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From Our Side Of The Fence

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What is the best thing about farming together?

Scott and Jolene Tumberg New York Mills, Minn.

Otter Tail County 94 cows

Jon and Lisa Zweber Elko New Market, Minn.

Scott County 90 cows

Jerry and Lisa Burg St. Martin, Minn.

Stearns County 60 cows

How did you meet? Jon and I met while we were both attending the University of Minnesota-Waseca.

He was getting an animal science dairy degree and I was studying for a veterinary technician degree.

We both were distance runners for the track and cross country teams. Luckily, Jon took three years to complete a two-year degree as he took time off to farm in between, otherwise we may have never met.

How did you meet? Through mutual friends.

What is the best thing about farming together?

I would say one of the best thing about farming together is you get to spend more time together than most couples. As we run our own business together, we can be more exible and alter our schedules to t in some fun time during the day. We feel we were able to be more involved in our children’s lives as they were growing up since they could help us while we worked. At the end of the day, it is nice to see what you have accomplished together.

What advice would you give other couples that farm together? Our best advice would be to make sure you occasionally take time together away from the farm. Plan things to do that you both enjoy. This helps you recharge and then you enjoy your job more.

Try not to blame each other when things aren’t going well. This can happen easily, as even the best run farms have problems. Have a sense of humor.

What is one quality you love about each other? It is really hard just to pick one quality for each other but we both came up with the same answer, that the other one is very caring.

What are your plans for Valentine’s Day? Our plan for Valentine’s Day weekend is to visit our daughter, Sarah, and son-in-law, Nick, in Chicago. This wasn’t necessarily planned for Valentine’s Day but just happened to be a free weekend for both of us. We will also go out on a day around the holiday for our annual Valentine’s dinner with our grazing group.

How do you nd time for each other while farming?

We usually milk together every morning and try to plan our day out at that time. Before breakfast, we have already spent four hours together, which is probably more than a lot of couples are able to spend together. On less busy days, we will take time to go for a bicycle ride in the summer months or spend time with our family.

Tell us about your farm and plans for your dairy this year. Our dairy farm has been in our family since 1906. We have 250 acres and rent approximately another 60 acres. We transitioned our farm to organic in 2008 and started selling our milk to Organic Valley.

Our herd is rotationally grazed on 140 acres of pasture and milked in a 12-unit swing parlor. During the winter, our cows are housed in a coverall building with sand bedded freestalls. Direct marketing of meat has become a large part of our business. We raise beef, pork, chicken and laying hens for eggs. These

How did you meet? We met through mutual friends at a get-together.

What is the best thing about farming together?

Being able to work together, wanting the same things and working toward the same goals. Having the ability to do things together or attend meetings together.

When our kids were young, it was wonderful to be home together to raise them as well. Having someone to help make day-to-day decisions.

What advice would you give other couples that farm together? Talk a lot so you’re on the same page with each other. Be forgiving and try to do fun things together, as well as work.

What is one quality you love about each other?

Honesty and hard work.

What are your plans for Valentine’s Day? We usually eat chocolate and go out for supper.

How do you nd time for each other while farming? You have to make a point to do things that don’t involve farming. Date nights or just lazy nights watching movies.

Tell us about your farm and plans for your dairy this year. We have a 60-cow robotic dairy we are pretty happy with. We raise and sell serviceable-age bulls and keep all our replacement heifers. We have no big plans for our dairy this year. We are quite satised with things just the way they are. We are hoping the milk price doesn’t drop too low.

What is the best thing about farming together? The best thing about farming together is being with each other. When we both use a pile-of-junk for equipment, we are both in agreement for an upgrade.

What advice would you give other couples that farm together? The best advice for other couples that farm together is that there needs to be forgiveness.

What is one quality you love about each other? We love each other's sense of humor. We love to laugh around here.

What are your plans for Valentine’s Day? We might go out to eat the day before Valentine's Day. How do you nd time for each other while farming? We have occasional date nights. Last spring, we were able to get away to the Holstein sale in Rochester,Minn.

Tell us about your farm and plans for your dairy this year. Sco-Jo Dairy has 94 cows. We raise our own heifers and farm 200 acres of alfalfa and corn.

We have seven children. Five are still at home. They are a tremendous help on the farm. They also love to laugh and keep us entertained. The plan for 2015 is stay the course.

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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.

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It’s more effective than any other product I’ve tried, so it remains a big part of our herd health for over 7 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 employee, Todd has served on the NE Iowa Dairy Foundation.

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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,” Todd relates.

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