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Dairying Across America: Georgia Pages 10 - 11 Second Section

Kugaths surpass century farm status

Kids Corner: The Leroux Family

Pages 10 - 12 Third Section

Pages 38 - 39

Women in Jeans: Peggy Engelmann

Fire devastates four-generation dairy farm

Page 14 Second Section

Pages 12 - 13

Cow comfort, bunk space keep herd average high at Curvecrest Farm

Schmidt named NMPF ‘communicator of the year’ Pages 6 - 7 Third Section

Piersons receive award for Wabasha County Farm Family of the Year

Pages 18, 20

Pages 3, 5 Second Section

Mickelsons replace original facility with new tiestall barn Pages 10 - 11

Day in the life of the Schumachers Pages 16 - 17 Second Section

Long Prairie

Fieber family has a deep passion for Christmas and its decorations Pages 2 - 3, 5 Third Section

Milaca One-on-One with Brian Anderson

Cyrus

Pages 23 - 25

Goodwin Dairy’s Star Youth: Jessica Wurzer

Plato Glencoe Lake City Cologne New Ulm

Page 18 Second Section

Plainview

A Little Bit of Sunshine

Page 35

Bacteria turn dairy waste into clean burning biofuel

SECOND SECTION Page 4 Dairy in the Suburbs Page 6 The “Mielke” Market Weekly Page 7 Dairy Markets Page 8 Iowa hay auction results

West Salem

Pages 36 - 37

Eastman

Contents

FIRST SECTION Pages 1, 5 Many farmers know the voice of the Fabulous Farm Babe Page 26 Boylen Over Page 28 Feeding and management tips to combat cold stress in nursery calves Page 29 Supplementation for the grazing cow Page 30 News from Alice in Dairyland Page 31

Roberts farm site of Crawford County pasture walk

Waucoma Page 12

August mailbox prices up in all reporting areas

Page 13

Making Cents of Dairy

Pages 21, 24 Wegman makes dairy-based soap Pages 28 - 29 People in the Dairy Community Page 30 Dairy Recipes THIRD SECTION Page 8 Staying competitive in the future Page 9 Land rent and 2014 crop budgets Pages 16 - 17 Is a turning point for alfalfa on the horizon?

Pages 18- 19 Dairy Calendar Pages 20 - 21 Some Udder Stuff Pages 22 - 26 Classieds

New facilities help position Grant County farm for the future

Columnists Ag Insider Pages 6-7

The Next Generation Page 33

Pages 1, 8 - 9

Just Thinking Out Loud

Veterinary Wisdom Page 34

Page 32

Getting Kerry’d Away

Ramblings from the Ridge

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“... doesn’t cost money, it makes money.”

— Bruce Vande Hey

VANDE HEY DAIRY — Bruce and Lea Vande Hey and sons Aaron, Zachary and Parker WRIGHTSTOWN, WISCONSIN 420 Holsteins and Jerseys: 84-90 lbs/cow/day SCC: 125 - 160,000

Bruce Vande Hey finds few things more satisfying than feeding his cattle and seeing them healthy and eating. His herd makes 84-90 lbs/cow/day of high quality low SCC milk, averaging 125-160,000.

“Udder Comfort™ doesn’t cost money, it makes money. It’s a no-brainer when you see how quickly it softens udders up.

“We started out using it just for mastitis.

Then we went to spraying just the fresh udders showing obvious edema. Now we use it routinely on every fresh udder.”

Vande Hey started his dairy on a rented farm before purchasing the Wrightstown, Wis. farm, where over the past 17 years, he grew to 420 cows. He also raises calves and sells quality fresh heifers.

“From the time our animals calve until they leave the fresh group, their udders are sprayed with Udder Comfort. That’s 6 to 8 days.

“It’s amazing how it removes swelling.

Trust me, if this didn’t work better than anything else, I wouldn’t be using it.”

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