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“We found our best results with Udder Comfort...” — Dwight Stoltzfus
PENNWOOD FARMS — THE STOLTZFUS FAMILY BERLIN, PA — 600 Holsteins; 80 Jerseys RHA: 23,882 lbs — SCC avg: 150 to 200,000 Classification: 30 EX, 240 VG, 200 GP Four brothers and their families operate the 700-cow dairy at Pennwood Farms. Three of the 17 “next gen.” Stoltzfuses are shown from left with three cows from top families: Elizabeth with EX-94 Pennwood Dundee Turnip, 2013 grand champion junior PA spring show; Ashley with EX-91 Pennwood Troy Kalahari, 2012 honorable mention All-American four-year-old; and Collin with EX-90 Goldwyn Rockette, intermediate champion at PA spring show, out of EX-95 Rocky.
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Problem solving and decision making on the farm
“We have a problem!” “Oh, what’s the problem?” How many conversations have you had that have started out in the same or similar way? Problems are part of life, especially dairy farm life. But how we handle problems goes a long way in determining our stress level. What is your strategy for problem solving? In order to solve a problem, you rst need to know if you have a problem and what it is. The worst scenario is to have a problem and fail to realize it or to realize it and delay doing something about it. Is it a real problem, a perceived problem or is it a crisis? Begin by asking these questions: What needs to be different? Is it a big problem or a small By Jim Paulson problem? Who should be responsible for Extension Educator- solving the problem? If it is your problem to Dairy solve, start by asking yourself mental questions. How can I break it down into pieces and what are they? Most people began developing their problem solving skills before kindergarten. You began to gure out how to get a desired outcome. You honed your skills while in school. Remember those pesky word problems in algebra? Now you are in the real world but using the same skills. There are a lot of “clichés” in business management books and lectures. They do little to actually solve a problem. A popular one is “think outside the box.” This approach is often popularized by consultants who want to be paid a lot to hear themselves talk. Companies are hoping to discover the next big idea to revolutionize their industry. The reality is that most problem solving, and even innovative ideas, come from clear, critical and stepwise thinking “in the box.” It comes from a long time of guring out what does work and what doesn’t. You do the same on your farm. While many skills you have apply to all farms, they often must be adapted to your situation due to location, climate, soils, etc. You have constraints you have to work with or around. It may be labor, money, facilities or others. That is not to imply we can’t think about how we might like to solve a problem. We should; it can guide our long term planning and helps us make decisions that line up with those plans. We call this a critical path to our goals. It keeps us from deviating very far from our plan without a good reason and thinking. Successful farms have ve- and ten-
year plans. They can represent a solution to problems we are now experiencing. At other times we might think of what might be a solution and then see how many problems it would solve in order to justify spending the money. This is often the case in buying new machinery. As you approach a problem, how do you go about deciding what you will do? What is your framework for decision making? Decision making can be broken down into steps as follow: 1. Dene the problem so you and anyone else who needs to know about it knows what it is. 2. What is the desired outcome? Do you all agree? 3. Consider the alternatives. Be exible in alternatives and open to new ideas as well. No matter what the problem was, I always like when an employee or family member has an idea for the solution as well. If I don’t hear one, I will ask for one. More minds to solve a problem are usually benecial. 4. What are the pluses and minuses to each? Financial implications are critical. Depending on the scope of the problem, could a wrong decision put us at risk? 5. Reach a consensus if necessary and make the decision. The reality of decision making on the farm is that no one else can make the decision for you. This may not be just one person but the management team, the family, owners or partners. Delaying decisions because of indecisiveness is rarely benecial. However, you do need a plan or method to evaluate decisions. Learn from mistakes and correct them or modify the plan and then re-evaluate. Who makes the decisions on your farm? Many decisions are made every day. Most do not involve more than one person involved in the task. Even on larger operations, if protocols and SOPs (standard operating procedures) are in place, much of the decision making is done already. But what about the big decisions? Decisions such as buying land, building new facilities, buying machinery. How about some of the smaller decisions: bull selection, cropping plans, corn hybrid selection, teat dips, milk replacer? Do you allow the people responsible in their areas to make those decisions? On many farms, decision making can be a source of conict. Do you trust those around you to make good decisions? Why or why not? What can you do to enhance that process of decision making? Successful and sustainable farm businesses must develop decision makers and problem solvers.
