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Volume 18, No. 18
November 12, 2016
More dairy in the cafeteria
Winona High School adds frozen yogurt, smoothie options with help from grants By Krista Kuzma
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WINONA, Minn. – In the last few years, students at Winona High School have had more opportunities to incorporate dairy into their meals at school. “We’re trying to increase our participation [in meals]. In the lunch line, we really want kids to go through and eat a complete meal,” said Jennifer Walters, the nutrition director for the Winona school district in Winona, Minn. Dairy is a part of that complete meal. With the help of grants, the school was able to add a smoothie machine to make fruit and yogurt smoothies and a frozen yogurt machine over the past two school years. “They’re both popular options,” said Principal Mark Anderson. “Everyone in the building loves the fact that Turn to DAIRY PRODUCTS | Page 11
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Jennifer Walters, nutriƟon director for the Winona school district in Winona, Minn., stands in front of the high school’s à la carte area, which recently added a frozen yogurt machine with help from a grant.
An upswing in the Standing up for the U.S. farmers future market Dairy reect on time
Cropp tells ag lenders all-milk price serving their country could average $17.16 in 2017 By Krista Kuzma By Ron Johnson
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DUBUQUE, Iowa – Look for milk prices to strengthen a bit in 2017. That’s the main thrust of a presentation by Bob Cropp, an emeritus professor of agricultural economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Cropp spoke Oct. 25 at the Thirtieth Annual Tri-State Agricultural Lenders’ Seminar in Dubuque, Iowa. Cropp told approximately 200 lenders he forecasts the U.S. allmilk price to average $17.16 per hundredweight next year. If it happens, that would be above the expected 2016 nish price of $15.89. Cropp thinks the all-milk price will start at just above $16 in January and nish at about $17.75 in December. In between, he expects the price to rise steadily, reaching a peak of about $18 in November, before weakening slightly toward year’s end. As its name implies, the all-milk price covers all milk used in the manufacture of all categories of dairy products. But the Class III price is the one that matters most to Wisconsin farmers, and to a certain extent to those in Minnesota and Iowa, since it applies to milk that’s made into cheese. Approximately 80 to 90 percent of the milk produced in the Badger State winds up in cheese vats. Cropp expects January to deliver a Class III average of $15.84, with it rising to $16.40 in October. In between, he expects a low of $15.30, with the price rising steadily into the fall, before slipping to
While farmers make up less than 2 percent of the American population, members of the U.S. military are even fewer. “It’s a sense of pride [to serve the country] because there’s a statistic that we’re less than 1 percent of all Americans who do stand up, serve and do our time,” Jake Dejno said. With Veteran’s Day on Nov. 11, three dairy farmers who have served their country spoke about their experiences: 27-year-old Dejno, who milks 300 cows with his family near Independence, Wis.; 71-yearold Dave Maschka, who milks 200 cows with his son, Chad, near Minnesota City, Minn.; and 91-year-old Ralph McNamara, who helps his son, Dave, on his
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Dave Maschka shows the taƩoo he has with his nickname, Mac the Flying Farmer, which he received while serving in the Vietnam War. Maschka milks 200 cows with his son, Chad, near Minnesota City, Minn.
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As winter approaches, so does a change in the federal overtime rule. On Dec. 1, employees earning a salary less than $47,476 annually or $913 per week are entitled to time and a half for all work over 40 hours in a work week; however, stipulations apply to the rule. Read about how this change might affect dairies on page 10 in rst section. It’s also that time of year when dairy farmers and their children in the Dairy Star coverage area can sign up to win a heifer or a heifer calf through the Dairy Star Great Heifer Giveaway. The 11-month-old heifer, Sheeknoll Kingboy 2615, also known as By Mark Klaphake Henny, comes from the Sheehan family who milks 300 registered Holsteins on their dairy, Sheeknoll Farms, near Rochester, Minn. Editor The Brown Swiss 2-month-old heifer calf, Eachibon Jessa R Jamaica, comes from Jason Weihrouch, who milks 35 registered Brown Swiss cows with his parents, Charlie and Yvonne, near Melrose, Wis. Learn more about each animal and how to have the chance to win one on page 25 in rst section. This year’s show season nished with a big win for Lisa Demmer and her ancé, Kevin Krejic, who farm together with Demmer’s parents, Gail and Rick, on their 50-cow dairy near Ellendale, Minn. The couple’s junior 3-year-old cow, Discoverys Tequila Escape-ET, won the National Jersey Jug Futurity contest on Nov. 6 at the North American International Livestock Exposition in Louisville, Ky. Also during the Jersey show at NAILE, the couple exhibited the All-American Best Three Senior Females and was named Premier Breeder. Read more about their win on pages 6-7 in second section. On Nov. 4, the Heller family and their employees were busy working to harvest the rest of their corn harvest on their 1,500-cow dairy near Alma Center, Wis. Read more about how they spent the rest of their day in the “Day in the life” feature on pages 16, 18-19 in second section. At the beginning of November, dairy women from across the country gathered at the rst national Dairy Girl Network conference. Participants are featured in this issue’s “From our side of the fence” sharing why they think networking is important and the biggest challenges facing their dairy. Read about the responses from these dairy farming-women on pages 15-16 in rst section. Also on a national level, Sabrina Portner received the 2016 Dairy ProductionEntrepreneurship National Agricultural Prociency Award on Oct. 21 during the 89th National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, Ind. Read about her work in order to receive this honor on pages 8-9 in third section.
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By the Numbers
of milk 275,000: Pounds processed monthly at
Mapleline Farms (Second Section, Pages 35-36)
herd average for 30,043: Rolling Faith Acres Dairy Inc.
who also recorded 1,124 pounds butterfat and 895 pounds of protein (First Section, Pages 18, 20)
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It’s all inside... FIRST SECTION
Hewitt
Faith Acres Dairy increases production with 3x milking, TMR
Pages 18 - 19 Dairy Calendar
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Kingsbury
Douglas Charles Mix
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Brookings
Lake
Moody
McCook Minnehaha
Wright Hennepin
McLeod
Carver Scott
Redwood
Nicollet Brown
Murray
Rock
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First Section: Page 25
Dakota
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Sibley
sey
Meeker
Renville
Yellow Medicine Lyon
Isanti
Sheehans provide Holstein for Great Christmas Heifer Giveaway
Rice
Goodhue Wabasha
Cottonwood Watonwan Blue Earth Waseca Steele Dodge Olmsted Jackson
Martin
Faribault
Freeborn
Mower
Winona
Fillimore
Winona
Houston
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Sa nb
Miner
Deuel
Lincoln
Hamlin
Kandiyohi
Chippewa
Lac Qui Parle
Codington
Rochester
Anoka
Swift
Grant Clark
Benton
Stearns
Pope
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Roberts
Day
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Mille Lacs
Morrison
Douglas
Stevens
First Section: Pages 1, 6 - 7
Pine
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First Section: Pages 35, 37
Crow Wing
Todd Grant
Goodhue
Dairy farmers reect on time serving their country
Carlton
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Luettel family brings herd inside with new freestall barn, robotic milking facility Marshall
Aitkin
Washinton
Ottertail
Wilkin
Adrian
Cass
Wadena
Becker
Clay
First Section: Page 38
Kanabec
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Women in Jeans: Amanda Carlson
Itasca
Hubbard
Norman
Second Section: Pages 20 - 21
Page 25 Mid-American Hay Auction Results
Pages 14, 16 - 17 Some Udder Stuff
St. Louis
Polk
Kjome earns National Dairy Shrine Pioneer Award
Durovecs expand herd, house cows outside
Koochiching
Clearwater
Rochester
July mailbox prices higher in all reporting areas
Page 5 Roth a candidate for Faces of Farming program Pages 6 - 7 Tietz leads St. Croix Lutheran to Minnesota high school football tournament Pages 8 - 9 Dairy project turns to purposeful journey Page 13 Dairy’s Star Youth: Daisy Isensee
Beltrami
Red Lake
Page 24
THIRD SECTION
Third Section: Pages 2 - 3
Pennington
Conroy has Minnesota dairy roots
Pages 26-27 Crop & Weather Report Pages 28 - 29 Reischel family painting silage bags for over 20 years Pages 30, 32 People in Dairy Pages 35 - 36 Massachusetts’ Mapleline Farm nds niche marketing Jersey milk Page 37 Turkey leftovers Pages 30-31 Dairy Recipes
Second Section: Pages 3 - 4
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First Section: Page 10 Lake of the Woods
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Pages 16, 18-19 A day in the life on Heller Farms
Meadowlands
Opitz establishes Ayrshire dairy on lakeshore property
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Pages 14-15 Dairying Across America
Roseau
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SECOND SECTION
Page 8 Getting through tough times Pages 6-7 Demmer, Krejci win big at NAILE Pages 10-11 The “Mielke” Market Weekly Page 12 Dairy markets Page 13 Area hay auction results
Maple Lake
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First Section: PagesKittson 18, 20
Albany
Federal overtime rule changes to affect dairy industry
Pipestone
Pages 1, 5 Stronger milk prices expected next year Pages 8 - 9 Ag Insider Pages 22 - 23 On the Road with Princess Kay Page 26 Weihrouch provides calf for giveaway Page 26 FSA News & Notes Page 27 Dairy in the Suburbs Page 28 Fodder production systems for dairy cattle Page 29 Use of timed A.I. programs to optimize reproductive efciency in dairy heifers Page 30 Dear County Agent Guy Page 31 Staying positive in the cloudiest month of the year Page 32 Making Cents of Dairy Page 33 Dairy Good Life Page 34 Veterinary Wisdom
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Lyon
Osceola Dickinson Emmet
Sioux
O’Brien
Clay
Palo Alto
Kossuth
Winona High School adds frozen yogurt, smoothie options with help from grants
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What is the value of networking with other women in the industry? Pages 15-16
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ConƟnued from PRICES | Page 1 $16.30 in November and to $16 next December. Cropp’s Class III average next year is $15.84. Turning to the Class IV milk price, Cropp forecasts it at $14.25 in January, and just above $16.50 in December of 2017. The high, he said, should be $16.75 in November. Cropp expects the Class IV price to average $15.54 for all of next year. That would be $1.82 higher than the expected average this year of $13.72. The Class IV price is what processors pay for milk that’s Bob Cropp made into so-called UW-Extension soft products – ice cream, yogurt and cottage cheese. The USDA has a slightly different price outlook, Cropp said. The department of agriculture sees the all-milk price averaging $15.55 to $16.45 next year. That’s 71 cents to $1.61 below Cropp’s estimate. When it comes to the all-important Class III price, Cropp and USDA economists disagree. The USDA expects the price to average $14.20 to $15.10, lower than 74 cents to $1.64 below Cropp’s forecast. Turning to the Class IV price, Cropp said the USDA looks for a 2017 average between $13.70 and $14.70. That’s 84 cents to $1.84 under Cropp’s expectation. Cropp explained his rationale for forecasting higher milk prices next year than the USDA. He expects U.S. milk production to increase from 2016, but not as much as the USDA does. Cropp looks for output to rise by 1.7 percent, compared to the government’s expectation of a 2.2 percent increase. Cropp said he also sees fewer cows next year than the USDA does. The economist looks for cow numbers to rise by 0.3 percent – not by the USDA’s 0.5 percent forecast. And, Cropp looks for a smaller increase in milk per cow than does the USDA. Cropp sees milk per cow increasing 1.4 percent, of 0.3 percent less than the government forecast. Higher dairy product exports should also contribute to oat milk prices higher in 2017, Cropp said. Three things will come into play. The rst factor, said Cropp, is slower growth in world milk production. That slowed growth will be the result of “low milk prices and voluntary supply management,” along with lower production
in New Zealand, Argentina and Australia. That dampened production will result from adverse weather and depressed milk prices. Second, Cropp expects China and other nations to buy more milk products from the U.S. Third, he looks for a rise in world prices of dairy products. Higher world prices will stem from smaller growth in milk production, along with increased demand. An increase in world milk prices will make U.S. dairy products more price competitive, Cropp said. Cropp cautioned that his expectations for the dairy industry next year are not chiseled into stone. “A lot can change, resulting in higher or lower prices than is now forecasted,” he said. The economist ticked off a list of eight things that could alter what happens: • Will the decline in California’s milk production stop? • How will the quality of this year’s feed, such as corn and corn silage, turn out? • How will crop conditions in 2017 affect feed costs in the second half of next year? • What role will the weather play in per-cow milk production? • Will China and other countries really become much more active in buying U.S. dairy products? • What will happen to sales of U.S. butter and cheese? • Other factors could come into play. What will they be, and how large a role will they play? • Milk price uncertainty and price risk are the norm. Cropp suggested dairy farmers think about risk management strategies for 2017. For example, he said price rallies in the futures market could materialize during the second half of the year. Another plan, according to Cropp, is establishing a price oor buy by purchasing Class III puts. “[That can be] fairly expensive, with oor prices close to Class III futures, particularly (for) distant months,” he said. If a good offer appears, think about contracting with a milk buyer to establish a base price, Cropp said. Consider using the Margin Protection Plan (MPP). “With the forecasts for higher milk prices and lower feed costs than in 2016, margins will be higher than in 2016. But margins up to $6.50 (per hundredweight) are still relatively cheap,” Cropp said. The deadline for enrolling in the MPP for 2017 is Friday, Dec. 16.
