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Football, farming tied closely together in Melrose Five athletes nd success on gridiron, dairy By Danielle Nauman danielle.n@dairystar.com
MELROSE, Wis. – Before the sun starts to rise in the western Wisconsin community of Melrose, Wis., there is a urry of activity happening at Frank and Kim Ponterio’s Jackson County farm, just outside the city limits. The Ponterios’ team of ve farm workers all share the common bond of belonging to another team – the Melrose-Mindoro Mustangs football team. The Ponterios employ their son, Victor, 17, along with four of his football teammates – Andy Antony, 17, Brandon Daniels, 17, Connor Christopherson, 16, and Hunter Kastenschmidt, 16 – on their 100-cow dairy. The Mustangs are enjoying success in their 2017 season, with a record of 7-1 overall and 5-1 in their conference, having held ve of their eight opponents scoreless. Playoff hopes are looming large for this group. “We should be able to go a few rounds in the playoffs,” said Ponterio, the kicker for the team and one of the captains. “Our only loss so far was to the team that was last year’s state runner-up.” Although Ponterio is a senior, this is only his second year playing the sport. He joined the team his junior year after playing soccer his whole life, where he developed a passion for kicking. “I was sort of peer-pressured into playing football,” said Ponterio with a laugh. “It’s a good thing they did, since I’ll probably be doing it in college.” Daniels, a senior linebacker and wide receiver, is enjoying the success the Mustangs have been having this season, and is looking forward to the upcoming game with IndependenceGilmanton, the other top team in the conference. “That will be a real test for us,” said Daniels, who enjoys the way football brings people together towards a common goal. On the farm, Daniels enjoys moving cows from location to location. “I enjoy the work,” he said. “It did take a little getting used to getting up that early, though.” Playing on the football team, these
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Melrose-Mindoro High School seniors Andy Antony (20) and Victor Ponterio (15) were on the Homecoming Court. Melrose-Mindoro celebrated their Homecoming Sept. 22 with a 49-0 win over Augusta. Antony was selected as his school’s Homecoming King. ve young men attend practices from 4 to 6 p.m. every day, in addition to playing their games under the Friday night lights each week. On the farm, they rotate shifts to provide each one with a day off. With the commitments each one faces with schoolwork, involvement in sports and other school activities, as well as their jobs, they all agree that managing their time is crucial. Antony also plays basketball and baseball while Christopherson plays also basketball. Ponterio, another member of the basketball team, is an active member of the FFA chapter, serving as vice president, and is the vice president of his graduating class. Kastenschmidt is also involved in FFA along with the wrestling team and an extra job at Farm & Fleet. Daniels is a member of the school’s track and eld team. “I try and get a lot done in study hall,” said Christopherson, a junior wide receiver and defensive back, who has been working for the Ponterios for three years. “Sometimes, I get pretty tired in class.” Kastenschmidt concurred. “You just have to try and keep up with it all,” said the junior center. Working on the Ponterios’ farm has brought back good memories for Kastenschmidt.
“When I was younger, we had cattle,” Kastenschmidt said. “I like being around cows. My friends think I’m crazy and wonder how I do it, but I like it.” Having spent the last year and a half working at the farm, Antony said he has gotten used to the routine. “Keeping up isn’t too bad,” said Antony, a senior running back and middle linebacker, who is also one of the captains of the team. “Sometimes you get more tired than anything.”
But he would not give up playing his favorite sport. “It’s more aggressive. You learn some valuable life skills in football, like learning to work together. There are more people on the football team. We become a family,” he said. Ponterio has also learned a lot of life lessons growing up and working on his family’s dairy. “Learning to juggle everything now Turn to MUSTANGS | Page 7
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World Livestock Auctioneer Champion visits Minnesota By Michael Strasburg Staff Writer
PERHAM, Minn. – The road to being named World Livestock Auctioneer Champion has been a long one for Brian Curless, but looking back, the endless encouragement he has received along the way from family and friends now serves as an indicator of Curless’ talent and hard work. Curless recently had an
opportunity to showcase his ability and sell cattle for a couple hours at the Perham Stockyards in Perham, Minn., only four months after he was named champion by the Livestock Market Association at their nals competition in Billings, Mont. “Now I get the wonderful opportunity of being able to represent the livestock marketing association around the country, they have over 800 members. It’s
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Brian Curless searches out bids while selling beef caƩle at the Perham Stockyards Oct. 9 in Perham, Minn. Curless is the World Livestock AucƟoneer Champion.
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Brian Curless (middle), the World Livestock AucƟoneer Champion, sells beef caƩle Oct. 9 with Mitch Barthel (right), owner and aucƟoneer of the Perham Stockyards in Perham, Minn.
a great opportunity for me — from Pike County Illinois and Pittseld — to go all around to markets all over the country and represent the LMA.” Curless grew up on a beef farm in Pittseld, Ill., where he would show cattle. Later on, Curless attended college and got involved in the livestock-judging program. When he returned home
the kid or the guy that always wanted to be the auctioneer,” he said. “I was around it so much, I was involved in the business, but to be honest I never gave it much thought. I had people encouraging me, saying somebody needs to be the auctioneer around here … I had some people help me along the way and
from college, he noticed all the auctioneers in his home region were growing old, and there would soon be a dearth of auctioneers as they began to retire. It was this ripe situation, along with some encouragement from his family and friends, that eventually set Curless on his way to becoming a world auctioneer champion. “Quite honestly, I was not
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light a re under my seat, it was a great help. It was the same way with getting involved in the world livestock auctioneer championship contest.” Years later, Curless would grow into a fulltime auctioneer, farmer and family man. He, his wife and three children keep about 100 cows at home while Curless auctioneers in three markets in Illinois and Missouri. Curless eventually found himself selling cattle for a man who judged the 2011 world championship. The former judge urged Curless to take part in the competition — much like how Curless got involved with auctioneering in the rst place. Later that year, the reigning champion told Curless the same thing. “There was a little bit of arm twisting,”
“If you want to be better at your craft, then do something that puts you in competition with other people because there is nothing like competition that pushes you outside of your box...” BRIAN CURLESS, WORLD LIVESTOCK AUCTIONEER CHAMPION
Curless said. “I’m not the guy who’s real outgoing and wanted to go out and blow my horn and be involved in this contest, but I’ve had a great education being involved in this contest and with LMA.” After soaring through the regional qualier, Curless arrived in Montana for the nal competition, which was split into two days. On the rst day, the competitors were interviewed in front of a live audience. “It’s really pushing us as auctioneers outside the box to participate in that interview portion … as auctioneers we spend a lot of time behind the microphone, but we don’t have to put together coherent sentences most of the time,” Curless said, jokingly. On the second day, the auctioneers engaged in a much more comfortable activity —selling cattle. “We sit in front of buyers, cattle come through the ring and we sell multiple drafts of cattle, about 8 or 10 drafts usually,” Curless said. The judges then narrow it down to 10 competitors who return for a nal round of auctioneering. After which, the runner-up, reserve champion and the world champion is named. “It’s an absolute dream come true to be named the champion and come out here to represent the LMA and to have the opportunity to meet these folks like here today in Perham, Minn.,” Curless said. And when it is all over, Curless plans on returning to doing what he does best — selling cattle. For Curless auctioneering is not just about the rush of standing on a stage and manage a hectic bidding cycle — it is also about serving the market by discovering the true value of cattle and getting producers and buyers the fairest deal. “In this instance it’s cattle, but with anything that is desired by people there is nothing like having that competitive spirit that can only be achieved by selling something through an auction,” Curless said. “If we have a house down the street when we sell it through a listing we’re placing a price on it and hoping somebody comes along. When we sell it at auction, we have the opportunity to bring people together who are interested and make them compete against each other. We let them tell us what that market value is.” And when it comes to becoming world champion or excelling in any eld, Curless’ advice is simply to take the plunge. “If you want to be better at your craft, then do something that puts you in competition with other people because there is nothing like competition that pushes you outside of your box, outside of what you’re used to — that comfort zone,” Curless said. “It always makes you get better.
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‘12 Gehl 5240 P2, T-bar ctrls, SS, 1900 lift cap., wt. kit, 2526 hrs .................. $20,900 ‘13 Gehl 5240E P2, T-bar ctrls., D, 2100 lift cap., counter wts., SS, 2050 hrs .. $25,900 ‘99 Gehl 4835SXT, H crtls., D, C&H, 1700 lift cap., 2900 hrs ..................... $12,300 ‘14 Gehl 4640E, Case ctrls, D, 1650 lift cap, C/H, single speed, 4190 hrs .............. $19,800 ‘89 Gehl 3310, T-bar ctrls, gas, 750 lift cap w/pallet forks & bkt, 1435 hrs............. $5,500 ‘87 Gehl 3310, T-bar ctrls, 750 lift cap., manure & dirt bkt., 2980 hrs............... $5,700 ‘14 Mustang 2600R, H&F ctrls., D, C&H, 2 spd., 2600 lift cap., 850 hrs ........... $35,500 ‘13 Mustang 2100RT, switchable ctrls, D, 17” tracks, C/H, 2 spd, 1897 hrs .. $37,900 ‘12 Mustang 2100RT, pilot ctrls, D, 2100 lift cap., C/H/A, 400 hrs ............ $43,900 ‘08 Mustang 2076, D, 2400 lift cap., C/H/A, SS, 912 hrs., dual JS ctrls ................ $29,900 ‘06 Mustang 2066, dual lever/ft ctrls, D, 2000 lift cap., C/H, 1174 hrs......... $21,900 ‘06 Mustang 2066, ISO pilot ctrls/H ctrls, D, 2000 lift cap., C&H, 2 spd., 1864 hrs ........................................... $18,500 ‘06 Mustang 2066, T-Bar ctrls, D, 2000 lift cap,c/h, 2 spd, 3377 hrs ................... $15,500 ‘11 Mustang 2056, dual L&F ctrls, D, 2100 lift cap, C&H, 2 spd., 988 hrs ............ $24,900 ‘08 Mustang 2054, D, SS, H, 1750 lift cap, 6200 hrs. ..................... $10,300 ‘99 Mustang 2050, T-bar ctrls, 1650 lift cap., D, 4623 hrs., C&H, SS.............. $11,900 ‘11 Mustang 2044, t-bar ctrls, D, 1550 lift cap., C/H, 1515 hrs ...................... $18,700 ‘13 Mustang 2041, H/F ctrls, 1350 lift cap, D, 4025 hrs ....................................... $13,900 ‘15 Mustang 1900R, H/pilot ctrls, D, 2100 lift cap., C/H, 2 spd., 2150 hrs .......... $26,550 ‘15 Mustang 1900R, H&F ctrls, D, 2100 lift cap, C&H, 2 spd., 54 hrs ................... $34,900 ‘15 Mustang 1900R, H/F ctrls, D, 1900 lift cap, C&H, 2 spd., 1928 hrs ............... $28,300 ‘16 Mustang 1500R, H/F ctrls, D, 1500 lift cap., C&H, 2550 hrs............ $23,250 ‘15 Mustang 1350R, H/F ctrls, D, C&H, 1450 lift cap., C&H, 1070 hrs............ $27,900 ‘13 JD 318E, L/F ctrls, D, 2100 lift cap., C/H/A, 2 spd., 2615 hrs..................... $25,500 ‘00 JD 260, Dual lever/ft ctrls, D, 2400 lift cap, 2 spd, 2120 hrs ......................... $14,900
