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MN DHIA consolidates to one testing lab
Sauk Centre location creates more opportunity for dairies By Jennifer Coyne jenn@dairystar.com
SAUK CENTRE, Minn. – Minnesota Dairy Herd Improvement Association is now more apt to facilitate dairy farmers’ needs for the future of their operations. In February, the non-prot organization consolidated their milk testing laboratories to Centre Labs in Sauk Centre. “Our purpose has always been to provide information for dairy farmers,” Bruce Dokkebakken said. “This change puts us in a position to be the most efcient with our present tests and the opportunity to test for more in the future.” Dokkebakken is the general manager of Minnesota DHIA and has been with the organization for 45 years. With the Sauk Centre building nearly twice as large and 20 years newer than the one in Zumbrota, this also provides the possibility of expansion of the milk lab services. “Our goal for the lab consolidation has always been designed to be seamless for our farmers,” Dokkebakken said. “Both Zumbrota and Sauk Centre labs were parallel systems, but operating solely out of Sauk Centre really gives us the freedom to choose new tests and create more opportunity for future testing.” For example, as A2 milk testing becomes more popular across the industry, Dokkebakken said it is more feasible to conduct this test at one location rather than also duplicating it elsewhere. “As the industry continues to change with accelerated changes, we’re embracing the ability to provide useful information that farmers can use to
decide what nancial decisions they need to make to improve their farm,” he said. Likewise, this consolidation will provide the organization with more nancial stability. Previously, both testing labs were operating slightly below a break-even point. At each location, the ability to receive and process tests were the same – about one day through Spee-Dee Delivery Service Inc. – with the exception of tests coming from northwest Minnesota to the Zumbrota lab. Additionally, prices for tests have remained synched for more than 15 years. “If we didn’t make changes, the price of lab services would have had to rise,” Dokkebakken said. “We now anticipate holding rates, more services available and more specialized staff.” For dairy farmers, the consolidation should not have disrupted their daily operations as timing, price and quality remain the same. A simple change in shipping labels and converting any shipments to Spee-Dee are all eld technicians should notice. The consolidation did, however, affect staff at the Zumbrota location. “Our biggest challenge, with all of agriculture and life, is labor,” Dokkebakken said. “We have always had exceptional staff. In this move, we needed more good employees at one lab, but there were also very good employees we didn’t have a job for.” As Centre Labs gures out how many full-time staff members they will need to conduct business, Dokkebakken estimated the consolidation will result in four full-time employ-
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“Maybe we’ll have to add more as a we get a handle on what else farmers need,” he said. Lab consolidation has been a part of the organization since its inception. “Since I became general manager in 1998, we were talking about consolidation,” Dokkebakken said. “This has been a long time coming.” In the 1980s, Minnesota DHIA had four testing laboratories. As testing for somatic cell count became increasingly expensive, two lab were dropped. Then, up until 2.5 years ago, the organization was working with three milk testing labs – one in Sauk Centre, Zumbrota and one that had been added in Barron, Wisconsin. “As the number of herds goes down, there’s less need for eld staff but perhaps a need for more lab tests,” Dokkebak-
ken said. “Labs are proving to be successful with a greater volume of tests. Samples that can spit out a lot of information. The lab is able to provide results efciently and with accuracy in a timely fashion.” In November 2019, the organization obtained the Stearns County lab. This helped prioritize the organization’s need to restructure its testing facilities. Presently, Minnesota DHIA has 45 technicians who operate from home ofces. Minnesota DHIA staff continue to oversee all administrative, report generation and mailings, and data ow work from the ofce in Buffalo. The organization also works in concert with ve other labs to the east to provide reports and data ow. Dokkebakken said that the organization’s ability to continue evolving would not be possible without the guidance of dairy farmer associations like
the one in Goodhue County years ago and most recently Stearns. “We salute South Goodhue and Stearns … for their foresight in developing the labs and for their leadership in helping ensure quality services remain affordable,” Dokkebakken wrote in a Minnesota DHIA newsletter. And with any decision the Minnesota organization has made, it has been with the support of its dairy farmer board with an end goal of providing what is best for the industry in the years to come. “In my 45 years, it’s been an absolute pleasure to work with farmers who are the most honest, hardworking and smart people,” Dokkebakken said. “As we move forward, we’re looking to do things better with the same expectations as we’ve always had.”
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Think like a cattle buyer
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FARIBAULT, Minn. – If a dairy farmer wants to delve further into beef, Dr. Joe Armstrong said it is important to think like a buyer. “They hate these giant animals with small animals, and all these different shapes,” he said. “They want consistency.” As breeding lower end dairy cows to beef becomes more common within the industry, Armstrong gave more insight to the topic during his presentation, “Raising beef on your dairy” on March 10 in Faribault. “The reason we’re using dairy beef is inventory management,” said Armstrong, who was a practicing large animal veterinarian before taking his current role as a University of Minnesota Extension educator. “We have too many heifers. It’s gotten too expensive to raise the heifers. It’s trying to produce a more valuable calf.” The idea is that the dairy-beef cross calf can be worth more. “I say can be because there are a lot of things that go into what that calf is worth,” Armstrong said. Competition in the beef market is increasing. “There are so many more beef on dairy crosses out there,” Armstrong said. “What it’s done is make the buyers pickier. If you’ve seen the price start to drop, it’s because we’ve gotten enough in the market that they (the buyers and packers) know what to look for and they can be choosy.” Consistency and quality will help animals sell faster and at a higher price. “A cattle buyer’s job is to nd a consistent carcass with predictable quality and size,” Armstrong said. “They hate unknowns.” Most of the time, a dairy animal is more predictable in a feedyard as far as genetics, ration, rate of gain, carcass and marbling. The calf’s health might still be unknown. With a dairy-beef cross animal, all these aspects are unknown. So why should that animal be worth more than a purebred dairy calf? Many people think it is because of the hide color. “The thought has been if it’s black, it’s automatically better,” Armstrong said. “That’s not the case anymore. Packers don’t care. Once that hide comes off, that carcass is the same. They want pure performance.” While there is not a lot of research on which beef breed is better to choose, Armstrong said he is not sure it really matters. “Just pick one and stick with it,” he said. “Consistency and uniformity are what matter the most.” Before narrowing down the options, Armstrong said there is one trait that is a must. “It better be homozygous polled,” Armstrong said. “There’s no reason to introduce beef to your dairy if you still have to dehorn. It doesn’t make sense.” After that, Armstrong explained to look at Expected Progeny Differences, which is similar to Predicted Transmitting Ability in dairy. EPD characteristics include carcass weight, birthweight, calving ease direct, marbling, ribeye area and fat thickness. Other areas to watch include rate of average daily gain and dry matter intake. Armstrong said to pay attention to birthweight. “We found you can go really high on birth weight because these Holsteins and Jerseys are built for calving ease,” he said. “They’re built to have a decent size calf. And small calves die more, get sick more, don’t grow as well and never make up that weight.” While this message might make dairy farmers perplexed, Armstrong said calving
ease does not always equal birth weight. “If you can control for calving ease, you’re ne,” Armstrong said. He said Holstein cows can handle calves weighing from 80-95 pounds. For mature cows, Armstrong said they would be ne having 100-pound calves if calving ease is controlled. Quality dairy-beef crosses are more feed efcient, Armstrong said. “That’s where the money is at and why this calf should be worth more,” he said. Research shows dairy-beef animals are 13% more feed efcient than a purebred dairy animal. “That leads to 90-120 days less time on feed,” Armstrong said. “That’s a huge deal.” Based on a yardage model of $0.40 per head per day, a dairy-beef cross animal on the lot 90-120 fewer days equals $36-$48 saved. “This is the reason they should be worth more, but it has to be high quality and consistent,” Armstrong said. A dairy-beef animal can also yield 3-5% more than a Holstein. The shape of the ribeyes are also slightly different. “Is the average consumer going to know that?” Armstrong said. “No, but it’s a consistency issue for speed at the packing plant. How they cut it makes a big difference to them and that’s big money.” Quality in terms of price of a straw of semen makes a difference, Armstrong said. Buying a straw at the $2-$8 level is not worth it in his opinion. “I don’t think there’s much advantage over Holsteins there,” he said. “This is where our dirty Holsteins live. They’re black, but they look like a Holstein.” Producers will make the most money when looking at straws in the $12-$25 range. Most straws above that price become less economically viable and are usually more geared towards producing show animals, Armstrong said. “I get high quality and I get consistency (in the $12-$25 range), but I’m avoiding the scenario where I’m just producing a black Holstein or Jersey or any other color,” he said. Calf health is the last and biggest piece of the puzzle, Armstrong said. “I will take a very well managed Holstein calf over a poorly managed dairybeef cross every day,” Armstrong said. “It doesn’t matter what you have. You have to take care of them as a calf. This is your biggest contributor to consistency and quality for the feeder. It starts right away.” Colostrum management is important as is keeping the calves’ respiratory systems in check. Armstrong said one treatment of bovine respiratory disease in a calf results in a decrease in feed conversion, average daily gain, carcass weight, marbling score and quality grade. It also increases the number of days until the calf gets to market. Multiple BRD treatments results in a 2.15-pound reduction in average daily gain and a 44-pound reduction in hot carcass weight. “Calf health is going to matter more than anything,” Armstrong said. Several cattle buyers will pay more for treatment records. “It doesn’t have to be anything fancy,” Armstrong said. “They just want to know who got treated with what and why. It makes a difference for performance. If you show them there might be one they need to watch, they will take that into account and pay you for those records.” For his own calves, Armstrong keeps a 3- by-5-inch notecard for each animal. When he sells them, he puts them together, puts a rubber band around them and hands them over. “It’s pretty simple and it gets you more for your calves,” he said. Overall, Armstrong said there are a few aspects to look at while breeding dairy to beef; however, if a producer does not know what to do, Armstrong suggests the producer to think like a cattle buyer.
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Klinkners strive to meet goals
Farm Bureau Young Farmers work to make change By Daniella Nauman danielle.n@dairystar.com
GENOA, Wis. – Organic dairy production and conservation farming practices are traditions for Travis and Krista Klinkner; traditions they take great pride in implementing on their organic dairy farm while meeting the goals they have set for themselves. That determination led them to be named the 2019 Wisconsin Farm Bureau Young Farmer and Agriculturalist of the Year. Travis and Krista, with their children – Liam, 5, Brad, 4, Hank, 2, and Alice, 1 – milk 60 cows near Genoa. They purchased the farm, which was already certied organic, from Krista’s family in 2015. The farm includes 150 tillable acres and another 65 acres of pasture where they rotationally graze their herd. Being an organic producer is an important choice for the Klinkners as Travis was raised on an organic dairy farm, and Krista’s family had transitioned their farm to organic production before Travis and Krista purchased the farm.
