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A resilient spirit to keep on farming

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APPLETON, Wis. – Judy Springstroh never planned on being a dairy farmer. Yet, in 1965 that is exactly what she found herself doing when she and her husband, John, took over his family’s farm. After John’s sudden death in 1980 at the age of 37, Judy continued to farm and still does to this day. At age 77, she milks cows morning and night with her daughter, starting her day at 3 a.m. She also feeds calves and cows, scrapes the oor and helps wherever needed. “I do whatever needs to be done,” said Judy, who farms with her two daughters, Amber and Tami, and her grandson, Sam. “I like to work, and I like being busy.” Three generations farm together at J-Springs Dairy near Appleton, milking 77 cows in a 56-stall tiestall/stanchion barn and farming 230 acres. Owned in partnership by Judy and her daughters, this winter, the family is starting the process of transitioning the farm to Tami’s 21-year-old son, Sam. Tami’s husband, Jay, and their daughter, Gracie, 17, also help

on the farm. Farming for more than 55 years, Judy kept the farm going 41 of those years without her husband at her side. Prior to his death, they discovered John had a heart murmur and an enlarged heart. He had an appointment scheduled but never made it to see the cardiologist. “He came in from the barn one night after chores, laid down on the couch and died,” Judy said. The family learned John had Marfan syndrome – a genetic disorder that affects the body’s connective tissue, often causing problems in the heart and other areas of the body. A young widow, Judy found herself alone with three kids ages 12, 9 and 5 to raise and a barn full of cows to milk. Her children loved the farm and the animals, and continuing to dairy seemed like the right thing to do. “I had to make a living,” said Judy, who grew up on a farm in nearby Forest Junction. “So with God’s help, I kept going.” Strong-willed and rooted

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Judy Springstroh (leŌ) and her daughter, Amber, and grandson, Sam, pose with Violet outside their Ɵestall barn near Appleton, Wisconsin. Judy has overcome many challenges, including the loss of her husband and son, to keep the dairy farm going. in her faith, Judy persevered through loss and heartbreak. She embraced her full-time farming career, putting in long days and sleeping only a couple hours each night. Judy farmed with determination, balancing her time between house, barn and eld.

“Neighboring farms helped a lot when John died,” Judy said. “Even though I was a lady farmer, they still helped me.” Judy said she did not nd it challenging being a female farmer on her own at a time when women were not com-

monly running their own operations. “I had a lot of faith,” Judy said. “I knew I wasn’t doing it alone. God was here helping Turn to SPRINGSTROH | Page 4

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ConƟnued from SPRINGSTROH | Page 3 me. I did what I had to do, and I enjoyed it.” Judy also received a great deal of help from her dad, John’s nephew, and John’s disabled brother. As her kids got older, they became more active on the farm as well. “The place was pretty run down when John and I started farming here, but he did so much to rebuild the farm in those 14 years, including replacing concrete silos with Harvestore silos, building a freestall shed and putting up a new milkhouse,” Judy said. “I basically had a brand-new farm when I went into it in the 80s. John put everything together so well, making it easy and convenient for us to farm.” Judy learned how to do things John used to take care of. “It was trial and error,” she said. “I just did it, and if it wasn’t going to work, I found out pretty quick. I’d been helping with eldwork so I kind of knew what to do there. My dad planted the corn the rst few years. After that, I hired someone to do it along with the combining. I planted alfalfa and soybeans and worked with an agronomist to order seeds.” Drawing strength from Proverbs 3:5 – “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding” – Judy said she tells women who have lost their husbands, “You have to keep busy – you have to keep going even though it’s difcult.” Three years after John died, Judy put in a slurrystore. She also added a TMR system, and in 1991, she built a calf barn. Amidst her busy days, Judy found time to help with 4-H and taught Outagamie County’s Adventures in Dairyland program on her farm for many years. In 1989, the Springstrohs hosted Breakfast on the Farm.

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Judy Springstroh, who conƟnued farming aŌer her husband passed away in 1980, forks in feed for cows Jan. 5 on her family’s dairy near Appleton, Wisconsin. At age 77, Springstroh sƟll works in the barn daily, milking cows, feeding calves and doing other chores. “The whole community helps us,” Judy said. “We rely on the people at Fox Valley Farm Management and DeLaval as well as our A.I. guys, milkman, nutritionist, agronomist and veterinarian. … We’re working with many of the same people today as I was back then. A farm needs that support – you can’t do it on your own.” Amber describes her mother as

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consistent and tenacious. “She just keeps moving forward,” Amber said. “She doesn’t waver.” In 2000, Judy also lost her son, Brett, to Marfan syndrome. “He had an aorta and heart valve replacement and was expected to live a long time,” Judy said. “But then he had a heart attack and died at the age of 30.” Brett was a commercial appraiser and also helped on the farm. When he passed away, his share in the partnership was transferred to Amber. “I didn’t really want to farm,” said Amber, who has a real estate and nance degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is also a singer/songwriter. “But as I worked in the real world, I developed a more in-depth relationship with God and realized he had given me something else to come back to.” Amber returned to the farm in May 2000. “I was planning to work with my brother in real estate and write some songs, but he died that August,” Amber said. “That’s when I knew why I was home. I didn’t think I’d be farming for 20 years, but I trusted God and am doing what I felt I was called to do.”