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TELEHANDLERS ‘06 Gehl RS5-34, D, 6000 lift cap, 3560 hrs ........................................... $34,500 ‘05 Gehl RS6-42, JD dsl., 6600 lift cap., 4WD, 2884 hrs................................$35,000 ‘06 Mustang 6-34, 6000 lift cap., 2650 hrs .........................................$34,300 ‘08 Mustang 519, 2 stick ctrls, D, 5500 lift cap, c/h, 2 spd, 1180 hrs .................. $34,900 ‘00 Genie S-60, 60’ lift height, 6500 hrs .........................................$23,900 ‘15 Manitou MLT625-75H, D, 5500 lift cap, 231” max height, c/h/a, 2 spd, 3050 hrs ........................................... $46,500 ‘12 JCB 541-70AGRI, D, 9000/23’ lift cap., C/H/A, 4 spd., operating wt. 16,670 lbs., 7890 hrs ........................................... $33,800
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12T MN running gear ........................ $4,150 ‘09 JD 468SS, 4’x6’ bales, net wrap and twine, Mega Wide plus P.U., silage special, 14,000 bales ..................... $20,500 JD 265, 7’10” cut, outside swath roller, tarp, good cond................................. $7,200 ‘12 Kuhn GA300GM, 7’3” raking width, 10’6” with windrow, 3 pt. rotary rake$5,000 ‘15 Kuhn GF222T, 2 rotor, pull-type, 8’6” working width ........................... $3,150 ‘14 Kuhn GF222T, 8’6” working width .$2,900 ‘H&S Super 7+4, 16’ box ................... $6,300 ‘11 H&S M9, 9’ pickup, hyd. drive ... $16,000 ‘98 H&S XL59, 16’ box, 12T tandem gear .............................. $6,400 ‘13 H&S FBTA20 20’ box, twin auger disch., frt. unload, 416 H&D running gear. $17,500 ‘08 H&S X12 12 wheel rake .............. $7,800 ‘03 H&S BF12HC, 12 wheel high cap rake ........................................... $7,950 ‘90 Meyer 500TSS, 16’ box, 12 ton tandem, bunk ext., pintle chain ...................... $6,250 Meyer 8126RT, running gear XT2200XL, 26’ box, rear unload .............................. Call Gehl 800 chopper w/hay head ........... $2,995 Anderson TRB2000, ’12, 20 bale cap., elec/ hyd ctrls, self-loading & unloading $29,950 Buhler BM2400, ’13, Transports 12-4’ or 8-6’ wide Bales............................... $21,000 Flat Rack/Hay Rack, 7-2/2’x11-1/2’, HAY & FORAGE 6 bolt rims .......................................... $695 Gehl 980, 16’ w/12 ton tandem gear, Tonutti RCS8 8 whl. rake ................... $2,400 H&S 6-12 running gear .................... $6,950 Bush Hog HM2408, 6 disc, 7’10” cut . $4,100 Gehl 980 bu., 16’ box, 12 ton tandem, MN Bale Wagon 9’ x 18’ bed, vari-speed drive ................................ $5,500 8 Ton MN gear ................................. $1,550 Gehl 970, 16’ box, tandem running ‘11 Teagle 808S, 4’ wide rd bales, full spout, gear.................................................. $4,300 end-gate controller, Sold as is.............$8,500 ‘07 NH 1441, 16 ft, rubber conditioner rollers, ‘08 Frontier SB1107, 7’3 pt. nice cutter, low acres ........................$14,950 sickle mower .......................................$3,300 NH 144 std. conveyor, no ext., Frontier DM5060, 6 disc, ground driven .................................. $3,900 7’10” cutting width..............................$5,850 NH 144, ground driven ...................... $2,900 ‘04 NH BR780, 5’ x 6’ bales, twine/net MISCELLANEOUS wrap ................................................. $9,900 Berlon BSC, lifts full rd. bales ..............$450 NH BR780, 5’ x 6’ bales, net wrap/knife kit, extra wide pickup ............................ .$9,900 ‘14 Everst 5700 84”, 3 blades, 7 gu. deck, CIH 600, 60” blower .......................... $5,300 1-1/2” to 4-1/2” cutting height ........$1,985 Badger BN2054, 54” forage blower ...... $895 Bunker Facer, 84”.............................$2,700 Erskine Grapple, 72” Brush Grapple $2,300 ‘84 Badger 950, 16’, tandem,
‘12 Kuhn Knight 8141, 4100 gal, hyd. lid ............................................ $42,900 ‘12 Kuhn Knight 8141, 4100 gal., hyd. lid ............................................ $35,800 ‘99 Knight Mfg. 8024, 500 bu. ......... $12,900 ‘14 Kuhn Knight 8132, 3200 gal., 435 cu. ft......................................... $27,900 Kuhn-Knight 8132, 3200 gal ............. $18,000 ‘08 Kuhn Knight 8132, frt. & rear splash guards ................................. $22,500 Kuhn Knight 8124, 2400 gal ............. $16,500 ‘05 Kuhn Knight 8118, 1800 gal., 400 bu., auger flighting good cond. .............. $14,900 Kuhn Knight 8118, 1800 gal. ............ $12,000 Kuhn Knight 8118, 1800 gal., 400 bu............................................. $10,900 ‘89 New Idea 3739, 540 pto, 390 bu., end gate ............................................ $6,500 ‘13 NH 195, upper beater, hyd. drive $16,500 ‘11 NH 195, 410 bu., upper beater, hyd. drive ........................................ $12,900 ‘13 H&S 5126 ................................... $14,900 ‘14 H&S 430, 430 bu., hyd. drive apron, elec. ctrl., upper beater ................... $13,250 ‘97 N-Tech 26’, 26’ long x 32” impeller housing, 6” load out w/flat hose ....... $4,250 ‘17 Hagedorn 5440, lights, used 50 loads.................................. $34,500
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Con�nued from MUSTANGS | Page 3 in high school will help me be more prepared in college,” Ponterio said of balancing school work, farm work and sports and activities. None of the ve would trade their experience working on the farm. “It’s a good way to start my day,” Antony said. “I like cows.” Christopherson does not mind the early mornings of farm work. “I like working here, because I can work a few hours each morning for some spending money, and still have my day free after practice,” he said. Antony and Daniels usually take care of milking
the herd each morning, while Kastenschmidt and Christopherson bed cows before milking and feed during milking, and then feed calves. Ponterio spends most of the morning outside, mixing feed for the next day. Each seems to count their particular chores among the ones they enjoy the most on the farm. They all work together to gure out the best chore schedule. “They have what they call ‘farm chat,’” Kim said. “They have a texting group to communicate what needs to be done, and who is on schedule to do it. They are very good about making sure everything is covered and gets done.”
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Victor Ponterio spends each morning before school mixing feed for the next day. Having the extra help is invaluable to the Ponterio family.
DANIELLE NAUMAN/DAIRY STAR
Hunter Kastenschmidt (le�) and Connor Christopherson empty shavings into a cart to bed the cows before milking.
“Last winter my mother started to fail and in April she passed away,” Frank Ponterio
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Andy Antony completes the morning milking at the Ponterio farm before heading off to school.
said. “These boys stepped up and took the chore burden off, so that we could take care of the things we needed to. It was a relief not to have to worry about getting things done here on the farm.” Frank is proud of each of the young men working on his farm. “These kids are learning to work hard,” he said. “They know how to get the work done, and they see what happens when someone doesn’t come to work. They will make good employees when they join the workforce. They are good boys, and I know they will all be successful in life.”
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Becky and Jason Bock stand in their freestall barn they constructed 10 years ago near Carlos, Minn. The couple plans to make slight adjustments, but are overall pleased with the facility.
Past 10 years have Bocks changing with the industry By Andrea Borgerding & Mark Klaphake Staff Writers
all the time.” Bocks do not have much room for overstocking. He would have to feed three times a day given his bunk space. “With the square footage of my barn, if I start getting over 70 cows, I notice it,” Jason said. “The barn gets too crowded.” One downfall with the H-bunk is when a cow manages to hop inside and make a mess. Jason plans to drop a hotwire to keep the cows from getting into the feed bunk. Jason said otherwise he cleans the bunk once a week. After milking in their double-8 swing parlor for three years, the Bocks added on to make the parlor a swing-10 in 2010. They also added a three-inch pipeline and clean-in-place for the milking units. Jason and Becky milk the cows in one hour. “Before we went to 10 units, we had a lot of down time where we would have to wait for the milkers,” Jason
CARLOS, Minn. – As young dairy farmers starting out 10 years ago, Jason and Becky Bock soon learned in order to make it in the dairy industry, they have to keep improving. In October 2007, the Bocks had just nished construction on a sand-bedded freestall barn and a double-8 swing parabone parlor. The new freestall barn measured 72- by 80-feet with 68 stalls. The Bocks designed the facility with a 24- by 46-foot holding area, which holds all of the cows at one time. While the cows are in the holding area, feed is dispersed into the 4-foot HTurn to BOCKS | Page 9 bunks placed within the feed alleys that are 12 feet wide feed on one side and 11 feet wide on the other. The stalls were designed at 4 feet wide and 9.5 feet long. Ten years later, the design is still working well for the Bocks. “When we were building, everybody told me I was nuts,” Jason said. “They said I wouldn’t want to drive through the pen with the tractor. They wanted me to have an alley just for driving through.” Jason said he has recommended similar designs to a few people. He said the cost per square footage is less than a traditional freestall barn because there is less concrete for fewer alleys. “We built the barn so all the cows t in the holding area. The group moves as one,” Jason said. “It works phenomenal for us but if you get bigger, I don’t think it MARK KLAPHAKE/DAIRY STAR would be as efcient. I still think it’s better than One adjustment the Bocks have made was changing having to push feed up their parlor to a swing-10.
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ConƟnued from BOCKS | Page 8 said. “Now, we don’t have any down time. It’s a short move for the cows. They are not in here too long.” When they added on to the parlor, the Bocks took out the indexing rail and went to a smooth butt plate. That allowed them to expand to the front and back gates. “We had to reinforce the front because when we cut the loops off, we lost a lot of support,” Jason said. In 2009, the downturn in milk prices had the Bocks looking to outside income to help offset their losses. Four years ago, they began selling grain for Big Gain as a feed dealer and nutritionist. The job started at two to three days a week and eventually grew to four to ve days a week. “We lost enough money in ’09 that we had to do something to pull out of it,” Jason said. “We weren’t going to get a job off the farm so we got one we can work from the farm. It’s been really good and the farms have been real receptive.” While weathering the changes of the industry, the Bocks are looking to the next step – transitioning to organic this fall. They have half their 360-acre farm – where they raise corn, alfalfa, barley and peas – al-
ready certied organic. Next fall, the remainder of the acreage and the cows will be certied organic. “The main reason for going organic is cash ow,” Jason said. “We didn’t want to get bigger but we want to make more money per cow. It pencils out that we can make more money organically than conventionally.” Bock is encouraged by the prices he receives from selling organic grain. Last year he sold 75 acres of organic corn and plans to sell 25 acres this year. This year, organic corn is $8.10 a bushel. “You have to be willing to be in the eld more,” Jason said. “It’s a different kind of management.” The Bocks are starting to crossbreed their herd of Holsteins with Brown Swiss to hopefully maximize the pasture time the cows will be required to log. They plan to start pasturing during the summer months and ne tune their grazing method from there. “We are going to start with one pasture and see what we need to do to break it down from there,” Jason said. Jason and Becky also plan to take advantage of
fall premiums for organic milk. They will switch to seasonal freshening in the fall. “The difference in going organic is reinvigorating us,” Jason said. Becky agreed. “It’s something new for us to learn,” Becky said. Jason and Becky do the majority of the work together. Jason mixes feed, Becky feeds while Jason milks and she cleans the barn. “During the day, we split the work,” Jason said. With a renewed zest for milking cows, the husband and wife team are grateful to have had the opportunity to dairy together all these years and to continue the tradition. They farm with their two children Jack, 11 and Ellie, 9. Jason’s father, Adam, continues to help every day. “I like my own schedule and doing eld work,” Becky said. “I enjoy being here when the kids get home from school.” The Bocks are hopeful for their future and looking back at the past 10 years, the next 10 are setting up to be just as successful for them.
