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It’s all inside...

Glovers balance dairy farm, creamery Pages 14 - 15 Second Section

DeVries discusses stocking density in breakout session at MDE

Updates of the top stories from 2013 Pages 3-7 Second Section

Page 7 Third Section

Bucks enjoy benets of dairying organically

Ovsynch, CIDRS contribute to high preg rate at Sheeknoll Farms

Pages 4, 6 Third Section

Courtney donates kidney to a stranger, helps cousin Pages 12 - 13

Pages 18 - 20

A day in the life of the Stommes family

Janke still farming four years after starting his dairy

Pages 36 - 37

Pages 1, 8 - 9

Lenzens start sixth generation on farm

Balsdon nds farming opportunity in southwest Wisconsin

Pages 2 - 3 Third Section

Pages 38-39

Dairy’s Star Youth: Sabrina Portner Page 18 Second Section

St. Cloud Eden Valley

From Our Side of the Fence Pages 15 - 16

Women in Jeans: Cari Knapp Page 13 Second Section

Sleepy Eye

Goodhue Chaska

Alma Center

Rochester

Contents FIRST SECTION Page 5 Dairy Letters Pages 22 - 23 Emphasizing the base of dairy nutrition Page 25 Cold temperatures induce cold stress in calves, lactating cows Page 26 Boylen Over Page 28 Breeding more protable cows Page 29 It’s still up to you to get it done Page 31 Herd Surng

Page 35

Staying warm this winter with Wisconsin mink

SECOND SECTION Page 8 Dairy in the Suburbs Page 9 Making Cents of Dairy Page 10 The “Mielke” Market Weekly

Cashton

Larchwood Page 11 Dairy Markets Page 12 Iowa hay auction results Page 16 Once again, mailbox prices up in all reporting areas Page 17 Mid-American Hay Auction results Page 19 People in the Dairy Community Page 20 On farm energy savings surprising quick return Page 30 Dairy Recipes THIRD SECTION Page 5 Dairy pricing to continue at high levels Pages 8, 13 Dairy Calendar Pages 14 - 15 Some Udder Stuff Pages 16- 19 Classieds

Ridgeway

Iowa producer Shover visits Dubai Pages 1, 10 - 11

Eastman Delhi

Columnists Ag Insider Page 6

The Next Generation Page 33

Just Thinking Out Loud

Veterinary Wisdom Page 34

Page 32

Getting Kerry’d Away

Ramblings from the Ridge

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From Our Side Of The Fence Page 16 • Dairy Star • Saturday, January 11, 2014

A) How has your dairy been affected by the cold weather?

B) How do you prepare your farm and animals for a cold spell?

C) How does your routine change on bitterly cold days?

D) Tell us about your worst cold weather experience.

E) Tell us about your farm and your plans for your dairy in 2014.

How has your dairy been affected by the cold weather?

Joe Sprick Lake City, Minn.

Wabasha County 70 cows A) It takes more time to feed the cows and the herd usually gives a little less milk when it’s really cold. Fortunately, we haven’t had anything freeze up or any frozen teats. We used to dip the teats, but we don’t do that anymore. We just wipe them down with a clothlike disposable towel.

B) We watch our fresh and close-up cows a little closer and put them in more protected housing. We also make sure there is fresh bedding for all the animals. This time, we also took a link out of the barn cleaner chain just to be prepared. We don’t need that to break in the cold. But sometimes you can’t prepare for things that will break or break down. Something usually will break during the cold. We leave our tractors and skidloaders plugged in during the winter and we let them run a little longer before operating them in really cold weather.

C) Our routine doesn’t really change, but it usually just takes longer to make sure everything is plugged in or where it is supposed to be. We double check a lot of stuff. If it is really windy, we might feed the calves earlier since they’re in hutches.

D) It was either 1982 or 1983. I think wind chills were close to 70 below zero. That winter was unreal. We had just added onto our barn and built a double wall.

Despite the thicker walls, water cups would freeze within the few minutes it took us to switch out the cows for milking. We would come down to the barn every two to three hours to check everything and make sure nothing was frozen.