“Conservation is a big part of what we do,” Travis said, noting that he works with the Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Vernon County Land and Water Conservation Department. Travis has been experimenting with tillage practices and management of crop rotation to minimize soil disturbance. Last year, Travis experimented with no-tilling organic soybean. He planted a rye crop then rolled and crimped it and planted the soybean into it. “I learned a lot, and sometimes learning can be expensive,” Travis said of the experiment. “It wasn’t a great success, but I learned a lot of things from networking with some other individuals that I think will help things in the future be more successful.” In the barn, the Klinkners focus on breeding cows that produce a large volume of high-component milk with their dairy herd that is primarily Holstein. PHOTO SUBMITTED They have been focusing on using Red Travis (right) and Krista Klinkner receive the 2019 Wisconsin Farm Bureau’s and White genetics in recent years, as Young Farmer and Agriculturalist of the Year award from then-Wisconsin Farm well using utilizing A2A2 genetics and Bureau FederaƟon President Jim Holte. selecting for polled individuals as often as possible. Selecting for fertility is another important parameter Travis uses with. The milking herd is articially in- working to take it to the next level. Evin his sire selection criteria. seminated and heifers are bull bred. ery generation keeps wowing us, and Travis uses aAa analysis to assist “We really want a well-balanced we are seeing improvement.” him in making matings that will pro- cow,” Travis said. “We had a really duce the kind of cow he likes working good base to start with, and we are Turn to KLINKNER | Page 7
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ConƟnued from KLINKNER | Page 6 They have experimented with crossbreeding and have used Brown Swiss, Montbéliarde, Viking Red and Linebacks, but they hope to develop a registered Holstein herd. “It’s our idea of keeping life interesting,” Krista said of the crossbreeding. “It’s how we diversify our portfolio.” All of the youngstock are raised on the farm. Krista is in charge of managing their development. “Krista does a great job at managing the calves,” Travis said. “They get off to a real good start and that shows when they calve in as 2-year-olds. We know what is coming in and it allows us to cull accordingly.”
The Klinkners use DHIA testing as a management tool, and their herd has a 21,000-pound rolling herd average. They are working toward their next goal of 24,000 pounds. Travis had been involved with the Monroe County Farm Bureau, serving as their Young Farmer and Agriculturalist committee chair prior to beginning his own dairy farming career. After the Klinkners purchased their farm, Travis took a break from his involvement in the Farm Bureau. A friend and neighbor convinced the Klinkners to get involved with the Vernon County Farm Bureau, an opportunity which they embraced and led them to take a shot at applying for the
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Amanda, own Grazing Goat Dairy with Dave’s father and mother, Allan and Kay Shindelar, who own the farmsite where it is located. A year ago, the two couples comBy Sherry Newell pleted building a processing Contributing writer plant where 20% of their production is turned into PROTIVIN, Iowa – A products marketed on site former hog facility near Pro- and through several area cotivin now holds 200 dairy ops and farmers markets. goats supplying retail milk, Expanding his parents’ drinkable yogurt and cara- goat business allowed the mel sauce. It is the realiza- younger Shindelars to move tion of Dave Shindelar’s de- back to northeast Iowa from sire to raise his family back Des Moines, where Dave on the farm where he grew was a radiation therapist and up. Amanda was a nurse. She Shindelar and his wife,
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Dave Shindelar (leŌ) and his father, Allan, operate Grazing Goat Dairy with their wives near ProƟvin, Iowa.
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Goats stand in a pen with hay feeders Allan Shindelar constructed to minimize waste.
grew up in Ft. Atkinson, a stone’s throw from Protivin. The Shindelars raised crops, beef and hogs when Dave was growing up. First, the hog enterprise ended then the beef. A neighbor had been raising goats which led to the elder Shindelars beginning to milk goats in 2004, selling to a cheese
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Allan Shindelar distributes feed at his farm, Grazing Goat Dairy, near ProƟvin, Iowa. The farm’s nursery features homemade headlocks and a shelf where containers can be inserted to provide milk, water and feed.
coming the only Grade A goat dairy in Iowa. Today, Grazing Goat Dairy vat pasteurizes milk for packaging in whole, creamline products in white and chocolate. The drinkable yogurt uses real fruit and pure cane sugar in avors of strawberry, mango, blueberry and plain. “I wanted to make something healthy for my kids too,” Dave said. “I can’t tell you how much (drinkable yogurt) they go through. … And people are looking for options other than plant-based beverages. Goat milk is naturally A2 protein.” But Dave said caramel sauce, in avors of original, cinnamon caramel and vanilla caramel, is the most unique Grazing Goat offering. “Dad mentioned it once, so we found recipes and then tested them,” he said. “It’s like a dulce de leche.” The sauce requires what Dave calls a touchy cooking process, but it is their highest prot margin product and helps manage the milk supply because of its six-month shelf life. With an 18-day shelf life for the milk, Dave processes every
two weeks. He makes yogurt every week. Timing is important because he has continued his off-farm job with Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Amanda works part time as a nurse and is busy with their children: Chase, 8, Isabel,7, Eliza, 2, and Ruby, 1. Allan does the milking and goat chores, while Kay often works in the nursery where kids are housed in individual stalls with homemade headlocks. The double-24 milking parlor makes use of the former hog feeders which are suspended above the milking stalls to deliver grain and protein during milking. Milk can be pumped directly from the parlor to the pasteurizer in the processing plant. The former hog barn initially provided housing for the goats, but a collapse under heavy snow in 2019 led to building a new, insulated structure using one wall of the building to which the milking parlor is attached. Some of the goat management has changed because of the retail operation. Typically, their goats are seasonal breeders, leaving the processing plant without milk in the fall. This year the Shindelars have bred 100 yearlings to kid in June in order to spread out production year-round. Grazing Goat Dairy sells its products at Oneota Co-op in Decorah and New Pioneer Co-op in Cedar Rapids as well as at farmers markets in Cedar Rapids and Des Moines. Customers can also nd the products online through the Iowa Food Co-op or can pick them up at the farm. Caramel is available on their website. When there is leftover product, the Shindelars follow what Dave calls their faith-based approach to the business and donate products where it can be used. “In the end, God works through us,” he said. “We believe in giving back as much as we can.” The family supports charities such as CLIMB for Haiti. Allan and Kay have made multiple trips to Haiti to help those most in need. The next step for Grazing Goat Dairy is to expand sales by shipping across state lines. A recent inspection will allow them to be included SHERRY NEWELL/DAIRY STAR on the Interstate Milk Shippers list. Dave Shindelar holds a jar of caramel “We’re moving in the right disauce he makes in the dairy’s on-farm rection,” Dave said. processing plant near ProƟvin, Iowa.
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By Lee Mielke
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February milk output shot higher, thanks to an increased herd size and favorable weather. The Agriculture Department’s preliminary data in its latest Milk Production report shows output at 17.87 billion pounds, up 5.3% from February 2019, however the data is skewed in that February had an extra “Leap Day” of production than 2019, so adjusting for the extra day, output was up 1.7%. February output in the top 24 states totaled 17.0 billion pounds, up 5.6%, but after adjusting, it was up 2.0%. Revisions added 40 million pounds to the original 50-state January total, now put at 18.8 billion, up 1.1% from January 2019. Cow numbers in the 50 states in February totaled 9.37 million head, up 9,000 from January and 18,000 above a year ago. The 24-state count totaled 8.84 million head, up 8,000 from January and 39,000 more than February 2019. Revisions added 13,000 cows to the January head count, now put at 9.36 million head, 7,000 above a year ago. Output per cow in the 50 states averaged 1,841 pounds, after adjusting, up 27 pounds from a year ago or 1.5%. Adjusting for the Leap Day, California was up 84 million pounds or 2.6% from a year ago. Cow numbers were down 3,000 but output per cow was up 52 pounds. Wisconsin was down 0.8% on 10,000 fewer cows and 1 pound less per cow. Texas output was up 74 million pounds or 7.0%, thanks to 32,000 more cows and a 21 pound gain per cow. Idaho was up 5.5%, on 27,000 more cows and a 22 pound gain per cow. New York was up 1.9%, thanks to a 38 pound gain per cow. Cow numbers were down 1,000. Minnesota was up 0.3% despite a loss of 5,000 cows. Output per cow was up 23 pounds. Michigan was up 1.1% on 3,000 more cows and a 6 pound gain per cow. New Mexico was up 2.7%, on 11,000 more cows offsetting a 15 pound drop per cow. Oregon was up 2.0%, thanks to 3,000 more cows. Output per cow was down 7 pounds. Pennsylvania inched up 0.1% on a 61 pound gain per cow, but cow numbers were down 17,000. Vermont was down 1.4%, on 2,000 fewer cows. Output per cow was up 1 pound. Washington State was up 4.0%, on 4,000 more cows and a 48 pound per cow increase. Most analysts view the report as bearish. FC Stone points out “We are now 7 months into the herd expansion and we’re up 55,000 head,” and it appears that “Farmers are responding to margins just like they used to.” Dairy cow culling took a drop in February. The USDA’s latest Livestock Slaughter report shows an estimated 266,100 head went to slaughter under federal inspection, down 32,400 head or 10.8% from January and 12,800
head or 4.6% below February 2019. The two month total shows 564,600 head were retired from the dairy industry so far in 2020, down 12,700 head or 2.2% from 2019. Meanwhile, the USDA’s latest Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Outlook reports that the 2020 forecast for the number of milk cows was raised to 9.345 million head, 10,000 higher than last month’s forecast. Milk per cow is now forecast at 23,780 pounds, 5 pounds lower than the previous forecast. With the higher projection for milk cows more than offsetting the lower projection for milk per cow, the milk production forecast was raised 300 million pounds to 222.3 billion, says USDA. Powder pulled Tuesday’s Global Dairy Trade (GDT) lower, as the world falls to its knees from coronavirus, COVID-19. The weighted average of products offered dropped 3.9%, following the 1.2% drop on March 3, 2.9% on February 18, and the 4.7% plunge on February 4. Skim milk powder led the declines, down a whopping 8.1%, followed by whole milk powder, down 4.2%, after declines of 3.2% and 0.5% respectively March 3. Lactose led the gains, up 4.9%, and GDT Cheddar was up 2.6%, after it dropped 4.7% last time. Rennet casein and anhydrous milkfat were both up 1.0%, after the milkfat slipped 1.7%. Butter inched up 0.3%, following its 1.0% rise last time. FC Stone equated the GDT 80 percent butterfat butter price to $1.8341 per pound US, up 0.6 cents from the last event. CME butter closed Tuesday at $1.7550. GDT Cheddar cheese equated to $1.9950 per pound, up 5.1 cents, and compares to Tuesday’s CME block Cheddar at $1.8375. GDT skim milk powder averaged $1.1462 per pound and compares to $1.2460 last time. Whole milk powder averaged $1.2687, down from $1.3389. CME Grade A nonfat dry milk closed Friday at 98.75 cents per pound. In trade news of a brighter note, the Canadian Parliament approved the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue stated; “USMCA is a great victory for America’s agriculture industry, and I am pleased to see Canada’s Parliament approved the deal. USMCA locks in and expands access to our neighbors to the North and South.” He also pledged to continue to work with both Canada and Mexico in implementing this agreement. Checking the latest demand data, American-style cheese disappearance in January plummeted to the lowest level of any month since July 2017, according to analysis by HighGround Dairy (HGD). “January marked the sharpest year over year percentage decline since July 2011,” says HGD. Butter domestic disappearance was down versus last year’s record high January demand but still marked the highest January domestic demand since 2016, aside from