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By Lee Mielke
Butter production up over 6 percent from one year ago
The September Federal order Class III benchmark milk price is $16.36 per hundredweight (cwt.), down 21 cents from August, 3 cents below September 2016, but $1.48 above California’s comparable 4b cheese milk price. That’s the largest shortfall since March when it hit $2.05. The Class III price is equivalent to $1.41 per gallon, down a penny from August. The nine month Class III average is at $16.12, up from $14.38 a year ago and $16.04 in 2015. Class III futures late Friday morning portended an October price at $16.80; November at $16.57; and December at $16.35 per cwt. The September Class IV price is $15.86, down 75 cents from August but $1.61 above a year ago, and the lowest Class IV since May 2017. Its nine month average is at $15.51, up from $13.65 a year ago and $13.70 in 2015. California’s comparable September Class 4b cheese milk price is $14.88, down $1.38 from August and 36 cents below a year ago. It is the lowest 4b price since April 2017 and the lowest September 4b in ve years. The year’s average now stands at $15.24, up from $13.64 a year ago and $14.62 in 2015. The September 4a butter-powder price is $15.69, down 99 cents from August, but is $2.11 above a year ago. Its nine month average is at $15.32, up from $13.26 a year ago and $13.60 in 2015. The October 4 Daily Dairy Report reminds us of the differences in how California and Federal order Class milk prices are determined. It says, The California 4b price is derived from the simple average of the CME Cheddar block price from the 26th of the preceding month though the 25th of the current month. The Federal Order Class III price is calculated from the monthly weighted average National Dairy Products Sales Report Cheddar price, which includes both block and barrel cheese prices. The October 3 Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction shifted gears as a weighty 83.75 million pounds of product found its way to the GDT, up from 75.2 million pounds September 19, 73.9 million September 5, and 71.1 million on August 15. The weighted average for products offered was down 2.4 percent, following a 0.9 percent increase last time and a 0.3 percent increase September 5. Cheddar cheese was up 1.9 percent, following a 1.9 percent drop last time, and rennet casein inched 0.9 percent higher, after fell 2.4 percent in the last event. Buttermilk powder led the declines, down 10.3 percent. It did not trade last time. Butter was down a
bearish 3.6 percent and anhydrous milkfat was down 3.4 percent, following increases last time of 1.2 and 5.3 percent. Whole milk powder was down 2.7 percent, after it inched 0.6 percent higher, and skim milk powder was off 1.4 percent, after it slipped 1.2 percent last time. FC Stone equated the GDT 80 percent butterfat butter price to $2.5833 per pound U.S. CME butter closed Friday at $2.34. GDT Cheddar cheese equated to $1.8640 per pound U.S. and compares to Friday’s CME block Cheddar at $1.76. GDT skim milk powder averaged 85.94 cents per pound and whole milk powder averaged $1.3778. CME nonfat dry milk closed Friday at 82 1/2-cents per pound. There was a rumor over the fact that GDT whole milk powder fell 2.7 percent on average, when it had gained 3-4 percent the previous week on the New Zealand Futures Exchange. Speculation was that some Chinese buyers were unable to connect to or had trouble maintaining a steady connection to the GDT. FC Stone’s Dave Kurzawski dispelled that in the October 9 Dairy Radio Now broadcast, stating that safeguards are in place to prevent that and that the fall occurred because buyers, for whatever reason slowed down a bit. He added that the GDT’s message for the CME was that demand is good but not stellar. USDA’s latest Dairy Products report shows August cheese output totaled 1.03 billion pounds, down 0.7 percent from July but 2.3 percent above August 2016. Year to date (YTD) output stands at 8.2 billion pounds, up 2.5 percent 2016. California produced 208.9 million pounds of that cheese, down 2 percent from July but 1.6 percent above a year ago. Wisconsin, at 272.3 million pounds, was off 0.8 percent from July but 1.5 percent above a year ago. Idaho dropped to 72 million pounds, down 3.5 percent from July and 8 percent below a year ago. Minnesota was down 2.2 percent from July but 11.4 percent above a year ago. New York was up 13.7 percent from July and 6.3 percent above a year ago. Italian cheese totaled 436 million pounds, down 3.5 percent from July but 2.5 percent above a year ago, with YTD output at 3.6 billion pounds, up 1.5 percent. Mozzarella, at 335.8 million pounds, was up 2.3 percent, with YTD at 2.8 billion pounds, up 1.0 percent. Total American type output fell to 398.6 million pounds, down 0.5 percent from July but 1.5 percent above a year ago. YTD totaled 3.26 billion, up 3.3 percent. Cheddar output, the kind traded at the CME, totaled 284.7 million pounds, down 0.1 percent from
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July, but 1.2 percent above a year ago. YTD is at 2.39 billion pounds, was up 4.6 percent. U.S. producers churned 131.2 million pounds of butter, down 3.4 percent from July but an impressive 6.2 percent above a year ago. YTD butter totaled 1.25 billion pounds, down 0.7 percent. California produced 38.7 million pounds of that butter, up 1.3 percent from July and 1.2 percent above a year ago. New York output was down 8.8 percent from July and 21 percent below a year ago. Pennsylvania was down 42.1 percent from July but 0.9 percent above a year ago. Yogurt output amounted to 388.1 million pounds, down 2.8 percent from a year ago, with YTD at 2.98 billion pounds, down 1.1 percent. Dry whey totaled 95.8 million pounds, up 24.5 percent, with YTD hitting 698.9 million pounds, up 8.5 percent. Dry whey stocks were up 2.1 percent from July and 68.6 percent from a year ago. Nonfat dry milk production totaled 136.4 million pounds, down 7.9 percent from July but 15.9 percent above a year ago, with YTD at 1.24 billion, up 3.1 percent. Skim milk powder production totaled 45.6 million pounds, down 13.6 percent from July and 1.8 percent below a year ago. YTD output is at 386.6 million pounds, was up 2.5 percent. The report also showed August nonfat dry milk stocks at 307.8 million pounds, up 11.9 million pounds or 4 percent from July and 72.9 million pounds or 31 percent above a year ago. U.S. dairy prices were mixed the rst week of October as traders weighed the GDT and Dairy Products report. The Cheddar blocks closed Friday at $1.76 per pound, up 2 1/2-cents on the week, 21 cents above a year ago, and the highest block price since August 1, 2017. The Cheddar barrels nished at $1.7450, up 5 1/4-cents, 23 1/2-cents above a year ago, and the highest since August 21. Only 3 cars of block traded hands on the week at the CME and 6 of barrel. Dairy Market News reports that milk is becoming less available in the Central region. Cheese production varies but contacts view the market tone as steady. The western cheese market is relatively strong as domestic demand remains solid. Export sales are also stronger as the result of favorable cheese prices and exchange rates. Some contacts don’t expect prices to increase much because many people have already bought the stocks they need. August cheese exports were slightly weaker than expected, according to FC Stone, but overall a strong number and up signicantly from last year. Same story for butter. NFDM/SMP exports were a little weak-
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er than expected, but that has been true nearly every month this year. Spot butter climbed to $2.3750 per pound Thursday but closed Friday at $2.34, up 2 1/2-cents on the week and 83 cents above a year ago, with 43 cars sold. Cream into churns remains available, according to DMN, and butter output is matching cream availability. Retailers continue holiday orders. Contacts suggest many manufacturers are not producing the 82 percent butterfat European style butter, so global interest is up, but only with specic U.S. manufacturers. Western butter makers report steady production amid strong domestic demand and interest from international buyers. Although cream is relatively tight for this time of year, butter makers are not concerned as there are adequate amounts of cream and a number have enough butter for much of their Fourth Quarter needs. HighGround Dairy (HGD) reported in its October 2 Monday Morning Huddle that Exhaustion nally set in for European butter prices with the rst pullback recorded since early February 2017 last week as milk deliveries are stronger than the prior year into autumn due to higher milk prices. There has reportedly been a transfer in demand from block butter to mixed fats, indicating that last week’s record high prices (Dutch butter: $3.7853 per pound) ofcially discouraged buyers has led to substitution (vegetable and otherwise). With inventories in the US ample, a weaker indication from Europe added pressure to the market with U.S. prices dropping, says HGD. Cash Grade A nonfat dry milk saw a Friday close at 82 1/2-cents per pound, a quarter-cent lower on the week and 9 cents below a year ago, with 33 cars sold on the week at the CME. FC Stone’s October 5 Early Morning Update states that New Zealand weather concerns seem to be the only ‘bullish’ news in terms of nonfat dry milk. That said, there is a bit of time before now and the end of the NZ season. For now, this is something that one should keep an eye on. U.S. dairy margins have been mixed since the middle of the month, improving in nearby periods while weakening in deferred 2018 slots, according to the latest Margin Watch (MW) from Chicago-based Commodity & Ingredient Hedging LLC. Margins remain above average from a historical perspective through Third Quarter 2018, even though they have been slipping recently, the MW stated. A slight recovery in milk prices following a steep decline since mid-August allowed nearby margins to improve recently, as feed costs have held relatively steady. It adds that USDA’s Quarterly Grain Stocks report pegged nal old-crop corn ending stocks of 2.295 billion bushels and soybean stocks at 301 million bushels. While both gures were below industry expectations, the market remains under pressure from advancing harvest progress. USDA’s latest National Milk Cost of Production report shows August total milk production costs were down from July and a year ago. Total feed costs averaged $10.50 per cwt., up 7 cents from June but 22 cents below the revised July gure and 27 cents below August 2016. Purchased feed costs, at $5.75 per cwt., were up 16 cents from June, a penny below the revised July average, and 37 cents below August 2016. Total costs, including feed, bedding, marketing, fuel, hired labor, taxes, etc., at $22.39 per cwt., were up 44 cents from June, 4 cents below July, and 7 cents below a year ago. Feed costs made up 46.9 percent of total costs in August, down from 47.8 percent in July and down from 47.95 percent a year ago. FC Stone reports that harvest progress was at 17 percent for corn, up from the previous week but below last year’s 23 percent and the 5 year average of 26 percent. Big crops take longer to harvest, says Stone. Soybeans were farther along posting 22 percent har-
vested as of October 1, slightly below last year’s 24 percent and the 5 year average of 26 percent. Cooperatives Working Together only had one request for export assistance this week from a member to sell 220,462 pounds of butter to customers in the North Africa. The product has been contracted for delivery through December. In politics; dozens of dairy farm organizations, led by the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF), are jointly supporting new congressional legislation that it says would help address one of the most challenging issues affecting America’s milk producers: obtaining a dependable, legal workforce. A founding member of the Agriculture Workforce Coalition, NMPF was joined by 57 dairy cooperatives and state dairy farmer associations in a letter backing Rep. Robert Goodlatte’s (R-VA) new Agriculture Guestworker (AG) Act. The bill would establish an entirely new visa program, dubbed the H-2C visa, which would allow farm employers to bring in for-
eign workers on a year-round basis. It would replace the existing H-2A temporary visa program, which dairy farmers cannot use because their labor needs are year-round, not seasonal. U.S. food industry groups representing farmers and manufacturers have written President Trump urging the U.S. to immediately impress upon Japan, Mexico and the Mercosur nations that the lists of geographical indications (GIs) they are considering for approval with the European Union (EU), or will soon be considering, must not include common food and beverage terms such as parmesan, vintage, and bologna. In its trade discussions with Japan and Mexico, the EU is currently pushing approval for lists of geographical indications that include many common food names in an effort to monopolize those terms and block market access for various foods, wines and other beverages, the groups note.
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Market Reports Daily Dairy Report Summary
Sanborn, MN Sanborn Farmer’s Elevator
3.11
Almena, WI United Ag Co-op
2.71
8.80
Atwater, MN Atwater Elevator
2.72
8.75
Elrosa, MN Elrosa Grain & Feed
2.57
8.55
Westby, WI Premier Co-op
2.92
8.82
Loyal, WI Northside Elevator
3.01
8.80
Pipestone, MN Cargill
2.79
8.75
Muscoda, WI Riverdale Ag Service
2.81
8.87
GarÀeld Pro-Ag Farmer’s Co-op
2.54
8.56
Monona, IA Innovative Ag
2.93
8.85
Watertown, SD Watertown Co-op Elevator
2.73
8.63
Cottage Grove, WI Landmark Services Co-op
3.06
8.97
Dennison, MN Central Farm Service
2.78
8.71
Durand, WI Countryside Co-op
3.46
9.65
Class III Oct 11
written by Mary Ledman, Sara Dorland, Sarina Sharp and Karen Endres
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Oct. 9 - Share of Rising Oct. 10 - U.S. Losing Lactose Oct. 11 - Rumored EU Whey Output Sent to China Market Share to Europe Bombshell Burns U.S. NDM U.S. production of whey products continues Three players dominate the global lactose Market
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Soy bea ns Oa ts
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Oct. 11, Grain Markets 8.81
to grow, thanks in part to greater yearover- year cheese production. In August, U.S. cheese production seasonally slipped 0.3%. The West continues to report the largest year-over-year (YOY) growth in dry whey production; August production at 30.1 million pounds soared 66.6% above last year’s level. China is the largest export market for dry whey. Through August 2017, China’s imports of dry and modiÀed whey totaled 777 million pounds, up 8% compared to the same period in 2016. The United States accounts for nearly 55% of those imports but has faced greater competition in recent months from EU 28-member countries, which together represent over one-third of China’s dry and modiÀed whey imports. U.S. dry whey prices topped 50¢ earlier this year but are currently trading in the mid-30¢ range, which is near last year’s dry whey prices except that the market was rising last year in contrast to this year’s downturn in the whey market.