E) I farm together with my parents, Alice and Fritz. I started doing a lot of the chores when I was 8-yearsold. My dad was a mason so it was my siblings and my mom who did a lot of the chores. I continued farming after I graduated from high school in 1980.

We farm 188 acres where we grow corn, alfalfa and small grain. In 2014 we don’t plan to do anything different other than trying to get rid of winter calving.

Unless the cow is a difcult breeder, we won’t plan to have cows calve in during the cold winter months.

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A) We usually have the same issues many other farms might experience. We have frozen drinking cups every morning and sometimes have frozen water pipes.

South winds really affect us. With outside conveyers, something usually gets frozen in it and we have to help it get going. We have a heater in the milk house all the time because if the milk house is frozen, the whole barn is frozen.

A) We don’t get to let the cows out of the barn often enough, and outside feeding and bedding take longer.

It’s also harder to get the machinery started.

B) We make sure all the waterers work and check them more often. If a heifer is freshening, we make an adjustment and bring her in the barn even if she’s 10 days from her due date. I try to watch the weather a little more when the cold weather comes, just so I know and can be prepared.

C) Our routine is a little different when the weather gets really cold. We usually go out for chores a half hour to 45 minutes earlier to x any problems if there are any. I (Steve) usually go out to the barn at night before going to bed. I check waterers and run some water in the pipes to keep them from freezing.

D) One morning two years ago, we had major water issues in the barn. That morning it was 20 below.

When I (Steve) woke up in my warm bed, I thought it was nice where I was so I didn’t hurry out to the barn. When I got out there, a water line had broken and there was six inches of water in the barn, which was also running out the doors and into the cow yard.

We had to call a septic company to pump out the water before we could start with chores. There was ice all over and we couldn’t let the cows outside for a few days. That was a bad thing to wake up to.

E) We have six kids. Our youngest, Rudy, is a freshman in high school and helps out on the farm where he can. Our son, Zach, dairy farms on his own eight miles away from us. All our other children help out when they come home to visit. We own 250 acres, of which 208 is tillable. We plant corn, alfalfa and oats.

For this year, we will just focus on cleaning up the farm a little bit – improving cow yards, fences and tinning the wall of the barn. We don’t have any plans for expansion. We have done a few things in the last ve years and have gotten everything to where we want it.

Most of the improvements revolved around a better feeding system – building three new silos, putting in a new feed bunk and starting to use high moisture corn.

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B) We make extra checks on the waterers, add extra bedding in the sheds. It is very important that all the animals have a place to go inside during cold weather.

We often do extra feeding before extremely cold days so we don’t have to start the tractor those days.

C) Everything slows down and it’s hard to get anything more than chores done on those days. Waterers and hydrants must be checked more often and a closer eye kept on the youngstock in case the cold is becoming too much for them. Any poor doers get put in a warm barn in extreme cold temps.

D) It’s a three way tie. Coming out to the barn in the morning of an extremely cold day and nding that a cow has broken her drinking cup during the night, so the gutters, feed alleys, manure pump, and everything in between are ooded is not a good way to start the day. Similarily, nding a waterer with a heater out that has frozen into a solid block of ice insures a long frustrating day. It is also not a pleasure to go dig the milk truck out of a snowbank in the dark in blizzard conditions. Honorable mention goes to well or drain trouble, or a power outage in extreme cold. Our worst day is when multiple things from this list happen on the same day, and that’s happened more than once.

You work twice as hard to accomplish half as much.

E) We farm 760 acres in Columbia Township, plus some rented land. We raise corn, oats, barley, wheat, soybeans, alfalfa, and red clover. We milk 42 holstein cows in a stanchion barn that we built at the current location in 1975, but our family has been dairying on the current farm since 1937, and in Polk County since 1883. We also have a 50-cow black Angus beef herd.

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“... reduces the potential for frozen teats.”

— Todd Hendrickson

ROADSIDE DAIRY — THE HENDRICKSON FAMILY PRESTON, MINNESOTA: 160 cows — 85 lbs/cow/day — BAA 107 — 6 EX and 25 VG SCC average 70,000 — Lowest SCC in Fillmore County for 6 consecutive years “I like Udder Comfort™ all year ‘round, and especially in our Upper Midwest winters. It reduces the potential for frozen teats. It’s more effective than any other product I’ve tried, so it remains a big part of our herd health for over 6 years.” says Todd Hendrickson.

