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June 23, 2018
Still doing the work themselves
Nelsons build new facility for 185-cow herd By Krista Kuzma
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EAU CLAIRE, Wis. – When the Nelsons decided to build a new facility for their dairy, they wanted to make sure they could run it themselves. “The purpose of us building this and putting the extra stuff in was because it’s just us,” Doug Nelson said. “We don’t plan on hiring additional help.” Since February, Doug along with his son and daughter-in-law, Derrick and Miran-
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The Nelsons – Derrick, Miranda and Doug – built a new parlor and freestall barn facility on their dairy, Nellie Holsteins, and are now milking 185 cows near Eau Claire, Wis.
da, having been milking their 185-cow herd in a new parlor and freestall barn they built on their dairy, Nellie Holsteins, near Eau Claire, Wis. “It’s gone a lot better than we expected,” Derrick said. “It’s been working great so far.” The new set up is built one-fourth of a mile down the road from their original farmsite, where they used to milk in a 56-stall tiestall barn. “It was nothing special,” Doug said about their previous milking facility. A four-row freestall barn features sand bedding with drive through feeding, alley scrapers, a robotic feeder pusher and tunnel ventilation. At rst, the Nelsons planned to have side curtains Turn to NELSONS | Page 6
D&B Sternweis Farms a family affair Wood County farm to co-host 2018 Wisconsin Farm Technology Days Editor’s note: Information and photos provided by Wisconsin Farm Technology Days.
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D&B Sternweis Farms is operated by the Sternweis family – (front, from leŌ) Jonathan Sternweis and Heather (Sternweis) Heiman; (middle, from leŌ) BriƩney, Autumn and Brooke Sternweis; (back, from leŌ) Daryl, Brenda and JusƟn Sternweis. Not pictured is Aaron Sternweis. The dairy will co-host the 2018 Wisconsin Farm Technology Days July 10-12 near Marsheld, Wis.
MARSHFIELD, Wis. – D&B Sternweis Farms – co-host of the 2018 Wisconsin Farm Technology Days in Wood County, Wisconsin July 10-12 – is every bit a family farm. Owners Daryl and Brenda Sternweis of Marsheld have a new 40-cow rotary parlor and are primed for expansion. But their children, the fth generation on the farm, have participated in chores from early on. And Daryl’s dad Jim Sternweis, at 85, still helps with eld work, as well. “It’s a really great way to raise a family,” said Brenda Sternweis of farming. She said they keep close to their family-farm roots participating in activities like 4-H and FFA alumni, snowmobiling and simple pleasures like planting a garden and hanging clothes
outdoors. When Sternweises’ oldest daughter Heather married Josh Heiman in 2016, their life-long friends and neighbors became “family,” too. Josh Heiman’s parents, Ken and Joellen Heiman, and other Heiman family members, own Weber’s Farm Store and Heiman Holsteins. Heimans are co-hosting the show with Sternweises. Besides being milk producers and retailers, the Heimans are cheese makers and owners of Nasonville Dairy near Marsheld. Daryl Sternweis, 53, is a life-long farmer. “I grew up with it and learned to love it,” he said. “I love the eld work part of it. And now with the new freestall barn and rotary I’ve become a better ‘cow man’ than I ever thought I would be.” Brenda tends youngstock, a role she said is “rewarding.” “It’s kind of like raising kids,” she said of the delight she experiences when calves do well. “We name our favorites. It’s fun to follow them through the stagTurn to STERNWEIS | Page 5
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D&B Sternweis Farm features a new 40-stall rotary parlor and tunnel-venƟlated freestall barn. es and into the milking herd.” Heather (Sternweis) Heiman, 26, graduated from Mid-State Technical College’s two-year farm program in Marsheld. Many of the classes are taught by Mike Sabel, vice-chair of the FTD executive committee. With her mother she overseas fresh cows and herd health and is working toward farm ownership. The Sternweises’ oldest son, Justin, 24, has worked full-time on the farm since high-school graduation, where he does the feeding with his dad. “I really enjoy the work – the physical labor,” he said. “I especially like driving tractor.” Another brother, Aaron, 22, works off the farm as a diesel mechanic. The other Sternweis children are Brittney, 17, Autumn, 15, Brooke, 13, and Jonathon, 11. D&B Sternweis Farms also has full-time and part-time non-family employees. Rotary parlor new in 2017 The Sternweises ipped the switch on their 40-cow rotary parlor last August. They anticipated milking about 450 Holstein cows three times a day by Wisconsin Farm Technology Days. The rotary is capable of milking as many as 1,300 cows. The milking system is computerized with automatic takeoffs. Other technologies include an automatic crowd gate, hand-held teat scrubber and automated footbath that lls with the touch of a button for better chemical consistency and employee safety. A touch-screen operated sort gate can divert cows to a pen off the return alley that holds 30 head. Brenda says the cows look forward to riding the rotary and enter the holding area at a brisk pace. She said they chew their cuds and are so relaxed during milking. The new parlor complex has a viewing window into the parlor and upstairs conference room and ofce. Cameras in the parlor and other locations on the farm are relied upon for employee safety and monitoring livestock, particularly to detect calves born at night. Heather Heiman said a quick check on the cell phone saves a lot of labor. Barn is tunnel ventilated Their freestall barn features tunnel ventilation with fully automated fans and vent adjustments. Daryl said that while more expensive up front than natural ventilation, tunnel ventilation provides more cow comfort, especially in summer.
Cattle are divided into four groups -- fresh and special-needs cows, a highproduction cow group, a segregated heifer group and the rest of the milk cows. Freestalls in the six-row barn are bedded with sawdust over mattresses. Sternweises use sawdust in other barns, too. “I know sand is king for cow comfort,” Daryl says. “But it’s labor intensive to take out of the pit.” Manure is transferred by gravity ow from barn to manure pit, which is emptied in fall, applied via dragline and knifed in. The farm utilizes sexed semen on high-end cows. And they use beef semen on cows difcult to breed. Calves are hand-fed in individual pens for a week before moving to group pens with automated feeders. Once weaned, heifers move through a series of facilities. Daryl said they’re hoping in fall to move 600-pound heifers to a custom grower and have them return bred six months. Visitors will see parlor and milking barn During Wisconsin Farm Technology Days visitors can board buses for tours of Sternweises’ rotary parlor and adjoining tunnel-ventilated barn. The farmstead is about a quarter-mile from the heart of Tent City. Visitors will not be able to get off the buses. Many hands eases eld-work load The family owns about 1,200 acres and rents no additional land to grow corn, alfalfa hay and soybeans. Secondcrop haylage harvested during Wisconsin Farm Technology Days will be delivered to Sternweises’ bunkers. The family shares labor for eld work with Heiman Holsteins. The Sternweises also share labor and own equipment with Daryl’s brother, Jerry Sternweis, who also dairy farms nearby. Every six weeks the family meets with their farm-advisory group which includes their nutritionist, veterinarian and lender. The team plots the future of this family farm. The immediate future is ultra hectic with Wisconsin Farm Technology Days nearing. Brenda said her family is honored to be co-hosting the 2018 show for Wood County. They’re grateful for the opportunity to promote farming, which for these co-hosts is a mix of traditional family-farming values and practices and new technology that will move their farm into the future.
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Cows at Nellie Holsteins are milked in a double-8 parallel parlor that has in-oor heat. for natural ventilation without fans. “I bought this land because it’s on a knob and it always has a breeze,” Doug said. “The builders came and said you would have a lot more cost building a higher roof [for the side-curtain barn]. We can do a lower roof and put the fans in for just $8,000 more. It was kind of a no brainer … to have the extra ventilation.” One end of the barn features six 6-foot fans and two 4.5-foot fans. The sides are clear panels to allow light in. The Nelsons said this ventilation will help keep the barn warmer in the winter and cooler in the summer. Alley scrapers and a robotic feed pusher take two jobs off the Nelsons’ plate. “The idea is that one less person would have to be around,” Doug said. They also prefer their four-row barn compared to other six-row barns they have seen. “It’s easier for moving cattle and during vet checks,” Derrick said. “You can just lock them up [in headlocks] and not worry about the cows moving into stalls.” Plus, the Nelsons like the additional bunk space for the animals. A ume manure system moves the
waste to a pit large enough to store 30 days worth of manure. “It uses water to ush out the whole system,” Doug said. “There’s no mechanical things to work with once manure drops in.” The drive-by feeding has also been a nice change for the Nelsons, who had not ever fed a total mixed ration prior to the new barn. “It wasn’t physically possible [to feed TMR] in the old barn,” Derrick said. Doug agreed. “It’s nicer feeding than doing everything by hand,” he said. “We had a feed cart, but we were going around the barn three times a day with the feed cart [for silage] and grain. Now we feed once a day and then the feed pusher keeps it up.” Sand bedding has been a good change for the cows, but not for the people. “It’s kind of a pain,” Doug said. “… But, we really haven’t had any problems with hock swelling since we’ve been in here.” The double-8 parallel parlor has also been an upgrade. Turn to NELSONS | Page 7
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ConƟnued from NELSONS | Page 6 “I like not bending over so much,” Doug said. Miranda likes the atmosphere. “Our parlor is really open and really bright so it’s easier for the cows to come in,” said Miranda, who also works off the farm in Eau Claire County as a 4-H program coordinator through the University of Wisconsin-Extension. Plus, it is more comfortable for cows and people. In the winter there is in-oor heat. For the summer heat, positive pressure fans with variable speed in the parlor and holding area keep the area cooler. “When it’s 80 degrees in the hold-
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ing area, those fans go on full blast,” Doug said. “And no matter where you are in the parlor, you’re getting a breeze on you. It’s really nice.” The twice a day milking schedule also does not last as long as it used to. “We could milk four times as many cows in the new barn for the amount of time it took us to milk our herd in the old one,” Miranda said. They also wanted their facility to take a green approach. “We’re one of the closest farms to Eau Claire, and we’re going to have tours,” Doug said. “We want to be energy efcient and point all that out. We wanted to make it a green barn.” They spent extra money to put in three-phase power, variable speed motors and pumps wherever they could,
One end of the barn has six 6-foot fans and two 4.5-foot fans for the tunnel venƟlaƟon. and used LED lighting. They have ondemand water heaters and use the water from the plate coolers in the water tanks in the freestall barn. “The cows get tepid water all the time,” Doug said. “They drink more if it’s not ice cold.” The idea of a new facility has been in the works since before 2011, when Derrick returned home after graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Farm and Industry Short Course program. At rst, they were looking at robots. “It just wasn’t penciling out to do
that,” Doug said. So they directed their efforts towards building a parlor. “We looked at a lot of farms and had an idea of what we wanted and what we didn’t want,” Derrick said. “We didn’t have any preset notions when we started looking. We just pieced everything together.” The Nelsons encountered a few setbacks. Their rst lender, a large international bank, did not want to take on the project; however, their small local bank took it on without a problem. They also had to wait for their county permit to be approved, a process that took four
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drafts by their engineer. They also had higher instances of displaced abomasum this spring after buying a large group of just-fresh heifers. Their original 55-cow herd adjusted well. And, the rst few milkings went better than expected. “There were lots of people here to milk the rst milking, and we got 55 cows through in less than an hour,” Miranda said. After a few days, it was back to the three of them taking care of the herd – just how they had planned it. “We really focused on building it so the three us of us could handle it,” Doug said. “So far, we’ve been able to do that.”
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U.S. adjusts position of Canadian dairy policy Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and his Canadian counterpart Lawrence MacAulay met June 15. Perdue used the opportunity to raise objections to Canadian dairy policy. “If they want to maintain supply management in their dairy industry, and there is strong political thoughts about that up here, then manage that supply to control that supply so they don’t overproduce and have it spill over into the export market.� Originally, the Trump Administration demanded Canada drop supply management in the NAFTA re-negotiations, but would now settle for the elimination of its Class 7 pricing mechanism.
reporters Canada is “over-producing and dumping� milk and dairy products in the U.S. market. Ryan said dairy policy is a source of frustration for the NAFTA trade talks.
House Speaker criticizes Canadian dairy policy When asked about trade with Canada, House Speaker Paul Ryan criticized the Canadian dairy industry’s supply management program. Ryan told
Kind upset over Trump trade policy Wisconsin Congressman Ron Kind is concerned about the Trump Administration’s trade policy, saying President Donald Trump is “addicted
China retaliation takes effect July 6 Shortly after the Trump Administration announced plans to impose $50 billion in tariffs on Chinese products, China responded with penalties in the same dollar range. China’s Foreign Ministry said the U.S. is “provoking the trade war� and targeted high value products, including agricultural commodities.
to tariffs.â€? The White House has imposed tariffs on China and threatened similar action against Canada, Mexico and the European Union. Kind said this action results in retaliation that hurts Wisconsin farmers. Farm bill advances to Senate ďƒ&#x;oor Senate Agriculture Committee members may not have everything they want in the farm bill, but there is bipartisan support. Lawmakers passed the farm bill out of committee with a vote of 20-1, with Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley voting no.
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Todd Speltz, a dairy nutriƟonist in southeast Minnesota, pictured with Sarah Thacker, markeƟng coordinator for Hy-Vee grocery stores in Rochester, Minn., is working with Hy-Vee to coordinate a June Dairy Month promoƟon, which highlights dairy farms in the area and gives away $3,200 worth of dairy products.
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ROCHESTER, Minn. – For the past ve years, Todd Speltz has been trying to nd a way to get a local dairy promotion in action. This year, he found an opportunity. For National Dairy Month in June, Speltz has been working together with Hy-Vee, a regional grocery store chain, to promote 32 dairy farms in southeast Minnesota and give away $3,200 worth of free dairy products through the Facebook pages of the four stores in Rochester, Minn. “It’s not for Hy-Vee,” said Speltz, who grew up on a dairy farm and is now a dairy nutritionist. “It’s not for me. It’s not for anybody but the farmer right now. I gured it’s a good time to do it – for both June Dairy Month and the hard economic times of the dairy industry. Just to move the product is a win in my book. I’m trying to spark some additional interest in dairy products.” Speltz coordinated the dairy farms and the onfarm videos to use in the promotion. “For the most part people [dairy farmers] were excited to promote especially through Facebook,” Speltz said. “They want people to experience what’s going on, on their farm and Facebook is a huge marketplace for consumers.” He also raised the funds from southeast Minnesota businesses – banks, car dealerships, feed companies and equipment companies among others – that support producers and the dairy community for the giveaway prizes. “They are proud to be a part of it,” Speltz said. “Since it’s a new promotion, I applaud them for putting a little faith in me to do this.” Each Monday in June, the four Hy-Vee stores in Rochester use their Facebook page to share a photo and link to the Facebook pages of a southeast Minnesota dairy farm. Each post recognizes one business that supported the promotion. People who comment on the picture are entered into a give away, which includes 10 $20 gift certicates for dairy products from the grocery store. On Thursday of each week, the Hy-Vee Facebook pages feature a one- to two-minute video clip from four more southeast Minnesota dairy farms. Together, the four Facebook pages have over 81,000 followers.
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Todd Speltz displays one of the four Rochester, Minn., Hy-Vee Facebook pages, which features links and video to area dairy farms during the month of June. “I’m hoping the people in the metro area of Rochester learn a little more about their local farmers and where their [dairy] products come from,” Speltz said. “A lot of these farms are centered around Rochester. People might not know there is a farm 10 miles from their house they can go visit or know that’s where their milk comes from. A lot of them still think it comes from the store.” Hy-Vee jumped on board to share information about dairy farmers in the area, said Sarah Thacker, marketing coordinator for the Rochester Hy-Vee stores. “I think people have an interest in where their food comes from, and they appreciate it comes from their local area,” Thacker said. “People are very passionate about their communities. And to know where their food is coming from and to get to know the farmers behind the products has been really engaging for them.” Speltz has wanted to put some sort of promotion Turn to SPELTZ | Page 11
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Milk and other dairy products are the prizes for a dairy promoĆ&#x;on Todd Speltz coordinated with the Hy-Vee stores in Rochester, Minn. in action for the past ďƒžve years after hearing a radio station give away free milk after a listener called in and correctly answered a dairy trivia question. “I thought it was really cool and something I could do with a radio station,â€? he said. An Olmsted County American Dairy Association board member suggested looking into grocery stores. Hy-Vee liked the idea. “Hy-Vee always supports local farmers and with it being National Dairy Month we’re super excited to partner with ‌ the local farmers that supply milk to our stores every day,â€? Thacker said. Thacker suggested Facebook as a way to share about local dairies. “I was still stuck on the radio idea, but when Sarah told me their Facebook pages have 81,000 followers I thought we could reach more consumers,â€?
Speltz said. “And it was free, too, so we could give away more product.� Although Speltz only planned to raise $3,200 for the promotion, the businesses supported $4,800. Because of this, Speltz is working with the grocery store to extend the promotion into July during National Ice Cream month and give away ice cream treats. “We would like to schedule farmers to come in and hand out ice cream,� Speltz said. “It would be fun to get farmers in the store to talk to consumers.� Overall, Speltz is excited the promotion has helped dairy farmers in southeast Minnesota become more visible to people in the Rochester and surrounding areas. “I didn’t think it would go this well or be this big because there wasn’t much planning, but it’s turned out really well,� Speltz said. “I’m hoping we can do it every year.�
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chased and remodeled another farm nearby, where they currently milk 475 Holsteins three times a day in a 40-cow rotary parlor. A labor-saving robot post-sprays teats. The herd produces more than 32,000 pounds of milk annually. The Heimans had milked as many as 175 cows twice a day at the Weber’s Farm Store site, but moved the herd to their new farm. Josh says the cows love riding the carousel. He said it’s more difcult to get them off than on it.
Editor’s note: Information and photos provided by Wisconsin Farm Technology Days. MARSHFIELD, Wis. – Heiman Holsteins of Marsheld is the farm side of familyrun dairy businesses operated by the Heiman family, co-hosts of the 2018 Wisconsin Farm Technology Days in Wood County July 10-12. Heimans are teaming up with D&B Sternweis Farms, a neighboring dairy, to hold the event. The Heimans also operate Weber’s Farm Store, a dairyretail enterprise that puts the farm’s milk in the hands of consumers. Overseeing Heiman Holsteins are Josh Heiman, 33, and his cousin Andy Heiman, 24. Josh’s parents, Ken and Joellen Heiman, and Andy’s parents, Kelvin and Marilyn Heiman, also have ownership in the farm. Joellen is a familiar face at Weber’s Farm Store, which was originally her family’s onfarm enterprise. Marilyn is the
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Cousins Josh Heiman (leŌ) and Andy Heiman stand amongst calves that are fed using an automated feeder on their dairy, Heimans Holsteins, near Marsheld, Wis. The farm is a co-host of the upcoming 2018 Wisconsin Farm Technology Days July 10-12 in Wood County. farm’s human-resource specialist. Ken and Kelvin, with a third brother, Kim, also own Nasonville Dairy, a cheese operation with locations south of Marsheld and at Curtis. Milk from Heiman Holsteins is also processed into cheese at Nasonville Dairy, as well as sold as uid milk by Weber’s Farm Store.
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Josh’s older brother Ryan Heiman helps with eld work and works at Nasonville Dairy and Weber’s Farm Store. Andy’s brothers Kal Heiman and Adam Heiman help with farm work and work at the Nasonville plant. There are also 11 non-family members on the farm team. Kelvin stresses the im-
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Family welcomes visitors to farm The two-story rotary complex includes ofces and upstairs conference room, which has a large window for watching cows ride the carousel. The Heimans welcome visitors of all types to their farm including many school, 4-H and FFA groups. They’re intent on educating consumers about dairy farming. Marilyn said most youngsters don’t even have grandparents farming any more. One generation ago come nonfarmers at least had exposure to grandpa and grandma’s farm. Turn to HEIMANS | Page 13
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Heimans Holsteins use a two-story parlor-office complex at their farm near Marsheld, Wis. The cows were moved from the Weber’s Farm Store site to a new farm in 2015. “We want the public to see how well the animals are taken care of,” she said. Josh feels just as strongly about the need share the real story about farming with the public. “Farmers have to promote the dairy industry and the technology we use today – and explain why we use it,” he said. Besides local groups, visitors from throughout the United States and other countries tour Nasonville Dairy. The Heimans take them to the farm so they have a more-complete understanding of what it takes to produce quality cheese. It was the Heimans’ interest in telling their farm story to the public that was, in large part, impetus for advocating Wood County host the show and then volunteering to co-host the event with D&B Sternweis Farm. Heiman Holsteins part of virtual tours The farm consists of 1,350 acres of which 85 percent is owned. The dairy is
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several miles from the site of Wisconsin Farm Technology Days but is contributing 215 acres to the show. Tent city, parking and eld demonstrations are adjacent to the D&B Sternweis Farms, which show-goers can tour on buses during the event. Heiman Holsteins will be featured in virtual-tour presentations in the University of Wisconsin-Extension tent. The Heimans share manpower with D&B Sternweis Farms to jointly harvest corn silage and haylage and combining. Each farm also contributes equipment to joint harvest operations. Josh says the arrangement reduces both farms’ input costs and need for more hired labor. Heiman Holsteins recently invested in drag-line manure-application equipment which enables both farms to apply manure in a more-timely manner. Co-hosts long-time friends Daryl Sternweis of D&B Sternweis Farms of Marsheld said he and his
family have been long-time neighbors and good friends with the Heimans. “I’ve known them my whole life,” he said. “And I’ve shipped milk to Nasonville Dairy ever since I’ve had the farm. And my dad did too for many years.” “It’s a very friendly neighborhood,” said the life-long farmer of a general willingness of farming neighbors to lend equipment and a hand to one another. It was a natural progression for Sternweises and Heimans to roll together their chopping and combining operations. Josh Heiman married Daryl and Brenda Sternweis’ oldest daughter, Heather. Their marriage has made the bond between the Wisconsin Farm Technology Days co-hosts even closer, Daryl said. And it was recently announced that the newly married couple are expecting their rst child--which would be the sixth generation for both sides of the family to live on the farm. While Josh takes Heiman Holsteins into the future, his wife continues to be an integral contributor on her home farm. He said they talk shop and bounce ideas off one another. Heimans adopt latest technologies In their elds Heimans have been planting brown mid-rib corn silage varieties. And they’re exploring cover cropping for heifer and dry-cow feed. They’ve grid sampled to ne tune soil fertility and use DuPont Pioneer’s Encirca service to adjust nitrogen in-season. For the dairy herd the Heimans use sexed semen on heifers and higherproducing cows. Beef semen is used on poorer producers and cows requiring a third service. The family built a calf barn for 100 head. It features two automated calf feeders and four pens. Calves are fed milk replacer. Though an underground milk-supply line from the parlor complex would enable them to conveniently use pasteurized waste milk, they simply don’t have enough treated milk to make the switch, Josh Heiman said. The herd’s Somatic Cell Count is between 90,000 and 110,000. Sand bedding and their DeLaval TSR teat-spray robot are credited with contributing to milk quality. Heimans are looking forward to Wisconsin Farm Technology Days in large part for the opportunity it presents to tell the farming story on a much grander scale.
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From Our Side Of The Fence What is a life lesson you learned from your dad?
Todd A. Hoesly with his father, EJ Brodhead, Wis. Green County 180 cows
Scott Bischoff with his father, David Eau Claire, Wis. Eau Claire County 50 cows
Kelsey Row with her father, Brian Crull Juda, Wis. Green County 110 cows
Who is your dad? Tell us about his dairy career. My father is EJ Hoesly. He grew up in Brodhead, Wis., where he started working on area dairy farms by the age of 8. He started his dairy operation on a rented farm in Brodhead in 1964. In 1969, after renting in two locations, he was able to purchase the family farm of his wife, Joyce, after her father passed away. That farm in Juda, Wis., is where I and my sister, Lisa, grew up. The family prex was Joy-Jay. He sold the Juda farm in 1984 and the herd was moved to where I now farm in Brodhead. EJ stayed involved with the dairy industry as a Wisconsin State Milk Inspector. After that, he became the milk procurement ofcer for Roy’s Dairy, Avonmore, Saputo and Swiss Valley Farms in Monroe, Wis. He has since retired, but comes to my farm every day to help with mixing feed, hauling manure and anything else he can do to help. He will turn 80 June 23, but doesn’t seem to want to slow down. I am very grateful for his help.
Who is your dad? Tell us about his dairy career. My dad’s name is David. He grew up farming with his dad and doing carpentry work. For a long time, he built houses and dairy farmed at the same time. The farm I’m on now is the farm he bought. It is the neighboring farm to my grandparents’ original farm. I took over the farm from my dad in 1998.
Who is your dad? Tell us about his dairy career. My dad is Brian Crull. He has been involved in farming his entire life and bought his rst animal in 1970. After high school, he had the opportunity for two full-ride scholarships to college – one in football or one in baseball. His dad said if he went to college, they were selling the cows, so he opted to stay home and begin his farming career. To this day, my dad still says he doesn’t regret his decision, and that he made the right choice.
In four words, describe your dad. Resilient, honest, generous and optimistic. What was one farming philosophy your dad taught you that you still use today? He rmly believed you could always improve your herd through careful and thoughtful breeding. What is a life lesson you learned from your dad? You had to keep rolling. Even if you take some hits or face adversities, you keep working through. What is a trait about your dad you admire the most? He sticks with doing what’s right, even if it’s not popular or benecial to him. There are fewer people today willing to stick to their principles so rigorously. What is one of your favorite memories of you and your dad on the farm? When we were trying to build the registered herd, I have many fond memories of going to sales, carefully studying catalogs and pedigrees. All the while looking for the animals with deep pedigrees that we could breed from, while still being an affordable purchase. Tell us about your farm. My wife, Trish, and I milk 70 registered Holsteins, with a total of 180 head. The herd is 100 percent registered and probably 99.9 percent homebred with a BAA of 111.1 percent. We merchandise by selling show calves, heifers, cows and embryos. We also raise and sell breeding bulls. We have 70 acres, allowing us to grow our corn silage, while purchasing the remainder of our feed. We are able to capitalize on the hard work my dad put in building his herd. The herd has developed into what it is today from what he started.
In four words describe your dad. Honest, hardworking, funny and reliable. What is one farming philosophy your dad taught you that you still use today? He taught me that the farm is the most important thing. It’s a 24/7 job, and you need to be dedicated to it. The last vacation I took was 10 years ago. What is a life lesson you learned from your dad? He taught me to stand up for what I believe in. If others don’t like it, that’s their problem. He also taught me to work hard, even if some days I have to work 20 hours per day. What is a trait about your dad you admire most? I admire his honesty and the way he raised his family. Even though we worked a lot, he always made sure to take time with us for fun. Growing up, he would take us shing after chores, or we would get our ball gloves out and play ball. He made time to do a few things other than farming, and he made it fun. What is one of your favorite memories of you and your dad on the farm? When I was about 5 years old, my dad was greasing a piece of equipment and he forgot to take the cap off the tube of grease. He couldn’t gure out what was wrong until I told him he didn’t take the cap off. He didn’t think that was it until he checked. For some reason, that memory has always stuck with me. I think it is one of the rst memories I have where I told him something he didn’t know. Tell us about your farm. I have 200 acres and rent another 80 acres. I milk my herd in a stanchion barn and have two employees. My parents, David and Sharon, still help where and when they can. My mom occasionally feeding calves, and my dad helps with feeding corn silage or doing eldwork. After high school, I went to welding school for one year, but realized I didn’t like it. So, I worked for a neighboring farmer for the next seven years. I learned a lot at that farm and was able to make changes to our farm when I came home. When I returned, we only baled hay and ground ear corn. We had no silos. So, I put up silos and started feeding differently.
In four words describe your dad. Patient, realistic, genuine and dependable. What is one farming philosophy your dad taught you that you still use today? He taught me not to take any short cuts, and that I should do everything to my fullest potential. What is a life lesson you learned from your dad? He taught me to never give up, whether it’s a problem on the farm, in sports or whatever. He taught me to constantly re-evaluate the situation, gure out a plan to reroute and make it work. What is a trait about your dad you admire most? I admire his patience, and his ability to sit back and try to see how a situation can be made better, whether it’s a farm issue or family. What is one of your favorite memories of you and your dad on the farm? When I was younger, during milking we played our own version of the game “20 Questions.” He’d think of a certain cow and I’d ask questions to try and gure out what cow he was thinking of. Tell us about your farm. My husband, Mike, and I milk 110 cows, a mix of Jerseys, Brown Swiss and Red and Whites and Holsteins. We don’t hire any labor and have 44 acres. We have three children: Paisley, 3, Josie, 2, and Levi, 10 months. Turn to OUR SIDE | Page 16
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Derek Wall with his father, Art Eastman, Wis. Crawford County 35 cows
Bruce Ewings Jr. Gilman, Wis. Chippewa County 90 cows
Neal Vellema with his father, Paul Harris, Iowa Osceola County 180 cows
Who is your dad? Tell us about his dairy career. Who is your dad? Tell us about his dairy career. Art Wall took over this farm in 1990 from his mom My dad is Bruce Ewings Sr. He has been farming and dad by renting. He bought it outright in 2004. his entire life with a break of a few years after he had an auto accident. In four words describe your dad. Hard-working, funny and old-school. In four words describe your dad. Honest, genuine, resilient and humble. What is one farming philosophy your dad taught you that you still use today? If it isn’t broke, don’t What is one farming philosophy your dad taught x it. you that you still use today? The cows are where your income comes from. They are the most imporWhat is a life lesson you learned from your dad? tant part of this farm. New machinery is nice, but it Always make time to enjoy life. doesn’t always raise the bottom line.
Who is your dad? Tell us about his dairy career. My dad is Paul Vellema. My grandparents purchased this farm in 1955 and milked cows here until they exited the dairy business in the 1960s. Dad restarted the dairy operation in the late 1980s. He began with four cows and slowly built up the herd and added facilities, including the double-5 herringbone parlor we still use. I joined our family operation eight years ago, after I graduated from Dordt College.
What is a trait about your dad you admire most? His honesty. If you broke something, he wants you to say you did it. Don’t wait for him to nd out.
What is one farming philosophy your dad taught you that you still use today? No matter what it is, keep on working at it until the job is done.
What is one of your favorite memories of you and your dad on the farm? The rst deer I got. I was 12 and it was opening morning of my rst year being able to carry a gun. About 7:30 a.m., Dad was facing east and I was facing west. We were a couple of feet apart. I heard leaves crunching and the next thing I knew, a decent eight-pointer was coming. He came in about 20 yards and I shot, and then Dad shot. He shot again and nished it off. It had a 15-inch spread.
What is a life lesson you learned from your dad? Never give up on your goals and dreams. I have worked alongside him to get back to what he wanted to do, dairy farm. What is a trait about your dad you admire most? He is a family man. When times were bad he was always willing to do whatever he could to help. Myself and my brothers and sister’s family are everything to him. I would like to believe that I am following in his footsteps.
What is one of your favorite memories of you and your dad on the farm? The rst was going to the Wisconsin Guernsey Association sale in Rice Lake, Tell us about your farm. We farm with my moth- Wis. It was a terrible snow storm, but we made it er, Carol, and milk 35 cows and have been organic and were able to buy my rst registered heifer. The since 2008. We own 160 acres and rent 131 acres. second would have to be when dad bought a herd of cows in 2015 in order to get back into farming.
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Tell us about your farm. Flo-Ral Farm was established in 1986 when my parents bought the current farm in Gilman. We have expanded over the years from the 38 stanchions to a step-up parlor and freestall. We farm 200 acres. I farm with my wife, daughter and two sons, along with my father. We have been farming together since May 2015 when my dad returned to the farm after his accident.
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What is a life lesson you learned from your dad? Live your life in such a way that you can look back without wishing you had done something different. Give it your best at all times. Always treat others with kindness and respect. What is a trait about your dad you admire most? If something needs to get done he does it, even if it’s unpleasant. It speaks to his work ethic and gives direction as to how this farm should be. What is one of your favorite memories of you and your dad on the farm? When I was a little kid and got to ride in the tractor cab with Dad as he chopped hay. It seemed like haying season was always an exciting time. There was a lot going on, with the wagons hauling silage to the pile and a loader tractor packing the freshly chopped haylage. Tell us about your farm. I farm with my parents, Paul and Phyllis, and my brother, Greg. My wife, Laura, and I have been married for eight years and have three children, Harry, 6, Sadie, 4, and Eli, 2. Our fourth child, a boy, is due to arrive July 25. Our dairy is located inside the city limits of Harris. When my wife and I look out our back window, we see our farm; when we look out our front window we see the town of Harris. We sell our milk to AMPI. This year, Laura and I are the chair couple for the Sanborn AMPI Young Cooperator group.
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health. Any cattle 35 days bred or more get checked. Cows get ultra-sounded to conrm pregnancy and check for twins. We also do re-checks on all cows and heifers until 100 days pregnant, and we will do dry-off checks, too What is your breeding philosophy? How do you select bulls? What traits do
you focus on? Does fertility play a role in bull selection? Once a year, we have Select Sires mate the cows and heifers. I let them pick the bulls based on calving ease, medium sized cows for a tiestall barn and health traits. How are cows and heifers bred? Do you have a different philosophy for breeding both? I do all of the A.I. work
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myself. I use more expensive bulls on my heifers What do you do to settle hard breeders? