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LAKE WILSON, Minn. – Chuck Hill was 15 years old when he milked his rst cow. “Dad and Grandpa had a beef operation,” said Chuck, who is the third generation to operate his family’s farm. “When I was in high school, I wanted to make money to buy a car, so I started milking cows for a neighbor.” Chuck didn’t know it at the time, but he had started down a path that would eventually lead to a robotic dairy operation. “By 1982, Dad had had enough of feeding cattle and sold his herd,” Chuck said. “I wanted to continue working with cattle, so I tore out the horse stalls in Dad’s old barn and put
in 28 stanchions. Then I bought some heifers and began dairying.” But Chuck’s dairy farming career would include a major detour. In 1987, after marrying his wife, Laurie, Chuck decided to sell his dairy cows and become a long-haul truck driver. “Trucking isn’t a bad way of life if you don’t mind being away from home all the time,” Chuck said. “When Laurie and I started having kids, we decided that we had to nd a way for both of us to be around to raise them. In 1992, we went back into the dairy farming business. All of our kids grew up in the dairy barn. They all began to help around the farm at an early age.” Chuck and Laurie have three grown Turn to HILLS | Page 4
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children. Their son Cody and his wife, Sara, and their children, Abraham, 3, and Scarlett, 1.5, live in Sioux Center, Iowa where Cody works at Trans Ova Genetics. Their son Weston lives near the farm and works on the dairy. Their daughter, Cheyenne, is a sophomore at St. Cloud State University where she’s majoring in psychology. As part of the reboot of their dairy operation, the Hills purchased two double-4 milking parlors from two separate dairy farms. They combined the parlors to create a double-8 swing parlor. “The parlors were 20 years old when we bought them, and we used them for 20 years,â€? Chuck said. After graduating from high school, Weston considered joining the Army. “I decided to go to Ridgewater College in Willmar instead,â€? Weston said. “Ridgewater was a perfect ďƒžt for me. I learned a lot of new things there. I enjoyed the ďƒželd trips we took to farms, especially the one where we spent a week touring dairies in California. It was interesting to see how they do things out there.â€? As Weston’s two years at Ridgewater drew to a close, the Hills began to look at ways to become more efďƒžcient and make room for the next generation. They decided they could accomplish their goals by expanding their herd and installing a pair of robotic milkers. “It’s hard to ďƒžnd good hired help,â€? Chuck said. “You might be able to get someone who will do the work, but they’re usually just there for the money. They don’t care about the farm the same way that we do.â€?
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Chuck and Weston Hill’s dairy facility is contained in a 67- by 300-foot hoop barn. The freestalls are bedded with sand and the cows are milked by a pair of roboĆ&#x;c milkers.
By 2011, the Hills were milking 60 head. They purchased 40 open heifers and began making plans for their robotic dairy. In the end, they opted to
Chuck said. “They were using a hoop barn and robotic milkers. We were very impressed by how well this system
build a new hoop barn to house their dairy. “We attended an open house at Emmert Dairy near Starbuck, Minn.,�
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Organic Valley launches community solar partnership Goal to be 100 percent renewably powered by 2019 Organic Valley, America’s largest cooperative of organic farmers and a leading organic brand, announced a rst-of-its-kind community partnership that will enable Organic Valley to become the largest food company in the world to source 100 percent of its electricity from renewable sources. In doing so, Organic Valley is embarking on an aggressive path to become carbon neutral. “Our future demands bold new thinking about our sources of energy, and there is nothing more natural to a farmer than harnessing the power of the sun and the wind,” said George Siemon, CEO and a founding farmer of Organic Valley. “So our cooperative is committed to achieving 100 percent renewable power, and doing it in partnership with the rural communities where we live and work.” Global leadership, word-class partners, and regional impact Organic Valley is collaborating with the Upper Midwest Municipal Energy Group (UMMEG) and OneEnergy Renewables to create the new community solar partnership. Together, the partners will initiate over 12 megawatts (MW) of solar installations in Wisconsin. The electricity created by this partnership will not only enable Organic Valley to cover 100 percent of its electric energy needs from renewable sources by 2019, but also increase overall solar energy use in Wisconsin by 15 percent. Be-
yond the 12 MW project portfolio, an additional 17-plus MW expected to be constructed as well, resulting in nearly 30 MW of new solar in the region. Critical to this partnership, Organic Valley will purchase renewable energy credits from the solar projects near their headquarters and distribution center enabling the cooperative to be fully renewable-powered. As a result of the partnership, all participating communities will receive lower and more stable electric costs and the environmental benets of renewable power. Additionally, the community solar partnership will adopt pollinatorfriendly solar standards as part of Organic Valley’s commitment to animals, people and the planet. Rather than being planted with turf grass or covered in gravel, the installations will incorporate pollinator-friendly habitat into the design. Once complete, these meadows, lled with native owering plants and grasses, will create as much bee and buttery habitat as if 30,000 families were to each plant six-by-twelve-foot pollinator gardens. UMMEG is a municipal joint action agency that provides a range of services to its 15 municipal members in Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota, including the purchase of cost-competitive energy and transmission service through long term contracts. Previous contracts have included the Rugby Wind Project in North Dakota and the Cashton Greens
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Organic Trade Association receives $847,000 for promotion First-time exposure on a new continent, sponsored activities in ve new countries, and the creation of a host of new organic exporters – these are some of the benchmarks achieved by the Organic Trade Association’s robust export promotion efforts in 2017. That string of success promises to continue in 2018 with the award of $847,000 to the association by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Market Access Program (MAP). “Our export promotion programs work. In all of the countries where we do activity, U.S. organic exports to those regions have grown,” said Monique Marez, Director of International Trade for the Organic Trade Association. “The organic industry can’t happen without trade, and we are looking forward to continuing our efforts in 2018 to help expand the organic market.” “We thank the USDA for appreciating the importance of our export promotion activities and supporting our work,” said Laura Batcha, CEO and Executive Director of the Organic Trade Association. “There are huge opportunities – and challenges – for the U.S. organic sector
throughout the world, and we’re helping the industry to take advantage of those opportunities in untapped markets and to meet the challenges created by the growing global appetite for organic.” The Organic Trade Association has been an ofcial cooperator in USDA’s Market Access Program for more than 15 years now – investing in the promotion of American organic agricultural products in global markets and connecting buyers and sellers to create new organic customers around the world. In 2017, the trade group’s export promotion activities have expanded to four continents: South and North America, Europe and Asia, and to ve rst-time markets: Mexico, Singapore, Malaysia, Finland and Hong Kong. The association has partnered with major retailers in Korea, Japan, Canada, and the United Arab Emirates to promote U.S.-grown and produced organic products already in those countries. At the Anuga trade show in Cologne, Germany, the largest food and beverage trade show in the world, the Organic Trade Association hosted an Organic Pavillion showcasing organic
products from eight American organic companies – all rst-time exhibitors at the gigantic show. The participating companies estimated that they generated over $7 million in new sales at the show. “The [Anuga] show was great -- absolutely massive! We came back home with a lot of business leads, and we’ve seen the highest quality and response rates from the leads we collected,” said Lia Duffy, Director of Marketing and International Sales for organic mint maker VerMints. “The Organic Trade Association has been a huge help for our export business. Many times it’s necessary to attend shows for several years to eventually be recognized by an appropriate, country-specic partner and OTA has helped by reducing these barriers and giving us the opportunity to network under the OTA umbrella.” Another full schedule of organic activities around the world is planned for 2018: • In Germany, the Organic Trade Association will host its largest Organic Pavillion ever at the BioFach World Organic Fair in February, the world’s lead-
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A spouse rst, business partner second Striegel sets guidelines to maximize professional, personal relationships By Jennifer Coyne jenn@dairystar.com
