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Following a dream to create sustainability Klinkners open on-farm store By Danielle Nauman danielle.n@dairystar.com
VIROQUA, Wis. – Rob and Gail Klinkner used Wisconsin’s Safer at Home mandate to their advantage earlier this year. The Klinkners used the extra time and help from their children to turn a longtime dream into a reality, and created a farmstead store. The Klinkners milk 52 registered Jerseys and Holsteins with their ve children – Reagan, 14, Garrison, 12,
Rubi, 8, Ginger 6, and Rylan 3 – on their farm outside Viroqua in Vernon County. The Klinkner Kountry Store opened its doors Mother’s Day weekend with the goal of helping diversify its farming operation while also connecting consumers with the production of their food. The store is housed in a renovated granary on the farm, and the Klinkners sell home-raised beef and local pork. They will soon have home-raised pork and lamb. They offer eggs and a selec-
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The Klinkner family – (front, from leŌ) Rubi, Rylan (siƫng) and Ginger; (back, from leŌ) Gail, Garrison, Rob and Reagan – milk 52 Jerseys and Holsteins on their farm near Viroqua, Wisconsin. In May they opened the Klinkner Kountry Store to help diversify their farm and create opƟons for the future.
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The Klinkners use an old granary as their on-farm store near Viroqua, Wisconsin. The store is designed to give customers an on-farm experience.
tion of dairy products from the Westby Cooperative Creamery, where they sell their milk, along with locally made deli and bakery items. In addition to the foodstuffs, they offer gift and décor items. “I’ve always thought it was an eyesore,” Rob said of the granary. “It just ended up
being a catch-all for junk. I wanted to tear it down a couple of times, but Gail would never let me.” The idea for an on-farm store began 15 years ago when the Klinkners visited a farm in Iowa that made and sold ice cream. Subsequent visits with dairy producers further en-
couraged the Klinkners to explore making their own dream an reality. “That has always been in the back of my mind,” Gail said. “That is the ultimate Turn to KLINKNERS | Page 4
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long-term goal; we would like to make ice cream on the farm from our milk to sell in our store.” For Rob, the timing of remodeling the granary just before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic worked in his favor. “We had just started working on the granary building when everything started getting bad, with prices crashing and people all around us having to dump milk,” Rob said. “It turned out to be a good distraction away from all of that and gave me something positive to focus my energies on.” The physical renovation of the building turned out to be more of a learning experience for the Klinkners than they had planned. “I had never hung steel before, and I had thought how hard can it be?” Rob said. “It turned out to be a little more complicated than I had thought. I learned a lot throughout the process.”
“I wanted to offer something different and unique, to give people an experience, a reason to make the drive to our farm.” GAIL KLINKNER, DAIRY FARMER
The store features a kitchen table and chairs, giving customers a chance to sit, visit and learn about their farm. “I wanted to offer something different and unique, to give people an experience, a reason to make the drive
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Rylan Klinkner, 3, enjoys relaxing in the store’s rocking chair at his family’s farm near Viroqua, Wisconsin. All ve of the Klinkner kids have played an acƟve role in creaƟng and operaƟng the farm store. out to our farm,” Gail said. “I want to give them something they couldn’t get in town.” Gail worked with the Vernon County Health Department, which came with another set of unexpected challenges because of the pandemic. “We received our license to start up based on photos of the building and the coolers,” Gail said. “They will come out and do an actual inspection when their department allows them to do so.” Having customers on the farm has been a great experience for the Klinkner family, and in the two months they have been open, they have devel-
oped a regular clientele. “We can pretty much know who will be coming and what day they are coming,” Rob said. “It’s been great. Families bring their kids out, and for a lot of them, it’s the rst time they’ve experienced a farm or farm animals.” The Klinkners are looking forward toward future seasons with plans to sell locally grown pumpkins in the fall and Christmas trees from Rob’s uncle’s farm as the holiday season approaches. Finding that niche market to create diversity is the future of small family dairy farming, said the Klinkners. Gail recommends talking to local
county health departments as a place to start for anyone considering the onfarm market option. “They will be able to help guide you through the requirements for your local area in terms of permits and inspections,” Gail said. “Securing inspected slaughter facilities and dates is another thing you need to think of beforehand.” Before opening the store, the Klinkners were selling beef raised on their farm and had found that one slaughter date a month t their sales needs. Since opening the store, they have found they need to have more steaks and roasts on hand, as they were sold out of those items after three weeks. “It’s really just one step at a time,” Gail said of the learning curve to stocking the store. “You have to learn what people are going to want and when they are going to want it.” With their future slaughter dates, they are planning to branch out to more specialty products, such as beef sticks. Since launching the store, Gail said she has learned a great deal about marketing and advertising, creating yers and signage for the store herself. For advertising, they are using social media and yers posted around the area as well as relying on wordof-mouth endorsements from satised customers. “It’s about sustainability and building something for the kids,” Rob said. “If the boys want to join the farm when they get older, we aren’t going to go through a big expansion; we need to nd other ways to make that possible.”