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2009. During his time in the 593rd brigade, Dejno was deployed for 12 months to Iraq working as a mechanic on the base’s airport. “It was an escape from the farm. It was something completely different that I know very few other people have done in our area,” Dejno said about why he enlisted. He also felt a call to serve his country. “One of my neighbors told his dad the same thing and I thought, ‘Dad, if I don’t do it, who will,’” Dejno said. “That’s pretty well true.” Maschka also enlisted in the Army, but did so because he knew he would likely be drafted for the Vietnam War regardless.
“I enlisted so I could choose what I wanted,” said Maschka, who was 22 when he joined. “I knew lots of people from the area who were 18, 19, 20 years old who were being drafted.” Although he wanted to be placed in defense missiles, that was not where he ended up. “I knew there were defense missile plants in Minneapolis and Texas. I gured if I got it, I wouldn’t end up in Vietnam,” Maschka said. Instead, he learned about the supply chain and then spent a year in Vietnam from March 1968 to March 1969 in the 128th Assault Helicopter Company. In addition to nding supplies for the helicopters, Maschka also served as a door gunner on an M60 helicopter. Because of this, he received the nickname, Mac the Flying Farmer. McNamara’s Army experience came because he was drafted in his late teens, serving as a rieman in the 7th Infantry Division from 1945 to 1946 during the World War II era. Even though ve out of his six brothers had been drafted along with many other young men who he knew in the area, McNamara was not too nervous about serving. He was deployed to South Korea for 15 months where he was to keep the civilians safe. During his boat ride over, the United States dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. “We had to spend 44 days on the ship,” McNamara said. “If it wouldn’t Turn to VETERANS | Page 7
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ConƟnued from VETERANS | Page 6 have been for the atomic bomb, we would have only been on there for about 20 days.” Each of the dairy farming veterans experienced times when they feared for their safety. When he enlisted, Dejno knew a deployment to Iraq would be included in the job. “I knew it was coming. The idea of going wasn’t bad. Jake Dejno Being there at times got a little nerve racking,” Dejno said. Although he was not in direct combat, Dejno sometimes worried about indirect re with mortars. “I worked at night with a gun that would shoot anything in the sky coming our way. It would detect it most of the time,” Dejno said. “[When it wasn’t detected] sometimes you’d hear the bang and then the dirt, gravel or shrapnel bouncing off whatever building you were in. That got a little hairy every once in awhile.” Maschka also worked at night to guard the perimeter of the base. “That was the scariest part because we didn’t know what was out there,” he said. “But, I liked ying at night because I could see where everything was going. Every 10th round is a tracer round that glows so you know what you’re hitting.” Even though he was a substitute gunner, Maschka was not in direct combat a lot. “The interesting thing about the Vietnam War was that there were no y zones, so the enemy could be ying by, and we couldn’t shoot because it was a no y zone,” Maschka said.
In South Korea, McNamara rarely saw combat; however, he had to watch for the enemies across the 49th parallel. “Russia was on the other side,” he said. “It was nerve racking.” Both Dejno and Maschka said they learned skills during their time in the Army. “You grew up in a hurry,” Maschka said. “You learn to think for yourself. You learn to think outside the box.” Dejno learned organizational skills, time management and attention to detail. “Before [enlisting] I was a sloppy mess,” Dejno said. Plus, Dejno learned perseverance. “The army threw you all kinds of curve balls. It’s just like farming. One day it can be sunshine and everything’s going good, and then there’s a break down and it starts to rain. You have to muscle through it,” Dejno said. Their experience was not what they expected. “At rst, it was something to get away from the ordinary to give it a whirl,” Dejno said. “But it’s not quite the commercials you see. It’s different.” Maschka agreed. “People here didn’t understand or know what was going on. There were lots of hippies protesting,” Maschka said. “At the time, I thought it was a good thing. But when we ended, it was like we just threw up our hands and ended it. We spent a lot of money, but did we accomplish anything other than losing a lot of people?” Maschka said he knew a lot of people who were killed or missing in action. “It’s a whole different war than it is now,” he said. Coming back to the United States was a bit of a shock. “For awhile, it was different. It took
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Dave Maschka enlisted in the Army, which included a one-year deployment in Vietnam from 1968 to 1969 with the 128th Assault Helicopter Company. He now milks 200 cows near Minnesota City, Minn. a good two to three months to come back. We didn’t have to worry about bullets ying or mortars going off. You denitely gain a different respect on life after that,” Dejno said. “Maybe some people understand what we’ve done over there, but I’d say a good majority don’t. Unless you’ve been there, you don’t have a clue. I didn’t before.” When Maschka returned to California, he and other servicemen had to deal with protestors. “People were protesting outside the base. We left in civilian clothes, so we didn’t have to deal with them,” he said.
When McNamara was drafted, he never had the opportunity to nish high school rst. When he returned to the United States, he started farming, married and raised his family. Finally in 2001, he and ve other veterans nished high school and received their diplomas. Although the three dairy farmers’ experience had challenges and times when the men feared for their life, the life lessons learned while serving their country are irreplaceable. “The experience was great,” Maschka said. “I wouldn’t trade it for anything.”
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Cash cheese prices and Class III milk have been MPP should be ‘xed’ very active in recent weeks. INTL FC Stone risk manThe dairy industry’s Margin Protection Program agement consultant Kyle Schrad exis not providing an adequate safety net Ag Insider pects U.S. milk production to increase for dairy farmers. National Milk Producfor the end of 2017. “I think we will be ers Federation senior vice president Chris up consistently in the 1.7 to 2.3 percent Galen said MPP needs to be adjusted. for the balance of the year. With grain “Part of the challenge is that when Conprices coming off as much as they have gress created that program in the 2014 this fall, break-evens have improved for farm bill, they adjusted the formula that dairy producers.” Typically, milk prices calculates costs and margins in a way that are lowest at the end of the year and the actually disadvantages dairy farmers and early rst quarter. “Looking at some we need to work with Congress in the uptype of an options strategy or, perhaps, coming months to get it xed.” The NMPF buying some puts to get some protection annual meeting was held in Nashville. below the market in case we go through the typical seasonal downturn and you Praise for dairy fats By Don Wick leave the upside open.” Butter sales have increased in the past Columnist two years. Dairy Management Incorporat-
ed CEO Tom Gallagher spoke at the annual meeting of the National Milk Producers Federation, National Dairy Board and United Dairy Industry Association, saying dairy fats are now more acceptable in the view of consumers. McDonald’s also shifted from margarine to butter, which has helped drive sales. Gallagher said uid milk sales are also beginning to turn around after being in a steady decline for many years. Volatility is the enemy The dairy industry met in early November for the joint annual meeting of the National Milk Producers Federation, National Dairy Research and Promotion Board and United Dairy Industry Association. Glenwood, Minn. dairy farmer Suzanne Vold said the current milk price was a key discussion point at this meeting. “Volatility is one of the biggest enemies on the farm. It’s something we face across the country. The thing to remember about prices is what we’re doing with promotion can help stabilize those prices for us in the long run.” At the dairy meeting, Vold said the nutritional benets of milk fat and milk protein were highlighted. Vold is a member of the Midwest Dairy Association and UDIA boards. Vetter remains optimistic about TPP ratication The Obama Administration is working overtime promoting passage of the Trans-Pacic Partnership. Ambassador Darci Vetter, who is the country’s chief agriculture negotiator, is reaching out to members of Congress and industry stakeholders. In addition to touting the economic benets of TPP, Vetter said work has been done to protect commodities that are more sensitive to imports, like dairy and sugar. “We worked very closely with both groups. Dairy has strongly supported TPP. They feel we addressed their sensitivities and gave them new market access.” Vetter is optimistic TPP can be ratied in the lame duck session. “I’m quite hopeful that once the election is over and folks turn back to the government issues at hand that they will be able to look at TPP on its merits,” Vetter said. “We will continue to use every minute we have in this administration to get it done.” Canadian dairy farmers upset with EU trade deal Reactions vary about the new trade agreement between Canada and the European Union. The Grain Growers of Canada is praising the deal, saying the increased market access is worth $100 million for Canadian grain and oilseed farmers. The Federation of Quebec Dairy Producers has a different view. The dairy group believes imports of European cheese could cost dairy producers $150 million per year. The Federation is asking the Canadian government for a program that would compensate dairy farmers for those losses.
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ConƟnued from AG INSIDER | Page 8 lion last year. Compared to the second quarter, average milk costs increased 12 percent. Total volume across all products declined 1 percent, but represents the best year-over-year volume performance in four years. Dean Foods is one of the largest milk processors in the country.
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New dairy plant in Manitoba A new milk processing plant is coming to Manitoba. Vitalus Nutrition and Gay Lea Foods plan to retrot an egg processing plant in Winnipeg for dairy ingredients. The plant is expected to operational by September of next year. Agropur seeking ideas from consumers Canada’s largest dairy processor, Agropur Cooperative, has launched a web-based open innovation initiative. Agropur is asking the public to submit ideas for food, drinks or packaging. Grant money is available to investigate the best ideas. Agropur has numerous U.S. operations, including Davisco Foods International and Schroeder Milk.