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Look at leading, not lagging indicators to improve your herd Motivated dairy managers know that herd records are important. Monitoring the key indicators of individual cow or herd performance can shed light on emerging problems and better informs management decisions. But are we monitoring the right things? Economists for years have used the terminology of leading and lagging indicators to describe factors predicting the direction of the economy. “Leading indicators” are By Jeff Reneau predictive of the Extension Dairy future performance Specialist whereas “lagging indicators” are historical conrmation of past performance. Proactive dairy managers need to put more focus on monitoring “leading indicators” of performance. A focus on leading indicators positions you to take corrective action before, not after, problems occur. It’s not that lagging indicators are bad, it’s just that they are too slow. Currently many dairy performance measures are what would be classied as lagging indicators. However, we are at the dawn of a new high-tech era for the dairy industry. Individual cow milk weights and milk conductivity are already automatically collected at each milking. Emerging sensor technology and today’s massive analytical capacity are opening new monitoring opportunities. New robotic milking equipment can already collect up to 157 data points daily on every milking cow. Easily ten times more data collected than the most advanced dairy recording systems today. Examples of the data stream being automatically collected are milk yield, milk components (fat, protein, lactose and progesterone), body condition, body weights, temperature, rumination, rumen pH, activity, lying behavior and location. Dairy researchers here at the University of Minnesota and elsewhere are working to nd novel patterns and relationships among different kinds of dairy farm information in order to make the earliest possible predictions of future performance. The 21-day pregnancy rate is thought to be the best overall measure of herd reproductive success. But since its computation occurs several weeks after the management activity that resulted in pregnancy, it is by denition a “lagging indicator” of herd reproductive performance. The 21-day estrous detection rate is closer to the management action and tells us more about the success of detecting cows in heat and breeding them but it is still a “lagging indicator.” Are there measures further upstream that could be more timely predictors of herd reproductive success? Fresh cows with negative energy balance, high SCC, fat-to-protein ratios >1.4 have poorer reproductive performance. Perhaps a measure of transition cow success like the Wisconsin DHI Transition Cow Index may be a more effective
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If there is one thing I hate, it’s being early. I like to be on time, but certainly not early. I think part of it might be me rebelling from my youth when my parents made sure we were at church at 7:30 for 8 a.m. mass. They always wanted to be early. They were very disciplined that way. When I was single I made my events on time, because I could control all the variables. All I needed to worry about was myself. When I played a lot of softball I knew how long it would take me On the Mark to get ready, drive and be at the park. If the game started at 8 p.m. I would roll in around 7:58. The same would go for meetings or interviews for the Dairy Star. Why show up at 2:35 for a 3 p.m. interview? The farmer is probably still doing chores and isn’t ready anyway. There are a lot of things a person can do in 25 minutes. This philosophy usually worked when I was single and is ne at the Dairy Star. But with three children, it’s a whole different story. I can’t control what they do. Recently our daughter, April, who is a second grader at Holy Family School, came home with a perfect report card except for a blemish of being tardy three times. By Mark Klaphake I asked my wife, Jenny, what were they referring to. She quickly said it means you got her to school late three Editor times. I stopped to think and remembered the kids need to be at school at 8:15 and I’ve pulled up closer to 8:20 several times. How this happens is very simple. Since my wife has a 20-minute drive to work, the mornings are mine. It’s really the only time I get with our three children until I get home around 6:30 or 7 p.m. I’m in charge of getting the chickens and rabbits fed, kids dressed, fed, teeth brushed and to school and daycare. Those duties all fall under my jurisdiction. Usually things go perfectly. We eat together, and then the older two play with our 10-month-old while I shower, get dressed and race off. The problem with that sstatement is usually. Sometimes my daughter throws us off because she likes to have a spoonful of cereal, then talk or stare at the wall and shows no urgency to eeat reasonably fast. When it’s not her, it’s the two boys and bathroom issues. Recently, we were ready to race out the door a couple minutes early and our 5-year-old, Mason, said he has to go poopey. Well, that is not a quick process, and how do you encourage a youngster to go to the bathroom fast; any cushion I had of time was gone. The bathroom break now seems to run in the family. Our 10-month old recently has had the propensity to ll his diaper after breakfast. I don’t like bringing him to daycare with a full pants so I change him. I try to rush, but taking off pants, unbuttoning a onesie and changing a diaper and wiping takes time. Another dilemma I now face is dressing the kids for winter. For some reason nding matching gloves among three children is nearly impossible. How does a child get home at night and place one glove in one room and the other in the bench? Matching gloves in the morning always takes time. Time I don’t have. On these occasions when we all know we could be late, my kids try to help by encouraging the nearby stoplight. As we approach the stoplight about a half-mile before the school building, my kids chant “Green light go! Green light go!” so we hit the light perfectly and they will be on time. Does it bother me that my daughter has been late three times? Yes. So we’ve been working on a few things that might help. We start the morning routine a little earlier, plus I turned the clocks on the microwave and oven two minutes ahead to give me a little more time. I hope that will help. It should give me just enough time to be at school on time, but not early.