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – In a room full of women, everyone nodded in agreement as Rena Striegel began listing off the greatest reasons to dairy farm with your spouse – and too, the not so great reasons. During her presentation, “When Your Business Partner Is Your Spouse,” at the Central Plains Dairy Expo Women’s Business Conference in Sioux Falls, S.D. Nov. 14, Striegel shared her best-known tactics to creating successful business and personal relationships when women are working alongside their husbands in a dairy operation. Striegel is the president of Transition Point Business Advisors. The characteristics of a working relationship that are reected positively in the dairy farm are discovered in the foundation of a personal relationship between spouses, Striegel said. “It’s a [personal] relationship rst and, for the most part,
your operations are the product of the relationship,” she said. “If your relationship fell apart, what would be the value of the business if you weren’t able to do that with your spouse, kids and grandbabies?” Over the last several years, women in dairy have become more commonplace in family operations, emphasizing the importance of healthy personal and professional relationships. “In defending her thesis, my mom was one of the rst women to describe a farm wife as a partner [on the farm],” Striegel said. “How far have we come? There are still a lot of people out there who don’t think of women as partners – in every facet, not just agriculture.” However, reaching that understanding of business partners can be achieved if responsibilities, expectations and goals are clearly established. Set professional, personal goals Together, a husband and wife need to develop objectives
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Rena Striegel emphasizes the importance of seƫng business and personal goals during her presentaƟon, “When Your Business Partner Is Your Spouse,” Nov. 14 at the Central Plains Dairy Expo Women’s Business Conference in Sioux Falls, S.D. that facilitate running a prosperous business. “This is something we think is implied,” said Striegel of searching for common goals. “As a business, we could say we want to get bigger and I’ll ask, by how many cows? All of a sudden, we have huge disparities.” Often times, professional and personal goals are one in the same. For the vitality of the relationships, Striegel encour-
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ConƟnue from STRIEGEL | Page 8 and business by resolving issues in a timely manner. “We’ve got to learn how to tackle things so that they don’t become historical things that we’re dragging around like a stack of rocks,” Striegel said. Additionally, this tactic creates opportunity for couples to grow as business partners and set leadership examples for their children to look up to. Who plays what role on the farm? Once objectives are clearly established, it is critical that each individual knows their purpose as it pertains to achieving the goals, and has responsibility that best leverages an individual’s strengths. “We have to be really careful about looking at people as individuals and seeing where they shine in the operation,” Striegel said. “You need to do that for yourself and your spouse.” Dissecting the business’s goals and determining the roles needed to reach those goals will help nd the right responsibility for each person within the farm operation. “Accountability is a word really coming into farming,” Striegel said. “What we want to know is how are we going to be accountable to each other
“We have to be really careful about looking at people as individuals and seeing where they shine in the operation.” ȃ RENA STREIGEL, TRANSITION POINT BUSINESS ADVISORS
in setting goals and getting those goals done?” Striegel encouraged the female audience to be conscious of two ways roles on the farm are often misinterpreted or inaccurate to the person’s best skillset. Permission to play is a behavior allowing others to act in an uncalled for manner; however, without reprimand for those actions, they become commonplace in the workplace, as well as in the household. Additionally, women often want to help their partner succeed, leading to re-
sponsibilities that were not intended for them. “Some will ask, ‘How did I become the secretary?’” Striegel said. “We have to agree on boundaries and self-leadership. Every person who has a stake in the business is responsible for themselves and their own messes, and not expect others to come and clean up after them.” In clarifying the roles and creating accountability, some farm decisions can be made autonomous as it pertains to the capacity of particular responsibilities. This ultimately furthers the business towards its goals one step at a time. “It’s really important to take those small steps today,” Striegel said. “Even a 5 percent change in what’s going on today would be progress. It’s conversation after conversation – I don’t expect it to change in one instance.” Above all, nurture the personal relationship For both relationships to succeed, as well as the business as a whole, boundaries must be set in place to separate work and personal life. “You can’t create a work-life balance, because that’s an anomaly,” Striegel said. “How do we create the line that is the work and the relationship? If you don’t, you just become two people that work and that’s not really rich.” Spouses should create no-work zones, whether that is a location in the house, at the farm or a family function. They should also make time for themselves – periodic date nights off the farm. “Then, celebrate with that time away,” Striegel said. Perhaps more importantly, husbands and wives must have respect for each other in all instances – even in difcult scenarios – and be forgiving. To encourage this reverence for one another, many couples are now participating in facilitated sessions to get help working through difcult conversations. “Professional help is now on the front burner for top reasons why super successful couples make it,” Striegel said. “The relationship you have with yourself and your spouse can have a serious impact on your operation and its future.” While the task of improving personal and professional relationships is daunting, take one notion at a time to better yourself, your marriage and your farm life.
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The “Mielke” Market Weekly By Lee Mielke U.S. butter demand draws down stocks
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Cash cheese and butter retreated the week before Thanksgiving. CME block Cheddar closed Friday at $1.62 per pound, down 9 cents on the week and 29 cents below a year ago when it peaked for the year at $1.91. The barrels nished at $1.6275, down 12 1/2-cents, 12 1/4-cents below a year ago, and three-quarters above the blocks. Two cars of block sold on the week but 39 of barrel. Midwest cheese sales were fairly consistent with those of the previous week, reports Dairy Market News. Traditional cheese makers reported steady to balanced demand while pizza cheese makers continue to see seasonally healthy sales. Milk is becoming more available for cheese production and spot loads ranged $1.50 under to $1.00 over Class. The previous week’s uptick of the CME block price had some contacts “breathing a sigh of relief,” says DMN, as “There was some concern that barrel prices would drop to meet block prices, but the recently plucky cheese market tone remains resilient.” Cheese production in the West is higher as milk production is mostly increasing. The majority of plants are running at or close to full capability. Contacts report strong retail sales for the Thanksgiving holiday and are hoping for further sales as the holidays get closer. Overall, demand in the domestic market is stronger however inventories remain plentiful, says DMN. Cash butter crept up to $2.28 per pound November 14 but retreated from there and closed Friday at $2.2150, down 4 cents on the week but 18 1/2-cents above a year ago, with 22 carloads ning new homes on the week. Western United Dairymen’s (WUD) November 10 newsletter reports that September butterfat exports were down 17 percent year-over-year and were at the lowest level since August 2016. It says 65 percent of that U.S. butter went to Canada, Mexico and the Middle East/North Africa and the largest volume loss was from the Canadian market, with exports down 57 percent from August. “September Imports were fortunately down from last year, but only by 2 percent. The largest butterfat exporter to the U.S. was Ireland, representing 71 percent of U.S. import volumes. The second largest import volume came from Finland and this was the rst time since May where Mexico did not occupy the second rank. Imports from Mexico were down 80