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ConƟnued from MENTAL HEALTH | Page 6 breathing, chest tightness or rising blood pressure. People may also experience problems sleeping, a change in eating habits or a decrease in sexual libido. The condition of the farm – equipment disrepair, animals in need of attention and a decrease in general neatness of the farm – may indicate mental distress. “Those things take a lot of energy and work,” Haskins said. “They many be examples that things aren’t going well.” Another sign to watch for is family stress or strain in relationships. “If one family member is experiencing a mental illness or stress, that’s going to bleed into the family so we may see things that are happening in the children such as poor school performance,” Haskins said. Mental distress can also lead to an increase of substance abuse such as alcohol, tobacco, prescribed medications or illegal drugs. A person may also show signs of suicide by talking about hopelessness, feeling hopeless, experiencing spiritual distress or behaving differently such as writing a will, taking out life insurance, giving things away or talking about how life would be better without them. “You can see how complex mental distress plays out in an individual,” Haskins said. “They may have more prominent symptoms of one over the other, but we have to look at it on an individual basis.” Starting the conversation If a person thinks they know someone who is mentally distressed, they should start a conversation, Haskins said. “When you come to a conversation and your intention is genuine and full of your heart, even if you trip up and say something that wasn’t quite suitable, the intention is there and I think the person sees that,” she said. The rst step is to acknowledge what is seen or heard. One example is, “It sounds like you’re under a great deal of stress.” Another statement might be, “I’ve noticed you’ve been staying inside more often. Are you OK?” The next step is to express concern by saying a phrase like, “I’m worried about you,” followed by a statement to normalize the context. This could include
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Lots of eyes are on China which continues to increase its dominance in the world marketplace. A look at China’s June dairy imports was “impressive,” according to HighGround Dairy’s (HGD) Lucas Fuess. Speaking in the Aug. 3 “Dairy Radio Now” broadcast, Fuess reported that the gains were driven by uid milk and cream, up 27% from 2019, and whey products, up 84.2%, and not the usual powder products. Cheese imports totaled 27.5 million pounds, up 13.9% from a year ago, while butter imports, at just 10.5 million pounds, were down 6.3%. Skim milk powder imports totaled 51.5 million pounds, down 6% from a year ago, and lagged year ago levels for the third consecutive month. But HGD points out that imports from the US were up 667%, totaling 7.2 million pounds, up from 939,160 pounds a year ago “as the US maintained competitive prices for much of the year, from February through today.” Whole milk powder also turned negative, totaling 80 million pounds, down 6.5% from a year ago, according to HGD, but against a strong prior year. Lactose imports totaled 26.9 million pounds, up 99.2% from a year ago, and whey products totaled 122.8 million pounds. Ingredients like whey and lactose “jumped off the table,” according to HGD, as they are an important part of China rebuilding its hog population devastated by African Swine fever. The July 28 Daily Dairy Report pointed out that the US remains China’s top whey supplier however the US share of China’s whey market remains much lower than it was before the US-China trade war began. “Looking ahead, as New Zealand milk production ramps up,” Fuess said “The US still has the upper hand in Southeast Asia, with the lowest priced nonfat dry milk on the globe” and he expects the ow into Southeast Asia to continue the next several months. He warned however that rising milk prices will spur stronger milk production in the US, Europe, and New Zealand into the fall but, hopefully, demand from China and other countries will continue as well. He says the US has a pretty good chance of remaining competitive globally. Fluctuations in the US dollar have also helped, he said, and “Hopefully Mexico can resolve its pandemic issues and we’ll see stronger volumes of US product headed to that country again.” One more bit of encouraging trade news; Japan’s cheese imports were a record high in June and up
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Northland dairy farmers could not be picked up during the torrential rains. Around 25% of the province’s 900 dairy farms are winter-milking part or all of their herd. This is on the heels of June milk production for the country starting the season stronger than last year,” StoneX stated. Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) members accepted 10 offers of export assistance from CWT this week to capture sales of 862,008 pounds of Cheddar and Monterey Jack cheese, and 3.3 million pounds of whole milk powder. The product is going to customers in Asia and South America from August through January 2021 and nudged CWT’s 2020 exports to 22.108 million pounds of American-type cheeses, 6.246 million pounds of butter (82% milkfat), 1.96 million pounds
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country that hedged $16 Class III futures and then received negative PPD’s leaving them with a net $1012 cwt. pay price. Hopefully these situations are far and few between as this would be a tough pill to swallow. U.S. dairy product prices are trading below the EU and NZ in most categories except cheese. Currently EU and NZ cheese prices are trading in the $1.70’s plus or minus 10 cents depending on the week. This explains why the deferred CME Group cash settled cheese futures are trading heavily discounted to the strong front end. U.S. spot cash cheese prices will likely work lower over time as values will not compete well for international buyer export business. U.S. dairy cow slaughter has slowed significantly. This is typically an indicator that high dairy prices have producers back to expanding herds. For most producers, higher Class III prices have not yet benefited them due to negative PPD’s affecting mailbox pay prices.