2.00
W. Wheat 3.43
2.32
S. Wheat 3.98 Wheat 5.49
2.32
S. Wheat 5.69 W. Wheat 3.98
Wheat 3.68
While we trust the information, gathered from reliable sources, is reasonably accurate, we cannot guarantee its accuracy or completeness.
Sept 2017 Milk Prices (with chg. vs. prior month): Class III $16.36 (-$0.21); Class IV $15.86 (-$0.75)
Class IV $/cwt.
$/cwt.
Oct 4
16.71 16.63
Nov Dec
Sept 27
Oct 11
Oct 4
Cheese
Sept 27
Oct 11
165.30
Feb
29.00
Feb
238.93
Feb
79.45
165.40
Mar
29.00
Mar
238.53
Mar
80.23
Apr
165.00
Apr
28.75
Apr
238.83
Apr
81.50
May
165.70
May
29.25
May
239.63
May
83.50
14.92
Nov
14.93
Dec
Jan18 15.51 15.90
16.01
Jan18 14.88
Feb
15.51 15.79
15.91
Feb
14.95
Feb
Mar
15.45 15.65
15.86
Mar
15.03
Mar
Apr
15.41 15.56
15.73
Apr
15.06
May
15.52 15.62
15.77
May
15.37
Oct
38.40
168.70
Nov
166.60
Dec
Jan18 164.90
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81.50
238.00
Nov
80.50
239.50
Dec
79.40
Sept 27
Jan18 78.53
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Oct
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Reports out of Europe surfaced that there are internal discussions within the European Union to consider sweeping changes to its Intervention program as early as next year rather than wait until Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) negotiations in 2020. One suggestion would effectively reduce the program’s volume allocation from 109,000 metric tons (MT) to zero for the March 1, 2018, to September 30, 2018, period. Instead, the commission would have the authority to establish the purchase price at levels deemed appropriate based on market conditions. As a result, the Intervention program would operate as a tender program rather than a guaranteed purchase program for up to 109,000 MT at a Àxed price of €1,690/MT. Overshadowing the EU’s Intervention program are 400,000 MT of SMP, which Europe has acquired since 2015. This proposal is far from a done deal, but the unexpected nature of such a signiÀcant proposition was enough to send sellers of NDM and SMP to the futures market to seek protection against additional market decay should the plan become policy. CME NDM futures closed deep in the red for the second consecutive day. Given the change in open interest, it appears that new money is coming into the market
CME Futures (United States) October 11, 2017
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Oct. 5, 67 loads
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Small Squares 4th crop $170/ton Grass & new seeding $60/ton
Large Squares $65-105/tom $160-165/ton $135-165/ton $30-120/ton
1st crop 3rd crop 4th crop Straw
Rounds $55-100/ton $75-95/ton $40-120/ton $40-75/ton
1st crop 2nd crop 3rd crop Grass
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Small Squares $110/ton
3 2 2 3
loads loads loads loads
2nd crop Grass Mixed Bean straw
Large Squares $92.50/ton $95-97.50/ton $135/ton $50/ton
6 loads 3 loads 11 loads 3 loads
1st crop 2nd crop 3rd crop 4th crop Grass Mixed Straw Corn stalks
Large Rounds $102.50/ton $102.50-112.50/ton $95-122.50/ton $100/ton $77.50-130/ton $135/ton $90/ton $42.50-87.50/ton
1,430 1,495 1,435 1,430 1,340 1,360 1,270 1,295 1,325 1,235 1,520 1,590 1,480 1,225 1,245 1,590 1,565 1,570 1,245 1,620 1,515 1,210 1,440 1,540 1,150 1,220 1,330 1,505 1,300 1,520
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Sauk Centre Burtrum Holdingford Paynesville Pierz Freeport Freeport Melrose Freeport LitchÀeld Paynesville Albany Albany Avon Freeport Freeport Freeport Freeport Kimball Little Falls Little Falls Little Falls Pierz Richmond Sauk Centre Stewart Villard Brooten
130 113 115 101 120 110 123 103 119 109 110 105 107 105 115 107 85 115 110 83 85 104 115 100 120 141 95 102
2 2 3 6 1 7 3 2 9 7 1 2 3 1 1 10 1 1 1 3 3 4 1 1 1 4 2 5
1,650.00 1,625.00 1,600.00 1,600.00 1,575.00 1,550.00 1,550.00 1,525.00 1,525.00 1,525.00 1,525.00 1,525.00 1,500.00 1,500.00 1,475.00 1,475.00 1,450.00 1,450.00 1,450.00 1,450.00 1,450.00 1,450.00 1,400.00 1,375.00 1,375.00 1,375.00 1,350.00 1,350.00 1,350.00 1,350.00
OCT. 5TH SALE BULL CALVES
140.00 125.00 125.00 125.00 125.00 120.00 120.00 120.00 115.00 115.00 115.00 110.00 110.00 110.00 110.00 110.00 110.00 110.00 110.00 110.00 110.00 110.00 110.00 110.00 110.00 110.00 110.00 105.00
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Paynesville Albany Albany Alexandria Avon Carlos Melrose Paynesville Paynesville Sauk Centre Sauk Centre Melrose Albany Holdingford Pierz Albany
110 100 95 117 96 110 97 100 108 86 91 103 110 125 108 105
1 2 1 3 1 2 2 3 2 4 5 2 1 1 4 1
105.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 95.00 90.00 90.00 90.00 85.00
Atwater Foley Sartell Paynesville Foreston Hutchinson Hutchinson Atwater Melrose Young America Foreston Holdingford
1,435 1,301 1,409 1,365 1,385 1,060 1,193 1,260 1,345 1,310 1,250 1,265
3 4 5 2 2 7 2 1 3 4 1 1
109.50 108.50 108.50 107.50 107.00 106.50 106.50 106.00 106.00 105.00 104.50 103.00
Sauk Centre Sauk Centre Sauk Centre Paynesville Sauk Centre Gibbon Sauk Centre Melrose Sauk Centre Sauk Centre Gibbon LitchÀeld Sauk Centre Sauk Centre St. Joe Melrose Richmond Sauk Centre Albany Delano Freeport Hamel Melrose Paynesville Sauk Rapids Gibbon Foley Grove City Cold Spring Melrose Melrose Paynesville
1,810 1,245 1,420 2,095 1,645 1,610 1,735 1,485 1,570 1,595 1,450 1,200 1,480 1,435 1,295 1,775 1,685 1,550 1,490 1,265 1,090 1,255 1,435 1,665 1,670 1,625 1,560 1,360 1,242 1,815 1,530 1,385
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1
65.00 65.00 64.50 63.00 63.00 62.50 62.00 61.50 61.50 61.50 61.00 61.00 61.00 61.00 61.00 60.50 60.50 60.50 60.00 60.00 60.00 60.00 60.00 60.00 60.00 59.50 59.00 59.00 58.00 58.00 58.00 58.00
OCT. 10TH SALE FINISHED COLORED STEERS
SLAUGHTER COWS
Spicer Avon Freeport Gibbon Hamel Hamel Melrose Paynesville Sauk Centre Sauk Rapids Spicer Gibbon Gibbon Gibbon Albany Richmond Atwater Gibbon Melrose Melrose Melrose Sauk Centre Atwater Avon Hamel Howard Lake Maple Lake
1,505 1,665 1,470 1,565 1,210 1,390 1,545 1,400 1,550 1,290 1,330 1,400 1,485 1,720 1,345 1,525 1,148 1,420 1,430 1,310 1,230 1,550 1,360 1,640 1,250 1,580 1,080
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
58.00 57.00 57.00 57.00 57.00 57.00 57.00 57.00 57.00 57.00 57.00 56.50 56.50 56.50 56.00 56.00 55.00 55.00 55.00 55.00 55.00 55.00 54.00 54.00 54.00 54.00 54.00
Sauk Centre Richmond Cold Spring Milaca Richmond Winsted Winsted Albany Richmond Grey Eagle Paynesville Sauk Rapids Cold Spring Delano Grey Eagle Holdingford Little Falls Paynesville Paynesville Paynesville Rice Richmond Cold Spring Melrose Clearwater Freeport Sauk Centre Sauk Centre Howard Lake Belgrade Foley Royalton Annandale Paynesville Kimball Milaca
1,432 1,493 1,698 1,465 1,655 1,535 1,593 1,418 1,430 1,523 1,505 1,415 1,725 1,491 1,487 1,360 1,500 1,499 1,590 1,453 1,592 1,525 1,650 1,474 1,534 1,455 1,340 1,412 1,489 1,498 1,510 1,496 1,480 1,509 1,383 1,390
6 2 7 1 1 3 2 4 8 2 4 4 1 5 3 3 4 5 1 3 10 5 1 4 6 3 3 3 5 2 2 5 7 6 3 7
95.00 94.50 88.50 88.00 88.00 87.50 87.50 87.00 86.75 86.50 86.50 86.50 86.00 85.50 85.50 85.50 85.50 85.50 85.50 85.50 85.25 85.25 85.00 85.00 84.50 84.50 84.50 84.50 84.25 84.00 84.00 84.00 83.75 83.75 83.50 83.25
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DAIRYING ACROSS AMERICA
Cheesemaking, meat sales create diversity for Arrowsmith family Hillacres Pride label brings success to Pennsylvania farm By Danielle Nauman danielle.n@dairystar.com
PEACH BOTTOM, Pa. – Nestled in the hills of picturesque Lancaster County, Pa., is Hillacres Jerseys, home to Tom and Mandy Arrowsmith and their children – Jonny, 17, Caroline, 15, Alex, 14, and Nicole, 12 – along with their herd of 65 registered Jersey cows. The Arrowsmith family has raised registered Jerseys for over 50 years. After Tom and Mandy were married in 1999, they
farmed with Tom’s parents. As their family grew, they started exploring ways for the farm to support two families. “With the land base we had and land prices being high in this area, expansion was not an option for us, and it wasn’t something we really wanted to do, either,” said Mandy, who was working an off-farm job and paying daycare for two children at the time.
