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Fire damages SDSU dairy facility No people or cattle were injured in the blaze

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BROOKINGS, S.D. – A re broke out early on the morning of Feb. 8 at the South Dakota State University Dairy Research and Training Facility, located half a mile north of Brookings.

The re caused substantial damage to the freestall barn that houses the university’s herd of 135 lactating cows. No people were injured during the incident and all of the cows remained unharmed.

SDSU’s Dairy Research and Training Facility, which was completed in 1993, is used to train graduate and undergraduate students. The facility also serves as a research center where scientists can conduct trials under real world conditions.

“Peter Linke, manager of the Dairy Research and Training Facility, saw smoke rising from the room that houses the manure lift pump at about 8 a.m. and called 911,” said Dr. Joseph Cassady, interim department head for the Dairy and Food Science Department.

When the Brookings Fire Department arrived at the facility, re and smoke were pouring from the freestall barn’s manure pump room and the barn’s open ridge roof. Smoke was billowing from the barn’s open doors. The Volga Fire Department soon arrived on the scene to assist with battling the blaze.

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Dr. Joseph Cassady is the interim department head for the Dairy and Food Science Department at South Dakota State University in Brookings, South Dakota.

The college’s dairy barn suffered a re Feb. 8.

“As soon as I heard about the re, I left campus and wound up following a re truck to the Dairy Research and Training Facility,” Cassady said. “By the time I arrived, our students and staff had opened all the gates and had let the cows escape. We didn’t care where the cows went as long as they were out of the barn.”

Once it was ascertained that all of the people who had been in the facility were accounted for and safe, the staff and students began to contain the cows that were roaming around on the building site.

“Our main goal was to prevent any cows from wandering out onto the

highway and causing further trouble,” Cassady said. “Some of the cows were put into pens in other buildings and some were herded into an adjoining pasture.”

The re had climbed up the interior wall adjacent to the manure pump room and set several rafters ablaze. The steel roong located directly above the burning rafters began to sag and became discolored.

Fireghters swiftly gained the upper hand and were soon able to extinguish the blaze. The Brookings Fire Department remained on the scene until about 11 a.m. An EMT crew who responded to the re checked all of the staff and

students who had been in the barn when it caught re. Everyone was deemed to be unaffected by smoke inhalation and no one reported any injuries.

“We are anticipating that at least eight trusses will need to be replaced, but it could be more,” Cassady said. “We are actively working on a plan to rebuild to back where we were as soon as possible.

We are condent that the damaged trusses and steel roof and siding can be surgically removed and replaced. This is a process that will likely take several months.”

SDSU is planning on building a new Dairy Research and Training Facility sometime in the next few years. The recent re will have no effect on the construction schedule or the ongoing plans for the new facility.

As soon as the re was extinguished, university staff, faculty and students set about constructing an outdoor pen to temporarily house the dairy herd. It was decided to build the pen in the inside of an “L” that’s formed by the freestall barn

“Even when there’s a re, dairy cows still need to be milked.”

DR. JOSEPH CASSADY, SDSU

and milking parlor. The cows can use a set of free stalls that are in a part of the barn that remained undamaged. This enables the cattle to have access to water and the milking parlor. The milking parlor was not damaged during the re.

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The dairy herd at South Dakota State University is temporarily housed outdoors on a bedding pack following a re that damaged the university’s freestall barn Feb. 8. The re started in a manure liŌ pump room, quickly climbed an interior wall and set several roof trusses ablaze.

“The folks from Brookings AgriTech brought over portable fences and feed bunks,” Cassady said. “I can’t thank our students, staff and faculty enough for the way they helped on the day of the re.

It was a team effort. I am extremely proud and thankful for everyone who helped us that day. This includes the Brooking and Volga re departments, the sheriff’s department and all of the volunteers who pitched in.”

University veterinarian Dr. Michele Mucciante examined the cows and found that none of them had suffered any ill effects due to the re.

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As bad as the re may have been, things could have turned out much worse.

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Halama, who farms with his wife, Cassie, and son, Nick, said things are looking good so far.

“What’s kind of puzzling to us is we had so many good things happening to us this year,” Halama said.

“Whether it was the year or what we did, we just don’t know.”

Halama milks 160 cows near Independence.

He started using organic practices when he started having health problems; the diagnosis caused him to pursue a more natural way of farming.

“When the sprays came out, I was a sophomore in high school,” Halama said. “Atrazine was supposed to

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And I ended up with health problems at 33 years old.”

When he could not get a straight answer from doctors as to where the health conditions came from, Halama took part in organic discussions in his area.

“I heard about these people who were doing organic,” Halama said. “I started reading about it and going to meetings about it. They were talking about the problems we were having with cows. I kept following it for about 20 years before we went organic.”

Besides battling his own health problems, Halama was also having trouble raising good alfalfa on the farm. He said his soil samples were indicating the elds were excessively high in potash, and yet he was being advised to apply more potash to stimulate the calcium.

“I went to this organic meeting, and they were talking about calcium being the trucker of all nutrients,” Halama said. “We started using Organical, and we started seeing better results with the hay.”

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ConƟnued from HALAMA | Page 6 with more milk production and better health.

Once the Halamas started their transition to organic, they stopped using the calcium product due to a nancial restraint, a change that was evident in the feed quality.

“When we started the transition, we didn’t have any money to work with,” Halama said. “It just seemed like things weren’t going too good. Now the last couple years, we put ve semi loads of (the product) on our lands, and we are growing good alfalfa again.”

Halama said he is seeing less weed pressure and better performance in the hay elds and corn elds alike with the continuation of the organic calcium products.

The Halamas mix clover, alfalfa and high energy grasses to obtain forage for their cows.

“It seems like the clover really gives the hay a good smell,” Halama said. “You would think with the grasses in there, it would lower the protein level but it doesn’t seem to.”

Halama follows suggested organic practices of rotating the crops in a eld every two years, a recommendation that Halama said is working well.

The biggest problem he has seen is giant ragweed which Halama combats with a amer – a giant blow torch on a cultivator frame.

“A amer is like any other tool; it’s a timely thing,” Halama said. “We have to get in there when the ragweeds are about 3

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Cassie and Nick Halama check the pasteurizer before feeding calves Feb. 7 at their farm near Independence, Wisconsin.

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Jim Halama nishes feeding TMR to the cows Feb. 7 at his farm near Independence, Wisconisn. Halama milks 160 organic cows with his wife, Cassie, and son, Nick.

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Roots run deep on Primus farm

Family, hard work, laughter key to persevering over a century

By Grace Jeurissen and Mark Klaphake Staff Writers

MELROSE, Minn. – Tucked away just a couple miles southwest of Melrose is a dairy farm full of tradition and history.

The Primuses, Melvin and Brenda, are the fourth generation of Primuses that have milked cows and made their livelihood on this 200-acre farm that was established in 1893. They were acknowledged as a century farm August 2021 in a ceremony held by the Diocese of St. Cloud.

“This felt very, very special,” Melvin said.

When it comes to keeping a farm running as long as a century, family, hard work and laughter are among the many things that have helped the Primus family persevere. Taking care of the many aspects of the farm, progressing forward and expanding slowly have assisted in overcoming challenges.

“Well, you have to take care of the farm,” Melvin said. “If one generation succeeds, the next generation has more interest in going into it.”

A typical day now on this 50-cow Stearns County farm includes their son, Jordan, coming

to the farm at 4:30 a.m. to start milking before his job off the farm,. A short time later, Brenda will feed calves while Melvin nishes milking. Then, Brenda washes the milkers, and Melvin cleans the stalls and gutters. The rest of the day’s work belongs to Melvin and Brenda.

“Whatever you do, you have to make fun out of it,” Melvin said.

Melvin started helping on the farm when he was 12-yearsold and has been there ever since.

He enjoys working with the cows. His father, Joseph, who took over the farm in 1951, was the same way.