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LITCHFIELD, Minn. – From growing up on a farm in Stearns County to pursuing a career in ne arts, Gerry Kulzer’s most recent opportunity is bringing together both of his worlds. “This is going to be a great blend of doing what I love and bringing me back to my childhood,” said Kulzer, who grew up on a grain farm. Kulzer will carve the 67th Princess Kay of the Milky Way’s likeness in butter Thursday, Aug. 13, with the remaining nine nalists’ butterheads being sculpted in the days that follow at the Minnesota State
Fair grounds in St. Paul. The nal day of carving will be Saturday, Aug. 22. The sculptor, of Litcheld, will carve the butterheads in place of long-time butter sculptor Linda Christensen, who resides in California. Due to the travel restrictions and the risks of COVID-19, Christensen will join Kulzer virtually to assist in carving Princess Kay’s likeness and then plans to return to Minnesota next year for her 50th year in the butter booth at the fair. “The original plan was for Linda to carve a majority of the butterheads, and I would do about three of them,” Kulzer said. “I was really looking forward to carving together
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Gerry Kulzer adds detail to a sculpture of Pope John Paul II at his home July 23 in Litcheld, Minnesota. Kulzer typically works with clay for his artwork.
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Gerry Kulzer stands behind sculptures of his ve children – (from leŌ) Andrew, Theo, Anissa, Therese and Quinn – at his home July 20 in Litcheld, Minnesota. Kulzer will sculpt the newly crowned Princess Kay of the Milky Way and nine nalists’ likenesses in buƩer beginning Aug. 13. with her, but plans changed, and we’ll be working together virtually this year.” Kulzer’s coveted opportunity came about after a simple inquiry. A few years ago, he and his family attended the Minnesota State Fair and watched Christensen sculpt a Princess Kay nalist out of 90 pounds of butter. “When I saw what she was doing, and in front of all those people, I thought how cool would that be to be able to do something like that,” Kulzer said. He contacted Midwest
Dairy and asked to be considered for the position should it ever become available. A few years later, the organization reached out to Kulzer as they were entertaining a transition plan for a new sculptor as Christensen approaches retirement. Two years ago, Kulzer auditioned with a 90-pound block of butter. “I was honored,” he said. “It was fantastic. The day before the fair began, I was given a picture of a subject to carve. They liked what they saw.” Then last year, Kulzer worked as Christensen’s ap-
prentice. Prior to the opening of the state fair, Kulzer practiced carving a butterhead sculpture. As Christensen sculpted one side of the likeness, Kulzer mimicked on the other. “It was awesome to work together and learn from the master,” Kulzer said. “We each worked differently but it worked. The end result was a coherent sculpture.” As Kulzer prepares for his debut in the butter booth, he is both eager and anxious. He grew up with an appreciation and gift for creating Turn to KULZER | Page 13
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Gerry Kulzer is a clay sculptor from Litcheld, Minnesota. He will carve the newly crowned Princess Kay of the Milky Way and nalists’ likenesses in buƩer for long-Ɵme arƟst Linda Christensen who is not traveling to Minnesota because of COVID-19 concerns. artwork. Kulzer’s interest in art began in elementary school with illustrations and then developed into ceramics while attending the University of MinnesotaDuluth. Then, in 1996, he took an internship with a Wisconsin pottery company, and that propelled his career into the sculpting industry. “I learned so much in that internship, and then my rst job brought me to Litcheld where I saw the possibilities in sculpture,” Kulzer said. Kulzer uses clay for his creations, having made an array of sculptures including many portraits of his family – wife, Karen; and ve children, Andrew, Theo, Anissa, Therese and Quinn. “I’ve had good experience and training for working on a time limit and the precision necessary for the butter sculptures, but it’s going to be an entirely different environment,” Kulzer said. “I’ll literally be in a cooler, and butter is grainy like ice cream where it can be both smooth and rough depending on how you shape it. Clay is always smooth.” Kulzer will also have to work as a subtractive artist, creating the likeness by removing butter rather than adding pieces easily back to the block like he typically does when working with clay. “I’ve been practicing with a sculpture of my daughter, carving away as if it’s butter,” Kulzer said. “I’ve also been doing speed sculpting exercises to
make sure I don’t run out of time.” The artist will have about eight hours to complete each butterhead. “I’ll be putting out one portrait a day,” Kulzer said. “My work usually takes me about two weeks. I like to work on it for a bit, then come back and see the problems to x.” With Kulzer’s new endeavor quickly approaching, he is most looking forward to meeting his subjects. “There’s really nothing better than learning the stories of the people you’re sculpting,” Kulzer said. “I’ll be spending up to eight hours with these young women talking about their dairy background. I’m honored to get to represent Midwest Dairy farmers in this way.” Kulzer’s uncle milked cows, and he recalls watching and helping his cousins work on the farm. “I’ve always been in awe of how dedicated dairy farmers are to their job,” he said. As Kulzer prepares to step into the butter booth, he wants to take this opportunity to be an ambassador for the dairy industry on a platform that reaches so many. “There’s a lot of pressure because I have very big shoes to ll with having Linda in the (butter) booth for so many years,” Kulzer said. “My only hope is that in the end, people will say I’ve done a good job.”