He and Sue operate Roadside Dairy, home to 160 cows near Preston, Minnesota. Aside from running his farm with the help of key employees Nashia Soland, UW River Falls pre-vet student, and Pete Schell, graduate of NE Iowa Community College, Todd serves on the board of the NE Iowa Dairy Foundation.

“We use Udder Comfort for fresh cows, hard quarters and mastitis, and we also use it on all of the udders when cows leave the parlor to reduce swelling and improve circulation during any stretch of frigid cold in the winter.”

Hendrickson was one of the first in the U.S. to use Udder Comfort, and it’s an even bigger part of his routines today.

“Producing a high quality product and seeing the progression of cow families from one generation to the next, that’s what it’s all about,” says Todd.

“Fresh cows always get Udder Comfort applied 2x/day for 5 days, or longer, to help them come into milk faster by removing swelling so they milk out better.

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(3) = STEWART 800-827-7933 78412 CO RD 20

(4) = ST. CLOUD 800-645-5531 1035 35TH AVE. NE

(5) = GLENWOOD 888-799-1495 1710 N FRANKLIN

(6) = SAUK CENTRE 888-320-2936 1140 CENTRE ST

(7) = ALEXANDRIA 888-799-1490 5005 STATE HWY 27 E

(8) = PAYNESVILLE 866-784-5535 725 LAKE AVE. S

(9) = PRINCETON 800-570-3453 3708 BAPTIST CHURCH RD

(10) = LITTLE FALLS 800-655-5469 16069 HWY 27 E

(11) = WADENA 888-631-2311 62505 US HWY 10

(12) = AITKIN 800-732-1129 1120 2ND ST NW

(13) = BAXTER 800-568-4338 7045 FOLEY RD

2 JD 9500, 2469 sep hrs, ‘95......................$57,500 7 JD 9610, 2650 sep hrs, ‘97......................$61,900 9 JD 9600, 2986 sep hrs, ‘97......................$51,000 7 JD 9400, 1562 hrs, ‘97.............................$63,900 5 Case 2188, RWA, 2963 sep hrs, ‘96........$63,000 7 Case 2388, 2200 sep hrs, ‘98..................$76,900 1 Case 7120, 1021 sep hrs, ‘09................$209,000 1 JD 9650, 1822 sep hrs, ‘00......................$95,900 3 JD 9560, 925 hrs, ‘07.............................$165,000 4 JD 9570S, 868 sep hrs, ‘08....................$189,000 9 JD 9650STS, 1595 sep hrs, RWA, ‘02. . .$127,000 7 JD 9670STS, 457 sep hrs, ‘11................$241,000 6 JD 9750STS, RWA, 3034 sep hrs, ‘00. . .$102,000 10 JD 9760STS, RWA, 2023 hrs, ‘05..........$139,000 2 JD 9770STS, RWA, 484 sep hrs, ‘10......$285,000 1 JD 9770STS, RWA, 470 sep hrs, ‘11......$290,000 3 JD 9870STS, 840 sep hrs, ‘11................$247,000 7 JD 9870S, RWA, 750 sep hrs, ‘11..........$269,000 3 JD 9870STS, RWA, 636 sep hrs, ‘11......$290,000 8 JD 9870STS, RWA, 296 sep hrs, ‘11......$319,000 6 JD S660, RWA, 239 sep hrs, ‘13............$314,000 5 JD S660, RWA, 206 sep hrs, ‘13............$318,500 8 JD S670, RWA, 243 hrs, ‘13...................$349,000 6 JD S670, RWA, 150 sep hrs, ‘13............$352,000 8 JD S680, RWA, 238 sep hrs, ‘13............$385,000 3 JD S690, RWA, 358 sep hrs, ‘12............$369,000 ROW CROP TRACTORS