Judy’s right-hand man since he was a little boy, Sam represents the future of the farm and is the fourth generation to run the dairy. Assuming many responsibilities the last few years, Sam has taken over nutrition, A.I. decisions,

“She just keeps moving forward. She doesn’t waver.” AMBER SPRINGSTROH, DAIRY FARMER

cropping and more. “It was so fun watching Sam grow up here,” Judy said. “He never wanted to leave.” Perched on a blanket in the tractor next to his grandma was Sam’s favorite place to be. For years, he watched as Judy cut hay, chopped corn silage, planted soybean and did other eld work. When he was old enough, Sam took a tractor safety course, and once he entered the driver’s seat at age 12, he was not willing to give it up. “He chopped seven loads of silage Turn to SPRINGSTROH | Page 5

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Judy Springstroh checks on one of the calves on her farm near Appleton, Wisconsin. Springstroh feeds calves every day and loves spending one-on-one Ɵme with each animal. one night when we needed extra help,” Judy said. “When I asked if I should take over at one point, he said, ‘No, I’ve been watching you do it for 12 years.’ I always remember that. Once he took the wheel, that was it.” From there, Sam took over crops and started xing things on the farm. “Sam dove into planting and crop management and has a good system in place,” Judy said. “He also does a lot of maintenance around here. He can jump in anywhere we need him.” Sam has a farm operations degree from Fox Valley Technical College and is taking a farm business and production management class. “We’ve been maintaining, but now we’re looking to be more progressive,” Sam said. “I’m looking into robotics

and hoping to install two robots within the next couple years.” Future growth is on the horizon as the family continues growing the herd. “I’d like to milk 120 cows,” Sam said. “But rst, we need facility advancements. The majority of the herd is registered, and we want to keep progressing genetically. We’re also transitioning into using more software on the farm.” It gives Judy much joy to see her grandson taking over the reins of the operation. “Sam has wanted to farm ever since he was little,” Judy said. “This farm has been in the family since 1913, so it’s really neat to have someone who wants to take it over.”

Amazing how two people can look at the exact same event and see a completely different happening. Better dairy cows $1,600-2,000, top $2,100 Marlin Weaver, Unity. Mid-grade Holstein spring heifers $900-1,250. Open Holstein heifers mostly 60-80 cents per pound. Single birth Holstein heifer calves $40-85 per head. Holstein breeding Bulls $1,000-1,250, top 1125 lbs @ $1,525 Kenneth Yoder, Spencer. Market Bulls $71-78. Choice Holstein steers and Heifers $85-93.50. Holstein feeder steers $90-1.05 NT. Holstein bull calves $45-125. Beef cross bull and heifer calves $125-185. Sold 90 Market cows. 25% sold $52-56.50. 50% sold $41 - 51. Sold 35 lots hay, straw and firewood. Alfalfa baleage $35-70. Mixed grass second and third crop large squares and rounds $50-70/bale. First crop grass $40. Small squares grass and alfalfa $3-4.00. Large squares Canadian wheat straw $40-45. Rounds corn stalks $20-22. Bean stubble $12.50-17.50 Spreader load of firewood $80. Thanks again to everyone that participated in our auction this week! Even if you don’t need cattle you should stop by for the food! Seems the ribs are always sold out before I get some, and if you don’t like their fries I don’t know what’s wrong with you.

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TEN YEAR UPDATE

Goebel reects on 10 years with robotic milkers

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Dairy Star rst visited with Dave Goebel in January 2011 shortly after he began milking with robotic milkers. We checked in with him 10 years later. FREEPORT, Minn. – Looking back to 2010, Dave Goebel is not sure he would have done things the same way on his dairy. “I don’t totally regret doing it,” Goebel said. “But I’m not sure I would do it again.” Ten years ago, Goebel installed two DeLaval robotic milkers and built a compost bedding pack barn to house 110 cows. The update was the next step to progress the family dairy from a 60cow tiestall barn, ease Goebel’s nal 10-15 years of his dairying career and hopefully make way for the next generation. But the decade that ensued brought a series of challenges that even with Goebel’s careful planning, he could not have prepared for. In August 2010, Goebel transitioned his milking herd to an automated milking system from a tiestall barn.

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Dave Goebel stands in the robot room on his 80-cow dairy Jan. 7 near Freeport, Minnesota. Goebel installed the roboƟc milkers 10 years ago. The set up was designed to allow Goebel to continue doing the majority of the work on the dairy by himself while wife, Donna, continued to help with calf chores and son, Kurt, helped with