Melvin graduated from high school in 1978 and then farmed with parents Joseph and Catherine. Brenda and Melvin married in 1986, and ve years later, Brenda started working full-time on the farm as Joseph started to scale back the work he did.

“I came from a farm,” Brenda said. “After we bought the farm, I would suggest different practices that I grew up with. Eventually, we merged a lot of ideas and found what works for us.”

Melvin enjoys working with Brenda.

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Brenda and Melvin Primus are recognized as a century farm by the Roman Catholic Diocese of St. Cloud, Minnesota. The couple is the fourth generaƟon of Primuses to dairy farm near Melrose, Minnesota, where they milk 50 cows.

“I love that she helps,” he said.

The Primuses have four children, Sarah, Kendra, Jacob and Jordan, eight grandchildren and have been married 35 years.

The Primuses nd working

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Not only does their help make farming easier, but the time working side-by-side with their sons builds better connections.

Melvin’s parents, who are now in their 90s, come to the farm to

visit once or twice a week.

“I liked working together with Dad,” Melvin said. “I always liked taking care of the cows. Dad was the same way.”

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ConƟnued from PRIMUS | Page 9 When it comes to balancing farm life and family, the Primuses have their summer pastures to thank for helping alleviate some of the work load.

“We put heifers out on the pasture and check the fences once or twice a week,” Melvin said. “They do pretty well out there. We’ll put them out in May, and when they come back in the fall, you can tell they have grown.”

When the kids were younger, Melvin and Brenda would take little vacations with their family. Now, their boys will do chores for them if they have something important come up or need a break.

Along with the success the Primuses have experienced, the farm has also experienced a few stressful events that could have led to its demise.

In the ‘50s, Brucellosis (Bang’s disease) swept through the herd and almost forced Joseph to sell the cows.

Then in the ‘90s, Melvin and Brenda battled Johne’s disease. They do not know where the infection came from, but with the help of their veterinarian pin-pointing infected animals, they were able to get the herd back under control.

“The vet told us to remove the calves from pens immediately once they were cleaned off and stood up,” Melvin said.

“This way the calf doesn’t get exposure to infected manure. I have been doing that ever since.”

The Primuses work diligently to keep things up to date on the farm. One strategy they stressed is to be conservative with farming. For example, Melvin makes his own square fence posts from oak trees, which helps clean up the pastures and farm yard.

“We have pride about how our place looks,” Brenda said. “We’ve had people comment about how clean and well-kept the yard is.”

Surviving for more than a century is a big accomplishment. The Primuses feel honored to be able to keep handing the farm from one generation to the next. They said they hope they can pass the farm along to one of their sons like previous generations have transferred the farm.

“I want to help them as much as possible,” Melvin said.

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Page 10 • Dairy Star • Second Section • Saturday, February 26, 2022

By Lee Mielke

Dairy prices show no signs of weakening

World dairy prices show little sign of weakening. The Feb. 15 weighted average at the Global Dairy Trade auction jumped 4.2%, following the 4.1% gain on Feb. 1, and 4.6% on Jan. 18. Traders brought 61.1 million pounds of product to the market, down from 62.7 million on Feb. 1, and the average metric ton price climbed to $4,840 U.S., up from $4,630.

All products offered remained in the black led this time by skim milk powder, up 6.0%, following the 2.1% advance on Feb. 1. Whole milk powder was up 4.2%, after advancing 5.8%. GDT butter was up 5.1%, after a 3.3% rise, and anhydrous milkfat was up 1.2%, following a 1.4% advance. Cheddar was up 3.5%, after a 2.4% jump last time, and lactose rounded out the gains, up 3.4%.

StoneX Dairy Group says the GDT 80% butterfat butter price equates to $2.9588 per pound U.S., up 14.5 cents, after jumping 8.9 cents on Feb. 1, and compares to CME butter which closed Friday at $2.69. GDT Cheddar, at $2.6674, was up 8.9 cents, after gaining 6.3 cents on Feb. 1, and compares to Friday’s CME block Cheddar at $1.9875. GDT skim milk powder averaged $1.9482 per pound, up from $1.8375. Whole milk powder averaged $2.0424 per pound, up from $1.9614. CME Grade A nonfat dry milk closed Friday at $1.85 per pound.

Back on the home front; CME cheese headed higher early in the week but then slowed. The 40-pound Cheddar blocks climbed to $1.99 per pound on Tuesday, highest since Jan. 13, but closed the third Friday of February at $1.9875, up 8 cents on the week and 45 cents above a year ago.

The 500-pound barrels jumped to $1.95 per pound Monday but saw their Friday nish at $1.9350, up 2.50 cents on the week, 52.25 cents above a year ago, and a more normal 5.25 cents below the blocks.

There were 7 sales of block reported on the week at the CME and 14 of barrel.

Cheese production remains irregular in the Midwest, according to Dairy Market News. Some plants made it a time for updates or deep cleans and that’s been the case for a few weeks. Accessible spot milk remains somewhat mixed. The price range is not large but similar to previous weeks, slightly under to around Class III. Contacts suggest that the irregularity of cheese production is the reason some of those discounted offers are still around, as milk availability is somewhat balanced. Cheese sales have begun to steady, after uctuations throughout the early part of 2022. Producers say sales are similar to February

gures in pre-COVID years.

Food service cheese demand is picking up in the West as areas begin to loosen COVID restrictions. Retail demand is steady and export demand is strengthening due to increased interest from Mexico and Asian markets. Port congestion and a shortage of truck drivers continues to cause delays. Cheese producers in the West are running busy schedules but labor shortages prevent some of them from running full schedules, according to DMN. StoneX warned in its Feb. 17 “Early Morning Update” that demand remains mostly good for available fresh cheese and it doesn’t appear anyone has a problem nding a home for it. “But without a signicant pull from the export market that we’d expect with the U.S. versus global pricing skew, the prospect of going over and staying over $2.00 for any great length of time doesn’t appear very likely.”

Word is that more cheese is becoming available domestically while the world market remains tight, according to StoneX. “When you add in a discounted U.S. cheese price to those international prices it can create more questions than answers as to where this market can go next.”

After gaining 25.50 cents the previous week, the butter shot up to $2.86 per pound Tuesday, but reversed direction Wednesday and Thursday, and closed Friday at $2.69, down 6.50 cents on the week but still $1.14 above a year ago. There were 28 carloads that exchanged hands on the week.

Butter demand reports are steady to slower week to week, says DMN. Contacts say the slower weeks are allowing them to build inventory, though spring holiday preparations are mostly wrapped up. They are now turning attention to fall demand. Current bulk butter stocks are tight. Cream is readily available and contacts say locally sourced cream is changing hands at multiples in the low-to mid-1.20s. Western cream remains accessible but hauling remains a major concern and at growing costs, according to DMN. Demand for cream is steady in the West, as inventories continue to be available. Cream deliveries continue to face delays due to the shortage of truck drivers. Retail demand for butter is steady to lower and food service is strengthening as COVID restrictions are loosening in parts of the region. Export demand is unchanged. Spot purchasers say butter inventories are tight, but loads of unsalted butter were harder to nd than salted. Churns are active in the region, but plant managers say labor shortages and delayed deliveries of production supplies continue to prevent them from running full schedules.

Grade A nonfat dry milk inched up to $1.90 per pound Monday, highest since April 15, 2014, but closed Friday at $1.85, down 4.75 cents on the week and 75.75 cents above a year ago, with 11 sales reported for the week.

U.S. nonfat prices are on par with international prices which makes U.S. product less competitive on the export market. StoneX warns that, unless global prices rise, or supply side issues persist, it could be tough for powder to push higher.

CME dry whey gained 2 cents Monday but headed south from there, ending with a Friday nish at 81 cents per pound, down 1.25 cents but 26.25 cents above a year ago. There were 9 sales on the week at the CME. StoneX warns that dry Whey looks primed for some sort of downward correction and “If this happens, it could be a heavy weight on Class III prices.”