the prior year, according to HGD. Domestic nonfat dry milk disappearance dropped to the lowest January volume on record but “was on trend with the declines also seen in November and December,” says HGD. HGD’s Lucas Fuess warned in the March 23 Dairy Radio Now broadcast that they expect a severe decline in restaurant and food service sales, which are a key driver of dairy demand, however retail and grocery demand has been exceptionally strong and in some areas excess milk has been owing into Midwest uid plants which, in some cases are seeing record sales. Demand depends on how long quarantines and social distancing remains in effect, he said, all of which have occurred just as we reached peak spring ush milk volumes. The resulting lower milk prices will hit dairy farmers just as they were starting to get used to protable prices again, after several years. Fuess says they are closely monitoring trade, especially as things improve in China. They expect there will be some increase in demand there but that is dependent on where inventories are overall. FC Stone echoes those remarks on consumer demand, writing that “while toilet tissue and bottled water are ying off retails shelves throughout the country, dairy products are also being swept up. Everything from ice cream to uid milk seems to be on the short shopping list for consumers and manufacturers are feeling it.” FC Stone’s Dave Kurzawski says “We estimate about half of the cheese that moves at food service is on pizza. As long as people are comfortable having pizza delivered, some of the blow to food service is going to be buffered. If you combine with to-go/drive throughs still open, maybe the dairy hit won’t be as bad as feared,” though “The presumption is demand will drop off signicantly.” “Generally, we’d expect the lion’s share of this (excess milk) to get pushed into Class IV markets with spillover into Class III,” he wrote. “However, this is not the Christmas shut down. This is not summer break. This is survival time. We expect some additional uid milk to slosh around, but we don’t think it will be quite as bad as expected. We’re not comparing this to Christmas in the slightest.” The USDA’s Dairy Outlook also spoke to the situation, stating; “There are two types of potential effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) on the U.S. dairy industry. First is supply chain disruptions and second is the lower global demand for dairy products resulting from weaker economic conditions.” “Since data concerning domestic and foreign supply and demand quantities are not yet available for February or March, the extent of the effects on the U.S. dairy industry thus far are unknown. Health authorities are highly uncertain of the severity and duration of the epidemic and macroeconomists are highly uncertain of the potential impact on the global economy,” the Outlook states. “The epidemic caused supply chain disruptions for exports to China. According to a Reuters news report, the average wait time for container vessels at Zhoushan in
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ConƟnued from MIELKE | Page 10 southern China spiked to more than 60 hours in the week of February 11-17.” “Due to travel restrictions for workers returning from the Lunar New Year holiday, several ports in China operated with reduced stafng. Since then, the situation at China’s ports has started to improve as many workers have returned to work.” The latest Margin Watch (MW) from Chicago-based Commodity & Ingredient Hedging LLC stated that “Dairy margins deteriorated further over the rst half of March as ongoing fallout from the COVID-19 global pandemic weighed heavily on the dairy complex. Social distancing measures enacted by both the federal and local governments to stem the spread of the virus are causing signicant anxiety as they negatively impact demand. The Class IV market in particular has come under extreme pressure with both butter and powder prices falling sharply.” The MW warned; “There are also supply concerns stemming from uncertainty over how milk processors may have to handle an outbreak of the virus among employees, with potential plant closures a distinct possibility.” National Milk Producers Federation president and CEO, Jim Mulhern, spoke to assure consumers concerning dairy products, stating; “US dairy farmers are stewards of a product that’s harvested around the clock, 365 days a year, and they understand the importance of steady production as well as steady consumption. The US foodsupply chain is more than capable of meeting demand, and consumers should be reassured that milk and dairy products will continue to be produced and available in the coming weeks and months.” “Dairy supplies aren’t experiencing production interruptions at this time, and dairy farmers and processors will continue to do what they do best: produce safe, quality products every day for consumers in the U.S. and worldwide. We will vigilantly work with all aspects of the dairy supply chain to ensure these products get to everyone who needs them and that, as has always been true, dairy will remain something consumers can count on.” Cash Cheddar block cheese closed Friday at $1.8375, down 3.5 cents on the week but still 26.75 cents above a year ago. The barrels fell to $1.3875 Thursday, lowest CME price since March 11, 2019, setting a new record spread of 47.5 cents, but they closed Friday at $1.43, 7 cents lower on the week, 13.5 cents below a year ago, and 40.75 cents below the blocks. 4 cars of block traded hands on the week at the CME and 5 of barrel. Midwestern cheesemakers saw a variety of demand responses early week, according to Dairy Market News. If they were primarily a retail based operation, orders were very active. If their focus is on food service and government related buying, they were slow. If they run both, orders were mixed but regardless, they are busy. Milk was at $2 to $6 under Class mid-week but some bottlers were beginning to pull from milk supplies, diverting
spot milk into bottling due to what they call the “toilet paper effect,” wherein alongside toiletry items, grocery store shelves are being cleared of dietary staples such as milk, eggs and bread. Cheese demand in the West was close to that of the prior week. While food chain orders are trending down, retailers’ intakes have increased due to many end-users stocking up for later usage. Cheese processing continues on an active tone as milk is abundant in the West. Butter sunk to $1.67 per pound Wednesday, lowest CME price since February 26, 2015, but it rallied Thursday and Friday to close at $1.7550, 5.75 cents lower on the week and 51 cents below a year ago. There were 12 sales on the week. Butter makers are seeing positives in retail demand, says DMN, but says it’s too early to tell whether it is the “toilet paper effect” or whether the retail upticks are early spring holiday demand. DMN says “Food service accounts were not granted the luck of the Irish, this week. Schools and universities have no need to order for upcoming weeks, with state mandated closures ending no earlier than early April in many states. Cream is plentiful. As more milk ows from processing to bottling, also due to the grocery shelf clearances, more cream is being
churned, adding to an already heavy supply. Contacts are hopeful that bakery and ice cream needs lend some help, otherwise dumping is expected.” Western butter makers say near-term retail butter demand is strong and certain retail account orders are several times higher than typical. Consumers have been stocking up. While the swell of retail business has kept butter output active, food service accounts are diminishing and butter inventories are steady to growing. Spot nonfat dry milk was also pummeled, falling below $1 per pound for the rst time since April 17, 2019, and it closed Friday at 98.75 cents, down 6.5 cents on the week and 3 cents below a year ago. 50 cars traded hands on the week. Dry whey saw a Friday close at 33 cents per pound, down 1.75 cents on the week and even with a year ago, with 7 cars exchanging hands on the week. The April Federal order Class I base milk price is $16.64 per hundredweight, down 82 cents from March but 88 cents above April 2019 and the highest April Class I since 2014. That put the 2020 Class I average at $17.67, up from $15.54 at this time a year ago and compares to $14.29 in 2018.
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Lessons learned from automated feeders
Whites continually work to improve calf raising By Daniella Nauman danielle.n@dairystar.com
REEDSBURG, Wis. – Raising calves is a top priority for Jerry and Linda White and their calf barn manager Julie Molitor. It is a job they take seriously, and they continually work to improve the environment for the calves that are the future of their dairy herd. The Whites milk about 870 Holsteins on their Kinnamon Ridge Dairy located near Reedsburg in a double-16 parlor. The calves are raised in a greenhouse-style facility on two GEA automated calf feeders. In 2012, the Whites embarked on a project for a facility to raise their calves. They located a used greenhouse-type facility that was for sale on a nearby farm, which they retro-
build for automated feeders. When the building was complete, they began raising calves in social groups on mob feeders until the automated feeders were installed in 2014. The Whites credit much of their calf success to Molitor who has managed the calfrearing program since 2015. Molitor, who did not grow up on a farm, found her true calling of working with animals while working a part-time job at a dairy goat farm before a chance meeting with the Whites led to her current position. “Julie is an ace with the calves,” Linda White said. “She is brilliant at research. I don’t know of anyone else that reads virology books to re-
“When things are going really well, we have experienced an average rate of gain as high as 3 pounds per day.” LINDA WHITE, DAIRY FARMER
tted with some conventional structure. When they rst started their project, the Whites had not planned to purchase automated feeders but had planned to house calves in individual pens. In the middle of the project, they made the decision to
search how to solve any problems that might arise.” Calves are born in the maternity area. After birth, they are moved into a warm room where their navels are dipped, and they are tube-fed fresh colostrum. At about 24 hours of
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Jerry and Linda White (right), and their calf manager, Julie Molitor, have learned a lot from using automated calf feeders on their farm, Kinnamon Ridge Dairy, near Reedsburg, Wisconsin. The Whites milk 870 cows. age, calves are moved to the farm’s calf facility where they spend the next few days in individual pens. Molitor monitors the calves and ensures they get off to a good start before they are moved into the group pens with the automated feeders. Once they are moved to group housing, Molitor tries to maintain groups of 20 calves but weaning groups sometimes have as many as 25 calves. The two automated feeders each feed two pens. The Whites arrange their groups so that the oldest and youngest calves are fed by the same machine. “It’s not the typical way
autofeeders are arranged, but it makes it much easier for us to train new calves to the feeder,” White said. “It was an expensive change after we rst put them in, doing all the rewiring and re-setting, but it was a very good move.” In the six years of having automated calf feeders, the Whites have learned, enjoyed successes and experienced some challenges along the way. In true dairy farmer fashion, they worked to nd effective solutions to each problem. “When things are going really well, we have experienced an average rate of gain as high as 3 pounds per day,” White
said. Ventilation has been something the Whites have struggled with. The barn is ventilated with an air tube and curtains, but Molitor said they struggle with dead air in the center of the barn near the milk room. She also said the building’s plastic roof lacks sun-shades which causes the building to be hot in the summer sun. “We’ve had some respiratory issues that have been related to air quality,” White said. “We have solved some of that with opening the top curtains on the barn to help bring Turn to WHITES | Page 15
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Calves at Kinnamon Ridge Dairy are raised in four groups with two autofeeders. The Whites installed roboƟc calf feeders in 2014. fresh air in.” When they rst moved into the autofeeders and group housing scenario, the Whites experienced trouble with cross-sucking, but after observing their calves, they learned how to alleviate that issue. “One of the things we learned early on is that if you don’t want calves sucking, you need to be feeding them the same amount in the feeders as you did leading up to the feeders,” White said. “If you decrease the amount they can get per visit from what they were getting before the autofeeders, they will suck. They know what a full belly feels like. We will push them in twice a day for the same amount they were getting, and eventually they will learn to go more often.” When they rst got the autofeeders, the weaning group was set to receive a gallon of milk once per day. Soon they were seeing calves with stomach problems. Working with calf consultants and doing her own research, Molitor surmised the amount of milk the calves were receiving was too much volume for the shrinking abomasum, causing milk to spill over into the rumen, giving them sour stomachs. “They would go off feed, get sickly
and then the next day they would be hungry again,” Molitor said. “As the calves get older, you need to reduce the size of the feedings.” The Whites have changed the location of the grain offered to their calves as well. “At the beginning, we had the grain at the ends of the pens by the autofeeders,” White said. “The ammonia smell was terric in those areas. We have learned that spacing the feeders out throughout the pens keeps sloppy spots from developing.” As the machines are getting older, the Whites have had to do more maintenance. “It’s the unpredictable parts that are breaking now, things that we don’t necessarily keep spare parts on hand for,” White said. “We are lucky; Julie is great at doing the maintenance and trouble shooting.” They keep parts that need to be replaced regularly on hand but are nding that some of the parts that are wearing out from age are difcult to obtain. “The autofeeders are a lifesaver until they break down,” Molitor said. “When there is a problem, I just have to be able to nd creative ways to make sure everyone gets fed.”