1 JD 4455, 2WD, 8,000 hrs, 1990...............$38,900 5 JD 7400, MFWD, 8,720 hrs, 1996............$38,900 5 JD 4850, MFWD, 6,300 hrs, 1983............$39,900 7 Cat 65C Track, 7,541 hrs, 1993................$44,900 5 JD 4555, 2WD, 4,745 hrs, 1989...............$47,900 8 JD 4955, MFWD, 8,060 hrs, 1990............$52,900 8 JD 7800, 2WD, 7,866 hrs, 1993...............$51,900 2 JD 7410, 2WD, 5,169 hrs, 1997...............$58,000 3 JD 7810, MFWD, 3,700 hrs, 2000............$89,900 10 JD 7330, MFWD, 1,146 hrs, 2009............$94,900 8 JD 7630, MFWD, 3,260 hrs, 2007..........$116,900 6 JD 7820, MFWD, 3,036 hrs, 2005..........$116,900 9 JD 7430, MFWD, w/ldr, 2700 hrs, ‘08. . . .$117,000 2 JD 7130, MFWD, w/ldr, 336 hrs, 2012. . .$109,000 2 JD 8120, MFWD, 3,206 hrs, 2003..........$118,000 2 JD 8130, MFWD, 3,544 hrs, 2008..........$139,000 3 JD 8210, MFWD, 362 hrs, 2000.............$137,500 8 JD 6170R, MFWD, IVT, 203 hrs, 2013. . .$162,900 7 JD 6190R, MFWD, 110 hrs, 2013..........$151,900 8 JD 6210R, MFWD, 378 hrs, 2012..........$141,000 10 JD 7830, 2WD, 2,340 hrs, 2008.............$106,271 1 JD 7830, MFWD, 500 hrs, 2010.............$145,900

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JD 7930, MFWD, 3,469 hrs, 2008..........$143,000 JD 8330, IVT, ILS, 3,979 hrs, 2006........$154,900 JD 7200R, MFWD, 150 hrs, 2013..........$160,000 JD 7200R, MFWD, 210 hrs, 2012..........$163,500 JD 7215R, MFWD, IVT, 213 hrs, 2012. . .$173,500 JD 7215R, MFWD, IVT, TLS, 200 hrs, ‘12. .$171,500 JD 7230R, MFWD, IVT, 350 hrs, 2012. . .$188,000 JD 7230R, MFWD, IVT, TLS, 450 hrs, ‘12. .$200,000 JD 8230, MFWD, 2,700 hrs, 2007..........$150,000 JD 8230, MFWD, 2,193 hrs, 2008..........$154,000 JD 8420, MFWD, 2,540 hrs, 2002..........$142,500 JD 8420, MFWD, 4,700 hrs, 2004..........$144,900 JD 8430T, 3,050 hrs, 2007.....................$169,000 JD 8430, ILS, 3,076 hrs, 2008...............$159,500 JD 8430, MFWD, 3,788 hrs, 2009..........$186,000 JD 8225R, MFWD, 500 hrs, 2010..........$176,000 JD 8235R, MFWD, IVT, ILS, 200 hrs, ‘13. . .$210,000 JD 8235R, MFWD, ILS, 142 hrs, 2013...$220,000 JD 8260R, MFWD, ILS, 201 hrs, 2013.......$215,000 JD 8260R, MFWD, IVT, ILS, 201 hrs, ‘13. . .$222,500 JD 8270R, MFWD, ILS, 1,470 hrs, 2010 $185,000 JD 8270R, MFWD, 350 hrs, 2010..........$210,000 JD 8285R, MFWD, 843 hrs, 2012..........$233,900 JD 8285R, MFWD, 103 hrs, 2012..........$235,000 JD 8295RT , 1,350 hrs, 2010.................$212,000 JD 8310R, MFWD, ILS, IVT, 179 hrs, ‘12. . .$244,000 JD 8310R, MFWD, ILS, IVT, 319 hrs, ‘13. . .$248,000 JD 8310RT, 129 hrs, 2013.........................$245,000 JD 8310RT, 247 hrs, 2013.........................$269,000 JD 8320R, IVT, ILS, 2,653 hrs, 2010..........$195,000 JD 8335R, MFWD, IVT, ILS, 150 hrs, ‘13. . .$261,500 JD 8335R, MFWD IVT, 182 hrs, 2012........$261,900 JD 8335R, MFWD, IVT, ILS, 700 hrs, ‘12. . .$265,000 JD 8345R, MFWD, IVT, ILS, 1300 hrs, ‘10. $250,000 JD 8345R, MFWD, IVT, ILS, 852 hrs, ‘10. . .$265,000 JD 8360RT, IVT, 302 hrs, 2013..............$290,000 JD 8360RT, IVT, 150 hrs, 2013..............$301,900

