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Summer is a great time to get out to other farms to see how other dairy producers make their business run.

This issue, we covered three on-farm tours. The Hengemuhle family showcased their newly-built 6-row sandbedded freestall barn and swing-8 parallel parlor for their 160-cow herd near Long Prairie, Minn. Read about the Hengemuhles on pages 10-11 in ďƒžrst section.

The Luebke family hosted the Farm-to-Farm Dairy Tour on July 6, showing others their double-8 step up parlor for their 85 cows on their dairy near Mayer, Minn.

By Mark Klaphake They also shared about the beneďƒžts of their calf facility they built in May 2015. Read about the Luebkes on pages Editor 22-23 in ďƒžrst section.

Stray voltage was the topic of conversation at a meeting on July 12 at Clay View Dairy near Goodhue, Minn. That story is featured on pages 2, 3, 5 in third section.

In our “A day in the life� feature, the Isaacson family made baling hay their focus on July 16. They worked to beat the rain and made both small square bales along with round bales on their 41-cow dairy near Dassel, Minn.

Hay and the alfalfa crop were also the topic of conversation in our “From our side of the fenceâ€? feature on pages 15-16 in ďƒžrst section. Read about where other dairy farmers are at with their hay harvest and what’s been challenging for their crops this summer.

Rain and stormy weather in the last two weeks has been a challenge for many dairy farmers across the upper Midwest. Read on pages 26-27 in second section about how our crop reporters faired in their area. Many of them had varying amounts of rain, including one farmer who reported 7.8 inches in the last two weeks.

Again this issue you will see smiling kids with their favorite animals on their farms. Check out submitted photos of children from across our coverage on pages 14-16 in third section.

The Boese cousins like making people of all ages smile throughout the summer with their ďƒžreworks displays. Tim and Matt Boese are licensed ďƒžreworks operators, coordinating ďƒžreworks for six small-town and community gatherings. Read about how they have a blast in their ďƒžrework venture on pages 3-5 in second section.

Favorite quotes from this issue: “When you spend a day setting up and it’s hot, humid and the mosquitos are thick, you think what are we doing this for? But then we get a phone call‌and they tell us that was the best show they’ve ever seen.

That’s why we do it.� – Matt Boese, Second

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“Having a strong network is so important in this industry. This is going to be a very good thing for the department and the future students. I walked out of school with an appreciation for what it gave me. This will be a way for me to give back.� – Hannah Molitor, Second Section Page 28

By the Numbers The number of cows in Sweden; half of which are housed in tiestall barns. Second Section, Pages 14-15 The percentage of dairy cattle leased at the Minnesota State 4-H Dairy Show in 2015.

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It’s all inside...

FIRST SECTION

Perham

Greenwald

First Section: Pages 1, 5

Third Section: Pages 4, 6 - 7

Pages 12 - 13 Dairy Calendar

Pages 14 - 16

Kids and their cows

Pages 19- 20

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McCook Minnehaha

Hennepin McLeod

Renville

Yellow Medicine

Wright

Carver Scott

Redwood

Nicollet Brown

Murray

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First Section: Pages 1, 6 - 7

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Bringing an awareness of stray voltage Third Section: Pages 2 - 3, 5

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Meeker

Goodhue

SE MN farmers cleaning up after storms

Rice

Goodhue Wabasha

Cottonwood Watonwan Blue Earth Waseca Steele Dodge Olmsted Jackson

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Freeborn

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Sherburne

Lincoln

Hamlin

Mille Lacs

Morrison

Douglas

Stevens

Lac Qui Parle

Codington

Pine

Washinton

Grant

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Carlton

Crow Wing

Todd

Grant Clark

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Roberts

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Ottertail

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St. Peter

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Norman

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Itasca

Hubbard

Polk

Third Section: Pages 17 - 18

Ridgewater launches ag alumni association Page 29 People in the Dairy Community Pages 30 - 31 Dairy Recipes

Page 10

St. Louis

Wadena

Kids Corner: The Fischers

Page 28

UW-Extension hosts alfalfa eld day

Koochiching

Clearwater

Brooten

Second Section: Pages 16 - 19

Mayer

Beltrami

Red Lake

A day in the life of the Isaacson family

Luebkes host Farmer-toFarmer Dairy Tour

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Dairying Around the World Pages 20, 23 Pesko, Jasurda families dairying together for 20 years Page 24 Mid-American Hay Auction results Pages 26 - 27 Crop & Weather Report

First Section: Pages 18, 20

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First Section: Pages 10 - 11

Dassel

Consistent feeding, milking propels Happke herd

Lake of the Woods

Marshall

SECOND SECTION

Pages 6 - 7 Prindle transitions to organic, establishes black walnut orchard Pages 10 - 11 The “Mielke” Market Weekly Page 12 Dairy markets Page 13 Area hay auction results

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Long Prairie

Hengemuhles add freestalls, swing parlor to dairy

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Pages 8 - 9 Ag Insider Pages 12 - 13 Leasing becomes more popular in 4-H project Page 26 FSA News & Notes Page 27 Dairy in the Suburbs Page 28 What are cover crops all about Page 29 Considering heat stress factors Page 30 Dear County Agent Guy Page 31 World dairy traveler Page 32 Just Thinking Outloud Page 33 Dairy Good Life Page 34 Feeds and feeding Page 36 Women in Jeans: Shelly DePestel

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FROM OUR SIDE OF THE FENCE: How are your crops?

Pages 15 - 16

Morristown

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Second Section: Pages 3 - 5

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GMO labeling bill passes

On a vote of 306-117, the House passed the GMO labeling bill on July 14, sending it to President Barack Obama. Labeling of foods that contain GMO ingredients will be mandatory, but it will take years to phase in and will give food companies the option of using straightforward language, a QR code, an 800-number or a link to a website. The driving force behind the bill was to preempt legislation in Vermont, and possibly other states.

Ag Insider A win for agriculture According to National Council of Farmer Cooperatives President/CEO Chuck Conner, the fact that Congress could get anything done on the GMO labeling bill was a huge win for agriculture. Congress is now in recess, resuming session in September. “When they came back, it would have been too late for all practical purposes to do anything about the Vermont law. We took this not only to the 11th hour, but the 11th hour and 59th minute to get this victory.” Conner said the GMO labeling bill sets the precedent for how biotechnology will be handled in the future.

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By Don Wick Not much expected from Congress for the balance of Columnist the year Congress is in recess until early September. With the election ahead, the number of days on the legislative calendar are limited for the remainder of the year. “We would love Congress to work on key issues like immigration reform, the biogas tax credit and the Trans-Pacic Partnership, but in many, many cases, there is so little real time for either the House or Senate to act on anything controversial and we’re not expecting much to happen between mid-July and the rst Tuesday in November,” said Chris Galen, senior vice president of communications, National Milk Producers Federation. With so much unnished business, Galen would expect a lame-duck session to deal with tax relief and the TPP. “A lot will depend on who will be occupying the White House in January.”

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LONG PRAIRIE, Minn. – Whether it was parlor design, barn location or bedding type, each member of the Hengemuhle family had an opinion when expanding the herd and updating on-farm facilities.

“We had many discussions at the kitchen table,” Ron Hengemuhle said. “We wanted what was best for the cows.”

In 2015, Ron and his wife, Brenda, with their children, Nikki (Hengemuhle) Andreasen, and Matt and Danny Hengemuhle, built a 6-row sandbedded freestall barn and swing-8 parallel parlor, and increased the milking herd from 90 to 160 cows on their dairy near Long Prairie, Minn.

To showcase their new setup and provide other dairy producers with advice for making on-farm improvements, the Hengemuhle family hosted a University of Minnesota Todd County Summer Dairy Tour July 7.

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“We were so crowded that we gave up our dry cow area, and then there were lots of problems with the dry cows,” Ron said. “We needed to make things simpler, and that’s hard to do in a stall barn. This was our solution.”

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From Our Side Of The Fence

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What is the mid-summer status of your crops?

Keith Fasching Winsted, Minn.

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How many acres of land do you have and what crops are you growing this year? I run 210 acres and plant corn, alfalfa and a little bit of oats. This year I have 120 acres of corn, 25 acres of oats and 65

What is the mid-summer status of the crops? The corn looks pretty good. It’s a little bit uneven because we had a cool, wet spring. The oats we chopped off in late June. So far the rst two crops of alfalfa have turned out real good.

What cutting of hay are you working on? We are working on third crop hay. We cut it yesterday (July 19) and we are chopping it today. We chopped rst crop and put it in a bunker and then we big square baled the second crop.

Randy and Carol (not pictured) Thompson New York Mills, Minn.

Ottertail County 40 cows How many acres of land do you have and what crops are you growing this year? We operate 490 acres with the rented ground we have. We plant 60 acres of oats, 150 acres of corn and 140 acres of alfalfa. The balance is pasture and CRP land.

What is the mid-summer status of the crops? Now we are sitting really good. Before the rains we were looking really tough. We received 5.5 inches of rain the weekend of the 11th.

What cutting of hay are you working on? I am nishing up second cutting. I have 30 acres left to cut and should have it all up by this weekend (July 23).

