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Kasellas implement creative milking schedule By Jennifer Coyne jenn@dairystar.com
ROYALTON, Minn. – Since Peter and Heidi Kasella rst began dairy farming in 2007, they have continually thought outside the box for ways to improve their family business. Most recently, the Kasellas have incorporated a unique, but efcient milking schedule into their 350cow dairy near Royalton, Minn., that has maximized time management and production potential, along with vastly improving herd health. Fresh cows, 0 to 45 days in milk (DIM), are milked six times each day; cows 45 to 150 DIM are milked four times each day; and the remainder of the herd is on a 3X schedule. “There are a million things to do on the farm to be successful,” Heidi said. “For us, this is what has worked.” The milking herd is separated into six pens on the farm – Pen 3 is the fresh cows and milked six times each day; Pens 5 and 6 are cows 45 to 150 DIM, milked four times each day; and Pens 1, 2 and 4 are milked three times each day. At 3:30 a.m., the Kasellas begin milking with Pen 3, then 5, 6, 1, 2, 3 again, 4, and then 5 and 6 again. By noon, the second shift of milking begins with Pen 3, then 1, 2, 5, 6, 3 again, and nishes with 4. For a short time, the parlor is shut down until 8 p.m. for the nal milking shift. At that time, Pens 3, 5, 6, 1, 2, 3 again, and nally 4, have completed their last milking for the day. “There’s no lag time and everyone is efcient,” Heidi said. “We know what we’re doing and the cows know what they’re doing.” The increased frequency in milkings came about two winters ago after the Kasellas expanded their operation and made improvements to on-farm facilities. In 2010, the Kasellas expanded their herd from 150 to 350 crossbred cattle and milked the entire herd Turn to KASELLAS | Page 6
Watching where he steps
September 10, 2016
Stelling encourages farm safety after enduring accident 22 years ago By Krista Kuzma
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MILLVILLE, Minn. – It’s something Jake Stelling had done hundreds of times before: He was up in the silo xing a break and used the auger shield on the silo unloader as a step. But Jan. 8, 1994, didn’t go like the hundreds of other times in the past. “I stepped on the cover – the shield over the augers – and it just gave way. My leg went through and it pulled me in all the way up to the top of my thigh. That’s where it pinched enough to stop most everything. Although the motor was still humming,” Stelling said. Although the accident changed Stelling physically with his need for a prosthetic leg and gave him a new perspective on life, it didn’t stop his desire to farm. Now, the 43-year-old farms together with his cousin, Brent, on their 300-cow dairy near Millville, Minn. “I feel I’m more of a positive person than a negative one. That’s how I had to be with recovery to get through it,” Stelling said. The morning of the accident started out with regular chores. “It was grueling cold – at least 25 below,” said Stelling, who was 21 years old at the time. Because of the temperature, silage in the stave silo froze, stopping the unloader. “I went up to free it while my grandpa was down below to run things. I got it free, and stayed up there Turn to STELLING | Page 5
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Jake Stelling shows the prostheƟc leg he’s had since a farm accident he endured on Jan. 8, 1994, forcing doctors to amputate his leg below the knee. Stelling farms together with his cousin, Brent, milking 300 cows near Millville, Minn.
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Peter and Heidi Kasella milk their fresh cows six Ɵme each day in a swing-12 parlor. The Kasellas milk 350 cows near Royalton, Minn.
TAYLORS FALLS, Minn. – “What is milk?” That was the question posed by Dr. Normand StPierre at a dairy management seminar on Aug. 24 in Taylors Falls, Minn. St-Pierre, the director of research and technical services at Perdue AgriBusiness, spoke about the composition of milk. “In 100 pounds of milk, there are 3.8 pounds of butterfat, 3.0 pounds of protein, 5.7 pounds of other solids and the rest – 87.5 pounds – is water,” St-Pierre said. “Buyers are not paying you the same for each pound of those milk solids.” St-Pierre went on to explain the factors that deter-
mine component prices. “The USDA does not determine component prices, the federal government does not determine component prices and neither does your cooperative,” StPierre said. “What does determine your component pay prices are wholesale prices and unregulated sales of butter, cheese blocks and barrels, dry whey, and nonfat dry milk.” Given component prices per hundredweight (cwt) as of July 2016, butterfat sold for $2.44 per pound, while protein rang up at $2.84 per pound and other milk solids raked in $0.10 per pound. “Those are the gross revenues per pound, but how much does it cost you to produce each pound?” StPierre said. For example, St-Pierre explained that it takes 26.6 pounds of dry matter intake to make 5.36 pounds of fat and 2.5 pounds of other milk solids. Meanwhile, 10.71 pounds of net energy for lactation creates 4.25 Turn to MILK SOLIDS | Page 9
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Fall harvest can be a hectic time. As things get busy, farmers need to stay vigilant to avoid accidents. Two stories this issue share how dairy farmers Jake Stelling and Dan Kruschke suffered their own on-farm accidents. Stelling now uses a prosthetic leg after losing his left leg below the knee as a result of getting it caught in a silo auger on his farm near Millville, Minn. Read more about Stelling on pages 1 and 5 in the ďƒžrst section. Kruschke inhaled nitrogen dioxide while leveling a silo on his farm near Eagle Bend, Minn. Read about how this has affected him on pages 12 and 13 in By Mark Klaphake ďƒžrst section. But so many good things can come during harvest time, Editor including a church group that offers its services to dairy farmers who need help covering silage piles. Members of Bethel Christian Reformed Church in Sioux Center, Iowa, volunteer their time to cover the piles for area dairy farmers as a way to raise money for the church. Read about their story “One tire at a timeâ€? on pages 2, 3 and 5 in third section. If building a new maternity area or improving calving procedures for your dairy is on your to-do list, check out this issue’s “From our side of the fenceâ€? feature on pages 15 and 16 in ďƒžrst section. Dairy farmers from across our coverage area explain the logistics of where cows calve on their farm and what steps they take during that process. Following harvest, dairy farmers will have to be aware of a change that will be put in place Jan. 1. That’s when a Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD) will be required for medications in animal feeds. Read more about how you can be prepared for the change on page 9 in second section. One tradition that hasn’t changed in Minnesota is the Great Minnesota Get Together. The 12 days of the Minnesota State Fair always bring with it many opportunities to meet dairy farmers and see dairy animals. Read about the Skibas, who provided the animals for this years dairy show case, on pages 9 and 11 in third section. Also check the photo page from the state fair on pages 35 and 37 in ďƒžrst section. As October approaches, so does World Dairy Expo. This year is a big milestone for the internationally known dairy show as it celebrates its 50th anniversary Oct. 4-8 in Madison, Wis. The special section about World Dairy Expo inserted into this issue previews many of the seminars and events going on throughout the ďƒžve-day event.
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It’s all inside... FIRST SECTION
Eagle Bend
Kruschke recounts life-threatening incident with silo gas
First Section: Pages 12 - 13 Kittson Roseau
THIRD SECTION
Page 18 Siblings, rst time recipient shine in 4-H Dairy Showcase
Pages 22 - 23 Some Udder Stuff Pages 24 - 30 Classieds
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Douglas Charles Mix
Lake
Moody
McCook Minnehaha
Anoka Kandiyohi
Chippewa
Meeker
Hennepin Renville
Yellow Medicine
Wright
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Carver Scott
Sibley Lyon
Redwood
Nicollet Brown
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Rock
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First Section: Pages 23, 25
Dakota
Rice
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Marshall
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Todd Grant
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St. Paul
Cass
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Kids Corner: The Ewalts
Pages 22 - 23 Bradleys carry on family farm with dairy goats Page 24 Mid-American Hay Auction results Pages 26 - 27 Crop & Weather Report Page 29 The apple of my heart Pages 30 - 31 Dairy Recipes
Page 16 May mailbox prices down in most areas
Ottertail
Wilkin
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Page 9 UW-Extension explains changes to over the counter feed medications Pages 10 - 11 The “Mielke” Market Weekly Page 12 Dairy markets Page 13 Area hay auction results
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Church volunteers raise money, serve farming community
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Koochiching
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Beltrami
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Maurice
First Section: Pages 1, 6 - 7
A Day in the Life of the Madsen Family
First Section: Pages 18, 20 Lake of the Woods
Marshall
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ConƟnued from STELLING | Page 1 for a little while to make sure everything would stay running,” Stelling said. That’s when Stelling stepped on the auger shield and his leg fell through. “I just knew I needed to get out of there. I needed to do whatever I could to help myself,” he said. Stelling yelled down to his grandpa to call the ambulance. Then his dad and two neighbors, Jim and Joe Grobe, climbed up to help him until the rst responders arrived. “I tried to convince my dad to try to pull the belts back in reverse so I could try to get out. That wasn’t a very good idea. It really hurt. My thigh was pinched between the iron and the auger, which ended up being a good thing. It was basically like a tourniquet. When he reversed the belts a little bit it was horrendously painful,” Stelling said. A team of people spent three hours to get Stelling out of the silo. “They had to snake the jaws of life up there to cut the metal so I could get freed up,” said Stelling, who stayed conscious the whole time. Once Stelling was out of the auger, they had to gure out a way to maneuver him down the silo chute since they were up about 45 feet. “Jim Grobe went out the chute rst, and then they tied rope around my chest and handed me down the silo. So I was facing opposite the doors and I sat on his shoulders. He basically climbed me down. I don’t know what we would have done without him,” Stelling said about Grobe. Stelling’s lower leg was broken in four places and his ankle in about six places, he said. “It was dangling,” Stelling said about his leg. Once at the hospital, the doctors told Stelling he would probably be there about a week, and they would be able to save his leg. But as time went on, that wasn’t the case. “It was corn silage, so I got a severe infection. And I had a lot of surgeries,” Stelling said. After about ve days, it was decided that Stelling needed an amputation on his lower leg below the knee. Stelling stayed in the hospital six weeks, during which he went through over 20 surgeries. Although he tried to get a prosthetic leg right away, it took about a year for Stellings new body to get used to the articial limb. “I had a lot of skin issues and skin grafts, so that skin was really fresh,”
Stelling said. “I was on and off a leg for awhile. The skin would break open then I would have to wait.” In the meantime, he got around on crutches. Stelling didn’t let the loss of his leg keep him away from farming. Although he recovered during the rest of the winter and into the spring, Stelling got back out on the farm that summer. “There was only so much I could do, but I got into things on the farm on a limited basis,” he said. Stelling was able to mow lawn, run the self propelled mower conditioner and drive the skidloader. “We retrotted a tractor with hand clutch, too,” Stelling said. Once Stelling was able to use a prosthetic leg full-time, he slowly worked into other chores on the farm. Now, there aren’t many chores Stelling can’t do. “There are a few things I choose not to do because it’s a little more difcult – climbing the silo, but we don’t have those anymore. I’m not as nimble or quick sorting cows,” Stelling said. “And, I always have to watch where I step.” Although he still occasionally milks when a ll-in is needed, he said it’s a tough chore for him. “I like milking. I don’t mind milking actually, but it’s one of the hardest things on my leg – just standing on the concrete,” he said. Despite the challenges over the years, Stelling said he’s always tried to stay positive. “There wasn’t any point in being negative about it. Most likely (a positive attitude) helped my recovery. I think the whole situation probably taught me life lessons at an earlier age,” Stelling said. Although Stelling considered himself a cautious person before the accident, he feels it has made him more vigilant. “I try to always be safe and not take chances,” he said. With eld work ramping up with fall harvest approaching and the upcoming farm safety week Sept. 18-24, Stelling wants to remind other farmers to remain alert. “Pay attention to safety decals because they’re on there for a reason. Try to make sure your equipment is in good shape,” Stelling said. “It’s hard with so many different things to see every little possible thing go out, but just be vigilant. Working long days, especially during harvest season, it’s pretty easy to be more lax.”