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ALBANY, Minn. – Dairy producers and other employers in the industry have less than one month to re-evaluate their employee management practices and prepare for changes in federal overtime provisions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Beginning Dec. 1, employees earning a salary less than $47,476 annually or $913 per week are entitled to time and a half for all work over 40 hours in a work week; although, stipulations apply, according to Chris Iacaruso, senior legislative assistant for Congressman Collin Peterson. As the implementation date nears, James Kastanek, owner of Total Agri-Business Services, Inc. in Albany, Minn., fears the revisions will hinder the industry’s potential. “You could be working around the clock to nish harvest or pumping manure before the ground freezes, but overtime Jim Kastanek constraints will make that difTotal Agri-Business cult,” Kastanek said. “On the Services other hand, we don’t want to abuse our employees.” On May 18, 2016, President Barack Obama and U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez authorized updates to the FLSA that is said to extend overtime pay regulations to several million workers. While most agricultural work is exempt from this new ruling, others are not. In a statement by the U.S. Department of Labor, agriculture includes farming in all forms performed by a producer or on farm property connected to or incidental to the farming operations. By denition, there is a broad range of workers that qualify as agricultural employees – from laborers to mechanics to secretaries. As previously noted in the FLSA, agricultural workers are exempt from the latest provisions, with the new exception of those not considered farm laborers and making less than $913 per week. “This may include bookkeepers, those working in a cheese plant and other facets to a dairy,” Kastanek said. However, if an employee is selling an item that is produced by the dairy producer, such as seed or a milk product, those employees are exempt from the law. For example, if an on-farm creamery sells products that are solely made from the dairy’s milk, then those employees are exempt from the overtime provisions. Yet, if other products are sold that were not produced on the farm, the employees are subject to benets of the overtime rule. “There’s a denite gray area,” Kastanek said. Additionally, executive, administrative and professional employees, such as bilingual trainees, veterinarians and nutritionists, are exempt. Dairy producers are also exempt from the new ruling if they use less than 500 man-days of agricultural labor in one calendar year. A man-day is dened where an employee does agricultural labor for at least one hour in a day. “Most small farmers will be exempt from the rule based on the 500 man-day portion of the law,” Kastanek said. While farm employees may be exempt from the federal law depending on their role and the size of the farm, they are still entitled to proper pay for all hours worked – not necessarily time and a half for those hours over 40. Kastanek encourages dairy producers and those involved in the industry to review their state laws and how those differ from the federal laws. “That’s what’s frustrating about it all – in certain cases the laws may contradict themselves,” Kastanek said. “One law says workers could be eligible and the others says they could not be eligible. That’s the trickiness of this thing.” Depending on the conditions of the state laws regarding overtime pay, they may trump the federal law. “If state laws are more rigid, then those are the ones that will affect a farm,” Kastanek said. “Each
state will be different with different circumstances.” For instance, in Minnesota, regardless of their responsibilities on a dairy, employees paid on an hourly basis are entitled to time and a half for work over 48 hours in one work week, according to the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry. “If someone goes over 48 hours, by Minnesota law, they need overtime, but could be OK on the federal level [depending on their job title],” Kastanek said. For dairyman Rick Smith, who milks 250 cows near Adams, Minn., he is unsure yet of how the federal law, coupled with Minnesota’s state law, will effect his farm. “This is a different animal,” Smith said. “We were taught growing up that there was a job and it had to get done. Now, we’ll either have to hire more employees or pay more to get the job Rick Smith done. I’m sure it will hurt the inDairy producer dustry.” In Wisconsin, agricultural workers are exempt from state overtime laws and are also exempt from federal laws if they are employed by a farmer who only farms his farm, but in other situations, that same type of labor may not be exempt, according to attorney Tim Halbach at Twohig Rietbrock Schneider and Halbach S.C. in Chilton, Wis. “The new rules have no impact on farmers who farm their own farms,” Halbach said. “They may affect the farmer who expands his business and starts doing non-agricultural work, such as owning a restaurant on or near his farm, as the farmer must understand that the overtime rules will apply to that non-agricultural business.” Iowa and South Dakota, however, have no state overtime laws, thus only federal laws apTim Halbach ply. Twhohig Rietbrock Regardless of the laws dairy Schneider and producers and others in the inHalbach S.C. dustry will have to abide to, the federal ruling sparks a call to action for improved employee management. “There are federal wage and hour laws that employers need to concern themselves with, and then there are their state’s wage and hour laws,” Halbach said. “Penalties for underpaying your employees can be severe.” Kastanek agreed. “Most importantly, farmers have to track hours, even if their employees are salaried. There are probably some farm audits coming and you want the books to be right,” he said. “Every farm needs to devote considerable time working in the right way.” Kastanek admits, it may be easier to say than to accomplish. “Farmers have to wear so many hats today and that makes farming difcult,” Kastanek said. “This [ruling] is all coming at a busy time of year. Farmers are more worried about other things.” Dairy producers and agricultural employers are encouraged to speak with expert council, including their attorneys and accountants, regarding situations specic to each farm. While questions remain of how different farming operations and businesses within the dairy industry will be affected, the updated overtime rules are an effort to justly reward employees for their work. “Custom operators and farmers who employ people in non-farming activities need to be very mindful of overtime and other wage and hour laws,” Halbach said. “Failing to do so can create signicant costs that were not anticipated.” For Kastanek, he respects the intentions of the overtime laws but envisions these specic regulations being impractical for those who work to produce food and the jobs that accompany that task. “I’d like to see farmers be able to do their job – a job they do so well and are capable of doing,” Kastanek said.
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Shannon Wolner, a Winona High School nutri�on staff member, hands a cup of frozen yogurt to a student during her lunch period. they can get a smoothie and frozen yogurt. It’s a big deal.” Winona High School, which has 972 students, offers breakfast before school. After rst hour, students are able to have a second-chance breakfast. That’s a good time for the smoothies, Walters said. “If students missed breakfast or didn’t feel like eating rst thing in the morning they can have breakfast later,” she said. At lunch, students can have the main meal or go through the express lane, which the school added this year. This line includes pre-made salads and a choice of an entrée. “We use [fruit and yogurt] parfaits and yogurt smoothies as entrées because they have the [protein] component,” Walters said. “The kids love them and they’re extremely easy to make – it’s just yogurt, fruit and a little juice.”
“We have so much dairy in southeastern Minnesota, and I thought we really need to support the dairy farmers.” JENNIFER WALTERS, WINONA HIGH SCHOOL
Smoothies are an affordable option for all students. “Students who we see are free or reduced priced lunch meals don’t always have extra money to buy something from the à la carte line so if we incorporate that into the actual meal line everyone has an opportunity to have it. That’s important not to leave anyone out,” Walters said. Frozen yogurt is offered as a smart snack in the à la carte area. “With the smart snacks in à la carte, we were trying to nd different items we could serve to the students. Most students want something after they eat a meal. We were thinking a frozen yogurt machine would be great,” Walters said. Walters also liked that frozen yogurt ts into the nutritional guide for
smart snacks – it is low fat and has protein. “Frozen yogurt is healthy, so that’s why we went with it,” Walters said. Each day, the cafeteria sells at least 100 frozen yogurt cups and about 200 smoothies. “They’re very popular,” Walters said. “We received the grant [for the frozen yogurt machine] last year so we got the machine at the end of the last school year. It exploded right away. The line was so long.” The smoothie machine was purchased through a Fuel Up to Play 60 grant. Along with dairy’s nutritional signicance, Walters said it was important to recognize the people making the products. “[Before applying for the grant] we started really researching where our milk comes from. We have so much dairy in southeastern Minnesota, and I thought we really need to support the dairy farmers,” Walters said. Although Walters grew up in Rochester, she has family members who are farmers, and her husband has a dairy farming background. Plus, she lived in Viroqua, Wis., which has a large number of dairy farmers in the area. “I think it’s important we support our farmers,” Walters said. “People really don’t understand that we can’t survive without farmers. It’s where our food comes from.” Beyond incorporating dairy in its menu, Winona High School also started a school garden two years ago with the help of a grant. During the growing season, fresh vegetables are used for lunch. “We even freeze some to use during the winter,” Walters said. “We have a summer meal program, too. We take advantage of the tomatoes.” Walters said the school also tries to use produce from local farmers, such as sweet potatoes. The changes to the nutritional program at Winona High School in the past few years are part of a vision of the staff to keep students connected to who is growing their food. “Before I came, Winona had a lot of farm-to-school things going on,” said Walters, who joined the Winona school district staff in January 2015. “We just wanted to keep the momentum going.”
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Grand Prize Heifer: SHEEKNOLL KINDBOY 2615 (AKA HENNY) (HOLSTEIN) Born: Dec. 15, 2015
Sheeknoll 2615 com Kindboy the Sheeh es from a Rochester,n family Minn.
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The Sheehans – (from left) Steve, Ben, Jerome, Andrew, Jeannette and Robert – are providing the heifer for the Great Christmas Heifer Giveaway. The family milks 300 registered Holsteins near Rochester, Minn.
Grand Prize Heifer Calf: EACHIBON JESSA R JAMAICA (BROWN SWISS) Born: August 31, 2016
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Eachibon Jes R Jamaica sa comes F Jason Weihrom r Melrose, Wouch is. Jason Weihrouch is pictured with the prize heiferr calf, Eachibon Jessa R Jamaica. Weihrouch milks 35 registered Brown Swiss cows on his farm near Melrose, Wis.
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REGISTER AT THESE PARTICIPATING BUSINESSES:
ALLAMAKEE COUNTY • Bodensteiner Implement Waukon • 563-568-3463 • Equity Livestock Waukon • 563-568-4501 • Innovative Ag Services Waukon • 563-568-3455 • Waukon Veterinary Services Waukon • 563-568-2487
HOWARD COUNTY
• Clet Koshatka Farm Equipment Protivin • 563-569-8636 • Bodensteiner Implement Cresco • 563-547-2152
WINNESHIEK COUNTY
• Bodensteiner Implement Decorah • 563-382-2961 • Brynsaas Sales & Service Decorah • 563-382-4484 • Franzen Sales & Service Fort Atkinson • 563-534-2724
MINNESOTA
KANDIYOHI COUNTY
• Arnold’s of Willmar Willmar • 320-235-4898 • D&D Ag Supply & Construction Pennock • 320-599-4466 • Farm-Rite Equipment Willmar • 320 235 3672 • Haug Implement Co. Willmar • 320-235-8115
LYON COUNTY
• Midwest Ag Marshall • 507-532-2279
MCLEOD COUNTY
• Mueller Sales & Service Dairy Equipment Glencoe • 888-205-0974
MEEKER COUNTY
• Farm-Rite Equipment Dassel • 1-888-679-4857 • Mies Equipment Watkins • 1-800-324-8269
MILLE LACS COUNTY
• Adkins Equipment Inc. Detroit Lakes • 218-847-3131
• Farmers Co-op Creamery/ ADM Alliance Nutrition Foreston • 320-294-5711 • First National Bank of Milaca Milaca • 320-983-1333
BENTON COUNTY
MORRISON COUNTY
BECKER COUNTY
• Arnold’s of St. Cloud Sauk Rapids • 320-251-2585 • First National Bank of MilacaGilman OfÀce • 320-387-2233
BROWN COUNTY
• Associated Milk Producers Inc. New Ulm • 507-233-4600 • New Ulm Regional Vet Clinic New Ulm • 507-233-2520
CARVER COUNTY
• Lano Equipment of Norwood Norwood/Young America 952-467-2181 • Bongards’ Bongards • 952-466-5521 • Storms Welding Cologne • 952-466-3343
DAKOTA COUNTY
• Werner Implement Vermillion • 651-437-4435
DOUGLAS COUNTY • Nelson Creamery Nelson • 320-762-0115 • Osakis Creamery Assn. 1-800-584-9236 • Pro Ag Farmers Co-op GarÀeld • 320-834-2271
FILLMORE COUNTY • Farmer’s Co-op Elevator Rushford • 507-864-7733
GOODHUE COUNTY
• Ag Partners Bellchester • 651-923-4453 Goodhue • 800-732-1439 Wanamingo-Agronomy Location 507-824-2215 • Ag Partners Farm Store Cannon Falls • 507-263-4651 Pine Island • 507-356-8313 Wanamingo • 507-824-2231 • GB Feed and Supply Bellechester • 651-923-4425 • Midwest Livestock Systems Pine Island • 507-356-8349
HOUSTON COUNTY
• Farmer’s Co-op Elevator Caledonia • 507-725-3306 Houston • 507-896-3147 Spring Grove • 507-498-5321
KANABEC COUNTY
• East Central Dairy Supply Mora • 320-679-1029 • Fluegge’s Ag Mora • 320-679-2981