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Evaluating, managing alfalfa stands for winter injury By Dennis Cosgrove & Dan Undersander UW Extension
Each year, alfalfa stands are at risk of being injured or killed by winter conditions such as cold temperatures, ice sheets and heaving. Having the ability to evaluate this injury early in spring is helpful in making crop rotation decisions. This article will discuss factors affecting winter injury and “how to” methods to evaluate it. How do plants prepare for winter? Preparation for winter begins as days become shorter in late summer. Plants with a high level of fall dormancy will be shorter than those with less dormancy. Once nighttime temperatures drop below 40°F, the plant begins the process of hardening or truly preparing for cold temperatures and the following changes occur to enable the plant to tolerate freezing temperatures: Cell membranes change to allow them to remain more uid and so more functional at colder temperatures. Sugars accumulate within the cells to lower cell freezing point. While this is sometimes cites as the primary mechanism for freezing tolerance, in fact this only lowers the freezing point 1 or 2 degrees. Compounds accumulate within the cell which absorb free water. Water in this state does not freeze and so cannot damage the cell. Cells lose water. This is the most important way plant cells tolerate freezing temperatures. Water located in the cell walls, outside the cell, freezes. This does not damage cells but serves to “pull” even more water out of the cell. This water also freezes and the process continues until the cell is extremely dehydrated. This dehydration, coupled with absorption of free water in the cell (previous point), means there is very little water left to freeze and damage the cell. What causes winter injury? The processes described above allow alfalfa to tolerate temperatures as low as 5 to 15°F, depending on variety and past management. Below this temperature, water left within the cell freezes forming ice crystals that puncture the cell membrane. When cells thaw, they die as water and cell contents leak from the cells. Research has shown increased electrolyte leakage and cell rupture of alfalfa taproot cells exposed to 17.6°F for as little as 30 minutes. Anoth-
er way cells are killed is from the extreme dehydration they experience as more and more water is pulled from the cells. There are some varietal differences in dehydration tolerance. Winter injury or death can occur from ice sheets that prevent air exchange to the alfalfa crowns. Toxic metabolites such as ethanol, methanol and lactic acid then accumulate which kill the alfalfa plant. Alfalfa can tolerate up to about 3 weeks of this before they are killed (less if soil temperatures are near freezing and longer if the soil is colder).
What factors affect winter injury? A number of factors affect the likelihood of winter injury in alfalfa stands. Among them are: – Stand age. Older stands are more likely to winterkill than younger ones. – Variety. Varieties with superior winter-hardiness ratings and a high disease resistance index are less likely to experience winter injury. – Soil pH. Stands growing on soil with a pH about 6.6 are less likely to experience winter injury. – Soil Fertility. Stands with high fertility, particularly potassium, are less likely to experience winter injury than those with low fertility. – Soil moisture. Alfalfa grown on welldrained soils is less pone to winter injury. – Fall soil moisture status. As dehydration is the primary means of tolerating freezing temperatures, stands that go into winter with low soil moisture are better able to lose moisture and are less likely to winter kill. – Cutting Management. Both harvest frequency and timing of fall cutting affect alfalfa winter hardiness. The shorter the interval between cuttings, the greater is the risk of winter injury. Stands in which a last cutting is taken between September 1st and October 15th are at greater risk, as plants are unable to replenish root carbohydrate reserves before winter. – Snow cover. Snow is an excellent insulator. Temperature uctuations are much less under snow cover. As little as 4 inches of snow can result in a 10°F difference in soil temperatures. Stands which have not been cut after September 1 or which have at least 6 inches of stubble left will be able to retain more snow cover and be less susceptible to winter injury. How do I diagnose winter injury?
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My alfalfa stand is winter injured. Now what? Winter injured stands require different management than healthy stands if they are to stay in production. If winter injury is evident consider the following: Determine yield potential. Potential yield of an alfalfa stand may be estimated by determining the number of stems in a square foot area. Once stem number is determined use the following formula to calculate yield potential of that stand: Yield (tons/acre) = (Stems/ft2 x 0.1) + 0.38 For example, an alfalfa stand with 50 stems/ft2 would have a yield potential of 5.38. Remember, this is potential yield. Soil factors, nutrient deciency, insects, diseases and many other things may affect
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Use the following guidelines to aid in making a decision about keeping a winter injured stand: – Allow alfalfa plants to mature longer before cutting. Allowing plants to mature to early, mid or even full bloom will help the plants restore needed carbohydrates for subsequent production. How long and during which cutting depends on the extent of winter injury. For severely injured stands, allow plants to go to nearly full bloom in rst cut and to early ower in subsequent cuttings. This will give these stands the best chance at survival. Stands with less injury could be harvested somewhat earlier depending on the extent of the injury. Stands with only mild injury could be allowed to go to 10 to 25% bloom at sometime during the season. It may be best to choose second or third cutting with these stands as rst crop is usually the highest yielding. – Allow alfalfa plants to mature longer before cutting. Allowing plants to mature to early, mid or even full bloom will help the plants restore needed carbohydrates for subsequent production. How long and during which cutting depends on the extent of winter injury. For severely injured stands, allow plants to go to nearly full bloom in rst cut and to early ower in subsequent cuttings. This will give these stands the best chance at survival. Stands with less injury could be harvested somewhat earlier depending on the extent of the injury. Stands with only mild injury could be allowed to go to 10 to 25% bloom at sometime during the season. It may be best to choose second or third cutting with these stands as rst crop is usually the highest yielding. – Increase cutting height. This is particularly important when allowing plants to ower before cutting. As this time, new shoots may be developing at the bas of the plants. It is important to not remove these shoots as it will further weaken the plant to have to produce new one. – Fertilize. It is particularly important that winter injured stands have adequate fertility. Soil test and apply needed fertilizer prior to rst cutting if possible. – Control weeds. Herbicide applications to control weed competition will help the stand by eliminating weeds that compete for moisture, light and nutrients. – No late fall cutting. Do not cut winter injured stands after Sept. 1 to allow for the buildup of food reserves prior to winter unless the intent is to plow down the stand.
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Open Sundays Noon-8pm to Receive Stock • Complimentary Hay & Water Pens Provided BRED DAIRY HEIFERS ALEXANDRIA MN 1 Hol Bred Heifer 1355 1,200.00 H ALEXANDRIA MN 1 Hol Bred Heifer 1305 1,150.00 H ALEXANDRIA MN 1 Hol Bred Heifer 1220 1,100.00 H ALEXANDRIA MN 1 Hol Bred Heifer 1170 1,075.00 H PELICAN RAPIDS MN 1 Hol Bred Heifer 1510 1,075.00 H ALEXANDRIA MN 1 Hol Bred Heifer 1290 1,050.00 H ALEXANDRIA MN 1 Hol Bred Heifer 1220 1,000.00 H ALEXANDRIA MN 1 Hol Bred Heifer 1435 1,000.00 H SLAUGHTER COWS MENAHGA MN 1 Hol Slaughter Cows 1380 79.00 C MENAHGA MN 1 Hol Slaughter Cows 1680 72.50 C FRAZEE MN 1 Hol Slaughter Cows 1770 70.50 C MENAGHA MN 1 Blk Slaughter Cows 1235 70.00 C PELICAN RAPIDS MN 1 Hol Slaughter Cows 1605 69.50 C BLUFFTON MN 1 BWF Slaughter Cows 1345 69.50 C PERHAM MN 1 Blk Slaughter Cows 1640 68.00 C MENAGHA MN 1 Blk Slaughter Cows 1525 67.00 C PERHAM MN 1 Red Slaughter Cows 1370 67.00 C PERHAM MN 1 Blk Slaughter Cows 1370 66.00 C WADENA MN 1 Hol Slaughter Cows 1555 66.00 C DETROIT LAKES MN 1 Hol Slaughter Cows 1580 66.00 C STAPLES MN 1 Hol Slaughter Cows 1635 65.50 C FERGUS FALLS MN 1 Red Slaughter Cows 1175 65.50 C FERGUS FALLS MN 1 Red Slaughter Cows 1445 65.50 C OTTERTAIL MN 1 Blk Slaughter Cows 1535 65.50 C PERHAM MN 1 Hol Slaughter Cows 1620 65.50 C FRAZEE MN 1 Char Slaughter Cows 1270 65.50 C PERHAM MN 1 Hol Slaughter Cows 1415 65.00 C UNDERWOOD MN 1 Hol Slaughter Cows 1845 65.00 C PERHAM MN 1 Blk Slaughter Cows 1360 65.00 C VERNDALE MN 1 Hol Slaughter Cows 1545 65.00 C HEWITT MN 1 Hol Slaughter Cows 1290 64.50 C PERHAM MN 1 Herf Slaughter Cows 1610 64.50 C FRAZEE MN 1 Hol Slaughter Cows 1760 64.50 C PERHAM MN 1 Blk Slaughter Cows 1510 64.00 C PERHAM MN 1 Hol Slaughter Cows 1615 63.50 C PERHAM MN 1 Blk Slaughter Cows 1630 63.50 C PERHAM MN 1 Hol Slaughter Cows 1455 63.50 C SEBEKA MN 1 Hol Slaughter Cows 1805 63.50 C NEW YORK MILLS MN 1 Blk Slaughter Cows 1220 63.50 C NEW YORK MILLS MN 1 Blk Slaughter Cows 1080 63.50 C BLUFFTON MN 1 Blk Slaughter Cows 985 63.00 C NEW YORK MILLS MN 1 Blk Slaughter Cows 1120 63.00 C MENAHGA MN 1 Hol Slaughter Cows 1330 63.00 C PERHAM MN 1 Herf Slaughter Cows 1505 63.00 C FRAZEE MN 1 Hol Slaughter Cows 1825 63.00 C PERHAM MN 1 Hol Slaughter Cows 1570 62.50 C MENAHGA MN 1 Hol Slaughter Cows 1540 62.50 C MENAHGA MN 1 Hol Slaughter Cows 1510 62.50 C WAUBUN MN 1 Red Slaughter Cows 1335 62.50 C PELICAN RAPIDS MN 1 Hol Slaughter Cows 1340 62.50 C PERHAM MN 1 Hol Slaughter Cows 1520 62.50 C SEBEKA MN 1 Red Slaughter Cows 1625 62.50 C
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62.00 C 62.00 C 62.00 C 62.00 C 62.00 C 62.00 C 61.50 C 61.50 C 61.50 C 61.50 C 61.50 C 61.50 C 61.50 C 61.50 C 61.50 C 61.00 C 61.00 C 60.50 C 60.50 C 60.50 C 60.50 C 60.50 C 60.50 C 60.00 C 60.00 C 60.00 C 59.50 C 59.50 C 59.50 C 59.50 C 59.50 C 59.50 C 59.00 C
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Rounds $130-$170/ton
Rounds $90-$150/ton
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LOYAL FARM EQUIPMENT “I feel our calf program has been highlighted as one of the best in the country BECAUSE of our Agri-Plastics hutches! We raise a healthier calf that thrives in both individual and group hutches.”