A much delayed study on updating Federal Market Order make allowances has been released and shows that the cost of processing most products has gone up since 2005-2006.

If these costs were adopted into current market order formulas they would knock about 83 cents per hundredweight off the Class III milk price and 95 cents off the Class IV, according to StoneX, which adds that “The costs are from late 2017 to December 2020, so they don’t include the ination that we saw in 2021. Farmers won’t be happy about their milk price dropping by 80 plus cents, so there will be some ghts over this.”

Broker Dave Kurzawski, speaking in the Feb. 21 “Dairy Radio Now” broadcast, said the last time make allowances were update was 2008, following a study in 2005-2006. He said “It behooves producers to look at this from the standpoint of a partnership with the processors that they’re selling their milk to.”

This is not a done deal, according to Kurzawski.

There has to be a preliminary investigation, a public hearing has to be held, USDA has to issue a recommended decision, followed by a nal decision, and then be voted on by Federal order farmers who can “take it or leave it.”

Such was the case in 2004 when the Utah, Southern Idaho, Eastern Oregon order, Order 135, voted to leave the Federal order program, he said.

Congress could also change it, according to Kurzawski, although Agriculture Secretary Vilsack has said he will not make the rules but would support whatever National Milk and the International Dairy Foods Association agree to. One thing is sure, there will be a lot of discussion on this ahead, Kurzawski concluded.

While planted-based beverage manufacturers love to point out how uid milk consumption has fallen over the years, even though they have had little to do with it, they fail to recognize the continuing popularity of real dairy products overall.

Starting with cheese; December commercial disappearance totaled 1.16 billion pounds, up 2.1% from December 2020, third month in a row to top year ago levels, according to HighGround Dairy, and consumption for the year was up 3.6%. That’s a lot of cheese and it’s not the concoction made in a test tube.

Butter disappearance hit 201.4 million pounds, up 6.8% from a year ago, strongest year over year gain since August, with demand for the year up 5.0%.

Domestic consumption was up 2.7% from 2020 and exports were up 110.6%.

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Total dry whey disappearance amounted to 80.8 million pounds, down 3.3% from a year ago, and down 2.1% for the year. Domestic consumption was down 9.7% but exports were up 5.6%.

Admittedly, December uid milk sales were down.

The USDA’s latest data shows sales of packaged uid products at 3.9 billion pounds, down 2.6% from 2020.

Conventional product sales totaled 3.7 billion pounds, down 2.5% from a year ago. Organic products, at 242 million pounds, were down 4.1%, and represented 6.2% of total sales for the month.

Whole milk sales totaled 1.3 billion pounds, off 0.7% from a year ago, with consumption for all of 2021 down 5.3%. Whole milk represented 33.2% of total milk sales for the year.

Skim milk sales, at 208 million pounds in December, were down 11.0% from a year ago and down 12.6% for the year.

Total packaged uid milk sales in 2021 amounted to 44.3 billion pounds, down 4.1% from 2020. Conventional product sales totaled 41.5 billion pounds, down 4.2%. Organic products, at 2.8 billion, were down 2.6%, and represented 6.3% of total milk sales for the year.

The gures represent consumption in Federal milk marketing order areas, which account for approximately 92% of total uid milk sales in the U.S. Speaking of uid milk, the Agriculture Department announced the March Federal order Class I base milk price at $22.88 per hundredweight, up $1.24 from February, $7.68 above March 2021, and the highest Class I since Dec. 2014. It equates to about $1.97 per gallon, up from $1.31 a year ago.

The three month Class I average stands at $21.41, up from $15.29 at this time a year ago and compares to $18.01 in 2019.

Meanwhile, the International Dairy Foods Association reports that “Americans are facing the fastest ination growth in 40 years. At the same time, consumer sentiment has dipped to 61.7, down from 76.8 a year ago. A third of Americans participating in the sentiment survey said rising prices are clouding their economic outlooks.”

The government reported that the consumer price index (CPI) rose 7.5% in January from a year ago, according to the IDFA, “marking the largest increase since February 1982, when ination hit 7.6%.”

“However, prices for dairy foods, including milk, cheese, butter, yogurt, and ice cream, gained the least among several food categories between January 2021 and January 2022. Compared to many other goods and services, dairy products are a best buy,” the IDFA concludes.

The Agriculture Department’s latest Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook, issued Feb. 15, mirrored milk price and production projections in the Feb. 9 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report.

The Outlook stated that “Due to declines in milk cows in recent months, higher projected feed prices, a low inventory of replacement heifers, and higher expected cull-cow prices, milk cows are projected to average 9.360 million head in 2022, 25,000 lower than last month’s forecast. Milk per cow is projected to average 24,265 pounds per head in 2022, unchanged from the previous forecast.”

Dairy product prices and milk price estimates were raised however, and U.S. dairy prices are expected to be less competitive in international markets, according to the Outlook. The 2022 export projections were adjusted downward accordingly. Lower exports are expected for whey products, dry skim milk products, butter, and cheese.

Dairy import projections were raised to 6.9 billion pounds on a milk-fat basis and 5.7 billion pounds on a skim-solids basis. Higher imports are expected for butter, milk protein products, and several other miscellaneous dairy products.

In the week ending Feb. 5, 62,900 dairy cows were sent to slaughter, down 1,100 from the previous week, and 4,600 head or 6.8% below a year ago.

Farm level milk production is trending steady to higher throughout the country, says the USDA’s weekly update, as warmer temperatures start to return.

Some Midwestern contacts report tightening milk availability. Some southwest handlers are sending milk to other regions where demand surpasses local milk supply.

Since school pipelines were relled in January, Class I orders have remained stable in many areas but have increased in others, particularly where retail bottling sales have grown, according to the USDA.

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HELPING GOOD MANAGERS MAKE BETTER TRADING DECISIONS Spot CME Group prices remain firm, but the rate of price improvement has slowed. With record high whey prices buyers seem less aggressive in their bidding. Dairy Market News reporters are expressing buyer hesitancy in the whey category, especially for WPC products at these prices. Nearly half of all U.S. whey is exported, with China buying roughly half of that depending on the time of year. The old saying that high prices cure high prices may be starting to have an effect in the whey category.

Spot cheddar cheese is trading into the mid to upper $1.90’s. At these levels, Class III and cash settled cheese futures are not anticipating as much cash cheese price improvement as it has. Over the past several months, cheese futures have led the cheese rally by carrying a $1-2/cwt premium to the spot cash market value. That futures premium has now narrowed to 25-60 cents/cwt.

Class IV products continue to work higher.

International butter is trading over $3 per pound, with U.S. butter trading $2.50-2.85 over the past 2 weeks.

Nonfat dry milk is trading near $1.90 per pound in all international regions. Using $3 plus butter and $1.90

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ALBANY, Ore. – Looking for a way to bridge the gap between showing registered dairy cattle and a way of making a living doing what they love, the Krahn family of Royal Riverside Farm in Albany took

a leap of faith.

The family built a dairy farm and established a farmstead creamery to process and market milk produced by their small herd of Jersey cattle.

“Looking back, starting our own dairy from the ground up seems impossible,” said Amy Krahn. “If we had to do it over

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The Krahn family – (from leŌ) Ben, Gracie, Clancey and Amy – processes the milk from their 30cow herd on their dairy farm near Albany, Oregon. The Krahns began processing milk in 2018.

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Milk is boƩled at Royal Riverside Farm near Albany, Oregon.

again today, we would not be able to afford it. Input prices have skyrocketed over the past year. I am just so grateful for the opportunity to continue doing what we love while producing a delicious and nutritious product for our community.”

Both Ben and Amy grew up on dairy farms; Ben lived in Wisconsin’s Fox River Valley

and Amy near Mount Hood.

They wanted to raise their daughters, Gracie and Clancey, with the same experiences they had on a farm. And so, they began laying the foundation for that dream in 2010 when they established Royal Riverside Farm in Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley.