• Centra Sota - Feed Division Little Falls • 320-632-3631 • Centra Sota Upsala • 320-573-2186 • Central Minnesota Credit Union Little Falls • 320-414-0500 • Elmdale Creamery and Locker Elmdale • 320-573-2607 • F & M State Bank Pierz • 320-468-6422 • Gilman Co-op Creamery Gilman • 320-387-2770 • Modern Farm Equipment Pierz • 320-468-2161 • Pierz Co-op Pierz • 320-468-6655 • Sunrise Ag Cooperative Buckman • 320-468-6433 Lastrup • 320-468-2543 Little Rock • 320-584-5147 Pierz • 320-468-2168
MURRAY COUNTY • Miller Sellner - Slayton Slayton • 507-836-8571
OLMSTED COUNTY
• Associated Milk Producers Inc. Rochester • 507-282-7401 • St. Joseph Equipment Eyota • 507-545-2000
OTTERTAIL COUNTY
• Bongards’ Perham • 218-346-4680 • Central Minnesota Credit Union New York Mills • 218-385-2070 • Farmer’s Elevator Fergus Falls, MN • 218-736-3301 • PCCA-Country Store Perham • 218-346-7075 • Perham Stockyards Perham • 218-346-3415 • Pro Ag Farmers Co-op in Henning 218-583-2947 • Pro Ag Farmers Co-op in Urbank 218-267-2401
PIPESTONE COUNTY
• Gorter’s Clay & Dairy Equipment Pipestone • 507-825-3271 • Pipestone Building Materials Pipestone • 507-825-6358 • Pipestone Livestock Auction Pipestone • 507-825-3306
STEARNS COUNTY
• A&C Farm Service Paynesville • 320-243-3736 • Ag Venture Feed & Seed, Inc. Watkins • 320-764-9910, 800-779-8910
• Albany Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram Albany • 320-845-2801 • Arnold’s of Kimball Kimball • 320-398-3800 • Arnold’s of St. Martin St. Martin • 320-548-3285 • Arnzen Construction/St. Rosa Lumber Freeport, In St. Rosa 320-836-2284 or 1-888-276-1751 • Associated Milk Producers Inc. Paynesville • 320-243-3794 • Centra Sota St. Martin • 320-548-3245 • Central Minnesota Credit Union Melrose • 320-256-4269 Albany • 320-845-4784 Freeport • 320-836-2791 Paynesville • 320-243-7022 Sauk Centre • 320-351-2274 St. Joseph • 320-271-0274 Cold Spring • 320-685-4007 Avon • 320-356-7136 Belgrade • 320-633-0007 • Centre Dairy Equipment & Supply Inc. Sauk Centre • 320-352-5763 or 1-800-342-2697 • Crop Production Services Sauk Centre • 320-352-6564 • Dairy Star Sauk Centre • 320-352-6303 • Dairyland Supply Sauk Centre 320-352-3987 or 1-800-338-6455 • DHIA Sauk Centre 320-352-2028 or 1-800-369-2697 • Ecker Feed Service, LLC New Munich • 320-837-5249 • Elrosa Grain & Feed Elrosa • 320-697-5515 • Farm-Rite Equipment St. Cloud • 320 240 2085 • Feed Co. Belgrade • 320-254-8294 • Freeport State Bank Freeport •1-800-252-9856 320-836-2126 Greenwald • 320-987-2265 New Munich • 320-837-5297 Melrose • 320-256-7208 • Genex Farm Systems Melrose 1-800-636-5581 • 1-800-247-0012 • Hartung Sales & Service Freeport • 320-836-2697 or 320-267-8568 • Lake Henry Implement Lake Henry • 320-243-7411 • Leedstone Melrose • 1-877-608-3877 • Melrose Implement Inc. Melrose • 320-256-4253 • Modern Farm Equipment Sauk Centre • 320-352-6543 • Sauk Centre Country Store Sauk Centre • 320-351-2227
STEELE COUNTY
• Northland Farm Systems Owatonna • 800-385-3911
TODD COUNTY
• Central Minnesota Credit Union Grey Eagle • 320-285-2256 Long Prairie • 320-732-6662 • Long Prairie Machinery, Inc. Long Prairie • 320-732-3715 • Olson’s Custom Farm Service Staples • 800-477-7059 • Pro-Ag Farmers Co-op in Clarissa Clarissa • 218-756-2112 • Pro-Ag Farmers Co-op in Eagle Bend Eagle Bend • 218-738-2552
WABASHA COUNTY
• Ag Partners Farm Store Lake City • 651-345-3328 Plainview • 507-534-2531 • Beck Implement Elgin • 507-876-2122 • Dairyland Equipment Service Plainview • 507-534-3161 • Wingert Sales & Service Plainview • 507-534-2285
WADENA COUNTY
• Aldrich Tractor Inc. Aldrich • 218-445-5430 • Central Minnesota Credit Union Wadena • 218-632-5200 • Olson’s Custom Farm Service Verndale • 218-445-5500 Sebeka • 218-837-5749 • Pro Dairy Systems Wadena • 218-632-5416
WINONA COUNTY
• Benson Farm Service Lewiston • 507-523-2188 • S&S Dairy Systems St. Charles • 507-932-4288
WRIGHT COUNTY
• Hobert Sales Inc. Cokato • 320-286-6284, 1-800-820-6455 • The Country Store/Munson Lakes Nutrition Howard Lake • 320-543-3517, 800-663-9177
YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY
• Equity Elevator Wood Lake • 507-485-3153, 800-248-5427
SOUTH DAKOTA BROOKINGS COUNTY • W.W. Tire Brookings • 605-696-7400
CODINGTON COUNTY • Midwest Ag Supply Watertown • 605-882-2497
HUTCHINSON COUNTY
• Associated Milk Producers Inc. Freeman • 605-925-4234
MINNEHAHA COUNTY • Central Valley Dairy Supply Brandon • 605-467-0812 • Midwest Livestock Systems Sioux Falls • 800-705-1447
ROBERTS COUNTY • Valley Dairy Supply Corona • 605-432-5224
WISCONSIN BUFFALO COUNTY
• Badgerland Financial Mondovi • 715-926-5055
LA CROSSE COUNTY • St. Joseph Equipment LaCrosse • 608-788-1775
PEPIN COUNTY
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PIERCE COUNTY
• Western Wisconsin Farm Store Ellsworth • 715-273-5066 • Ag Partners Grange Hall • 715-647-5002
ST. CROIX COUNTY
• Dairyland Farm System Woodville • 866-467-4717
TREMPEALEAU COUNTY • Badgerland Financial Arcadia • 608-323-3325 • Centerville Cooperative Trempealeau • 608-536-3311 • Hegg Mill Ettrick • 608-525-4545
VERNON COUNTY
• Badgerland Financial Viroqua • 608-637-2188 • Premier Cooperative Cashton • 608-654-5416 • Koon Kreek Feeds Coon Valley • 608-452-3838
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What is the value of networking with other women in the industry? Annelies Seffrood NorSwiss Dairy Summit, S.D. Grant County 1,200 cows
Kelsey Hendrickson Blanchardville, Wis Green County 150 cows
Laura Rosenhammer Sleepy Eye, Minn. Brown County 200 cows
How did you get into dairy farming? I grew up farming, and I could not dream of doing anything else other than take care of such loving and personable animals for a career.
How did you get into dairy farming? I grew up on our dairy farm owned by my dad and uncle.
How did you get into dairy farming? My husband, John, and I are rst generation dairy farmers. My grandfather cofounded Valley Queen Cheese Factory in 1929. In the late ‘90s, we were recruited to build a dairy to supply milk to the plant. This gave us the opportunity to own our own business. It also involved a move from the suburbs of Chicago back to my home area. We wanted to start a family in rural America.
What are your duties on the farm? I mainly take care of animals under 12 months of age along with the normal daily chores of milking, feeding and whatever needs to be done.
What are your duties on the farm? My job title is probably manager. I am in charge of bookkeeping, cow records, human resources and whatever else needs to be done. The 24 humans – one husband, three children and 20 employees – occupy more of my time than the cows. The data analysis of cow records lets me use my mathematics degree.
What do you see is the value of networking with other women in the industry? I think it is great to see what everyone else is doing and their opinions on situations that you may personally be going through. In many ways, men are our rock to push us to be better where women are there to have a shoulder to listen and provide advisement, especially through emotion.
What do you see is the value of networking with other women in the industry? In my 18 years in the dairy industry, I have gotten used to being part of the one-hand crowd – that is, you can count the number of women in the room on one hand. Over the past decade, it has changed to a two-hand crowd. A room full of women brings a different personality to any meeting. At the Dairy Girl Network national conference, it was very interesting to see how women are involved in all aspects of the dairy industry: dairy owners/managers, dairy employees, bankers, sales staff and consultants, executives along with others.
When not attending conferences, how do you connect with other farmers? We do quite a bit of showing, which allows us to communicate with many other farmers. Facebook and other social media are great ,but usually time is of the essence.
When not attending conferences, how do you connect with other farmers? I try to attend meetings in my area. With three children involved in school activities, I don’t travel to many national meetings. The Central Plains Dairy Expo is permanently on my calendar. What are topics you would like to see for upcoming women networking events? I gravitate to technical topics – nancial, cow health and record keeping. What are some of the biggest challenges facing your dairy right now? Labor is our biggest challenge. I think the challenge of nding good employees is only going to increase in the future. We have a solid group of 14-15 employees with an average of eight years of experience with us; however, I am always looking for two to three people. Regulation compliance is another challenge. The list of rules grows longer every year. I understand the need for basic requirements, but the amount of time and resources needed to comply is almost daunting. What do you enjoy most about dairy farming? I like owning a small business. Despite the challenges and struggles, I like waking up every day knowing I am in charge of my day. I also take pride in producing one of the best foods available to feed people. Our milk is made into top quality cheese that is consumed across the country. Tell us about your farm. I am the Swiss half of NorSwiss. My husband is the Norwegian half. We milk Holsteins with a few Brown Swiss scattered in the herd. We started a cross breeding program in 2005. In 2010, we started genomic testing our heifers. This has moved us back to 99 percent Holstein. Through 18 years of genetic selection, we have bred a smaller, leaner Holstein herd with higher components. In addition to our milking herd, we raise 100 calves on milk and 100 springers.
What are topics you would like to see for upcoming women networking events? I would like to see more on technology specics and more topics on health of herd through vaccination protocols. What are some of the biggest challenges facing your dairy right now? We have only been in business for ve years. Labor has been a big challenge along with steady prices not allowing for consistent prot. As a young farming couple getting into farming right now, we have to put a lot of time, labor and commitment to keep it going. What do you enjoy most about dairy farming? The opportunity to make a difference in so many lives. Each animal we raise is happy, and I am able to work side by side with my husband. Most of all, I can see my accomplishments everyday – from a corn plant growing to a newborn calf standing. Tell us about your farm. I own a farm with my husband called Trent Way Genetics. We started farming in December 2011 with 35 cows in a 55-stall tiestall barn and about 15 young heifers. We love genetics and showing, and decided to take our business into a growing direction working with embryo transfer and IVF. Now almost ve years later, we are at 115 milking cows and over 300 youngstock along with many bulls. World Dairy Expo 2015 was a big accomplishment for our farm when we had the second place 5-year-old Holstein cow. Right now, we are working with two separate breeding philosophies via genomics and also our show type animals. Our main income comes from embryo sales and live animal sales instead of milk. This year, we purchased the farm we have been renting for the last ve years and are building a new housing facility for the cows. We will still milk in the tiestall barn, and as we keep growing, we will be looking into future technologies to keep us going strong. We have a big heart for all our cattle and will continue to be a small herd that focuses on genetics.
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What are your duties on the farm? I manage the herd health, which includes anything from entering data, setting up protocols, administering vaccines and reproduction shots on time, milking, diagnosing and treating sick cows, analyzing records, working with consultants and much more. Additionally, I am in the process of taking over the nancial bookwork. What do you see is the value of networking with other women in the industry? I see tremendous value in networking. The number of women in the dairy industry is growing, and we need to connect in order to share knowledge and offer support so we can keep the dairy industry thriving. I’ve made many contacts through networking that helped me obtain my job at Gar-Lin Dairy after college. Those contacts have also given me advice on how to make changes to improve reproduction on my family’s farm. When not attending conferences, how do you connect with other farmers? I connect with other farmers at meetings. I have connected with other dairy farmers via AgStar’s Annie’s Project, which I highly recommend to any woman in farming. I recommend always trying to get to know whoever is at your table when you are at a meeting. You never know what you will learn from them. What are topics you would like to see for upcoming women networking events? I would like to learn more about farm transitioning and conducting farm meetings. What are some of the biggest challenges facing your dairy right now? Finding ways to increase premiums on our milk check, increasing our manure storage and transitioning the dairy are currently our biggest challenges. What do you enjoy most about dairy farming? I love being challenged each day and the variety in my job. I enjoy keeping our herd healthy and nursing the sick back to health. I appreciate being active outdoors each day and having a variety of places to work – in the skidloader pushing up feed, in a tractor pulling silage wagons, in the ofce getting organized for the week or in the barn giving shots. Tell us about your farm. Our farm is a 200-cow Holstein herd currently owned by my dad, John, and uncle, Greg. I recently returned home to work on the farm. We own 580 acres of cropland used for growing our forages and cash crops. I love giving farm tours. We have acquired horses, goats, chickens, ducks, rabbits, cats, beef cow/calf pairs and dogs to keep tours interesting. We strive to breed cows that milk well, look good and last for several lactations. Turn to FENCE | Page 16
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ConƟnued from FENCE | Page 15 Kim Voigts Platteville, Wis. Lafayette County 85 cows
Kristin Schrimpf Goodhue, Minn. Goodhue County 474 cows
How did you get into dairy farming? I grew up on a dairy farm in northern Illinois and then met my future husband in college at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. He grew up on a dairy farm in Belmont, Wis. We started dairying right out of college in 1981. We started out with his brother, and then branched off on our own.