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ConƟnued from KASELLAS | Page 6 and bellow,” she said. “They weren’t happy going six to three. We tried 4X hoping it would help, and it denitely did.” This past January, the Kasellas began milking their herd on three different schedules. While adding the 6X routine was easy, creating a 4X routine posed challenges as available time in the parlor, employees’ work schedules, and feeding time and availability were all key factors in the transition. “It’s been a huge learning curve. We didn’t have examples, so it was all trial and error,” Peter said. “Now, everything works like clockwork. It’s seamless.”
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Almost immediately after the schedule changes, Peter and Heidi noticed vast health improvements in their cows, namely displaced abomasums and ketosis cases became essentially non-existent. “Really, we’re seeing cows more often throughout the day and there happens to be less mastitis,” Peter said. Heidi agreed. “We’re interacting with them more and seeing problems quicker,” she said. Additionally, milk production increased and the cattle are able to hold their peak longer.
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National Milk Producers Federation Senior Vice-Presi- crop loss. This executive order also calls for the creation of dent of Communications Chris Galen said his organization a new task force to study the issues impacting pollinators. wants Congress to take a fresh look at the Margin Protection Program. “It has never done before and so I think there were An assessment of the hay market a number of economic assumptions that were made about Rock Valley Hay Auction owner/manager Paul McGill the structure of the program and some of those said a big hay crop was produced this year, but things need to be corrected going forward.” the quality varies. “The main difference is on Ag Insider The formula for calculating feed costs and the demand side,” McGill said. “The demand premium rates are among the aspects of MPP is as not as good as it was last year. As we that may need to be changed. The Red River get closer to fall, we usually see decent rallies Farm Network asked Galen what he considwith a panic that winter is almost here. There’s ered the biggest challenge in the upcoming been a little relief that milk prices have come Farm Bill discussion. “M-O-N-E-Y,” was the up, which will help dairy farmers.” Looking response. “There is only a limited amount of ahead into next year, McGill said it will conmoney that Congress has to work with and tinue to be a challenging market. “There is a when you break it down between the different lot of silage being chopped. The yields look commodities and the feeding programs, that is to be really good. That will be a factor. Farmthe big issue hanging over this.” ers are buying lower, cheaper quality hay than they would normally.” By Don Wick USDA to purchase surplus cheese USDA plans to purchase 11 million Silage season underway Columnist pounds of cheese for food banks. The $20 milIt doesn’t matter if the crop is going into lion purchase is designed to reduce a cheese a bunker, bag or silo; proper moisture is critisurplus, which is at a 30-year high. USDA has also extended cally important for corn silage. University of Minnesota the deadline for dairy farmers to enroll in the Margin Pro- Extension Educator Jim Paulson likes to see that moisture tection Program to December 16. The previous deadline level at 65-68 percent. “We can lose a lot of the advantages was September 30. we have in certain hybrid selection or other things like that if we let it get too dry,” Paulson said. “The digestibility of Lawmakers upset with Canadian dairy pricing plan everything decreases with that increasing maturity dropping New York Senator Chuck Schumer and Wisconsin moisture. Moisture, moisture, moisture is so critical.” Senator Tammy Baldwin have asked the Obama Administration to investigate Canada’s new dairy pricing policy. Funding for wetland mitigation The lawmakers contend these policies encourage Canadian The USDA is providing more than $7 million to fund dairy processors to use domestic milk, penalizing them for ag wetland mitigation banks in ten states. The Minnesota the use of imported dairy products. The National Milk Pro- Board of Water and Soil Resources, Dakota Wetland Partducers Federation and U.S. Dairy Export Council are prais- ners, LLC in North Dakota and South Dakota all received ing Schumer and Baldwin in their efforts. funding. “For us, that funding is going to go for increased technical assistance to landowners who are looking at poProtecting pollinators tentially restoring wetlands to deposit into the bank,” said The State of Minnesota is implementing new restric- Les Lemm, wetlands section manager, Minnesota Board of tions on the use of neonicotinoid pesticides. Governor Water and Soil Resources. “We’ll also be using some of that Mark Dayton has signed an executive order to protect bees money to facilitate the development of mitigation credits and other pollinators. With this order, the Minnesota Depart- through the restoration of wetlands. We’ll use some of that ment of Agriculture will require proof that these pesticides money for contracts for establishing the wetlands and the are needed to prevent the imminent threat of a signicant credits associated with them.”
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ConƟnued from MILK SOLIDS | Page 1 pounds of fat, 2.55 pounds of protein and 1.54 pounds of other milk solids. One pound of metabolizable protein makes 0.17 pounds of fat and 0.08 pounds of other milk solids, but slightly multiplies itself inside the cow to produce 1.49 pounds of milk protein. Regarding the nancial implications of producing each nutrient, StPierre explained that one pound of net energy costs $0.083, with effective neutral detergent ber costing $0.052 per pound. Metabolizable protein was by far the most expensive nutrient at a price of $0.518 per Dr. Normand pound. St-Pierre Fat and protein led the charge with income over feed costs at $1.98 and $1.85 per pound, respectively. Other solids sat at a loss after feed expenses, with eight cents per pound being lost. The remainder of that 100 pounds of milk – water – gets ushed down the drain, as it holds zero value in the wholesale market. “Processors do not want water,” StPierre said. “The lesson here is that you make money on seven pounds and lose money on the other 93 pounds. The rst three-quarters of a pound of butterfat or protein pay for the maintenance costs.” St-Pierre went on to compare two hypothetical herds of equal size. One herd averaged 90 pounds of milk per cow with 3.5 percent butterfat and 2.9 percent of protein, while the other herd averaged 85 pounds of milk per cow with 3.8 percent butterfat and 3.1 percent protein. Given current pay prices for milk solids, the rst herd received $15.63 per cwt., and with feed costs of $6.45 per cwt. their net income was $9.18 per cwt. On the other hand, the second herd’s feed costs were slightly higher at $7.17 per cwt. because they were feeding a touch more energy and protein, but a pay price of $17.37 lessened the blow and netted them a higher income over feed costs at $10.20. In summary, milk solids have a major impact on pay prices. St-Pierre said, “You make all your money on around seven pounds per cwt. and lose money
on what you produce the most, such as water and other milk solids.” “Milk prices are not xed, and they vary across time and across herds based on milk components,” St-Pierre said. As far as the future of component pay prices, St-Pierre spoke of the difculty of creating price forecasts beyond six months into the future. Even though the United States has more cheese in storage compared to even 10 years ago, there are also more people. In addition, the average American consumes 35 pounds of cheese per year – a fact that wholesale buyers of milk solids are aware of. “A lot of buyers still remember 2014 when prices reached record highs,” St-Pierre said. “They’re buying cheese now while it’s still cheap.” To build on that momentum, American dairy exports are slowly rising after plateauing earlier this year despite a strong U.S. dollar in part because, as St-Pierre explained, international buyers can count on American dairies to deliver a quality product on time, making them more tolerant of higher prices. In addition, European production is slowing down as a result of the end of their long-standing production quota, and low pay prices in Oceania (Australia, New Zealand and other Pacic Island nations) are causing many dairy producers in those countries to either rein in their production or leave the dairy business. Also, whey milk powder prices at Global Dairy Trade are up 18.6 percent as developing nations begin to use more animal protein in their diets. Stateside, class III futures from August through November this year are closed above $17 per cwt. and protein prices are stronger than they have been the last six months. Whey prices and nonfat dry milk prices continue to improve. Even though fat prices are uncertain due to downward pressure, all the factors at play at home and abroad are creating a silver lining for milk prices that American dairy farmers have been longing to see – thus making milk solids all the more crucial to a dairy farm’s bottom line. “You’re making your money on seven pounds of milk,” St-Pierre said. “Instead of making more water, make more solids.”