How did the last cutting turn out? The rst crop was really good, but I didn’t have any of it tested. It had a much better volume than the past two years.

How did the last cutting turn out? The hay tested 160 RFQ, 140 RFV and 20 percent protein.

What has been the biggest challenge you’ve had with your crops during this growing season? We What has been the biggest challenge you’ve had had a real dry period before this rain that set the corn with your crops during this growing season? The back. Some of it was burning and there is some undamp cool spring and a couple big rain falls drowned evenness to it. We haven’t had to spray for weevils yet out the low spots in the corn. The hay has been pretty so that’s been good. good. I haven’t had to spray the hay yet this year.

Tell us about your farm. Carol and I have been farmTell us about your farm. I have been farming for six ing here for 26 years. We bought it from my uncle. years. I rented for the rst three years and now I’ve We have two grown daughters, Sada, who’s married been on my own for three years. I have 70 cows and and has a daughter Mila and one on the way. She is 90 youngstock. I sell my bull calves when they are a a registered nurse. Savannah, is our other daughter, week old. I also have a few Guernseys, Brown Swiss and she is an elementary school teacher. We have one and Milking Shorthorns. I own the farm and my dad, high school kid, Zach Frost, who’s been helping us Joel, works for me. part-time on the farm since he was 8 years old. He graduated this past spring. Carol and I own 400 acres and rent another 90 acres. She is a full-time dental hygienist. We milk 40 cows and have 40 beef cows.

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Murray County 60 cows How many acres of land do you have and what crops are you growing this year? We farm about 600 acres. This year we are growing corn, soybeans, oats and alfalfa.

What is the mid-summer status of the crops? All of our crops are looking very good right now. We have been receiving some good, timely rains.

What cutting of hay are you working on? We have just nished up with our second cutting of alfalfa.

How did the last cutting turn out? We felt it was a good crop, but it did get rained on a bunch so we ended up putting it up in round bales. We will likely use it for youngstock.

What has been the biggest challenge you’ve had with your crops during this growing season? The weather has been fairly cooperative in our area for the growing season. But as it is every day, week and year, our biggest challenge is getting all the work done around here that needs to be done.

Tell us about your farm. I farm with my wife, Tami, and our son, Jacob. In 1994, we converted our tiestall barn into a double-6 herringbone parlor. We milk 60 cows two times a day and farm around 600 acres of land. We keep all of our youngstock, raise all of our own replacement animals, but sell our steers at approximately 600 pounds. Jacob is 16 this summer and is just getting started in calf raising. He is active in our local Russell-Tyler-Ruthton FFA chapter and plans to attend Ridgewater College after high school, and take classes in dairy management. We are looking at possibly expanding our dairy when he nishes college.

Jacob is thinking that we should install robots. At this time we as a family do all of the work on our farm, making it very difcult to take time off. But we do nd time to get away now and then thanks to Jacob’s friends. As we say, our “family time” is when we are milking cows.

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What is the mid-summer status of your crops?

Charlie Storandt Mindoro, Wis. La Crosse County 115 cows

Tim Schauer Glencoe, Minn.

Sibley County 70 cows

Adam Kammerer Lewiston, Minn.

Winona County 168 cows

How many acres of land do you have and what crops are you growing this year? I have 245 acres total. I raise corn on 175 acres, and on the other 70 acres, I raise alfalfa.

How many acres of land do you have and what crops are you growing this year? We farm 400 acres and plant corn, soybeans and alfalfa.

How many acres of land do you have and what crops are you growing this year?

We farm 900 acres of owned and rented land, and grow alfalfa, corn, soybeans, oats and grass hay.

What is the mid-summer status of the crops? Crops are growing well, probably the best I have ever seen while farming.

The corn is already tasseling. On the 4th of July, I went out to take my knee high photo, but instead, I put my hands in the air, and you could barely see the tips of my ngers. Now, corn is standing 8 feet high in this area. As for alfalfa, the yield has been excellent.

We’ve gotten through rst and second crop earlier than years before. Furthermore, the second cutting yielded just as much as the rst crop. Now, our third cutting is coming alone very well. All of this is thanks to warmer weather and plenty of moisture.

What cutting of hay are you working on? We are in between the second and third cuttings right now. We have half of a week left before we will start on third crop.

How did the last cutting turn out? Like I said, everything turned out excellent. We were fortunate to get in for cuttings in a timely fashion with no rain on it. We didn’t have any insects or damage and didn’t even have to spray insecticide this year. The cows should really milk on this hay this year.

What has been the biggest challenge you’ve had with your crops during this growing season? Honestly? I haven’t really had any challenges to speak of.

There were a few weeds, but they were cleaned up with the second spraying. Crops this year are just really good.

Tell us about your farm. The farm has been in the family since 1903, and I am currently the fourth generation. I farm with my son, Allan, and my dad, Willard, still helps out a little bit. I have a part-time employee named A.J. who helps out when needed, as well. We have 115 cows total and are currently milking 90. We milk twice a day in a 75-stall stanchion barn. Our heifers are raised on another farm site that we own.

What is the mid-summer status of the crops?

The corn looks excellent; everything is tall and tasseled. The soybeans look excellent as well. The rows are canopied and have been for some time. The alfalfa has been good, too.

What cutting of hay are you working on? We are working on third crop. It’s all down right now (July 19). I plan to chop some and then round bale. The rst crop we covered in a bunker, the second crop we round baled as dry hay.

How did the last cutting turn out? We haven’t had it tested yet.

What has been the biggest challenge you’ve had with your crops during this growing season? Finding the time period to get the soybeans sprayed because it was wet here for a while. We’ve also had to spray the hay twice, after rst and second cutting, for bugs.

Tell us about your farm. My wife, Dawn, and I farm full-time together on the farm. We have three boys, Taylor, Adam and Owen. We milk 70 cows and we custom raise 400 heifers and fatten out 40-50 of our own steers. We farm together with my parents, Dale and Jeane.

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What is the mid-summer status of the crops? Our crops have been doing great this summer. The corn is seven to 10 days away from full tassel. The beans are starting to ower, and the hay crops have had lots of tons so far this year. We have been getting plenty of rain.

What cutting of hay are you working on? We are nished chopping second crop and currently have the rest cut for baling.

How did the last cutting turn out? Our second crop we let bloom out and chopped for her feed. Feed value was less but tonnage was really good.

What has been the biggest challenge you’ve had with your crops during this growing season? The biggest challenge I’ve had this year is getting alfalfa dry enough to bale and trying to keep ahead of the weeds in a few of the corn elds. I put a pre emerge spray on the beans so weed control was good there.

Tell us about your farm. My wife, Shelby, and I farm in partnership with my parents, Lyle and Cynthia. We have four kids, Evan, Avery, Levi and Lilly. We also raise all our replacement heifers. I have a beef herd I started when I was younger, and has now grown to 85 cows. We feed out all our beef and dairy steers. Along with a couple part-time employees, I have a sister, Emily, who helps out a lot when she is not working off the farm.

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JD 8450, 1984, 12,344 hrs.,#125922 ......$22,900 JD 8560, 1989, 9900 hrs., #127263 ........$26,500 Versatile 946, 1991, #130975 .................$32,500 JD 8760, 1990, 8737 hrs., #121544 ........$54,500 JD 8770, 1995, 7638 hrs., #119125 ........$64,500 JD 9400, 1998, 3971 hrs., #126204 ........$84,900 NH TV6070, 2009, 2565 hrs., #124501 ...$89,000 JD 9300, 2000, 3045 hrs., #124837 ........$92,500 JD 9520, 2006, 5016 hrs., #110315 ......$141,500 JD 9560R, 2013, 2000 hrs., #127913 ....$235,000 JD 9560R, 2013, 2090 hrs., #127914 ....$235,000 JD 9560R, 2013, 2188 hrs., #127912 ....$235,000 JD 9630, 2010, 1746 hrs., #123341 ......$235,000 JD 9460R, 2012, 1123 hrs., #129309 ....$239,000 JD 9460R, 2012, 869 hrs., #130519 ......$245,000 JD 9460R, 2014, 529 hrs., #125963 ......$265,000 JD 9560R, 2013, 780 hrs., #127237 ......$275,000 JD 9560R, 2013, 153 hrs., #123386 ......$295,000 JD 9620R, 2015, 402 hrs., #125913 ......$399,000