How did you get into dairy farming? I grew up on a dairy farm and then took a job working on a dairy in Goodhue, Minn. My boss was my husband’s rst cousin. He took us on a blind date, and one year later my husband and I were married. Now my husband, Ken, and I farm together. When I left home, I knew I wanted to try something different, so I worked away from farming. I didn’t like it and that’s why I got the job on the Goodhue dairy.
What are your duties on the farm? I am in charge of the bottle calves and registrations. What do you see is the value of networking with other women in the industry? It’s huge. Dairying can be very isolating, so having that network of women who are going through the same things you are is very helpful. We can also learn so much from each other – sharing helpful hints along with successes and failures saves a lot of time.
What are your duties on the farm? I feed calves, do eldwork, am in charge of bookwork and manage our eight employees. What do you see is the value of networking with other women in the industry? It’s a good way to talk to other dairy farming women who are going through the same thing and living the same life. We can bounce ideas off each other about what works for us and what doesn’t.
When not attending conferences, how do you connect with other farmers? My off-farm career as a commodity broker has me interacting with farmers every day. I love my job and it is very fullling to help farmers manage their nancial risk.
When not attending conferences, how do you connect with other farmers? There are a lot of farmers in the Goodhue area, so I connect at local events. My brothers and dad also farm so I can call them up to see what’s going on or ask them a question.
What are topics you would like to see for upcoming women networking events? Farm transition is something we are working on at our farm. It’s a huge project and something you want to do right.
What are topics you would like to see for upcoming women networking events? Farm transition. I would like to talk to other women about their situation and how other people go about it. We need to do that right now because our son, Ross, is coming home to farm. It’s an important topic because how you transition your farm will have a long-term impact.
What are some of the biggest challenges facing your dairy right now? For us, it is the farm transition. We need to gure out how to generate more income for multiple generations and the best way to do that. What do you enjoy most about dairy farming? I love being around cows. We are purebred Holstein and Jersey breeders, so always striving for that next Excellent cow is incredibly exciting for us. The variety of jobs on a daily basis and being outside are also major perks for me.
What are some of the biggest challenges facing your dairy right now? The two biggest challenges are making sure we keep our good employees and how to transition Ross into the farm. The rising cost of healthcare is also another big issue that everyone who is self-employed is dealing with right now.
Tell us about your farm. We own around 230 acres on which we grow corn and hay. We have a tiestall barn with mattresses that holds 62 cows. We are currently milking around 85. My husband, Larry, and our twin sons, Adam and Matt, do the milking and daily chores. We have a daughter, Carrie, who is a chiropractor in Plaineld, Ill., and a son, Logan, who is a junior at the University of Wisconsin-Madison studying dairy science. We enjoy showing our cattle at area shows and attending as many as we can. The grandchildren are starting to show and get involved in the junior Holstein association, which is very fun. We are always trying to breed a better cow so we do ush work on our better cows.
What do you enjoy most about dairy farming? I like getting up in the morning and doing what I enjoy – working with family and raising healthy animals. Tell us about your farm. My husband, Ken, and I have six kids – Merribeth, Ross, Jeremy, Michaela, Brett and Mitchell. We milk our cows three times a day and raise all our own replacement heifers. We also farm 800 acres of cropland.
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JD 2700 ripper .........................................................$19,500 JD 510, 7 shank disk chisel ..................................$10,500 MF 9895 combine, only 438 sep hrs ........................ Call Case IH 870, 9 shank ripper......................................... Call Sunflower 7200-28 Soil Cond................................Just In Sunflower 4610 ripper .....................................Coming In Sunflower 4511-13 disc chisel ......................Coming In Sunflower 4411-9 ripper ......................................$24,000 Sunflower 1435-26 disc ...........................................Just In Sunflower 1435-23 tandem disc w/mulcher $35,000 Sunflower 1434-32 tandem disc .......................$32,500 Krause 4900, 30’ disc................................................ $9,500 Geringhoff 6 row chopping head ....................... $8,500 Demco 650 gravity box ...........................................Just In MF 2170XD baler ................................................. $100,000 MF 2150, only 11,000 bales.................................$65,000 Vermeer 5500 round baler .....................................Just In Vermeer 605N, only 500 bales ..............................Just In Vermeer 605M, low bales ............................................ Call Vermeer 605M corn stalk, only 1500 bales....$39,500 NH 340 3x3, 2015, only 4500 bales .............Coming In J&M 620 grain cart ................................................... $8,500 Minnesota 250 gravity box w/auger ................. $1,500 JD 2700 5-bottom .................................................... $4,950 Demco 1250G sprayer w/90 ft. boom ..................... Call JD 240 disc mower ................................................... $2,450
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Top Performers
Faith Acres Dairy increases production with 3x milking, TMR Faith Acres Dairy Inc. David Bertram Hewitt, Minn. Ottertail County 136 cows What is your current herd average, butterfat and protein? Our herd average is 30,043 pounds of milk with 1,124 pounds of butterfat and 895 pounds of protein. How many times a day do you milk? If you don’t milk
3X a day, have you tried it in the past? We milk three times a day. Do you use BST? If so, what is your protocol? Yes, we use BST. We start using it when they are conrmed pregnant or if we are having trouble getting them bred back. Do you contract your milk? Has it been successful for you? No, we don’t contract our milk. Turn to BERTRAM | Page 20
MISSY MUSSMAN/DAIRY STAR
David Bertram puts a milking unit on a cow during morning chores. The three Ɵmes a day milking has helped Faith Acres Dairy achieve their current RHA.
MISSY MUSSMAN/DAIRY STAR
David Bertram and his family at Faith Acres Dairy had a recent rolling herd average of 30,043 pounds of milk. Bertram milks 136 cows near HewiƩ, Minn.
GRAND CHAMPION
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BYRON SEED DOES IT AGAIN at World Dairy Expo 2016
• Grand Champ First Time Entrant and Runner-Up to the Grand Champ Over-all! - And guess what? Both are nearly PURE GRASS! • Byron had the over-all 3 top Milk per Ton (MPT) in the hay crop categories and the MPT in both Corn Silage categories. • Byron had 7 of the Top Ten Standard Corn Silages (SCS) including 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, & 9. Three of these and 5 in the SCS were ranked higher than the best BMR! • Grand Champ Baleage and Nos. 1, 2, 3 & 5 Great Forage Means Healthy Cows! • Grand Champ Grass Hay and Nos. 1, 2, 3, & 5 See your Byron Dealer for your • In Dairy Hay, Byron had Nos. 2, 3 & 5
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Gerard Becker
Long Prairie, MN (320) 290-9261
Hy View Feeds 507-493-5564 Mabel, MN
Valley View Ag Russ Funke Dyersville, IA (563) 590-6939
Schueler Farms
Greenwald Elevator
Sherman Schueler 330-987-3159 Willmar, MN John Dockendorf (320) 894-4808 Greenwald, MN (320) 290-1240
Jack Stamschror
Altura, MN
Crop & Livestock Nutrition Atwater, MN (320) 212-3190
Cleeson Mill
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Winscher Seeds Mike Winscher 320-282-6748 Shawn Winscher Royalton, MN (320) 420-4516
Timberline Dairy Service Joe Graber Kalona, IA (319) 656-3527
Kellogg, MN (507) 259-0269
Dale Ommodt, CCA
Jason Mickelson Frazee, MN 218-849-3137
Lee Kurtenbach
Mechanicksville, IA (319) 241-5105
Peak Forage Products LLC
Benjamin Arlt
Natures Best
Tim Huffman 608-574-7918 Nelson Horst Adam Decker 608-988-6855 Canton S.D. Kevin Zimmerman (605) 359-0765 608-574-7918
Natures Best
Mervin Beachy St. Ansgar, IA (641) 381-0054
Big Stone City S.D. (651) 331-8865
DJ Cattle Co.
Daryn Yoder Leon, IA (641) 344-6002
Chad Tesch Canton S.D. (605) 759-5622 Dan (Boone) Uphoff, Sioux Falls S.D. (605) 321-1862
Natures Best Roger TeSlaa
Inwood, IA
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“Not only does Udder Comfort work, it works without handling fresh heifers. — Adam Faust
AUSTONE HOLSTEINS, Adam Faust CHILTON, WISCONSIN 70 registered Holsteins, 75 lbs, SCC 150,000
“It gets the edema out fast for complete milkout.
“I picked up Udder Comfort™ as a sample on the first day of the March show at Oshkosh. By the last day, I had my hired man back to buy a gallon. I had been fighting with a high pedigree heifer, an Adonis with 4 out of 5 dams EX, not milking out and giving 15 lbs. “I took the sample home, sprayed her udder after each milking, and by the 3rd time, she was milking out to a dishrag. Her 7-day average is 94 lbs as a 2-yr-old after the Udder Comfort straightened her out,” says Adam Faust during a midsummer visit to his Faustone Holsteins, Chilton, Wisconsin. He purchased the farm from his parents in January and set production and SCC goals. “We use Udder Comfort now on all fresh animals for 7 days.
“I see fresh cows get going and SCC come down faster. I don’t see nearly as many high cows. If so, I spray the udder 2x/day for a few days. I tried other brands and did not see benefits so I was skeptical that this would do anything without massage. Not only does Udder Comfort work, it works without handling fresh heifers. Just spray it on.”
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ConƟnued from BERTRAM | Page 18 Describe your housing and milking facility. We house our cows in a tiestall barn on our farm. What is the composition of your ration? What has been one of your most recent
changes that has been successful for you? We feed 35 pounds of haylage, 30 pounds of corn silage, 16 pounds of high moisture corn, 9 pounds of protein and mineral mix, 0.25 pounds of an energy booster and 3 pounds of top dress.
Through the years you’ve been farming, what change has created the biggest jump in your herd average? Milking three times a day and using the TMR have done that for us. What is your herd health program? We do pregnancy checks every two weeks and do a nine-way vaccination in the fall. What does your dry cow and transition cow program consist of? We have one pen of dry cows that we feed 28 pounds of silage and 4 pounds of a corn and mineral mix along with free choice mixed round bale. What role does genetics play in your production level and what is your breeding program? It plays a big role. We use top end bulls on our heifers and mostly young sires on our cows. What type of improvements would you like to make that would increase your rolling herd average? As of right now, we don’t have any improvements we want to make.
MISSY MUSSMAN/DAIRY STAR
David Bertram decides which bull to use before breeding a cow. Bertram uses top end bulls on his heifers and young sires on his cows.
What would you say are the three most important factors for you that helped you attain your current herd average? Switching over to three times a day milking, using a TMR along with high quality feeds and using high quality bulls.