“We stumbled upon a

foreclosure that had a small piece of land, a whole lot of potential,” Amy said. “We literally purchased our property like you would buy a cow at an auction. It had no outbuildings or barn. The house was a pitiful mess, but we saw potential and jumped in head rst … just like we live the rest of our lives – full Turn to KRAHNS | Page 15

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Because of the high annual rainfall received in their area, the Krahns tiled the elds of their farm and then set upon building the farm as they could afford.

The rst Jersey cattle came to Royal Riverside as project calves for Gracie and Clancey. As those heifers calved in, the Krahns began milking with a Surge bucket and feeding the milk to calves and pigs.

“We made a commitment that we would do everything possible to raise our daughters in a way that provided the valuable life skills that growing up on the farm instills,” Amy said. “We did not want to house our cattle in another facility and have our kids arrive at a dairy show and lead their cows for the rst time in months. It was very important to us that we provided a lifestyle for our girls that instilled faith, family and farm values.”

As their herd began to grow, the Krahns explored the possibility of turning their hobby into a business with on-farm milk processing.

“We felt the nudge to start bottling our own milk for many years,” Amy said. “My grandparents owned their own bottling business and milk route, so it was on my heart for my entire adult life. Ben was also compelled to begin on-farm processing.”

In 2017, ground was broke on a multi-purpose facility that provides housing and milking facilities for the cows and is home to their processing operation.

“We hired a contractor to build the shell of the barn, and then we did all of the concrete and structural work ourselves,” Amy said. “Ben framed the walls, hung drywall and put in all the ceilings. The girls and I painted everything, interior and exterior. Together we poured all of the concrete oors, curbs and mangers. It took us almost six months of working every spare moment to nish the processing side.”

While the family worked to build the facility, Amy created a website and built customer interest through social media.

“We chose to package our milk in glass bottles to reduce waste and promote sustainability,” Amy said. “We capitalized on the health benets of Jersey milk. We try to keep our milk as close to the natural state as possible.”

Raw milk sales are illegal in Oregon, so the Krahns pasteurize their milk using vat pasteurization but chose to market non-homogenized milk.

“We produced our rst bottle of Royal Riverside Farm milk in January of 2018,” Amy said. “I will never forget watching the milk splash into the bottom of our little bulk tank. I cried. I think we all cried. It was a huge dream come true for us.”

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The Krahn family established Royal Riverside Farm near Albany, Oregon.

When the Krahns started bottling their milk, they were milking eight cows and selling the milk at one store and a winter farmers market. Today, the Krahns are producing at capacity, milking 30 cows and supplying milk to 45 stores and coffee shops in Oregon. They also added the Classy Cow Farmstand in response to the challenges brought on by the coronavirus pandemic in 2020.

“We saw a huge jump in milk sales,” Amy said. “When local grocery stores ran out of milk, people started showing up at our farm to buy directly.

We converted our garden shed into a farmstand, offering an assortment of our milk products along with grass-fed beef, all-natural pork, free-range eggs and a variety of produce and baked goods.”

Going hand-in-hand with marketing their milk, the Krahns are passionate about increasing agricultural literacy.

They use social media platforms and offer tours to educate consumers in their area.

“It is unreal to me how many people are excited to learn about how cows are milked and where their milk comes from,” Amy said. “Our customers love knowing the cows that are producing the milk they drink. It has been rewarding to have so much community support.”

One of the most rewarding aspects of their farm for Ben and Amy is that the entire family is involved in the dayto-day activities of operating the farm.

“It is truly a family-run operation, and each individual contributes valuably to the system,” Amy said. “I love working side by side with my husband every day. I love operating as a family, and we joyfully produce milk every day, working side by side together with our beautiful little brown cows. I cannot imagine anything more gratifying.”

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A panel of local producers – (from leŌ) Karl Geske, Darin Maliszewski, Nathan Kling and Brian Maliszewski – share their experiences with cover cropping alongside panel moderator Brad Sirianni during Ray Archuleta’s presentaƟon Feb. 15 in Osseo, Wisconsin.

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Archuleta, a certied professional soil scientist presented “Regenerative agriculture: The buttery effect that will change the world,” which included a panel of local farmers Feb. 15 in Osseo.

The panel included Karl Geske of Galesville; Darin Maliszewski of Independence; Nathan Kling of Taylor; and Brian Maliszewski of Independence. The farmers spoke of their experience in bringing Archuleta’s teachings to their farm.

Archuleta’s presentation focused on regenerative agriculture, specically the benets of cover crops.

“Why is tillage so destructive to our soils?” Archuleta said. “Bacteria, fungi and the plant create a super glue called structure. That structure has special charges that hold on to nutrients.”

Cover crops feed the microbes and enhance the structure, while tilling the ground causes the structure to fail, Archuleta said.

“Soils are alive, and they will always balance their diet,” he said.

“Microbes want the house to be protected. They want food, and they want nitrogen to build the body. Do not separate them.”

This concept was demonstrated with soil samples from a no-till eld in Missouri, a conventional eld in Minnesota, a conventional eld in Kansas and a eld in Kansas that was enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program. A sample from each type of soil was put in a cylinder of water to demonstrate how the structure of each soil was different. The better the water was able to inltrate the soil, the better health the soil had.

The best results were the no-till soil from Missouri and the CRP soil

from Kansas.

“In 80% of the world, most of the water is running off,” Archuleta said.

“If the water is running off, then 38% of our planet is bare. That affects the climate.”

Archuleta said that even though the CRP soil performed well in the demonstration, there is opportunity on the CRP land.

“CRP is also unhealthy because we do not allow cows to graze it,” Archuleta said. “When land is grazed, most farmers will graze it to the dirt, and then we hurt the soil again.”

Archuleta said he wants people to understand that everything is connected surrounding soil health.

“When you go out in a tillage machine or you spray insecticides, please understand that you affect the web of life,” he said. “The more you hurt that web, the more you write a check.”

Geske has experimented with cover crops on his farm near Galesville which has a lot of hills.

“The reason we really pushed to start doing it is we have really hilly ground, and I wanted to get to a more

“Microbes want the house to be protected.

They want food, and they want nitrogen to build the body. Do not separate them.”

RAY ARCHULETA, SOIL SCIENTIST

50/50 corn (soybean) rotation in the hills,” Geske said of planting cover crops. “Because of erosion, I did not want to put beans on the hills very often.”

Darin milks 680 cows. He began experimenting with cover crops in 2010. Darin is now growing cover crops on corn silage ground that had manure applied before it was seeded.

“This seems to work well for us because we no till into it the following spring without having to x any Turn to COVER CROPS | Page 16

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ruts or do any major soil renovations to the elds to guarantee a nice crop,” Darin said.

The farm uses a vertical tillage machine to plant the crops.

Kling has been rotational grazing since 2001.

His goal with cover crops is to leave the land in better shape than when they began farming. Kling grows about 20 acres of rye for grain which is the seed for the cover crops each year.

“The cover crops, we just spin it on and then lightly work it in,” Kling said.

Brian is part of the Buffalo-Trempealeau Farmer Network. As a group, the network experimented with cover cropping methods, something which Brian spoke positively about.

“There’s something to be said about a group of people getting together to share ideas, and it’s good to know that it’s in our backyard,” Brian said.

“We all know we can pick up a magazine and read an article about cover cropping, but does it work in our backyard?”

His most recent experiment involved interseeding.

“It’s scary to try it,” Brian said. “It’s just a different way of thinking.”

Archuleta believes that regenerative farmers have a different mindset which never allows them to give up. He encourages farmers to try new things and lean on each other for ideas and support.

“The mindset of a regenerative farmer is, ‘Oh, I failed. Now I can tweak it,’” Archuleta said.

