North Madison. While her parents did not milk more than a couple cows, her interest in the dairy industry grew from involvement with showing dairy animals through 4-H. “I just love the cows and working with them,” Deereld said. “I’m interested in the registered cattle and enjoy being in the show ring.” In 2005, Deereld began leasing a tiestall facility on 10 acres in Durham. The facility had been newly rebuilt after it was destroyed by a re. Deereld put in 30 full-size tie stalls, three small heifer
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Other product she sells includes yogurt, avored milk, soft cheeses and gelato. The product she makes depends on how much milk remains after bottling. “Yogurt, especially plain yogurt, is what I always have in stock,” Deereld said. “I don’t have strict make schedules. If I have more milk during the holidays, I’ll make gelato then too.” Most days, Deereld will bottle milk right after morning milking and continue processing what milk remains. “Depending on the time of year and production, I will process anywhere from three to
ve days a week to pasteurize and make yogurt and avored milk,” Deereld said. At any given time, Deereld will be milking between 12-18 cows. She tries not to go over what her barn will hold. Her goal is to keep the dairy at a workload she can handle with the help of her boyfriend, Jim Dykas. The cattle are fed a ration of grain, dry hay and haylage. The cattle have access to 10 acres of pasture. “The pasture goes pretty fast especially this year when Turn to DEERFIELD | Page 13
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ConƟnued from DEERFIELD | Page 12 we experienced a drought,” Deereld said. The New England region experienced a rare dry period from mid-June to late fall this year. Deereld managed one cutting and only a portion of second cutting from her 50 acres of hay ground that includes clover, grass and vetch. “The quality of rst cutting was really good, and we got it done early,” she said. “We thought we were off to a great start.” The lack of rain after rst cutting stunted growth, and Deereld did not manage a second cutting for the rest of the season. She started green chopping fresh grass and feeding that to the cows. “We’ve been doing that up until now,” Deereld said. “Especially now there is not enough on the hay elds to bale so I will chop it on to a wagon. It helps me extend the season.” Deereld will supplement her hay supply by purchasing dry round bales from neighboring farmers. As the last dairy farmer in her county, Deereld has
learned to be self-reliant. There is one dairy equipment dealer that will service equipment, but Deereld and Dykas manage to do most of the repair work themselves with the help of troubleshooting phone calls. It has been difcult for Deereld to maintain reliable veterinary service. After many years of inconsistent service, an experienced large animal veterinarian moved to the area and will do regular routine service as well as emergency procedures. Deereld will complete as much vet work as she can herself. While there are challenges of being in a dairy sparse area, Deereld knows there are benets to dairying in her area. “I’m very lucky to be where I am,” Deereld said. “Everybody thinks I want to leave Connecticut, but we have people, jobs and a market here.” Deereld Farm is located in a highly populated area where there is also a high per capita income. “If people want to go spend $9 on a gallon of milk, they can,” Deereld said. “I’m
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Despite the demand, Deereld is reluctant to expand the dairy with the intention of keeping it at a workload she can manage herself. “Improving the production per cow is how I would like to grow but not necessarily the number of cows,” Deereld said. Other areas she hopes to expand in the future is by direct selling meat, including beef, pork and broilers. Deereld and Dykas recently began direct marketing their beef. In addition to raising the farm’s Jersey and Jersey crossbred steers, Dykas raises also Angus cattle to process and sell to customers. Whatever steps Deereld takes to diversify and maintain viability for her small dairy, Deereld knows she would not want to do anything else for a career – and it all began with her parents’ small hobby farm. “We started with that and I just loved it,” Deereld said.
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Stuber nds milk is not only a food
MN FFA member earns national award that researches dairy turned into plastic By Krista Kuzma
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HUGO, Minn. – In ninth grade, Paige Stuber found an interesting use for her favorite beverage. After learning milk can be turned into plastic, Stuber conducted research, which eventually led to Stuber receiving a national FFA award. “It was insane to nd out plastic made from milk has been around 100 years, but with the introduction of petroleum-based plastics, we strayed away from that,” Stuber said. Because of this nd, milk became the subject of three research projects she conducted while in high school while attending Academy for Sciences and Agriculture in Vadnais Heights, Minnesota. It also earned her the top recognition in the country for the Agriscience Research Integrated Systems Prociency Award during the virtual 93rd National FFA Convention and Expo Oct. 27-29. “When I found out, I started crying because no matter what happened I was super thankful to be a national nalist,” Stuber said. “To be announced a winner for my rst time being a national nalist for something like this is mind boggling.” Stuber, the daughter of Sharyl Stuber, is now in her freshman year at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. Originally from Hugo, Stuber grew up in an urban setting with very little agricultural background. Her exposure to agriculture came when she started attending AFSA for high school. “I took an intro to ag class, and learning about agriculture and FFA was fun,” she said.