percent year-over-year in September.” DMN says interest in both unsalted and salted butter continues to maintain strength for Central region butter makers. Butter exports are characteristically 82 percent fat and unsalted where as domestic butter is 80 percent fat and salted. Producers point out that unsalted demand is stronger, but the availability of unsalted loads is limited compared to its salted counterpart. Western butter makers say there is plenty of cream available. Butter production is generally active as manufacturers work to fulll holiday demand. However, in some cases, butter makers are “slowing the churns to reevaluate stocks and seasonal butter needs. As expected, butter inventories are diminishing with typical autumnal requests, but manufacturers are cautious to keep supply and demand in balance.” Demand for bulk butter used in further food processing remains strong, says DMN, but “retailers’ willingness to promote butter heavily, and therefore retail orders, vacillate in accordance with market prices. The proximity of the fall and winter holidays is creating an urgency to prompt consumers to make everything better with butter.” Grade A nonfat dry milk closed Friday at 72 1/2-cents per pound, up a quarter-cent on the week but 17 1/2-cents below a year ago, on 15 sales for the week. HighGround Dairy (HGD) reports that USDA’s latest commercial disappearance data shows that natural American-style cheese had “exceptional domestic and export demand in September from 2016, up 10 percent YoY, and total demand growth was the second largest of the year, (up 11.5 percent in May) with YTD gures 3.3 percent higher than last year and the highest it has been this late in the year since 2014.” HGD warned that Other-than-American cheese “continues to nd stronger demand in the export sector rather than in domestic use suggesting that US cheese movement will become highly subject to movements in the US dollar or availability from other major exporters (NZ, EU). Other-than-American style cheese exports were 22.9 percent above 2016 YTD through September.” U.S. butter demand continued to draw down U.S. ending stocks, according to HGD, however, September’s disappearance was lackluster at best. “September domestic disappearance, at 162 million pounds, was slightly above the 5-year average of 155.9
million, but still 12.7 percent below last year. YTD domestic disappearance is just 0.6 percent above last year,” according to HGD. “Butter exports YTD are up 69.8 percent, though volumes are very low, up just 13 million from last year through September. September export business versus last year was down 15.4 percent, the rst YoY decline since August 2016.” “September NDM/SMP disappearance felt the effects of Mexico sourcing from other world players as export business was down 15.89 million pounds from the previous month (calculated on a 30 day month) and nearly 37 million pounds from the prior year,” HGD stated. “While domestic Fourth Quarter baking demand helped cushion the blow, ending stocks still jumped to a record 61.8 days of use remaining, the highest it has been since 2002.” U.S. uid milk sales were down. USDA’s latest data shows September packaged uid sales totaled 4.01 billion pounds, down 2.8 percent from September 2016. Conventional product sales totaled 3.8 billion pounds, down 2.7 percent from a year ago; organic products, at 208 million pounds, were even down, off 4.2 percent. Organic represented about 5.2 percent of total sales for the month. Interestingly, whole milk sales totaled 1.2 billion pounds, up 3.1 percent from a year ago, up 2.4 percent year to date, and made up 30.9 percent of total uid sales in the month. Skim milk sales, at 338 million pounds, were down 10.8 percent from a year ago and down 12.2 percent, year to date. Total packaged uid milk sales in the nine month period totaled 35.7 billion pounds, down 2.2 percent from the same period a year ago. Year-to-date sales of conventional products, at 33.7 billion pounds, were down 2.4 percent; organic products, at 1.9 billion pounds, were up 0.2 percent. Organic represented about 5.4 percent of total uid milk sales so far in 2017. Speaking of Class I milk; the California Department of Food and Agriculture announced the Golden State’s December Class I prices at $17.95 per hundredweight for the north and $18.23 for the south, down 54 cents and 53 cents respectively from November and $1.27 and $1.26 respectively below December 2016. They are the lowest Class I prices since June 2017. That puts the year’s average at $17.98 for the north, up from $16.24 in 2016 and $17.69 in 2015. The southern average, at $18.26, compares to $16.53 Turn to MIELKE | Page 11
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that happening until second or third quarter next year. He adds that it’s not low prices in the U.S. that are needed to balance the market; it’s low prices in Europe. “The European dairy farmer has had a very protable year in 2017,” Gould concluded, “and 2018 isn’t going to be nearly as good but it will have to be low enough that they slow production, farms exit, and supply contracts or grows at a slower rate.” Meanwhile; as it always does, USDA’s monthly Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook, issued November 16, echoed dairy projections contained in the November 9 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report. Looking specically at milk output, the Outlook states; “With slower than expected growth in cow numbers in the third quarter of 2017, the fourth quarter estimate for milk cows has been lowered to 9.405 million head, 5,000 less than last month’s forecast. The milk per cow forecast for the fourth quarter is 5,685 pounds per head, 15 pounds lower than last month’s forecast. The milk production forecast for
the fourth quarter is 53.5 billion pounds, 100 million pounds less than last month’s forecast. With lower than expected third-quarter milk production and a lower forecast for the fourth quarter, 2017 milk production is projected at 215.8 billion pounds, 400 million less than last month’s forecast. The 2018 projection for milk cow numbers has been lowered by 5,000 head to 9.440 million, as growth is still expected but from a lower base. Milk per cow for the year has been lowered 55 pounds to 23,280 pounds, in line with lower estimates for the fourth quarter of 2017 and lower expected milk prices. Milk production in 2018 is now forecast at 219.7 billion pounds, 700 million pounds lower than last month’s projection. The 2017/18 price forecast for corn is $2.80-$3.60 per pound, unchanged from last month’s forecast. The soybean meal price forecast for 2017/18 is $295-$335 per short ton, a $5 increase from last month’s forecast at the midpoint of the range. The alfalfa hay price in September was $149 per short ton, $2 more than August and $13 more than September 2016.
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Oct. 2017 Milk Prices (with chg. vs. prior month): Class III $16.69 (+$0.33); Class IV $14.85 (-$1.01)
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Nov
228.00 224.75 227.08
Dec
33.00 31.00 33.00
Dec
228.75 223.73 229.50
Jan18
28.85 28.23 30.80
Jan18 230.98 224.00 230.00
Feb
27.75 27.75 29.80
Feb
229.78 224.03 231.05
160.60 162.30 163.60
Mar
27.18 26.35 29.50
Mar
Apr
161.90 162.90 163.80
Apr
26.35 26.28 29.00
May
163.30 164.50 165.00
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13.98 13.81
13.90
Nov
176.20 173.40 173.80
Dec
15.42
Dec
13.96 13.66
13.88
Dec
166.20 164.10 167.90
Jan18
14.96 15.04
15.04
Jan18 14.04 13.63
14.00
Jan18 160.90 162.00 165.90
Feb
14.96 15.02
15.02
Feb
14.10 13.78
14.11
Feb
161.00 162.10 164.70
Mar
14.86 14.97
14.97
Mar
14.28 14.03
14.49
Mar
Apr
14.94 15.05
15.05
Apr
14.47 14.24
14.69
May
15.09 15.23
15.23
May
14.67 14.47
14.84
June
15.37
June
14.88
Settle 2.2575 1.7150 1.7000
Change -2.25 +0.500 NC
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16.47
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could regain some of its lost market share through competitive pricing, but Canadian dairy producers are Canada’s efforts to curtail butterfat unlikely to reduce milk output, which imports seem to be going exactly will continue to suppress Canada’s as planned. At the turn of the year, dairy product imports. the Canadian Dairy Commission Nov. 17 - EU Exports More increased the national milk production quota, and dairy producers have Powder, Less Butterfat responded accordingly. Canada’s stronger domestic milk production European dairy product exports were in September but the monthly has started to displace imports. mixed performance was consistent with trends Canadian cream imports got off throughout 2017. Milk powder exports to a strong start this year but have expanded in September. Similarly, since lagged. In September, Canada skim milk powder (SMP) exports in imported less than 1.5 million pounds September were 14% higher than the of butter, down 60.8% from a year ago previous year. Largely, these increases and the smallest monthly volume in are the result of both higher imports for more than two years. So far this year, these countries and Europe successfully the United States has supplied more fulÀlling most of the new demand. It than half of Canada’s butter imports comes as little surprise that European and 86.7% of Canada’s imported butter exports fell down 21% from the cream. However, New Zealand prior year. Currently, the United States edged ahead of the United States remains the largest destination for in September to become Canada’s European butter. top source for butter, and U.S. butter exports to Canada dropped to DUE TO EARLY PRINT DEADLINE DATA IS 13-month lows. The United States AVAILABLE ONLY THROUGH NOV 17.
European milk collections surged in September. Every one of Europe’s top-10 dairy nations stepped up milk output in September (assuming Denmark, ranked ninth, continued to grow). For much of the year, European manufacturers have been directing as much milk as possible to cheese vats and eschewing churns and driers. January through August skim milk powder (SMP) production dropped 8.6% from the same period in 2016, while European butter production fell 4.8%. Year-to-date cheese production climbed 1.6%. However, preliminary data from individual European nations showed September cheese output growing more slowly than milk collections. While SMP production declined seasonally on a month-to-month basis in September, it was up sharply from year-ago volumes. Butter production was also higher. The shift in the product mix was likely driven by lofty butter prices. A similar trend likely prevailed in October.
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¢lb.