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Words have a special power, especially certain combinations. Three little words whispered together can quicken your pulse, take your breath away and shock you out of a dead sleep… ‘cows are out’ I guess ‘I love you’ could garner the rst two responses but they wouldn’t wake you up. However there are two words more power- Just Thinking Out Loud ful than these that don’t seem to be used enough… thank you. When a new Oscar winner gives their acceptance speech, there is usually a long list of names to thank. We have no idea who these people are but to the winner they are one of the building blocks who helped to support them in their career. I have a very long list of people to thank along my way but I want to give a special shout out to my 4-H Leaders. It has been years since I was a member but I don’t think it is ever too late to say, “Thank you.” These special people gave me the most precious By Natalie Schmitt and priceless gifts: their time, interest and attention. Columnist I would especially like to thank Betty for the patience and endurance to help me with my only sewing project as sophomore in high school. Some memories are recalled with laser precision, seeing every detail. Other details are hazy yet the feelings still grip my soul. I can still see the blue and white striped sear sucker bib dress with a zipper. Betty not only had the patience of Job to teach me but the wisdom of Solomon to make me model it during the fashion review. A very big feat for such a tomboy! This one project planted seeds of character, poise and composure under pressure that have served me well over the years. The wild thing about this event is that Betty didn’t even realize what a shaping moment this was for me. I didn’t realize it until years later either. Thank you, Betty. When I moved from Illinois to Minnesota for a new broadcasting job, I knew there were three things I needed to do in order to build a solid starting point in my new life as an adult. I needed to nd a roommate with a place to live. I needed to nd a church home and I needed to call the county Extension Ofce to volunteer. It was my turn to give back to the program that gave me a career direction and the experiences to grow. It also helped that my new roommate was the Benton County 4-H Agent. Oh, the people you meet through 4-H. Rose was a dairy girl from Eyota. Her family farm was the rst dairy farm I ever stepped foot on. I don’t remember exactly what it looked like but I remember playing football with her brothers in the yard. A table full of home cooked foods surrounded by family. It felt like home. The rst time I went home with Rose, her folks were testing cows. They were showing me how the milkers went on the cows and how a small portion of the milk went into a special tube for measuring the milk. After watching the rst couple of cows do the same thing as the previous cows, it was time to go outside and play ball with the boys. When I came back into Th The pride id and d jjoy off watching hi the barn, I asked when they were going to start milking these kids learn, conquer and the cows. I assumed to test succeed is a priceless gift. cows was to see how much milk they gave in a short specic amount of time multiplied by some formula to determine how much milk the cow could give when fully milked. After all the cows were tested then I thought it would be time to milk. Cliff and Lea doubled over in laughter at my deductions. It was obvious that I had much to learn about dairying. Patiently Rose and her family began to teach me about dairy farming in Minnesota. Thank you. Now as my children, those carrying my DNA and those adopted along the way, are graduating from college, 4-H and high school, it is their turn to give back as they head out into the real world. The quickest way to feel at home in a new town, county or state is to call the Extension Ofce because 4-H is 4-H wherever you go. I’ll let you in on a little secret I discovered as a 4-H volunteer. Yes it is a way of paying back a great program that gave me so much, but it is also a way of paying it forward. I am investing my time, patience and wisdom in youth because they will be the ones who will keep things going strong for us. The pride and joy of watching these kids learn, conquer and succeed is a priceless gift. Through them we are young again and can appreciate their steps forward and backwards even more through our eyes of experience. I just want to say, “Thank you.”