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Case 9270, 5,150 hrs, 1992.....................$71,900 JD 8870, 5,346 hrs, 1994.........................$77,000 JD 9100, 4,053 hrs, 1997.........................$78,000 JD 9200, 5,175 hrs, 1997.........................$87,500 Case STX325, 1,660 hrs, 2005..............$138,900 Case IH STX450HD, 3,010 hrs, 2005.....$154,000 JD 9220, 2,675 hrs, 2004.......................$152,500 JD 9230, 1,000 hrs, 2010.......................$215,000 JD 9300 , 3,140 hrs, 1998......................$110,000 JD 9330, 721 hrs, 2011..........................$255,000 JD 9360R, 622 hrs, 2012.......................$265,000 JD 9400, 6,009 hrs, 1998.........................$96,900

4WD TRACTORS

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JD 9400T, 7,000 hrs, 2000.......................$97,900 Case IH Steiger 480, 2,540 hrs, 2007. . .$178,500 JD 9430, 1,100 hrs, 2009.......................$239,900 JD 9520T, 2,862 hrs, 2004.....................$165,000 JD 9520, 3,022 hrs, 2004.......................$166,000 JD 9530T, 1,247 hrs, 2009.....................$275,000 JD 9620, 3,220 hrs, 2006.......................$193,500 JD 9620T, 2,390 hrs, 2005.....................$193,900 JD 9630, 1,436 hrs, 2011.......................$249,000 JD 9630, 913 hrs, 2011..........................$272,000 JD 9630T, 2,000 hrs, 2008.....................$264,900 JD 9630T, 792 hrs, 2010........................$272,000 JD 9460R, 183 hrs, 2013.......................$292,000 JD 9460R, 178 hrs, 2012.......................$315,000 JD 9460R, 110 hrs, 2013.......................$327,000 JD 9510R, 719 hrs, 2012.......................$295,900 JD 9510R , 385 hrs, 2012......................$309,000 JD 9510RT, 132 hrs, 2013.....................$339,000 JD 9510RT, 330 hrs, 2013.....................$343,000 JD 9560R, 199 hrs, 2012.......................$328,000 JD 9560R, 559 hrs, 2012.......................$335,000 JD 9560RT, 263 hrs, 2012.....................$361,000 JD 9560RT, 45 hrs, 2013.......................$375,000

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Case IH 4300, 39.5’ field cult, ‘99............$14,900 Case IH 4300, 50’ field cult, ‘07...............$19,900 JD 980 FC, 44.5’, 3-bar, ‘97......................$16,900 JD 980 FC, 43.5’, 3-bar, ‘00......................$18,750 JD 980 FC, 41.6’, 3-bar, ‘95......................$19,500 JD 980 FC, 26’, 3-bar, ‘05.........................$21,000 JD 980 FC, 44.5’, 5-sec, ‘04.....................$25,900 JD 985 FC, 49.6’, 3-bar, ‘95......................$20,900 Case T200 FC, 42.5’, 5-sec, ‘08...............$36,900 Case TIgerMate 200, 50.5’, 5-sec, ‘10.....$59,000 JD 2200 FC, 54.5’, 3-bar, ‘03....................$42,900 JD 2210 FC, 20.6’, 3-sec, ‘04...................$24,900 JD 2210 FC, 23.6’, 4-bar, ‘12....................$29,900 JD 2210 FC, 44.5’, 2-bar, ‘07....................$47,900 JD 2210 FC, 45.6’, 3-sec, ‘12...................$61,000 JD 2210 FC, 46.6’, 5-sec, ‘11...................$76,900 JD 2210 FC, 47.5’, 4-bar, ‘12....................$77,000 JD 2210 FC, 49.5’, 4-bar, ‘05....................$46,000 JD 2210 FC, 50.6’, 4-bar, ‘09....................$60,000 JD 2210 FC, 54.5’, 3-bar, ‘06....................$49,500 JD 2210 FC, 55.5’, 5-sec, ‘13...................$89,000 JD 2210 FC, 58’, 4-bar, ‘12.......................$79,000 JD 2210 FC, 60.6’, 5-sec, ‘13...................$86,900 JD 724 mulch finisher, 30’......................$15,500 JD 726 mulch finisher, 30’ 9”, ‘97...........$32,000 JD 2310 mulch finisher, 39.9’, ‘13..........$94,000 JD 2310 mulch finisher, 45.9’, ‘13........$107,000