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74.75
Dec
75.75 73.73
73.53
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74.43
Feb
76.25 73.75
75.63
232.90 226.05 232.50
Mar
77.00 75.35
77.50
Apr
234.90 229.25 234.40
Apr
78.45 76.90
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May
236.68 230.93 235.00
May
79.88 78.60
80.90
26.50
June
238.58
June
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Avon Benson Annandale Cologne Glendive Paynesville Albany Albany Maple Lake Paynesville Glendive Sauk Centre Albany Eden Valley St. Cloud Milaca Paynesville Richmond Paynesville Sauk Centre Cambridge Maple Lake
617 692 493 381 562 555 355 459 345 295 490 338 438 424 275 740 544 671 501 490 655 547
14 5 18 5 10 9 2 6 1 1 1 2 4 6 1 3 4 4 16 1 2 3
157.50 146.50 145.00 145.00 145.00 143.00 140.00 140.00 139.00 139.00 138.00 137.50 135.00 135.00 135.00 134.00 134.00 134.00 133.00 132.50 132.00 132.00
Darwin Avon Annandale Dassel Eden Valley Dassel Avon Eden Valley Paynesville Paynesville Rogers Sauk Centre Avon Annandale Rogers Paynesville Cologne Melrose Avon Milaca Rice Freeport Holdingford St. Cloud Buffalo Rice Montevideo
268 657 499 370 445 488 405 328 378 511 483 255 692 355 563 588 471 C659 700 641 420 345 568 430 485 413 782
2 17 12 3 2 4 3 3 2 8 2 1 10 1 3 10 7 5 2 8 1 1 3 1 5 3 5
170.00 166.00 165.00 165.00 165.00 164.00 163.00 160.00 160.00 159.50 159.00 159.00 158.00 156.00 155.00 154.50 152.00 151.00 147.00 147.00 147.00 145.00 145.00 145.00 144.00 143.00 142.00
COLORED FEEDER STEERS
Freeman Willmar Veblen Holdingford Grey Eagle Lakota Royalton Verndale Holdingford Sandborn Sandborn Paynesville Richmond Lakota Lakota Sauk Centre Brooten St. Augusta Sauk Centre Sandborn Sauk Centre Freeman Veblen Freeport Lakota Richmond Buffalo Rice
352 481 328 327 455 466 487 356 406 532 530 532 405 557 579 376 280 419 349 523 296 354 408 714 355 377 597 486
20 48 10 6 1 45 21 7 4 80 50 28 2 20 10 11 2 16 7 20 7 41 3 70 1 12 11 13
125.00 124.00 120.00 117.00 115.00 115.00 114.00 114.00 112.50 112.00 111.00 110.00 110.00 110.00 109.00 108.00 107.00 107.00 104.00 101.00 101.00 101.00 101.00 100.00 100.00 98.00 97.00 97.00
LitchÀeld Long Prairie Long Prairie LitchÀeld LitchÀeld Silver Lake Osakis St. Cloud Swanville Foley Silver Lake Swanville St. Cloud Albany Melrose Osakis Long Prairie Richmond Little Falls Osakis St. Cloud Buffalo Lake Rice Silver Lake
1,275 1,443 1,436 1,335 1,335 1,359 1,505 1,550 1,363 1,383 1,375 1,375 1,387 1,404 1,412 1,395 1,220 1,270 1,377 1,525 1,320 1,325 1,325 1,245
5 5 4 1 1 5 1 1 2 9 2 1 3 4 3 7 3 2 5 1 3 3 1 1
115.50 115.50 115.50 114.50 114.50 114.00 113.50 113.50 113.50 113.00 113.00 113.00 112.75 112.50 112.50 112.50 112.00 111.50 110.50 110.00 110.00 109.50 108.00 107.00
NOV. 14TH SALE FINISHED COLORED STEERS
HOLSTEIN FEEDER SLAUGHTER COWS Kimball 1,103 2 51.50 STEERS Melrose 1,360 1 51.00
Veblen Veblen Veblen Sauk Centre Freeman Freeman
429 411 517 319 345 338
40 18 112 58 35 40
138.00 129.00 129.00 127.00 125.00 125.00
Melrose Paynesville Albany Freeport Melrose
1,505 1,630 1,650 1,650 1,685
1 1 1 1 1
50.00 50.00 49.00 49.00 49.00
Foley Kimball Melrose Sauk Centre Albany Little Falls Little Falls Paynesville Albany Albany Little Falls Melrose Paynesville Villard Villard Albany Albany Avon Buffalo Grey Eagle Melrose Paynesville Paynesville Melrose Villard Belmont Albany Foley Freeport Melrose
1,490 1,130 1,390 1,515 1,635 1,170 1,400 1,130 1,585 1,830 1,565 1,265 1,585 1,310 1,480 2,000 1,930 1,565 1,560 1,305 1,420 1,480 1,250 1,620 1,410 1,405 1,550 1,580 1,175 1,330
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
48.50 48.00 48.00 47.50 47.00 47.00 47.00 47.00 46.50 46.00 46.00 46.00 46.00 46.00 45.50 45.00 45.00 45.00 45.00 45.00 45.00 45.00 45.00 44.50 44.50 44.00 44.00 44.00 44.00 44.00
Melrose Albany Holdingford Kimball Richmond Rice Richmond Starbuck Cold Spring Freeport Hillman Melrose Melrose Paynesville Richmond Holdingford Freeport Kimball Rice Rice Sauk Centre Eden Valley Richmond Freeport Gilman Hawick Hillman Melrose Melrose Melrose Melrose Randall
1,435 1,398 1,445 1,495 1,550 1,405 1,472 1,516 1,278 1,516 1,566 1,425 1,417 1,498 1,475 1,388 1,602 1,280 1,504 1,422 1,370 1,522 1,490 1,553 1,381 1,608 1,600 1,549 1,550 1,577 1,358 1,407
2 22 1 1 3 1 8 4 6 8 6 2 3 6 5 13 13 2 10 3 4 7 3 2 4 2 2 4 5 5 3 5
94.00 88.00 87.00 87.00 86.75 86.50 86.25 86.00 85.75 85.50 85.50 85.50 85.50 85.50 85.50 85.25 85.00 85.00 85.00 84.50 84.50 83.75 83.75 83.50 83.50 83.50 83.50 83.50 83.50 83.50 83.50 83.50
FINISHED HOLSTEIN STEERS
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DAIRYING AROUND THE WORLD
Ciseranis establish selves in Italian industry Genetic improvement, animal welfare keys to progression By Jennifer Coyne jenn@dairystar.com
LODI, Lombardy, Italy – In an industry rened by integrity and quality in producing some of the world’s most superior cream, butter and cheese, Francesco Ciserani is humbled to be a part of it all. Located in the northern portion of Italy, near Lodi, Lombardy, Ciserani and his family are in the heart of the industry. “Dairy farming is familiar to me and I have a passion for the industry that I accompany with my family and breeder friends,” Ciserani said. Ciserani manages his
family’s dairy farm – Sabbiona Holsteins – with his father and mother, Ireneo and AnnaMaria; his wife, Elisbetta; his son, Lorenzo; and his nephew, Matteo. In addition to family, Sabbiona Holsteins employees eight individuals, four from Italy and four from India, and one student, Liliana. The Ciserani family dairy is comprised of 1,400 head – from youngstock to the milking herd – and nearly 750 acres of land. “We are land owners of half [the acres] and the rest are
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The Ciserani family – (from leŌ) Francesco, Ireneo, Lorenzo, Liliana and MaƩeo – milk 500 cows near Lodi, Lombardy, Italy. Ireneo began milking in 1973, and established the current herd for Francesco to manage. in a tenancy contract,” Ciserani said. The 500-cow Holstein milking herd is subdivided into three groups of 140 cows. Each group is housed in a freestall barn, and bedded with sand and straw. One group of 80 cows is permanently housed on a bedded pack. Chores begin at 1:30 a.m., with the rst of two milkings in a parlor setup. By 5:30, the morning milking is complete and a large breakfast with family follows. “Every day, all of us take breakfast at 7 a.m. together in my parents’ dining room. There, we organize the plan
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for the day’s work,” Ciserani said. “There are a lot of chores to complete, and we’re usually nished with them by 11 a.m. daily.” Afternoon milking begins again at 1:30 and is completed by 5:30. While a majority of the Ciserani family and their employees work directly with the cows, both Ciserani’s mother and wife take care of all the farm’s accounting. Since the farm’s inception, family involvement has been a pivotal component of Sabbiona Holsteins’ progress. “My father was the seventh of 11 sons, and my granddad,
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Sabbiona Holsteins is a 750-acre farm that houses 1,400 head of caƩle in northern Italy. Ciseranis have put several bulls into stud – including Sabbiona Bookie TL G.M., Sabb. Skywalker Tlv Bym, Sabbiona Goldfarm ET TV TL and Sabbiona Leopardo-ET, among others. The list of cows is just as signicant – Sabbiona Renata, Sabbiona Annaba ET, Sabbiona Spring and more. “We have had more than 100 cows score Excellent in our farm’s history,” Ciserani said. In improving Sabbiona Holsteins’ genetics, Ciserani and his family have been able to provide quality milk to their local cheese factory, Zucchelli, for the production of Grana Padano – a hard cheese most similar to Parmesan. “The Lodi area is rich in dairy farms and Lombardy is called, ‘Milk Valley,’ because of the amount of milk produced for famous cheeses, such as Provolone, Gorgonzola, Taleggio and Grana Padano,” Ciserani said. More than 1.8 million cows are milked in Italy, with nearly 1.3 million found in the northern portion of the country. The Milk Valley produces 42 percent of the country’s total annual milk supply of 2 billion pounds, said Ciserani. “Farms are different in my area because there isn’t a big interest in making genetically better Holsteins, but in only producing more milk,” Ciserani said. The climate in Italy makes for adequate conditions for crop production, particularly for corn, wheat, barley, soybeans and perennial grasses. Ciserani uses his entire land base for crop production – half corn and half hay – to feed his dairy herd.