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Tom and Many Arrowsmith with their children – Jonny, Caroline, Alex and Nicole – milk 65 Jerseys near Peach BoƩom, Pa. The Arrowsmiths take great pride in the long-standing history of the Hillacres Jersey herd and has produced several All-American winners, including a NaƟonal Jersey Jug Champion, Hillacres Morrae Maryland. As a solution to sustain two families, the Arrowsmiths made the decision to venture into a cheese-making enterprise in 2003. “We knew a cheesemaker that we wanted to work with,” Mandy said. Using a cheesemaker allowed them to enter into cheese production without the burden of a large capital investment in equipment. “Making cheese would provide additional income from the farm and allow me to stay home, making cheese on my own time,
eliminating daycare,” Mandy said. Their original plan was to target tourists. “Then we visited some tourist-type markets and discovered there was no refrigeration at most of the shops and realized that most tourists were not prepared to purchase and take perishable items with them,” Mandy said. That led the Arrowsmiths to consider targeting specialty stores and orchards as a potential market for their cheeses. “We weren’t able to obtain a cheesemaking license from the
state without proving that we had a market and outlets for distribution,” Mandy said. “At the time that was a real pain, but in hindsight it is a really good idea. It would be terrible to invest in the business and then learn you were unable to sell your product.” With a distribution plan secured, the Arrowsmiths sent their rst load to their cheesemaker, and Hillacres Pride Cheese was born, with six or seven varieties made in the beginning. The rst
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The cheesemaking facility at Hillacres Pride is where the Arrowsmiths create their so� cheeses and several different varie�es of hard cheeses. They typically make cheese two days a week on site. cheese was ready for marketing in September 2003. Just as the young entrepreneurs were beginning to gain momentum with their cheesemaking business, their world came crashing down around them that December. Returning home from visiting family for the holidays, a car driven by a chemically impaired driver hit the Arrowsmiths’ vehicle. Jonny, their oldest child, suffered massive injuries, including a traumatic brain injury. In the years since the accident, having the cheesemaking in place allowed Mandy the ability to work from home on her own schedule. The opportunity to create additional income became invaluable. As the years passed, Hillacres Pride continued to grow and expand, adding farm-raised Jersey beef, pork and chicken to their product listing in 2007. The Arrowsmiths feed out all of their bull calves to provide meat for their growing market, and they raise hogs in the woods. Chickens are raised solely for meat production, off-site, to eliminate the threat of any cross-contamination. Their marketing added more stores that stocked specialty items to their main distribution chain, followed by marketing at various farmer’s markets in their area. “We determined that just selling cheese at small, local farmer’s markets were not going to support the business,” Mandy said. “We made the decision to move into larger markets in the metropolitan areas of Philadelphia and Collingswood, N.J., and added the meats to create more diversity in our products.” Mandy’s mother works full-time with Hillacres Pride overseeing the farmer’s market distribution, along with one other employee who works with the cheesemaking, labeling and distribution. In addition to the specialty stores and farmer’s markets, the Arrowsmiths began partnering Hillacres Pride cheeses with Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) groups, where people can buy shares or subscriptions to farm-fresh goods. Currently, Hillacres Pride cheeses and meats are used at The Fridge, a highend pizza and craft beer restaurant in nearby Lancaster, Pa. The Arrowsmith family made the decision to grow and expand their cheesemaking enterprises in 2009, building a facility on the farm. “We decided we wanted to expand our product line, but our cheesemaker didn’t want to increase the volume of cheese he was producing for us,” Mandy said. Once the facility was complete, Mandy began making small batches of pasteurized soft cheeses such as ricotta, mozzarella, feta and some cheese spreads. In addition, they began making more avors of various hard cheeses. “We still have our cheddars and Colby made by the cheesemaker,” Mandy
said. “That was working well for us, and if something isn’t broken, don’t x it.” Since the Hillacres Pride cheeses do not use the entire supply of milk produced by the Arrowsmiths herd, they ship the rest of the milk to DFA. “We send about seven milkings a month to the cheesemaker, which is about 8,000 pounds of milk each month,” Mandy said. “We make cheese here on the farm about once a week, using another 800 pounds of milk. The volume of cheese made from that 800 pounds depends on the moisture content of the cheese being produced.” Mandy said about 12 pounds of hard cheeses can be made from 100 pounds of milk, while the high-moisture cheeses require more, depending on the moisture content of the cheese. Eighty gallons of milk will yield about 160 pounds of ricotta cheese. Hillacres Pride hard cheeses are all made with raw milk, and are aged at least the required 60 days and vacuum sealed. The Arrowsmiths also market a one-year cheddar that is a sharper variety. The soft cheeses are made with pasteurized milk. The Arrowsmiths have considered the possibility of bottling their own milk to add another level to their business. Another idea being considered for expansion of the business is building an aging room to begin making longer-aged cheese. “Bottling would require us to do a home delivery service. It would require more staff and the purchase of a chiller and bottler,” Mandy said. “It’s not in the near future, but it could still be a possibility at some point.” The Arrowsmith family is not solely focused on milking cows and making cheese. They enjoy exhibiting their Jerseys at several shows and the near-by AllAmerican Dairy Show in Harrisburg, Pa., as well as occasionally sending an animal to the All-American Jersey Show in Louisville, Ky., and the World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wis. They also consign animals to sales each year and are always pleased when buyers do well with Hillacres-bred animals. “We work to breed cows that will live and be productive and protable for a long time,” Tom said. “Our herd has a lot of 8- to 10-year-old cows. That allows us to be able to sell some nice heifers in sales and still be able to provide good replacements for our own herd.” Tom enjoys judging dairy cattle, and has fostered a keen eye in his children as well. Tom has judged shows at many levels and looks forward to continuing to grow his judging career. Whether in the barn, creamery or show ring, the Arrowsmith family uses a strong work ethic, a great love for family and the dairy industry, and a strong passion for the little brown cow in order to ensure quality is vested into everything they produce.
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Farmers across America weigh in on industry trends Jessica McIsaac Petaluma, Calif. 350 cows Tell us about your farm. The cows are on a pasture-based dairy in two freestall barns bedded with sand. We milk twice a day in a California walk through at barn. We farm 800 acres and have pasture and grass silage. We have had a registered Holstein herd for 35 years. What are some of the strengths or good aspects of dairying in your area? We are pasture based and thrive because of our proximity to the milk market. It’s allowed us to be protable longer in comparison to conventional. Ninety percent of the dairies in my area are organic; it’s a consumer driven market. What are some of the weaknesses or challenging aspects of dairying in your area? We have rolling hills and high land value. We are not able to expand and grow cheaper crops because of the expensive land and the hilly landscape. We can’t grow corn because it’s too dry and we have no irrigation. We can’t grow alfalfa because it’s too moist. What’s your current milk price? $34.50 What does the milk market in your area look like? The most successful places to sell milk are branded companies with local processing. Farmstead products are high in demand. That is what we have to resort to in order to stay in business. My milk goes to a full line organic company that does ice cream, cheese, sour cream and yogurt, and the company buys organic and conventional milk. In the last three years, they’ve had to go further to source their conventional milk. What are some things you’ve done to survive the current prices? We know we will have a price reduction of $1.75 in December, so we are securing more local forages. We genomic test our whole herd and we use sexed semen. We are also concentrating in spending our money to get more automation on our dairy. We rake beds and push up all our feed three times a day by hand. We are looking into a feed pusher and bed groomer that would reduce labor three hours a day. The regulations and the force of California against ag and specically dairy farming. Employee shortage and wages are also a challenge. We have 60 hour weeks that might be reduced to 40 hours in the next couple years.
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Mike Gaboriault Cayuta, N.Y. 65 cows Tell us about your farm. The farm is about 6 miles away in Horseheads, N.Y. It is a family farm, with three people a part of it. The cows are milked in an old, single-4 herringbone parlor. We work about 250 acres and plant mostly corn for silage and alfalfa for haylage and dry hay. What are some of the strengths or good aspects of dairying in your area? We have two milk plants within 40 miles from here. What are some of the weaknesses or challenging aspects of dairying in your area? A challenge is the shrinking number of farms in our area. It makes services harder to come by, for instance large animal vets. What’s your current milk price? The advance this month was $16.20. What does the milk market in your area look like? The milk market is not good. They [processors] are full and some milk is being hauled to Massachusetts at least once a week. Most of the milk is used for cheese. What are some things you’ve done to survive the current prices? I try to keep purchased feed cost at a minimum and have sold some youngstock. DFA has forced all farms in our area to join a cooperative. I truly believe they are trying to weed out all the small dairies. Tony Diekemper Carlyle, Ill. 450 cows Tell us about your farm. On our dairy farm, cows are housed in a six-row, drive through feed alley barn. We have a double-15 parallel milking parlor, with six full time employees including myself and four part time employees. We farm approximately 3,000 acres – 250 acres for alfalfa, 1,500 acres for corn, 1,200 acres for beans and 250 acres for wheat. What are some of the strengths or good aspects of dairying in your area? We have a very good feed supply. We grow our own corn silage, alfalfa hay and many sources of by products in our area. What are some of the weaknesses or challenging aspects of dairying in your area? The hot humid summers and trying to keep the cows cool.
Tell us about your farm. We milk our cows in a double-7 parabone parlor. We also own 200 acres of land and rent another 200. We plant corn, soybeans and grass hay. What are some of the strengths or good aspects of dairying in your area? We have two bottling plants within 30 miles of home. We also have a dry powder place 90 miles away. We’ve got a pretty steady market. We are usually short of milk and have it trucked in. What are some of the weaknesses or challenging aspects of dairying in your area? We have to be careful environmentally. We have close neighbors and a lot of creeks near us.
What’s your current milk price? My current milk price is $20.70 per hundredweight. What does the milk market in your area look like? We have two main processors in our area, DFA and Prairie Farms. They sell off surplus milk in the winter months. What are some things you’ve done to survive the current prices? We breed our cows seasonally in order to have more calves in spring, fall and winter months, so the cows do not have calves in the summer. Due to hot summer months, cows calving in fall and winter produce much more milk.
What’s your current milk price? My current price is $16 per hundredweight. What does the milk market in your area look like? My milk is used for uid milk. They are trucking in a lot of milk from north of here, mainly Indiana or Ohio. They really don’t want us to expand. We have about 10 farmers in a 20-mile radius of us here in western Kentucky. What are some things you’ve done to survive the current prices? I have a low debt load and a low labor cost. I do most of the work myself. We also have plenty of feed left over from last year.
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Proposal will top Mindoro couple’s favorite memories By Danielle Nauman danielle.n@dairystar.com
MINDORO, Wis. – When Maddy Mahlum turned around when her boyfriend Matt Opland tugged on her jacket, saying he had a question for her, she never expected to nd him on one knee, popping the question. The Mindoro, Wis., couple, who had been dating for four and a half years, was at World Dairy Expo, exhibiting Brown Swiss and Milking Shorthorn heifers they own together. In addition, Maddy was there to full her duties in the show ring, helping present awards as the Alternate National Brown Swiss Youth Ambassador. The big moment took place while Maddy was hustling to get to the coliseum oor at the beginning of the Brown Swiss heifer show to present awards on Oct. 4. “I had stayed at the (Paule-View Boarding) string longer than I should have, helping to get a March calf ready to head to the ring,” Maddy said. “I was running late and in a hurry to get to the awards table.” At this point in the story, Matt started to smile. “Matt said, ‘I’ll go with you, I’ve got a question to ask you,’” Maddy said. “I was kind of impatient and snapped at him, asking what he needed. I just kept walking. I felt him tug on my coat, telling me he had a question. That’s when I turned around and he dropped to one knee and proposed.” Matt and Maddy’s friend, Ranae Herman, was there to document the moment with photos. “I was so excited he was going to propose,” said Herman. “I was glad I could be there to witness it and get some pictures for them.” “It caught me completely off-guard. I was in shock,” Maddy said. “We had talked about the idea, but it was always
with the context of after I graduated from college.” Maddy is a senior majoring in marketing at Viterbo University in LaCrosse, Wis. She will graduate in December and is hoping to nd a job involved in agricultural marketing. Matt returned to his family’s farm after graduating from high school, where he continues to farm today, milking 60 head of Holsteins and Brown Swiss. He also breeds cows for NorthStar. “I had the ring, but wasn’t sure when I was going to do it. Ranae urged me to do it at Expo during the Brown Swiss show,” Matt said. “We rst were going to do it after we showed our heifer, but Ranae was worried it would be too dark for pictures.” That led to Matt and Ranae selecting the beginning of the show as the optimum time for Matt to pop the big question. “I was nervous in general, but not worried she would say no,” Matt said. Agriculture has always played a strong role in their relationship, as the two met on an FFA eld trip to the World’s Toughest Rodeo held in Minneapolis. Maddy attended West Salem High School and Matt went to MelroseMindoro High School. While Maddy has been involved in showing dairy cattle for a long time, Matt is relatively new to the sport, having showed beef cattle before meeting Maddy. Together, the pair purchased their rst dairy show heifer in 2014. That heifer was Bo-Valley Sugardaddy Kaycee, and she is still in their herd today. Since that time, they have accumulated a herd of about 20 head together, including three daughters of Kaycee. They register their cattle using Matt’s family’s Rock-View prex. “It still hasn’t really set in yet,” Maddy said. “We are planning for May 2019; there is already a lot of stuff booked up until then.” While the international Brown Swiss show at the World Dairy Expo might not have yielded the results Matt and Maddy had hoped for on the colored shavings, it is one that they will remember fondly for a long time to come.