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I guess sometimes children do remember what you say. Going on 10 years ago, another chap and I bought a weed patch with an old house and a turkey barn that had seen better days. We cleaned up and fixed up a little and started a Po-dunk Auction Barn. Our first sale we had several hundred head of cattle. Occasionally I say, it sure was fortunate we opened a sale barn there that day otherwise it would have been really weird if all those people brought so many cattle and it was just a weed patch yet! This week was a little hectic at our sale barn with over 500 cattle, near 1,000 bales hay and straw and part of a million dollars worth of equipment coming through. At one point one of the boys said, it’s sure fortunate we started an auction here otherwise it would be really weird with so many people bringing so much stuff and just unloading it here. Still a good market. Top dairy cows $2,300 Oberholtzer, Loyal. $2,100, $2,000 Dwayne Deaton, Athens. $2,100 Burnell Martin, Fennimore. $2,000 Popp Dairy, Unity. $1,950 Ivan Shirk, Colby. Top Jersey $1,450. Many good cows $1,300-1,900. Later lactation & smaller cows $900-1,200. Springing Holstein heifers $1,300-1,450.

Plain springers $900-1,100. Opens $80-95. Single birth Holstein heifer calves $20-45. Breeding Bulls $1,275-1,600. Market Bulls $80-96.50. Choice Holstein steers and Heifers $118-126.50. Low Choice and Select $106-115. Beef cross $126-136NT. Holstein feeder steers $80-120NT. Holstein bull calves higher, mostly $100-160. Beef cross bull and heifer calves $160-200. 25% of Market cows sold $68-75. Top $77. 45% sold $57-67.50. Supreme quality 3x3x8 Alfalfa $150. Alfalfa grass mix squares $65-75. Rounds and squares high quality baleage 50-75. Rounds grass first crop $27.50-45.

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ConƟnued from DHIA | Page 18 Producer Name JIM EVANS GARY LEHNERTZ WAYRA DAIRY ADAM & SARAH MELLGREN RIVER VALLEY DAIRY LLC ANDY EMMERT FRANCIS & THERESA RYNDA NEWALTA DAIRY PEDLEY DAIRY PATER DAIRY INC FAITH ACRES DAIRY INC OLMAR FARMS JAMES & JEN MAUS CHRIS & DEANNA EMMERT LEONARD & STEVEN HOEN ZABEL BORGSCHATZ DAIRY SUNSHINE ACRES JERRY & BEV POHLMANN DWIGHT WENGER PETER SEITZER HINCKLEY HOLSTEINS LLC WENDT DAIRY LLC STACI SEXTON WHITE ROCK DAIRY BROCKSHUS DAIRY LLC LLOYD AND JULIE BLOMMEL WALTER BROS FARM HEIEIE DAIRY STONE DAIRY ROGER ALDINGER SASS FARMS AUSPICIOUS OYSTER GRANGE O + S DAIRY CHAIN O LAKES DAIRY NICK PRAMANN JERRY & SUE BINIEK KURTHKINE HOLSTEINS JOHNSON DAIRY HILKE ERIC HOURSCHT DAIRY LUX-URY HOLSTEINS INC. MOLDANS HOLSTEINS KUECHLE DAIRY JAMES & GARY SOBECK ANTHONY & TIFFANY BETCHER HEMMESCH DAIRY INC. SUNSHINE DAIRY LLC JOHN & KRIS MILLER SCHEFFLER DAIRY HOESE DAIRY INC. SAEMROW BROTHERS GRIEBELS BLACK AND WHITE VOGT DAIRY LLC LISSON HOLSTEIN STADICK FARM INC DAIRYRIDGE MEYER BROS DAIRY JAMES C PFEIFER PAUL AND CINDY SWENSON ISIDORE & JANET LOEFFELHOLZ SAMUEL SHAUM RINDE FARMS LLC DAN AND RANDY SIEM DARYL+LISA MAUS STEVE & PAM HERDERING STYLE HEAVEN HOLSTEINS CHANLORE FARM INC MATT ANDRING SONNBELL DAIRY LEUTHOLD DAIRY MILLER’S BLUE RIDGE FARMS MCANDREWS DAIRY D & S HILLTOP FARM BRUCE&JAN FUNK KUBALL DAIRY FARM BIRCH POINT FARMS PESHON RKB DAIRY CLASEMANN DAIRY MICHAEL & KACIE KURTH BREEZY HILL DAIRY CARLSON BROS TOM TAMMY&JEREMY MURSU RIVERVIEW ENTERPRISES QUAAL DAIRY JOHN + KARYL DIERSEN ROBERT AND JEANNETTE SHEEHAN ALBERTS BROS LLP HIDDEN HILL DAIRY LLC MICHAEL REDALEN KEN & LINDA GLISCZINSKI GREGORY DAIRY LLC RYBINSKI DAIRY FARM MICHAEL & KRIS BANSE DAHL FARMS ACKERMAN FARMS WAYNE AND JOSIE PETERS LARCREST HOLSTEIN DAIRY KASHOME HOLSTEINS CLOVER GLEN HOLSTEINS MARSHLAND FARMS BRUCE WALDVOGEL ERNEST MARTIN DANIEL & ANNETTE GREGOR

City PIPESTONE PLAINVIEW TRAIL ZUMBRO FALLS SHELL LAKE HANCOCK MONTGOMERY PIPESTONE OCHEYEDAN PIPESTONE HEWITT SLEEPY EYE OSAKIS HANCOCK NORWOOD PLAINVIEW ST CHARLES GREY EAGLE BROOTEN ST PETER CHATFIELD ST CHARLES ZUMBRO FALLS GOODHUE OCHEYDAN FREEPORT PLUMMER BROOTEN HENNING WINONA CHATFIELD HEWITT RICE BLUE EARTH CLEARWATER AVON COSMOS HERON LAKE ALTURA LITTLE FALLS EDEN VALLEY COMFREY WATKINS WINONA GOODHUE MELROSE ARLINGTON PLAINVEIW ZUMBROTA MAYER WATERVILLE NEW ULM SAUK CENTRE BROWERVILLE NEW ULM LONG PRAIRIE RUSHFORD OWATONNA NICOLLET CALEDONIA SAUK CENTRE LONG PRAIRIE ROCHESTER FREEPORT FREEPORT SEBEKA COKATO DOVER CHETEK ELLSWORTH RICEVILLE SAUK CENTRE BIGELOW MELROSE WATERVILLE MINNESKA FARIBAULT LONG PRAIRIE STEWART DALLAS WELCH NEW YORK MILLS FOLEY UNDERWOOD CALEDONIA ROCHESTER PINE ISLAND ST CHARLES LANESBORO NEW PRAGUE BELGRADE HENDRICKS EITZEN RUSHFORD SAUK RAPIDS LAKE CITY ALBERT LEA MEDFORD CLAREMONT CUSHING OSAKIS BROOTEN MONTGOMERY