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JD CT322, 2006, 3305 hrs., #130736 ......$19,800 JD CT322, 2006, 3609 hrs., #126268 ......$24,900 JD 319D, 2012, 350 hrs., #129351 ..........$35,000 JD 319D, 2010, 463 hrs., #130278 ..........$36,900 JD 323D, 2012, 1637 hrs., #120367 ........$37,900 JD 333E, 2013, 1731 hrs., #128299 ........$48,000 JD 333D, 2013, 1279 hrs., #124961 ........$49,500 JD 323E, 2014, 126 hrs., #123475 ..........$49,900 JD 323E, 2014, 506 hrs., #123205 ..........$51,900 JD 333D, 2012, 690 hrs., #130565 ..........$51,900 JD 333D, 2013, 932 hrs., #125901 ..........$51,900 JD 323E, 2015, 282 hrs., #129368 ..........$52,900 JD 323E, 2014, 291 hrs., #125605 ..........$55,900 JD 323E, 2015, 165 hrs.,#130570 ...........$57,000 JD 329E, 2013, 405 hrs.,#121156 ...........$57,900 JD 329E, 2014, 722 hrs., #126548 ..........$57,900 JD 329E, 2014, 419 hrs., #128337 ..........$59,500 JD 333E, 2014, 576 hrs., #120261 ..........$64,900 JD 333E, 2015, 446 hrs., #125621 ..........$67,500 JD 333E, 2015, 387 hrs., #125622 ..........$68,000 JD 333E, 2015, 428 hrs., #125424 ..........$68,000 JD 333E, 2015, 216 hrs., #129971 ..........$69,900 JD 333E, 2015, 176 hrs., #130057 ..........$70,500 JD 333E, 2015, 192 hrs., #130058 ..........$70,500

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JD 510, 1997, #125827 ...........................$10,500 DMI 730B, 2005, #127075 .......................$12,500 DMI ECOLO-TIGER 730B, #123819 .........$14,900 JD 2700, 2001, #126403 .........................$15,500 Case 530B, #125613 ...............................$18,900 JD 2700, 2006, #130972 .........................$19,500 JD 512, 2000, #116991 ...........................$20,000 JD 2700, 2005, #118476 .........................$22,000

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JD 2700, 2008, #126846 .........................$22,000 JD 2700, 2010, #127009 .........................$24,000 JD 2700, 2008, #123790 .........................$24,500 Case 9300, 2003, #126950......................$29,500 JD 2700, 2008, #123762 .........................$32,900 JD 2700, 2009, #118932 .........................$34,000 JD 2700, 2013, #116881 .........................$34,000 JD 2700, 2011, #116015 .........................$36,500 JD 2700, 2012, #105885 .........................$36,500 JD 2700, 2012, #126875 .........................$36,900 JD 2700, 2012, #126876 .........................$36,900 JD 2700, 2013, #118291 .........................$39,500 JD 2700, 2010, #116633 .........................$39,900 JD 2700, 2012, #118104 .........................$39,900 Salford 9813, 2012, #108447 ..................$49,000 Case IH 870, 2011, #130393 ...................$51,000 Case IH 870, 2012, #118569 ...................$60,000 JD 2730, 2015, #117797 .........................$69,000

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New Holland BR740A, 2006, #131072 ...$12,500 New Holland BR750, 2003, #122883 ......$12,900 JD 566, 1999, #119723 ...........................$14,000 JD 458, 2007, #127678 ...........................$14,500 JD 557, 2002, #125266 ...........................$15,900 JD 566, 2000, #131243 ...........................$16,900 JD 568, 2007, #131030 ...........................$17,500 New Holland BR7090, 2010, #131185 ....$19,000 New Holland BR7080, 2012, #123818 ....$19,900 JD 568, 2009, #125546 ...........................$22,500 New Holland ROLL-BELT 450, 2015, #129121 ...................................................$22,500 JD 458, 2009, #131244 ...........................$22,900 Case IH RB564, 2008, #129522 ..............$23,000 New Holland BR7090, 2008, #123046 ....$24,900 JD 568, 2009, #126994 ...........................$27,900 JD 568, 2008, #119918 ...........................$30,000 JD 568, 2012, #121286 ...........................$31,000 JD 568, 2007, #122377 ...........................$31,900 JD 468, 2011, #126398 ...........................$32,650 JD 469, 2014, #126188 ...........................$33,900 JD 568, 2011, #126221 ...........................$34,900 JD 568, 2012, #123505 ...........................$34,900 JD 469, 2014, #121911 ...........................$35,900 JD 468, 2011, #129122 ...........................$36,500 JD 469, 2013, #118387 ...........................$36,500 JD 569, 2014, #121188 ...........................$38,500 JD 569, 2013, #126055 ...........................$39,500 JD 569, 2013, #116188 ...........................$39,900 JD 569, 2014, #124210 ...........................$40,000 JD 569, 2013, #129929 ...........................$41,799 JD 569, 2014, #123810 ...........................$42,900 JD 569, 2014, #123811 ..........................$42,900 JD 569, 2014, #118014 ...........................$44,900

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New Holland LS185-B, 533 hrs., #130952...................................... $19,900 JD 325, 2008, 3338 hrs., #126849 ..........$21,500 JD 320D, 2012, 2260 hrs., #130315 ........$22,900 JD 320, 2007, 580 hrs., #126492 ............$24,900 JD 320D, 2012, 1566 hrs., #124756 ........$24,900 New Holland L190, 2010, 1506 hrs., #128537 ...................................................$25,900 JD 320D, 2012, 2150 hrs., #123100 ........$28,750 JD 315, 2014, 27 hrs., #113452 ..............$28,900 JD 315, 2014, 42 hrs., #113451 ..............$28,900 JD 326D, 2013, 2275 hrs., #131154 ........$28,900 JD 318D, 2010, 985 hrs., #122690 ..........$29,500 JD 320E, 2014, 2264 hrs., #124162 ........$29,700 JD 332D, 2011, 2749 hrs., #117927 ........$30,900 JD 320E, 2014, 1748 hrs., #125994 ........$32,000 JD 318D, 2010, 285 hrs., #126439 ..........$32,900 JD 320D, 2012, 402 hrs., #127483 ..........$33,500 JD 326E, 2014, 1951 hrs., #126744 ........$33,500 JD 320E, 2015, 142 hrs., #127651 ..........$33,900 JD 318E, 2014, 523 hrs., #125356 ..........$36,900 JD 320D, 2013, 210 hrs., #126841 ..........$37,000 JD 326E, 2014, 860 hrs., #127652 ..........$37,500 JD 320E, 2014, 147 hrs., #118329 ..........$38,500 JD 320E, 2015, 29 hrs., #116484 ............$39,900 JD 320E, 2014, 115 hrs., #121065 ..........$40,900 JD 328E, 2014, 561 hrs., #123437 ..........$40,900 JD 318E, 2015, 45 hrs., #118133 ............$41,500 JD 326E, 2014, 430 hrs., #125552 ..........$41,500 JD 320E, 2014, 429 hrs., #125588 ..........$41,900 JD 320E, 2015, 30 hrs., #126180 ............$41,900 JD 326E, 2015, 141 hrs., #118077 ..........$42,900 JD 332E, 2014, 352 hrs., #115525 ..........$42,900 JD 326E, 2014, 490 hrs., #128883 ..........$43,500 JD 320E, 2015, 40 hrs., #121127 ............$43,900 JD 320E, 2015, 115 hrs., #130568 ..........$43,900 JD 326E, 2013, 177 hrs., #104177 ..........$43,900 JD 328E, 2014, 830 hrs., #125591 ..........$43,900 JD 326E, 2015, 150 hrs., #128590 ..........$44,000 JD 326E, 2015, 136 hrs., #118578 ..........$44,900 JD 328E, 2013, 155 hrs., #104185 ..........$45,900 JD 326E, 2015, 150 hrs., #130571 ..........$46,000 JD 326E, 2015, 200 hrs., #127008 ..........$46,000 JD 332D, 2012, 612 hrs., #127231 ..........$46,000 JD 328E, 2014, 546 hrs., #124407 ..........$46,900 Bobcat T870, 2013, 1705 hrs., #127860 $48,900 JD 328E, 2014, 531 hrs., #127230 ..........$49,500 JD 332E, 2014, 495 hrs., #116321 ..........$49,900

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ConĆ&#x;nued from LUEBKE | Page 22 south side and two on the north.

When the curtains are completely closed, temperatures must reach 45 degrees for the ď&#x192;&#x17E;rst curtain zone to open two feet.

At 50 degrees, the second section opens. It opens another section at 55 degrees; another is opened at 60 degrees, and the curtains are completely opened at 70 degrees.

The Luebkes have chicken wire on the sides to keep the birds out of the barn when the curtains are open.

Inside, Luebke has an automated calf feeder. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have help to do calf chores,â&#x20AC;?

Luebke said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With milk prices where they were at the time, I could afford it. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s saved me 1.5 hours per day. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a totally different way to raise calves.â&#x20AC;?

The calves are divided in two pens.

One group is on the feeder, while the second group consists of weaned calves up to 3 months old. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We try to keep the age groups together,â&#x20AC;? Luebke said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have 35 square feet per calf with a maximum of 22 calves in the barn.â&#x20AC;?

Calves are fed three pounds of milk replacer each day starting with eight feedings at the beginning and peaking at 13 feedings. At 6 weeks old, calves are auto weaned losing one feeding per day. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t slug feed the calves each day like we were in the hutches,â&#x20AC;? Luebke said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spread out more.â&#x20AC;?

Calves are also fed free choice calf starter and water, which is heated to 90 degrees all year.

The feeders are cleaned once a day. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wash everything at night with the milkers,â&#x20AC;? Luebke said.