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ConƟnued from GOEBEL | Page 6 out until she is milked. If she has been milked recently, she is allowed into the freestall area. While the control ow design allows Goebel to easily manage the herd and move cows on his own, he said he would have opted for a milk rst system to help keep feed costs down. “The cows need something to entice them in the robot,” Goebel said. “Because of the way my barn is laid out, I didn’t have much choice.” Goebel is averaging 5 pounds of pellets in the robots per day per cow. On the top end he will feed 6-7 pounds. Cows are averaging three visits per day with around 7-7:30 minutes in robot time. Just two years after his start up, Goebel discontinued the bedding pack and installed free stalls bedded with separated solids. “The bedding pack was a nightmare,” Goebel said. “The cows were clean, but there were a lot mastitis issues. I bedded at least a couple times a day.” Chronic mastitis cases plagued Goebel’s herd for years. He was forced to cull and purchase cows to maintain his herd numbers. “It took me 2-3 years to get over the bedding pack issues,” Goebel said. Another challenge was maintenance on the robotic milkers being more than Goebel predicted. The need for farm labor was eliminated, but Goebel said he pays for the service and maintenance in exchange. “I’m not a real technical guy,” Goebel said. “It took me about a year and a half to gure out the technology. My service rep is really good, but I can’t call him every time.” Goebel’s initial intention 10 years ago was to make the dairy something he can manage while investing in the next generation. “With this technology, I could see my son, Kurt, being involved someday,” Goebel said. “But things didn’t evolve the way we anticipated.” Poor milk prices the past ve years kept Kurt working full time off the farm. His interests evolved into the poultry industry, and he is transitioning into purchasing the family’s 280 acres of cropland. If Kurt had been interested in continuing the dairy portion of the farm, Goebel said he would be more apt to update the robotic milkers and take advantage of the upgrades the automatic system offers. Instead, he is gradually looking to phase out as retirement years linger ahead of him. In the meantime, Goebel appreciates being freed up to do other farm chores and eldwork. “I’ve got more variable time,” Goebel said of the benets of having robotic milkers. Donna continues to feed calves morning and night, and Kurt will assist with chores and eldwork as needed. Even with all the challenges, Goebel said managing the dairy with an automatic milking system mostly met his expectations. The health of the herd is much improved. Goebel rarely had DA’s in the herd the rst three years. “The veterinarian does not make much money here,” Goebel said. “In this set up, since you’re not moving the cows so much, you’re not stressing them out.” The system offers a consistent process Goebel likes to emphasize in managing his herd. “I wanted the system to be like myself,” Goebel said. “At the time, DeLaval had a prepping procedure similar to my prep process in the tiestall barn. It helps the cow get ready for milking transition.” Unfortunately, Goebel did not experience a milk production increase he had hoped for. “I didn’t gain on milk from before the milking system until now,” Goebel said. “In some individual cows I’ve seen a great increase but some not so much.” Looking back, Goebel said he is not sure he would have upgraded his dairy 10 years ago. Goebel was 50 years old at the time and knowing he had 10-15 years left of dairying, he had a tough call to make. “If I was in my 40s and with the upgraded technology in the robotic milkers, I would do it,” Goebel said. “I think it can work out, but you have to have a decent milk price to make it worth it.” The investment in the family dairy may have been more than what the past 10 years offered in steady income for Goebel. “We’re making it, but it’s a struggle sometimes,” Goebel said. “I want to make my lifestyle easier but not nancially a struggle.”

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BUFFALO, Minn. – Dairy should be part of a person’s daily menu to have a balanced diet according to leaders in the United States. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of Agriculture have recently published its updated version of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans that will be used through 2025. According to the DGA website, “The dietary guidelines provide evidence-based food and beverage recommendations for Americans across the lifespan. These recommendations aim to promote health and prevent Julie Mattson chronic disease.â€? Ostrow Dairy remains its own food group Midwest Dairy and is recommended at three servings every day for people 9 years of age or older. “I think there is really good news for dairy,â€? said Julie Mattson Ostrow, MS, RD, FAND, who is the vice president of dairy experience – wellness at Midwest Dairy. “There is recognition that dairy contributes to healthy eating patterns and contributes to key nutrients. Unfortunately, people still aren’t getting a lot of these nutrients and part of why dairy is so important – it helps to give people the calcium, phosphorus, the vitamin A and all the nutrients they need.â€? Dairy farmer Charles Krause also sees this as a win for dairy, especially because these guidelines are used to develop menus for program such as the National School Lunch Program, the Child and Adult Care Food Program, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children. This means billions of pounds of milk each year are used to make products that go toward these programs. “If we didn’t have dairy in the dietary guidelines, we would have to ďƒžnd places for a lot more milk,â€? Krause said, who milks 250 cows near Buffalo. But having these products available to a large amount of people is good for more than sales. “There are a lot of people who are food insecure in this country, and there are a lot of people that even though they might have an Charles Krause obesity problem, they’re nutrient Dairy Farmer deďƒžcient. They’re not eating the right things,â€? Krause said. “That’s why the dietary guidelines are important. It’s good that people can have access to healthy food they need like dairy at their ďƒžngertips.â€? Overall, the guidelines use an approach to make food more customizable than previous recommendations, Mattson Ostrow said. “The acknowledgement that people have different food choices based on how they were raised and the foods from their customs and lifestyle is good,â€? she said. “That’s a positive knowing it’s a very individualized type of decision, and you can be healthy making those choices.â€? The guidelines also focus more on choosing nutrient-dense foods, which Mattson Ostrow said makes dairy a good match with its many nutrients per serving. “It’s being cognizant of what you’re eating and making sure you’re getting the right nutrients for your body,â€? she said. The update also included guidelines for infants and toddlers up to 23 months, which had not been inTurn to DAIRY DIET | Page 9

ConƟnued from DAIRY DIET | Page 8 corporated in previous dietary recommendations. “That’s also really good news for dairy because of the importance of vitamin D and children having milk and dairy in those early years,” Mattson Ostrow said. The guidelines state yogurt and cheese are complimentary feeding options for infants starting at 6 months of age and cows’ milk can be given at 1 year old. “To have statements like that are reassuring and really powerful,” Mattson Ostrow said. “I think it gives parents, especially new parents, a seal of approval that yogurt and cheese are those good foods.” Milk is also a recommended beverage for toddlers. “Unfortunately, there are lots of other beverages kids want,” Mattson Ostrow said. “They see parents or older siblings. It’s easier to give them a box of avored whatever. Their tummies are little. They need to get the nutrition they really need so making sure milk is one of those is really important.”