MISSY MUSSMAN/DAIRY STAR
David Bertram examines a sample of feed. Bertram credits the high quality feeds in his TMR for his current RHA. Tell us about your farm. I started farming in 1969 with my dad. We built a new tiestall barn in 1980 for 80 cows and added a second addition later for 42 cows and maternity pens. We also added two Harvestores and a stave silo. At the present time, we employ my oldest son, Eric, my brother, James, and Patrick Harris. My youngest son, Cory, and niece,
Keisha, and my grandchildren help with chores. Eric’s wife, Angie, does the morning calf feeding. We have ve irrigation systems and also have 60 head of beef cows. We planted 280 acres of corn, 500 acres of soybeans, 115 acres of oats, 145 acres of alfalfa and 86 acres of an alfalfa and grass mix. My dad, Ted, and I do most of the eld work.
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We would like to congratulate our long time members and friends, the Carpenters, on their great success at the 50th World Dairy Expo! Cora Carpenter and her homebred four-year-old Jersey, Cari, were named Grand Champion of the International Junior Jersey Show! We’ve been doing business with Steve and his family since 1999 and have enjoyed helping feed their herd ever since. Currently Redrock View Farms is milking 595 cows, averaging 96.9 lbs/day with an RHA of 30799, Fat: 3.84% 1181 lbs Protein: 3.04% 937 lbs and SCC of 154.
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ConƟnued from PRINCESS KAY | Page 22 Twin Cities. We were just like little kids on Christmas morning, simply giddy with excitement because we were going to watch the Minnesota Vikings play the New York Giants. When we got to the stadium, I got to watch my dad and brother’s light bulb go off. It was a dream come true for them to watch their favorite NFL football team in the brand new stadium. I was invited to the game in support of the Fuel Up To Play 60 program. This program promotes healthy eating, including dairy of course, and also encourages 60 minutes of activity each day – a program supported by dairy farmers and the National Football League. I met up with various
members of the Midwest Dairy staff, along with many students and teachers from across the state. You could see everyone was so excited to be where they were at that moment in time. We all made our way into the stadium and then stepped out onto the turf. The moment we stepped onto the eld, the lights shone brightly in our eyes, and we felt the electrifying energy throughout the stadium. It was the moment we had all been waiting for. The look on everyone’s faces was absolutely priceless. I saw everyone’s light bulb go off. But for me, that wasn’t the best part of the night. The best part of the night was the conversations I had. I was able to
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A good representation of their herd Sheehans provide Holstein for Great Christmas Heifer Giveaway By Missy Mussman missy@dairystar.com
ROCHESTER, Minn. – A combination of quality type and milk production is what the Sheehan family strives for within their herd of Holsteins. “We don’t just breed for type or just production. We want complete cows that look good and perform well,” Robert Sheehan said. Their heifer, Sheeknoll Kingboy 2615, also known as Henny, comes from ve generations of cows just like that. One lucky grade A or B dairy farmer in the Dairy Star coverage area will win Henny during this year’s Dairy Star Great Christmas Heifer Giveaway. Eligible farmers may sign up in person at participating businesses, which are listed on pages 12 and 13 in this section. Henny comes from Sheeknoll Farms, a 300-cow dairy near Rochester, Minn. Sheeknoll Farms is owned and operated by Robert and Jeannette Sheehan, and their son and daughter-in-law, Andy and Juliana, Robert’s brothers and sisters-in-law, Jim and Mary, and Jerome and Karen, and Jim’s sons, Steve and Ben. “Henny is the type of heifer we would want to add to our herd if the roles were reversed,”
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The Sheehan family – (from leŌ) Steve, Ben, Jerome, Andy, JeanneƩe and Robert – is providing their heifer Sheeknoll Kingboy 2615, also known as Henny, for the Dairy Star Great Christmas Heifer Giveaway this year. The Sheehans milk 300 cows near Rochester, Minn. Jeannette said. “We wanted to nd something that was a good representation of what we breed for.” Henny was born on Dec. 15, 2015, and was shown as a winter calf this past year at the Olmsted County Fair by a local FFA member, Meghan Jirik. She placed well in her class at the district show. “She’s a nice straight lined heifer with good feet and legs,” Jeannette said. “Plus, she knows how to lead and has a great birth-
day to show as a winter yearling next year.” Henny’s sire is Morningview MCC Kingboy-ET, who is a high genomic young sire bull. “His daughters are starting to calve in now,” Robert said. “He has the strong potential to create a combination of high type and high producing cows.” That works out well since Henny’s dam, Sheeknoll ManO-Man2 Dora, who sold on the State Holstein Spring Sale last
April, produced 21,700 pounds of milk, with 4.5 percent fat (971 pounds) and 3.3 percent protein (714 pounds) as a 2-year-old at 347 days in milk. “She did really well for us her rst lactation,” Robert said. On top of her production, Dora also scored Very Good 87 as a 3-year-old. “That’s really good for such a young cow,” Robert said. Even Henny’s granddam, Sheeknoll Alexander April, scored Good Plus 82 with her
best production record being 33,790 pounds of milk, and her great granddam, Sheeknoll Swain Stacy, scoring Very Good 86 with her best production record being 30,000 pounds of milk. “Henny has a good production and type pedigree behind her,” Robert said. When breeding their cows, the rst thing the Sheehans look for is high values for feet and legs, and udders. “We want a lot of strength in those areas,” Jeannette said. “We also have been putting more emphasis on components on top of milk production.” Those traits t in well with the Sheehan family’s farm set up. Robert and Jeannette milk 60 cows on their farm in a tiestall barn, and the remaining 240 cows are milked at the other farm in a double-12 parallel parlor with a freestall barn. “There’s no requirements of which cows go on where,” Robert said. “Whichever farm a calf is born at is the farm they return to. Our show cows are housed on both sites. We have a yellow tag for the cows on the freestall farm and white ones for the cows in the tiestall barn.” Breeding the cows to succeed in type and production at both locations is what makes the Sheehans excited for Henny’s next owners. “It’s fun to see people start out with a nice heifer,” Jeannette said. “We hope the next owner can live their dream or start a dream with her.”
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MELROSE, Wis. – For nearly 42 years, Brown Swiss have been the staple breed on the Weihrouch farm near Melrose, Wis. While growing up on the third-generation dairy farm, Jason Weihrouch was determined to carry on the breed that has become a family tradition. “Brown Swiss cows are relatively easy to take care of. They’re good, hearty animals,” Weihrouch said. “And they’re loveable.” Weihrouch is providing a Brown Swiss calf for this year’s Dairy Star Great Christmas Heifer Calf Giveaway. Weihrouch milks 35 registered Brown Swiss cows with his parents, Charlie and Yvonne. The calf, Eachibon Jessa R Jamaica, will go to one lucky son or daughter of a dairy farmer residing in the Dairy Star coverage area. Eligible children must be under the age of 18 and may sign up in per-
son at participating businesses, which are listed on pages 12 and 13 in this section. Weihrouch is excited to see who receives the calf that is the fourth generation out of his rst cow family. Her dam, Jessalyn Double Dare Jessa, is scored GP-84 as a 2-year-old. Her second dam is scored VG88, with the third dam scored VG-87 and the fourth dam at EX-90. Weihrouch said he hopes Jamaica’s new owner will see similar success as she progresses. “It’s hard to make predictions when she is just 2 months old. She comes from good genetics, a family with good dairy structure and correctness in their frames,” Weihrouch said. The calf’s cow family is averaging 20,000 pounds of milk. Total milk production is not what Weihrouch said he looks for most when making breeding decisions, but rather components. The calf’s dam had a 305-day production of 13,000 pounds of milk with 5.1 percent fat and 4.1 percent protein as a 2-year-old. Additionally, the calf’s granddam produced components of 6.5 percent butterfat and 3.7 percent protein. Weihrouch hopes the calf will be just as produc-
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Jason Weihrouch holds Jamaica – a registered Brown Swiss calf, he is providing for the Dairy Star Great Christmas Heifer Calf Giveaway contest. Weihrouch milks 35 cows near Melrose, Wis. tive in her components as the Born on Aug. 31, Weihrest of her family. rouch grants if her new owners An excellent maternal line choose to exhibit her the calf is paired with an equally im- could have tough competition pressive sire. Jamaica is sired in the show ring due to her by Jo Dee Nemo Richard, cur- young age. rently the No. 2 bull in both However, the calf’s genetgenomic type and udder com- ics have potential to bring out a posite index. lot of qualities that Weihrouch “Richard is a little bit big- believes could make her just ger, which hopefully will give as competitive as he hopes she her some more size,” Weih- will be productive. rouch said. “I’ve heard great “I already like her depth things about him and his off- of chest; she has even more spring.” depth than her mom did at
that age. She’s long, stylish,” Weihrouch said. “With being good genetics wise, [the winner] could denitely show her. She’s bigger, longer end-toend than her mother; with that depth of chest, I think she will make a bigger front end cow.” A calf with great potential certainly is hard to part with. Weihrouch said that while this is true, he also wants to provide a calf to a winner who will be satised for years to come. “She has a good pedigree. I wouldn’t sell someone a poor heifer, so I wanted to provide something of quality,” Weihrouch said. Weihrouch is in the process of purchasing heifers from his parents as he transitions into ownership on his family’s farm. With the exception of two Holsteins, the Weihrouch herd has been home to registered Brown Swiss for three generations under the Eachibon prex – a Japanese word meaning No. 1 Weihrouch hopes the calf’s new owners nd just as much joy in the breed as he has. “If they show her one day, that’s great,” Weihrouch said. “But, more importantly, I hope that, with her genetics, she will be a worthy addition to their herd.”
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When I was a kid, Halloween was a chance to put have a ride, but Kurt managed to ďƒžnd a route. The on a fun costume that my mom made for me and visit wagon slipped and slid on a few muddy patches, but a handful of neighbors and nearby relatives. Older it only added to the excitement. It was fun for me to empty-nesters who delighted in seeing act as tour guide for our friends. Dairy in the Suburbs myself and my siblings and rewarded The highlight of the evening was our shy and quiet “trick-or-treatsâ€? with something we’d kept as a surprise: a candy. trebuchet. Used in medieval times to Now that I’m quite a few years into hurl large missiles during siege warfare, this trick-or-treating thing as a parent, this one was built by Kurt’s brother, not Halloween has become my least favorto besiege cities, but to launch pumpite holiday. My kids turn into greedy, kins for the entertainment of spectators. sweet-crazed treat gobblers who drag Most of the dads had seen it set-up by home pounds of candy loot in their the shed and surmised it to be a catapult plastic pumpkins. They dissolve into of sorts, but I don’t think any of them tears and tantrums when we try to limit expected it to do what it does. It’s funtheir candy consumption (well, Tate ny, but when a crowd of people watch does, anyway). Where’s the fun in that? a pumpkin ďƒ&#x;y incredibly high in the By Susan Steinke Halloween originated from All Halair for an incredible distance, and then Columnist lows’ Eve, the vigil before the Catholic explode when it hits the ground with a feasts of All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day. Trick-or-treating evolved from the ancient English custom of going door-to-door to beg for soul cakes, given out in exchange for promises of prayers for the deceased loved ones of the household. Soul cakes eventually took on a shape meant to evoke the idea of eternity: a circle, with a hole in the middle. Otherwise known as a donut. Thus, Halloween wasn’t intended to revolve around candy, but rather as a way to remember our beloved dead. This year, Kurt and I decided to do things differently. Rather than the usual Halloween greed-fest, we hosted a traditional All Hallows’ Eve party with our friends. A fun, fall celebration on the farm. We sent out invitations for the evening of Oct. 30 and soon had a guest list of over 60 people – the majority of them children. I planned the party as a potluck and asked that each family also bring their favorite Halloween treat to add to treat bags that the kids took home at the end of the evening.
loud thump, they all have the same reaction: delighted laughter. It was a great evening, much preferable to Halloweens of years past. The kids ran around being kids and the adults had a chance to enjoy wonderful conversation and company. After the last guests left, with soul cakes in hand and words of gratitude for sharing our farm, I asked Lily if she thought the party had been a success. “Yes,â€? she enthusiastically said. “Except for one thing: no one knew what a gravity box or a bulk tank was.â€? Whoops. Next year I’ll have to make my hunt more city-kid friendly. Susan and her husband, Kurt, milk 40 cows in Greenďƒželd, Minn. They have three little farmhands: Lily, 8, Tate, 4, and Gemma, 2. Just two miles east of their farm, on a clear day you can see the Minneapolis skyline. Susan can be reached at kurt.susan@ hotmail.com.