“We don’t buy anything for feed for the animals,” Ciserani said. In addition to putting up quality feed, Ciserani also uses a tracking system to monitor health and welfare of his herd, all of which aids in producing more milk. Sabbiona Holsteins currently maintains a rolling herd average of 29,683 pounds of milk, with the herd averaging 86 pounds of milk per cow per day. With milk components playing a signicant role in milk composition, the Ciseranis receive $20.68 per hundredweight. This milk price is enough to support the family without off-the-farm jobs. “Management of the herd is very difcult because the price of milk isn’t guaranteed,” Ciserani said. “It’s subject to continued uctuations, so our milk must be competitive in quality, fat, protein and cleanliness.” Although Ciserani strives for progression within his dairy, it can also be difcult with the limited infrastructure available. “In my area, there are very few industry businesses – Tecnozoo near Lodi, TDM from Brescia and AlfaLaval from Monza,” Ciserani said. “TDM is very big in the industry and its assistance is present 24 hours a day.” Despite the challenges faced by the Ciserani family, they are passionate about improving their dairy farm through genetic advancements, as well as using more renewable energy resources into the future. In doing so, the family hopes to remain rooted in Italy’s rich dairy industry.
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A day in the life of the Prudlicks Young couple enjoys raising family on the farm By Danielle Nauman Staff Writer
OSSEO, Wis. – Dairy farming is usually solitary work for Tyler Prudlick, who milks 60 head of Holsteins on his Jackson County farm near Osseo, Wis., where he lives with his wife, Mackenzie, and their two boys, 2.5-yearold Sawyer and 11-month old Dawson. In addition to helping with evening chores, Mackenzie runs an in-home daycare, caring for three other children in addition to their own. She also has a photography business, Prudlick Photography, that she enjoys working with. The farm, located right off of Highway 10, is where Tyler grew up, and he purchased the cows from his parents, Eric and Lori, in January 2013,
following his graduation from the dairy program at the Chippewa Valley Technical College in May of the previous year. The farm itself has only 26 acres, which is primarily pasture land. Tyler rents an additional 300 acres of cropland to grow alfalfa, corn and soybeans for feeding the herd. “I started shipping milk in my name in January 2013 and have been working at making a living milking cows ever since,” Tyler said. “This is a way of life, and after working off the farm my rst summer after high school, I knew it was what I wanted to do.” Tyler was lucky enough to start his dairy career during the heyday of high milk-prices, allowing him to be able to get some debt paid down early before prices took a tumble
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Tyler and Mackenzie Prudlick and their two sons, Sawyer and Dawson, milk 60 cows near Osseo, Wis., in Jackson County.
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Tyler Prudlick puts a milking unit on one of the 60 cows he milks on his farm near Osseo, Wis.
nearly three years ago. “Being my own boss is the biggest reason I enjoy dairy farming,” Tyler said. “No matter what it is that I want to try doing, no one can tell me that I can’t do it the way I want.” Tyler cites the depressed milk prices as one of the biggest challenges he faces, not unlike most other dairy farmers. He also has concerns regarding the stability of available markets
for smaller producers. “When I started milking, I had eld reps wanting to get my milk,” Tyler said. “Now, you don’t really even want to complain to your eld rep. You just need to say thank-you for taking my milk this month.” Another challenge Tyler faces is being on his own for chores about 95 percent of the time. “There is never a shortage of work to do or things to be
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Mackenzie Prudlick mixes milk replacer for the calves while Sawyer helps and Dawson watches. on his own, mornings start early and the days often go late. His younger brother, Jeremy, a junior in high school, helps him at the farm most nights following school. “Jeremy can do pretty much anything that needs to be done here, from milking to barn chores to eld work to repairs,” Tyler said. “He’s a huge help.” Another brother, Jake, attends Vermillion College in Ely, Minn. Tyler is grateful for family when it comes to getting eld work done. “My dad, my grandpas and my younger brother are a big help when it comes to getting the crops taken care of,” Tyler said. “Without them, I wouldn’t be able to get any eld work done. They help make hay and chop silage. I never even get to run the chopper; my grandpas both pretty much have dibs on that. Mostly I run around and x whatever breaks.” Like most small dairy farmers, Tyler’s primary goal is to simply keep going, trying to make a living for his family. He hopes that at some point prices will come back up to reach a living wage that will allow him to grow and improve his farm. “I’d like to be able to build a better heifer facility and to have more housing available for switch cows and dry cows,” Tyler said. “If I had more room, I wouldn’t mind running a small beef cow-calf herd either.” Right now, he is only switching 12 cows, but he has 10 due to calve during deer hunting season. “I kind of messed up my hunting season,” Tyler
said. “I guess that was not very good planning on my part.” The majority of the herd is bred using A.I., and Tyler likes Red and White Holsteins, and uses that as part of his selection criteria. “You can’t tell by looking at the milking herd, but I try breeding for red cows,” Tyler said. “Most of them will throw red calves, though, if bred to a red bull.” Tyler strives to breed better cows with each generation and emphasizes health traits in his sire selection. The majority of the herd is registered, and he continues to maintain registration papers on those cow families. “My dad started getting some registered cows thinking it would help increase the value when he decided to sell the herd,” Tyler said. “It’s something I’ll keep up with for some potential added value.” He participates in the classication program offered by Holstein USA as well as participating in DHI testing for herd records and management data. Tyler and Mackenzie plan to continue to take each day as it comes in the dairy industry and acknowledge some days are better than others. They value the idea of being able to raise their sons on the farm, instilling a strong work ethic and appreciation for hard work in them. Sawyer already enjoys coming out and helping his dad milk the cows and loves diving into chores like cleaning the walkway and mixing calf milk. And at the end of the day, that is what makes Tyler smile.
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From a 4-H project to full-time job Larsons milk 75 goats at Sundown Creek Dairy By Ruth Klossner Staff Writer
SPRINGFIELD, Minn. – Martin and Mary Larson realize they will never get rich milking goats, but they enjoy what they are doing at Sundown Creek Dairy. “They’re not a big money thing, but you can make some money. … We make a living by selling breeding stock. … Besides, goats are just so much fun. They’re
individuals with different personalities,” Martin said. The 75 goats are milked 15 at a time in a parlor with a milking stand. Six milkers and a pipeline are used. While the herd is primarily Saanen, several other breeds are represented – Alpine, LaMancha and Sable . “I tell people interested in goats to go around, look at as many places as they can, and nd out what might
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MarƟn and Mary Larson hold a pair of fall kids. The Larsons milk 75 goats near Sprineld, Minn.
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work for them. Don’t try to copy us or anybody else. What works for us might not work for someone else.” The Larsons live on Martin’s home place and have been married 44 years. While they had milked cows, the switch to goats started 26 years ago when Mary headed the state 4-H project bowl. She took her daughter,
Seena, to the event and was a bit surprised when Seena told her she wanted a goat. Mary suggested she talk to Don Clapp, chairman of the goat division of the event. When he told her that he gave one goat a year to a 4-Her, based on a letter written about caring for the goat, Seena’s letter was written, and the Larson
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Milk is sold to Stickney Hill in Rockville, Minn. There are currently 46 milking goat herds in the Minnesota, with most of them north of St. Cloud. “It’s getting more and more popular all the time. You don’t have all the issues you have with cows, like manure handling,” Mary
said. Goats are more feed efcient than cattle and get more out of their feed because feed passes through their gut slower. “When it comes to a carbon footprint, I wonder why people build bigger dairies,” Martin said. He also noted that goats
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are homestead animals, not leaving the place if they happen to get out. “They’re not like cows that will take off or scatter, but they will nd the trees and gardens,” he said. Capitol for getting started is low. “Every doe will replace herself in a year. You can double the herd quickly. If somebody wants to start, I tell them not to spend a lot.