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FORT ATKINSON, Iowa – Many northeast Iowa dairy farmers were anxiously watching as rain kept falling the night of Aug. 23 into the morning of Aug. 24. Unfortunately for many, the large amount of rain received in a short period of time – some areas had over 10 inches in about four to ďƒžve hours – resulted in ďƒ&#x;ooded ďƒželds and farmsites. This included Dan Dietzenbach, who milks 70 cows near Fort Atkinson, Iowa. His farm received about ďƒžve inches of rain overnight. “I knew it was going to be bad, possibly like [the ďƒ&#x;ood we had in] ‘08, but I didn’t think it would be worse,â€? Dietzenbach said. Dietzenbach farms together with his wife, Michelle, and parents, Vern and Bernice, on their farmsites along the Turkey River. A large amount of their farmland is ďƒ&#x;at river bottom. Normally, the section of the river that is near their dairy is about 60 to 80 feet wide and 2 feet deep; however, after the excessive rain, the river swelled to over one-fourth of a mile wide and about 20 feet deep, Dietzenbach said. “The water started trickling through [two sheds] and three to four hours later it was three feet deep. We got out what equipment we could and moved it to higher ground,â€? he said.
While one of the sheds housed equipment, the other stored large round bales of hay and corn stalks. “We’ll probably have to take out the whole bottom row. They’re all wet,â€? Dietzenbach said. However, the biggest loss is in the ďƒželd. Just the week before the ďƒ&#x;ooding, Dietzenbach had done yield checks on his corn. The estimates came in between 240 and 260 bushels per acres. But Dietzenbach’s 170 acres sat under water up to the ears for a day. When the water subsided and the insurance adjustor came out to look at the damage, Dietzenbach was told he may need to destroy his ďƒ&#x;ooded crop. “It’s just really discouraging and disgusting. I thought, ‘You’ve got to be kidding me. You’re out of your mind. There’s no way. It’s by far the best crop I’ve ever had,’â€? Dietzenbach said. “Now he tells us we have to plow it under.â€? Dietzenbach hopes there’s another answer. Although he knows the corn won’t be the highest quality, he hopes he can salvage some of his crop. “I’m trying to ďƒžgure out what we can do,â€? he said. “I’m hoping if its not bad in a few weeks we can take it out and harvest it, and take it to the ethanol plants as long as there’s no mold that would carry over to the feed stuffs at the end.â€? The corn is normally chopped or combined and fed to their dairy herd, the bull calves they raise or the Turn to FLOODING | Page 11
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ConƟnued from FLOODING | Page 10 1,000 head of hogs they nish on their farm. In addition to his corn, Dietzenbach also had a small amount of soybean and alfalfa acres that ooded. His dad also had about 85 acres of corn under water. “We’ll have enough good feed for the animals,” Dietzenbach said. Although the ooding covered the farm elds, Dietzenbach said this ood didn’t wash out as many roads or erode the banks of the river as much as he thought it would.
“It’s a disappointment seeing the crop get to this point – a record crop for us – and seeing it disappear right in front of you.” DAN DEITZENBACH, DAIRY FARMER
“The corn was so tall. As the river went through it, it really slowed the water down. Except for the rows right along the river,” Dietzenbach said. “There seems to be less garbage that came in [to the elds than in 2008]. There are more boards and tires and things like that right on the edge of the corn that didn’t necessarily go in. Hopefully when we’re harvesting we won’t nd as much garbage as we did in ‘08. But it’s hard to tell.” When the water went down, the Dietzenbachs started cleaning up their sheds. They couldn’t do much in the elds since it was too muddy.
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A closer look by Jennifer Coyne
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The hidden danger of farming
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EAGLE BEND, Minn. – Farming is one of the most dangerous occupations in the United States, and currently has the highest rate of occupational fatalities, ahead of mining and construction, with 22.2 farm-related deaths per 100,000 workers, or 480 lives lost each year, according to the Agricultural Safety and Health Council of America. Dan Kruschke could have been a part of that statistic. On Sept. 26, 2011, Kruschke was exposed to nitrogen dioxide while leveling a small silo on the 40-cow dairy farm he operates with his wife, Susan, near Eagle Bend, Minn. That day still haunts Kruschke. “I remember diving towards the door to catch my
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Dan Kruschke milks 40 Jerseys with his wife, Susan, near Eagle Bend, Minn. Four years ago, Kruschke inhaled silo gas in the midst of fall harvest. breath,” said Kruschke, goosebumps covering his arms. “Unless I got myself out of there, I was going to be dead.” The tower silo had three loads of silage at the bottom
from two days prior. Before Kruschke could continue harvesting, he had to adjust the chute, which had unevenly distributed the feed. Entering the silo from a
side door, Kruschke dropped his wrench and began the trek down towards the bottom to fetch the tool. “I started feeling dizzy and it was hard to breathe,”
Kruschke said. “That’s when I knew it was silo gas. I had walked right into it.” Nitrogen dioxide is the dangerous result of the ensiling process; a yellow-tinted, heavy gas that lingers in the vicinity for up to three weeks after silage is properly stored. With all his might, the dairy farmer managed to reach the opening of the silo towards fresh air. “I was able to nish lling the silos, but felt like I had the u or pneumonia,” Kruschke said. “After going to the doctor, I was treated with steroids and realized what had happened.” Kruschke suffered from pulmonary edema, where his lungs lled with liquid. In relation to other fatal farm accidents, asphyxiation or toxic effects from gases is acute in comparison, but the effects are equally hazardous and can occur days after the initial contact. The effects of inhaling the toxic gas would be long lasting for Kruschke, who was diagnosed with hypersensitivity Turn to SILO GAS | Page 13
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ConƟnued from SILO GAS | Page 12 and whose conditions worsened after the farm accident. “You can look at a tractor and see it’s lacking rollover protection and has a narrow front end, and know it’s dangerous,” Dr. John Shutske said. “Unless you see the cloudy yellow tint of nitrogen dioxide against sunlight, gases are difcult to detect until it is too late.” Shutske is an agriculture engineering specialist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and has 31 years of experience in farm safety. While tower silos are the most common storage facility where silo gas is detected due to the conned space, any storage facility, including bags and bunkers, retains the dangers of nitrogen dioxide exposure for up to three weeks after initial storage. “In other storage systems, there’s generally a lot more ambient air movement and less risk,” Shutske said. “Although realistically, levels can go from zero to deadly in a matter of minutes.” Hydrogen sulde, developed in manure, is highly toxic, and is most commonly the cause of death near a pit or lagoon. At low levels, the deadly gas smells like rotten eggs, but as concentrations increase, a person’s olfactory nerves go into temporary paralysis, and at 600 to 1,000 parts per million (ppm), a person will stop breathing, Shutske said. “Pits are extremely dangerous and are classical conned spaces,” said Shutske. “Unless a dairy farmer or employee has to work in it, they should know this area is off limits. When work inside of a pit is needed, it’s always best to work with a qualied ag service provider who has the right safety equipment.” For the majority of the U.S. work-
force, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulates conned spaces to ensure worker safety. However, OSHA has not focused regulatory efforts on smaller farms with family member employees in most states; as a result, many smaller dairy farms with fewer than 11 hired workers are generally not subject to OSHA actions, Shutske said. “On all types of farmers, the dangers of conned spaces are the same, or even greater as compared to other industries or large farms,” Shutske said. If a farmer must work in a conned space, they need to take the proper safety precautions – wearing a self-contained breathing apparatus and other appropriate safety gear, monitoring the air for adequate oxygen levels and toxic gases, using ventilation fans, and being supervised by one or two other individuals. An effective conned space entry program also includes training, record keeping, and insuring that people using respiratory protection equipment are doing so correctly and safely. “Manure and silage storage systems pose the same threats as conned spaces, such as petroleum storage tanks,” Shutske said. Kruschke, now realizing the danger he was in, takes every precaution when working around the farm, especially during harvest season, from wearing protective gear to creating extra air movement throughout the silo. “I made a mistake. I went in when no one was around and it could have been worse,” Kruschke said. “Now, no one goes near the silage or silo room until it’s safe. If something goes in the silo, it will come out eventually. The risk [of retrieving it] is not worth it.” Shutske agreed.
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Rachael Rusch Ru-Be Dairy, LLC. Grove City, Minn. Meeker County 350 cows Describe your maternity pen or calving area. Our maternity pen consists of a straw bedpack and 15 headlocks at the feed bunk in a cross ventilated facility we built last summer. This pen is separated from the transition pen, but easy for cow ow to access once she calves. We also have six individual calving pens that run adjacent to the maternity pen. We have a surveillance system that monitors the maternity pen, calving pens, and transition pen.