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Paige Stuber stands next to her third research project at the 2019 NaƟonal FFA Agriscience Fair compeƟƟon. Stuber’s earned the Agriscience Research Integrated Systems Prociency Award at this year’s virtual 93rd NaƟonal FFA ConvenƟon and Expo Oct. 27-29. When it came time to think of a topic for her rst agriscience fair project in ninth grade, Stuber was stumped. “My mom said focus on something you like so I decided to focus my research on milk, especially after nding out you can turn my favorite beverage into casein bioplastic, which was really cool,” Stuber said. “It’s denitely easier to focus on something you enjoy. I think it makes the research process easier when you’re able to connect something you enjoy to research.” That rst project compared the yield of plastic from goat milk versus cow milk. “While researching milk bioplastic, I found it’s the casein protein in mammal milk that turns milk into plastic,” Stuber said. She tested ve temperatures, heat-
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ing the milk and mixing it with vinegar to make plastic curd-like discs. Then, Stuber weighed the discs to determine which temperature and which milk produced the most plastic by weight. Cow’s milk came out on top. The project led to a second-place award at the Minnesota State FFA Convention that year. “I decided to keep going, pushing myself further and beeng up my research to make it better,” Stuber said. For her agriscience fair project the following year, Stuber tested if the pasteurization method had an impact on the casein bioplastic. Stuber used raw milk along with three types of pasteurized milk: low temperature; high temperature, short time; and ultra high temperature. Like her previous project, Stuber heated the milk to ve preselected temperatures and added vinegar in order to create over 100 casein bioplastic samples. “The kitchen stunk for awhile,” she said. “Warm milk and vinegar is kind of smelly.” Stuber found the low temperature pasteurized milk produced the greatest yield. The project led to a fourth-place nish in the National FFA Agriscience Fair competition. “I was able to talk with a bunch of people across the U.S. about my research,”
Stuber said. “I had so many conversations just by asking, ‘Did you know milk can be turned into plastic?’ Not many people knew about it so getting to watch people’s reactions and being able to inform them about this was a fun experience.” While her third project took a different direction, it was inuenced by her previous research. “While I was at the store and looking for different pasteurization methods in the dairy section, there were a lot of varieties of milk plant-based milk alternatives,” Stuber said. “It was overwhelming and confusing.” Stuber was also frustrated that plantbased milk alternatives were in the section labeled milk. “In my opinion, they aren’t really milk,” she said. “It’s more like white plant juice.” After forming her own opinions, she wanted to know what others thought. For her nal project, Stuber created a survey about people’s opinions about the labeling and marketing of both mammal milk and plant-based milk alternatives. Stuber surveyed 320 people aged 14 and up ranging from general public, fellow students, people in the dairy industry and family members. “This one was my most technical project with the statistical analysis,” Stuber said. For this project, Stuber tested ve hypotheses, and the results were varied. They showed Stuber was not the only one confused about the labeling of milk alternatives. “Throughout my projects, I gained a lot of skills, both research skills and soft skills,” Stuber said. “FFA has helped me discover and ignite my passion for agriculture, and helped me gure out what I want to do in life.” In college, Stuber is studying agriculture education, and agriculture communications and marketing with the goal to become an agriculture teacher and FFA advisor. While Stuber has no plans to continue her research at this time, she hopes her work might inspire other young people to continue talking about casein bioplastics as an alternative to the petroleum-based versions. “I know researchers and scientists are trying to nd a greener solution that will actually biodegrade,” Stuber said. “I denitely see casein bioplastic as becoming a viable option. As long as we have cows and milk, we have a source to make biodegradable plastic.”
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DOVER, Minn. – While the novel coronavirus has had devastating impacts on many people’s lives, there has been a silver lining for many small animal processors. “We were comfortable with where we were at and then in February it blew out of the water,” said Eric Klein, who owns Dover Processing in Dover. “There were so many calls. We were trying to take down names as fast as we could. We couldn’t even schedule them. We took down names and had to call them later. We had 10 pages of names and lled all slots through 2021.” Klein was not alone. Small processors were the ones to pick up the slack when many large-scale plants shuttered for several weeks due to the pandemic. To help keep up with the sudden inux of new customers for these businesses, the Minnesota Department of Agriculture offered a Livestock Processing Rapid Response Mini-Grant. “It gave us a leg up to help us when we were trying to keep up with everything,” Klein said. “It helped with however we could to increase capacity, store more product and handle all the ground beef.” The MDA is offering a second round of the grant this fall to Minnesota meat, poultry, egg and milk processors and livestock producers who need increased storage capacity for processed products. The grant is for up to $5,000 for each applicant. Previous applicants may not apply, unless their award was less than $5,000. In that case, applicants may apply for the difference between their previous award and $5,000. Bonnie Johnson and her family were thankful for the grant after they had a dramatic increase in their business earlier this year. “It exploded in a matter of a week where the phone rang off the hook,” Johnson said. “I put a message on the answering machine and had to not answer the phone because we needed to cut.” Johnson and her husband, Josh, along with her father-in-law, Wade, own Riverside Meats and Processing in Swanville. They used the money from the MDA for items they could use immediately – trays, carts, storage containers and a larger mixer grinder. “This (grinder) is twice as big and twice as fast as the one we had so we can do a lot more in a day than we could before,” Johnson said. “It’s very helpful.” They are currently adding onto their freezer, although the project is not covered by a grant. “It had been something we had been talking about for a long time,” Johnson said. “With the increased business, the money was there to do it and it was a need. … We were running out of room in our freezer. That made the decision for us.”
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Employee Andy Ihrke, packages sausage at Dover Processing in Dover, Minnesota.
Although dairy makes up the majority of the animals they process, the Johnsons’ new business primarily comes from people with hogs. Typically, the spring and summer is slow for butchering hogs. During their usual busy hog season, the Johnsons will process 20 each week. Throughout the summer months this year, the Johnsons scrambled to schedule 40 hogs each week. “We were doing the max we could handle,” Johnson said. “We really had to improvise what we could t and how to make it work.” The Kleins were and still are processing at full capacity. Although they process animals for outside customers, the Kleins built their facility a few years ago in order to accommodate their own farm’s needs. “We were growing our meat business,” Klein said. “We always had to go to three processors every week just to get in and get everything done. We decided to bring it all together and build this.” It has been a steady and manageable stream of customers until the massive inux after this spring’s market upheaval. Along with the challenge of keeping up with their packed weekly processing schedule, the Kleins hope their labor force of 12 employees can handle it. “You hold your breath that everyone stays healthy,” Klein said. “To have someone out sick is a logistical nightmare.” While the circumstances have made logistics more stressful, Klein thinks the consumer shift to more local processing is a good thing. “Farmers are nally able to set their price and get what they need, and the consumers get what they want,” he said. “It’s a win-win for both. They’re getting a quality product and know the farmer. That’s the big thing – consumers get to know their farmer and what they do.” Klein and other processors will continue to work toward meeting the demand suddenly presented by the pandemic. “There’s not enough processing around to offset the big plants, but we’re sure trying,” Klein said. KRISTA KUZMA/DAIRY STAR
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Eric Klein (right), owner, and Geoff Hart, manager, stand next to a rack of smoked pork belly to be cut into bacon at Dover Processing in Dover, Minnesota.