They multiply,” Martin said. While twins and triplets are the norm, the Larsons had several sets of ve born this year, plus quadruplets a number of times. Unlike dairy cattle – where farmers do not like multiple births – goat breeders prefer it. “You get a higher percentage of offspring by weight out of a goat than a cow,” Martin said. “A 150to 170-pound doe might
have three 10-pound kids, or 30 pounds. We like to see twins and triplets. A goat will produce more milk with multiple births.” One of Larsons’ does that had ve kids showed no loss in production and actually completed a 3,200-pound record. “You don’t see that production out of those that Turn to LARSONS | Page 21
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have singles,” Martin said. Sundown Creek’s DHI rolling herd average is 2,670 pounds. That’s up 300 pounds in the last year, heading for Martin’s goal of a 3,000 average. While the price for goat milk seems attractive – a $38 base price for winter milk (NovemberFebruary), $35 in March-April and SeptemberOctober, and $33 the other four months, it takes ve to seven goats to equal one cow, said Martin. Price premiums are also paid for protein and bacterial counts under 40,000. By nature, goat milk is 250,000 to 500,000 higher in SCC, with the Minnesota standard being 1.5 million. Even so, the Larsons have hit 300,000. “Goats are seasonal. Usually they all dry up in November and don’t kid until January or February,” Mary said. To produce more winter milk that fetches higher prices, the Larsons are working to change the goats’ natural cycle. “We manipulate lights and implant hormones to kid some in the fall. We put them under lights in the winter, then we see them start to cycle in April and May,” Martin said. Without the manipulation, the goats kid in a short period of time, keeping the Larsons busy. “We can have 10 animals kid in a day. Last April, we had 26 kids in three days. That’s a lot of babies,” Mary said. It’s also a lot of work, as Martin and Mary take the kids away at birth to prevent the transmission of caprine arthritis encephalitis (CAE) through the milk. They wash, dry, dip the navel, put an identifying collar on each kid and give the baby heat-treated colostrum. Immediately identifying each kid is vital, as all goats will be registered. CAE manifests itself as arthritis in older goats and can kill young ones when it goes to the brain. All goats on the farm are blood tested when they’re pregnancy checked at about 1 year old, with any carriers being separated. “Other than CAE, goats have about the same issues as cows, but they have such nice personalities compared to cows,” Martin said. Mary agreed. “They’re funny little troublemakers and do get into mischief,” she said. The family enjoys showing goats, with the South Dakota State Fair being one of their favorite events. “They have 10 classes for Saanens. We took rst in eight and had the grand champion milker and reserve junior champion,” Mary said. The Larsons welcome tour groups, including classes from Ridgewater College in Willmar, Minn. While the students were rst reluctant to try goat milk, most liked it when they did. “We also have people who come out to get milk by word of mouth. They have to bring their own containers. Some get 20 gallons at a time and freeze it. Goat’s milk is naturally homogenized and doesn’t separate when frozen,” Mary said. “The goat avor in milk and meat is a protein and can be at higher or lower levels. The lower the level, the sweeter [the taste].” Because the avor varies, the Larsons have taste-tested the milk from every goat. They’ve found it goes in family lines in the Alpines, but is more random in Saanens. Saanen milk is sweeter, however, much of the goat avor has been weeded out over the years. The Larsons use their own Saanen bucks, but have brought in top production bucks in other breeds. They don’t purchase does. They are careful in breeding, watching traits to get the best production and show animals. They do linear appraisal (classication) to identify the strong and weak traits. Martin sells bucks for breeding stock and markets others at the Jackson Auction barn. In addition, members of the Somalia community in Mankato, Minn., as well as area Hispanics, buy the goats for meat. Most butcher on-site, bringing a picnic lunch and beverages along. One group even cooked a traditional goat dinner at the farm. In addition to the shows, some goats leave the farm to be in Springeld’s annual nativity pageant, to be held Dec. 8-9.
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Mid-American Hay Auction results for November 16, 2017
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Crop and Weather
REPORTS Crop and weather conditions in Dairy Star country Fairfax, MN
(Renville County) CURT NACHREINER
68 cows, 240 acres
“We got a late start, and it was a cool year. It just doesn’t seem to want to finish down.” We have about 100 acres RAINFALL of corn and the tillage TOTALS behind that to do yet. We since April 1 are trying to let Mother Nature dry it down. The corn we did take out was averaging around 175 bushels an acre. There were a couple people that did corn stalks. I’m not sure how they were. The manure pumpers should finish our lagoon tomorrow. We finished with four crops of hay, 60-bushel soybeans, and so far, have 175-bushel corn.
“It was an average year. We needed a little more water and heat in July, and that would have made a big difference.” RAINFALL TOTALS We are done with since April 1 everything, but there is still some dry corn in the fields around here. They might be waiting for it to dry in the fields. We finished with three crops of hay, around 19 tons an acre on corn silage on the first stuff we planted and around 13 tons an acre on the later planted corn. We had really good sorghum sedan and triticale and peas this year.
Freeport, MN
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(Winona County) DAN KRONEBUSCH
Trimont, MN
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300 cows, 950 acres
Altura, MN
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480 cows, 1,280 acres
95 cows, 400 acres
LUKE OLSON
STEVE HERDERING
KEVIN HOFFMAN
“We had a wet spring and a wet fall and had better then expected yields.”
“It was surprising. We started out so wet and to have fields over 230 bushels an acre was a good surprise.”
“It was a very good growing year. The hay was very good, but it was a challenge to harvest silage and grain.”
“The crops were good for as dry as it was all summer.”
We didn’t make any RAINFALL corn stalks because of TOTALS the wetness. It rained since April 1 yesterday (Nov. 17) and everything is muddy. I have three big days of plowing left. We finished our corn Nov. 14 and had good yields. There is still a small amount of corn in the fields and a lot of tillage and manure hauling to do. This year, we ended with five crops of hay. Our soybeans ran 68 bushels an acre and the corn was 220-225.
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RAINFALL The corn is done and we are just waiting for dryer TOTALS
weather to do corn stalks. I since April 1 am hoping to do 350 bales. My friend said they were averaging three to five bales an acre, so I think 100 acres should do it. We’ll rip the field after that. We finished combining last Saturday. One field averaged 233 and the other was 213 bushels an acre. It did extremely well. I rented an extra grain bin, and we needed it. I also have to strip my alfalfa. We finished with four crops of hay, 57-bushel soybeans and 220 bushels to the acre on corn.
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RAINFALL We’ve done about as TOTALS much as we’re going to since April 1 get done. We hauled half the pit and now we plan to haul the last half next spring. Our neighborhood, for the most part, is done. There are still quite a few 25.65” acres of corn standing northeast of Freeport, Minn. We finished with four crops of hay and 185- to 190-bushel corn. The corn would have been better, but we had wind damage and some spots drowned out.
We are starting the last 80-acre field today RAINFALL (Nov. 18). The corn is TOTALS coming in at 17 percent since April 1 and busheling 175185 bushels to the acre. That’s pretty good considering the moisture we had this summer. We want to make 500600 corn stalk bales if the weather holds. We probably won’t do any tillage. I have a bunch of manure to haul yet. We had either three or four crops of alfalfa, 50-bushel soybeans and 175- to 185-bushel corn.
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Crop and Weather Mellen, WI
REPORTS Crop and weather conditions in Dairy Star country
Monticello, WI
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DAVE BONITZ
DON SILVER
40 cows, 130 acres
“Overall it’s been a good year, considering all the problems and all the rainfall. The yields were all good. It was just aggravating to get it done RAINFALL at times.”
90 cows, 440 acres “Every year has its challenges and this year was no different. We can’t complain too much.”
One day it looks like winter since April 1 is here and the next day it doesn’t. It’s been rainy and gloomy. We are trying to get manure spread. Some guys around here still have crops in the fields. One neighbor has a field he hasn’t been able to get to because of the mud. This next week looks like a window of opportunity to get finished up with some sunshine. It was pretty much a struggle at times. We made three crops of hay, which is normal, and we have plenty of hay. Our corn silage yielded in the low 20’s as far as tons per acre.
Cumberland, WI
La Crosse, WI
36.45”
(Barron County)
31.6”
(La Crosse County)
ROY GREWE
150 cows, 490 acres “This year the weather has been challenging, but the yields have been better than we expected – higher than we anticipated.” RAINFALL
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It’s raining now; the first since April 1 rain we’ve had in a week. It’s been hazy, foggy and damp, and pretty much just gross otherwise. We are still waiting to combine our corn, hoping to get it a little drier, which is tough with this weather. We are hoping we can be combining in a week or two because that is about when we will run out from last year. We yielded about 22-23 tons per acre on our corn silage and took off four pretty good crops of hay.