Josh Lingen Balaton, Minn. Murray County 250 cows Describe your maternity pen or calving area. Our maternity pen is about 600 square feet. It’s bedded with straw and ventilated with fans. It also has a big overhead door that we can open to give the cows light and air during the warmer months. Our maternity pen is equipped with multiple video cameras and is located right next to our milking parlor. What is the timeline for cows/heifers entering/exiting the pen? About ten days prior to her due date, we will place a Medria remote calving sensor in the cow’s birth canal. The sensor sends the cow’s temperature information to my smart phone. At about 48 hours prior to calving the cow’s temperature will drop, which means that it’s time to put her into the maternity pen and begin to watch her closely. Thanks to the monitoring system, our calving rate is currently 101 percent. We have lost a few calves at birth, but have also been able to save all of the calves from eight sets of twins.
What is the timeline for cows/heifers entering/exiting the pen? Cows and heifers will enter the maternity pen 21 days prefresh. This gives them time to adapt to the environment, ration, and their new herd mates. They will remain in this pen until the calving process has started. They are then moved into one of the six calving pens. She will then have her calf in the individual pen and remain with her calf for approximately one hour. She is then moved to the transition On average, how many cows are in the pen at a pen where she will remain for a week for close obser- time? We usually have 2-3 cows in the maternity pen. vation. What is your procedure for delivering calves? When the cow pushes the calving monitor out, it sends On average, how many cows are in the pen at a me a signal so I know exactly when labor has begun. time? We have approximately 12 cows/heifers in the We give heifers up to three hours after dilating before maternity pen at one time. We add cows once a week. we look into assisting them and give cows 30- 45 minutes. Over the past ve years, I have called the vet just What is your procedure for delivering calves? Our once to help with calving. I can handle about any situstandard procedure is to allow the cow to try to calve ation by myself. in on her own under observation. Our employees are trained to distinguish if she needs assistance calving. What steps do you take to maintain proper sanitaAt that point, someone from the management team tion? We clean the pen regularly and re-bed it with will assist her in a clean room to aid her with the pro- lots of fresh straw. cess. The vet is called on very difcult calving or cAfter delivery, how do you assist the calf and cow? sections. As soon as a cow goes into labor, I begin to thaw out What steps do you take to maintain proper sani- the colostrum that I will feed to the calf immediately tation? The maternity bedded pack gets cleaned out after birth. We drench all of our fresh cows with Start every 10 days. The calving pens gets cleaned more Strong For Fresh Cows, but drench the heifers on a often. All equipment gets cleaned between each use. case-by-case basis. We make sure that all of our fresh All bottles and calf supplies are either disposed of or animals are given yeast boluses. sanitized after each use. Tell us about the most unique calving you’ve ever After delivery, how do you assist the calf and cow? had. We once had a cow that seemed to calve normally. We put her into the freestall barn with the rest The calf will get vaccinated, naval dipped, and receive of the milk herd and three days later she gave birth to his quality colostrum. The dam will get oral calcium a second live calf. She was claiming it and it had to be and enter the dairy computer system where I can mea- hers, because there was no other cow in the barn who sure her milk weights and monitor milk conductivity could have had that calf. for potential pathogens. Tell us about your farm. We have been milking in Tell us about the most unique calving you’ve ever our robot barn for four years. We milk 130 head with had. Six years ago, I had a heifer calving, but wasn’t our robots and 120 head in our milking parlor. We are sure what was coming. It looked like a prolapse, ex- planning on expanding our robot milking facility and cept I knew she hadn’t calved yet. I reached inside adding another two robots. We are always looking for and felt what was the calf’s organs, such as the heart, ways to be more efcient and feel that the robots have liver, intestines, etc. I called the vet and we ended up greatly increased our efciency. My wife, Andrea, performing a c-section on her because she had ‘schis- and I got married on June 4. My parents, Randy and tosomus reexus’ calf. This is where the calf is en- Denice, moved to an acreage on the lake this summer, tirely malformed and usually can’t pass through the so Andrea and I now live here. We farm about 700 birth canal. The vet said that we would be lucky if the acres and do custom silage chopping for 15 local farmcow survived. If she would live, we shouldn’t breed ers. her back. However, one year later we were preparing to calve her in again with a healthy heifer calf. Tell us about your farm. We milk 350 cows in a freestall barn and a double-8 parabone parlor. Our farm is family owned and run by my parents, Joe and Karen Becker, myself and my husband, Patrick Rusch, and my sister, Jessi Stocker.
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Describe your maternity pen or calving area. We have two straw-bedded pens that are 24- by 17-foot. The pens are on concrete ooring and are cleaned out every fourth calving. The barn is naturally ventilated with
What is the timeline for cows/heifers entering/exiting the pen? Cows are walked up on every hour to see where they are at. We bring cows into the pen depending on their stage of labor. Cows exit the pen a half hour after calving to be milked and calves are fed within 15 minutes of birth with stored colostrum. On average, how many cows are in the pen at a time? On average, we will have one cow in each pen. What is your procedure for delivering calves? It depends on the cow. We usually let them calve on their own if everything goes right. If they have been struggling for 30 to 45 minutes with no progression, we will vaginally check them to determine from there what needs to be done. What steps do you take to maintain proper sanitation? All of our equipment is cleaned and sanitized after every calving. The pen is cleaned after every fourth calving as well as sanitized. The calves are towel dried right after birth to ensure they are cleaned and we also dip their navels. After delivery, how do you assist the calf and cow? The calves are dried, dipped and then fed colostrum. We usually have enough pooled colostrum stored, but we will use a replacer if we are low. The cow’s stomach is pumped with a custom cow drench and milked for colostrum right after delivery. Tell us about the most unique calving you’ve ever had. The most unique situation I came across was the one time I had four feet and a tail coming out. It was a twin calving and one had its head backwards. So, I had to reach in and try to decipher which calf was which and get them switched around. Tell us about your farm. We milk 500 cows. The farm is owned by myself, my brother Andy and our dad, Bill. We run 1,500 acres of corn and hay. We are milking three times a day in a double-12 herringbone parlor and our cows are housed in a sand-bedded, naturally ventilated freestall barn. We have a current rolling herd average of 32,000 with 3.9 fat and 3.12 protein and currently have a somatic cell count of about 55,000.
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Describe your maternity pen or calving area. Our maternity area is in our special needs barn which was constructed in 2012. The barn is 68- by 80-feet, with 18 freestalls on one side for our dry cows and special needs cows. The other side of the barn has two maternity pens 12by 20-feet, and another pen where we group about four calves just prior to weaning. There is also a heated milk room and an area for eight Calf-Tel indoor pens for our newborn calves. All pens have a broomed concrete nish oor and are bedded with straw. The barn is naturally ventilated with curtain sidewalls and has uorescent lighting. What is the timeline for cows/heifers entering/exiting the pen? Cows enter the pen at the rst signs of calving and exit when they can safely be put in our tiestall barn. On average, how many cows are in the pen at a time? There is usually only one cow in the pen at a time. What is your procedure for delivering calves? Cows are given ample time to deliver their calves on their own. We intervene if we feel the cow needs assistance. The vet may be called if the head or leg is back and the problem cannot be corrected on our own. What steps do you take to maintain proper sanitation? Pens are usually cleaned after each calving. Calf pens are cleaned when a calf is moved out, as well. Plenty of straw is used in all pens. After delivery, how do you assist the calf and cow? The cow is immediately given as much warm water as she wants to drink and the calf is given colostrum within an hour or two after birth. Fresh bedding is put down after delivery. A Bovi-calc is administered if milk fever is a concern. In winter months, the calf is dried off soon after birth and put under a heat lamp. Tell us about the most unique calving you’ve ever had. The most unique calving I can remember is when a cow had a twisted uterus and we rolled the cow the usual way to correct the problem, but realized that was the wrong way. So, we had to roll her the other way two more times to deliver the calf. The calf was a healthy boy and we all slept well that night. Tell us about your farm. I farm with my parents, John and Connie Turgasen, along with my wife, Rachel, and our three kids – Logan, 13, Delaney, 10, and Landon, 8. We milk 75 registered Holsteins and crop 400 acres of corn, alfalfa, soybeans, wheat and oats.
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Shea Dairy, Inc. Jason and Tom Shea Viola, Minn. Olmsted County 810 cows Describe your maternity pen or calving area. Our calving area is a 30- by 100-foot area with a lime oor in a curtain sidewall barn. We use corn stalks and straw for bedding. In 2014, we built a 17- by 24-foot warm room for the colder months for easier calf care and for employees. The room includes in-oor heat. What is the timeline for cows/heifers entering/exiting the pen? Usually, cows enter the pen about a week before calving. We move cattle in twice a week in bigger groups instead of a few every day to try not to disturb the other cows already in there as much as possible. On average how many cows are in the pen at a time? There are about 15 to 20 cows in the pen at a time depending on the month. Some months are busier than others. What is your procedure for delivering calves? When cows are showing signs of labor, we move them into a separate pen by themselves. If they are agitated or uncomfortable by themselves, we will try to put an extra cow in with her. We will intervene after about an hour or so depending on how things are coming along. You can usually tell which cows can labor on their own and which ones might need a little help. The only time we call for help is usually at night when there is no extra employees available. Otherwise, our herdsman, Andy Dick, is very good at pulling calves and is able to correct any problems prior to calving if needed. What steps do you take to maintain proper sanitation? We keep the pens cleaned and bedded often. In between calves, we use a sanitizer to spray down the pens the calves are kept in after being born. We also sanitize the oor of the pens when we clean the bedding out about every other week. After delivery, how do you assist the calf and cow? After delivery, we let the cow lick the calf off and spend time with it. We give the cows a YMCP drench to drink and feed the calf colostrum a little while after it is born. After that, the calf will get moved to an individual pen and the cow will go to the parlor to be milked. Tell us about the most unique calving you’ve ever had. Each one is unique in its own special way. Tell us about your farm. Shea Dairy, Inc. was established in 1999. The fourth generation farm is owned by Jerome and Marilyn Shea, Tom and Melissa Shea and their boys, Ryan, 12, and Bronson, 8, along with Jason and Mindy Shea and their boys, Carter, 7, Bennett, 4, and Rowan, 1. The dairy milks approximately 725 cows three times a day and is currently producing 29,000 pounds of milk with a somatic cell count of 87,000. In addition, Shea Dairy, Inc. operates over 900 acres of cropland consisting of mostly corn and hay. Shea Dairy, Inc. strives to produce high quality milk in a modern and highly efcient manner while still being a good neighbor and steward of land, water, and other resources. It also strives to provide a high quality of life for its owners, employees and their families.