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Coronavirus Relief Fund Farm Business Management scholarships available The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) is announcing a new Farm Business Management (FBM) Scholarship Program, funded through the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Nearly $250,000 in scholarships will be available to farmers negatively affected economically by COVID-19. Priority will be given to farmers engaged in any stage of mediation or bankruptcy between March 2, 2020 and Dec. 30, 2020. An estimated 350 Minnesota farmers are currently distressed due to COVID-19 impact, including farmers in mediation, bankruptcy, foreclosure, and debt restructuring. The FBM program offered by the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system, helps farmers manage their nances and learn how to navigate the complicated nancial systems of farming. The scholarships will cover approximately 75% of the cost of tuition. To apply contact an FBM instructor. Applications will be available Nov. 6, 2020. Applicants must be registered for at least 10 credits for either fall, spring, or combination by Dec. 10, 2020. Funding for this program is made available through the CARES Act, and is part of a $7.7 million plan announced earlier this month by Gov. Tim Walz and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan to support agricultural producers, meat processors, and farmers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. To learn more contact: Keith Olander, Director, Minnesota State Northern Agricultural Center of Excellence, keith.olander@clcmn.edu, (218) 894-5163 Brad Schloesser, Director, Minnesota State Southern Agricultural Center of Excellence, brad.schloesser@southcentral.edu, (507) 389-7263. Midwest Dairy partners with Subway® restaurants to provide nutritious meals to kids in need As part of a national dairy checkoff campaign, Midwest Dairy is partnering with local Subway® sandwich shops throughout the Midwest to raise money for the Fuel Up to Play 60 in-school nutrition program, and to raise awareness about Midwest dairy farmers’ support for youth wellness initiatives. The Tackle Hunger program was created in partnership with the NFL as a larger initiative to bring more funding for GENYOUth’s Emergency School Meal Delivery Fund, which provides grants for schools to purchase supplies for meal distribution and delivery in an effort to get food to students during COVID-19. As a result of this partnership, participating Subway restaurants nationwide will be supporting this initiative with two promotions, including: Tackle Hunger* – Running Oct. 1 through Nov. 30, at participating restaurants, customers can donate to Fuel Up to Play 60 grants for local schools to continue delivering school meals
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during the pandemic. The stores will feature signage at checkout about the promotion, and funds raised will be distributed throughout the Midwest and nationwide. 60-Cent, 6-inch Subs on Sundays with Fuel Up to Play 60*—Every Sunday, any child who uses the Fuel Up to Play 60 “Healthy Habits Tracker” can get a 6-inch sub for only 60 cents, with purchase of a meal. This offer runs October 1 through December 31 at participating restaurants, and all subs can include cheese and be paired with milk. “All of the work being done on both a national and regional level with Fuel Up to Play 60 program, and with GENYOUth’s Emergency School Delivery Fund, demonstrates dairy farmers’ ongoing commitment to ensuring kids continue to receive the nutritious meals they need during the pandemic,” said Allen Merrill, chairman, Midwest Dairy. “We’re grateful for the work Subway restaurant owners and their teams are doing across our 10-state region to bring awareness to the work Midwest Dairy farmers are doing to support youth and their local communities.” To nd out more about all of the ways in which Midwest dairy farmers are working to support youth in their local communities, visit www.midwestdairy.com/community. Dairy Checkoff, Domino’s honor veterans with special pizza promotion As a celebration of dairy farmers’ commitment to communities, Dairy Management Inc. (DMI) is joining checkoff partner Domino’s Pizza and Wounded Warrior Project to honor, support and feed veterans and their families on Veterans Day. “America’s dairy farmers have supported military families for decades. In fact, many dairy farmers and their families have military backgrounds and/or family members currently serving our country,” said Paul Ziemnisky, executive vice president of global innovation partnerships for DMI. “We’re proud to partner with Domino’s Pizza and Wounded Warrior Project to bring food and celebration to our nation’s veterans and their families.” 50% off Domino’s Pizza DMI and Domino’s Pizza are partnering to honor veterans and their families by offering 50 percent off pizzas for new Domino’s app users during Veterans Day week, Nov. 9-15. DMI will help Domino’s market the promotion across key social media and digital platforms. “Domino’s is proud to join America’s dairy farmers in celebrating our country’s veterans,” said Art D’Elia, chief marketing ofcer at Domino’s Pizza. First-time Domino’s app users and anyone who has not purchased from the app within the last year can input the code App50 at checkout to receive the discount on all menu-priced pizzas. Wounded Warrior Project “Giving Thanks” event Minnie’s Food Pantry, in collaboration with Wounded Warrior Project, is joining forces with local checkoff organization Dairy MAX and America’s dairy farmers to honor veterans and their families and share the joy of dairy at this year’s “Giving Thanks” food distribution event. During the drive-thru event on Nov. 14, food pantry volunteers, Wounded Warrior Project staff and volunteers, plus NFL Dallas Cowboys Legends Drew Pearson, Tony Dorsett and Larry Brown, will distribute holiday food staples such as turkey and stufng to veterans. In addition, they’ll receive Farmers to Families Food Boxes that contain nutritious, fresh foods including milk. America’s dairy farmers also will be on site distributing the ultimate comfort foods to attendees – grilled cheese sandwiches and chocolate milk. For information about the dairy checkoff, visit www.usdairy.com.