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JD 9560R, 4wd, PS .............................$289,900 JD 9560R, 4wd, PS .............................$289,900 JD 9460R, PS ......................................$259,900 JD 9220, 18 spd., PS ...........................$154,900 JD 8285R, IVT, ILS ............................$224,900 JD 8270R, IVT, ILS, 1100 hrs. ...........$206,900 JD 8260R, PS ......................................$209,900 JD 8260R, PS ......................................... $189,900 JD 8235R, 5 to choose from ......start at $169,900 OLD JD 8225R, SMFWD, PS, 900 hrs..........$159,900 JD 8220, MFWD, SOLD PS ..........................$119,900 JD 7420 IVT, singles.............................$72,900 JD 7230 Prem, ldrs - 2 to choose from .$108,900 JD 7220, 16 spd., PQ ............................$69,900 JD 7220, AQ, TLS.................................$59,900 JD 7200R, MFWD, PQ, 198 hrs .........$146,900 JD 7200R, 20/20 AQ ...........................$139,900 JD 6210R, AQ .....................................$132,900 Case IH Puma 180, MFWD ..................$94,900 JD 6200, 2wd, PQ .................................$19,900 MF 7475, MFWD, ‘07 ..........................$72,900

Planters

JD 1770 CCS, 16R30” ........................$108,900 JD 1770 CCS, 16R30” ........................$121,900 JD 1770 CCS, 16R30” ........................$119,900 JD 1770 CCS, 16R30” ........................$117,900 JD 1770, 3 bu. .....................................$115,900 JD 1770 CCS, 16 row .........................$112,900 JD 1770, 16R30”.................................$125,900 JD 1770, 16 row, liq. .............................$98,900 JD 1770, 16 row, liq. .............................$98,900 JD 1770, 16 row, liq. .............................$49,900 JD 1770, 16R30”.................................$106,900 JD 1770, 16R30”.................................$113,900 JD 1770, 12R30”, dry ...........................$37,900 JD 1760, 12 row ....................................$72,900 JD 1760, no fert.....................................$58,900 JD 1760, no fert.....................................$29,900 JD 7200, 12R30”, SOLD liq. fert .....................$13,900 JD 1720, 16R30”...................................$54,900 JD 1750, 6R30”.....................................$22,900 JD 1750, 6R, dry ...................................$22,900 Case IH 1200, 6 row, dry ......................$25,900

Combines

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Tillage Equip.

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Tattoos are everywhere, and on people of pretty much all ages. Being a massage therapist, I have seen many, many tattoos. I’ve seen backs covered with angel wings, thighs covered with dragons and biceps adorned with what appears to be barbed wire.

Boylen Over Having a tattoo of barbed wire certainly isn’t as tough as actually wrapping barbed wire on your upper arm, but having a set of vibrating needles poked into you over and over again isn’t really for wimps.

I’ve seen amateur tattoos which I think were done at home and not in jail (I hope). I have seen people with more ink-stained skin than untouched skin. Once in a local Wal-Mart, I saw a man who really could have benetted from spending his money on dental work instead of at the tattoo shop.