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A day in the life of the Wurst family
Favorable weather allows for Wisconsin farmers to bale 1,200 small squares July 30 By Andrea Borgerdng andrea.b@dairystar.com
OSCEOLA, Wis. – Plagued by two years of wet and stormy summers, the Wurst family had this year’s third crop aimed to replenish their supply of dry hay. The days leading up to July
30 were mainly dry – such favorable haymaking conditions that Dave and Beth Wurst set a lofty goal of baling 75 acres of small square bales. The day began as every morning does with Dave and Beth in the barn together. They began morning chores at 5:30 with milking their herd of 50
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The Wurst family – (from leŌ) Dave, Sarah, Beth and KaƟe – pauses for a moment aŌer morning chores July 30. The family milks 50 cows and run 750 acres on their farm near Osceola, Wisconsin.
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Beth Wurst carries chopped corn stalks to bed the cows aŌer morning milking July 30 at her family’s farm near Osceola, Wisconsin.
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Katie and Sarah came to the barn at 7 a.m. to help feed calves and youngstock. Beth pushed in feed and fed dry hay before going to the house to make breakfast. To make room for baling that day, Dave wanted to remove the headlands in the hay ďƒželds so he took the self-propelled chopper to harvest the headlands while Katie drove the tractor and wagon. “I wanted to bale the headlands with a round baler I just purchased, but the baler has not arrived yet and is four days late,â€? Dave said. At 8:30, Katie and Sarah drove 2 miles to an adjacent farm the family owns where Dave houses a dozen heifer calves on pasture. Katie fed grain ANDREA BORGERDING/DAIRY STAR and checked on the calves Dave Wurst preps a cow before puĆŤng on a milking unit during morning milkbefore heading to a nearby ing July 30. Dave and Beth milk together every morning on their farm near ďƒželd where hay lay drying. Osceola, Wisconsin. She set to raking the 14acre ďƒželd. About an hour later, Beth joined her to rake another 43-acre ďƒželd. Beth raked the long rows while Katie worked on the headlands. At 9 a.m., Dave received a phone call from the truck driver that he was arriving with the round baler. Dave unloaded the baler and after a quick scan, he was disappointed with the delay in the delivery because the baler needed minor repairs. “That’s why this baler was supposed to be here on Monday,â€? Dave said. “I wanted time to go through it and get it ďƒželd ready.â€? After a quick lunch, the Wursts were back outside at 1:30. Katie let the cows out of the barn and scraped and limed the stalls. Sarah laid down new bedding while Katie fed haylage from the Harvestore to get ready for when the cows were let back in the barn at 4 p.m. While the cows were outside, Dave fed the freshly chopped haylage in the outdoor feed lane. At 2:30, Beth mowed the lawn while Dave worked on the round baler. A neighbor stopped by to help Dave set up the baler monitor. They went to a ďƒželd to make a few bales to be sure it was working OK. “We don’t make a lot of round bales,â€? Beth said. “But they work well for feeding the cows outside in the feed lane.â€? This third crop hay harvest was meant to replenish the Wursts’ dry hay reserves. All of their silos are full, so they were hoping to bale the entire third crop. “We only made 120 small square bales last year, and those were not high-quality forage,â€? Dave said. ANDREA BORGERDING/DAIRY STAR Despite not being able to make dry hay, the Sarah Wurst boĆŠle feeds a bull calf the morning of July 30. Turn to WURSTS | Page 17
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Dave Wurst chops the headlands while KaĆ&#x;e Wurst drives the tractor and wagon aĹŒer morning chores July 30 at the Wursts’ farm near Osceola, Wisconsin. Dave wanted to harvest the headlands before starĆ&#x;ng baling later in the day.
ConĆ&#x;nued from WURSTS | Page 16 Wursts had enough in reserves to make it through the past winter and spring. With silos full and baled hay dwindling, the pressure was on. By 4 p.m. July 30, Dave ďƒžnally made it to the hay ďƒželds with his tractor and small square baler. A neighbor stopped by and delivered two of his bale racks for Dave to use. With all the breakdowns and unforeseen holdups, Dave was disappointed on getting started so late.