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‘15 Gehl RT210, dual H ctrls, D, 17” tracks, 3000 lift cap., C/H/A, 2 spd., heater, hyd. float-self leveling, 1200 hrs........... $41,500 ‘14 Gehl RT175, ISO variable spd ctrls., D, eng. block heater ...................... $39,800 ‘13 Gehl RT175, ISO/ dual hand, D, 2500 lift cap., C&H, 2 spd., 475 hrs ............ $34,500 (3) Gehl R220, various features Start at $26,250 ‘14 Gehl R190, hand ctrls, D, 2100 lift cap, C&H, radio, 2 spd, 2159 hrs .. $26,250 ‘14 Gehl R190, pilot ctrls, D, C&H, 2 spd, 2103 hrs............................. $28,500 ‘14 Gehl R190, H ctrls, D, C/H/A, 2 spd, 3020 hrs............................. $23,950 ‘13 Gehl R190, t-bar, D, 2150 lift cap., SS, block heater, 2100 hrs ............ $24,950 ‘13 Gehl R190, JS, D, 2150 lift cap., 2 spd., C&H, 1089 hrs .................. $33,900 ‘07 Gehl 7810, pilot ctrls., D, 3800 lift cap., C/H/A, 490 hrs., 2 spd................... $34,900 ‘04 Gehl 7810, t-bar ctrls, D, C&H, 2 spd., 3800 lift cap., 3597 hrs ................. $21,900 ‘11 Gehl 5640E, T-bar H-ctrls, D, 2200 lift cap., SS, 2600 hrs .......... $20,500 ‘07 Gehl 5640, pilot ctrls, D, 2200 lift cap., C&H, 2 spd., 2506 hrs. ................. $22,500 ‘04 Gehl 5640, T-bar ctrls, D, 2200 lift cap., SS, 3905 hrs ................................. $16,500 Gehl 5625SX, H ctrls, D, 1700 lift cap., C&H, 3832 hrs .............................. $12,500 ‘12 Gehl 5240 P2, T-bar ctrls, SS, 1900 lift cap., wt. kit, 2526 hrs .............. $21,900 ‘13 Gehl 5240E P2, T-bar ctrls., D, 2100 lift cap., counter wts., SS, 2050 hrs ... $26,900 ‘13 Gehl 5240E P2, pilot/JS, hand ctrls, 2150 lift cap., C&H, D, 2 spd., power Q-tach, block heater, 2600 hrs........ $27,500 ‘12 Gehl 5240E P2, T-bar ctrls, D, 1900 lift cap, SS, 2950 hrs ........... $18,500 ‘04 Gehl 4840, H ctrls., D, 1700 lift cap., heat, SS, 5478 hrs ........................ $13,500 ‘99 Gehl 4835SXT, H crtls., D, C&H, 1700 lift cap., 2900 hrs .................... $12,300 ‘13 Gehl 4640E, P2, T-bar ctrls, 1750 lift cap, SS, 2700 hrs ......................... $22,900 ‘12 Gehl 4240E, T-bar ctrls., D, C&H, 1500 lift cap., 1700 hrs........ $18,700 ‘14 Mustang 2600R, H&F ctrls., D, C&H, 2 spd., 2600 lift cap., 625 hrs ............ $37,400 ‘15 Mustang 2200R, JS ctrls., D, C/H/A, 2 spd., 2200 lift cap., 985 hrs ............ $33,900
USED SKIDSTEERS
‘13 Mustang 2200R, H crls, C&H, 2 spd. D, 2200 lift cap., 250 hrs. .................. $32,500 ‘05 Mustang 2109, h/ft ctrls, C&H/Air, 2 spd, 1401 hrs............................. $28,900 ‘06 Mustang 2076, H/F ctrls, D, 2200 lift cap., C&H, SS, 2100 hrs . $22,900 ‘10 Mustang 2076, pilot ctrls, D, 2200 lift cap., C&H, 1600 hrs., 2 spd. ......... $26,800 ‘08 Mustang 2076, D, 2400 lift cap., C/H/A, SS, 912 hrs., dual JS ctrls ............ $29,900 ‘10 Mustang 2066, H/F pedal ctrls, D, 2000 lift cap., C&H, SS, 750 hrs $21,500 ‘10 Mustang 2066, H&F ctrls., D, C&H, 2 spd., 1083 hrs., 2000 lb. lift. cap. .... $26,900 ‘07 Mustang 2066, H/F ctrls, D, 2000 lift cap, C&H, 1725 hrs......... $20,900 ‘13 Mustang 2056, H/F ctrls, D, 1900 lift cap., C&H, 2 spd., 1401 hrs .......... $28,900 ‘08 Mustang 2054, D, SS, H, 1750 lift cap, 6200 hrs. ................. $10,300 ‘99 Mustang 2050, T-bar ctrls, 1650 lift cap., D, 4623 hrs., C&H, SS.............. $11,900 ‘11 Mustang 2044, t-bar ctrls, D, 1550 lift cap., C/H, 1515 hrs .................. $18,700 ‘08 Mustang 2041, Gehl ctrls., D, C&H, 1350 lift cap., 2550 hrs ................. $15,750 ‘15 Mustang 1900R, H&F ctrls, D, 2100 lift cap, C&H, 2 spd., 54 hrs ............... $34,900 ‘11 JD 326D, H/F ctrls, D, 2550 lift cap, C/H, SS, 5800 hrs ......................... $24,200 ‘85 Case 1845B, dual H ctrls., D, 1700 lift cap., 6961 hrs ................... $8,500 ‘07 Case 435, H-ctrls., D, 2300 lift cap., C/H, SS, 2750 hrs ......................... $18,850 ‘85 NH L785, H/FT ctrls., D, 2050 lift cap., C, SS, 6935 hrs. .............................. $8,900
TRACTORS
‘72 International 666, 2 whl., 69 hp G, 7823 hrs ......................................... $7,900 ‘45 International H, 26 hp, 540 pto.. $1,995
TELEHANDLERS
‘05 Gehl RS6-42, JD dsl., 6600 lift cap., 4WD, 2884 hrs.............................. $35,000 ‘07 Gehl CT7-23T, JS ctrls, D, 7000 lift cap., C&H, 6000 hrs...................... $31,900 ‘04 Gehl DL8L44, JS ctrls, D, 8000 lift cap., 2 spd., 5787 hrs................................... Call ‘01 Gehl DL6H40, JS ctrls., D, 8000 lift cap., C&H, 4448 hrs........ $24,900
TELEHANDLERS
‘14 Manitou MLT625, JS ctrls, 75 hp D, 4WD, 5500 lift cap, 19’3” reach, C/H/A, 2 spd., 1800 hrs............................... $59,500 ‘05 Mustang ML68, D, cab, 10’8” load ht., 5732 lift cap., pallet forks, 78” bkt., 692 hrs ............................................ $35,000
USED TMRS/MIXERS
‘10 Penta 3020 SD, 540 pto, 320 cu. ft., 4’ RH front/side conveyor, 9” rubber ext., scale ......................$21,000 ‘07 Penta 6720HD, 725 cu. ft., 8” rubber ext., front right corner door, Digi-Star scale, Tornado augers ...................$26,500 ‘04 Penta 5600, 600 cu. ft., EZ 2000V scale, corner door .........................$17,500 ‘05 Penta 4110, 400 cu. ft. .............$14,500 ‘06 Penta 4110, 450 cu. ft., 8” rubber ext., 4’ RH stainless Steel conv. ............$16,500 ‘08 Penta 5620HD, 600 cu. ft., 8” rubber ext., right corner door ...................$23,500 ‘08 Roto-Mix VXT865, 860 cu. ft., 21500 lbs., RH conveyor......$18,500 As Is ‘08 NDE 2802, EXV 2500 scale, step down floor, rear discharge & front conveyor discharge .......................$28,500 Knight Mfg. 3030, scale, 3 auger discharge .........................$11,500 Knight Mfg. 2250, 200 cu. ft. ...........$6,500 ‘11 Kuhn Knight VTC 1100, LH slide tray, rear commodity door, 2 remote scales, mounted to 2012 Peterbuilt 367 w/40,619 miles, 66,000 GVW, 10 spd., transmission, front mount hyd. drive, 1100 cu. ft...................................$134,000 ‘99 Supreme 500, LH dog leg conveyor .......................................$13,000
MANURE HANDLING
‘12 Kuhn Knight 8141, 4100 gal, hyd. lid $42,900 ‘03 Kuhn Knight 8140, 800 bu./4000 gal. ...........................$21,700 ‘04 Kuhn Knight 8140, 4000 gal., 700 bu., hyd. lid, hinged on left, priced as is.....................................$23,500 ‘03 Kuhn Knight 8140, 4000 gal., 700 bu., hyd. lid, hinged on left .....$29,900 Knight Mfg. 8040, 4000 gal./700 bu., hyd. lid, hinged on left, priced as is ....$19,500 ‘99 Knight Mfg. 8024, 500 bu............$12,900 Kuhn-Knight 8132, 3200 gal ............$20,500
MANURE HANDLING
‘08 Kuhn-Knight 8132, front and rear splash guards ................................$23,500 ‘05 Kuhn Knight 8118, 1800 gal., 400 bu., auger flighting good cond. .............. $14,900 Kuhn Knight 8118, 1800 gal. ........... $12,000 ‘10 Kuhn Knight 8118, 400 bu., 1800 gal ............................ $14,900 Kuhn Knight 8118, 1800 gal., 400 bu. $10,900 NH 185, 287 bu. ................................. $4,200 ‘08 Balzer V6, liq. manure pump, 1-3/8 1000 pto, 6” discharge, 8’ depth, agitate option ...................................$6,500 ‘05 Balzer 4200 Magnum, 4200 gal. ........................................$17,500 Balzer 3350, 3350 gal., injectors, hyd. drive .........................................$7,895 H&S 430, 430 bu. ..............................$8,400 ‘09 H&S 175, 175 bu., single beater ....................................$5,100 ‘08 H&S HP550, 550 bu., horiz. beater ...................................$18,900 ‘89 H&S 430, 430 bu., upper beater, T-rod chain.......................................$4,750
HAY & FORAGE
Gehl 980, 16’ w/12 ton tandem gear, H&S 6-12 running gear ...................$6,950 Gehl 980 bu., 16’ box, 12 ton tandem, vari-speed drive ...............................$5,500 Gehl 970, 16’ box, tandem running gear.................................................$4,300 Gehl 960, 16’ box .............................$2,500 Gehl 910, 16’ box, MN 12 ton tandem, rear unload......................................$3,500 Gehl CB1250, hay head only .............$3,950 NH 144 std. conveyor, no ext., ground driven .................................$3,900 NH HT154, 12 whl. rake....................$9,800 ‘10 Teagle 8080WB, processes 5’x6’ bales, self loading .........................$23,000 Vermeer Top Gun, processes 5x6’ bales.....................$15,500 CIH 600, 60” blower .........................$5,300 Badger BN2054, 54” forage blower .....$895 ‘84 Badger 950, 16’, tandem, 12T MN running gear .......................$4,150 ‘09 JD 468SS, 4’x6’ bales, net wrap and twine, Mega Wide plus P.U., silage special, 14,000 bales ....................$24,900 JD 640 PT rake, 9’, 5-bar, rubber teeth ....................................$1,800