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There is renewed interest in fodder systems for dairy and livestock production systems. Dairy producers, especially organic and grazing producers, are looking for information about fodder sprouting systems to supply essential nutrients to dairy cattle. In a fodder system, a grain such as barley, wheat or oats is sprouted in plastic trays and allowed to grow for seven days and then fed to livestock. Sprouted grains can be grown indoors without soil. It is essential to begin fodder sprouting with clean seed free from mold. The seed is soaked for 12 to 24 hours, spread onto trays and watered two or three times daily for seven days. Every day, seven-day sprouts are harvested and fed to liveBy Brad Heins stock and new, clean seed is placed in trays U of M Extension for harvest in seven days. There is very little research on feeding fodder to dairy animals, with most of the research projects being conducted in Australia. There are many perceived benets to growing fodder for livestock systems. A fodder system can feed a vast variety of livestock for milk and meat production. Depending on feed costs of hay and grain, fodder may produce a higher quality feed for less money than traditional methods. If there is a drought, a fodder system will provide a small amount of forage for livestock. The fodder that is harvested from the system is very digestible. Grain changes as it undergoes the sprouting process. Preliminary analysis of the fodder shows high sugars, high neutral detergent ber and comparable net energy to the original grain used. However, many of these statements have yet to be validated by research with dairy cattle. We installed a 1,150-pound fodder system at the West Central Research and Outreach Center organic dairy to evaluate these emerging forage systems. Our system can produce enough fodder to feed 40 cows. For our rst study, we evaluated the performance of varieties of organic barley, oats, wheat, rye and triticale harvested at seven days after the start of growing. During September and October of 2014, every Monday for six weeks, 28 fodder trays (2- by 6-feet) from a FarmTek Fodder Pro system were lled with 9 pounds of wet grain. Each tray was automatically watered twice per day for four minutes each time. On the seventh day, each tray was harvested, weighed and scored on a one to ve scale for mold. Ten random samples from each grain each week were saved for dry matter and forage quality analysis. Triticale and wheat had the greatest crude protein content of the alternative grains. Neutral detergent ber (NDF) was greater for barley and oats which indicated that they had the highest amount of digestible ber. High digestible ber can result in benets to cattle including higher milk production. The barley and oats had lower values of non-ber carbohydrates (NFC). The
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Fodder systems may be a very costly method of producing feed for dairy caƩle. lower values of NFC indicate that there was less starch in the barley and oat fodder. Higher starch content was found in the rye and triticale. Barley fodder had the highest calcium percentage of any of the fodder samples. The mineral analysis results of the different grains were quite variable. Overall, the study indicated that barley had the highest forage quality for fodder production systems. However, oats may be another option for fodder production systems in the Upper Midwest. For the second study, we fed lactating dairy cows either 0 or 20 pounds (as-fed) of fodder per cow per day. The fodder replaced 6 pounds of corn and was fed with a TMR. The no-fodder cows were fed 8 pounds of corn in the TMR, while cows being fed fodder had 2 pounds of corn in the TMR. Milk production, milk fat, body weight and body condition score were not affected by fodder. Cows fed fodder had slightly greater milk protein and also greater milk urea nitrogen (16.5 for fodder cows vs. 13.5 for cows not fed fodder). For the economic analysis of this feeding study, we found that at an organic price of $11.77 per bushel for corn, income over feed costs (IOFC) was similar for fodder and no fodder. When organic corn costs were increased by 50 percent ($17.50 per bushel), the fodder-fed cows had an advantage in IOFC of $0.44 per cow per day. However, the initial investment in the fodder system was not included in the IOFC analysis, and therefore the actual cost of producing fodder would be even higher. Fodder systems may be a very costly method of producing feed for dairy cattle. Sprouted barley fodder, however, may have application in small-scale livestock operations, for those with high land values or for producers experiencing severe drought. Additionally, farms that have an excess of labor may benet with a sprouted fodder system. From an economic viewpoint, fodder may pay for itself at high organic grain prices.
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BY RAFAEL S. BISINOTTO U of M Assistant Professor
Rearing replacement heifers is a vital component of success in the dairy industry. It is also a demanding process that involves management of colostrum, animal husbandry and welfare, protocols for disease control and nutrition to promote adequate growth rates. Although reproduction accounts for only 2 percent of heifer rearing costs, reproductive performance plays a major role on the economics of growing heifers. Reducing age at rst calving minimizes non-productive days when daily maintenance costs range between $2 and $3 per heifer. In fact, heifers that calve for the rst time between 23 and 24 months of age require 5 percent less input compared with herd mates that calve at 25 months of age. On the other hand, calving before 23 months of age led to reduced milk yield and lower reproductive efciency in rst lactation cows. The proportion of heifers that are inseminated and become pregnant soon after being moved to breeding groups dictates age at rst calving. Although protocols for synchronization of ovulation and timed articial insemination (A.I.) allow producers to breed all heifers at an optimal age, less than 4 percent of U.S. herds use such programs to manage reproduction in youngstock. One of the main reasons for the reduced adoption of timed A.I. has been the perception that fertility is not an issue in dairy heifers and there is little room for improvement. Another major impediment was the lack of synchronization protocols optimized for use in dairy heifers. A summary of research published before 2010 indicated that pregnancy per A.I. (P/A.I., commonly referred to as conception rate) in heifers receiving timed A.I. was lower compared with counterparts inseminated following detected estrus (38.8 percent vs. 52 percent). After a series of studies conducted to tailor synchronization protocols to the unique aspects of heifer reproductive physiology, researchers at the University of Florida developed a timed A.I. program that results in P/A.I. around 60 percent; thus, comparable to that observed in heifers bred on estrus (Figure 1). GnRH
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to timed A.I. was also concentrated around 22 days after previous insemination. The combination of shorter time to rst and second A.I. and elevated P/A.I. resulted in greater pregnancy rate in heifers subjected to timed A.I.. A nal nding from the study was that P/A.I. in heifers bred to sex-sorted semen was greater for timed A.I. compared with estrus detection (54.8 percent vs. 31.6 percent). Greater costs with hormonal treatments associated with the synchronization protocol were offset by improvements in reproductive performance, which led to a reduction in total rearing costs. The total costs per heifer and per pregnancy were $9.43 and $17 less when timed A.I. was implemented. Most of the difference between rearing costs for heifers subjected to timed A.I. or estrus detection comes from reduced time to pregnancy and smaller inputs associated with feeding nonlactating animals – a decrease of $21.68 per heifer over the experimental period. The use of timed A.I. in dairy heifers has the potential to improve pregnancy rate; thus, reducing time to pregnancy and rearing costs associated with feeding. Nevertheless, this economic benet relies on elevated P/A.I. in response to synchronization protocols. Besides promoting animal health and adequate nutrition, dairy producers and heifer growers must ensure that poor facility design and training of herd personnel will not limit compliance to the timed A.I. program. References Lima, F.S., H. Ayres, M.G. Favoreto, R.S. Bisinotto, L.F. Greco, E.S. Ribeiro, P.S. Baruselli, C.A. Risco, W.W. Thatcher, and J.E.P Santos. 2011. Effects of gonadotropin-releasing hormone at initiation of the 5-d timed articial insemination (A.I.) program and timing of induction of ovulation relative to A.I. on ovarian dynamics and fertility of dairy heifers. J. Dairy Sci. 94:4997–5004.
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Bring it on.” Alise is a bubbly young woman who sports a halo of aming red locks. She is the chief cheese maker at the operation that has been named, ttingly, Redhead Creamery. I asked Alise how she got interested Dear County Agent Guy in the fromage eld. “I knew that I wanted to join my family’s dairy business when I was 10 years old,” she said. “Mom and Dad were still milking in a tiestall barn at the time, so I also knew that I didn’t want to milk cows. Adding the creamery made it posBy Jerry Nelson sible for my dreams to Columnist come true.” I chatted with Jerry and Linda, who conrmed this story. “Alise has been talking about doing something like this ever since she was a little girl,” Jerry said. “Once she sets her mind on something, she doesn’t give up.” At the core of Redhead Creamery is a room lled with gleaming cheese-making equipment. Alise reports for duty at 4:30 a.m. on the day when she makes a batch of cheese. As Jerry milks the cows, the milk ows directly from the parlor into the creamery’s pasteurization tank. Once it’s pasteurized, the milk is pumped to a vat where the mystical art of turning the white liquid into solid yumminess begins. You just can’t get any fresher than that. But, as I pointed out to Alise, the nal step in the cheese making process is aging. “Yes,” she said, “But our cheese curds are so fresh, they were silage and hay the day before.” Redhead Creamery has a charming little country store where people can hang out, sample cheeses, enjoy a beverage and shop. You can tell it’s a classy store because they sell my book there. Alise has fully embraced her red-headedness by offering for sale a whimsical tome titled “A Field Guide to Redheads,” written by Elizabeth Graeber and published by Workman Publishing. I know a few redheads and now know what they might be getting for Christmas. A group of people arrived for a tour of the farm and the creamery. Jerry began the tour by giving a detailed history of their farm. The only way it could have been more complete would have been if he had started his talk with the words, “At rst there was nothing. Then there was a big bang.” During his talk, Jerry mentioned meeting a certain girl at age 13 while he was showing dairy cattle. That girl was none other than Linda. I asked Linda how old she was when she and Jerry rst met. “I was 9 at the time,” she said, adding, “My parents didn’t let me start dating until I was 16.” Maybe it’s just me, but I was beginning to detect a pattern regarding the Jennissen ladies setting goals at an early age and seeing them through to the end. After a pleasant afternoon of sampling cheeses – including Redhead Creamery’s monstrously avorful whiskey washed Munster – it was time for my wife and I to head home. And as we passed back through Belgrade I exclaimed to my wife, “Hit the gas. I think that crow has his eye on our cheese curds.” 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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It was about 8 p.m. on a Wednesday night. I was piling the kids back into my Tahoe after spending an hour at my mom and dad’s house. The kids were getting tired. Zander was spooked by the darkness and Silas wasn’t helping as he started asking me if there are bears that live by my parents’ house. Maren started whimpering – sensing the boys’ uncertainty. Just a month earlier, it would have been ne. The sun would have been shining yet – they would have stopped and played with the cats before hopping in the truck, the old barn wouldn’t have looked so dark and scary and the trees wouldn’t have been casting such long dark shadows from the yard light. It’s that time of year again, the cloudiest month of the year – November. By the time you read this, it is By Andrea Borgerding hopefully already half over. There is something about Online Editor this month that is truly uninspiring and down right depressing. Usually, about this time is when I start making a conscious effort to check in on my loved ones and give myself an extra push to surround myself with positive people. I feel luckier than most people. My children keep me happy and busy; it’s hard to be sad when the boys are cracking jokes and Maren is giggling at a silly cartoon. When I know my dad is especially down, I make it a point to stop out with the kids. They have the tendency to lighten up a room – and a mood. For the past two weeks, I’ve found myself struggling to nd energy to work out, even though I know it can change my mood like a ip of a switch. It takes everything I have to drag myself out of bed for a 5:30 workout class or to hit the treadmill for a run. I often think back to my 5:30 wake up calls during the summer when the sun was already up. I’d jump out of bed ready to go, feeling like the day was half over already. This time of year I have to constantly keep myself in check and not rely on the sun to brighten my mood. I get up to go to a workout class to surround myself with positive people. I run on the treadmill to keep me healthy and energetic. I focus on my children and husband to keep myself positive and remind myself that they need me as much as I need them. It’s scary to think of being in a dark place where I don’t think there is any hope or happiness even when the sun is shining. As the days get shorter and the weather gets colder, it gets harder to nd hope, light and energy for every day challenges. Remember to be there for your family and friends. Spread love and cheer to everyone you come across. You never know, you may provide the light and energy someone needed to make it through that day.
