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It’s all inside...

Battle with cancer led Clapps into goat farming Pages 36- 37

A day in the life at the Peeters dairy

Kids Corner: The Christens Pages 38 - 39

Women in Jeans: Corrine Hadrich Page 13 Second Section

Pages 20 - 21 Second Section

Quality forages propel Lindos’ herd production

Miron is Washington County Commissioner after 16 years as Mayor

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Pages 3 - 4 Second Section

Tyrrells’ four generations work on dairy farm together

Petzel Brothers are third generation on Century Farm

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Pages 6, 8 Third Section

A Kulzer dairy cow connection Pages 35 - 36

A cutting edge facility provides a place to grow heifers for Davis Family Dairies

Menahga

Browerville

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Sauk Centre Avon Greenwald Hugo Henderson

Nicollet

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Contents

Proud to be a dairy farmer’s daughter

Page 35 Planting delay impacts yield SECOND SECTION Page 6 The “Mielke” Market Weekly Page 7 Dairy Markets Page 8 Dairy in the Suburbs

Olsons’ cow awarded the top protein, production awards for Brown Swiss breed Pages 2, 4 - 5 Third Section

Music parody raises awareness of hungry Americans

FIRST SECTION Pages 15 - 16 From Our Side of the Fence Page 18 Minnesota dairy farmers continue to show superior dairy cow care Page 25 Lentsch appointed SD Secretary of Ag Page 26 FSA News & Notes Page 28 Highlights from Minnesota Dairy Health Conference Page 29 Formulating diets without alfalfa: Cleaning up the aftermath of the 2013 alfalfa winter kill Page 31

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Page 9 Making Cents of Dairy Page 14 Iowa Hay Auction Results Page 15 Goodhue County extends Breakfast on the Farm invitation to non-farm people Page 19 People in the Dairy Community Page 22 Mid-American Hay Auction Results Page 23 Prevented planting? Evaluating your options under crop insurance Pages 25 - 27 Dairy Calendar Pages 30 - 32 MN DHIA Scorecard Page 38 Dairy Recipes Page 39 Crop & weather reports THIRD SECTION Pages 11 - 13 Some Udder Stuff Pages 15 - 17 June Dairy month celebrations Pages 18 - 23 Classieds

Regans will host 27th annual Hay Expo

Spring Valley

Slayton

Waukon

Donahue

Columnists Ag Insider

Veterinary Wisdom

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Getting Kerry’d Away

The Next Generation Page 33

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Pages 10, 12 Second Section

Cinnamon Ridge Dairy ventures into making cheese

Pages 16 - 17 Second Section

Just Thinking Out Loud Page 32

Dear County Agent Guy Page 30

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Near Scales Mound, Ilinois, Udder Comfort has been part of the Koester family’s (below) quality management for three years. This past year they pursued and achieved their co-op’s 2012 Gold Quality milk award.

“Getting the swelling out fast is the key to good circulation for healthier udders” says Jeff Koester.

“Our SCC averaged 120,000 in 2011 and was higher before that. Udder Comfort became a key to progressively bring down our counts, mainly because we would spray udders after each of the first eight post-fresh milkings-no matter how much swelling we saw. After starting this routine last year, we got our counts down to 90,000 and had fewer flare-ups.

Beckman Dairy (below), Dennison, Minnesota also redoubled efforts to take quality to the next level. “We ran counts of 175 to 180,000. Then we started using Udder Comfort. Our counts today are 125 to 150,000,” says Jeff Beckman. He uses the Mas-D-Tec® meter to monitor fresh cows coming in, and check quarters on cows with SCC over 200,000 on DHI test.

“We routinely use the Udder Comfort spray by spraying every fresh udder after each milking, for the first five to seven days after calving,” Jeff explains. “It certainly pays to see this response: Happier heifers, less mastitis, and declining somatic cell counts, consistently below 150,000.”

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“There are a lot of reasons we use Udder Comfort. It’s easy and effective and gets udders in shape-removes swelling, brings out the crease and veining, and helps us maintain a low SCC for our premiums from the bottler,” says Cade Stanek (below) of Our-Favorite Holsteins, Fall Creek, Wisconsin.

“We use it on springers twice a day for three to four days to remove swelling, increase comfort and get them going as quickly as possible. For some, we start a week before calving,” says Stanek. “The quicker I get udder quality to where it should be, the less likely I am to see mastitis or udder problems.”

The Row family also saw a turnaround last summer with their K3C Jerseys, near Osseo, Wisconsin. “Cell counts came in steadily below 200,000 when they used to be over 300,000. We didn’t think that was possible,” say Doug (right) and Melissa Row after Udder Comfort was part of their routine for just five months. “We apply it faithfully after each milking for the first four days after calving” to soften hard quarters and soothe swelling in fresh cows and heifers.

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