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“This day has not gone the way I wanted at all,� Dave said. But, there was a lot of day left to work with for the Wursts. Katie and Sarah started evening chores by letting the cows back in the barn at 4 p.m. and starting milking at 5:30. Meanwhile, a hay stacking crew of four arrived at 5 p.m. – three to stack Turn to WURSTS | Page 18
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and one to unload hay wagons. Small squares are stored in an adjacent twostory barn – an original structure to the farm that has been rebuilt. The crew included former employees on the Wurst farm – Brad Bentz, Luke Plourde, Ryan Moen and Justin Taylor. When Justin, an auto mechanic, arrived he spent 45 minutes rewiring the power outlet on the round baler tractor before joining the hay stacking crew. Justin’s wife, Sherry, sons, Luke, 10, Lance, 8, and Sarah Wurst, also took a turn on unloading the bale wagon. The entire crew worked straight through unloading bales. At 8:15 p.m. the hay was starting to get tough. Dave stopped baling small squares and baled eight round bales until all the hay that was ready was baled. Dave considered it a very successful day. “Even with the late start, we were able to bale 1,200 small squares off of 26 acres,” Dave said. “All the hay that was ready got baled, it seemed like an unachievable goal with the late start, but we made it.” The crew kept stacking until 10:15 p.m. All the racks were empty except for one small load. At 10:30 p.m., Dave and his stacking crew enjoyed a meal in the farm shop that Beth prepared including beef roast and potatoes, sweet corn, garden cucumbers, eggplant pizza casserole and a dessert of gooey butter bars. After having no quality dry hay for two years, the Wursts are now bursting with bales. And Thursday was expected to be followed by another perfect day for haymaking to nish the crop. “This year we got beautiful, good quality hay,” Dave said.
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Crop and Weather
Crop and weather conditions in Dairy Star country
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We got third crop hay done. We cut July 30 and baled it July 31 for baleage. Everything yielded RAINFALL very well. We did about TOTALS 52 acres. There is Last 2 some people swatting Weeks and combining small grains, oats and wheat, this week. The corn continues 1.2” to look absolutely wonderful. A shot of rain wouldn’t hurt for the pollination of the Since April 11 corn. The soybeans 11.65” look excellent. I plan to buy some third crop stubble and hope to do that this week.
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MIKE BUCKENTINE 55 cows, 500 acres
The drought is starting to hurt the yield and the corn is starting to tip back. We finished our third crop July RAINFALL 25. We chopped it TOTALS all except 10 acres Last 2 which we baled. We Weeks swatted and combined oats last week and finished baling straw on Saturday. We made 0” 1,200 small squares. The oats busheled at 50 bushels an acre. We had to spray our soybeans Since April 11 for spider mites July 12.6” 31. They look good and are still sending flowers out but could use some rain.
(Goodhue County)
MICAH HUNEKE
JOE CZECH
Kittson
Goodhue, MN
We are hauling rye straw today (Aug. 4) that we bought from a farmer. We buy round bales and small square bales (2,500). We also buy a RAINFALL little oats for the calves. TOTALS Last 2 The dry land corn will be getting dry by the end of Weeks the week. Hopefully we get some rains here in August. We haven’t had much aphid pressure in the soybeans. We did one field of new seeding alfalfa. We cut it July 27 Since April 11 and chopped it July 29. 18.85” It produced 1.6 tons per acre. We will be doing third crop late next week depending if it rains. We have been running the irrigators.
There is not much going on in the fields around here. We are going to do the sorghum, rye, clover mix late next RAINFALL week. We sprayed the TOTALS alfalfa for bugs last Last 2 week. I opened up Weeks some corn and it is filled out to the end; there are no tip backs. The soybeans look 1.3” good, although there a few aphids in the area. We cut 65 acres of oats Since April 11 for a neighbor Aug. 3. 15.2” We have 30 acres of grass we want to do later this week. We are also doing maintenance on fall equipment.
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(Pipestone County) MIKE ZEINSTRA
800 cows, 1,000 acres
The crops look beautiful and the weather has been good. We are getting ready to harvest our RAINFALL fourth cutting of alfalfa. TOTALS I haven’t seen anyone Last 2 applying insecticide to Weeks their beans. We found a few northern and western corn borer beetles in our corn, so 2” we sprayed it with a tank mix of insecticide and fungicide. Our neighbors have been Since April 11 harvesting their oats 12.1” and wheat. We buy their straw, so we now have straw bales in the haymow and some round bales of straw under cover.
(Day County)
DAVID EWALT
60 cows, 780 acres
The growing season has been almost perfect. The rains in our area have been very spotty, but we were lucky enough to RAINFALL get 0.7 inches of rain TOTALS Last 2 last week. Our oat harvest is complete. Weeks Yields ranged from 100-130 bushels per acre with a 37 pound test weight. The 0.7” soybeans are flowering and setting pods, and the corn is setting Since April 11 ears. We will start 8.45” on our third cutting of alfalfa in another week or so. In the meantime, we are mowing the ditches and putting up ditch hay.