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Eastman, WI
(Clark County)
(Crawford County)
JAKE PEISSIG
MATT ACHENBACH
“Overall, we are ready for the 2017 crop year to be done, even though milking cows in 2018 doesn’t look great either.”
“This year wasn’t optimal, with the rain in the spring and then the dry spell in the summer when the corn and beans needed the rain.”
There are still a lot of RAINFALL soybeans on the fields around TOTALS here. We did get ours off last since April 1 week when it was in the single digits. The yields are about 37 bushels per acre. Ours were at about 17.5 percent. The ones coming off this week are at 20 percent or higher, so everyone is going to have losses from drying costs and shrinkage. The corn is all still on the fields. I really thought last spring that this year would turn out worse than it did. For corn silage, anything that got planted on Mother’s Day weekend yielded just 10 to 12 tons per acre. The corn that was planted June 1 was awesome, yielding 18 to 20 tons per acre.
We’ve had a lot of days where RAINFALL it has misted or drizzled. We TOTALS are still waiting for it to get since April 1 decent enough to make our fodder bales. Then, we need to get manure spread where the fodder needs to come off. We are moving cattle around and trying to catch up on getting ready for winter. The equipment is all put away. Some farmers around here still have beans on the fields. Everyone was affected getting their crops in and then productionwise. We took four good crops of hay. The corn yield varied from field to field and farm to farm. Silage ranged from 165 tons an acre to 216 tons an acre. For dry corn, all the farms averaged about 180 bushels an acre.
250 cows, 775 acres
We are getting some rain RAINFALL today, and it’s gloomy. TOTALS Everything is pretty much wrapped up here. We are since April 1 done with all our crops and all our bedding is made. We are just working on winterizing. It’s been a successful year as far as the crops go. We have everything to be thankful for. We are very happy with our yields. They are as good as last year. We had a lot of rain, which made a lot of forage. We didn’t get much hay baled dry, so we had to go to other options like wrapping bales. The corn and beans were both really good. The warm September helped them a lot.
TOTALS
Medford, WI
TOM MILLER
70 cows, 300 acres
“It was a good year, even with all the rain.” It’s rainy here, again. It’s been damp and misty most of the week. RAINFALL We are hopeful to get TOTALS our high moisture since April 1 corn done next week, but we did get all our beans done, finally. They yielded about 55 bushels per acre. The 42.1” corn and beans ran really good, as good of yields or better than last year. The hay was the same way. It was really a good crop even though it was hard to get it made.
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“It was a very good year for us. We were truly blessed.” We have everything RAINFALL done. We finished corn TOTALS two weeks ago and since April 1 averaged 224 bushels an acre. There is still about 20 percent of the corn to be picked yet. There hasn’t been 30.1” a whole lot of tillage done either. People are trying to do corn stalks; we made around 400 bales last week. We finished with four crops of alfalfa, and our silage corn ran 29 ton an acre and dry corn was 224 bushels an acre.
“It was a year of extremes; we were really wet or really dry. It bounced around a lot this year.” RAINFALL
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The corn is all out; we finished yesterday and since April 1 it averaged around 200 bushels an acre. We are making corn stalks right now (Nov. 17). We try to do between 300-400 bales. It hasn’t been good weather for that kind of stuff. We’ve been hauling pack manure and are about half done. We plan to start with the disc tomorrow. We had four crops of hay, 63 bushels anacre-soybeans and the corn was around 200 bushels an acre.
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Sensational season Several dairy youth compete in state tournaments By Krista Kuzma & Mark Klaphake Staff Writers
Dairy Star caught up with a few dairy farm youth who were part of sports teams that competed at the state tournament. Here is a recap of what those students had to say about their successful seasons. If your child or a dairy farm kid you know competed in a sport or extra curricular at the state level, please contact Krista at krista.k@dairystar.com Dairy kids ll many spots on Goodhue’s football team that competed at state After making an appearance at the Minnesota Class A 2017 State Football Tournament, the Goodhue varsity football team ended its season with an 11-1 record. Dairy farm kids dotted the Wildcat lineup, including captain Casey Ryan, a senior running back; Mitchell Schrimpf, a senior wide receiver and cornerback; Casey Ryan and the O’Reilly brothers: Kaleb, a junior running back and middle linebacker, Kelby, a junior offensive and defensive guard, and Baxter, a freshman quarterback and Mitchell Schrimpf linebacker. The O’Reillys said as many as 10 players have farm backgrounds. All of them helped the team advance to the state tournament quarterfinals where they sufKaleb O’Reilly fered the only loss of the season to Mayer Lutheran High School with a score of 21-31. “It was an absolute honor [to be captain]. This was a great group of guys to be able to play with and Kelby O’Reilly lead. It lled me with great pride to be able to get into the state tournament, win our section and have an 11-1 record on the season,” said Ryan, who is the son of Chuck and Diane, who milk 200 cows. Kaleb O’Reilly said winning the section title was the highlight of the season for him. “Our physicality brought a lot of success. Also, we worked very well at
playing as a team and everyone knew his job,” said Kaleb, whose dad, Zach O’Reilly and his wife, Dorothy, milk 300 cows. The O’Reillys, Ryan and Schrimpf all said chores on their family’s dairy farms helped them stay in shape and learn lessons that were used on the football eld. Hard work pays off is one lesson Schrimpf found helpful. “It may not help you right now, but it will in the future,” said Schrimpf, who helps his parents, Ken and Kristin, on the farm whenever he is able. “There is always something to do on the farm.” Ryan agreed with Schrimpf. “On the farm you nish everything you start. In football, you never give up until the nal whistle blows. Getting stepped on by cows really helped me cope with getting cleated or stepped on out on the eld, as well,” he said. Overall, Ryan said he enjoyed the team’s camaraderie and playing his nal season as a Goodhue Wildcat. “I loved waking up the morning after a game and hurting everywhere and knowing I gave it my all, and missing chores of course. I enjoyed running out onto the eld with my teammates and seeing the entire town behind us cheering,” Ryan said. “Honestly, I loved every aspect of it.” Hopfer, Hemmesch take team to state for rst time since 1979 Sam Hopfer was a senior starter on special teams and also played cornerback and wide receiver for the Paynesville Bulldogs Football Team. The Bulldogs advanced to the Class AA State Tournament and won their opening round game 58-33 over Barnesville, but then lost to Caledonia 49-16 in the state seminals. Advancing to the state tournament was a thrill for Hopfer. Sam Hopfer “At rst it felt unreal, I was overcome with emotion and excitement celebrating with the team when we beat Holdingford to go to state for the third time in Trevor Hemmesch school history,” Hopfer said. The team nished 9-3 and Hopfer said he would never forget the bonds he made with his teammates during the season. “I really enjoyed playing football with my friends and forming unbreakable relationships with the boys,”he said. Hopfer, the son of Pete and Vicki, who milk 65 cows near Lake Henry, Minn., helps milk cows, feeds cows and calves, and does eldwork on the dairy farm. Joining Hopfer on the Bulldogs football team was Trevor Hemmesch. Turn to SPORTS | Page 27
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Marshik returns to championship circle as senior Jesse Marshik from Pierz-Healy High School, in Pierz, Minn., will be playing in the Class AAA state championship. The team is 12-0 and advanced to the nals with a 55-26 win over Jordan, Minn. “There are many emotions that go along with playing in a state championship. This will be my third time being in a state championship as we won a football state championship in 2015 and took second in a baseball state championship last year. All the emotions that I have during regular seaJesse Marshik son games get amplied about 1,000 times, plus, this being my last year, the pressure is greatly increased to come out on top,” Marshik said. Marshik starts on all the special teams – kickoffs, kick return, punt return and eld goal attempts. He is also a backup defensive end and tight end for the Pioneers. When he’s not playing football, Marshik is busy on the 200-dairy cattle operation his parents, Gregg and Kristi, operate. Marshik helps milk and
in the backstroke and 18th in the 200-yard medley relay. “It was a very fun experience swimming at state with a bunch of very good girls and I had a lot of fun with my team,” Gregory said. Gregory said there are so many things she enjoys about being in the pool and swimming. “I enjoy the friendships I have made with all my teammates and the girls on other teams, the competition and the Naomi Gregory role I have with the younger girls,” Gregory said. She is the daughter of Roger and Lisa Gregory, who milk 52 cows near Sauk Centre, Minn. When Gregory is on the farm, she helps feed calves and push up feed and bale hay.