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No matter a person’s age, Mattson Ostrow said dairy has a lot of variety for products. “That is the really exciting part about dairy,” she said. “It’s that exibility. Those servings of dairy a day don’t have to be just a glass of milk. It could be yogurt, cheese or a combination, in a meal. There are lots of other things they can enjoy and still get that nutrition.” Mattson Ostrow said it is important to update the guidelines every ve years. “Science doesn’t change; we just get smarter,” she said. “The things I learned 30-plus years ago in school as a dietitian have changed. It’s not because we’re wrong, but it’s because we’ve become smarter. We learn more.” Midwest Dairy and its parent organization, Dairy Management Inc., are constantly working on research about dairy products. “We have the facts,” Krause said. “We’ve done research on Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease,

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U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced January 4 that USDA will purchase an additional $1.5 billion worth of food for nationwide distribution through the Farmers to Families Food Box Program. The Department has distributed over 132 million food boxes, according to a USDA press release. Funding for the program was included in the just-passed COVID-19 relief package as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act and HighGround Dairy says “In this fth round of purchases, USDA will again purchase combination boxes to ensure all involved recipient organizations have access to fresh produce, dairy products, uid milk and meat products, and seafood products.” StoneX Dairy says “With food box and Section 32 purchases we should be looking at the government buying 2% of milk production February through April, and maybe as much as 3% in April if the dairy donation program ramps up with moderate participation.” But, StoneX warned: “We’re encroaching on a place where market participants feel as though there may be little to no downside to milk and cheese markets because of the USDA. Forget about setting a oor price, thus the CME put options or Dairy Revenue Protection Insurance, the USDA is again providing pandemic put options. Eventually, and this may be a year down the road, USDA bids will likely go away and the market will have to trade its own merits.” HighGround Dairy’s (HGD) Lucas Fuess reminded us, in the January 11 “Dairy Radio Now” broadcast that this is the program that drove intense volatility in 2020 and HGD believes CME block Cheddar could get as high as $2.25 per pound in the near term as vendors scramble to procure dairy products to ll these boxes. Fuess said as many as 40 million boxes may be sent to families in need across the country and they will keep dairy prices supported, with the caveat that strong U.S. milk production may temper the price gains to farmers. HGD also warned that “While this food box spending is signicant, it is important to remember there are some bearish factors in this announcement. The pandemic remains worrisome, with the vaccine rollout proceeding slower than expected, and this is negative for anticipated foodservice demand, especially in Northern cities like New York and Chicago

where indoor dining is closed and outdoor dining is not ideal during the winter.” HGD predicts cheese exports will be lower in the coming months, as U.S. prices become less competitive, and milk and cheese production will be strong through the Spring Flush, coupled with lower foodservice demand. Meanwhile farmers face rising feed costs as seen in last week’s Ag Prices report. Much of the increase is from strong demand from China, according to the Daily Dairy Report (DDR), and “concerns about empty grain bins and dry weather in South America,” which banned corn exports until new supplies arrive in March. You’ll recall November U.S. milk output totaled 18.0 billion pounds, up 3.0% from November 2019. The latest Dairy Products report shows where the milk went. Cheese output totaled 1.1 billion pounds, down 2.7% from October and just 0.6% above November 2019. Year to date cheese output was at 12.1 billion pounds, up just 0.4% from a year ago. Wisconsin produced 275.5 million pounds of that November total, down 5.1% from October and 1.4% below a year ago. California output, at 200.7 million pounds, was up 0.2% from October and 7.7% below a year ago. Idaho, with 83 million pounds, was down 3.3% from October but 7.6% above a year ago. Italian type cheese fell to 457.5 million pounds, down 2.4% from October and 3.1% below a year ago. YTD Italian was at 5.1 billion pounds, down 1.4%. American type cheese totaled 449.2 million pounds, down 2.8% from October but 3.9% above a year ago. YTD American hit 4.9 billion pounds, up 2.2%. Mozzarella output was at 362.8 million pounds, down 3.3% from a year ago, and signals that pizza sales have not kept pace with prior-year levels, according to the DDR. YTD mozzarella was at 4.0 billion pounds, down 1.6% from 2019. Cheddar, the daily traded cheese at the CME, slipped to 320.7 million pounds, down 8.3 million pounds or 2.5% from October but was 11.5 million or 3.7% above a year ago. YTD Cheddar was at 3.5 billion pounds, up 2.8%. U.S. churns gave us 168.3 million pounds of butter, up 2.9 million pounds or 1.8% from October, highest November total ever, and 6.4 million or 4.0% above a year ago. YTD butter was at 1.91 billion pounds, up a hefty 5.8% from 2019.