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Rolling Yearly Average Milk Fat Prot $Value 28,280 1,120 861 $5,032 27,205 1,102 892 $5,031 27,609 1,085 910 $5,025 28,635 1,123 855 $5,025 26,969 1,095 885 $5,011 27,555 1,101 900 $5,011 26,460 1,151 844 $5,009 27,509 1,121 866 $5,004 29,606 1,105 860 $5,004 26,895 1,137 861 $5,003 29,022 1,092 868 $5,000 27,731 1,089 886 $4,998 26,933 1,116 874 $4,990 27,894 1,102 874 $4,990 26,110 1,141 856 $4,976 26,847 1,131 855 $4,963 27,425 1,133 831 $4,961 27,855 1,081 868 $4,959 27,743 1,088 873 $4,953 28,146 1,085 874 $4,953 27,743 1,078 882 $4,950 26,345 1,110 862 $4,949 25,097 1,122 859 $4,948 27,283 1,109 853 $4,946 26,607 1,127 844 $4,946 26,032 1,134 836 $4,943 26,227 1,108 853 $4,939 25,988 1,107 863 $4,937 26,573 1,119 842 $4,928 27,783 1,065 876 $4,928 28,412 1,053 877 $4,925 25,612 1,116 846 $4,918 26,889 1,072 883 $4,916 27,098 1,100 852 $4,915 26,572 1,118 840 $4,914 27,038 1,091 852 $4,907 26,158 1,159 800 $4,902 27,411 1,036 884 $4,895 27,352 1,049 880 $4,890 26,749 1,106 844 $4,889 26,734 1,080 852 $4,883 26,699 1,060 872 $4,878 27,769 1,073 844 $4,874 27,828 1,061 854 $4,869 25,434 1,101 849 $4,864 26,204 1,089 840 $4,863 26,220 1,095 832 $4,851 25,132 1,107 833 $4,851 25,750 1,094 831 $4,842 26,353 1,083 842 $4,842 26,505 1,094 851 $4,838 26,723 1,068 857 $4,838 27,660 1,055 844 $4,838 27,282 1,066 860 $4,837 25,704 1,113 815 $4,834 26,264 1,067 848 $4,827 26,795 1,082 828 $4,823 25,678 1,054 853 $4,799 26,962 1,034 870 $4,794 26,178 1,068 829 $4,793 26,813 1,073 831 $4,792 26,135 1,069 835 $4,787 26,455 1,043 858 $4,781 26,440 1,079 817 $4,779 26,077 1,083 835 $4,778 25,723 1,053 857 $4,777 26,126 1,083 818 $4,777 25,853 1,057 835 $4,774 25,802 1,122 790 $4,757 25,678 1,090 810 $4,757 26,361 1,049 835 $4,742 26,270 1,059 825 $4,738 26,835 1,020 847 $4,733 25,964 1,024 855 $4,729 26,097 1,058 819 $4,729 25,624 1,069 802 $4,724 24,125 1,063 819 $4,721 27,135 1,023 840 $4,717 26,532 1,023 837 $4,715 25,441 1,078 797 $4,713 25,627 1,081 803 $4,710 26,831 1,010 857 $4,708 26,363 1,010 847 $4,705 28,270 997 853 $4,705 25,372 1,035 825 $4,702 26,165 1,033 828 $4,702 25,660 1,037 833 $4,701 26,763 1,008 839 $4,700 26,197 1,054 806 $4,698 25,099 1,046 823 $4,697 25,615 1,040 820 $4,693 26,293 1,031 828 $4,693 25,867 1,023 827 $4,689 26,205 998 851 $4,687 25,318 1,029 828 $4,687 24,998 1,061 809 $4,685 24,707 1,056 826 $4,684 25,881 1,022 833 $4,682 24,498 1,033 831 $4,677 25,130 1,033 821 $4,676 27,573 990 853 $4,676 26,809 1,013 830 $4,676 24,876 1,043 819 $4,672

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Sustainability as a road trip Cortus gives ways to navigate conversations about better management

By Kate Rechtzigel kate.r@dairystar.com

ZUMBROTA, Minn. − As any dairy farmer looks to improve for future generations, one must navigate sustainability to balance management practices in regards to social, environmental and economic considerations.

“Sustainability is a journey; it’s about setting a vision for where someone wants to be, charting a course and being exible in some of these plans,” Erin Cortus said.

Cortus, an agricultural engineer at the University of Minnesota, took dairy farmers on a sustainability road trip during her presentation, “Navigating science and communication aspects of sustainable dairy production,” during Midwest Dairy’s regional meeting at the Zumbrota VFW in Zumbrota. She explained sustainability framework, terminology, system boundaries and next steps for farmers during her presentation Feb. 16.

Cortus has measured emissions in livestock barns to focus on the environment within the barns and how that affects the workers and the animals. And, in turn, how those emission transmit back to the environment.

“Sustainability is a tough nut to crack. It’s something that has been engraved in all farmers’ minds but is used widely throughout our society now,” Cortus said. “And I don’t see this as a one-and-done presentation. I hope that this starts the conversation.”

Cortus said sustainability goals and actions are personal, and there are benets and consequences to

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Erin Cortus explains the four different areas of focus in the cradle-to-farmgate model Feb. 16 in Zumbrota, Minnesota. Cortus presented during Midwest Dairy’s regional mee�ng. every decision that are guided by priorities.

“It is a personal journey, and I have found that if I keep that in mind, it makes these conversations easier to navigate,” Cortus said. “What are the priorities of others, and what are your priorities?”

Cortus said there is opportunity and risk within sustainability.

“It is such a broad topic and very ambiguous which

makes it risky, but I think we’re in a place where we have some opportunity to dene what it means to us in the dairy industry,” she said.

One dairy farmer asked how to navigate those conversations with consumers.

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ConƟnued from CORTUS | Page 20 tainable dairy production is,” Cortus said. “But, if we want to engage in these conversations, we need to start to learn some of the language and the nuances in these sustainability frameworks and recognize what some of these initiatives are behind the goals. Then, we can learn to ask deeper questions of others to make sure that they understand the full picture.”

Cortus then took farmers through sustainability terminology and explained the U.S. Dairy Net Zero Initiative “It is one of those far off destinations,” Cortus said. “A lot of different farms can go down this path and collectively contribute to this vision, but every path is going to be different. …

So, some folks may focus on water use or water quality, whereas others might focus on carbon neutrality.”

Cortus also spoke on comparing industries when calculating carbon footprint.

“We’ll often see greenhouse gasses compared to the number of cars,”

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Dairy farmers ask quesƟons during Erin Cortus’ presentaƟon Feb. 16. Cortus explained sustainability framework, terminology, system boundaries and next steps at the Midwest Dairy’s regional meeƟng in Zumbrota, Minnesota. she said. “They have very different functions. Is the production of a glass of milk the same as driving ve cars?”

Likewise, there is also a difference when measuring a farm’s carbon footprint. Cortus explained the difference

“Sustainability is a journey; it’s about setting a vision for where someone wants to be, charting a course and being exible in some of these plans.”

ERIN CORTUS, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

between two sustainability measurement techniques, cradle-to-farm grave and cradle-to-farmgate during her presentation.

Cradle-to-farm grave is the footprint from the feed for animal use, to the processing and to when that glass of milk is consumed whereas cradle-tofarmgate is from the feed for animal use to when the milk leaves the farm for further processing, she said.

“It makes sense that it’s a very different number,” Cortus said.

She then explained the boundaries and four different parts on the farm, feed production and practice changes; methane reduction; energy efciency or renewable energy usage; and manure

handling and nutrient management.

“Everyone has different responses of who’s in control of which part,” Cortus said. “And this sustainability journey needs to be a team effort since there are parts out of our control because dairy farmers have nutritionists and manure applicators too.”

Cortus encouraged farmers to look at what baseline assessment numbers they have control over, what changes they would like to make and what sustainability goals they have for their individual farm.

“Any movement is going to take a team effect,” Cortus said. “In the future, there is more to prove by implementing a change than meeting a certain metric.”