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Crop and Weather
Crop and weather conditions in Dairy Star country
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60 cows, 780 acres We ďŹ nished the fall tillage and manure hauling. Our whole family caught COVID-19 last week, but everyone is recovering nicely. We harvested three RAINFALL cuttings of quality hay TOTALS from our alfalfa ground Last 2 this summer. Our silage Weeks corn yielded 20 to 22 tons per acre, our ďŹ eld corn yielded 180 to 190 bushels, and our soybeans went 30 to 40 bushels per acre. The corn was dry, which was a nice plus. It’s good to see commodity Since April 11 prices coming up and 11.05â€? the milk price is halfway decent. Even though the rains were very spotty this summer, the 2020 crop year turned out better than expected.
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We have 12 acres of ground to work yet and have to haul some corn stalk bales. We ďŹ nished hauling manure Nov. 4. I would say 80% of the RAINFALL corn is out of the ďŹ elds TOTALS Last 2 and there are a lot of guys Weeks working on corn stalks. There hasn’t been a lot of tillage done. We ďŹ nished the year with three crops of alfalfa, the corn averaged 182 bushels an acre and the corn silage was at 22 tons an acre. Since April 11 We had a better-than- 27.25â€? average year. We had a couple warm dry spells and heat during pollination. It was one of the earliest years we harvested a good crop.
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Crop and Weather Fort Atkinson, IA (Winneshiek County)
GLEN SCHMITT
Crop and weather conditions in Dairy Star country
Rock Valley, IA (Sioux County)
STEVE ROZEBOOM
560 cows, 1,500 acres
Cumberland, WI (Barron County)
MIKE RIEBE
600 cows, 710 acres
We’ve been hauling manure and chisel plowing. We might chisel plow more after we haul manure. The RAINFALL corn stalks bales are TOTALS off. Most farmers Last 2 are done harvesting Weeks corn around here. We ended up with five crops of hay off some fields and four 0” off others. Our corn yielded 180 bushels an acre. For us, it dried Since April 11 up at an inopportune 25” time, during tasseling, and that hurt our yields. It was nice to have a dry fall.
We completed our fall tillage this past weekend. The dry autumn enabled us to install some drainage tile and fix RAINFALL waterways. Even though TOTALS this past summer was Last 2 very hot and dry, we still Weeks had fantastic crops. Our silage corn yielded 25 to 27 tons per acre and our field corn averaged just 0” over 200 bushels per acre. We harvested four cuttings of alfalfa before it ran out of water and Since April 11 stopped growing. There 9.57” was a lot of variability in the fields this year. If there was any sort of pressure, the crop simply fizzled out.
100 cows, 1,200 acres We still have about 30 acres of corn left to get off. I have heard others say that corn has dried down about 2.5 points during the past week. RAINFALL So far, our yield has been TOTALS really good. I am guessing Last 2 we will average about Weeks 180 to 185 bushels to the acre, so it has been pretty phenomenal. We have quite a few bigger fields, so that does help bring our averages up. Overall, the year has been a pretty darn good one, definitely Since April 11 one of the better years in quite a few years. The 28.75” rains were timely and we had enough heat. It has been an excellent fall and overall an excellent year.
Gleason, WI
Oconto Falls, WI
Brownsville, WI
(Lincoln County)
(Shawano County)
SHAWN WAGNER
BEN BONKE
We had about 0.75 inches of rain last night (Nov. 9). We have gotten all of our corn off, and overall RAINFALL it did really well this TOTALS year compared to last Last 2 year. The sorghum Weeks did decent and the crop was just OK. We have some of our fall tillage done. Overall, I 0.75” would say it has been a pretty good year for Since April 11 crops. 23.35”
(Dodge County)
DAVID KINDSCHUH
650 cows, 1,400 acres
75 cows, 350 acres
1.1”
We wrapped up all of our field work about a month ago. We got four cuttings of our low-lignin alfalfa with an overall average yield of 2.65 wet tons RAINFALL per acre. First crop was TOTALS our highest yielding at an Last 2 average of 3.85 wet tons Weeks per acre. Our average corn silage yield was 17.69 wet tons per acre at 65% moisture. Mycogen BMR corn takes a hit on tons per acre compared to conventional, but it’s a much higher quality feed. We averaged 40 bushels Since April 11 24.5” per acre on soybeans. I think it was an outstanding crop year. This is the most feed we’ve ever had on inventory here at the farm.
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80 cows, 500 acres As of Nov. 9, we had 60 acres of corn left to combine. It’s been running very good, and if the weather holds out, we’ll be done in a week. RAINFALL We did a test plot and took TOTALS off well over 200 bushels Last 2 per acre. The corn has Weeks been dry at about 18% moisture. Beans averaged 68 bushels per acre and oats at 96 bushels per acre. Hay and corn silage was exceptionally good. We’re making bedding and did over 100 bales of corn stalks. We normally do Since April 11 that in spring. We made 30.3” really good feed and it’s been enjoyable harvesting corn. It was nice not fighting the weather this year.
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Cadott, WI
(Chippewa County) RYAN HARM
100 cows, 585 acres
We had about 2 inches of snow yesterday and a little bit of snow last week. We still have our dry corn left RAINFALL TOTALS to take off. I would Last 2 say close to about Weeks half the corn is off around us, and the soybeans around us are all off. Corn is 0.2” yielding around 150 bushels per acre. Overall, this year Since April 11 has gone really great 28.5” compared to last year. We will have plenty of feed which is really a good feeling.
Monroe, WI (Green County)
JOSH STEINER
90 cows, 180 acres Corn is all done. We got pretty good yields at a little over 200 bushels per acre. We also baled corn fodder for bedding. Winter wheat is looking good. We have RAINFALL fall fertilizer on. We have TOTALS Last 2 a little fall tillage work left. We had a pretty good year Weeks overall. Soybean yields were down a little at about 50 bushels per acre, but it was a pretty good year for alfalfa, corn, etc. We had four cuttings of alfalfa. Our first crop had the highest yields at 6.5 tons per acre. Since April 11 Corn silage yields were 33 28.85” to 35 tons per acre. The corn didn’t need a lot of drying down because Mother Nature dried it for us in the field.
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PARK RAPIDS MN PARK RAPIDS MN PARK RAPIDS MN PERHAM MN PARK RAPIDS MN PARK RAPIDS MN PARK RAPIDS MN HENNING MN COHASSET MN HEWITT MN ROCHERT MN SEBEKA MN HEWITT MN VERGAS MN HEWITT MN ROCHERT MN HEWITT MN VERGAS MN COHASSET MN GREY EAGLE MN WADENA MN WADENA MN HEWITT MN
FEEDER STEERS 9 Blk Beef Steer 340 171.00 C 1 Blk Beef Steer 300 170.00 C 1 Blk Beef Steer 300 170.00 C 10 Blk Beef Steer 381 161.00 C 4 Red Beef Steer 425 155.00 C 2 Blk Beef Steer 417 150.00 C 10 Blk Beef Steer 546 146.00 C 3 Blk Beef Steer 495 144.00 C 5 Blk Beef Steer 461 140.00 C 2 Blk Beef Steer 577 136.00 C 11 Blk Beef Steer 666 132.00 C 1 BWF Beef Steer 680 131.00 C 6 Red Beef Steer 490 130.00 C 1 Red Beef Steer 750 121.00 C 3 RWF Beef Steer 945 119.00 C 3 Blk Beef Steer 998 116.50 C 1 RWF Beef Steer 1020 116.00 C 5 Blk Beef Steer 957 115.75 C 3 Blk Beef Steer 891 115.50 C FEEDER BULLS 2 BWF Bull 377 160.00 C 1 Blk Bull 440 141.00 C 2 Blk Bull 467 139.00 C 1 Red Bull 440 129.00 C 3 Red Bull 455 128.00 C 3 Blk Bull 603 126.00 C 2 Blk Bull 500 121.00 C HOL STEERS 6 HolX Hol Steers 333 109.00 C 8 HolX Hol Steers 558 92.00 C 6 HolX Hol Steers 425 90.00 C 1 HolX Hol Steers 665 88.00 C 7 HolX Hol Steers 596 87.50 C 5 HolX Hol Steers 652 87.00 C 8 HolX Hol Steers 465 85.50 C 2 Hol Hol Steers 460 84.00 C FEEDER HEIFERS 1 Blk Beef Heifer 330 141.00 C 1 Blk Beef Heifer 300 139.00 C 1 Blk Beef Heifer 320 134.00 C 3 Blk Beef Heifer 406 133.00 C 2 Blk Beef Heifer 305 132.00 C 3 Blk Beef Heifer 393 131.00 C 6 Blk Beef Heifer 420 130.50 C 1 Red Beef Heifer 350 129.00 C 3 RWF Beef Heifer 405 129.00 C 5 Blk Beef Heifer 514 124.00 C 18 Blk Beef Heifer 609 115.00 C BRED BEEF 10 Blk Bred Beef 1033 1,275.00 H 2 BWF Bred Beef 977 1,025.00 H 4 BWF Bred Beef 1121 1,010.00 H 3 Red Bred Beef 1053 1,000.00 H
FRAZEE MN BERTHA MN WADENA MN
2 Red Bred Beef 990 1,000.00 H 1 Blk Bred Beef 1145 960.00 H 1 BWF Bred Beef 850 850.00 H SLAUGHTER COWS BACKUS MN 1 Blk Slaughter Cows 870 73.00 C FRAZEE MN 1 Red Slaughter Cows 810 73.00 C MENAHGA MN 1 Hol Slaughter Cows 1505 66.50 C FRAZEE MN 1 Blk Slaughter Cows 875 66.00 C AUDUBON MN 1 Blk Slaughter Cows 1645 64.50 C BACKUS MN 1 Blk Slaughter Cows 795 64.00 C BACKUS MN 1 RWF Slaughter Cows 1775 63.00 C WADENA MN 1 RWF Slaughter Cows 1090 63.00 C AUDUBON MN 1 Blk Slaughter Cows 1575 62.50 C HINES MN 1 Blk Slaughter Cows 1470 61.00 C VERGAS MN 1 Blk Slaughter Cows 1545 60.00 C WADENA MN 1 Hol Slaughter Cows 1075 60.00 C BACKUS MN 1 BWF Slaughter Cows 1325 59.00 C BACKUS MN 1 BWF Slaughter Cows 1305 59.00 C WADENA MN 1 Blk Slaughter Cows 1660 59.00 C NEW YORK MILLS MN 1 Blk Slaughter Cows 1490 59.00 C HENNING MN 1 BWF Slaughter Cows 1610 59.00 C AUDUBON MN 1 Hol Slaughter Cows 1625 58.50 C HAWLEY MN 1 Blk Slaughter Cows 1420 58.00 C LAKE PARK MN 1 Red Slaughter Cows 1280 58.00 C BACKUS MN 1 Blk Slaughter Cows 1485 58.00 C NEW YORK MILLS MN 1 Blk Slaughter Cows 1535 57.00 C NEW YORK MILLS MN 1 Hol Slaughter Cows 1220 57.00 C HAWLEY MN 1 Red Slaughter Cows 1510 55.50 C FRAZEE MN 1 Herf Slaughter Cows 1385 55.00 C FRAZEE MN 1 Herf Slaughter