Dairy St r World Dairy Expo Special Edition
September 26, 2009
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September 29-October 3, 2009 Alliant Energy Center Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Schuttes featured in Expo’s virtual farm tours....................................................Pages 1 - 2 Sprengeler takes center ring..........................Pages 5 - 6 Mohrs pass on Expo excitement.................Pages 9 - 10 World Dairy Expo virtual farm tours span the globe................................................... Pages 12, 15 Life-long elementary school teacher shares his Expo experience.................................Pages 16 -17 Albrecht remembers 42 years of memories at World Dairy Expo............................................Page 18 World Dairy Expo to host five breed sales.........Page 20 Expo grounds map.............................................Page 21 Learn from industry experts at 2009 education seminars...........................................................Page 22
Schuttes featured in Expo’s virtual farm tours By Heidi deGier Staff Writer MONONA, Iowa – Lance and Jonna Schutte have a unique opportunity to showcase their dairy operation this year. The couple from Monona, Iowa, had their farm selected as one of eight farm operations to be featured as part of the virtual farm tours during World Dairy Expo. The Schuttes’ plan to focus on how they produce high quality forages and the use of liquid feed supplements to enhance production during a presentation on Friday, Oct. 2. The presentation will begin at 2 p.m. in the Mendota 1 meeting room in the Exhibition Hall. Time for questions and discussion will follow. “It’s an honor,” Lance said of being able to talk about their farm operation at World Dairy Expo. “It’s a neat opportunity,” Jonna said. Quality Liquid Feeds, Inc. (QLF) is sponsoring the Schuttes’ presentation and it was Dave Lundquist of QLF who nominated the Schuttes as participants for the virtual farm tours. The Schuttes then filled out an application and were accepted to participate. “One of the reasons we were chosen was because of our high quality forages and our use of liquid feed,” Jonna said. “It’s a custom mix that has sugars, vitamins and minerals and all the feed additives which increases palatability. The mixing of the vitamins and minerals is a homogenous mixture; it’s intermixed very well.” Lance said he has seen improvement in reproduction with the current feeding practices. The addition of the liquid feed to the herd’s ration also helps to achieve optimal rumen fermentation. Jonna said the cows eat the feed really well and production has done well. “We’ve always been right around 30,000 pounds,” Lance said. “Right now we’re at 32,000 on both Holsteins and Brown Swiss. The [Brown Swiss] are only 300 pounds behind the Holsteins.” The Schuttes just recently switched back to two-times-a-day milkTurn to Schuttes / Page 2
Photo by Heidi degier
Lance and Jonna Schutte, with their son, Blake, had their Monona, Iowa, farm selected as one of eight farm operations to be featured as part of the virtual farm tours during World Dairy Expo, Sept. 29 Oct. 3. The Schuttes milk 130 cows and grow alfalfa, corn and oats on 300 acres of cropland.