Gregory nds success in the pool Naomi Gregory, a freshman from Sauk Centre High School, recently competed at the Girls Class A Minnesota Swim and Dive Championships. She nished eighth in the 400-yard freestyle relay, 10th
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Stransky heading to state championships with Owatonna football team Joseph Stransky plays for the Owatonna, Minn., football team, which is 12-1 and playing for the state championship in Class AAAAA. “It is very exciting to be playing in a state championship. I am focused on this more than anything right now. It’s just such an amazing experience to be playing for a state championship,” Stransky said after Owatonna defeated Brainerd 56-28 in the state semiJoseph Stransky nals. Stransky is a starting defensive tackle for 12-1 Owatonna and credited growing up on a farm to some of his success on the football eld. “The rst thing that comes to mind about growing up on a farm is that it teaches you to have a great work ethic. Another thing that you gain from working and growing up on a farm is that you learn to be tough. Those, I believe, are two great qualities to have when playing football,” he said. Stransky is the son of Reed and Daria, who have 300 dairy cows and 300 beef cows on their farm. Stranksy helps with cleaning and bedding the show cow barn, hauling manure, feeding and milking cows. He also helps with some of the eldwork. Stransky said he enjoys drinking a cup of chocolate milk and his favorite athlete is Adam Thielen of the Minnesota Vikings.
also works in the chicken barn the family owns, and does eldwork or other farm related chores. Being from a dairy farm has helped Marshik on the football eld. “There are a lot of lessons that I have learned from growing up on a farm, such as prioritizing things that are important and things that can wait. I’ve also learned that dedication and respect can get you a long way in life. The work ethic I put in on either the football eld, basketball court or baseball eld can be traced directly back to my rural roots and how I was raised by my parents,” Marshik said. When he gets the chance he enjoys a cold glass of chocolate milk.
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He was a two-way starter for the Paynesville Bulldogs. Hemmesch, a 5-foot 11-inch, 240-pound junior, played offensive tackle and noseguard for Paynesville. He was an integral part of the team that qualied for state for the rst time in over 35 years. “It was fun and exciting being part of the football team and knowing that we were one of the top teams in the state. Also, it was cool to know that we were making school history because our football hasn’t made it that far since 1979,” Hemmesch said. Hemmesch helps his parents, Roger and Lisa, milk and feed cows in the morning. The farmwork has helped him on the football eld. “By having worked on the farm my whole life I have developed a good work ethic that has helped me both in practices and games. Also, all the lifting I do on the farm, such as baling hay, has helped me become stronger, making me a strong player on the eld,” Hemmesch said. Part of the team’s success this season was because of a high-powered offense that scored over 30 points in nine games. “Our team has always gotten along really well, which helps us play well as a team. We also have pretty good players, that way we were able to both run and pass the ball at a very high level,” Hemmesch said.
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Dairy advocate set to retire
Scheibe pivotal in recruitment, growth of S.D. industry By Maria Bichler Staff Writer
BROOKINGS, S.D. – Many dairy producers and industry professionals know the dairy industry can be a rewarding one. For Roger Scheibe, the sentiment is no different. “Dairy is a way of life,” Scheibe said. “It’s not just an occupation.” Scheibe, 64, has been PHOTO SUBMITTED serving the farm families of South Dakota for most of his Roger Scheibe receives a plaque to honor his nine-year career with the Midwest Dairy AssociaƟon at a South Dakota division of professional career. He is set MDA board meeƟng Nov 8. to retire from his current role a management and their retirement,” he said. then North Dakota Agriculture grow its dairy industry. as the executive director of obtained position with Land “So, I got out of the dairy with Commissioner Roger Johnson From 2000 to 2007, South Dakota Dairy O’Lakes in the a whole herd buy out.” (current national president of Scheibe set up a dairy Producers (SDDP) company’s Spencer, After leaving the family Farmers Union). development program and and the Midwest Wis. processing plant. farm, Scheibe was employed by For three-and-a-half years, worked to recruit dairy men Dairy Association With his father the South Dakota Department he served as the head of the and women. Industry Relations set to retire from the of Agriculture (SDDA) where dairy inspection program and “I developed the dairy Manager Dec. 28. family farm, Scheibe he led the dairy regulatory dairy development for the industry by recruiting Scheibe was returned home in program. It wasn’t long before state. dairymen from other states raised on a dairy 1979 to manage he became the division director By this time, a new and other countries,” he said. near Wolsey, S.D., Scheibe Dairy, Inc., of agriculture services. South Dakota Secretary of “When dairy farmers relocate and attended South a 130-head Holstein “I dealt with all of the Agriculture was in ofce, and they basically put everything Dakota State Roger Scheibe dairy. programs; from weed and Scheibe was offered a position in their suitcase and they go. University (SDSU) “I was pest to dairy to fertilizer – to return to his home state. They put a lot of trust in me in where he received a managing the family everything basically,” Scheibe Fueled by high demand for nding them a home and for bachelor of science milk in the state thanks to a high many it worked out favorably, degree in dairy science and farm, and the high interest days said of his role within SDDA. of the 1980s gave me the signal Then, Scheibe had the volume of dairy processing manufacturing in 1975. Turn to SCHEIBE | Page 29 After graduating, he that I better protect my folks opportunity to work under the companies, SDDA needed to
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ConĆ&#x;nued from SCHEIBE | Page 28 and they are still doing well with many being community leaders.â€? Another career change occurred for Scheibe when he was offered a position with First Bank and Trust as a dairy lender in their Brookings, S.D. ofďƒžce. “90 percent of the South Dakota dairy industry is along the I-29 corridor, so I had the opportunity to be the lender for many of the dairy farms I recruited in,â€? Scheibe said. But, when the economic recession hit in 2009, Scheibe said the money wasn’t there to lend. “I could see the handwriting on the wall,â€? he said. “A position came open with Midwest Dairy Association and I obtained the industrial relations manager position for South Dakota.â€? Scheibe has been involved in the promotion, education and research necessary to further MDA’s mission of increasing demand and sales of dairy to consumers for the past nine years. During his ďƒžrst year with MDA, Scheibe saw a desire and a need to make the relationship with farmers more efďƒžcient. He created the South Dakota Dairy Producers where he has served as the executive director since. According to its website, SDDP’s mission is to represent dairy producers and industry in S.D. through public policy, representation and education. The organization differs from that of MDA because its sole focus is on policy and a sustainable dairy environment versus the product promotion, education and overall industry image of MDA.
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“When you grow up in dairy, it is always in your blood,� Scheibe said. “Through my training at SDSU in dairy science, it gave me another view point of the technical and science side of the industry. I have come almost full circle with the new innovations of the dairy industry and the opportunity to work with academia with the interest of the dairy producers in mind.
“Seeing all those [farms] come to fruition for each one of those families gives me a feeling of accomplishment.â€? Čƒ ROGER SCHEIBE, SDDP
“I have had the pleasure of working with SDSU on behalf of dairy farm families on the promotion and education side as well as the research side on their behalf,� he said. Through all his time in the industry, his involvement in recruitment stands out. “Seeing those [farms] come to fruition for each one of those families gives me a feeling of accomplishment,� Scheibe said. “I made life-long friends with those individuals. They all started out relatively young. They purchased land and bought cows and grew a dairy. Their little ones are now
graduating from high school, and I am seeing them come back to the dairy operation. It’s fulďƒžlling.â€? The need for the recruitment of dairies arose from a challenge. “The reason there was a need for recruitment and dairy development in the 1980s and ‘90s was because we had out migration to larger cities from the small towns of our younger families,â€? Scheibe said. “Farming didn’t have money in it and the next generation wasn’t pursuing that as a way of life. Through the whole recruitment process, small communities grew through economic development and one of the quickest forms of eceonmic development is dairy, as a dairy cow brings about $26,000 of economic activity per cow and most is spent locally.â€? While retirement is on the horizon, Scheibe, and wife, Kay, have no plans to slow down. In January 2018, Scheibe will be traveling to Arizona where he will work part time as an inventory control manager for a feed company providing service to large-scale dairy operations. Then, he will return to S.D. and manage a dairy supply warehouse on a part time basis. With plans to write a book chronicling the history of South Dakota’s dairy industry and with three grandchildren to cherish, Scheibe has a full life ahead of him. “It has been a very rewarding experience over the last 43 years and I owe it all to the dairy cow and dairy farm families,â€? he said.
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