Cows 1360 55.00 C PERHAM MN 1 Blk Slaughter Cows 1320 55.00 C SEBEKA MN 1 Blk Slaughter Cows 1455 54.00 C PARK RAPIDS MN 1 Herf Slaughter Cows 1615 53.50 C MILTONA MN 1 Blk Slaughter Cows 1320 53.00 C SLAUGHTER BULLS HAWLEY MN 1 BWF Slaughter Bull 1915 76.50 C MENAHGA MN 1 Red Slaughter Bull 1540 75.50 C PARK RAPIDS MN 1 Blk Slaughter Bull 1875 74.50 C MENAHGA MN 1 Herf Slaughter Bull 1280 74.00 C HENNING MN 1 Blk Slaughter Bull 1875 74.00 C MENAHGA MN 1 Herf Slaughter Bull 1940 73.50 C BABY CALVES PARK RAPIDS MN 4 Hol Bull Calves 188 190.00 H SEBEKA MN 1 Hol Bull Calves 160 190.00 H PERHAM MN 1 Hol Bull Calves 125 135.00 H SEBEKA MN 1 Hol Bull Calves 125 130.00 H PERHAM MN 1 Hol Bull Calves 120 130.00 H MENAHGA MN 1 Blk Bull Calves 125 130.00 H WADENA MN 4 Hol Bull Calves 126 125.00 H PARK RAPIDS MN 2 Hol Bull Calves 147 125.00 H SEBEKA MN 1 Hol Bull Calves 105 120.00 H NEW YORK MILLS MN 1 R/W Bull Calves 135 120.00 H PARK RAPIDS MN 1 Hol Bull Calves 145 115.00 H PERHAM MN 1 Hol Bull Calves 105 110.00 H
MARKET REPORT FOR MONDAY, NOV. 9TH SALE
FAT CATTLE PELICAN RAPIDS MN 3 Hol Steers SWANVILLE MN 3 Hol Steers PELICAN RAPIDS MN 1 Hol Heifers SWANVILLE MN 2 Blk Steers PELICAN RAPIDS MN 1 Hol Heifers SLAUGHTER COWS FRAZEE MN 1 Hol Slaughter Cows NEW YORK MILLS 1 Hol Slaughter Cows PARKERS PRAIRIE MN 1 Herf Slaughter Cows STAPLES MN 1 Blk Slaughter Cows FRAZEE MN 1 Blk Slaughter Cows PERHAM MN 1 Blk Slaughter Cows NEW YORK MILLS MN 1 Hol Slaughter Cows MENAHGA MN 1 Hol Slaughter Cows NEW YORK MILLS 1 Hol Slaughter Cows FRAZEE MN 1 Hol Slaughter Cows MENAHGA MN 1 Hol Slaughter Cows PERHAM MN 1 Hol Slaughter Cows STAPLES MN 1 Blk Slaughter Cows SEBEKA MN 1 Hol Slaughter Cows FRAZEE MN 1 Hol Slaughter Cows MENAHGA MN 1 Hol Slaughter Cows PELICAN RAPIDS MN 1 Swis Slaughter Cows WADENA MN 1 Hol Slaughter Cows RICHMOND MN 1 Hol Slaughter Cows FRAZEE MN 1 Hol Slaughter Cows SEBEKA MN 1 Hol Slaughter Cows WADENA MN 1 Hol Slaughter Cows MENAHGA MN 1 Hol Slaughter Cows MENAHGA MN 1 Hol Slaughter Cows SEBEKA MN 1 Hol Slaughter Cows VERNDALE MN 1 Red Slaughter Cows VERNDALE MN 1 Hol Slaughter Cows MENAHGA MN 1 Hol Slaughter Cows PELICAN RAPIDS MN 1 Swis Slaughter Cows MENAHGA MN 1 Hol Slaughter Cows
1723 1348 1400 1407 1450
91.50 C 91.25 C 91.00 C 90.25 C 87.00 C
1175 1840 1340 1300 1415 1525 1535 1780 1590 1285 1340 1415 1195 1555 1545 1865 1075 1435 1750 1605 1455 1635 2005 1595 1335 1345 1460 1200 1135 1120
66.00 C 62.00 C 55.00 C 54.50 C 54.00 C 52.50 C 52.50 C 51.50 C 51.50 C 51.50 C 51.00 C 51.00 C 51.00 C 50.50 C 50.50 C 50.00 C 50.00 C 49.50 C 49.50 C 49.50 C 49.00 C 48.50 C 48.50 C 48.00 C 48.00 C 47.50 C 47.50 C 47.50 C 46.50 C 46.50 C
SEBEKA MN VERNDALE MN FRAZEE MN LANCASTER MN RICHVILLE MN FRAZEE MN MENAHGA MN LANCASTER MN NEW YORK MILLS MN SEBEKA MN LANCASTER MN RED LAKE FALLS MN RED LAKE FALLS MN GOODRIDGE MN RED LAKE FALLS MN RED LAKE FALLS MN OKLEE MN LAKE PARK MN LAKE PARK MN MENAHGA MN MENAHGA MN MENAHGA MN VERNDALE MN VERNDALE MN VERNDALE MN HENNING MN FRAZEE MN PERHAM MN HENNING MN BROWERVILLE MN MENAHGA MN MENAHGA MN PERHAM MN VERNDALE MN PERHAM MN
1 Hol Slaughter Cows 1 Hol Slaughter Cows 1 Hol Slaughter Cows 1 RWF Slaughter Cows 1 Blk Slaughter Cows 1 Hol Slaughter Cows 1 Hol Slaughter Cows 1 Blk Slaughter Cows 1 Hol Slaughter Cows 1 Hol Slaughter Cows 1 Char Slaughter Cows HAY & STRAW 34 Grs Round Hay 34 Grs Round Hay 34 G/A Round Hay 34 Grs Round Hay 34 Grs Round Hay 34 Grs Round Hay 34 Grs Round Hay 34 Grs Round Hay BABY CALVES 1 Hol Bull Calves 3 Hol Bull Calves 4 Bull Calves 2 R/W Bull Calves 2 R/W Bull Calves 1 R/W Bull Calves 1 Hol Bull Calves 2 Hol Bull Calves 1 Hol Bull Calves 1 Hol Bull Calves 1 Hol Bull Calves 1 Hol Bull Calves 2 Hol Bull Calves 2 Bull Calves 1 R/W Bull Calves 3 Hol Bull Calves
• Nov 16th Feeder Sale Hog/Goat/Sheep Special