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A year and a half has passed since our grand- in St. Louis, Mo. The doctors also said to not be wishdaughter Ava fell out of a side by side with her right ful about much being able to be done for Ava. arm entangled in the shoulder belt harness. She sufAfter the swelling went down, Joe and Rita brought fered some nasty facial lacerations that healed well her to a nerve specialist in St. Louis. The specialist ofover time. The severe pull on fered a surgery that may her right arm disconnected give her some shoulder her brachial plexus nerves IIt was considered and elbow movement id d a success; from her spinal cord leaving and a fused hand. In the her with a totally and perma- however, it takes two years for the meantime, Rita did a lot nently limp arm and hand. nerves to even reach her fingers. of research on brachial Her arm and hand showed no plexus injuries and had visible injuries but there was found that Cincinnati no feeling and no movement. Children’s Hospital was The hand could be laying on a hot stove top and she doing cutting edge surgeries on children with brachial would not feel it. plexus injuries. They brought Ava to Cincinnati, Ohio Ava spent a week in Sioux Falls, S.D. at the Sioux and were told that most brachial plexus injuries occur Falls Children’s Hospital. The doctors recommended at birth. So, a 4-year-old might struggle with reproher parents, Joe and Rita, send Ava to see specialists gramming her brain. The surgery team wanted to try
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Are you ready for FARM 3.0? On Jan. 1, 2017 tion scorecard (when scored by the FARM evaluator). version 3.0 of the National Milk Producers Fed3. Ninety-ve percent or more of lactating and eration (NMPF) FARM program will go into effect. dry cows must score a two or less on the FARM hock Most of you have probably heard about and knee scorecard. one change: the ban on tail docking. This Veterinary Wisdom 4. Ninety-nine percent of all classes is not the only change coming, though. of animal must score a two or more on FARM 3.0 has something called a Manthe body condition score scorecard. datory Corrective Action Plan (MCAP). If a farm does not meet the standards Earlier versions of FARM used Continufor the phase two priority areas at the ous Improvement Plans (CIP) or simply time of evaluation, a CIP will be develaction plans when the evaluator identioped by the evaluator. Upon the farm’s ed areas needing improvement. With next, regularly scheduled second party FARM 3.0, there are three phase one prievaluation, the farm must show progress ority areas that, if not met, will trigger a toward completing its CIP, or may be MCAP. They are: placed on probationary status. 1. Veterinarian-Client-Patient-RelaBeyond the phase one and phase two tionship: Every dairy must have a current priority areas, there are some other docuBy Jim Bennett VCPR form, signed by the Veterinarian ments that must be available to the evaluColumnist of Record and by the farm owner or manator, but will not trigger a MAP or CIP, if ager. The form must be updated annually. not available. They are: 2. Dairy cattle care and ethics training agreement: 1. Training documentation of: All employees with animal care responsibilities must a. stockmanship for all employees with anihave signed this agreement, and must do so annually. mal care responsibilities, dated with past 12 months 3. Tail docking: docking is to be stopped by Janub. calf care: nutritional requirements, feeding ary 1, 2017. techniques and proper handling and movement Farms that do not meet these three requirements c. non-ambulatory animal management will receive a MCAP, and a timeframe for re-evaluad. euthanasia tion, not exceeding one year, will be set by the evalu2. Posted emergency contact information ator. After re-evaluation, a farm still not meeting the 3. Drug treatment records three requirements will be placed on probationary sta4. Written herd health plan that includes written tus and receive a formal notice of suspension after 60 protocols for, at a minimum: days. a. milking routine and procedures FARM 3.0 also designates phase two priority arb. common disease treatment and monitoring eas. If they are not met, a CIP will be triggered. They c. vaccinations specifying age, class, product are: and route of administration 1. Herd health plan: The minimum standard for d. daily observation of all cattle for injury or the herd health plan includes protocols for: disease a. newborn and milk-fed calf management e. newborn and milk-fed dairy calf manageb. pain management ment including: c. management of non-ambulatory animals i. disbudding before 8 weeks of age or earlier d. euthanasia with pain mitigation per herd veterinarian recommen2. Ninety-ve percent of the lactating and dry cow dation herd must score a two or less on the FARM locomoii. other planned medical procedures per-
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ADRIAN, Minn. – A few years back, brothers Dean and Brad Luettel faced a tough decision – they had to house cows outside. Wanting to change their situation, the Luettel family built a freestall barn with two Lely robots. The 120-cow facility was completed and put into use May 12, 2015. The Luettels’ freestall barn has tunnel ventilation and an insulated ceiling. During cold weather, tempered fresh air is drawn down from the attic through ceiling vents that are spaced evenly throughout the barn. The freestalls have mattresses that are bedded with chopped straw. An automatic scraper system brings manure to a pump that pipes the waste to a nearby concrete storage basin. “We considered using sand bedding but didn’t like the idea of scooping sand out of the lagoon and hauling it out onto our land,” Dean said. “Our farmland is sandy enough already.” Another choice the Luettels made
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Women In Jeans Amanda Carlson Welch, Minn. Goodhue County 80 cows Family: My partner in crime and roommate is my 94-year-old grandma, Pauline Carlson. My parents, Mike and Hettie Carlson, along with my uncle, aunt and cousins also live on the farm. Tell us about your farm. I work alongside my dad and uncle, who own the farm in partnership. We milk 80 registered Holsteins in a 63-stall tiestall barn twice a day. I take care of the calves and young heifers. I also feed the lactating herd and relief milk. We have one employee who milks twice a day for us. She has been a huge asset. My role also entails record keeping and registration along with random farm to-dos. My mom, aunt and two cousins also help on the farm besides working and going to school full time. I am also in the process of starting my own business, The Chatty Farmer, marketing direct-sale beef, pork and chicken. I want to be able to connect farmers, consumers and food. What’s the busiest time of day for you? Morning chores. While I’m not very social before 7 a.m., that’s when I accomplish the most work. I like to get as much work done before breakfast in case something goes wrong. That way we have the rest of the day to x it as opposed to if we waited. When you get a spare moment what do you do? Sleep and eat. I also love to read and be social. If we get snow this winter, I’ll add snowmobiling to the list, but I don’t want to jinx it. Tell us about your most memorable experience working on the farm. When I was 3 years old, I was helping Dad in the barn while Mom was at work and my uncle was out sick. I was scraping down manure with a shovel and tried to move a cow’s foot just like I’d seen Dad do. Unfortunately, I wasn’t quite as strong as dad yet and the cow kicked the shovel. The handle went right into my chest, just missing my heart. I remember telling Dad, “Oh, I’m
OK. It’s not bleeding that bad. I don’t need to go to the hospital.” Long story short, I ended up visiting mom while she was at work – the hospital where I had stitches. What have you enjoyed most about dairy farming or your tie to the dairy industry? The sense of community. It can’t be beat. While we are all so different, we’re all there for each other. It’s really an extended family. How do you stay connected with others in the industry? When I was younger, 4-H was a big part of my life. Today, I love being a part of the Dairy Girl Network. I’m also part of Farm Bureau and enjoy meeting people from other parts of agriculture. In your opinion, what’s the importance of women in today’s dairy industry and how have you seen that change over the years? I’m only 25, so I don’t know if I can say I’ve seen it change. Grandma and I joke that we both can’t be sitting down at the same time or nothing will get done on the farm. If you could give a tour of your farm to a prominent woman in today’s society, who would it be? I love to give tours to anyone who is willing to listen to me ramble and laugh.
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ConƟnued from LUETTELS | Page 35 bot’s computer system gives us. It makes managing the cows so much easier.” After being in their new facility for a year and a half, Dean and Brad said there isn’t much they would change. “We like it that the robots milk our cows in a consistent manner,” Dean said. “Everyone’s judgment is different. But the robots do everything the same way every time.” The new facility has changed the way the Luettels schedule each day. “The robots only milk the cows,” Brad said. “We still have to manage our herd. But now we don’t have to be in the barn at a certain time twice a day. We really like the exibility the robots have given us.” Before the robots, the Luettels had to make due with the facilities they had. “We were milking about 80 head, but only had room for 53 cows in our stanchion barn,” Brad said. “This meant that a good number of our cows had to be kept outdoors on a bedded pack. Even though we always made sure the outside cows had plenty of dry bedding, we still got some frostbitten teat ends during extremely cold weather. We knew we had to do something different. We just weren’t sure what it should be.” But that wasn’t the only problem with which the dairymen were grappling. “It’s hard to get away when you’re tied down with twice a day milkings,” Dean said. “And it’s nearly impossible to get good hired help – someone whom you can trust with your cows and your livelihood. Nobody can ever do it as good as you would.” Dean and Brad’s grandfather Greg Luettel, started the Luettel dairy operation. Greg moved to the Adrian area from Nebraska in 1935. At rst he worked for neighbors, but he began farming on his own in the 1940s. Two of Greg’s sons, Mark and Jim, joined and eventually took over the operation. Jim was Dean and
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Brad and Dean LueƩel’s new 120-cow roboƟc milking facility sits in an area that was once pasture. The building has been designed so that it can be doubled in size by adding onto its west end. Brad’s father. “Mark and Dad decided to part ways in 1996,” Brad said. “We only had 26 head after the breakup, but we slowly built our herd back up.” On Oct. 23, 2001, tragedy struck the Luettel family. “Dad had been babysitting the corn dryer until 3 in the morning,” Dean said. “The next day, he went to Worthington for repair parts. On his way home, his vehicle left the road and hit a guard rail. He was killed instantly. We think he fell asleep at the wheel.” Ruth, Dean and Brad’s mother, stepped into the role as head of the operation. In the aftermath of Jim’s death, the Luettels decided to continue milking cows. “I had just graduated from Ridgewater College in Willmar with a degree in dairy science,” Brad said. “Keeping the dairy going after Dad was gone seemed like the right thing to do.” Not only did it seem like the right thing to do, it was good for their land.
“Our land is on the gravelly side and needs the manure that comes from livestock production,” Dean said. The Luettels farm 700 acres, some of which is permanent pasture. They also farrow to nish about 500 head of hogs each year and keep a herd of 25 stock cows. Ruth is in charge of calf care and helps out wherever she is needed. As the Luettels’ dairy herd grew, they had no choice but to keep some of their cows outdoors on a dry lot. Aside from enduring frigid Minnesota winters, their cows had to put up with wet conditions during extended rainy spells. Brad and Dean began to look at building a new facility that could accommodate their herd and allow for future growth. “We at rst thought our best option would be to build a freestall barn with a traditional double-8 milking parlor,” Dean said. “But after we had talked it over with Rusty at Gorter’s Clay and Dairy, we learned that building a robotic milking facility would cost about the same.”
The Luettels began to research and visit dairy farms using robotic milkers. They spoke with the owners of various robotic operations to see what was working and what they might want to change. In the end, the Luettels decided a robotic milking facility was their best way forward. They began construction on their new barn in 2014 and nished in May 2015. “We patterned our freestall barn after Randy and Josh Lingen’s robot facility near Balaton, Minn. Our ofce and parlor area is patterned after the Nussbaum family’s robotic dairy near Garretson, S.D.,” Brad said. The Luettels are enjoying the second year in their new facility Along with the multitudes of improvements it has given the cows, the robots and freestall barn have also given the Luettels less tangible benets. “It’s nice to have something where we know we are bettering ourselves,” Brad said. “Something that makes us feel like we are moving forward.”
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What has been the best purchase you’ve ever made on your farm? We built the barn and parlor. The previous owner milked in a stanchion barn.
How do you or your family like to spend time when you are not doing chores? Reading. Everybody has their nose in a book.
What has been your biggest accomplishment while dairy farming? How did you achieve this? We built our parlor and barn ourselves. I had a lot of help and it took a lot of time, but it’s working. What are your plans for your dairy in the next ve years? As the boys get older, to be a little more detail orientated and milk a few more cows. What is your favorite thing to do on the farm? I like milking cows and working with the animals. What is your favorite dairy product? I have to get it down to one; I like yogurt, cheese and ice cream.
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