I never ask massage clients about their tattoos. Although many tattoos are fun, I learned very early that many are associated with very strong emotions. I once

By Kelli Boylen mentioned something to a woman with the “comedy/ Columnist tragedy” mask (happy/sad masks often associated with theatres) about her tattoo only to learn it was her memorial to her brother who had committed suicide. She said it seemed that he had always worn a happy mask when really he was depressed. I have never asked since then.

I haven’t asked the girl with the Milwaukee Brewers logo inked on the very bottom of her left buttock. I am not sure if that is supposed to be a place of honor or if the Brewers can kiss her behind. I haven’t asked the young man with a large handprint on his shoulder, although I presume it has to do with feeling like his father who passed away too young is still with him.

I have made mental notes of some Latin phrases written randomly on a young woman’s arms and later looked them up: they loosely translated to “Love is rich with both honey and venom,” “I think therefore I am,” “Remember your mortality” and “When viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.” (She is a regular and I was able to remember one phrase at a time and look it up, I would never claim to have that good of a memory.)

Now to do a little review in case you aren’t familiar, a i d off mine i h had d to d deall tattoo artist inserts ink into the A ffriend layers of the skin via a single needle or a group of needles with her husband’s tattoo of that are soldered onto a oscil- his ex-wife’s face on his arm. lating unit. The inked needles are repeatedly and rapidly driven into the skin at 80 to 150 times a second. You would think that needles poking in and out of your skin at that rate would be a process that would go rather quickly, but in reality even a small tattoo will take at least an hour. The more color and detail, the longer it will take, and often the black and colors are done on different days.

Not to mention the costs – a small tattoo can easily run over $100. As they say, good tattoos aren’t cheap, and cheap tattoos aren’t good.

A friend of mine had to deal with her husband’s tattoo of his ex-wife’s face on his arm; she has since convinced him to have a large tattoo celebrating his Scandinavian heritage to cover it up.

I have seen beautiful bluebirds on a shoulder, rough, cryptic names and dates scrawled various places, and I have, of course, seen many, many tattoos that have not, shall we say, retained their original appearance due to the effects of gravity and weight.

I have seen beautiful nature artwork to cover up moles on a person’s arm, vines with delicate owers covering up a surgery scar and life messages people have chosen to permanently etch into their skin such as dream and love.

I’ve seen tattoos of pets, wild animals, memorials, cartoon characters, people’s faces, and hula girls. To be honest about one of the only things I haven’t seen tattooed on someone is a cow, but I am quite sure the day will come. When it does, I can’t say I will even be remotely surprised.

Kelli (Kaderly) Boylen is a freelance writer who leads a double life as a licensed massage therapist. She grew up on a dairy farm in southern Wisconsin and even served as the Green County Dairy Princess “back in the day.” She now lives in northeast Iowa with her husband and two children. She can be reached at boylenover@gmail.com.

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I feel in many ways reconnecting could be a great theme for 2014. Perhaps it’s reconnecting with your favorite old pair of jeans, which may start with a reconnection to a good exercise program. Ramblings from the Ridge Maybe it’s a connection with nature you have been missing, or a better connection with your employees. Any way you roll it, reconnecting sounds like a positive thing.

Reconnecting seems to be an ongoing theme in my life as of late. In

By Jacqui Davison the past few months, I Columnist have started talking to a friend that was very dear to me in the past. Our friendship fell apart as the result of some girl drama (female relationships are so much trickier than the ones men have). As I have learned in the past year, some relationships are worth the effort to keep going, and frankly, some of the more toxic ones are far better off just not being part of your life. It has been pretty rewarding to know that we have both grown up enough to work towards a friendship again.