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Bianca brings it home for Nuttleman family Young Guernsey rises to the top at World Dairy Expo By Danielle Nauman danielle.n@dairystar.com
BANGOR, Wis. – The stars and planets aligned the rst week in October for Steve and Debbie Nuttleman and their daughters Alyssa and Kate, who have a long-standing family tradition of breeding and showing high-quality Guernseys on their dairy near Bangor, Wis. The Nuttlemans lived the dreams of many with the accomplishments of their young Guernsey cow, Adams Creek AP Bianca-ETV, at World Dairy Expo. Bianca kicked off what would be a stellar weekend by sweeping all the top honors in the Guernsey junior 2-year-old cow class: rst and rst juniorowned animal, best bred and owned in both the open and junior divisions and a best udder ribbon. These wins gave Bianca a ticket into the intermediate champion class, where she claimed the top banner in both the open and junior divisions. Bianca was bred and owned by Alyssa Nuttleman, a 21-yearold University of WisconsinMadison dairy science senior. “This is probably the easiest thing Bernie and I
have done in two days here,” said judge Chris Lahmers of Marysville, Ohio, referring to selecting Bianca as the intermediate champion with his associate Bernie Heisner of Fairview Heights, Ill. “This cow’s just tremendous. I don’t know where you’d pick her apart. A cow you love the depth, the openness of rib to, the width of mammary system that she has, giving her that advantage over the reserve.” After winning the intermediate champion banners, Bianca came back to the ring at the show’s conclusion to be crowned as the eventual grand champion of the junior show and the honorable mention grand champion of the open show. Making the win even more special, it was Debbie Nuttleman’s birthday. “What a birthday present,” Debbie said. “I couldn’t have asked for a better birthday or gift.” While all these accolades would have been quite an accomplishment for a young 2-year-old cow, Bianca brought her A-game to the col-
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The NuƩlemans (from leŌ) – Steve, Debbie, Alyssa and Kate – celebrate their Guernsey junior 2-year-old cow Adams Creek AP Bianca-ETV VG-89, following her selecƟon as the reserve supreme champion of the junior show at World Dairy Expo. Earlier in the week, Bianca won intermediate championship banners in both the open and junior divisions, and was named the grand champion of the junior show and honorable menƟon grand champion in the open division. ored shavings when she made one more stroll across the coliseum oor during the supreme champion ceremony for the junior show on Oct. 7. There, Bianca garnered enough votes from the admiring staff of judges to be named reserve supreme champion in
the junior division, an astounding feat for one so young. “It was probably one of the most exciting things I’ve ever experienced,” Alyssa said. “My mind went blank. I was so excited I jumped, and then Bianca jumped. It was a fantastic way to end my junior career.”
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Alyssa NuƩleman, of Bangor, Wis., escorts her Guernsey junior 2-year-old cow, Adams Creek AP Bianca-ETV VG-89, under the spotlight on World Dairy Expo’s famed colored shavings while compleƟng the junior show supreme champion ceremony. Bianca was name the reserve supreme champion in the junior show. Fair), Bianca has been getting a lot of attention from breeders, regardless of what breed they have,” Steve said. Steve was quick to credit Bianca’s showring success to the crew back in pavilion two’s aisle six south. “Bob Hart and Alan Dykshorn and their entire crew did a fantastic job of taking care of Bianca all week, and getting her out looking like that two days in a row,” he said. Being in the supreme champion lineup was an unforgettable moment for the family. “I got a little emotional,” said Steve, thinking back to Bianca’s stroll under the spotlight. “A wave of pride for both Bianca and Alyssa kind of washed over me when her name was announced as the reserve supreme champion … That long walk back across the shavings after the photos, that was a pretty powerful experience.” Bianca’s success is not a uke performance. At last year’s Expo, she was named the junior champion of both the open and junior divisions, landing her unanimous all-American titles. In addition, she was selected as the junior
“A wave of pride for both Bianca and Alyssa kind of washed over me when her name was announced as reserve supreme champion...” ȃ STEVE NUTTLEMAN, DAIRY FARMER
champion at the Wisconsin Junior State Fair. This June, Bianca had a rocky start to her milking career, calving over 30 days early, but she settled in to being a milk cow and never looked back. At 18 days fresh, she took home reserve grand champion honors at the LaCrosse County Fair. Labor Day weekend, she was named grand champion Guernsey and reserve supreme champion at the Central Wisconsin State Fair before making her appearance at World Dairy Expo. Bianca is not the only show winner in her pedigree. Her dam, Adams Creek Mentor Beyonce EX-92 was the reserve junior all-American senior 3-year-old in 2010, and received honorable men-
tion accolades in 2011. Bianca’s full sister, Adams Creek HP Pie Brynn-ET, was the unanimous all-American winter calf in 2014. In addition to the showring successes of the recent years, the Nuttlemans have also laid claim to two premier breeder banners at World Dairy Expo in 2011 and 2012. Successfully breeding Guernseys comes naturally to the Nuttleman family. Between Steve and Debbie, they have ties to farms in their family tree: Steve’s grandparents laid claim to the Glendale and Dutch Mill prexes, while Debbie was raised on her family’s Green Moor Guernsey farm, just up the road from the Nuttlemans’ home farm. In addition, Debbie’s sister Kathy and her husband, Don, own Lang-Haven Guernseys near her family’s original farm, just a few miles from where Steve and Debbie farm today. In fact, Steve shared that the connection between their families goes back long before he and Debbie married in 1994. “Her grandfather emigrated from Germany and my grandparents sponsored him,” Steve said. “I start thinking of all the history that is there in our family. It’s pretty powerful, thinking about the family tradition, being in the same places, doing the same things our parents and grandparents did.” The Nuttlemans are proud of the herd and farm they have built. The farm has about 420 acres, with 248 tillable. An additional 50 acres is rented. They are milking 80 cows in a 55-cow tiestall barn, with 30 additional freestalls. The herd consists of approximately onethird each Guernseys, Jerseys and Holsteins. In addition to the herd of cows, the Nuttlemans also raise and sell show pigs, with about 60 sows. Each April for the past 20 years, they hold a sale to sell fair project pigs. With daughters Alyssa and Kate both attending school at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the labor needs fall on the shoulders of Steve and Debbie. “We are a true family farm,” Steve said. “This is what we do. We don’t take vacations. When we leave the farm, it has something to do with the cows.” Bianca has written an exciting chapter of Guernsey history for herself and the Nuttleman family. They are excited to see the chapters to come.
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MADISON, Wis. – Bethany Bauer could hardly contain her excitement on Oct. 5 when her Brown Swiss senior 2-year-old, TCC Durham Dolly-OCS, was named intermediate champion of the International Junior Brown Swiss Show during World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wis. “I thought it wasn’t going to happen,” said the 16-year-old junior at Hayfield High School in Hayfield, Minn. Bethany has been showing the Brown Swiss breed since the start of her 4-H career. Although her family raises beef cows, her grandparents milk 400 cows on their dairy near Chatfield, Minn., where Bethany houses her milking animals. When Bethany and her siblings each started 4-H, their parents, Paula and Troy, bought each of them an animal. “I wasn’t into the beef cows as much,” Bethany said. That year, while deciding which dairy breed to purchase, the family visited World Dairy Expo. While there, Bethany had a chance to see the Brown Swiss-breed legend, Old Mill E Snickerdoodle, during her prime show years. “After she had been through the barns, she came to me and said, ‘I know which type of cow I want you to buy for me.’ She led me right to Snickerdoodle,” Paula said. Bethany ended up buying a 2-month-old Brown Swiss calf, Brook View Promo Doric, in November 2009. That cow is the dam of Dolly. “It’s pretty special that Dolly is out of the first cow she bought,” Pau-
la said. “Each of our children have had their first animal purchased for them. The rest is on their own. They have built their herds on their own. Bethany has done really well selling offspring from Doric’s family.” Bethany’s herd now totals nine animals – four milking cows and five heifers. She has plans to continue growing her herd, hoping to get offspring by flushing Dolly. In the future, Bethany would like to work on a dairy farm. “We’re fortunate to have good friends – like everyone with Random Luck and Les Schmidt – who allow us to stall with them and teach our kids the next level of showing and preparing cows,” Paula said. “It’s been a good week all around.” Several other people from Dairy Star’s coverage area took home awards from World Dairy Expo held Oct. 3-7 in Madison, Wis. International Junior Red and White Show Intermediate champion went to Lichty Acres Htry Fire-Red owned by Hope and Tanner Morrison of Peterson, Minn. International Junior Guernsey Show Reserve intermediate champion went to Prairie Moon L Abriella-ET, owned by Landon and Leslie Sivesind of Waukon, Iowa. Senior champion went to H Broke Showtime Taytor, exhibited by Dana and Madison Sickles from Marengo, Iowa. Reserve senior champion was Knapps Best Buy Tarina, owned by Alexis and Frederick Williams of Mable, Minn.
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International Junior Jersey Show Reserve junior champion went to Meadowridge Fizz Sparkle owned by Cole Kruse and Gene Henderson from Dyersville, Iowa. Reserve intermediate champion went to LakePoint Premier Valyria owned by G, G, H and E Fremstad from Westby, Wis. International Milking Shorthorn Show Reserve junior champion went to Wide-Open Zeus Chalice-EXPET, exhibited by Katie Bue of Alma Center, Wis. Intermediate and grand champion was Eichlers MD BlancheET, exhibited by Peter Vail and Hillpoint Partners from Cross Plains, Wis. International Junior Holstein Show Reserve junior champion was Budjon-Abbott Automatic-ET, owned by Alli Walker of Wisconsin Dells, Wis. Senior and grand champion went to Walk-Era Dundee Annelise, owned by Trevor Tuman and Chandler Bening of Arlington, Minn. International Ayrshire Show Junior champion went to OldN-Lazy Gentle Wipeout-ET, owned by P Vail, M and L Hellenbrand, and F and D Borba of Cross Plains, Wis. Reserve junior champion was Marilie Reality Mellini-ET, exhibited by Brady Mcconnell from Whitewater, Wis. Senior and reserve grand champion was Bear Ayr Burdette Ray, owned by Peter Vail, and Mike and Linda Hellenbrand from Cross Plains, Wis.
International Junior Ayrshire Show P&A Mack Els Free Beer Welcome, exhibited by P&A Ayrshires – T, S, K, C & C Kruse from Dyersville, Iowa, was the reserve intermediate champion. Youth Showmanship Contest In the intermediate division (ages 13-16), Hailey Raymond of New Glarus, Wis., placed seventh and Grace Howe, of Waukon, Iowa, placed 15th. In the senior division (ages 17-20), Alli Walker, of Wisconsin Dells, Wis., placed 11th. National Intercollegiate Dairy Cattle Judging Contest Three teams in the Dairy Star area placed in the top 10 overall. South Dakota State University took third. Team members included Kristin Erf, Kirby Krogstad, Cole Hoyer and Andrew Socha, along with coaches by Jill Anderson and Michaela Della. The University of Minnesota was sixth. Team members were Trent Dado, Laura Jensen, Brooke Roberts and Austin Schmitt, along with coach Dr. Les Hansen. The University of Wisconsin-Madison took seventh. Team members included Kristen Broege, Elizabeth Sarbacker, Charlie Hamilton and Logan Voigts, and were coached by Chad Wethal and Brian Kelroy. Iowa State University took ninth with team members Emily Irwin, Kyle Kass, Mason Lettinga and Nicholas Schiller, and coached by Christen Burgett. In the top 10 individuals overall, Kirby Krogstad placed first, while Kristin Erf placed 10th. Both are members of the team
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from South Dakota State University. In team reasons, the University of Minnesota took first followed by the University of Wisconsin-Madison in second. Iowa State University came in sixth place and South Dakota State University was 10th. In individual reasons, Brooke Roberts from the University of Minnesota took first, while teammate Laura Jensen took fourth. Elizabeth Sarbacker from the University of Wisconsin-Madison was fifth, Mason Lettinga from Iowa State University was seventh and Kirby Krogstad from South Dakota State University was 10th. International Post-Secondary Dairy Cattle Judging Contest In the top 10 teams overall, two came from the Dairy Star coverage area: in sixth was the University of Minnesota Crookston, with team members Malia Martin, Kaylan Risacher and Shawn Wegman, coached by Lyle Westrom and Northeast Iowa Community College took eighth with team members: Graham Ormiston, Nick Bagge, Thomas Lehmann and Rachel Selke, coached by Schmitt, Kriegel and Lawstuen. The top 10 individuals included two from the paper’s coverage area: Nick Bagge, from Northeast Iowa Community College in fourth and Kaylan Risacher from the University of Minnesota-Crookston in seventh. In top 10 individual reasons, Malia Martin from the University of MinnesotaCrookston was 10th. The University of Minnesota-Crookston took fourth in team reasons while Northeast Iowa Community College took fifth.