1355 1515 1090 1270 1185 1180 1405 1105 1535 1150 1085
46.50 C 46.00 C 46.00 C 46.00 C 46.00 C 46.00 C 45.50 C 45.50 C 45.50 C 45.00 C 45.00 C
1262 100.00 T 1203 100.00 T 1595 97.50 T 1668 95.00 T 1237 90.00 T 1408 90.00 T 1134 90.00 T 1146 90.00 T 195 123 121 95 122 115 95 100 100 100 85 115 95 92 95 90
180.00 H 140.00 H 135.00 H 135.00 H 130.00 H 125.00 H 125.00 H 125.00 H 120.00 H 115.00 H 105.00 H 105.00 H 105.00 H 85.00 H 80.00 H 75.00 H
Verndale - 16 Blk/Limo Steer & Heifers, 250-350 lbs., W, V
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Mid-American Hay Auction results for November 5, 2020
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moisture protein RFV 14.11 18.68 120.74 12.3 4.86 81.91 10.95 5.9 81.63 11.24 6.5 81.76 14.68 21.79 174.08 16.73 4.22 75.73 14.15 19.77 129.6 13.41 19.88 116.46 12.29 21.09 152.88 13.01 22.02 143.73 12.99 19.58 99.01 11.93 19.37 113.82 NO TEST 13.65 18.86 96.4 12.8 18.28 105.64 13.63 18.2 105.06 14.37 20.83 133.25 NO TEST 14.17 22.53 132.77 15.81 22.06 125.67 12.34 17.03 136.31 NO TEST 13.37 18.88 113.41 13.3 15.21 119.68 16.45 20.79 115.24 12.26 20.61 132 14.78 19.29 125.76 NO TEST 10.9 16.48 128.95 9.25 15.54 119.34 10.48 14.91 111.77 11.44 15.22 104.53 15.29 19.26 118.44 NO TEST 15.01 22.55 154.8 10.8 18.68 139.85 15.71 21.34 145.85 12.21 19.06 134.88 13.63 23.46 114.93 10.97 12.71 73.37 12.05 18.1 120.55 12.11 4.66 70.28 11.8 16.57 105.76 13.49 21.36 121.47 11.07 14.17 77.29 14.19 24.6 206.94 15.88 14.44 87.2 14.17 6.96 80.85 12.16 13.93 114.92 13.83 21.8 128.7 12.66 18.24 101.98 14.36 23.61 155.3 11.5 20.58 134.88 11.66 17.46 107.64 15.77 23.42 113.39 14.64 23.44 117.66 15.77 23.42 113.39 13.53 21.47 164.23 14.17 25.56 221.02 13.83 16.46 112.88 12.83 17.72 126.56 13.41 18.3 119.69 9.74 19.41 152.55 15.23 19.56 98.57 14.23 26.36 192.31 15.6 26.31 188.54 13.57 19.5 132.77 12.19 15.91 104.35 11.78 17.69 103.67 14.59 21.21 158.12 11.71 21.55 153.86 11.98 19.95 158.98 110.31 20.84 40.01
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Ld. size 20.72 21.62 21.02 21.11 21.13 21.63 22.32 21.66 22.35 22.53 20.44 17.75 21.7 20.43 17.85 23.17 16.02 19.51 16.87 21.72 8.88 19.65 19.64 25.28 23.17 25.34 16.02 17.86 25.14 25.68 26.26 26.38 27.18 26.32 23.51 26.84 23.65 28.35 22.85 23.2 24.66 24.22 24.73 24.78 22.66 23.88 23.88 25.23 23.89 19.61 22.01 24.98 23.83 23.83 23.82 23.67 19.85 25.71 28.02 26.27 26.55 26.43 26.52 21.86 25.65 26.05 24.82 24.89 25.2 26.02 23.87 22.85 22.15
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moisture protein
12.92 14.48 14.39 15.44 14.58 15.69 13.7 13.04 13.37 11.46 16.92 11.39 14.51 16.93 14.3 16.14 15.84 12.56
RFV
21.61 107.35 21.3 107 23.79 136.63 20.29 111.08 24.29 189.36 18.04 147.25 19.89 176.68 18.93 137.71 19.75 149.95 19.89 154.06 21.05 155.88 13.6 122.96 24.25 150.76 24.81 143.16 25.49 176.1 19.49 140.51 22.71 222.17 21.16 207.12 NO TEST STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW WHEAT STRAW WHEAT STRAW
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Ld. size
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Austin had the chance to help friends with their cranberry harvest this fall. It was interesting listening to him describe the process of ooding the bogs and how the buoys helped to corral the crop. Cranberries are one of Mark’s favorite, and I try to have some on hand. So, this is the time of year when I stock up on cranberries for my freezer. Thankfully they freeze well and can be used all year. I throw some in my apple pies as a colorful surprise. I use them in banana bread to mix things up. Of course, I have to make fresh cranberry sauce. Mark uses it like jam on his pancakes and biscuits. He also has a big side of cranberry sauce to eat with his roast beef. So here are some of our favorite cranberry recipes along with tips to make moist, tender shredded beef. Enjoy!