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Frazee - 80 Hol Steers, V, P, DH (50 are 300-450 lbs, 30 are 750-900 lbs) Sebeka - 25 Hol Steers, 400-600 lbs V, DH, HR Underwood - 15 Hol Steers, 350-400 lbs DH, V Park Rapids - 14 Hol Steers, 400-550 lbs Fairmont, ND - 8 Hol Heifers, 550-600 lbs, 2xV Audubon - 2 Flec/HolX Hfrs, 1 Hol Hfr, 2 Jersey Nurse Cows, 1 Fresh Hol Cow 1st Lact, 1 Fresh HolX Cow 2nd Lact HAY, STRAW, CORN STALKS Wahpeton - 34 Corn Stalk Round Bales, 1148 lb avg, Stack 83 Wahpeton - 34 Corn Stalk Round Bales, 1160 lb avg, Stack 84 Wahpeton - 33 Corn Stalk Round Bales, 1129 lb avg, Stack 85 Parkers Prairie-35 5x6 Rye Straw Bales, 1126 lb avg, RFV 69.38, Pro 8.71, Moist 28.26, Stack 86 Parkers Prairie-19 4x5 Oat Alfalfa Balage, 1648lb avg, RFV 92.58, Pro 11.33, Moist 63.41, Stack 87 Parkers Prairie - 34 4x5 Rye Straw Bales, Stack 88 Waubun - 34 Round 5x6 Oats Hay, Stack 89 Callaway - 17 5x6 Round Corn Stalks, Stack 90 Viking - 78 3x3x8 Big Square Straw Bales, Stack 91 Viking - 70 3x3x8 Big Square Straw Bales, Stack 92
“I feel good my investment will last a long time. I particularly like the bedding doors on the back of the group hutches.”
• April 6th Feeder Sale
Vergas - 65 Red & Blk Steers, 750-850 lbs, W, V, HR, DF, On Silage & Hay Ogema - 45 Hereford Steers & Heifers, 650-700 lbs, V & W Fergus Falls - 35 Beef Feeders, 500-700 lbs, W, V, HR Eagle Bend - 30 Beef Steers, 600-750 lbs, 2xV, W, P Ottertail - 20 Beef Steers & Heifers, 700-800 lbs, 2xV, P, On Grain & Hay Osage - 14 Gelbvieh Steers & Heifers, 650-70 lbs, W, V Park Rapids - 12 Beef Steers, 800 lbs, V, P, NI
• April 13th Feeder & Hay Sale • April 20th Feeder Sale Hog, Goat, Sheep Special
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2019 Rolling Herd Averages above DHIA Average Dollar Value
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Producer Name BRAD & JUDY CHANDLER BREEZY HILL DAIRY DOUG & SANDRA DEROUSSEAU FRIENDSHUH FARMS LLC GEHL ACRES FARM GRAZIN ACRES IMAGE-POINT DAIRY JOHNSON, THOMAS KAHL FARMS MANSHAEM, GORDON & MICHELE MARSHLAND FARMS MULLEN, TOM NYHUS, BRAD & HOLLY RAY, RODNEY RIVER VALLEY DAIRY LLC SUNKREST DAIRY TURNER DAIRY LLC
Todd Beaver Turtle Lake, WI 28 years • 715-986-2224
% Milk City Sold RICE LAKE 100 DALLAS 100 RICE LAKE 101 CLEAR LAKE 99 CAMERON 102 HILLSDALE 101 RICE LAKE 100 ST CROIX FALLS 103 RIDGELAND 106 CHETEK 100 CUSHING 101 RICE LAKE 101 CUMBERLAND 99 CLEAR LAKE 100 SHELL LAKE 102 CUSHING 100 CENTURIA 104
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Concrete
Silos
Producer Name AHO, TIM&SARAH IMPOLA DAIRY INGVALSON, ANDREW J & A DAIRY SCHLAUDERAFF, GARY
City FRAZEE SEBEKA FRAZEE FRAZEE FRAZEE
% Milk Sold 105 99 104 102 101
“Thanks for sending your crew so fast! You folks sure are good to us.
Current Rolling Average Milk Fat Prot 23,792 868 724 23,357 968 745 24,267 862 737 30,773 1,189 988 24,753 964 784 23,630 910 741 23,148 933 726 25,528 900 776 23,521 872 730 21,972 969 691 25,219 970 801 22,647 970 701 22,810 932 746 24,282 1,015 775 26,991 1,060 873 22,341 845 676 27,298 1,057 869
3X
X
City SAUK RAPIDS FOLEY SAUK RAPIDS SAUK RAPIDS SAUK RAPIDS RICE RICE FOLEY SAUK RAPIDS RICE SAUK RAPIDS FORESTON
% Milk Sold 104 102 101 100 102 102 102 101 102 103 102 103
3X X
X X
$Value $4,020 $4,296 $4,074 $5,475 $4,421 $4,155 $4,159 $4,248 $4,037 $4,147 $4,463 $4,151 $4,176 $4,492 $4,884 $3,861 $4,856
Dave Myhre 2 years 218-841-8736
# Cows 164 92 195 497 653
Brd HO HO HO HO HO
Current Rolling Average Milk Fat Prot 27,956 1,120 885 22,557 882 703 23,245 887 739 23,124 892 723 27,691 1,039 864
Bruce David Rice, MN 37 years 320-393-4206
Benton DHIA Representatives Producer Name ACKERMAN FARMS CZECH ROADSIDE ACRES DANDEKEN HOLSTEIN MAYHEW LAKE HOLSTEINS MEHRWERTH, MITCH NEW HEIGHTS DAIRY POPP DAIRY RIVERVIEW ENTERPRISES SCAPANSKI FARMS LLC SCHMITT DAIRY SMELTER DAIRY SONNEK FARMS
# Cows Brd 72 HO 706 HO 80 HO X 1,090 HO 144 HO 92 HO 70 HO 34 HO 131 HO 38 HO 104 HO 55 HO 72 HO 54 HO 117 HO 46 HO 186 HO
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Becky Bitzen Parkers Prairie 3 years 320-815-1426
Becker DHIA Representatives www.panningbrothers.com
Bob Klopp Cameron, WI 27 years • 715-458-4163
$Value $5,055 $3,986 $4,113 $4,068 $4,823
Ron Kipka Oak Park, MN 34 years 320-387-2641
# Cows Brd 115 HO 614 HO 81 HO 61 HO 58 XX 3,742 XX 250 HO 93 HO 228 HO 96 HO 71 HO 87 HO
Current Rolling Average Milk Fat Prot 24,670 980 797 27,078 1,003 846 21,773 896 668 23,663 868 699 25,560 1,004 820 25,535 1,052 853 29,782 1,061 904 25,145 961 800 29,829 1,176 919 28,739 1,178 894 21,473 875 650 24,053 915 767
$Value $4,471 $4,694 $3,897 $3,961 $4,609 $4,753 $4,989 $4,459 $5,267 $5,207 $3,846 $4,247
Malcolm Dirksen Twin Brooks, SD 54 years 605-432-6128
Big Stone DHIA Representative
- Doug Abrahamson
Producer Name WEST RIDGE LLC
With over 40 years experience, Wisconsin Silos is the most complete builder of concrete silos in the United States.
3700 Post Rd., Plover, WI
1-800-472-9202 • 715-570-0069 • wisilos@gmail.com www.wisconsinsilos.com
% Milk Sold 100
3X X
# Cows 523
Brown DHIA Representatives
From pouring the footing, to fixing the accessories, unloaders, feeders, conveyors, silo pipes, silo distributors & silo chutes.
WE DO IT ALL!
City BELLINGHAM
Producer Name
DIAMONDVIEW GRIEBELS BLACK AND WHITE LAX DAIRY
City
ST JAMES NEW ULM SLEEPY EYE
% Milk Sold 102 101 101
Brd HO
Current Rolling Average Milk Fat Prot 29,334 1,105 898
$Value $5,068
Rebecca Novey Courtland, MN 5 years 262-995-8970 3X X
# Cows 89 69 333
Brd HO HO HO
Current Rolling Average Milk Fat Prot 22,553 25,120 27,964
797 915 1,079
710 809 866
$Value $3,830 $4,345 $4,896
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OLMAR FARMS PORT HAVEN DAIRY SEIFERT, JONATHAN SEIFERT, STEVEN SPRING CREEK DAIRY FARMS STADICK FARM INC TAUER, DAVID D.& ANGIE
City
SLEEPY EYE SLEEPY EYE SLEEPY EYE SLEEPY EYE SLEEPY EYE NEW ULM HANSKA
% Milk Sold 106 103 105 105 103 102 101
3X X X X
# Cows 166 273 206 118 153 187 245
Carver DHIA Representatives
27,035 24,453 26,739 25,273 23,138 25,203 26,140
998 1,012 1,077 1,008 894 1,039 1,029
878 860 844 807 768 815 842
$Value $4,749 $4,621 $4,811 $4,571 $4,153 $4,655 $4,703
Keith Korkowski Waconia, MN 30 years • 952-955-3762 # Cows 144 107 65 137 61 140 90 92 91 64 157 48 56
Brd HO HO XX HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO
Current Rolling Average Milk Fat Prot 25,265 991 783 24,500 978 806 23,123 935 731 22,547 932 708 25,115 1,065 808 23,522 960 758 21,874 908 666 26,172 997 793 22,965 977 747 25,521 1,035 810 23,363 959 765 26,661 1,063 833 28,992 1,095 877
$Value $4,461 $4,472 $4,205 $4,083 $4,621 $4,295 $3,936 $4,540 $4,237 $4,599 $4,279 $4,776 $5,018
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% Milk City Sold MAYER 101 HAMBURG 99 VICTORIA 101 NORWOOD 101 NORWOOD 99 MAYER 99 COLOGNE 99 MAYER 100 NORWOOD 98 NORWOOD-Y.A. 101 COLOGNE 101 YOUNG AMERICA 100 CHASKA 101
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Dakota DHIA Representative Producer Name BRAND HOLSTEINS EMERY DAIRY REUTER FARMS RIVER CITY DAIRY SAUBER, JOHN SQUARE DEAL DAIRY ST.PAUL DAIRY
HO BS HO HO HO HO HO
Current Rolling Average Milk Fat Prot
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Producer Name BRABEC FARMS FLOWER-BROOK REG.HOL. HARMONY HILLS DAIRY HEUER DAIRY FARM HOEN, LEONARD & STEVEN HOESE DAIRY INC. HOLLANDALE FARMS JOPPS CENTURY FARMS OTTO, DENNIS SAINTVILLE DAIRY SOUTHVIEW DAIRY LLC TA LEONARD REG HOLSTEINS TELLERS, MIKE AND DONNA
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City FARMINGTON DENNISON HASTINGS HASTINGS LAKEVILLE RANDOLPH ST PAUL
% Milk Sold 100 100 96 102 97 99 103
3X
X X
# Cows 58 187 149 397 60 532 140
Brd HO HO HO XX HO HO XX
Current Rolling Average Milk Fat Prot 22,491 907 707 23,161 940 708 25,960 1,050 840 29,689 1,086 909 23,393 969 772 26,503 1,107 864 25,082 996 790
$Value $4,025 $4,139 $4,744 $5,078 $4,363 $4,893 $4,492
# Cows Brd 108 HO 1,158 XX 577 HO 117 HO 130 HO 185 HO
Current Rolling Average Milk Fat Prot 27,632 1,231 907 22,513 965 737 25,135 1,014 797 24,584 983 779 27,138 1,140 927 24,733 927 760
$Value $5,317 $4,229 $4,524 $4,445 $5,136 $4,255
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Dodge County Producer Name CURRIER BROTHERS DALEY FARMS KENNETH ALBERTS MILLER, LYNN + RACHEL NOLT FAMILY FARM TOM AND PENNY BERG
City MANTORVILLE PINE ISLAND PINE ISLAND DODGE CENTER DODGE CENTER PINE ISLAND
% Milk Sold 101 101 101 100 101 100
3X X X
Douglas DHIA Representative Producer Name LAKESIDE JERSEYS
City ALEXANDRIA
3X
City FOUNTAIN FOUNTAIN RUSHFORD PETERSON LANESBORO SPRING VALLEY CHATFIELD LANESBORO PETERSON SPRING VALLEY FOUNTAIN LANESBORO PRESTON CHATFIELD PRESTON FOUNTAIN FOUNTAIN
# Cows 76
Brd JE
Until April 30, 2020
Current Rolling Average Milk Fat Prot 18,345 937 684
* No mix and match. Tubs must be on same invoice to apply discount.