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Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares

12.47 14.61 18 11.47 14.39 15.34

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1&3

5.74 23.27 26.7 7 22.57 9 10.74 21.86 26.69 26.49 26.22 24.39 26.63 26.93 9.14 6.95 22.64 21.76 18.73 28.55 14 11.01 13 21.51 25.88 25.04 26.14 24.31 15.5 11.75 10.1 20.59 10.74 25.49 24.99 25.36 27.18 23.54 23.77 28.2 28.17 27.97 24.07 23.61 25.49 24.24 24.17 25.76 25.46 23.29 24.36 7.86 20.83 23.51 26.64 23.4 23.69 7.75 24.54 26.46 23.49 22.86 22.57 21.84 27.5 7.61 7.65 20.43 25.09 24.09 10.69 10.63 9.92 9.7 10.42 28.38 20.35 21.78 26.31 22.02 23.58 26.53

11.11 15.81 16.36 17.07 17.79 13.14 15.15 8.73 14.63 11.59 12 13.48 9.86 1.84 28.75 12.22 20.7 13.32 16.65 15.61 15.42 21.51 16.34 14.89 12.07 24.2 10.37 9.53 7.88 9.1 11.94 11.77 10.51 10.06 10.4 12.4 12.62 11.06 9.68 8.97 11.64 10.48 11.95 13.92 12.19 12.4 12.02 12.16 11.07 10.66 12.3 14.15 14.37 14.09 12.34 11.68 12.34 8.95 11.95 12.19 13.51 11.33 9.91 12.24 12.19 10.81 10.05 13.19 10.74 12.07 25.88 9.74 10.9 12.94 10.03

8 88.51 6.8 70.6 19.64 146.95 6.83 74.62 6.54 80.89 8.18 67.85 NOT TEST 14.88 119.73 18.91 129.74 19.32 120.55 20.83 151.93 21.63 171.07 20.11 144.79 19.59 138.92 15.04 102.34 12.13 77.21 18.22 148.88 3.65 75.04 6.23 72.59 10.31 94.62 19.45 159.39 17.75 112.76 20.06 134.64 13.57 85.68 19.7 159.97 21.64 201.46 20.05 182.72 20.56 155.04 18.46 149.47 21.31 165.29 21.5 127.67 20.78 181.1 17.49 100.63 15.38 131.8 19.02 183.19 20.97 184.17 17.17 171.67 20.42 160.91 23.08 234.59 25.42 223.04 24.2 200.01 23.2 204.8 22.4 195.48 18.24 158.08 17.37 150.11 15.95 124.09 14.77 110.3 23.85 216.57 21.86 220.1 21.56 199.01 26.05 273.06 24.87 218.75 22.4 195.48 23.96 212.51 22.89 159.23 19.55 183.69 20 197.9 23.18 194.67 25.13 252.96 24.06 241.11 24.87 183.51 23.18 194.67 24.55 221.75 19.41 131.77 21.97 209.19 21.56 199.01 24.87 218.75 22.77 190.06 17.91 142.44 20.2 183.49 20.41 171.38 20.55 150.18 20.43 196.26 17.38 151.46 18.61 142.43 21.01 205.02 14.94 91.92 15.59 103.29 21.36 252.5 17.99 144.86 21.9 203.69 21.85 190.58

1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

$150.00 $160.00 $160.00 $165.00 $160.00 $125.00 $170.00 $185.00 $190.00 $195.00 $190.00 $190.00 $190.00 $190.00 $220.00 $175.00 $190.00 $165.00 $160.00 $180.00 $70.00 $150.00 $170.00 $160.00 $195.00 $210.00 $195.00 $185.00 $170.00 $180.00 $170.00 $205.00 $165.00 $180.00 $240.00 $240.00 $200.00 $230.00 $240.00 $200.00 $210.00 $195.00 $195.00 $195.00 $190.00 $190.00 $190.00 $225.00 $240.00 $220.00 $235.00 $200.00 $185.00 $190.00 $185.00 $190.00 $185.00 $180.00 $250.00 $225.00 $185.00 $195.00 $190.00 $185.00 $205.00 $195.00 $195.00 $195.00 $195.00 $200.00 $200.00 $190.00 $195.00 $190.00 $180.00 $240.00 $200.00 $170.00 $225.00 $185.00 $190.00 $215.00

Lot no.

389 303 304 312 341 349 350 351 352 363 376 300 339 374 426 441 356 398 427 358 321 299 333 359 360 369 383 390 309 334 365 392 393 396 403 405 407 408 409 411 413 415 416 418 419 420 424 425 430 437 315 330 345 353 361 366 367 372 373 379 394 404 438 442 443 421 364 347

Desc.

Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Small Rounds Small Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Large Rounds Medium Squares

moisture protein

12.68 11.8 12.49 14.45 11 12.11 12.44 12.98 11.21 13.97 7.6 11.07 12.52 11.53 10.94 14.21 12.64 12.81 20.8 12.02 10.53 12.19

RFV

20.42 153.74 23.71 217.22 25.26 226.38 24.12 176.43 21.61 234.4 19.55 170.38 22.02 165.57 25.57 218.88 22.43 214.57 22 175.13 17.87 150.52 17.52 142.01 25.09 229.41 22.21 147.2 17.32 141.93 22.66 166.23 26.62 237.83 15.53 98.58 13.3 103.41 10.81 110.16 18.79 162.67 24.87 218.75 STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW CORN STALKS OAT STRAW

cut.

2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 3&4 2 2 1 3

Ld. size

22.04 27.98 26.3 26.92 24.99 24.12 26.56 27.19 26.06 26.75 27.95 9.89 16.06 27.85 27.22 18.54 26.7 10.8 6.1 22.42 23.21 23.69 28 34 14 32 14 28 25 23.66 24 23.56 23.44 22.19 19.75 23.51 23.48 24.33 19.26 23.03 24.29 22.97 19.97 22.12 19.37 19.97 24.7 6 19.58 40 54 76 51 60 51 36 76 26.57 26.33 72 76 76 36 54 54 76 34 45

price

$190.00 $225.00 $210.00 $230.00 $230.00 $195.00 $190.00 $210.00 $210.00 $205.00 $190.00 $200.00 $190.00 $200.00 $210.00 $180.00 $210.00 $165.00 $175.00 $180.00 $200.00 $210.00 $55.00 $40.00 $75.00 $50.00 $45.00 $52.50 $110.00 $100.00 $37.50 $90.00 $80.00 $90.00 $100.00 $95.00 $90.00 $50.00 $65.00 $45.00 $105.00 $80.00 $95.00 $90.00 $100.00 $100.00 $117.50 $20.00 $100.00 $25.00 $35.00 $40.00 $37.50 $40.00 $40.00 $40.00 $37.50 $110.00 $110.00 $40.00 $25.00 $25.00 $45.00 $40.00 $35.00 $25.00 $42.50 $35.00

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Dairy Recipes

Dairy Star • Second Section • Saturday, February 26, 2022 • Page 23

From the kitchen of Taylor Przybylski of Krakow, Wisconsin

No bake cherry cheesecake bars 9 graham cracker sheets, one sleeve 1/2 cup melted butter 1 tablespoon sugar 16 ounces cream cheese softened

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Place graham crackers in the food processor and pulse into fine crumbs. In a medium bowl, combine graham cracker crumbs, melted butter, and sugar. Line 8x8 pan with parchment paper. Press the graham cracker mixture evenly into the bottom of the pan. Chill in the refrigerator. In a large bowl, mix softened cream cheese, Cool Whip, powdered sugar, and lemon juice until smooth.

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Kosher salt, to taste (for the pasta water) 8 ounces cream cheese, softened to room temperature 1 cup ricotta cheese 1 teaspoon garlic powder 2 cups mozzarella cheese

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9” x 13” pan and set aside. Spray a large saute pan with cooking spray and heat over medium high heat. Add onion and saute for 3 minutes. Add garlic and saute 1 more minute until fragrant. Add ground beef and saute, breaking up until browned. Drain beef and return to pan. Season with 1 teaspoon of Italian seasoning and mix well with 2 cups marinara sauce and set aside. While the beef cooks, boil spaghetti in well-salted water for three minutes less than the al dente time listed on the package. Drain and return to the pot and mix well to combine with 1 cup marinara sauce. Set aside. In a medium bowl combine cream cheese, ricotta cheese, garlic powder and remaining teaspoon of Italian seasoning. Mix well.

Place half the spaghetti in an even layer in the 9” x 13” pan. Evenly spread the cheese mixture over the top of the spaghetti. Place the remaining spaghetti in a single layer over the top of the cheese. Spread the beef and sauce mixture evenly over the top of the spaghetti. Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese. Bake for 30 minutes or until the top is golden brown. If you want it more browned, broil for 2-3 minutes, but keep a close eye on it so the cheese doesn’t burn. Serve immediately.