With a little over a year in the naturally-ventilated calf facility, the Luebkes are happy with their management decisions. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been very fortunate to not have a single case of scours or lost a

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The Luebkes â&#x20AC;&#x201C; (from leĹ&#x152;) Tom, Jody, Norville and Brady â&#x20AC;&#x201C; hosted the Farmerto-Farmer Dairy Tour featuring their naturally-venĆ&#x;lated calf barn, automated feeder and acĆ&#x;vity monitors on July 6 at their 85-cow dairy near Mayer, Minn. calf since moving in here,â&#x20AC;? Luebke said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worked really well for the calves.

Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re healthier and growing well. I would do it again in a minute.â&#x20AC;?

Focusing on fertility and health Catching cows in heat was also a challenge for the Luebkes once their children were off the farm. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I only get a chance to check on the cows when Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m feeding them,â&#x20AC;? Luebke said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Their ď&#x192;&#x17E;rst response at that time isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t to show estrus but to eat, and I never had time to go back and check on them.â&#x20AC;?

To improve his herdâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heat detection, Luebke started using the fertility module through the CowManager system through Select Sires in October 2015.

The system uses ear tags with a computer microchip to measure speciď&#x192;&#x17E;c

head movements to record the cowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s activity. The ear tags communicate with a router within 500 feet of the barn, which sends the information to a computer, tablet or smartphone connected to the Internet.

After installing the system, Luebke saw a difference in his heat detection management. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was catching more cows in heat,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been very successful.

Because of that, our calf barn could be over capacity in the coming months.â&#x20AC;?

Since installing the activity monitors, Luebke is now monitoring rumination, resting and eating time, and body temperature through the system. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re fully taking advantage of the functions it provides,â&#x20AC;? Luebke said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m very happy with it.â&#x20AC;?

Providing alternatives for tail docking Although the Luebkes do not dock tails on their farm, Marcia Endres, a professor for dairy cattle production at the University of Minnesota, provided options for trimming tails. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tail docking was originally supposed to be phased out by 2022, but new guidelines for the Farmers Assuring Responsible Management (FARM) program, moved the deadline up to January 2017,â&#x20AC;? Endres said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Farmers were left wondering what they were going to do because of that.â&#x20AC;?

Endres and Gerard Cramer, an associate professor in the college of veterinary medicine at the University of Minnesota, worked together to develop other ways to manage tails for cow cleanliness.

One option is to use a scissors to cut the switch below the tailbone. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s simple, cheap and fast,â&#x20AC;? Endres said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still hair there that could trap dirt. It would also have to be done more frequently.â&#x20AC;?

Farmers can also use a cow clipper to trim the hair around the tailbone. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It deď&#x192;&#x17E;nitely removes more hair than a scissors, but it can be awkward to handle,â&#x20AC;? Endres said.

Finally, there is the TailWell tail trimmer, which is a cordless drill attachment with circular blades to trim the hair. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The tail is fed through the attachment and it trims the hair from the side of the tail,â&#x20AC;? Endres said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t leave a lot of hair, so farmers donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to trim as often. But, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a more expensive investment â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $400 to $500.â&#x20AC;?

No matter which option the producers choose for tail trimming, Endres said they all work. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Producers just have to choose what works best for them,â&#x20AC;? Endres said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are options out there.â&#x20AC;?

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Celebrating an international success FFA dairy youth compete, win at Scotland’s Royal Highland Show

By Missy Mussman missy@dairystar.com

ST. PETER, Minn. – After winning the Central FFA Contest at World Dairy Expo 2015, the South Central Minnesota Agricultural Science Academy FFA Chapter’s dairy judging team can add another win under their belt.

Leif Annexstad, 16, Nick Seitzer, 16, Matthias Annexstad, 16, and Jacob Pehrson, 16, competed as two teams of two during the International Dairy Judging Contest on June 25 at the 2016 Royal Highland Show in Edinburgh, Scotland. Leif and Seitzer were paired together and placed rst in the high school division of the contest.

“We were totally surprised,” Leif said. “We never expected this.”

For coach, Gena Lilienthal, seeing Leif and Seitzer place rst internationally was exciting.

“I’m so proud of them,” she said.

But they consider it a team win.

“They all had extremely high scores in every contest. They had to win as a team to get there,” Lilienthal said. “They all deserved to attend an event like this. I have a team most ag teachers wish they had. They like to study and try hard, and their success reects that.”

Besides splitting the fourman team into pairs, the team saw other differences in the set up of the contest.

Instead of 12 minutes for

placing classes and 15 minutes for reasons classes they usually get, they were only given ve minutes to judge and take notes.

“It was different, but we practiced a lot before to get used to it,” Seitzer said. “It was nice not having less time. We didn’t get a chance to second-guess ourselves. We had to go with our gut and stick with it.”

The team judged four classes of Jerseys, Holsteins and Ayrshires and gave two sets of reasons, which had to lead with, “Ladies and gentleman, I placed this class ...”

“We all got a perfect 50 on our Ayrshire placings,” Matthias said. “The cows were pretty similar to what we see here. They might not be quite as nice as the cows at Expo, but they’re still good cattle.”

Another difference they noticed was how close they could get to the cattle during the contest.

“We can’t touch the animals here, but we can there,” Pehrson said. “We weren’t used to that.

You could pick out the U.S. kids.

We were all standing back while everyone else was up touching the cows.”

But some things were similar to U.S. dairy judging.

“They judge pretty much the same way we do,” Leif said.

After competing in the Royal Highland Show, the team visited a dairy in Glascow, Scotland and Northern England.

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The South Central Minnesota Agricultural Science Academy FFA dairy judging team – (from leŌ) MaƩhias Annexstad, Nick Seitzer, Leif Annexstad and Jacob Pehrson – display their awards from the InternaƟonal Dairy Judging Contest in Edinburgh, Scotland. cattle in freestall barns, but one saw was the crops they grew. milked their cows with robots and “It rains a lot there, so they a parlor, while the other milked don’t grow much besides grass,” their cows in the old tiestall barn. he said. “They chop the grass for “We didn’t know what to silage and feed protein pellets, viexpect since we had never been tamins and minerals. That’s their overseas before, but we realized ration.” the facilities were pretty similar Seitzer was also at a dairy to what we have here,” Pehrson with a young man from Illinois. said. “The difference was, the The host family milks 90 cows in farms were only 40 feet from a double-6 parlor and house the their neighbors, and some have herd in an old freestall barn a few their barns attached to the hous- miles out of town. es.”

“They were building a new That held true for most of the parlor and barn for the cows when farms they saw with their host we were there,” Seitzer said. families in Luxembourg.

Although Matthias’ host Leif and Pehrson stayed at family did not have a farm, their a dairy that milked 80 cows in a daughter and son-in-law had a swing-6 parlor and housed in a dairy they visited with a freestall freestall barn. barn and parlor set up. He also Like they saw before, the saw their neighbor’s dairy, too. farm was right in town and the “He milks 250 cows with house was attached to the barn. four robots in a newer barn,” he For Leif, the difference he said. “A lot of the dairies had slat-

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The team was able to judge one class of eight cows in the ring with the judge during the Luxembourg livestock show and sale.

“It was pretty cool,” Seitzer said. “The judge had gone on our trip before and came back to judge.”

Ironically, the team was on these farms during the Brexit vote with England leaving the EU. “Farmers were apprehensive about the outcome because certain farm subsidies depended on that vote,” Lilienthal said. “It was interesting to be there and see their reactions.”

Besides visiting dairy farms, the team also toured London, Brussels, Belgium and Germany.

“It was nice to be a tourist for a while,” Seitzer said.

As the trip came to an end, it was not easy for the team to leave.

“We grew attached to our host families and the people we spent time with,” Pehrson said.

For Matthias, meeting new people from the United States and other countries was the best part of the trip.

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Seitzer agreed.

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Severe weather has swept through the area and I hope you nd yourself safe and sound. With the recent heavy rains and storms that have been blowing through I thought it prudent to remind our farmers of FSA programs that may be helpful if you suffered a loss to cattle, pasture, or mechanically harvested hay. Please review the below articles, and if you have suffered a loss, you have 30 calendar days to contact your local FSA ofce. FSA News & Notes Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-Raised Fish Program (ELAP) provides emergency relief for losses due to feed, disease, adverse weather, or other conditions, which are not adequately addressed by other disaster programs. ELAP covers physically damaged or destroyed livestock feed that was purchased or mechanically harvested forage or feedstuffs intended for use as feed for the producer’s eligible livestock. In order to be considered eligible, forage must be harvested or baled; forage that is only

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Stormy weather

We knew that stormy weather was headed our way to illuminate our dinner of sandwiches and fruit.

– the forecasters had been predicting wide-spread With the generator working, the lights in the severe storms all day. The skies started house ickered on, but I quickly turned to darken around evening chore time, so off so that the power could be Dairy in the Suburbs everything I ipped the television channel to a news focused on the barn. I made an exception station. to switch on the TV and check the radar.

Colors lit up the map of Minnesota.