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Crop and Weather Fort Atkinson, IA
Rock Valley, IA
(Winneshiek County)
GLEN SCHMITT
560 cows, 1,500 acres
Crop and weather conditions in Dairy Star country
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STEVE ROZEBOOM
Cumberland, WI
Cadott, WI
(Barron County)
(Chippewa County) RYAN HARM
MIKE RIEBE
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We got our third crop hay done last week. We cut July 27 and put it away July 30. It wasn’t as good as second crop. Next week we RAINFALL plan to cut new seeding. TOTALS Last 2 They have been hauling oats and rye straw all Weeks over down here. The soybeans are doing good. We might do grass and waterways 0” next week. The corn looks good on the wet ground. The dry land Since April 11 corn is starting to turn 17.7” brown on the bottom. The leaves are still green.
We could sure use some rain. We’ve received a few showers, but they were only enough to wet the sidewalk. We are RAINFALL starting to see drought TOTALS stress in the crops. There Last 2 has been talk that some Weeks of the later planted corn isn’t filling its ears. Our soybeans look good, but our corn is starting to 0” go backwards. We just finished our third cutting of alfalfa and yields were down by 10%. New Since April 11 8.7” seedings of alfalfa are struggling. Fortunately, we have had cloudy weather, which has made it easier on the crops and the livestock.
Most of the rain we’ve had was in one shot, almost two weeks ago. We still have a fair bit of moisture in the soil, and if we get the rain this RAINFALL weekend they are talking TOTALS about we should be OK. Last 2 We finished combining Weeks our rye; it yielded well for both grain and straw. We’ll finish up our third crop today. It has been pretty good, better than our second crop was. I think we’ll start combining oats either today or tomorrow, depending on the weather. Since April 11 Our corn looks really good; 17.8” I think we may be chopping early this year. It is setting kernels. The silk on the grain corn is brown and the silage corn silk is just turning.
Gleason, WI
Oconto Falls, WI
Brownsville, WI
(Lincoln County) BEN BONKE
75 cows, 350 acres
We have had about 5 inches of rain in the past two weeks. Some places close by got about 7 inches RAINFALL and there was some TOTALS flooding. The crops Last 2 seem to be doing Weeks well. The corn is tasseled for the most part but seems to be 5” growing a little slow. I think the sorghum will be ready to chop soon. The second Since April 11 crop is like the corn, 18.35” not growing too fast.
(Shawano County)
SHAWN WAGNER
650 cows, 1,400 acres We chopped third crop Aug. 4-5, and the hay looked really good. We’re taking it a little bit earlier than we wanted to, but if we don’t take it now and don’t do a fourth cutting, RAINFALL we’ll be leaving too much TOTALS Last 2 in the field. We’ve been Weeks very happy with the yield and quality of feed we’re getting with the HarvXtra low-lignin alfalfa. We’re getting more tonnage in three cuttings compared to five with conventional. Soybeans are looking really nice – everything Since April 11 is real green. Corn is all 19” tasseled and most is 10-11 feet tall. Cobs are starting to form. We’re predicting corn silage will be ready Sept. 10-15.
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80 cows, 500 acres We’re all done with oats. We finished combining July 31 and got 98 bushels per acre on 30 acres. We chopped it into straw for bedding Aug.1. We put RAINFALL manure on the oat ground TOTALS Aug. 3. The next day, we Last 2 planted peas and oats Weeks on top of that. Putting in oats as a cover crop helps keep the weeds down. We usually cut peas and oats mid to late October and bale it for heifer feed. We’re planning to cut third crop alfalfa Aug. 5. The Since April 11 corn is looking good and 15.55” setting nice cobs. Beans are also looking good. The crops look too good to be true right now.
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Monroe, WI
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DAVID KINDSCHUH
There was a tornado that touched down in town about two weeks ago. It didn’t affect us at all really; we hardly had any wind here, about 8 miles away, but it is the closest we’ve ever been to one. Everything crop-wise is looking pretty good around here. The corn looks good, definitely better than this time last year. The cobs are starting to get big. I am guessing some guys will be chopping corn by the end of the month. We are finishing up third crop today and then hopefully later this week.
JOSH STEINER
90 cows, 180 acres
We cut and chopped third crop July 28-29. We got pretty good yield at 4 tons per acre. Everyone in the area is RAINFALL wrapping up with third TOTALS crop. Our beans are Last 2 starting to flower, and Weeks the corn looks really nice and tall. I pulled back a few husks, and it looks like it has good 1” pollination, so we should get a pretty good yield. Most guys with winter wheat, oats and barley Since April 11 18.7” got that combined and straw baled. I bought straw from a neighbor, and it looked like pretty nice clean stuff.