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After the trick-or-treating was done and the chores were nished, Glen found one of our heifers, Helen, in early labor. Fueled by Halloween candy and a couple of short naps, Glen stayed up late to make sure Helen was able to deliver her calf. His attentiveness proved necessary, as Helen needed considerable help to deliver her large calf. When Glen nally crawled into bed, he murmured, "Helen had a heifer calf." The Next Generation The next morning, when I was capable of thinking again, I asked about the calf. Glen said he had to get the block-and-tackle to pull the calf and that he was excited about Helen's calf. Helen is a nice-looking heifer out of a good cow family and her calf is our rst calf out of a new bull Glen's been using. I was stoked, too. What are the odds that one of our H cows would deliver a heifer calf on Halloween, my second favorite holiday? Obviously, this calf's name would be Halloween. When we put Halloween in the pen with the other heifer calves, it became clear just how big By Sadie Frericks our beautiful heifer calf was. More importantly, Columnist/Writer though, she drank good from the rst feeding (which is really all I'm concerned about; nothing frustrates me more than calves who pretend they don't know how to suckle). Well, when she was 10 days old, Halloween didn't nish her evening bottle. I wasn't too concerned. She looked bright and alert and had eagerly drank most of her bottle. But, since I was already late for getting the kids to bed, I asked Glen to take a look at her for me and treat her if she had a temp. When Glen came in later, this is what he said: "So, this calf you call Halloween? Well, I went into the pen to take a look at her. The rst thing I did was check her navel. (Standard protocol for us is to check navels for the rst week and then anytime after when a calf doesn't feel well.) And while I was checking her navel, she peed on me." "Huh?" I asked. "At rst I thought she was peeing and it was just running down her belly onto my hand. But then I slid my hand up and, sure enough, there was a coin purse." "Are you serious?" I was trying to gure out how to laugh and be mad at the same time. "Yeah, I'm serious," Glen said. I was still shaking my head in disbelief the next morning when I got the barn, so I checked Halloween out for myself. Sure enough, Halloween is a boy. In Glen's defense, Halloween's coin purse, as Glen put it, was the smallest bit of male anatomy I've ever seen on a calf. And in the light of just a ashlight, it probably would have been easy to miss. Normally, we check between a newborn calf's legs and then check under its tail to conrm its gender, but since it was really late and Glen was really tired, I can't really be mad at him for forgetting to check under Halloween's tail. What I do nd hard to believe, is that it took 10 days for us to notice the error, especially since this wasn't the rst time the calf's navel had been checked. Even more boggling, Halloween was checked by two researchers from the university as part of the calf feeder study we're participating in. Neither of them noticed his gender either. So, I moved Halloween out to a hutch with the other bull calves. And scribbled his name out on the calendar where I record calving events. Below the scribble, I wrote "LOL!" Thankfully, I'm a bit behind and hadn't yet made Halloween's ear tag. The hardest part was explaining the situation to Monika. She helped me feed calves the morning after I moved Halloween. "Where's the other black and white girl calf? Helen's calf," she asked. She keeps track of how many girl calves and boy calves we have and which cows they're out of. And she celebrates when we have more girls than boys. "Well...." I said. "That girl calf is actually a boy, so I moved him out to a hutch." "It's a boy?" she asked, quizzically. And from the look on her face I could tell she was still trying to gure out how a girl calf could really be a boy calf. "Ohhhh," she said with disappointment, her voice dropping. "That means we have more boys than girls." She didn't ask for an explanation of how I knew it was a boy. Sooner or later, she (and Dan) will learn how to check calves' genders on their own. Until then, Halloween will serve as a prominent reminder that it's always a good idea to double check each calf's gender. Sadie and her husband, Glen, milk 75 cows near Melrose, Minn. They have three children – Dan, 6, Monika, 4, and Daphne, 11 months. Sadie also writes a blog at www.dairygoodlife.com. She can be reached at gsfrericks@meltel.net.
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