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USED SKIDSTEERS

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MANURE HANDLING

NH L225, pilot/H pattern ctrls, Hi-Flow hyd, 2 Spd, 2,360 hrs ............$27,800 ‘18 JD 330G, JS, D, 14.75 Severe Duty Tires, 3000 Lift Cap, C/H/A, 2 spd, 1730 hrs ................................$38,550

‘11 Kuhn Knight, 540 CuFt, 4100 Gal ................................$36,900 NH 185, 540 PTO....................... $7,300 ‘09 Meyer 8865, 1 3/4 1000 PTO, 28x 26 Tires ........................... $23,900 H&S 560, 560 Cu Ft, Upper Beater, Hyd Drive, Endgate, Twin Apron T-Bar Chain .............................. $14,800 ‘05 H&S 370, 370 Bu, Top Beater $10,800 H&S 430W, 16.5x16.1 tires, 430 bu....................................$13,500

‘16 Mustang 3300V, JS Ctrls, Dsl, 3300 Lift Cap, C/H/A, 2 Spd, Hi-Flow, 1090 hrs. - $41,500 ‘18 Gehl RT165, H ctrls., 15.5” tracks, 2000 lift cap., cab, heat, 2 spd., 450 hrs. .................................$44,500 ‘18 Gehl RT165, JS Ctrls, Dsl, 15.5 All Season Tracks, 2500 Lift Cap, C/H/A, 2 Spd, Hydra Glide, 1,020 hrs ...$43,800 (5) Gehl R220, many options ............ Start at $11,850 ‘14 Gehl R190, T-Bar Ctrls, Dsl, 2100 Lift Cap, C & H, 2 Spd, 3,950 hrs ...............................$22,500 ‘09 Gehl 4640E, T-Bar Ctrls, Dsl, 1650 Lift Cap, C&H, 2 Spd, 5,725 hrs$16,800 ‘19 Mustang 2200R, H/F Ctrls, D, 2500 Lift Cap, C/H/A, 2 Spd, 1,572 hrs ...............................$34,000 ‘88 Mustang 2060, H/F Ctrls, D, 1750 Lift Cap, Single Spd, 6,500 hrs ......................Call For Price ‘16 Mustang 1900R, Dual H Ctrls, D, 2000 Lift Cap, C&H, 2 spd, 2380 hrs ................................$31,500 ‘15 Mustang 1900R, H/Ft Ctrls, Dsl, C&H, 2 Spd, 2,778 hrs ...........$29,500 ‘15 Mustang 1900R, JS Ctrls, Dsl, C&H, SS, 1,150 hrs................$30,500 ‘21 Mustang 1500R, H/F Ctrls, Dsl,1600 Lift Cap, C & H, 2,540 hrs, New Rims, Tires And Bucket, Warranty Expires At 3000 Hours Or February 1,2023 $32,500 ‘18 Mustang 1500R H/F Ctrls, D, C&H, 3205 hrs .......................$26,800 ‘19 Mustang 1500R, H/FCtrls, D, 1600 Lift w/ Weight Kit, C&H, 2850 hrs $26,800

USED TMRS/MIXERS

‘10 Penta 2020SD, 200 Cu Ft, 9” Ext, LH 3’ Side Conveyor, Ladder - $13,800

‘14 Gehl V270, JS Ctrls, Dsl, 3000 Lift Cap, C/H/A, 2 Spd, 1,660 hrs - $37,500

TELEHANDLERS ‘21 Manitou MLT625-75H, dsl, 5500 lift cap, C/H/A, 2 spd, 60 hrs .......$91,500 ‘14 Manitou MT840-115PS, Hydro-static, 115HP Diesel, C/H/A, 2,800 hrs. ..................... $75,800

‘15 Kuhn Knight 8124, 2400 Gal, $19,900

TRACTORS ‘19 Kubota B2650, 3 Spd Hydro, 26HP Dsl, Soft Cab, Ldr, Frt Mount Snowblower, Excel Cond, 83 hrs. ...................................$27,000

MANURE HANDLING

‘13 Kuhn Knight PSC181, 800 Cu Ft, Spinner Beater, Headland Deflector, Scales, NT460 Scale Head ..... $54,500 Kuhn Knight 8141, 28 X 26 Tires, 4100 Gal ................................$35,900 Kuhn Knight 8132, 3200 Gal, 600 Bu, Lid, hinges on the left ........... $19,800 ‘12 Kuhn Knight 8132, 425 Tires, 3200 gal ................................. $24,900 ‘13 Kuhn Knight 8124, 2400 Gal, 500 Bu ................................... $18,400 ‘16 Kuhn Knight SLC141, 4100 gal, 700 bu, Hyd LH Lid ................$48,700

‘15 Kuhn Knight RC250, 500 Cu Ft, Helix Reel, Roughage Max Auger, HD Drive, Partial Stainless Liner, Newer Bottom Auger - $29,500

HAY & FORAGE H&S 310, 540 PTO, 295/75-22.5 Tires - $9,600

USED TMRS/MIXERS ‘13 Penta 7520SD, 750 Cu. Ft., 8” Rubber Ext, Frt Sliding Flat Conv., Dual Direction Unload ............. $25,500 ‘12 Penta 6720HD, 670 Cu Ft, 2’ LH Stainless Steel Flip-Up Conveyor, Rear Lts, 9” rubber ext, 2 Spd drive............................ $25,900 AUTOMATIC ATG1200B, 1200 bu/hr, 24” Rolls, 54” Blower, Hyd U Trough Swing Auger, Ear Corn Cob Crusher ................................... $8,500

New H&S Line Wrappers . Call for price (2) Gehl BU980, 16 ft forage box, Gehl 12 Ton Tandem Running Gear ....$4,800 ea.

Miller Pro 5100, 16’ Box ........... $8,750 ‘16 Kuhn VB2290, 4x6 bales, net wrap, 9488 bales.............. $34,900 ‘12 Kuhn VB2190, 4x6 Bales, 16000 bales ........................... $26,900 NH Roll-Belt 560, 2800 bales .. $44,500 ‘15 JD 459SS, 4’ x 5’ Rd Bales, Wide PU, Twine Only, 12,000 Bales $17,250 ‘18 Krone Comprima V180XC, 4’x5’ 11” Round Bale, 8500 Bales ......... $35,000 NH 144, ground driven, 5’ PU, 7’ rear belt w/windrow turner option, good belts ......................................... $3,200

HAY & FORAGE

‘18 H&S LW1100 Line Wrapper, Up To 6’ Round Bales, LED Lights, Remote Steer And Start $25,500 Sovema WR-V-10H Rake, 10 whl $5,200 Tonutti T10, 3PT, 10 Whl Rake... $1,100 Gehl 1065, 3038 corn head, hay head, tandem, metal stop ................$5,750 ‘19 Kuhn Primor 4270M Process 5’ Bales...................$21,900 Highline CFR650 ...................$18,500 HANDLAIR 560 Grain Vac, 1 3/8 1000 PTO, Self Contained Hyd, 1,297 hrs .............................$12,500

MISCELLANEOUS

Edge HB3 Breaker, skid loader mnts, Hyd breaker, 1pt .....................$4,500 Vernig Pallet Forks.....................$650 4 in 1 Bucket, 84” ....................$2,300 ‘18 Grouser Tracks, 18 Pads, Fits JD 320G or Loader with a 44.2” Whl base, All new bushings and pins .................................$2,300 ‘05 RHINO SE7, 84” Cutting Width, 3 Pt. .......................................$2,800 Woodchuck 68ST1, 68” Spreader ................................$3,100 Bobcat 60” Manure Grapple, manure tines 30”, single grapple ........$1,050 Bale Spear .....................................$650 Pallet Forks, 60 inch.................. $1,000 Allied Snowblower 8520, 85” Dual Stage Blower, Hyd Spout Rotation, Low Usage .............................$3,500 JD MX8 Rotary Mower, 8’ wide ..$7,500