The worst seemed to be past us. Our Our area was under a severe thunderstorm electric company’s website estimated warning and a tornado watch. Heavy power to be restored by 11:30 p.m. rain, large hail, radar indicated rotation, The greenish hue remained in the sky possible winds so strong they would be until sunset, when everything glowed the equivalent of an F2 tornado. All just orange. Kurt came in only about an hour to the west and moving in our direction. after his normal time. The generator had I went outside to batten-down the to run until the milk was cooled in the hatches. The big doors were already tank. We watched a little TV before I closed on the machine shed. I pulled turned in for the night, leaving Kurt to down the garage door and pushed shut stay up until he could shut off the tractor

By Susan Steinke the tall, wooden barn doors, bracing running the generator.

Columnist them with metal fence posts. I hurried Early the next morning, I rolled over to the lower part of the barn where Kurt to see that my alarm clock was still off, was milking cows. He seemed unconcerned about the warnings.

“If you hear the sirens, be sure to come in.” He nodded. “Promise?” He nodded again.

Back in the house, the TV showed the storm approaching Buffalo, just 13 miles up the road. Talk shifted away from tornados to damaging winds. “A strong possibility of straight-line winds,” the weather forecaster said. “Stay away from windows and seek shelter.”

The sky was an eerie green. While the kids put on their shoes, I closed the curtain on the picture window

A the As h storm di died dd down, K Kurt began the process of digging the generator out of the machine shed and hooking it up. in the living room, hoping to contain shattered glass if it came to it. Our basement is unnished, as in dirt oor, wooden beams, and cobwebs galore unnished, so it is an absolute last resort. The sirens hadn’t gone off yet, so we gathered ashlights, pillows, and snacks and settled under a sturdy table in the windowless piano room. Tate and Gemma thought it was fun, but Lily was nervous and quiet.

With the rst large gust of wind, the power went out. Unable to milk, Kurt came inside shortly after. Just as the rain started to fall, he ran outside again because the winds had blown the barn door open, despite my attempts to secure it. By the time he came back inside, water was dripping from his clothes.

Leaving the kids under the table, we stood at the porch windows, watching the rain fall in sheets. The plastic swimming pool I forgot to put away spun across the grass. We saw twigs and leaves y by as the tops of the trees in our yard whipped around in the wind.

As the storm died down, Kurt began the process of digging the generator out of the machine shed to hook it up. The kids and I found all of the candles in the house and lit them in the dining room and kitchen

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which meant the power hadn’t been restored. We’ll need the generator again. But then through my sleepy haze I hear voices. It’s the electric company in our driveway, and a few seconds later my alarm clock blinked noon.

The storm left us with a attened oats eld and a yard strewn with sticks. We fared much better than our neighboring cities to the north, who suffered downed power lines, lost trees, and building damage. My friends shared stories of being without power for a day or more, and wondered if they should buy a generator when they hear about ours. But the purpose of our generator isn’t to preserve our perishables or keep the water running; it’s to get the cows milked.

Susan and her husband, Kurt, milk 40 cows in Greeneld, Minn. They have three little farmhands: Lily, 8, Tate, 4, and Gemma, 2. Just two miles east of their farm, on a clear day you can see the Minneapolis skyline. Susan can be reached at kurt.susan@hotmail. com.

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Cover crops are a current hot topic. Why all the hoopla?

The term “cover crop” can be confusing since some people utilize cover crops as pasture, others harvest them for forage, some plant cover crops in a prevent-plant situation, and others terminate the cover crop and seed the next regular crop. We hear of people planting various combinations of plant species.

What is the common thread in this cover crop discussion? The term “cover crop” means that we plant something to cover the ground during times when we traditionally may not have something growing in our elds, such as after harvest of corn silage,

By Randy Pepin soybeans, corn grain, sweet corn or small U of M Extension grain that is not a nurse crop.

One of the other latest hot topics in agriculture is soil health. Soil health encompasses many practices including diverse crop rotation, minimal tillage, livestock manure and cover crops. Recent research indicates that soil is healthier when something is growing in it for as much of the year as possible. Barren or fallow ground does not provide for a healthy soil. Of course, we do not want weeds to take over, so we must control what is growing. Two cornerstones of soil health are livestock manure, a natural output of livestock operations, and cover crops. Is it possible to integrate timely liquid manure incorporation and cover crops in the same system?

Another popular topic is water quality. What can cover crops contribute to water quality? Reducing soil erosion to minimize nitrogen, phosphorus and sediment from entering any of our surface waters can be a direct benet of cover crops.

When soil nitrogen leaches, it can contaminate our groundwater and/or surface water. Can cover crops decrease nitrogen leaching? Desired results of using cover crops are less wind and water erosion, increased soil organic matter, reduced soil compaction, and less nutrient loss to the environment, all while maintaining or increasing crop yield.

For many dairy farmers, their crop rotation is corn silage and alfalfa, with possibly some corn grain. Dairy farmers frequently plant small grains for an alfalfa nurse crop; thus, the small grain functions as a cover crop in the spring and alfalfa becomes the cover crop that fall. In addition to wind and water erosion protection, alfalfa provides biodiversity in the rota-

tion and xes nitrogen, making established alfalfa an excellent cover crop.

With corn silage, the nominal plant residue left on the soil surface and the relatively early harvest exposes bare ground to the elements for an extended period allowing opportunity for signicant wind and water erosion. The greatest opportunity for utilizing cover crops on most dairy farms is after corn silage harvest. With typical late-September/early-October corn silage harvest, the main fall cover crop options are small grains. Oats, spring wheat, spring rye and spring triticale will usually grow if we plant them late September/early October.

They will not survive winter, eliminating the need to terminate the cover crop. However, in the spring, we lose protection from wind and water erosion and are unable to sequester nitrogen. Other research indicates that most nitrogen leaching losses happen in the spring. Winter cereals have the benet of providing cover both fall and early spring; however, you must either terminate the winter cereal before planting corn, or harvest it as a forage in late May, delaying corn planting.

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Nick’s burgers Page 30 • Dairy Star • Saturday, July 23, 2016

This is embarrassing to admit, but I was a late As spring gave way to summer, my tractor gradubloomer by today’s standards. It’s true: I was 11 by ally overcame its predilection for wallowing in every the time my father introduced me to one of life’s mud hole it could nd. Coincidentally, my backinggreatest delights, that consummate ecstasy known as up skills also improved. It got so that I could hook restaurant dining. onto a wagon in less than an My 11th summer had hour, a huge reduction from been a watershed season I watched half a day. h d iin awe as the h cook k its former for me. Dad had determined When oat harvest arthat I could be entrusted placed balls of raw burger rived, Dad tasked me with with operating one of our hauling oats from the comancient John Deere tractors, onto a massive griddle... bine to our granary. I nearly based mostly on the fact that burst with pride as this was I was nally strong enough my manliest assignment yet. to pull its clutch.

Being entrusted to haul oats signied Dad’s growing Our tractors were cantankerous; they took my condence in me. mighty tugs on their steering wheels as mere suggesManliness became the last thing on my mind as tions. I told Dad that this was why my tractor wound I scooped load after load of dusty, scratchy oats out up stuck in the slough so often. of the wagon’s end gate and into the insatiable grain

elevator. Itchy oat dust found its way into cracks and crevices I didn’t even know I had. Real men don’t complain, though. As I drove the tractor and wagon back out to the eld, I would practice the manly art of hawking dust-tinged loogies at unsuspecting grasshoppers.

A few weeks later Dear County Agent Guy it was decided that the whole family would voyage into town to outt ourselves with new duds for the upcoming school year.

All ten of us piled into our 1959 Ford station wagon, motored to Brookings and stormed one of JCPenney’s most remote outBy Jerry Nelson posts.

Columnist To my surprise, Dad told Mom that he would take care of me while she shepherded my younger siblings around the store. We quickly lled my needs (I only asked that my jeans be blue and my shirts be shaped like a T). As Dad paid for my stuff, he asked if I was hungry. Silly question. When is a boy of 11 not hungry?

We stepped outside, crossed a busy street and found ourselves before a glass door that read Nick’s Hamburgers. The delectable aroma of cooking beef wafted on the breeze, causing my mouth to produce an embarrassing amount of saliva.

We went into Nick’s and sat at the end of a row of rotating red stools. A harried-looking woman behind the counter came over and asked simply, “How many?” Dad looked at me as I wig-wagged on my stool. “Two for me,” he replied, “And two for the hired man.”

I watched in awe as the cook placed balls of raw burger onto a massive griddle which nearly overowed with grease from that day’s cooking. This was an era before cholesterol had been invented and a daily dose of animal fat was considered essential, so this sight caused my salivary glands to leap into overdrive.

As the cook attened and ipped our burgers, it dawned on me why Dad had waited so long to take me to Nick’s. This griddle was more than just a griddle, it was an altar for sanctifying ground beef. And this wasn’t just some hamburger joint, it was a holy sanctuary, a secret, sacred place where men could hobnob and nosh on hamburgers adorned with pickles and catsup and, yes, even onions. It was a retreat where a guy could go, after which he could rejoin his family with a rejuvenated spirit.

I thought about this many years later as my wife, our kids and I cruised past a row of fast food joints.

During their young lives, our two sons have probably consumed more restaurant meals than I ever will.