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Sometimes I need to change things up a bit with my summer meals. Generally, our meals center around what is available from the garden or on sale at the grocery store. Lately, we have been enjoying fresh sweet corn, green beans and beets from the garden to go along with a simple hamburger. It is a quick easy meal, but sometimes you need to change things up a bit. These are some recipes I have used and discovered over the years. With all of the fresh berries (raspberries and blueberries), I have been craving custard. I found this rst recipe online. It is one way to use up the extra milk in my refrigerator. It is very similar to the baked custard recipe from Betty Crocker that my mom modied. She adds leftover rice and raisins to make a rice pudding type dessert. This is one of Mark’s favorites. Sometimes you need to eat more than just beef. I found this salmon recipe at the grocery store and loved it. Whenever salmon is on sale or I want to splurge a little bit, I’ll pick up some salmon llets and make this for dinner. It is almost as simple as frying up hamburgers at the end of a long day and just as quick. Of course, we cannot forget the dessert. The blueberry coffee cake is a modied recipe from Taste of Home. If you do not have room for it after supper, it is great to grab on your way out the door for a morning snack before chores. Raspberry crème dessert 2 1/2 cup heavy cream
Food columnist, Natalie Schmitt 1 teaspoon vanilla 6 egg yolks 1/4 cup sugar Whole raspberries 3-4 tablespoons sugar Hot water Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Heat cream in saucepan over medium heat until bubbles appear around edges of pan. Add vanilla. Whisk yolks and sugar together until light colored. Slowly whisk in warm milk and vanilla. Put a few raspberries in bottom of custard bowls or ramekin bowls. Pour milk/egg mixture over berries until twothirds full. Place bowls in 9- by13 pan. Pour hot water into pan until half way up the sides of the bowls. Bake for 50-60 minutes until the middle is still a bit soft. Cool slightly. Can enjoy warm or let set in refrigerator for at least 3 hours. Just before serving, sprinkle 3-4 tablespoons sugar over bowls and put under broiler
to melt sugar and give it a glazed look. Keep a close on eye on it. Only takes a few seconds. Baked custard from the Betty Crocker cookbook 3 eggs, slightly beaten 1/3 cup sugar Dash of salt 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 1/2 cups milk, scalded Ground nutmeg Hot water Heat oven to 350 degrees. Mix eggs, sugar, salt and vanilla. Stir in scalded milk slowly. Pour into six 6-ounce custard cups; sprinkle with nutmeg. Place cups in oblong ban on oven rack. Pour very hot water into pan to within one-half inch of tops of cups. Bake until knife inserted halfway between center and edge comes out clean, about 45 minutes. Remove cups from water. Serve warm or chilled. I use this recipe but use a 2-quart glass casserole dish to bake the custard in. I also add leftover cooked rice and raisins to the custard mix before I pour into the bowl. Good warm; great cold. Salmon with cranberry-thyme crust Four 6-ounce salmon llets, skin on 3/4 cup Panko or fresh breadcrumbs 1/4 cup dried cranberries, chopped 1/4 cup chopped green onion 3 tablespoons butter, melted and divided 2 tablespoons chopped fresh thyme 2 teaspoons grated lemon peel
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Season salmon with salt and pepper and place skin side down on baking sheet. Combine breadcrumbs, cranberries, onion, 2 tablespoons butter, thyme and lemon peel in a bowl, and season with salt and pepper. Press mixture on salmon and drizzle with 1 tablespoon melted butter. Bake for 20 minutes or until topping is golden and salmon is just opaque in the center. Oven fries 4 medium baking potatoes or sweet potatoes 2 tablespoons oil 1/2 teaspoon salt Seasonings Scrub and dry potatoes (peeling is optional). Cut into thin sticks or wedges and place in large container with a tight lid. Pour oil on potatoes, cover and shake to thoroughly coat fries with oil. Sprinkle salt on fries along with any seasoning options (garlic powder, oregano, Lawry’s salt, paprika, Parmesan cheese, etc.) Spread fries in a single layer on baking sheet. Bake at 425 degrees for 30-45 minutes, stirring and ipping fries every 5-10 minutes. Serve immediately. Blueberries and cheese coffee cake from Taste of Home 2 tablespoons butter, softened 3/4 cup sugar 1 egg 2 egg whites 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce 2 tablespoons canola oil (sunower oil is great too) 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel 2 1/4 cups our, divided
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N13438 STATE HWY 73 WITHEE, WI 54498 229-2500 2 29-2500 Office: 715-229-2500
Ken Stauffer 715-559-8232 Rocky Olsen 715-721-0079 Travis Parr 715-828-2454 Steve Strey 715-721-0434 Riley Nolt 715-507-1900
HAY & STRAW AUCTIONS
Every Wednesday at 9:30! WE ARE EXCITED TO WORK WITH CATTLE USA TO PROVIDE ONLINE BIDDING FOR OUR BUYERS AND SELLERS HERE AT PREMIER LIVESTOCK! Register online to bid at www.cattleusa.com
FEEDER CATTLE AUCTION Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020 • 11:00 am EXPECTING OVER 200 HEAD!