Yogurt totaled 317.7 million pounds, down 0.6% from a year ago, with the YTD total at 4.1 billion pounds, up 2.2% Dry whey output totaled 70.6 million pounds, down 4.2 million pounds or 5.5% from October and 4.5 million or 5.9% below a year ago, with YTD at 875.8 million pounds, down 2.4% from 2019. Dry whey stocks totaled 67.3 million pounds, down 1.2% from October and 14.9% below those a year ago. On a more bearish note, nonfat dry milk output shot up to 151.7 million pounds, up 13 million pounds or 9.3% from October and 12.8 million or 9.2% above a year ago. YTD powder was at 1.73 billion pounds, up 2.7% from 2019. Stocks, at 250.3 million pounds, were up 15.1 million pounds or 6.4% from October and an eye catching 27.7 million pounds or 12.4% above a year ago. Skim milk powder production slipped to 54.4 million pounds, down 2.8 million pounds or 4.8% from October, but 3.4 million pounds or 6.8% above a year ago. YTD skim milk powder was at 510.2 million pounds, up a hefty 11.7% from 2019. The rst Global Dairy Trade auction of 2021 shot higher with the overall weighted average up 3.9%, following a 1.3% gain on December 15 and 4.3% December 1. The average winning price was $3,400.00 U.S., highest since January 21, 2020. Traders brought 66.8 million pounds of product to market, down from 69.9 million on December 15. All products offered saw gains, with some prices the highest in years, led by lactose, up 7.4%, after a 1.5% rise on December 15. Butter was up 7.2%, following a 6.0% jump, the seventh consecutive session of gain, and anhydrous milkfat was up 5.5%, after climbing 1.9%. GDT Cheddar was up 5.0%, following a 4.2% boost. Skim milk powder was up 4.1%, following a 1.2% rise, and whole milk powder was up 3.1%, after inching 0.5% higher last time. StoneX equated the GDT 80% butterfat butter price to $2.0030 per pound U.S., up 13.5 cents from the last event, which saw a 10.4 cent gain. CME butter closed Friday at a huge bargain $1.38. GDT Cheddar cheese equated to $1.8498 per pound, up 8.4 cents, which followed a 7.2 cent gain, and compares to Friday’s CME block Cheddar at $1.9175. GDT skim milk powder averaged $1.3805 per pound, up from $1.3290, and whole milk powder averaged $1.4996, up from $1.4560. CME Grade A nonfat dry milk closed Friday at $1.19 per pound. In other trade news; November U.S. dairy exports didn’t give us a lot to cheer about. Cheese exports totaled 52.8 million pounds, down 15.8% from November 2019, and saw the lowest volumes recorded since January 2017, according to HGD, dragged lower by weak demand from Mexico, down 38%. HGD says total dairy exports to Mexico had been below a year ago in every month in 2020. The exception was nonfat dry milk in November, which was actually stronger following four months of losses. Nonfat dry milk/skim milk powder exports totaled 137.1 million pounds, down 7.7%, while whole milk powder exports, at 8.0 million pounds, were up 8.9%. Dry whey totaled 37.0 million pounds, up 35.7% from a year ago, much of that due to China’s rebuilding its hog population. Turn to MIELKE | Page 11

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WAYLAND, Iowa – While not all the people who work at Hilltop Dairy are related by blood, they treat each other like family. “We try to make all our employees feel they’re of extreme value and are important,” said Doug Roth, who owns the 180-cow dairy near Wayland. When one employee, Edgar Romero, learned of two storms in November that devastated his family’s home in his hometown in Guatemala, Roth wanted to rally support behind Romero. Roth organized a fundraiser to help Romero’s family and others in the community get back on their feet. Hilltop Dairy pledged to match up to $5,000; however, the community support exceeded that number. In total, the fundraiser has been able to secure over $13,000 for Romero’s hometown. “I was feeling excited,” Romero said about when Roth told him the news of the fundraiser. “Right now, over there a lot of people need help. Doug helped more people than just my family. I told Doug I can never pay

you back.” But Roth is not worried about repayment. “It’s heartbreaking,” Roth said about the destruction from the storms. “Even if I don’t have a connection via an employee, I still hate to see devastation like that. I wanted to make a connection through Edgar to help my brothers and sisters in Guatemala. It’s not about me. … It’s part of my upbringing and my mandate from Jesus.” Romero has two brothers, one sister and several aunts and uncles who still live in his hometown of Morales, Izabal, Guatemala. The city is at the foothills of mountains and close to the Motagua River. Romero has lived in the United States for 16 years and has been an employee at Hilltop Dairy since October 2019. He works on the dairy with Roth, his wife, Donna, and their daughter, Madison Skubal, along with several part-time employees. When Tropical Storm Eta and Hurricane Iota hit the Central American country in November, Romero received videos and photos from his older brother, Oscar, who lives in Morales. “Edgar’s a very compas-

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talked to local businesses the family works with on the farm. The goal of $5,000 to match seemed like a good number to Roth. “I didn’t want to pick anything too high because I wanted something realistic yet I wanted it high enough that would encourage others interested to get on board,” he said. The businesses and individuals from the community were more than willing to give. “The response has been overwhelming,” Roth said. “They listened to someone speaking to their heart

and they responded.” Roth and Romero have worked together with Oscar and a local pastor in Morales to nd the people who need the most help. Roth then sent down $8,000, which was used to buy personal belongings like mattresses, beds, furniture and chests for clothes among other items. “They lost so much,” Roth said. The rest of the money will be sent in the next month. A portion of it will also be used to help build a 10-by-10 house for an older widowed man. “I told Edgar I wanted some of the money to go to his family too,” Roth said. “He said rst they are going to take care of these people that don’t have any other ways of getting back on their feet. That’s the kind of person Edgar is.” Roth is happy the funds will be put to good use. “We have always tried to give money to people who are less fortunate,” Roth said. “But this is all because of everyone else – family, friends and local businesses – that gave money.”

