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It’s all inside... Dairying Across America: Florida
Farmers travel to New Zealand
Krystoseks burn corncobs to heat home, shop
Pages 14 - 16 Second Section
Pages 1, 6 - 7
Pages 4, 6 Second Section
Schmitts inducted into MLBA Hall of Fame Pages 1, 5
UW-River Falls Dairy Pilot Plant expansion to increase training, innovation
Stranskys humbled by induction into MLBA Hall of Fame Pages 10 - 11
Brabec Farms has 33 percent preg rate
Pages 23, 25
Advances in feed efciency
Pages 18, 20
Pages 4 - 5 Third Section
UW-Extension presents workshop on intuitive cost of production analysis, automatic calf feeding
Kids Corner: The Boelkes Pages 22 - 23 Third Section
Pages 8, 10 - 11 Third Section
Royalton
Stiles promotes dairy as Miss Brookings
Rice
Dairy’s Star Youth: Olivia Oehlke
Pages 35, 37
Mayer River Falls Dairy Challenge participants give back
Cologne
Brookings
Eau Claire Abbotsford
Owatonna
Pages 16 - 17 Third Section
Stewartville St. Charles
Women in Jeans: Shelly Schrandt Page 36
Genoa
Contents FIRST SECTION Page 12 Kung discusses how to improve starch digestibility Pages 15 - 16 From Our Side of the Fence Page 22 On the Road with Princess Kay Page 26 FSA News and Notes Page 28 Carver County Dairy Expo: A great educational event Page 29 Protability, viability of dairy farms Page 31 Are you crown ready? Page 32 Making cents of dairy SECOND SECTION Pages 10, 13 The “Mielke” Market Weekly Page 11 Dairy Markets Pages 19 Dairy Focus: Managing feed refusals
Page 24 Third Section
Sioux Center Pages 20 - 22 MMPA New Zealand Dairy Tours Page 23 People in the Dairy Community Pages 24 - 25 Grant shares tips for feeding, bunk management Page 27 Mid-American Hay Auction results Pages 28 - 29 A2 milk gaining attention Pages 32, 34 - 35 DHIA Annual Rolling Herd Averages Report Pages 38 - 39 Dairy Recipes THIRD SECTION Page 12 Leukosis: a hidden threat Pages 18 - 19 Dairy Calendar Pages 25, 27, 29 Some Udder Stuff Pages 22 - 23 Dairy Calendar Pages 30 - 42 Classieds
Wisconsin family gathers milk containers to construct ice structure
Columnists Ag Insider Pages 8-9
The Next Generation Page 33
Pages 14 - 15 Third Section
Veterinary Wisdom Page 34
Country Cooking
Page 37 Second Section
Dairying in the Suburbs Page 27
Dear County Agent Guy Page 30
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