$Value $3,920
Stephanie Tienter Harmony, MN 10 Years 507-993-9115
Fillmore DHIA Representatives Producer Name BLUE VALLEY HOLSTEINS CRYSTAL VIEW FARMS DAHL FARMS DEER BROOK FARM HAZEL, BRIAN AND JUDY HEUSINKVELD FARMS HINCKLEY HOLSTEINS LLC HOLST, TOM AND SUE JOHNSONS ROLLING ACRES KAPPERS, JIM & RYAN MULHERN DAIRY REDALEN, MICHAEL RUMPUS RIDGE FARMS SASS FARMS SCHEEVEL, DAVID + KATHY SHIR-MAN HOLSTEIN FARM TRAIL SIDE HOLSTEINS
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Keith Jorgenson Gareld, MN 32 years 320-808-7455 % Milk Sold 102
TUB SAVINGS
% Milk Sold 99 100 98 101 99 101 106 100 101 101 105 100 104 99 102 99 99
3X X X X X X X X
X
# Cows Brd 231 HO 584 HO 196 HO 359 HO 304 XX 459 HO 439 HO 181 HO 1,337 HO 51 HO 811 HO 233 HO 564 HO 259 HO 127 HO 61 HO 653 HO
Current Rolling Average Milk Fat Prot 23,823 977 766 26,880 1,031 869 23,207 875 744 26,842 1,053 831 26,823 1,003 859 27,251 1,041 819 28,768 1,092 879 26,604 1,047 861 28,334 1,132 917 22,995 907 752 27,310 1,096 861 25,666 996 780 24,534 1,047 791 27,270 996 854 22,418 830 709 23,564 894 726 30,954 1,157 962
$Value $4,360 $4,777 $4,073 $4,764 $4,703 $4,707 $4,984 $4,773 $5,150 $4,108 $4,917 $4,490 $4,570 $4,686 $3,860 $4,108 $5,382
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N13438 STATE HWY 73 WITHEE, WI 54498 Ken Stauffer 715-559-8232 Rocky Olsen 715-721-0079 Travis Parr 715-828-2454 Steve Strey 715-721-0434 Riley Nolt 715-507-1900
Office: 715-229-2500
FEEDER CATTLE AUCTION Tuesday, March 31, 2020 • 11:00 am EXPECTING OVER 200 HEAD!
Producer Name CHAIN O LAKES DAIRY KLASSIC HOLSTEIN LARCREST HOLSTEIN DAIRY MILBRANDT BROTHERS MILLER FARMS ROOT, KEITH SAHRSIDE DAIRY SAUFFERER BROS SOHN DAIRY INC
NEXT SPECIAL FEEDER CATTLE & BRED BEEF COW AUCTION TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 2020 - 11:00AM EXPECTING 600-700 HEAD!
LARGEST ORGANIC MARKET IN THE TRI-STATE AREA! Selling Organic Market Cattle every Monday and Organic Dairy Cattle every Wednesday PREMIUM PRICES PAID!!!
DAIRY AUCTION Wednesday, April 1, 2020 • 11:00 a.m.
EXPECTING OVER 200 HEAD! COMPLETE HERD DISPERSAL #1: 80 Holstein Dairy Cows, milked in parlor, 85% of the herd is springing w/balance recent fresh! Over 30 years AI w/top sires used including Showboy, Dejoun, Clay, Gambler, Election & Trump. All cows currently bred to Registered Holstein Bull. This herd has never been pushed has an excellent vaccination and is extremely well timed for auction. Watch for more information! Coming from DNR Dairy, Ellsworth, WI COMPLETE HERD DISPERSAL #2: 65 Holstein Dairy Cows & Heifers, parlor, (45) Cows (20) Heifers. Watch for more information! Coming from Sawyer County, WI 14 Holstein Dairy Cows, parlor/freestall, cows sell on test, milking 75125# low scc, all 2-3 year olds, full vaccination program, reputation consignor! Coming from Udderful Dairy 10 Springing Heifers, close up, AI sired
Producer Name ALPENTAU DAIRY BURFEIND, PETER+DAVID C&J FAMILY DAIRY CARLSON BROS CASEY O’REILLY DAIRY CLAY VIEW DAIRY CRAZY DAISY DAIRY DICKE CENTURY FARM DICKE, MARK DICKE, TREVOR DOBY-DAY HOLSTEINS INC FRIESE, DAVID AND BECKY HADLER, DALE AND JIM HUNEKE DAIRY KLINGSPORN FARMS LOWELL TANGEN MILLER+SONS, RICHARD OPSAHLS HOLSTEINS RONNINGEN, KELLY AND KURTIS ROSTAD FARMS SCHEFFLER DAIRY VANGSNESS BROS WHITE ROCK DAIRY ZUMBRO VIEW FARMS LLC BANSE, LESTER DONNA BANSE, MICHAEL & KRIS BIRCHWOOD GAP FARM DIERSEN, JOHN + KARYL HEINTZ BADGER VALLEY FARM HOSCHEIT FARMS HOUDEK DAIRY LLC KRUSE, DEVOINE LOEFFELHOLZ, ISIDORE & JANET PINE CREEK FARMS SCHROEDER BROTHERS SELKE FARMS SOLUM HOLSTEINS WALNUT ROW FARM LLC
OUR APRIL 3 , 2020 MACHINERY AUCTION IS POSTPONED – date to be determined!
ONLINE BIDDING AVAILABLE!
Contact Premier Livestock for information.
We WILL have our Machinery Auction at a later date, and are taking your consignments daily!
We have a large very clean modern line of machinery from one local farm! Also many early consignments already consigned including: tractors, trailers, round baler, bagger, NHFP230 choppers, discbine, skid loaders, chisels, corn planters, manure spreader, grain/fert wagon & MUCH more! We appreciate your patience as we wait to determine a new auction date! Visit our website for pictures and updated consignments!
NOTICE:
ALLEN STEFFEN REGISTERED HOLSTEIN & RED HOLSTEIN RETIREMENT DAIRY AUCTION ON Wednesday, April 8, 2020 • 11:00 a.m.
IS POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE!
SPECIAL SHEEP & GOAT AUCTION Thursday, April 9, 2020 • 11:00 a.m.