National 4-H Dairy Cattle Judging Contest Wisconsin took home first place for overall team. Members of the team included Ben Buske, Dawson Nickels, Kylie Nickels and Matthew Gunst, coached by Linda Behling and Carrie Warmka. Coming in fourth was the team from Minnesota consisting of team members Brenna Connelly, Catherine Thompson, Jacob Twohey and Isaac Rott, coached by Migliazzo, Petit, Rott and Rott. Individually overall, Kylie Nickels from Wisconsin was first, Jacob Twohey from Minnesota was second, Ben Buske from Wisconsin was seventh and Matthew Gunst from Wisconsin was 10th. In team reasons, Wisconsin placed first and Minnesota placed fifth. For individual reasons, Wisconsin took four of the top five: Matthew Gunst in first, Dawson Nickels in second, Ben Buske in fourth and Kylie Nickels in fifth. Jacob Twohey from Minnesota was eighth. Youth Fitting Contest In the Intermediate female division, Brooke Hammann from Barron, Wis., took second, Abby Grimm from Milaca, Minn., took third and Kiley Henn from Deerfield, Wis., took fifth. In the intermediate male division, Jasenko Gavranovic from Nicollet, Minn., took second. In the senior female division, Hannah Nelson from Ellsworth, Wis., was second. In the senior male division, Austin Nauman from Norwalk, Wis., took second, Trevor Tuman from Arlington, Minn., took fourth and Grant Fremstad from Westby, Wis., took fifth.
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REPORTS
Crop and Weather
Crop and weather conditions in Dairy Star country Fairfax, MN
(Renville County) CURT NACHREINER We finished chopping Sept. 30. We chopped 120 acres and put it in bunkers. I think we had between 25-30 RAINFALL tons per acre. Most TOTALS of the corn silage has Last 2 been done for a while. Weeks We started earlage tonight (Oct. 10). I made it across a field after being so wet. We 7” will make two bags, or around, 40 acres of earlage. A couple of the neighbors have done Since April 1 soybeans. Hopefully 33.65” we can do soybeans after earlage.
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(Winona County) DAN KRONEBUSCH
(Martin County) LUKE OLSON
480 cows, 1,280 acres
95 cows, 400 acres
There are still people doing corn silage around here. We finished our corn silage in late September. It was really good tonnage, some RAINFALL up to 41 tons an acre. TOTALS Parts of Winona County Last 2 had high winds and hail Weeks in July and that did a lot of damage to the crop, especially in the Lewiston area. There has not been a 4.75” combine in Winona County doing soybeans since Oct. 1. We’ve had a lot rain and drizzly days. Lakeside Since April 1 Foods in Plainview still has 35.1” sweet corn to harvest and they figure they won’t complete that until Oct. 26. We haven’t had a killing frost yet.
We have one bag of corn silage done and three more to go. We plant BMR corn and it’s ready to go, but the chopper is in the shop. RAINFALL Some guys are trying TOTALS Last 2 to take out soybeans, Weeks but they are still at 13 percent. We had some guys around here take out corn last week and it was 20 percent 5.5” moisture and was yielding 225 bushels. I did one field of haylage Since April 1 two weeks ago and will 21.1” try to do one more field of hay off a field I plan to plow.
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We started opening up fields of corn for chopping Sept. 28. Then we had some rain and we RAINFALL started up again Oct. 9. TOTALS We have to fill two silos Last 2 and one Harvestore. Weeks Some of the early corn is way over the tractor cab. The dust is flying and the soybeans are coming out. The fields are a little bit muddy. You can really make some ruts. I harvested the last of my Since April 1 sorghum sedan Sept. 27; 20.35” we round baled it. We had a hard frost last night; it got down to 23.
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I have my silo full and still have to chop a bag. We are also done at my brother Tom’s. We do custom chopping for about 10 other guys and are just opening RAINFALL some of the fields. I would TOTALS Last 2 say more than half the farmers around here are Weeks finishing silage. We had to go around some low spots, but the field conditions have made a lot of progress in the last couple days. The corn isn’t as good as it was last year, but better than average. I would say it’s around 23 Since April 1 tons an acre. I haven’t seen 24.35” any soybeans coming out. We have to get some fields ready for the manure pumpers.
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We have 400 acres of corn left. Our fields are wet so we’ve been pulling our trucks through the fields. We RAINFALL didn’t cut yesterday TOTALS because it was too Last 2 wet. The gal at Cargill Weeks in Emery, S.D., said they are getting in 300 loads of soybeans a day. One local farmer 5” is doing earlage. There are some people doing lagoons. I also have some sorghum to chop Since April 1 this fall. The last two 23.45” nights it got down to 25 degrees.
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REPORTS
Crop and Weather Mellen, WI
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DAVE BONITZ
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40 cows, 130 acres
We have plenty of moisture again. About two weeks ago, we harvested soybeans at 11-13 percent moisture. I was hearing reports of beans down to 8 percent, but now the beans that are being RAINFALL harvested aren’t nearly as TOTALS dry. We averaged about 68 Last 2 bushels per acre, and the Weeks moisture varied from field to field. The wheat we planted has all come up. We are getting ready to do highmoisture corn, hopefully 1.6” yet this week. A week ago, it was in the upper 20’s to low 30’s. We haven’t gotten in yet to check for yield. We Since April 1 chopped corn silage about 27.85” three weeks ago. That ran about 180 to 190 tons. We filled the bags first, and then chopped some into a stave silo. That all went well, now we are hoping for some more sunny weather.
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La Crosse, WI
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(La Crosse County) TOM MILLER
150 cows, 490 acres Everybody around here is chopping corn and hoping they don’t get stuck. The rain in the past week put a damper on a lot of stuff. We just finished our RAINFALL neighbor’s yesterday and TOTALS Last 2 started ours today. We’ve Weeks got about 100 to 125 acres to chop, depending on yield. Hopefully the corn can finish drying down and we can get finished 2.75” up. One neighbor has corn for grain at 33 percent. A few neighbors have taken Since April 1 off about 50 to 70 acres of beans. We planted 19.55” about 75 acres of winter rye around Sept. 20, and that is out of the ground and looking good so far.
70 cows, 300 acres We’ve had 5 inches of rain in the past couple weeks, so we are pretty wet. We are trying to get started on our corn silage, as we had a later RAINFALL variety planted. The corn TOTALS for grain really seems Last 2 to be drying down well. Weeks Most of the people around us are finished with silage. There are quite a few beans off around us. Ours are 5” about ready and could be combined as soon as it gets dry enough to get in the fields. Some bean Since April 1 fields have been yielding 38.35” pretty well, and others not so well. It’s kind of hit or miss.
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We just started chopping corn today. Most everyone around here is just starting, too. It’s a little bit muddy because of the rain we just had on Saturday, but we are going. A few tried to start RAINFALL earlier, but found it was just TOTALS too wet. My silage is running Last 2 at about 66 percent moisture. Weeks Hopefully we will be done in three or four days. The corn planted early to mid-May, we are seeing a greatly reduced yield, by about one-third, 2.5” largely because of poor plant populations. The corn planted closer to the first of June looks good though. Since April 1 The last couple of weeks 20.97” of heat really saved us. My most mature corn for grain is just starting to black-layer. Our beans are just starting to drop the leaves, but a few others are starting to combine theirs.
(Crawford County) MATT ACHENBACH 220 cows, 450 acres
We got all our winter wheat in last week, so we are ready for the rain to get that germinating if we get some sun now. We finished up the corn silage about three RAINFALL weeks ago. The neighbors are all just getting started TOTALS Last 2 harvesting beans, weather permitting. We’ve got all Weeks our hay done. We will need to buy some lowerquality heifer and dry cow hay, we don’t have enough of that; but we have too much good quality hay. Everything for us is done but the high-moisture corn. We’ve just been busy Since April 1 27.5” putting equipment away and winterizing, and moving cattle around. All our pastures are pretty much dried up. We did get away to go to World Dairy Expo last week.
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We had to wait until our corn silage dried down, but we did get it finished Oct. 5. It was at 65 percent RAINFALL moisture. A lot of TOTALS soybeans are getting Last 2 done around here. The Weeks yields vary from 6585 bushels an acre. There is also some 3” high-moisture corn being harvested. That ranges from 27-30 percent moisture and Since April 1 27.8” is yielding anywhere from 220-260 bushels an acre.
BRANDON KRUSE 350 cows, 600 acres
We finished corn silage about a week and half ago. It ran in the upper 20’s, which was pretty good considering we were dry RAINFALL for part of the summer. TOTALS Most of the corn silage Last 2 is done around here. We Weeks are waiting for the fields to dry out so we can do soybeans. A few people have started. A few guys 7” might start tomorrow (Oct. 11), otherwise I think we will go Thursday. Since April 1 A lot of guys are starting 28.9” to chop earlage. I checked the moisture of some today and it was 27 percent. We got to 29 degrees last night.
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The rain gauge was frozen solid this morning, we got our killing frost last night, it got down to the lower 20’s. We finished up our first round of silage that was 96-day corn Sept. 24. It went really well RAINFALL and ran about 65 percent TOTALS moisture and was half-milk Last 2 or beyond. What was there Weeks yielded just under 20 tons. We started our BMR corn silage to finish the bag, but found it was too wet. We had to take about a week off to finish that up. We have lighter soil, so we got into the fields earlier than some of the guys who have clay. They are just Since April 1 starting to get going. A few were opening fields up to just 33.25” try and get them to dry some; but now with the frost everyone will get going. We could use a few nice days, it’s getting harder with the days getting shorter to get things dried out.
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Silage important for dairy farmers, researchers Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa lead the way By Ron Johnson
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MADISON, Wis. – Corn silage is an important crop for many livestock producers. And, the corn used to make that silage is an important research crop at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. During the recent World Dairy Expo, Natalia de Leon, an agronomy professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, presented about how advances in corn breeding have improved the corn for silage. She began by placing corn silage into the larger context of dairy farming. “While income growth in emerging economies is expected to be weaker, increased global population is expected to increase demand for dairy products,” Leon said. Much of the milk produced worldwide will come from cows fed corn silage. That’s because, the agronomist said, of “the incredible efciency of these (corn) plants to produce biomass.” Leon used the example of 30 kilograms (66 pounds) of corn seed planted per hectare (2.471 acres). Wait 35 days and the biomass on that 2.471 acres can amount to six tons of dry biomass. Wait another 75 days, she said, and that number can double to 12 tons per hectare. Natalia de Leon “It’s an incredible plant UW-Madison that’s taking nutrients and water from the soil and producing an enormous amount of biomass,” Leon said. Leon said researchers at UW-Madison have looked into the question: How much of what we see in an average acre of silage production is grain versus stover? Leon said the percentage of grain is roughly 50 percent, as is the percentage of stover. Those percentages have stayed constant since the early 1900s. But, over the years, the value of the grain portion of corn silage has risen sharply, Leon said. The relative value of the grain is $130 per ton, while the value of the rest of the corn plant is $50 per ton. Even though the overall grain to stover ratio has not changed much, there are differences among hybrids when it comes to the amount of stover yielded. “We need to be thinking about, when we are considering varieties for silage, if we are dealing with one component or a combination of both,” Leon said. Most of the energy in silage comes from the grain, Leon said. But the ber comes from seven other parts of the corn plant: the husk and shank, the stalk, tassel, midrib, leaf blade and leaf sheath. A 2010 study looked at the digestibility of each component. Leon said the stalk is the most digestible at 46 percent. Next comes the cob at 13 percent, followed by the leaf blade and leaf sheath each at 12 percent. The husk and shank are 10 percent digestible, followed by the midrib at 6 percent. The tassel was found be just 1 percent digestible. Changing the corn plant can change its feed quality. For example, Leon said increasing the size of the leaf blade sheath boosted the digestibility of the corn silage by 5 percent. Leon said hybrids also differ when it comes to the digestibility of their stalks. The outside of the stalk is less digestible than the inside. But less of the corn plant’s sugars are released from thicker stalks. Leon said about 7 percent of the United States’ corn acreage in 2016 went to silage. Wisconsin led the way among all the states with 790,000 acres. Minnesota ranked second with 390,000 corn silage acres, and Iowa ranked third last year with 330,000 acres. Plant breeders trying to improve corn silage varieties focus on traits that are different from what cornfor-grain breeders do. Leon said the UW-Madison corn silage program is focused on developing varieties that are high yielding, have high energy content and digestibility, are low in ber so they allow for high intake by cattle, are high in protein, and dry to the proper moisture for storage. Leon said the UW program is uniquely positioned. That’s because it’s one of just a few public programs
that’s focused on improving corn for silage. She said there is a public program in Texas, but it deals with varieties of different maturities than the Wisconsin effort does. The UW program evaluates 2,000 to 3,000 corn silage variety plots each year. The main location is the Arlington Agricultural Research Station, just north of Madison. The secondary location is just west of Madison. In addition, advanced hybrid lines are grown, harvested and evaluated at four other locations, chosen to t the hybrid’s relative maturity. Each variety is analyzed for its neutral detergent ber (NDF), acid detergent ber (ADF), protein content and starch content. Then, using a computer program, the amount of milk each variety is capable of generating is calculated. Numbers are generated for
milk per ton of corn silage fed and milk per acre of silage grown. In the test plots, machines have removed much of the hand labor. Planters that use global positioning systems (GPS) allow for accurate seed numbers and placement. Computers are used to measure the yields of varieties, along with the silage’s moisture content. Some of the labor still remains. Leon said each plant of every corn silage variety that’s to be evaluated must be pollinated by hand. She noted a small army of technicians and graduate students help with the work. Leon said, “The UW corn silage breeding program continues to serve as a source of germplasm, research and a tool for training students.”