Next Special Bred Beef Cow, Beef Breeding Bull & Feeder Cattle Auction - Tuesday, August 18, 2020 11:00 am Expecting 400-500 head!
Cream cheese brownies 2 2 3 1
8-ounce packages cream cheese cups sugar, divided tablespoons milk cup butter, softened
2/3 cup instant hot cocoa mix (tested with Swiss Miss) 4 eggs 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 1 1/2 cups all-purpose our
In a small mixing bowl, beat cream cheese, 1/2 cup sugar and milk until uffy; set aside. In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter, hot cocoa mix and remaining sugar. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Stir in our. Pour half of brownie batter into a greased 9-by-13 baking pan that is 2 inches deep. Spread with the cream cheese mixture. Top with remaining brownie batter. Cut through batter with a knife to swirl the cream cheese. Bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.
LARGEST ORGANIC MARKET IN THE TRI-STATE AREA! Selling Organic Market Cattle every Monday and Organic Dairy Cattle every Wednesday PREMIUM PRICES PAID!!!
DAIRY AUCTION
Wednesday, August 12, 2020 • 11:00 am
COMPLETE HERD DISPERSAL: 85 High Quality Holstein Dairy Cows, including some Red & Whites and a NICE Jersey! Herd Details ~ Parlor/Freestall, 73# on 2x, 3.8BF 180scc, cows will sell on test, housed in sand bedded freestalls, complete vaccination program, regular herd health, approximately 65% are 1st & 2nd lactation. Coming from Kraynik Dairy, New Franken, WI 10 Springing Heifers, close up 3 Springing Heifers, AI sired & AI bred BULL: Jersey Cross Bull, 16 month old, gentle, semen tested Expecting our usual run of quality drive-ins including Dairy Cows, Dairy Heifers & Breeding Bulls. Expecting over 200 head of Dairy Cattle!
SPECIAL TRAIL RIDING HORSE SALE Saturday, August 15, 2020 at 11:00 am
COMPLETE DISPERSAL We are proud to offer over 130 trail horses that have been ridden extensively in Yellowstone National Park. Our auction will feature a variety of horses for all ages and level of riders! One owner closed auction. Full catalog and video on website. Any questions please Dean call 715-584-6779
SPECIAL MONTHLY DAIRY HEIFER AUCTION
E-EDITION
Friday, August 21, 2020 at 11:00 am
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Selling your complete heifer dispersal, bred heifers and open heifers. Call with your consignments! EXPECTING 250-300 HEAD OF DAIRY HEIFERS!
Weekly Highlights at Premier
Full market report online and all major newspapers!! Wednesday over 250 dairy cattle with 2 herds, many exceptional quality cattle!! Top fresh cows $1,700-2,150. Many decent quality cows $1,000-1,675. Top quality springing heifers most $1,100-1,800. As always, some lower quality and blemished cows and springing heifers $975 and down. Holstein breeding bulls up to $1,500. Thanks for your business and enjoy the weather !! www.premierlivestockandauctions.com
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SPECIAL DAIRY SALE
Bring out the best in yorur investment
SPECIAL HOLSTEIN STEER SALE FRIDAY, AUG. 28 11 A.M.
Friday, Aug. 21 • 11 a.m. WE SALUTE OUR DAIRY FARMERS!
Tri-State Livestock
Dennis Thyen
46310 164th Street Watertown, SD 57201 605.881.0647
Dealer Inquiries Welcome!
Sioux Center, IA • 712-722-0681
www.tristatelivestock.com
Email: ddthyen@gmail.com
Slatted Floors for Cattle Barns
We have the cleanest cattle slat!
Watkins, MN Holstein Slat barn
We can supply just the slats or a combination of the slats, beams, precast concrete posts, feed bunks & bunker silos, and cast in place Áoor.
ENGINEERED PRECAST CONCRETE BUNKER SILOS
Choose from 7 different panel wall heights.
• Easily Expandable • Large Capacity • Durable
1.65” Slot gap
FEATURES & BENEFITS • Optimizes cattle density in Ànishing operations for improved proÀt potential • Eliminates the need for bedding and all of the associated costs of bailing crop residues and bedding • Maximizes nutrient value to minimize fertilizer costs • Pump once per year 12 month storage • Unbeatable organic matter in soil grows the best corn
Phase 1 of Robotic Feeding Slat barn completed Cold Spring, MN
Easy Rake
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SILAGE FACER
Lake Lillian, MN • www.hansonsilo.com
1-800-THE-SILO
“On Call” Service 24/7