HAY & FORAGE
‘12 Kuhn GA300GM, 7’3” raking width, 10’6” with windrow, 3 pt. rotary rake .... $5,300 Kuhn GA300, 7’6” raking width .........$3,100 ‘15 Kuhn GF222T, 2 rotor, pull-type, 8’6” working width ..........................$3,150 ‘15 Sitrex RP5, 440 lbs., 138” width, 5-55” wheels .......................................... $1,595 ‘15 Kuhn GMD600GIIHD, 7’10” ........$8,600 H&S Super 7+4, 16’ box ...................$6,300 ‘11 H&S BF1460, 14 whl .................... $13,000 2) Parker 2500, 350 bu., 12” ext. ....$2,400 ea. ‘90 Meyer 500TSS, 16’ box, 12 ton tandem, bunk ext., pintle chain ............................ $6,250 ‘89 Meyer 600, 18’ box, MN 13 ton gear, 20” unload ext........................................ $3,750 ‘07 Meyer 4518, 18’ box, 16T Meyers X1604 running gear, variable spd., cross conv. ext. .................................... $14,750 Gehl 800 chopper w/hay head ..........$2,995 Valmetal H5600, process bales up to 5x5.......................................$18,900 ‘15 Anderson NWX660, wraps 5x5’ bales, Farm King Combo pkg., remote stop and steer, hyd. X tractor ........$26,500 ‘12 Anderson TRB2000, 20 bale cap., elec./hyd. ctrls., self-loading, self-unloading ...............................$29,950 ‘10 Krone SW46T, 540 pto, 15’ ........$6,900 ‘08 Frontier WR1216, 18 whl, 2 whl ext. added on, up to 36’ working width, center kicker whls, 55” whls, inid. rake whls, hyd. lift and fold...................$13,900 Woods S50CD, 20’ width ................$10,500 Flat Rack/Hay Rack, 7-2/2’x11-1/2’, 6 bolt rims .........................................$695
MISCELLANEOUS
Bobcat concrete hammer. .............. $4,200 Berlon BSC, lifts full rd. bales ............ $450 ‘14 Everst 5700 84”, 3 blades, 7 guage deck, 1-1/2” to 4-1/2” cutting height ............................................ $1,985 Agrimetal 525, 25 bu., Honda 160CC motor ..................... $2,500 ‘05 Agrimetal 530, 30 bu., GX160 Honda, hydrostatic, cross conveyor, dual delivery, front steer ............... $2,950 Buhler 6010, 60” width, 2 stage, manual spout ................................ $1,350 Edge 500862, 72” snow blower w/rotation and spout deflector ...... $4,100
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Top Performers
Facility improvements aid in Funks’ herd average Funks Midway Dairy New Munich, Minn. Stearns County 650 cows What is your current herd average, butterfat and protein? Our rolling herd average is 29,900 pounds of milk with 3.65 percent fat and 2.92 percent protein. How many times a day do you milk? We started three times a day in November 2015.
Do you use BST? Yes, we start the cows at 80-90 days in milk. Do you contract your milk? No. Describe your housing and milking facility. We have a double-12 parallel parlor. Our freestall barn’s stalls have mattresses and water beds and a bedded pack that house close up dry cows and fresh cows. What is the composition
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MARK KLAPHAKE/DAIRY STAR
A couple major adjustments the Funks made on their dairy was raising the neck rails 8 inches and installing new ma�resses to improve cow comfort.
Funks Midway Dairy, owned by Dorothy and John Funk with their sons – (back row, from le�) Karl, Greg and Jeff – have a 29,900 pound herd average. They are pictured with general maintenance and feed manager Ma� Hellermann (front, right). of your ration? It includes Through the years you’ve What is your herd health 62 pounds of corn silage, 22 been farming, what change program? We do a herd health pounds of haylage, one pound has created the biggest jump check every two weeks using of straw, 10 pounds of high in your herd average? We did ultrasound. If the vet says a moisture corn, 2.5 pounds three things in a three-month cow is carrying twins we will of dry corn, 10 pounds of window that increased milk per dry her off two weeks early. wet distillers, 13 pounds of a cow by 10 pounds: installed We only pregnancy check our protein blend with minerals new mattresses, raised the neck cows one time between 30and three pounds of sugar rails on the freestalls 8 inches 44 days bred. We breed cows from visual signs and our A.I. blend 55. and started using BST. 24 system. Turn to FUNKS | Page 20
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Con�nued from FUNKS | Page 18
What does your dry cow and transition program consist of? Two weeks before dry off the cows get J-5 and SRP, and have their hooves trimmed. We dry them off at 53-60 days before their due date. At dry off we use Tomorrow tubes and orbeseal, and the cows are given J-5 and Scour Guard 4KC. At 18-24 days before their due date, cows are moved to the close up dry cow pen and are vaccinated with J-5. Heifers are brought to the dairy 30-40 days before their due date. At that time, we hoof trim them and give them SRP and 4KC. At 18-24 days before their due date they are moved to the close up pen and receive SRP and 4KC. What role does genetics play in your production level, and what is your breeding program? We breed for a stronger, well-balanced cow that has capacity to eat a lot of forage with good feet and legs, and udders. We use almost all young sires that Bob Klassen and
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Herd manager Ernesto Milla Ayala works with Karl and Jeff in managing the herd. The Funks milk 650 cows near New Munich, Minn. Kyle Pundsack recommend. In the past we have not used high milk bulls, just bulls with good pedigrees. We have three of us that do all the A.I. breeding. We will give cows Lutalyse if they have not shown heat by 70 DIM and will start the double ovsync program about 90 to 100 DIM if they are not bred. I will use a CIDR on a cystic or static cow. What improvements would you like to make that would increase your rolling herd average? We would like to have a bigger bedded pack for our older cows to increase their longevity and productivity. MARK KLAPHAKE/DAIRY STAR
Side bunks are wrapped with plas�c to protect the silage and haylage from moisture.
What would you say are the three most important factors that helped you attain your current herd average? The rst is the effort to provide cow comfort. The second is dedicated and quality people working
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U OF M EXTENSION FARM FAMILY OF THE YEAR
Family farming: It’s not always easy Behouneks are annual Dodge County award recipients By Krista Kuzma
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HAYFIELD, Minn. – The Behouneks are not afraid to admit that farming with family can be tough at times. “You have to pick your battles,” Ron Behounek said. But even with the challenges, the Behouneks said there are good things about farming together. “They all have the same goals. They want the best feed and the most milk out of the cows to be successful,” Rhonda Behounek said. The Behouneks – Ron
and Rhonda, their sons, Kyle and Keith, and Keith’s ancé, Heather Schwingle, and their 7-month-old son, Kutter – were named the 2016 Dodge County Farm Family of the Year. They milk 270 cows on their dairy near Hayeld, Minn. “We didn’t know the process or know who nominated us. It was a surprise,” Keith said. In order to get through farming every day and to make farming with family easier, the Behouneks follow a few philosophies. KRISTA KUZMA/DAIRY STAR
The Behouneks – (from leŌ) Ron, Rhonda, Kyle, Heather Schwingle and Keith holding KuƩer – received the 2016 Dodge County Farm Family of the Year award. They milk 270 cows on their dairy near Hayeld, Minn. “Someone once told me that tomorrow’s another day. If you can’t get it done today there’s always tomorrow,” Kyle said. Heather agreed. “It doesn’t drive you crazy trying to get every little thing done,” she said. And, in order to get through tough economic times, the Behouneks said it’s essential to surround themselves with knowl-
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An aerial photo shows the farm site and the Ɵestall barn (leŌ) where Ron and Rhonda milked since 1972, and the new double-8 parlor and freestall barn the family built in 2007.