Cranberry sauce 1 cup sugar 1 cup liquid (water or orange juice or combination) 12 ounces cranberries Over medium heat, combine sugar and liquid until dissolved. Add berries. Stir occasionally until berries start to pop, 8-10 minutes. Remove from heat. Pour into bowl. Cranberries sauce will thicken as it cools. Cranberry pie 2 cups cranberries, halved 1/2 cup chopped pecans 4 eggs 1 1/2 cups sugar 1/4 cup melted butter 1 1/2 tablespoons vinegar 1 teaspoon vanilla
Food columnist Natalie Schmitt 1 pie pastry Place cranberries and nuts in pie shell. Mix remaining ingredients together and pour over berries and nuts. Bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes. Pie should look set. Cool. Refrigerate. Cranberry orange scones 3 cups our 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon baking powder 1/3 cup sugar 1/4 cup light brown sugar 1 tablespoon orange zest, nely grated 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon cardamom 1/2 cup very cold butter 1 large egg, cold 3/4 cup heavy cream
2 teaspoon vanilla 1/2 teaspoon orange extract 1 1/2 cups fresh or frozen cranberries Egg wash 1 large egg, beaten 1 teaspoon water 2 tablespoons sparkling sugar Orange glaze 1 cup powdered sugar, shifted 2 tablespoons orange juice 1 teaspoon orange zest, nely grated 1/2 teaspoon vanilla Dash salt Combine dry ingredients. Chunk or grate very cold butter with cheese grater. Work butter into dry ingredients. In a small bowl, whisk together cream, egg and extract. Pour into dry ingredients. Add cranberries. Mix until shaggy dough. Pour out on oured surface. Work into a disc shape. Cut into eight triangles (like a pizza) and place on baking sheet lined with parchment paper about 2 inches apart. Brush tops with egg wash and sprinkle with sugar. Bake at 425 degrees for 20 minutes. Cool ve minutes then drizzle with glaze after it has been whisked together. Shredded beef 1 1/2 cups beer (full bodied or ale) 1/2 cup cider vinegar 2 tablespoons tomato paste 6 garlic cloves, crushed 3 bay leaves 2 teaspoons dried oregano Salt and pepper 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1 large onion, sliced into ½ inch thick rounds 3-pound beef roast
Combine beer, vinegar, tomato paste, garlic, bay leaves, oregano, 2 teaspoons salt, 1/2 teaspoon pepper, cloves and cinnamon in Dutch oven. Arrange onion rounds in a single layer on bottom of pot. Place beef on top of onions. Cover and cook until meat is well browned and tender. Now here is where the patience kicks in. I covered my Dutch oven with tin foil and then put the lid on top. I placed it in my oven at 250 degrees and let it cook over night. The meat needs to reach 210 degrees internally for an hour in order for the connective tissues and meat to break down. I also used my slow cooker for another roast and let it cook on low and slow for 10 hours. Once the meat is done, remove it from the pot and place on a platter. Tent the meat with tin foil to keep it moist and warm while you work with the juices. Discard the onions and bay leaves but save the juices. Let the juices cool so you can skim off the fat. You can put the meat back in some of the juices for moisture. Any leftover juices I put in an ice cream pail to save for soup. I keep adding leftover vegetables and meat to the bucket. Once it is full, I have a pot full of soup ready to cook. Natalie, Mark and his brother Al, farm together near Rice, Minnesota. They milked 100 registered Holsteins under the RALMA prex. Their four children are grown up and all involved in agriculture with hopes of someone returning to the farm. For questions or comments, please e-mail Natalie at mnschmitt@jetup.net.
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Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease a 2-quart casserole dish. Cook egg noodles as directed, drain and set aside. Combine soup, milk, sour cream, onion powder and pepper in a large bowl. Fold in cubed ham and cooked noodles until well combined. Pour contents of bowl into casserole dish and spread out evenly. Sprinkle on top with breadcrumbs and parmesan cheese. Bake for 45 to 50 minutes.
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EXPECTING 250 HEAD! COMPLETE DISPERSAL: 85 Dairy Cows! Herd includes Holstein (20) Jersey (6) Brown Swiss, Jer/Hol Cross & Hol/Swiss Cross Dairy Cows! tiestall, outside daily, on homegrown feed 65# scc 200, over 50 years AI through Select Sires & ST Genetics, vaccination program & regular herd health. Coming from Marquette County 20 High Quality Holstein Dairy Cows, parlor/freestall, most cows milking 80-120# with scc below 100, cows sell on test many just fresh , some bred back, few close Springers, big NICE framed cows!!! Full vaccination program. Coming out of Jackson County 18 High Quality Registered Holstein Dairy Cows, parlor/freestall, all 1st calf milking 75-95# RHA of 32,000#!!! Cows sell on test. Fresh 60-90 days, some bred back. Top sires include Silver, Hail, Coleman, Dancer, Collude, Verona, Cinder, Maleves, Skyfall & Montross. Full vaccination program & Johnes tested negative. Overstocked dairy. NICE set of 1st calf heifers cows that should work for you! Coming from Ripps Valley Dairy, Dane, WI 14 Holstein Dairy Cows, parlor/freestall, fresh 1st calf heifers milking 75-100# on test, complete vaccination program, load will have a few sharp Jersey Crosses. Reputation consignor! Coming from Udderful Dairy 12 Very High Quality Holstein Springing Heifers, freestall/headlock adapted, due Nov-Dec. 10 Holstein Springing Heifers, all AI, bred sexed, reputation consignor! Coming from MN 3 Holstein Dairy Cows, fresh 2 yrs olds, fresh Sept. Milking 82-88# great components, low scc, under 85, sires are Dempsey and Beemer, excellent dam records! More information on these cows on our website!
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