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Science journal explores what inuences agricultural safety, health Who has the most inuence on agricultural safety and health behavior: Farm owners? Insurers? Lawmakers? Bankers? Physicians? CEOs? The Journal of Agromedicine examines the complex interplay of behavior and change agents in its current issue: “Socio-ecological approaches for improving agricultural safety and health.” The Journal is edited by the National Farm Medicine Center at Marsheld Clinic Research Institute, Marsheld, Wis. The Socio-ecological Model of Health (SEM) was introduced in the 1970s and adopted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and World Health Organization for designing health promotion interventions. The SEM illustrates the interaction between the individual whose behavior is of primary interest (in this case the farmer, farm employee or child) and the personal relationships, organizations, regulations and other environmental factors that inuence him/her. “It’s striking how easily much of the work presented in this issue adapts to interpretation through the lens of SEM,” said Matthew Keifer, M.D., editorin-chief of the Journal. “A deeper understanding of the relative strengths of inuence of the different spheres might serve as a roadmap for farm safety interventions.” A commentary in this issue co-authored by Barbara Lee, Ph.D., Journal of Agromedicine senior associate editor, describes how a modied SEM could, for example, be used to safeguard youth operating tractors. (Read commentary.) The agricultural safety climate might be changing, said Frank Gasperini, president and CEO of the Agricultural Safety and Health Council of America (ASHCA), and CEO for the National Council of Agricultural Employers (NCAE). Gasperini contributed two commentaries. He believes that the dynamic of the SEM model on the “millennial” farmer will be different than its inuence on the current “baby boom” farmer. “These folks understand that businesses must operate with the permission of, not only government regulators, but with the overall permission of society.” Gasperini believes that the next generation of farmers will have a much more accepting, productive, and collaborative relationship with the SEM spheres that surround and inuence them. Funding for this dedicated issue of the Journal of Agromedicine were provided in part by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health via the National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety, and the National Farm Medicine Center. Guest editors were: • Susan Gallagher, MPH: Director, Masters of Science in Health Communication Program, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts. • Jill Kilanowski, PhD: Associate Dean, Graduate Program, Professor, Mount Carmel College of Nursing, Dublin, Ohio. • Barbara Lee, PhD: Director, National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety; Director, National Farm Medicine Center; Senior Associate Editor, Journal of Agromedicine, Marsheld, Wisconsin. • Amy K. Liebman, MA, MPA: Director of Environmental and Occupational Health, Migrant Clinicians Network, Salisbury, Maryland. • Kami Silk, PhD: Professor of Communication, Associate Dean for Graduate Programs, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan.
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A Day on the Dairy Rain does not stop Otte family from hosting community event By Krista Kuzma
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RANDOLPH, Minn. – Although the rst day of the month turned out to be a cold, dreary and rainy day, it did not stop the Otte family from welcoming people to their farm. The Otte family – Chicky and Blake, along with their three sons and their signicant others, Tyler and his wife, Kelsey; Bret and his wife, Kayla; and Eric and his girlfriend, Laura Church – wel-
comed people Oct. 1 to their 490-cow farm, Square Deal Dairy, for A Day on the Dairy near Randolph, Minn. “For being the rst time for the event and the fact that it rained all day we were very happy with how it went,” Kelsey said. “It seemed like everyone who attended enjoyed themselves. We got a lot of compliments from people who had never been on a dairy farm and other dairy farmers who had hosted an event similar to this.”
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The OƩe family – (front, from leŌ) Blake, Chicky, Kayla and Bret; (back, from leŌ) Eric’s girlfriend, Laura Church, Eric, Tyler and Kelsey – welcome guests to their dairy, Square Deal Dairy, Oct. 1 for A Day on the Dairy near Randolph, Minn.
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KaƟe Benson, Minnesota FFA president, helps a young visitor as he pretends to milk a cow during Day on the Dairy at Square Deal Dairy near Randolph, Minn.
The Ottes estimate they had about 1,000 visitors to their farm since they served 1,300 grilled cheese sandwiches. Also on the menu for the day was yogurt, chocolate shakes and milk. People who attended could rst visit what the Ottes call their home farm site. This houses youngstock and their
machine shop, which doubled as a place for people to eat and sit down on the day of the event. There were also tents for a petting zoo, corn pile, dairy trivia, craft station, barrel ride and a ve-station education area about how milk travels from the farm to a processer. Buses were available to
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Friends of the O�e family – (from le�) Jeff Hawkins, Mark Bigelow, Russ Church and Harvey Glaess – make grilled cheese sandwiches for visitors to Square Deal Dairy for Day on the Dairy on Oct. 1 near Randolph, Minn. “Hosting something like this was something we had talked about doing for awhile,” Kelsey said. “Being named Minnesota Milk Producers Association Producer of the Year last fall and this year being the 20-year anniversary of our dairy site all came to one culmination. We thought this would be the year to [host the event].” Although many surrounding counties have a one-day dairy event for the community, Dakota County has not had this opportunity for its residents in recent years, Kelsey said.
“We have a unique perspective being so close to the [Twin Cities] metro area. We were hoping to get people who hadn’t been on farms to our farm.” KELSEY OTTE, DAIRY FARMER
“We wanted to be able to offer something to our community. We have a unique perspective being so close to the [Twin Cities] metro area. We were hoping to get people who hadn’t been on farms to our farm,” she said. After choosing the date early in the year, the extensive planning started in June. The Ottes chose a fall date because of on-farm family wedding celebrations in the spring. “We really planned this as a fam-
ily. The eight of us worked together to divvy up tasks. We picked a date and then set the menu and started brainstorming ideas of what we wanted to offer people,” Kelsey said. The Ottes asked local agricultural companies for support – both nancially and for help on the day of the event. They advertised the event on their farm’s Facebook page and through local newspapers and radio stations. Although the family regularly hosts other tours on their dairy throughout the year – one being the annual trip for the Randolph kindergarteners in the spring – none have been as big as the event they put on in October. “It was stressful leading up to it because we didn’t nish chopping corn silage until the Friday right before,” Kelsey said. But the family was able to put everything together in time by Sunday. They even received comments on their social media pages after the day was over. “A professor at Macalester College posted on our Facebook page that it was her rst experience on a dairy farm and that she learned a lot,” Kelsey said. It is those types of comments that make putting the time and effort into events like this worth it for the Otte family. “It was just really rewarding to see the farm so full of people who were having fun, learning about the dairy community and enjoying lots of dairy treats,” Kelsey said.
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Harvest season The maple trees are turning from blazing red to sunkissed orange in our yard; a sure sign that it is time to start wrapping things up for the growing season. My garden looked great right up to farm camp and then my focus shifted to real farm work and the weeds took over. My tomatoes ended up with blight, and I forgot about my late planted cucumbers and peas. Despite all that, I was still able to put up enough vegetables to get us through to next year. When there are only two of us at home, I don’t need quite as many jars of summer goodness stored away. I’ll have to pop over to the neighbors to buy a few pumpkins to process and to decorate with. I’m looking forward to making our annual end of harvest pumpkin stew. Here is another family favorite pumpkin recipe. Aunt Nan’s pumpkin bars have been one of our kids’ favorite treats. It is easy to make and is a nice alternative to all the chocolate treats at potlucks. I usually bake two pans because they freeze well. I’ll make one regular pan of bars, and I’ll add a cup of raisins to the other pan. Nancy will
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top them with a cream cheese frosting. I skip that part. The bars are moist enough without it, and it is one way to cut down on the guilt and calories of having two bars. I will even use leftover squash from supper to make these bars. Pumpkin Bars 2 cups pumpkin or squash (cooked, pureed or canned) 1 1/2 cup sugar 1 cup salad oil 4 eggs 1 tsp. vanilla 1/2 tsp. salt Beat together in a mixing bowl. 2 cups our 1 tsp. baking powder 2 tsp. baking soda 1 tsp. ground cinnamon Mix in. Pour into lightly greased jelly roll pan. Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes. Cream cheese frosting 4 ounces cream cheese, softened 3 Tbsp. butter, softened 3/4 pound of powdered sugar 2 tsp. milk Mix until smooth. Spread on warm pumpkin bars. Cool and cut into bars. Keep in refrigerator in warm weather. I found these next two recipes in the cook book, “Sim-
Cranberry Apple Crisp 4 cups cooking apples, peeled and sliced 2 cups cranberries 1/4 cup brown sugar 1 tsp. orange peel, grated; optional Combine in large bowl and toss gently until fruit is coated. Place in a greased 8- by 8-inch baking dish. 3/4 cup brown sugar 3/4 cup our 3/4 cup rolled oats 1/2 cup oat bran 1 tsp ground cinnamon Combine in medium bowl. 4 Tbsp. butter 1 Tbsp. oil Cut into our mixture until crumbly. Sprinkle evenly over apple mixture. Bake at 350 degrees until fruit is soft and topping is crisp, 45-50 minutes. Serve warm with milk or ice cream.
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Poultry Pasta Primavera 8 ounces angel hair pasta, cooked 2 cups broccoli orets 1 cup carrots, julienned 1/2 cup red sweet pepper, sliced 1 sweet onion, sliced Five minutes before pasta is done, add the vegetables to the cooking water. Continue
cooking until pasta is done and vegetables are crisp-tender. Drain and set aside. 1 clove garlic, minced 1 tsp dried parsley 1/2 tsp. dried basil 1/2 tsp. dried oregano 1/2 Tbsp. oil In large skillet, sauté seasonings in oil. 2 Tbsp. our 1 cup milk Add our and stir briey. Add milk, stirring constantly until thickened. 1 cup cooked chicken or turkey, chopped Add and heat through. 1/2 cup cream cheese or yogurt cheese 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese Add and heat, but do not boil. Serve the white sauce over the pasta and vegetables. Garnish with extra Parmesan cheese. Yogurt cheese Place yogurt in a strainer lined with cheesecloth and drain for 1 hour. Use the whey, the drained liquid, in bread baking. The drained, thickened yogurt is yogurt cheese. It can replace cream cheese in some recipes.
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From the kitchen of Laura Meyer, Plainview, Minn.
Cheesy Potato Casserole 1 pint sour cream 1 can cream of chicken soup ½ cup butter 1 cup chopped onions 1 bag hashbrowns, partially thawed 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese Combine ingredients then pour into ungreased 9- by 13-inch glass baking dish. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.
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Cream Cheese Mints 8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature 2 lbs. powdered sugar ½ tsp mint flavoring Food coloring Soften cream cheese, then add and blend mint and food coloring. Slowly fold in powdered sugar to desired firmness.
KIM LongLine
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Grape Salad 2 lbs. seedless green grapes 2 lbs. seedless purple grapes 8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature 8 ounces sour cream
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½ cup granulated sugar 1 tsp. vanilla extract ½ cup brown sugar, packed ½ cup pecans, finely chopped
Wash and dry grapes thoroughly. Combine cream cheese, sour cream, granulated sugar and vanilla. Mix with electric mixer. Pour mixture over grapes. Pour in 9- by 13-inch pan and sprinkle with brown sugar and pecans when ready to serve.
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ENGINE GENERATOR SETS
SPECIAL DAIRY SALE Wednesday, October 18 • 9 a.m.
We are the authorized distributor for Kohler, MTU and Blue Star generators.
• 90 Head Brown Swiss Herd Dispersal, • 70 Brown Swiss milking cows Mostly registered herd, TB’d, parlor, • 10 Holstein milking cows freestall, 45 years of milking, All bred • 10 bred Brown Swiss heifers to Registered Brown Swiss bulls
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NOTE: Our “Special Dairy Sale� is now on the 3rd Wednesday of each month. Dairy Cattle can also be sold the first Friday of every month at noon.
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