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ConƟnued from CALENDAR | Page 18 The impact of COVID-19 and opportunities for Wisconsin agribusinesses are topics for the upcoming Wisconsin Agricultural Outlook Forum, which will be held virtually on Tuesday, January 26. The forum features both academic and industry leaders and is sponsored by the UW–Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS), Division of Extension, Ofce of University Relations, and several organizations and associations. The 2021 forum, organized by UW–Madison’s Renk Agribusiness Institute, will be live-streamed on the Institute’s YouTube page and will run from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. This year’s program will cover the situation and outlook for dairy, corn and soybeans, livestock and meat, and farm income in Wisconsin. For each agricultural industry, sessions will include brief information about economic trends and forecasts, as well as a forward-looking panel discussion featuring agricultural industry members about the impacts on—and opportunities for—the food processing and manufacturing sector caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Updates on the state-funded Dairy Innovation Hub and UW–Madison’s new Meat Science and Animal Biologics Discovery building will also be provided. One week prior to the forum, a video presentation for each primary agricultural industry will be made available on the Renk Agribusiness Institute website for advanced viewing. Then on the morning of the forum, each speaker will give a brief summary of their presentation followed by a longer discussion with the full panel. During this time, attendees will be able to submit questions for panelists to answer. Forum registration is free and is open now through January 25. To register and view the agenda, visit: https:// renk.aae.wisc.edu/2021-agricultural-outlook-forum/. National Mastitis Council (NMC) will be “moovin’ and groovin’” on the virtual highway in January for the organization’s 60th annual meeting. The event has 15 optional short courses scheduled for Jan. 19-21. From Jan. 26-28, join NMC for the general sessions, awards program, business meeting and time zone-friendly social gatherings. To register for the meeting, go to: https://bit.ly/ NMCRegistration. Short course topics include: – Team Troubleshooting REAL WORLD Milk Quality Problems – Motivational Interviewing and Mastitis Management: How Evidenced-based Communication can Support Your Advisory Role – Fear of Failure: What to Expect and How to Know When Treatment Doesn’t Work – Dynamic Testing of Automated Milking Systems – Mastitis: It Hurts – The Bugs that Bug Us – Why, When and How to Perform an NMC Milking System Air Flow Analysis – Using Rapid Culture Systems to Guide Selective Treatment of Clinical Mastitis and at Dry-off – Sensor-based Mastitis Management – Managing Compost-bedded Pack Barns for Optimal Milk Quality – An Organized Approach to Developing a Long-term Action Plan for Herds with Poor Teat Ends – The Human Side of Milk Quality: Taking Your Parlor Team to the Next Level (taught in Spanish) – Uncovering the Mysteries of SCC and Mastitis Data – Testing and Interpretation for Milking Machines with Dynamic Control of Vacuum and/or Pulsation – How to Successfully Evaluate Milking Center Data to Stimulate Improvement on Dairies – Daily to Enhanced Biosecurity: Preparing for the Unexpected to Maintain Cattle Health Some NMC short courses have limited enrollment, so register early to get your top choices. Other highlights of the upcoming meeting include a virtual 5K Fun Run/Walk and recognition of the National Dairy Quality Award winners, NMC Award of Excellence for Mastitis Prevention and Control recipient, and NMC Scholars. Discovery Farms Programs in Wisconsin and Minnesota are hosting a free virtual conference series this winter. The theme for the series is “Keeping up with your conservation goals through change and challenge.” Join the conference seven Wednesdays in January from 12-1 p.m. as they cover topics like water quality, soil health, climate change and more. Visit the conference website, https://discovery-farms-conference.constantcontactsites. com/ to see the agenda and to register.

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Ld. size 21.24 26.38 19.61 13.75 7.48 13.31 13.18 25.3 26.25 13.63 20.33 27.77 18.67 8.15 18.11 7.22 14 9.9 24.67 22 19.38 19.62 22.63 24.49 7.55 21.02 19.89 20.39 10.51 5.25 24.76 10.28 26.02 23.76 23.97 18.12 23.77 22.12 21.5 8.5 24.2 18.48 20.44 18.95 18.45 8.5 8.65 21.68 13.84 6.36 25.49 23.9 24.26 24.55 26.15 25.28 25.42 25.6 24.37 22.35 21.76 25.58 27.49 26.99 23 17.25 25.14 28.29 24.38 25.55 22.25 25.24 27.88 28.12 11.47 11.41 24.13 26.72 24.41 24.81 27.1 26.01 10.57 9.87 25.12 25.45 25.39 27.4 26.63 19.86 23.93 25.19 25.83 9.54 32 24.2 18.78 10.58 82 29.06 22.22 20.09 24.03 10.51 22.51 26.16 27 27.58 11.31 25.03 22.99 24.86 25.36

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Lot no.

296 297 340 349 352 373 397 415 422 423 428 432 433 292 298 318 350 361 362 446 429 430 440 435 414 451 322 306 411 447 330 323 328 333 391 302 308 309 315 325 346 358 363 374 380 389 398 407 412 417 421 444 353 354

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moisture protein

10.89 15.12 8.77 12.68 13.53 12.2 12.13 14.35 10.64 15.89 10.26 15.39 12.96 12.73 16.66 14.68 15.47 17.83 16.04 19.18 11.96 10.88 14.78

13.33 14.39 14.85 12.78 14.09

RFV

20.93 172.52 20.89 122.19 15.9 132.74 20.65 137.98 19.97 131.45 23.34 149.31 21.57 124.79 16.64 123.67 19.22 191.8 24.34 128.95 22.97 119.11 21.65 142.54 19.55 142.28 20.34 188.56 27.44 179.85 23.56 193.4 24.76 217.51 24.07 216.64 22.75 207.84 22.12 140.22 21.03 202.74 21.77 206.08 19.33 120.12 GRASS 19.42 116.2 18.27 118.29 18.83 116.05 20.94 197.14 22.28 161.86 STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW CORN STALKS CORN STALKS

cut.