You’ve often heard the phrase ‘you don’t know what you’re missing;’ well, it’s true, you often have to experience that certain thing to wholly understand what indeed you have been missing. Such is the case with my siblings and my relationship with my mom’s side of the family. I’m not exactly sure when or why we lost touch with them. As children we used to visit them quite frequently, then somehow the three hour drive that separates us might as well have been an ocean. I had the foolish notion in my head that they didn’t understand my world of cows and kids, and therefore I didn’t make any ef-

fort to forge a relationship with them as I grew up. has been being pregnant at the same time, workDuring one of our sibling meetings this past sum- ing together, maturing or just how life works, this mer, we all vowed to make a valiant effort to recon- year has been a great year for us. We probably lean nect with our long-lost relatives. It has come back more on each other now than ever-with childcare to us tenfold. Some of our help, farm assistance, and aunts and uncles made the advice in general. It may sound crazy, but even after trek up to our annual farm W We all ll vowed d to make k a working with each other all party and were in awe of week, we still seem to like our operation-it having valiant effort to reconnect one another’s company. grown substantially since with our long-lost relatives.

In the coming year, they’d last visited. My I hope to keep up with my boys now have a good relationship with their great-grandma and their great relationship reconnecting, perhaps even some exaunts and uncles; that prior to this summer wasn’t ercise reconnecting. Thus far it has been a pretty really in existence. They look forward to visits with enjoyable experience that has reaped rewards that that wonderful kind of childlike bouncing-off-the- far exceeded my expectations. So, you never know what an effort in reconnecting can lead to-a new walls anticipation.

The rekindling of family ties also took my sib- take on an old relationship, a closer knit family that lings and I across the state to celebrate Christmas has been out of touch for far too long, a new wardDay with the Monroe side of the family. We were robe – the possibilities are limitless. Happy 2014 to greeted with hearty hugs and delicious food, and all.

Jacqui, her dad, sister, and brother milk 550 after some much needed introductions (we haven’t seen some of the cousins in ten years or more) we cows and run 1,000 acres of crops in the northeastsettled right in. There were many moments when ern corner of Vernon County, Wis. Her children – all three of my boys were being entertained by Ira (6), Dane (4) and Henry (infant) – farm with her some zany aunt or uncle. So when I say now I know while her husband, Keith, works on a grain farm. what I was missing – I truly mean the loving hugs, She loves to cook, quilt and garden and wishes helpful hands (I even had a break from changing there were more hours in the day to get it all in. diapers), pleasant conversation, amazing food, gig- Farming and teaching others about farming are her gles galore, and quite honestly the Christmas Day passions. celebration my heart has wished for in the past few years.

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Happy New Year, friends. The rst days of 2014 have brought with them some of the coldest temperatures Wisconsin has seen in nearly two decades. As I continue with my travels during this chilly Wisconsin winter, I am honored to be able to stay warm in my beautiful mink coat while representing one of our state’s most valuable agricultural exports. In fact, Wisconsin is number one in mink pelt production and is also home to the highest mink-producing county in the nation, Sheboygan County.

For nearly 50 years, mink breeders across Wisconsin have continued the tradition of donating pelts for a garment that is presented to each Alice. This year, the Patrick family graciously stepped up to the plate and donated nearly thirty pelts for my mink

By Kristin Olson coat, which I was presented with in September by 66th Alice in Dairyland the Kettle Moraine Mink Breeders. Last July, during one of the hottest weeks of the summer, I had the opportunity to tour Patrick Fur Farm, near Rib Lake. Their ranch specializes in dark (black) mink, and it produces some of the nest furs in the world. The Patricks showed me how well they care for their mink, just as so many other Wisconsin farmers care for their livestock. Because it was such a warm day, extra efforts were taken to make sure the mink were content and comfortable, from providing them with extra drinking water to running water off of the barn roofs to cool them down.

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Speaking of weather, Wisconsin’s climate makes it the perfect area to raise mink. Winters are cold enough for mink to produce a full, high-quality winter coat, and, normally, our summers are not too hot. Just like the mink at the ranch I visited, mink throughout our state are given great care year-round. Like other farm animals, mink ranchers work with veterinarians and Wisconsin Wi i produced d d nutritionists to keep their ani1.1 million mink pelts, making mals safe, happy and healthy.

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Thank you so much to all of the hardworking mink ranchers who work year-round to take great care of their animals, from the hottest of summer days to the most frigid winter nights. A special thank you to the Patrick family for opening up your farm to me, sharing your story and donating the beautiful pelts for my coat. It is something I will always treasure, especially during the cold days that lie ahead.

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