They were almost into their teens before they realized that hamburgers don’t come with plastic toys. I decided to take a little detour to that place called Nick’s.

The joint was unchanged. There was the same counter, the same red stools, the same griddle that nearly overowed with grease. As my boys took their seats, they eyed the griddle suspiciously. “Gross,” one whispered to the other.

I patiently explained that this wasn’t merely another cookie-cutter burger joint, it was a shrine. I told them how cook wasn’t just a cook, she was a high priestess practicing the mystic art of sanctifying raw beef.

And by the time we nished, they too believed.

Jerry is a recovering dairy farmer from Volga, S.D. He and his wife, Julie, have two grown sons and live on the farm where Jerry’s great-grandfather homesteaded over 110 years ago. Jerry currently works full time for the Dairy Star as a staff writer/ ad salesman. Feel free to E-mail him at: jerry.n@dairystar.com.

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World dairy traveler

While interviewing an FFA dairy judging team from Minnesota that competed at the Royal Highland Show in Scotland during late June, I couldn’t help but remember my international dairy experience.

It was the summer of 2004, and I had never traveled out of the country let alone own on a plane. Needless to say, my dad, good old dairy farmer that he is, isn’t one for ying.

Most of our family vacations were spent driving to our destination, both in and out of state.

However, that summer, I was able to see not only the world outside of Steele County and Minnesota, but also experience dairy in a whole different continent with my fellow Steele County dairy judgers, Lisa Demmer, Niki Jensen, Elizabeth Kern, Bridgette Hemmesch and Brian Paulson.

At the Royal Highland Show in Edinburgh, Scotland, we had the privilege to judge alongside the Scottish Young Farmers in their dairy judging contest. While I was used to wearing a nice business suit, judging as a team of four, having 12 minutes to judge and take my notes for reasons classes, and having the cattle brought to me, it ended up being a totally different atmosphere. We had to wear white lab coats, By Missy Mussman judged as a team of two, had to move to the cows, and the Staff Writer worst part was, we only had ve minutes to place our class and take our notes for reasons. Talk about speed judging and writing.

One difference we really didn’t see that we were expecting, was the physical type traits in the cows. We thought they were going to look like the class winning cows from the 1970s and 1980s because they were in another country, but for the most part, they looked a lot like dairy cattle here in the United States today.

After we left Scotland, we, of course, took time to visit some of those places I never dreamed of visiting. We toured castles across Europe, watched the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace, rode the London Eye, saw Big Ben, climbed the Eiffel Tower, visited the historical sites of Normandy Beaches and walked the streets of Heidelberg, Germany.

But among all the touristy things, we had three days in Luxembourg with a host family. Thankfully, for Lisa, Bridgett and I, we were blessed to stay with a family who milked cows.

Being the dairy farm girl I am, I was intrigued to see that they had a freestall barn and parlor like we have in Minnesota. The best part was trying to get our host father, who didn’t speak English very uently, to say “straw.” He came close, but really struggled to say it.

But, I began to notice very distinct differences between our country’s dairy farms and theirs. Our host family’s dairy was practically right in town. If it were a farmer in the United States, they would more than likely be concerned with complaints from their neighbors 20 feet away.

Since our host mother spoke English quite well, I asked her if they had any issues from the people in town with the dairy being so close. She told me no. This is very common where they live and the people in town are used to it.

Another difference I noticed as we were on our way to the barn was that it was literally connected to the house. We walked out of the door near the dining room and kitchen, went through a hall and walked right into the barn. When asking her why that was, again, she told us that it was very common.

Although the quota system is no longer in place in most of Europe, it was at that time.

I remember wondering how they could produce only so much milk each year.

During our three-day stay, I was also able to see my very rst robotic milking unit in action at one of the other host family’s dairy farm. I remember being so in awe of the machine that milked the cows for the farmers. I took so many pictures of it to show my dad. I knew he wasn’t going to believe it until he saw it. Now, robotic milking units, calf feeders and so many other technologies are becoming more common in the Midwest and across the country each year.

While in Luxembourg, our group also had the opportunity to judge one class informally at the agricultural fair. I think there were close to 12 cows in one class, and I was so overwhelmed. But it was fun to see how they lined the class up and listen to their reasons, even though we really couldn’t understand a word they were saying.

After 15 days overseas, not only will I remember the big cities we were able to tour, but my experience with dairy on another continent. It will be something I will carry with me forever.

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Lost in translation

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Have you ever heard about the little old couple pads big enough for Mark to dial without hitting the who shared everything? They were eating dinner at wrong numbers. I think it can take pictures too, but I a fast food restaurant where they split a hamburger just want a phone to talk on. I swore I wouldn’t learn and fries between them. Then, the woman just sat how to text. If I had a question, I wanted to hear an there watching her husband eat his half of the meal. answer. Needless to say, the kids would much rather When he was done, he handed her the dentures so she punch out a quick text than answer a phone call. So could eat her half of the meal. Now we’re not that old I learned to text, but I don’t do the smiley faces and and we have good teeth, but such. When I read a text I Mark and I do share a ip what the person is sayknow what h I said, id b but I d don’t ’ hear phone. He says he doesn’t I k ing in their voice. Or at least need one. He doesn’t want know what you heard and that what I think they are saying. to be bothered when he’s The problem is that I somecan lead to some problems. working, but he sure is times miss the meaning in quick to take my phone out the message. Something to the elds with him in case gets lost in translation. he has problems. There are people who wish he had a We were driving home from a niece’s conrmaphone on him more times than not, especially the A.I. tion in Iowa. As we came up to the Owatonna exit technicians when he forgets to mark a cow for breed- on I-35, Mark called our friends, Ev and Joe. They ing. weren’t home, so Mark left a funny message on their I know my phone is old school but it has number answering machine. He said he saw some really ugly

red cows along the interstate and knew they must be theirs. He just wanted to let them know their cows were out. He laughed and hung up the phone. When Ev and Joe heard the message several hours later that night, they panicked and headed for the interstate with ashlights looking for their lost cows. Just Thinking Out Loud They missed the joke in the message. They heard “cows were out” and missed the laughter.

Something got lost in translation.

It is so easy to misinterpret what someone is saying or doing. I know what I said, but I don’t know what you heard and that can lead to some

By Natalie Schmitt problems. Take the word Columnist “really”. Thanks to Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update skits, this single word can take on many different meanings in just the way it is said. It can be said with surprise, joy, disgust, annoyance and sarcasm. It can be questioning or afrming. Really? Really.

As we enter county fair season, we have to be careful to make sure nothing gets lost in translation between what we do and what other people see and hear. We need to be aware of what we do, even when we think no one is watching. There are many phones much more sophisticated than mine that can live stream something straight to the internet for all to see. Think before you grab a pitchfork to give a stubborn lazy cow a little poke to get up. You know it is not hurting her, but not everyone else does. After our 4-H kids do a great job of telling fairgoers about their animals and the care they provide for their animals, we don’t want their message to get lost in translation when they see something else.

One thing not lost in translation is the song of life the frogs are singing from the relled water ways and ponds around the farm. Before our 6 inches of rain last weekend, the frogs were deathly quiet. Now they are rejoicing and making up for lost time. The sound of their refreshing song cools my mind in the morning as I feed youngstock. The 6 inches of rain were a welcomed event around our place. We have been terribly dry on the sands of central Minnesota. The rains came through out the day and most went to the roots of tasseling corn and alfalfa regrowth. My yard is even showing signs of coming back to life.

Of course 6 inches of rain can mean different things to different people. Here on the sands, it’s not that big of a deal most times. On heavier ground it is another story with ash ooding. Hearing we had so much rain in one day, Ev texted me that she heard our heifers got swept away in a ood and that we needed to replace them with some real cattle. Nothing lost in translation there. Pay back can be funny.

Natalie, Mark and his brother, Al, Schmitt farm together near Rice, Minn. They milk 100 registered Holsteins under the RALMA prex. Their four children are great help around the farm and are pushing Natalie out of several jobs. Therefore she is thankful to have something else to do.

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Jersey show girls

Five years ago, Glen and I stood with Dan and Monika outside our baby calf pen.

Dan and Monika were picking calves to show at the fair. We tried to guide their decision by explaining which calves the judges might like best.

Monika, who was three years old at the time, didn’t care what the judges might think. She wanted to show the little brown calves – our rst two grade-up Jerseys.

Glen grew up on a farm with both Holsteins and Jerseys. So when we ended up with a couple of Ho-Jos in our herd, Glen decided to keep breeding them to Jersey.

Glen has been breeding our herd for higher component Dairy Good Life milk since we started farming; Jerseys contribute nicely to his goal for more butterfat and protein.

At rst, I tolerated the Jerseys in exchange for Glen tolerating my Milking Shorthorns. But then I began to see how benecial it is to have petite calves for the kids to show and petite cows for them to practice milking in the barn.

We have a number of Jersey (or mostly-Jersey) cows and heifers in our herd now, but two little brown calves named Star and Sandy were the ones who started it all. And that day, picking out calves for the fair, Monika started something none of us could have guessed.