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 1&2 1 2 2 3 2

Ld. size

26.89 22.48 27.01 25.67 24.58 28.27 27.71 24 25.09 29.99 24.04 26.19 26.59 28.83 26.92 24.94 27.99 28.2 9.58 15.32 24.78 25.25 24.75 23.51 10.09 9.37 18.17 28.35 7.47 34 34 23.41 25.69 72 25.47 24.15 25.51 74 25.7 70 51 36 74 63 72 72 16.38 63 24.79 72 64 36 57 57

price

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Shared recipes Hard to believe we are off to another year of discovering new recipes, tips and ideas. I have fun working on these articles, but I know there are many great cooks out there. I am sharing some recipes from family and friends today. The rst one is from Honey. She is my niece-in-law’s great grandmother. Her aunt put together a cookbook of recipes and photos of Honey and the family. They scanned all of the handwritten recipes to the pages of the book. The delicate cursive handwriting is an art form. AJ said there were a few recipes which were never shared or passed down but some in the family have almost recreated her chicken wings. I really like her take on meatloaf. Of course, what is cooking without a snicker and giggle or two? Eric shared his recipe for surviving a rough day of farming during the holidays. If you haven’t come off of your holiday sugar rush and need another x, Becky’s caramel bars are perfect. At least there is oatmeal in them to make them sound healthy. I am grabbing some of my frozen cranberries and using up the rest of my holiday fruit to make a quick bread which tastes like a hint of spring. But not all recipes are about food as Helen Steiner Rice explains in her favorite recipe. Enjoy! Honey’s Italian meatloaf 2 beaten eggs ¾ cup bread crumbs ½ cup tomato juice 2 tablespoons parsley akes ½ teaspoon dried oregano ¼ teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon pepper

Eric’s Christmas cure-all by Eric Sonnek 8 ounces eggnog 1 shot Baileys Irish Cream If your favorite cow had a bull, add a second shot of Baileys. If your barn cleaner broke, skip the eggnog.

Food columnist Natalie Schmitt 1 clove garlic, crushed or garlic salt 2 pounds ground beef 8 thin slices baked ham 6 ounces shredded mozzarella cheese Combine eggs, crumbs, juice and spices. Work meat into the spices/ egg mixture. On a piece of tin foil or wax paper, pat meat to a 12 inch by 10 inch rectangle. Place slices of ham on beef mixture. Top ham with shredded cheese. Roll up carefully using the foil/ wax paper to help. Seal ends tightly and place sealed seam side down in a 9-by13 pan. Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes at 350 degrees. Put wedge slices of mozzarella cheese over meatloaf and return to oven for an extra 15 minutes until melted and browned.

Chocolate caramel bars by Becky Fey 2 (11-ounce) bags of caramel bits 1 cup whipping cream 2 cups quick oats 2 cups brown sugar 2 cups our 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 ½ cups butter, melted (3 sticks) 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9-by-13 pan. Melt caramel bits and whipping cream over medium heat until smooth. Stir to prevent scorching. Set aside. Mix together oats, sugar, our and baking soda. Stir in melted butter. Pat half this mixture into prepared pan. Bake for 10 minutes. Sprinkle chocolate chips over baked base. Drizzle caramel mixture over chips. Crumble up remaining dough into small chunks and gently cover caramel/chips. Bake 15 more minutes at 350 degrees. Let cool on wire rack at least 4 hours or overnight. Need to set up to hold their shape. If you cut too early, then you just have a gooey mess. Cranberry orange yogurt bread 2 cups our 1 cup sugar 2 teaspoons baking powder ½ teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon baking soda 1 ½ cups cranberries

½ cup butter, melted ¾ cup yogurt (Greek or regular) 3 eggs 3 tablespoons orange zest ¼ cup orange juice 1 teaspoon vanilla Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease standard loaf pan. Sift together dry ingredients. In a separate bowl, whisk together the melted butter, yogurt, eggs, orange zest and juice and vanilla. By hand, mix the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients until moistened. The batter will be thick. Gently fold in cranberries. Spoon into prepared loaf pan. Bake 50-60 minutes until golden and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Check at 50 minutes and lay a piece of aluminum foil on top to prevent over browning. Cool in pan for 30 minutes then remove to cooling rack. One of my favorite go-to cookbooks is “The Media Centennial Cookbook.” I recognize many ladies and treasure their signature dishes from my childhood. At the bottom of many pages are words of wisdom. There is a poem by Helen Steiner Rice at the bottom of one of those pages which caught my eye: “Take a cup of kindness, Mix it well with love, Add a lot of patience And faith in God above. Sprinkle very generously, With joy and thanks and cheer And you’ll have lots of angel food To feast on all the year.” Natalie, Mark and his brother Al, farm together near Rice, Minn. Their four children are grown up and all involved in agriculture with hopes of someone returning to the farm. For questions or comments, please e-mail Natalie at mnschmitt@jetup.net

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Preheat over to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, mix cream cheese until smooth. Add in bacon, red onion, jalapenos and mix together. Mix in cheddar cheese. Add in corn one bag at a time. Spread mix into a greased 9-by-13 pan and bake for 35 minutes. Stir and serve.