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ConĆ&#x;nued from BEHOUNEKS | Page 23 to maximize their herd is to breed the bottom 5 to 10 percent to Red Angus. “Some of that is because of space, and the other reason is because some cows we just don’t need another generation out of and it’s time to be done with that cow family. Sometimes it’s their disposition and attitude and sometimes they don’t have the genetic potential,â€? Keith said. The Behouneks said it is not hard to ďƒžnd a home for the crossbreds. “They sell really good as calves,â€? Ron said. The Behouneks’ farm site goes back a few generations. At the age of 9, in 1953, Ron moved with his family from central Iowa. He watched his dad and grandpa work together on the farm, and eventually joined the operation full time after graduating from high school in 1964. “We had Guernseys back then along with some crossbreds. We probably had 10 cows and an old rickety barn,â€? Ron said about when his family moved to the farm site. After a year of farming while also working other jobs, Ron was drafted in the Army for nearly two years working on aviation in Germany. “Uncle Sam taught me how to bend metal and build stuff,â€? Ron said. A few years after he returned, he was ready to build a new tiestall barn. The family built it together without hiring a contractor and ďƒžnished it in early 1972, the same year Ron and Rhonda were married. “It was a lot better than what we had. That old barn was rickety. It had fallen down,â€? Ron said. To ďƒžll the barn, the Behouneks found a herd to buy from a retiring dairy farmer. “When I told the vet about [the herd] I had found he said he would go with to look. He told the banker he’d be stupid not to buy,â€? Ron said.
Although Rhonda worked off the farm three years, she and Ron milked together nearly every day in the tiestall barn. “It’s hard to ďƒžnd days off, but it’s always been that way,â€? Rhonda said about farming together with family. “Our vacation was the fair.â€? All four of their children – Kim, Kyle, Kerry and Keith – grew up working on the farm and were involved in 4-H and FFA. Kyle and Keith like to joke that they never left the family farm and became full-time after graduating from high school with Kyle in 1995 and Keith in 2001. “It’s family tradition,â€? Heather said. But, both attended tech school – Kyle for ag diesel mechanics and Keith for carpentry. “Taking tech classes have helped quite a bit for construction of new buildings, estimates and dealing with contractors, and doing our own mechanic work,â€? Keith said. “Between the three of us [Keith, Kyle and Ron] we can just about build anything, it’s just a matter of ďƒžnding the time.â€? In 2006, the Behouneks started the transition process and formed a corporation, Behounek Dairy Inc., before building a freestall barn and double-8 parallel parlor in 2007. “We [Kyle and I] both had the idea if we built this we didn’t want to pay for it twice – the ďƒžrst time and then 20 years down the road because of a death in the family or something,â€? Keith said. “We wanted to set it up so it was already in transition before we built it.â€? Although they had been used to milking 80 cows in their 40-cow tiestall barn, by the time they switched to their new set up, the Behouneks had 130 cows. “We were switching over three
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Cows rest in the sand bedded freestall barn on the Behouneks’ 270-cow dairy near Hayďƒželd, Minn. times,â€? Rhonda said about the last few milkings in the tiestall barn. The ďƒžrst milking in the parlor cut an hour off of milking time. “And this included pushing the cows through,â€? Keith said. Although they milked in the parlor right away, Rhonda and Ron then took on a new position as the calf care team. “It’s quite different going from a tiestall barn to a parlor,â€? Rhonda said. Keith now manages the herd while Kyle is in charge of feeding and ďƒželdwork, and Heather manages employees while ďƒžtting in milking where she can. The Behouneks have one full-time and three part-time employees. They also trade ďƒželd work with area farming friends. “A couple other guys come to help us and some neighbors help us with chop-
ping,� Ron said. In the next few years, the Behouneks want to stay at the same herd size, but will work to upgrade calf and heifer facilities along with building a shop. It wasn’t their original plan, which was to increase the number of cows they have. They even built their barn and parlor expansionready with room in the parlor, pipes built out towards a new barn ground, and space for another manure pit. “When we built this, we thought we would be doubling it by now. We put in a little extra expense to make sure we were ready for expansion,� Keith said. And although working with family can have its challenging days, Keith summed up their feelings about their farm. “We like where we’re at right now,� he said.
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Who’s on your farm’s team? “Together Everyone Achieves More.” “Teamwork makes the dream work.” There are probably a dozen more adages I could include here about the importance of teams. Teams go beyond sports and can be present in different areas of our lives — coworkers can be a team, our own family can be a team, even the friends and relatives who help us with a baby shower or at the fair are a team of sorts. Teams are also an integral part of successful dairy farms. Think about your own farm. Who would you consider to be a member of your farm’s team? Maybe the rst people that came to mind were parents, siblings, children or other relatives. If you have employees, you probably consider them members of the team as well. Anyone else? Hopefully, your answer is yes. There is no denying that the people who By Emily Wilmes are on the farm every day and are involved in U of M Extension the daily operations are an important part of your team. However, there are several other people who may not be there every day, but are just as important. These people still play a role in the success of your farm, and their expertise should be brought in regularly for team meetings. Here are my suggestions for whom to include on your farm’s team: Herdsman Your herdsman is the person you depend on to keep your farm running smoothly. If you have employees, including them in your team is a must. Your herdsman can help relay messages from the team meetings to the rest of your employees. In addition, it shows your employees that you value their position on your farm and want them to be a part of the organization. Nutritionist Your nutritionist plays a key role in the health and productivity of your cows. Most likely, you are meeting with them regularly already as you tweak diets and consider feed inventory. This is a person who should be aware of what is happening in other areas of your farm as well. From an economic standpoint, you are spending the most money on your feed, so the person helping with your biggest expense should understand how that works into the bigger puzzle of the entire farm. Veterinarian Your veterinarian is a vital part of keeping your cows healthy. Most vets are regular visitors of the farm, and have a good understanding of what is going on with the cows. They are helpful team members as they can offer recommendations related to the cows and how they are managed. They also can provide insight into the cost of healthcare. Breeder Your breeder is likely on the farm more than both your nutritionist and vet. Similar to your veterinarian, they have a good understanding of how the cows are managed on a daily basis. Breeding is an important part of farm productivity and often other members of your team may not be aware of the farm’s reproductive program. Having your breeder around will ensure everyone knows and understands the goals of your program. Lender Your lender may not be on the farm regularly, but they are no less important than any other team member listed here. It is no secret that without your lender, you might not be able to farm. Keep them in the loop and invite them to the table with your other
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Farm business management instructor If you are enrolled in a farm business management program, then you should make sure your FBM instructor is included on your team. Not only do they understand the business side of your farm, they also have an idea of the daily operation, as well. Additionally, they may be able to connect you and the rest of your team to valuable resources. Farm accountant If you use an accountant for your farm, be sure to include them in your team. Like your lender and FBM instructor, they are aware of your farm nancial situation and that insight is valuable for goal setting. Also, if they work with items related to your employees, their experience can be useful. Hoof trimmer Your hoof trimmer should also be included on your team. A unique thing about hoof trimmers is they can tie together several aspects of your farm. They know your schedule and management style, and can offer insight on nutrition, health and cow comfort. Crop consultant Some farms may have a crop consultant who works with the nutritionist. They should also be included in your team as they can give insight on the crop portion of your farm business. It is an integral part of feeding your cows, so make sure you include them on your team. Creamery eld representative Your eld rep is a valuable resource with information on marketing, premiums and regulations — among other things. Their experience in the eld and on other farms can assist your team in brainstorming and goal setting. Dairy equipment specialist Your dairy equipment specialist brings a unique understanding of the mechanics of milking your cows. They offer an irreplaceable perspective related to equipment and milking facilities. Also, they can assist your team in working through any problems related to milk quality. Extension educator Check with your county ofce if there is a local educator or regional educator that could visit with you. Like all of the professionals listed here, extension educators spend a lot of time on many farms, and they may have some ideas based on what they have seen. Just like your FBM instructor, educators also have access to a wide range of resources and educational materials. Once you have assembled your team, set up a meeting. It is important for everyone to meet one another and learn more about what are your goals for the farm. Allow everyone an opportunity to offer their perspective and ideas. Set a regular meeting schedule so the team can stay focused on helping you reach your goals. A good resource for putting together a farm team is Minnesota Dairy Initiative. Your local MDI coordinator can work with you to create a comprehensive farm team. For more information, visit www.mn-dairy-initiative.org. Your farm team is so much more than you, your family and your employees. Bring together all your resources and remember, “Together Everyone Achieves More.”