Monika took Sandy to the youth show in June and

By Sadie Frericks then showed Star at our county fair in July. It turned out Columnist that the judge liked Star as much as Monika did, so our little girl went home her rst purple ribbons.

Two years later, there was another little brown heifer calf in the newborn pen.

Monika named Star’s rst calf Sparkle. Sparkle followed in her mother’s footsteps – on the show halter, walking next to Monika.

Last year, Star gave birth to her second heifer calf. Monika named this calf Stephanie. Stephanie went to the fair, too, as Monika’s Cloverbud 4-H project calf.

And this year, Monika will parade another little brown calf around the ring in the Open Show. (Unfortunately, she won’t get to lead her calf for the 4-H show because of Cloverbud livestock rules.) Sparkle delivered a heifer calf in April. Monika named the calf Starlight and we marveled at having three generations of Jersey show girls in the herd.

Star had her rst bull calf this spring, which was OK, because then Monika didn’t have to choose which calf to show. But someone has a little sister who wants a little brown calf of her own, so maybe next year we’ll be lucky and get two Jersey calves.

At one point, Monika announced that she wanted to take all of her Jerseys to the fair – Star, Sparkle, Stephanie, and baby Starlight. I explained that showing a cow is a big job for a 7 year old, but I did let her work with Stephanie a couple times. She quickly decided that the yearling was too big for her and opted to stick with her baby calf for now.

I’ve been watching Monika lead Starlight around the yard, preparing for the fair next week. I can’t help but think that Monika sure struck gold when she picked Star for a show calf ve years ago. Starlight took to the halter just as well as Star and Sparkle did – like she was born to show. She follows after Monika, head held high, her stride as smooth as can be. I think Starlight would show herself, given the opportunity.

Monika overheard me telling someone that Starlight is like a little show queen.

Now, beaming with pride, Monika tells everyone who will listen that Starlight walks like a princess.

I think my little girl might have been born to show, too. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard, “Mom, can I walk Starlight?” Monika walks her and brushes her and brings Starlight treats while she’s tied to the silo.

After the youth show last month, Monika looked a little sad for a moment. When I asked her what was wrong, she said, “I only got to take Starlight into the ring twice.

I wanted to show her more.”

I assured her that she would have more opportunities at the county fair. And she will. Since Monika’s cousin is showing both Sparkle and Stephanie, Monika will get to lead Starlight out for the daughter-dam class and the best three females class in the Open Show.

It’s pretty crazy to think that we’ll be showing all these Jerseys at the fair this year – and that it all started with one little brown calf.

Who knows how many we’ll be showing next year. Monika’s herd of Jerseys could be nearly doubled by then. Star, Sparkle, and Stephanie are all due to calve next spring with another crop of Jerseys.

With any luck, there will be a couple more little brown heifer calves in our calf pen. If so, Monika might have to share her Jerseys with her brother or sister.

Sadie and her husband, Glen, milk 75 cows near Melrose, Minn. They have three children – Dan, 9, Monika, 6, and Daphne, 3. Sadie also writes a blog at www.dairygoodlife.com. She can be reached at gsfrericks@meltel.net.

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Seems hard to believe, but the forage growing season is more than half over. There has been a lot of forage already harvested with some producers having three cuttings of alfalfa in storage and eyeing a fourth by mid-August. Alfalfa quality generally has been good to go along with good yields. However, the largest quantity of forage is yet to be harvested. For most dairy producers, corn silage makes up about 60 percent of the forage dry matter (DM) in milk cow rations. The crop looks very good right now with more than enough to ll most silos or storage systems. However, the weather over the next few weeks will determine yield and timing of corn silage harvest. According to Wisconsin agronomists, corn silage harvest occurs within 42 to 47 days after silking, which means we could see some silage being harvested starting the third week of August. It will be important to watch the weather and monitor crop moisture as we get into August to get the optimum yield of high quality silage.

With an early corn silage harvest likely, now is the time to plan the feeding program for the remainder of 2016 and the rst half of 2017. The corn plant is a good versatile

By Jim Linn feed as it can provide forage, grain or both as needed in raNutritionist tions. Here are a few things that can affect forage and corn silage inventories: • A larger quantity of higher quality forage will be needed than low quality. High quality forages with NDFs about 35 percent, can account for 60 percent or more of the total ration DM. Forages with NDFs greater than 40 percent will only be about 50 percent of the ration DM. • Digestibility of the NDF has a big effect on how much forage the cow will eat.

Given equal NDF content, highly digestible NDF forage will be consumed in greater amounts than low NDF digestible forage.

• Miner Institute dairy researchers estimate cows will eat between 0.3 and 0.5 percent of their body weight in uNDFom-240. Assuming an intake of 0.40 percent uNDFom-240, a 1,600-pound cow will consume 6.4 pounds of uNDFom-240. If the forage has 16 percent uNDFom-240 (DM basis), than intake of the forage could be 40 pounds of DM/day.

As uNDFom-240 (percent of DM) of the forage or in the total ration increases, DM intake decreases.

• DM intake of high producing (great than 90 pounds milk/day) Holstein cows is 60 to 65 pounds/day. As a guideline, cows do not have rumen capacity and a feed passage rate to consume much more than a total of 135 pounds of feed per day. Wet (40-45 percent DM) rations have a high rate of passage, but benet from a small amount of dry physically effective ber forage in slowing rate of passage.

• Wet forages will pack tighter in a silo than dry forages and therefore, forage density per cubic foot is greater for wet than dry forages. For corn silage, the average density is 14.5 pounds of DM/cubic foot when silage DM is 34 percent. (Note: packing of silo has a big effect on density.)

• Combined storage and feeding losses average about 15 percent of the DM, but can range from 10 to 40 percent. Inventory and ration planning are based on amounts the cow

consumes and generally does not include any feeding or storage losses. Therefore, plan to harvest at least 15 percent more DM to ll inventory needs than what the cow is predicted to consume. (Note: Forage DM losses on most farms are greater than we estimate, be generous in estimating losses.)

Interesting feed and feeding tidbits The Feedstuffs Feed and Mill Guide book (2016) listed the following quantities of grains fed in the United States to animals in 2014-2015: • Corn was the number one feed grain consumed by animals at 135 million metric tons per year. Wheat was second at 4.2 million tons followed by sorghum at 2.0 million tons.

• Soybean meal was the number one oilseed protein source consumed by animals at 29 million metric tons. Canola meal was a distant second at 4.4 million metric tons.

• Wheat mill feeds were the leading byproduct consumed at 6 million metric tons per year. Corn gluten feed and meal were second at 5.3 million tons per year.

Milk fatty acids continued Last month I wrote about how increasing the de novo synthesized fatty acids in milk relates to increases in total fat and protein in milk and good rumen function. When rumen fermentation of feeds, and particularly forages and ber, is good, milk component yields increase. Production of acetate, the building block for longer chain fatty acids found in milk, is optimized when rumen pH is 6.2 to 6.4. In the Journal of Dairy Science this month, there was an interesting research report relating milk fatty acid composition to rumen pH and function. Dairy researchers at Université Laval, in Québec, Canada, were looking at odd numbered carbon chain fatty acids in milk as a means of evaluating rumen function as almost all odd numbered carbon fatty acids are derived from bacteria synthesis. Milk fat concentrations of C4:0, iso 14:0, iso 15:0, and 22:0 we found to be a good predictor of rumen pH. (Iso indicates the fatty acid has a branched carbon chain rather than a continuous straight chain. The example illustrates straight and branched chains.)

Butyric acid is a straight chain (C4:0) - CH2-CH2-CH2-COOH Isobutyric is a branched chain (iso C4:0) - CH2-CH-COOH | CH2 The positive relationship between iso fatty acids and rumen pH is related to cellulolytic bacteria, which are negatively affected by low rumen pH. Thus, as iso acids in milk fat decrease, rumen ber digestion is likely decreasing. These Canadian researchers found feeding a rumen inert fat supplement containing branched fatty acids contributes to the concentration of branched chain fatty acids in milk fat and can confound interpretation of rumen function and ber digestion.

After last month’s article, I also was made aware MN DHIA has the equipment to measure milk fatty acids. They have been collecting milk fatty acid data for several months now. I plan on working with them over the next few months to evaluate milk fatty acids in relation to some herd feeding programs. Analyzing the fatty acid prole of milk fat continues to show promise as a noninvasive method for evaluating rumen function.

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Women In Jeans Shelly DePestel Lewiston, Minn.

Winona County 1,400 cows Family: My husband’s name is Dean and my three children’s names are Dustin, Dylan and Dominick. Dustin has been on the farm full time with us since 2012. He and his wife, Peggy, got married last fall. Peggy works at her family’s bakery in St. Charles, Minn. Dylan has also joined us full time this spring after graduating from the University of Minnesota. Dominick graduated from high school this spring and will be heading to Ridgewater College in a few weeks.

Tell us about your farm. Our farm’s name is Daley Farm of Lewiston, LLP. Our family partnership includes four of my brothers, Mark, Brian, Neil and Ben, along with my dad, Mike, and uncle, Steve. On our farm, we have just over 1,400 milking cows. We also have our own cropping enterprise including 1,000 acres of hay and 1,600 acres of corn this year. The rest of the acreage is pasture. We raise all of our own heifers and have recently started keeping bull calves until weaning. Our calf-raising facilities expansion gives us the option to feed another 208 calves, which is also our newest enterprise.