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Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Using a mixer, whip sugar, eggs and vanilla together. In a microwave safe bowl, melt butter and chocolate in 30-second intervals, stirring every 30 seconds to prevent burning the chocolate. Fold whipped sugar mixture, half at a time, into melted chocolate mixture until no more streaks. Mix in our and baking soda. Bake in greased 9-by-13 pan until toothpick comes out clean, about 40 minutes.

Veggie egg bake 32 ounces frozen shredded hashbrowns ½ cup butter, melted 1 tablespoon onion salt ½ loaf of white bread, cubed 2 cups Monterey Jack cheese 2 ½ cups cheddar cheese, divided 2 green onions, chopped

1 cup frozen fajita bell pepper mix, thawed 8 ounces fresh mushrooms, sliced thin 1 large tomato, cut into 12 thin slices 7 eggs, beaten 2 cups milk 1 cup heavy cream 1 teaspoon dry ground mustard

This recipe can be made the night before and refrigerated or morning of. Thaw frozen hashbrowns in microwave for two minutes, mix in melted butter. Spread hashbrowns into greased 9-by-13 pan. Sprinkle with onion salt. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Let cool. Sprinkle chopped green onions and then 2 cups cheddar cheese over hash browns. Place bread cubes over cheese. Sprinkle pepper mix and lay sliced mushrooms over bread. Sprinkle grated Monterey jack cheese over veggies. Place slices of tomato over cheese then top with remaining ½ cup grated cheddar cheese over tomato. Beat eggs, milk, cream and dry mustard together. Pour egg mix over whole pan evenly. Sprinkle top with black pepper and parsley akes (optional). Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes covered with aluminum foil then uncovered for 15 minutes to let brown slightly. Let set for approximately 10 minutes before slicing.

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Featuring Jersey, Swiss, Ayrshire, Guernsey, Lineback, Swedish Reds, Milking Shorthorn, ProCross, and all Dairy Crosses. Also accepting all classes of Holstein and Red Holstein Dairy Cattle! COMPLETE HERD DISPERSAL! 85 Registered Jersey Dairy Jerseys Cows! Herd Details Parlor/freestall, cows sell on test (51) Jerseys are 1st & 2nd lactation, 60# 5.2BF 3.6P last scc was 142! Jerseys Whole herd has been A2A2 tested with (46) cows proven A2A2! Sires include T-Bone, Casino, Lancer, Oliver, All Star, Lemonhead, Topeka, Comanche, Amazing, Volcano, Prop Joe 3 and more! Service sires include Dasiell, Amsterdam, Chief, Vitus, Kobe-P, Octavius, Wales, Gifted, Jaywalk, Limit and more. Regular herd health and vaccination program. Herd is BVD tested negative, staph tested negative & Johne’s tested negative! A few newborn calves sell at their mother’s side. Herd includes a few 90EX cows and majority scoring upper to mid 80VG! Coming from Grace Alone Jerseys, Ryan Gartman, Random Lake WI *Owner Phone Number 920-207-8084 HEIFERS ~ HEIFERS ~ HEIFERS: Another Semi Load of High Quality Holstein Springing Heifers! (40) Holstein Springing Heifers, freestall/headlock adapted, extensive vaccination program, bred to registered Holstein Bull, due to calve in 2-5 weeks! BIG, SHARP, FANCY top quality Heifers! Coming from Schelling Dairy, SD 7 Very FANCY ProCross fresh cows, tiestall/freestall, all 1st & 2nd calves, milking 75-100# CertiÀed Non Gmo program! Reputation Consignor! Coming from Joseph Weaver, Stanley, WI Registered Jersey Dairy Cow, Holtz-View Fizz Sydney, fresh and bred to River Valley Venus VIP, 5.9BF 3.8P ORGANIC CONSIGNMENTS COMPLETE HERD DISPERSAL: 35 Dairy Cows, certiÀed organic, (23) Holstein (6)Dutch Belt (3) Fleckveih Cross (2) Swiss (1) Swiss Cross. These cows are timed well for auction with all cows springing and due in March and April. Cows are housed in a stanchion barn, and are rotationally grazed in the summer months. A very nice quality herd with most coming into their 2nd lactation! Cows are AI sired, currently bred to Angus & Hereford Bulls. Herd includes (9) springing heifers. This herd had BF up to 5.0 when milking. NICE herd of certiÀed organic dairy cows! Coming from James Gilligan, Trempealeau County 12 Holstein Dairy Cows, certiÀed organic, cows are recent fresh, milking well or springing dry cows, watch for more information. Coming from Grant County 4 Jersey Dairy Cows, certiÀed organic, milking and bred back. See website for daily updates. AUCTIONEERS: TRAVIS PARR • TIM SCHINDLER

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Full market report online and all major newspapers!! Wednesday we sold right at 200 head of dairy cattle. Many exceptional cattle, including a very good quality 65 cow freestall herd out of Missouri. Top quality Holstein fresh cows $1,750-2,500. Other decent quality cows from $1,200-1,725. Top quality springing heifers sold $1,200-1,750 extreme top $2,050. The very common, lesser quality, blemished cows and springing heifers $1,175 and down. Over 500 head of feeder cattle sold Tuesday, on a little lower market! We greatly appreciate all of our consignors and great buyers, thank you!! www.premierlivestockandauctions.com

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