Premium prices paid for Lambs 40-70# & Kids 40-60#
Weekly Highlights at Premier
Full market report online and all major newspapers!! Wednesday we a had a lighter run with 125 head of dairy cattle. Market was steady to stronger. Top supreme fresh Holstein cows $1,450-1,850. Many good quality Holstein dairy cows $900-1,425. We had an absolute showcase of the best springing heifers, AI bred and sired, many strictly reputation sets!! Top end $1,450-1,700 with one load averaging over $1,575. Nearly 500 feeders this week on a lower but very active market!!!! (Premier is excited to offer online bidding through Cattle USA) Call us with any questions. We greatly appreciate your business!! Stay healthy and God bless our community and the country!!! www.premierlivestockandauctions.com
with a Schurr Cow Brush Make sure that it’s Schurr
Heavy Duty, German Made
% Milk Sold 101 102 104 102 102 100 99 102 100
3X
X
# Cows Brd 245 HO 34 HO 211 HO 167 HO 114 HO 81 HO 1,571 HO 19 HO 94 HO
Current Rolling Average Milk Fat Prot 27,080 1,076 853 24,795 1,017 807 22,960 970 759 23,544 892 725 23,688 968 735 23,059 905 733 30,561 1,170 961 23,853 903 775 22,012 883 723
Rosalie Egge Cannon Falls, MN 35 years 507-263-4341
Craig Vangsness Kenyon, MN 40 years 507-789-5726 City REDWING GOODHUE PINE ISLAND WELCH RED WING GOODHUE KENYON GOODHUE GOODHUE GOODHUE RED WING WANAMINGO GOODHUE BELLECHESTER PINE ISLAND WANAMINGO ZUMBROTA GOODHUE WEST CONCORD ZUMBROTA ZUMBROTA KENYON GOODHUE ZUMBROTA CALEDONIA EITZEN CALEDONIA CALEDONIA CALEDONIA CALEDONIA CALEDONIA CALEDONIA CALEDONIA LA CRESCENT CALEDONIA DAKOTA SPRING GROVE SPRING GROVE
% Milk Sold 104 103 101 101 106 100 99 99 99 102 103 106 98 100 105 102 96 99 102 104 102 103 103 98 102 103 103 106 101 109 102 103 100 105 102 101 101 100
3X
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# Cows Brd 112 HO 334 XX 143 HO 74 HO 86 HO 1,271 HO 118 HO 200 HO 77 HO 100 XX 61 HO 78 HO 69 HO 279 HO 166 HO 159 HO 155 HO 2 HO 112 XX 59 HO 142 HO 61 HO 813 HO 76 HO 187 HO 93 HO 382 HO 178 HO 212 HO 381 HO 460 HO 238 HO 73 HO 151 HO 164 HO 240 HO 101 HO 24 HO
Current Rolling Average Milk Fat Prot 23,297 899 689 27,879 1,141 936 23,733 943 745 23,405 896 738 22,410 857 694 29,361 1,267 969 29,370 1,103 919 29,306 1,242 932 25,051 972 796 24,396 988 790 22,414 884 714 22,009 930 704 22,856 862 762 24,084 963 796 29,130 1,202 953 26,481 1,035 843 21,061 874 705 26,436 1,083 839 22,931 849 717 24,409 964 757 24,075 967 788 24,318 949 724 28,080 1,080 865 23,021 978 784 26,748 1,032 846 24,706 939 773 23,449 955 750 26,082 1,079 866 29,119 1,076 899 27,640 1,057 835 29,597 1,159 907 28,607 1,045 894 24,163 1,025 745 24,111 952 785 22,112 854 714 30,140 1,141 960 24,877 924 792 22,015 887 704
$Value $4,017 $5,209 $4,260 $4,108 $3,933 $5,554 $5,126 $5,442 $4,421 $4,479 $4,017 $4,067 $4,058 $4,354 $5,379 $4,714 $3,927 $4,812 $3,975 $4,310 $4,416 $4,229 $4,915 $4,357 $4,758 $4,339 $4,259 $4,871 $5,010 $4,785 $5,235 $4,941 $4,444 $4,321 $3,955 $5,329 $4,338 $3,976
Keep It Cold! • Dairy Route Supplies • Bulk Milk Coolers • Internal bulk tank repairs • Service all models and makes of dairy equipment and bulk tanks
Houle EL48-6D6100 Manure Tanker - $50,000
Houle 48-6D6100 Manure Tanker - $62,500
Houle SP-R-8 Manure Pump $11,500
Houle 52 Lagoon Pump $16,000
GEA 8 Manure Pump $10,000
Houle 10 Manure Pump $6,500
Call for Demo
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$Value $4,833 $4,503 $4,252 $4,053 $4,267 $4,093 $5,374 $4,219 $4,004
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Lot no. 389 395 417 423 425 427 429 434 435 437 442 446 461 463 465 470 477 483 486 391 409 411 419 420 422 424 428 431 439 448 449 452 455 471 488 489 492 373 374 375 394 400 401 402 421 440 476 443 473 487 414 460 382 396 399 405 406 408 410 430 491 385 404 451 412 478 479 377 416 426 438 450 469 475 380 386 418 432 454 458 459 464 467 468 472 484 379 381 383 387 388 390 392 398 407 456 378 384 462 403 447 415 457 376 397 433 436 481 393 413
Mid-American Hay Auction results for March 19, 2020
Desc. Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Small Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares
moisture protein RFV 17.23 9.19 83.13 10.31 8.42 81.36 13.76 9.13 91.1 12.34 10.46 82.92 17.12 24.36 178.34 17.18 8.8 81.88 16.31 10.47 70.7 19.65 17.38 87.47 21.06 10.03 76.98 17.44 14.25 70.31 17.03 17.49 122.62 13.31 7.71 85.6 32.92 20.08 157.55 16.38 18.35 111.91 15.02 11.45 107.14 13.08 12.35 78.82 14.71 20.02 173.85 19.98 15.21 89.12 16.36 14.05 94.32 15.52 23.89 174.88 15.24 8.33 98.14 14.73 18.69 122.26 22.01 21.49 147.15 19.27 11.04 63.59 13.3 19.42 90.21 20.39 22.41 109.47 17.43 18.15 118.57 14.52 20.09 112.86 23.51 21.63 124.96 14.17 9.94 92.29 17.37 10.98 93.23 18.2 23.34 157.49 14.49 11.24 97.4 20.23 13.5 124.1 13.96 14.3 98.8 15.56 17.73 86.55 35.23 16.97 134.79 NO TEST NO TEST NO TEST 17.06 18.25 157.93 16.5 22.22 130.89 17.84 22.8 125.94 16.77 23.14 128.15 17.92 21.72 125.93 19.24 19.62 136.4 16.33 24.28 185.45 14.74 14.43 108.29 15.15 17.66 134.29 18.16 19.77 101.53 14.39 7.73 83.51 GRASS 17.17 21.21 197.44 17.1 14.24 88.42 16.03 10.88 83.24 10.52 16.99 134.21 16.94 19.97 196.94 12.54 18.48 142.85 15.3 19.92 201.49 16.39 11.9 78.15 12.24 61.21 97.77 13.66 18.41 112.24 14.39 22.83 229.6 17.74 24.27 160.31 12.86 19.33 141.85 58.79 13.43 79.93 58.79 13.43 79.93 15.06 18.62 92.3 13.74 21.48 210.88 19.94 10.44 71.92 15.22 15.4 107.03 11.18 7.28 81.99 15.78 24.52 178.68 12.02 17.72 129.41 16.64 22.1 164.5 16.92 27.01 176.08 17.26 19.03 106.96 15.21 21.77 130.05 16.11 13.14 97.39 14.9 24.79 162.09 13.11 21.32 130.38 19.7 18.97 100.94 17.06 20.49 137.48 13.39 19.94 125.99 10.01 22.06 148.93 19.37 10.46 63.2 11.21 18.06 185.6 12.73 18.25 134.87 17.79 23.67 182.6 13.36 15.04 122.92 12.24 20.59 164.6 12.5 21.01 119.05 13.96 18.67 87.7 13.1 22.9 156.12 17.07 22.51 176.1 18.12 22.76 172.56 17.01 24.33 203.54 85.32 18.87 12.62 11.2 67.72 13.82 16.49 151.7 13.92 12.54 90.42 STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW
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1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 3&4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 15.89 1&2 2
Ld. size 21.96 21 9.62 25.6 25.21 22.91 11.09 23.55 26.71 23.41 19.31 7.42 17.08 24.4 17.85 15.97 25.63 22.92 24.84 21.44 20.76 25.36 24.65 24.84 18.92 25.75 25.88 26.27 18.3 20.97 17.35 22.4 9.79 19.34 24.45 28.74 6.65 25.09 23.86 24.62 26.14 25.3 23.57 23.59 25.93 21.84 24.98 18.23 24.85 28.54 22.87 9.91 19.18 27.74 21.61 14.48 20.76 22.65 20.73 23.79 26.57 23.75 22.22 28.74 22.82 12.09 13.87 23.54 25.7 21.96 24.29 9.44 6.23 25.7 18.39 17.95 18.5 23.7 10.66 22.28 10.62 13.68 21.59 19.26 23.76 7.2 27 26.51 24.42 23.93 26.06 19.43 23.35 25.07 24.02 23.21 24.84 23.64 12.78 23.06 19.39 22.45 22.49 25.24 51 20.85 9.6 20.08 63 72
price $100.00 $105.00 $75.00 $80.00 $130.00 $100.00 $100.00 $85.00 $50.00 $75.00 $120.00 $120.00 $140.00 $95.00 $105.00 $140.00 $165.00 $70.00 $90.00 $175.00 $105.00 $175.00 $135.00 $75.00 $100.00 $85.00 $125.00 $95.00 $110.00 $100.00 $100.00 $145.00 $130.00 $130.00 $105.00 $115.00 $100.00 $175.00 $175.00 $175.00 $170.00 $130.00 $160.00 $150.00 $110.00 $100.00 $170.00 $100.00 $135.00 $110.00 $75.00 $70.00 $235.00 $100.00 $60.00 $130.00 $230.00 $150.00 $210.00 $50.00 $140.00 $155.00 $250.00 $195.00 $160.00 $30.00 $25.00 $130.00 $210.00 $70.00 $75.00 $100.00 $200.00 $160.00 $245.00 $210.00 $140.00 $190.00 $135.00 $190.00 $180.00 $100.00 $150.00 $150.00 $205.00 $75.00 $180.00 $245.00 $210.00 $150.00 $210.00 $150.00 $135.00 $235.00 $200.00 $175.00 $210.00 $145.00 $120.00 $170.00 $190.00 $100.00 $120.00 $150.00 $55.00 $30.00 $40.00 $105.00 $52.50 $52.50
Lot no.
444 466 480 490 474 441 445 453
Desc.
Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Large Rounds Large Rounds
moisture protein
RFV
STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW CORN STALKS CORN STALKS CORN STALKS CORN STALKS
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Ld. size
7 72 30 23.83 57 57 57 17
price
$35.00 $50.00 $47.50 $50.00 $25.00 $25.00 $26.00 $27.50
Hay sales starts at 12:30 p.m. and are the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of the months of September thru May.
Thursday, April 2, 2020 Thursday, April 16, 2020
For more information, contact Kevin Winter 320-352-3803, (c) 320-760-1593 or Al Wessel at 320-547-2206, (c) 320-760-2979
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NEW EQUIPMENT
#013918 LX Anderson IFX720 Bale Wrapper Call For Price
#012028 LX Kuhn VB3160 Round Baler Call For Price
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#002544 EY NH 330P Large Square Baler MUST GO - $89,000!!
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#005648 EY NEW KUBOTA RTV-X900WL-A $11,900
#006503 EY NH T7.210 Tractor NOW $115,000!
#013126 LX Fendt 1042 Tractor Call for Price
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#014024 LX CIH 340 Magnum Call For Price
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#010396 LX CIH 150 Maxxum Tractor Priced to Move
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#009560 NW CIH Farmall 60A Tractor Call For Price
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#009547 EY Kubota M7-151 Tractor w/Loader Call For Price
#013651 LX Fendt 942 Vario Call For Price
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#007698 LX Segue SEG6T TMR BLOWOUT PRICED!!
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#007652 LX New ‘17 CIH 875ET Disk Ripper $49,995
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LX NH 560 Round Baler Call For Price
USED EQUIPMENT REDUCED PRICE!
#014200 LX ‘11 CIH Magnum 235 $99,000
#015294 LX ‘02 CIH MX220 Tractor w/ Duals $59,985
#008687 RC 2014 CIH Magnum 210 Tractor REDUCED $112,985
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#2993R2 EY 2012 NH T8.360, Front Sus $129,900
#008468 LX 2011 MF 8660 Tractor NOW $94,985
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#013739 NW ‘00 JD CX20 Rotary Cutter $6,500
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#014471 LX ‘12 CIH 5130 HILLCO COMBINE $179,000
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#014493 LX ‘16 JD CX15 Rotary Cutter $16,985
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Twin Vertical TMR Feed Cart
From Sarah Brubacker, Colby, Wisconsin
Night before breakfast bake 6 slices of bread, cubed 1 1/2 pounds sausage, cooked, drained and crumbled 1 1/2 cups shredded
cheese 7 eggs 2 cups milk Salt and pepper to taste
• 5 sizes from 45 to 100 cu. ft. • Stainless steel mixing chamber • Stainless steel auger Àight • 14� carbide tipped hay knives
Spread cubes on bottom of 9-by-13 baking dish. Arrange sausage on top and sprinkle with cheese. Combine remaining ingredients and beat well. Pour evenly over cheese. Refrigerate overnight. Bake at 350 degrees for 40-50 minutes the next morning. For variation, substitute or add meat using bacon, ham, ground beef or Little Smokies.