What’s the busiest time of day for you? Mornings are the busiest part of the day. I usually try to schedule meetings with vendors, nutritionist or consultants during the morning so I can tend to whatever may come up through the rest of the day. I also work through payroll or pay bills in the mornings. Any adjustments to rations usually are entered in the mornings so when the feed truck stops to download data it can be transferred. I have enjoyed my niece, Sidney Greden, as a welcome addition to the ofce. Sidney graduated from Winona State University this spring with a degree in human resources. Either one of us can now do jobs in the ofce. It is great to know someone is there to take care of things when I have to step away.

How much time do you spend doing farmwork compared to housework?

My duties are much heavier on the farmwork side than the housework. Now that our kids are grown and we are almost empty nesters, there is less to do in the house. The kids were always required to help with the household chores,

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which made it easier to keep up even during the busy summers when there was more laundry and cooking.

What do you do in your free time and why? I enjoy reading, walking and cooking. I like to entertain friends and family. I got a convertible last summer and have been enjoying afternoon trips through the countryside.

What’s the best thing about farming? The best thing about farming is being able to raise my kids on the farm. They have all decided to pursue their career in agriculture as well. I have gotten to spend a lot of time with nieces and nephews who have been working on the farm and who are also interested in farming with us. I do not think many people get to share and teach while working with family, unless they are farming.

When you look back on your life, what do you want to be remembered for?

I hope to be remembered for always striving to do better. Whatever the situation, I believe it is important to keep in mind there will always be opportunities to make improvements in your business with employees, the environment and with family. Seeking out these opportunities and implementing them is always rewarding. I hope people remember me for that.

Do you have any ideas that could make farming easier for you and all farming women? Networking with other women in the dairy industry is very important. It is good to be able to share the struggles and successes we all face.

Knowing that we can reach out and there will be other women who have been through the same situation is valuable. Technology will also be important for making all of our jobs a little easier.

Tell us your most memorable experience while dairy farming. My most memorable story was from about 15 years ago. It was summer time and the kids were all around the dairy each day watching what was going on. There was a particularly difcult calving going on, and the vet and our herdsman were trying their very best for a long time to get the calf out. My son Dominick, who was 4 at the time, was intently watching. I had to run back into the ofce so I left him on the gate so he could see how it all turned out. A little later, I returned and the vet and herdsman were buckled over laughing, with still no calf. I looked at Dominick and he said, “I told them they should just make the hole bigger.”

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Tom and Katie Knegendorf, Olivia, 4, and Ivan, 1 Elmwood, Wis. Pierce County 50 registered Holsteins and 10 registered jerseys How did you get into farming? Tom: My wife Katie and I are the sixth generation of Knegendorfs to farm on the original 80 acres of the farm. We are the third generation to milk cows on our main farm. My grandpa and grandma moved to our farm in 1945. My dad, Albert, was born there in 1955 and has lived there his whole life. My dad and my stepmom, Peggy, live on the farm and my dad is in charge of managing the day-to-day operations – feeding, calves, and crops. I do the morning milking and manage milk quality, reproduction and matings, herd health, and embryo donors.

After the morning milking I leave to run Full Throttle Genetics, my ABS A.I. route, breeding cows along with selling semen and uddercare products.

Katie: Tom. Tom and I were good friends in high school and never dated as I can be quoted saying, “I would never marry a farmer.” It seemed any time we made plans we would end up being late after something broke during chores, I had lost all interest at that point.

What are your thoughts and concerns about the dairy industry for the next year?

Tom: It appears, right now anyway, that the milk price may have bottomed out. If the price does continue to recover then the next year will be a year of recovering for the industry. Also over the next year we will see the industry evolve as the use of rBST will drop dramatically. Although we don’t use it at home, many of my customers do.

This will create new challenges in their dairies and will change how they manage days in milk, body condition and cull rate.

Katie: My concerns are what is going happen to the milk prices and the likelihood that we can continue farming. What got me past marrying a farmer was seeing my husband’s love and passion for cows. I knew if he could care that much for cows that he would feel that way about me and our future family. I want this life for my kids and only hope that the price of milk doesn’t make that impossible.

What do you enjoy most about dairy farming? Tom: Genetics. I enjoy milking cows, but if it wasn’t for good cows I’d do something else. We breed for a fair amount of type and gTPI, but we won’t tolerate low production. We strive to build cows with great type that like to work hard. Our goal is to have mature cows that can produce 40,000 pounds or more along with being scored high Very Good or Excellent. We’ve only achieved that three times, two of those cows are in our herd currently. The process of building better cows is the most enjoyable part of the job.

Katie: I most enjoy showing cows at the Pierce County Fair. I have only been in the ring, once as I don’t feel condent in my showing skills, but I enjoy putting up our stall decorations and standing behind the camera during the show. I don’t always understand what makes a good cow even with Tom being such a successful dairy judge both in 4-H and at college. I still haven’t picked up on everything, but I love learning.

What advice would you give to other farmers? Tom: Advice I would give to young farmers, or those considering going into farming, is to get an education and get industry-related experience away from the operation you grew up on. Success often involves progress and learning is never ending. Also, get a job outside the ag eld and see what it’s like. It will change your view on both elds. I hauled ooring and furniture for a summer part time while pursuing my degree in dairy science at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. It taught me to enjoy farming more, how to drive in the Twin Cities, and how to back up a box truck with only using mirrors.

Katie: My advice is to the farmer marrying a non-farmer. Keep in mind you have had a lifetime to fall in love with farming and this is your passion. There will be frustration but it’s all in how you handle it. Be willing to walk away from it all for the one you love and know that if it’s meant to be she won’t make you go. Even if she doesn’t understand it all if you let her be a part of the decisions it will build her desire to want to know more.

What has been your biggest accomplishment while dairy farming? Tom: I think my biggest accomplishment is guring out how to work with family on a family farm.

The task has been easier for us than some but in the beginning there were trying situations. Overall, we found ways to work together best by nding each other’s strengths and weaknesses. Our goal has always been to transition from me working with my dad to bringing my wife and kids into working together daily. We enjoy farming but it goes beyond that, we are doing it to provide experiences for our children that many kids don’t have the opportunity to experience.

Katie: Allowing myself to fall in love with a farmer. Living this lifestyle opened my eyes to what a great gift I can give to my kids and the lessons that will be learned.

What are your plans for your dairy in the next ve years? Tom: Katie and I will continue the process of taking over ownership of the milking herd and youngstock, followed by the machinery and equipment. Long term we will buy the land from

my folks. At this time we don’t see any major facility changes in the future. At our current size we are able to operate with minimal outside help and I’ll be mostly self-sustaining while Katie works off the farm as a K-12 art teacher in the Elmwood School District. We hope to continue to increase the sale of replacements and embryos as well.

Katie: In the next ve years, I plan to learn more about calf health and management. I want myself and the kids to be responsible for caring for the calves. I also look forward to when our kids are a little older so taking them to the barn is easier and I can help more with milking.

What is your favorite thing to do on the farm? Tom: My favorite daily task is breeding cows for two reasons. One, pregnant cows are the main objective. The sooner they are bred back the sooner they are fresh again and back at peak milk. Two, I enjoy picking bulls to make corrective matings to improve the next generation over the previous. After being back on the farm since 2008 and having seen how we’ve been able to change the herd is pretty rewarding. My dad had built a pretty solid base over 40 years to start from and together we have taken them forward.

Katie: My favorite thing to do at the farm is take pictures and fair preparations in the summer. I like to watch how fearless my daughter is standing next to a cow washing it or when she stands up after tripping with tears in her eyes, not because she fell, but because the dropped the rope.

What is your favorite dairy product? Tom: Ellsworth cheese curds and ice cream, it’s a tie.

Katie: Fresh or deep fried cheese curds from Ellsworth.

Favorite tool. Tom: My 16-year-old Leatherman multi-tool.

Katie: The hose. The dirt and cow manure can be a little too much for me at times.

Now that I have kids this is getting easier for me to let go and I know that they will have stronger immune systems because of it.

If you could add one thing to your farm regardless of price, what would it be?

Tom: Forty more acres. We produce all of our own feed but we do buy some corn each year. Just a few more acres would cover our crop ground needs and have more land for spreading manure.

Katie: After getting married, Tom and I bought a house about ve miles from the farm. We have put a lot of time into xing it up the way we want it but I do wish we lived on the farm making it easier for the kids and I to spend more time there.

I would love to take our house and move it to the farm, while adding a nished basement and increasing the size.

Star Blends is a full service feed manufacturing facility. We provide custom complete feeds, supplements and minerals. We utilize modern technology to produce your needed products on demand with the highest quality feeds at the best cost. We also offer a wide selection of commodities, ingredients and additives.

We are focused on dairy, efficiently delivering to farms in Western Wisconsin.

Give us a call, we’d be happy to discuss our commodities or custom products and services with you and your nutritionist.

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