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Successfully managing a dairy farm can be challenging. There are moving parts, and they each need to be working well for success. This is not unlike successful sports teams. If the offense is great, but the defense is not, the chances of success are greatly diminished. Football season is here and, once again, Alabama is ranked No. 1 in the pre-season polls. This is in spite of having a new quarterback and losing their Heisman award-winning running back. I recently read an article on their coach, Nick Saben’s, coaching success. Saben is one if the winningest college football coaches of all time. His Alabama teams have won four national championships in the last seven years and have been ranked No. 1 at some point during the season for the last nine years. What is his key to consistent winning? Obviously he has an ability to recruit good players. But so do many other coaches. However, part of Saben’s success may be By Jim Salfer due to his theory of coaching. Saben focuses his players on a U of M Extension single goal every day. Surprisingly his focus with his players is not on winning. His entire focus is for players and for the team to improve every day. His philosophy is that winning is a by-product of players focusing on continually improving. He also adjusts his coaching philosophy from year to year, depending on the strengths and talents of the different players. This winning formula not only works in football, but works in dairy farming as well. I sometimes work with farmers whose cows are not milking as well as they desire. They ask about the key to achieving high production. What are the best feed additives, breeding programs, teat dips, etc.? The best are protocols and products that can consistently get implemented on the farm. High producing, healthy cows are the by-product of executing and improving on research-proven protocols. This sounds really simple. It is simple in theory, but can be challenging to implement. I surely am not discouraging farms from monitoring daily milk production and components. It is great feedback about how well your processes are working. But only monitoring milk production and components is reactive. For some areas of management, measuring these will not identify problems soon enough. Monitoring milk pick up SCC for changes in somatic cell count works well in monitoring milking procedures. But if the reproductive program is not resulting in adequate pregnancies, it could take several months before milk production suffers. A more proactive approach is to invest time and focus on developing proper monitors to adequately determine if all areas of the dairy are doing well. High production will be the outcome if all management areas of the farm are high performing. Just like in coaching, dairy farmers need to sometimes make rapid adjustments. Sometimes it is impossible to harvest our forages in a timely manner and they are not good quality. Sometimes the quantity of feed is not what we want. Sometimes adjustments in management need to be made based on changes in policy, such as the new VFD or tail docking regulations. These may be frustrating, but good managers, just like good coaches, make changes and adapt. They continue to be successful. Table 1 shows some guidelines to success of some key management areas. Farm managers should work with their management team to develop monitors for all areas of the farm that affect protability. If the proper indicators are identied and monitored on a regular basis, the chances of farm success are greatly improved. The result will be improved productivity and prot.
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man accent. “Und you vill write. Now pick up your pencils und gif me 20 descriptive vords.” My classmates and I would sweat and toil over our grimy notebooks, trying to fulll Mr. Brown’s commands. He challenged and cajoled us, gradually transforming us from a bunch of pimple-faced boneheads who probably couldn’t have written Dear County Agent Guy a “Fun With Dick and Jane” book to a bunch of pimple-faced boneheads who could turn out respectable descriptive phrases. I was surprised to learn that I had a knack for penning descriptive phrases. I could toss out descriptive phrases as effortlessly By Jerry Nelson as others might throw Columnist away used Kleenexes. One day, Mr. Brown hit us with a bombshell: he told us that we had exactly an hour to write an actual short story. He said our stories could be about anything we wanted just as long as they contained descriptive phrases. My brain was frozen in panic for several long minutes. I began to study Mr. Brown, who was correcting papers and muttering in German. I was suddenly struck by an epiphany: like me, Mr. Brown was male, single and had a passion for description. Aside from the fact that he was a teacher, he seemed to be a fairly normal guy. I would write a story similar to one that he might enjoy. My pencil ew across the notebook paper as if it were driven by some unseen force. I found myself handing in a completed short story while many of my classmates were still in the eraser-chewing and headscratching mode. The tale I concocted was a masterwork. It was a descriptive story about a young man who meets a young lady in a bar. He invites her back to his place where they enjoy a romantic night of romance. In the morning the young man wakes to nd himself utterly alone. He searches his apartment, yet cannot nd a trace of the young lady. He is left feeling used and empty and wondering whether or not any of it even happened. I carefully watched Mr. Brown as he read my story. His normally fair complexion took on a pinkish hue, then turned an alarming shade of crimson. When he had nished, Mr. Brown set my papers down and mopped away a sheen of sweat that had abruptly appeared on his forehead. Mr. Brown quietly asked me to stay after class. Once we were alone, he asked if I had ever considered submitting my work to a particular men’s magazine which was widely known for its photos of attractive garment-challenged ladies. I explained that while I had certainly heard of this publication, I had never actually read it. I suggested that he procure several issues for me so that I could become better acquainted with my prospective publisher. I told him that this would undoubtedly do much to further my education. Mr. Brown glanced at my story then looked back at me. He replied that such a step was unnecessary, that I seemed to have enough education already. Needless to say, I was deeply disappointed with him. So now here I am, hammering out descriptive phrases without the benet of a thorough writing education. And the way I see things, it’s all Mr. Brown’s fault. 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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Tyler Haupert, 13, of Cambridge, Minn., and his cousin, Bentley Jachymowski, 3, of White Bear Lake, Minn., pet a Jersey calf in the Moo Booth at the Minnesota State Fair on Aug. 25.
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Princess Kay nalists Emily Stocker (front) and Morgan Krause talk with visitors in the Dairy Building.
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Bob Massmann serves milk to fairgoers on the opening day of the Minnesota State Fair. Massmann dairy farms near Osakis, Minn.
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Women In Jeans Laurie Molitor Watkins, Minn. Stearns County 160 cows Family: Ron and I have been married for 31 years. We have four awesome children – Shannon, 28, who is married to Ian Hanlon; Travis, 25, who is married to Rachel Nelson; Mitchell, 18, who is a senior in high school; and Mandy, 16, who is a junior in high school. We also have a grandson, Tuck, 3 months old, who starts an amazing new chapter in our lives. Tell us about your farm. Ron and I, and our two youngest children milk 140 cows and raise our bull calves. We run 550 acres of land with the help of my dad doing custom work. What is the busiest time of day for you? We haven’t gured that out yet. We just take it hour-by-hour and day-by-day. How much time do you spend doing farm work compared to housework? About 95 percent of my time is spent doing farm work. I can do almost anything on the farm and my husband happens to know that, managing to always nd things for me to do. Everyone knows that when working on the farm, you need a sidekick and I happen to be Ron’s. My children are also very active on the farm and together, we manage to get the house work done. What do you do in your free time and why? I dream about having free time. Otherwise, I spend it attending our children’s’ sporting events and spending time with good friends and family.
What’s the best thing about farming? Working side by side with my husband and children. Watching each of my children grow up to be young adults and being able to be there for them when they need me. Looking back at all the memories created on the farm and all the laughter and tears we shared together. Farming also gives you a sense of accomplishment and pride in what you have worked for. When you look back on your life, what do you want to be remembered for? I want to be remembered as a person who knew how to have fun but also know how to work hard until the job is done. Also, I want to be remembered for my fresh strawberry pies. Do you have any ideas that could make farming easier for you and all farming women? Finding help on the farm that is responsible and as dedicated to being here when needed as my two youngest kids, Mitch and Mandy. Tell us about your most memorable experience so far, working on the farm. It is when my husband was seriously injured in the spring of 1997. While he was in the hospital for two weeks, I never came back to the farm for over a week. Our family, friends and neighbors ran our farm with only guidance from me over the phone. Then, it was back and forth to the hospital for the next three months while they continued to help out. We will be forever grateful.
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Fairgoers gather around the maternity pen as a cow cleans her newborn twin heifer calves in the Miracle of Birth Center at the Minnesota State Fair Aug. 25.
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The Gratz brothers – (from leŌ) Wilson, Dillon and Elliot – prepare for the 4-H dairy show at the Minnesota State Fair. The Gratz family milks 60 cows near Atwater, Minn.
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Dairy prole Matt McNallan Kellogg, Minn. Wabasha County 800 cows How did you get into farming? My father and the several generations before me started our farm. I got into it through family. This farm is where I grew up. I am the sixth generation to farm here. In 1994, I went to Ridgewater College in Hutchinson. The next year I came home to farm. I like working with the cows and the land. What are your thoughts and concerns about the dairy industry for the next year? Prices are always a concern along with guidelines for spreading manure in the winter. We spread a small amount of manure in the winter to help our pit make it through the spring. With the prices, I’m skeptical they will rebound soon, but I’m hopeful. What do you enjoy most about dairy farming? I like the planting and harvesting of the crops. That’s my main job on the farm along with being in charge of feeding.
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complishment raising my family on the farm. My wife, Marty, and I have two kids, Ethan, 13, and Adalyn, 10. Both are in 4-H. What are your plans for your dairy in the next ve years? We don’t plan to make many changes to the farm. We will stay the same for the most part; however, my cousin and I will slowly work on transitioning to buy out our parents. What is your favorite dairy product? Strawberry ice cream. What is your favorite tool? Why? I like the cell phone because I use it all the time – maybe too much. I also like any handheld Milwaukee tools – the drill, grinder or grease gun. They’re handy. How do you or your fam-
ily like to spend time when you are not doing chores? We love going to fairs, farm shows and farm breakfasts. What is your favorite technology? Why? The John Deere Harvest Lab. There is a piece that goes on the spout of the John Deere chopper to test the moisture and give other data like tons per acre and the protein levels in the silage. It also helps us know exactly how much feed we have on hand. It’s great. Our banker and nutritionist also love it because it gives us so much information. If you could have a celebrity help you with chores for a day who would it be and why? Adrian Peterson. I would want to see how fast he could get chores done. Tell us about your farm. I farm together with my dad,
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