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Lemon braid
Icing 1/2 cup powdered sugar 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 to 6 teaspoons milk (enough to make icing thin enough to drizzle)
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Dissolve yeast in water. Mix other dough ingredients and add yeast mixture. Knead until it forms a nice dough. Let rise for 1 hour. Roll dough into 12-by-14-inch rectangle. Beat together ďƒžlling ingredients in a mixer. Spread ďƒžlling down the middle of the rectangle dough. Leave 3 inches on either side of ďƒžlling. Cut 1 inch wide strips on angle to ďƒ&#x;ip in over ďƒžlling mixture. This will give the appearance of a braid. Let rise for a half hour. Mix icing ingredients together and set aside. Bake the braid at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes. Drizzle icing over warm braid. Note: To scald milk, heat until milk is steaming but not boiling.
From Suzie Benoit, Stitzer, Wisconsin
Egg bake 1 pound mild ground pork sausage 1 pound hot ground pork sausage 30 ounces frozen hash browns 1 1/2 teaspoon salt, divided 1/2 teaspoon pepper 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese 6 large eggs 2 cups milk Cook sausages in a large skillet over medium-high heat, stirring until sausage crumbles and is no longer pink. Drain well. Prepare hash browns according to package directions, using ½ teaspoon salt and pepper. Stir together hash browns, sausage and cheese. Pour into a lightly greased 9-by-13 baking dish. Whisk together eggs, milk and remaining 1 teaspoon salt. Pour evenly over potato mixture. Bake at 350 degrees for 35 to 40 minutes.
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USED SKIDSTEERS
‘18 Gehl R220, H-Ctrls, D, 2200 Lift Cap, C&H, 2 spd, 4125 hrs. - $20,500
‘18 Mustang 1750RT ISO/SH Joystick, D, Tracks, 1750 Lift Cap, C/H/A, 2spd, 195 hrs. - $38.900 ‘15 Gehl RT210 JS ctrls, D, 2100 lift cap, C/H/A, 2 spd, 1553 hrs..................$41,900 ‘16 Gehl R190, Gehl ctrls, D, 2100 lift cap, C&H, 2 spd., 2600 hrs ..................$27,900 ‘14 Gehl R190, Tbar Ctrls, D, 2000 lift cap, C&H, 2 spd, 3850 hrs ...................$22,950 ‘14 Gehl RT175, ISO switchable ctrls, D, 12� tracks, 1750 lift cap., C/H/A, 2 spd., 232 hrs. ........................................$41,900 Gehl RT165, ‘18, H ctrls., 15.5� tracks, 2000 lift cap., cab, heat, 2 spd., 450 hrs. ........................................$42,500 ‘18 Gehl R165, Pilot./H ctrls, D, 1750 lift cap, C&H, 2 spd, 1440 hrs ............$28,750 (13) Gehl R220, many options Start at $11,850 ‘09 Gehl 5240E, T-bar ctrls, D, 1900 lift cap, C&H, SS, 1073 hrs. ...............$27,900 ‘17 Mustang 2200R, H/F Ctrls, D, 2450 lift cap, C/H/A, 2 spd. ...........$37,100 ‘16 Mustang 2100RT, JS ctrls, D, 17� Tracks, lift cap, 2100 @ 35% & 3000 @ 50%, C/H/A, 2 spd, 645 hrs ......$45,250 ‘16 Mustang 2100RT NXT3, 17� Tracks, 2100 lift cap, C&H, 2 spd, 1353 Hrs .......................................$41,500 ‘14 Mustang 2600R, H&F ctrls., D, C&H, 2 spd., 2600 lift cap., 1576 hrs .....$28,500
USED SKIDSTEERS
‘15 Mustang 2100RT NXT2, H-Ctrls, D, 17� Tracks, C/H/A, 2 spd, 2005 hrs .....$29,250 ‘18 Mustang 1900R, H/F Ctrls, D, 2150 lift cap, C&H, 2 spd, 2085 hrs. ......$27,900 ‘15 Mustang 1900R, H/F ctrls, D, 1900 lift cap, C&H, 2 spd, 2472 hrs ............$27,900 ‘08 Mustang 2076, Dual JS Ctrls, C/H/A, SS, 1300 hrs .................................$27,500 ‘04 Mustang 2074, H/F Ctrls, D, 2250 lift cap, 2 spd, 2228 hrs. ......$16,950 ‘99 Mustang 2050, T-bar ctrls, 1650 lift cap., D, 4623 hrs., C&H, SS, 4623 hrs....................$11,900 ‘18 Mustang 1900R, H/F Ctrls, D, 2150 Lift Cap, C&H, 2 spd, 2085 hrs ...........$27,900 ‘16 Mustang 1900R, Dual H Ctrls, D, 2000 Lift Cap, C&H, 2 spd, 875 hrs .......$31,500 ‘16 Mustang 1900R, H&F Ctrls, D, 2100 Lift Cap., C&H, 2 spd, 2727 hrs ....$25,800 ‘17 Mustang 1750RT, Dual H-Ctrls, D, Tracks, 1750 Lift Cap, C&H, 2 spd, 68 hrs .... $41,900 ‘18 Mustang 1500R H/F Ctrls, D, C&H, 3205 hrs ..............................$26,800 ‘18 Mustang 1650R, H-ctrls, D, 1750 lift cap, C&H, 2 spd, 2200 hrs ............$26,950 ‘17 Manitou MLT625, D, New Tires, 5500 Lift Cap, C/H/A, 3043 hrs. .............$52,500 NH LX 885, H/F Ctrls, D, C&H, 3500 hrs. .....................................$ 13,900 ‘88 Bobcat 743, H/F Ctrls, D, 1300 lift cap, SS, 7900 hrs. ..................................$7,900
MANURE HANDLING
USED TMRS/MIXERS
Kuhn Knight 8124, 16.5 x 16.1 tires, 2400 gal, 400 Bu - $17,500
Penta 1120HD, 1100 cu. ft. twin screw, corner door - $14,900
‘09 H&S 560 .................................$14,500 Meyers VB750, 16x20 tires, 750 cuft, Vert. beaters w/endgate, Hyd. drive, 667 apron chain .......................... $30,500 Meyers M350, 350 Bu, End Gate ....$8,500 Hagedorn 277, 270 cu. ft., 420 bu. $12,900 NI 362, 10 x 20 tires, 220 CuFt .......$4,795 ‘11 NH M2080 560 Bu, Top Beater, Hyd Apron Dr, Elec Spd Ctrl ............... $14,300 Pik Rite 1190, 550 bu., top beater, hydra-push..................................$14,500 ‘91 Balzer Manure Pump, V6, 8’ pump, 2 pt. hitch, rmt. ďŹ ngertip ctrl .........$4,200 Jamesway Manure Pump, 6x8, 8’ pump, 2 pt. hitch, double agitation ..........$5,500 Houle 8’ pump, double agitation.....$5,300
USED TRACTORS
‘72 JD 4320, 2wd, Quick Hitch, 11,618 hrs. ................................ $12,000 ‘69 JD 2020, 8 spd, 46HP, G, w/48 JD Ldr. w/7 ft bucket, 5661 hrs ................. $ 6,000 ‘67 JD 2020, 8 spd, 46HP, G, Side mount 4’ sickle Mower Attached, 5950 hrs ....$5,200 International 300, 35HP, G, 3771 hrs $2,900
MANURE HANDLING
‘13 Kuhn Knight 8132, 3200 Gal, 435 Cu Ft ........................................... $23,900 Kuhn Knight 8132, 3200 Gal, 435 CuFt ............................................ $19,500 ’08 Kuhn Knight 8132 Frt And Rear Splash Guards.................................... $17,000 ‘14 Kuhn Knight 8124, 385 Tires, 2400 gal. .....................................$20,200
Kuhn Knight 8124 - $20,500
USED TMRS/MIXERS ‘04 Penta 5600, 600 cu. ft., EZ 2000V scale, corner door ......................$13,500 Penta 5620HD ‘08, dual walking tandem, 600 Cu. Ft, 8� Rubber, Ext., right corner door ..........................23,500 Penta 5020SD, ‘15, 500 Cu. Ft, 4’ RH conveyor, Hurricane Auger .........$23,900 Penta 3010, 19� tires, 350 Cu. Ft $13,500 Penta 2410 ‘07, Electric Stationary Mixer, 2 Spd, No Motor With Mixer ........$8,500 ‘05 Kuhn Knight 3130, 300 cu. ft., scale w/remote, 2 ft., LH disch............$10,500
HAY & FORAGE Gehl 1200 Chopper, Head drive gear box broken, Chopper complete, no robbed parts, head not included...................$950 Roto Grind 760, Process up to 5’ Bale, w/Controller ..................................$7,000 ‘18 Teagle 8500, Hyd Side Chute, 124 Bu, 155 Cu Ft, 60’ Blower Distance, Process 5’ Rd Bales ....................$21,500
NH 355, Scale, w/ 6’ & 10’ Extensions, Self Contained Hyd.....................$13,500
HAY & FORAGE JD 1209 Mower Cond., 9’ Cut ........$3,100 ‘11 Kuhn GMD600 Disc Mower, 7’10� Cutter, 6 Discs, Swathing Wheel ...$7,800 JD 50, 5’ Mower, w/JD 2020 mounts $700 ‘12 Kuhn VB2190, 4x6 bales, 540 PTO $26,900 International Rake ............................$900 ’08 H&S X12 Rake, 12 Whl ............$7,800 ‘12 Vermeer WRX12 Rake, 12 Whl HI Capacity....................................$5,900 NH 2560, 5 Bar Rake ......................$2,900 NH 144, ground driven, 5’ PU, 7’ rear belt w/windrow turner option, good belts .....................................$3,200 NH 144 Merger, Ground Driven ......$2,900 Case IH 600 Blower, 60� ............... $3,900 Haybuster H1100 bale processor, process full size bales, rear belt conveyor, 6� and 2’ screens................................. $12,500 ‘06 Haybuster 2650 Tub Grinder, Self Loading ................................$15,500 Gehl TR330, 3 Row, 30� Corn Head . $1,800 Badger BN950 Forage Box, 16’ box with roof, 12T MN gear.........................$3,500
NEW ‘19 H&S LW1100 Line Wrapper, remote start & steer Call for Price
‘15 Vermeer BPX9000, Process up to 5’x6’ rd bales, self-loading arms, Hyd. Apron, Rubber discharge deector - $14,500
MISCELLANEOUS Farm King 840SB, 84�, 540 PTO . $1,800 ‘13 Cub Cadet 750, 4x4, 31 HP Gas .................................. $5,200 JD 625I, CVT 4WD, 23 HP Gas .... $6,800 ‘17 Virnig HSBP120, 120� snow pusher/ plow, new cutting edge, cab controller, very little use.............................. $5,800 Snow Push, 10’ wide ................... $1,800 ‘98 Buffalo Scraper, 3 yard ......... $6,900 ‘12 Bobcat Brush Saw ................. $3,100 Edge HB3 Breaker, skid loader mnts, Hyd breaker, 1pt ......................... $4,500 ‘14 Anderson Pince 6000 Bale Squeezer ........................... $2,400 Versatech Bale Spear, 3 spears ..... $400 ‘15 Maurer 53, 53’ Trailer, 2 tool boxes, 3 ramps.................................... $22,000 ‘15 MDS 5520-MB-158-84, 84� Manure Tine Grapple ............................... $3,400
‘15 H&L Holm & Loue 3.0 Milk Taxi, 260 liter, self propelled - $6,500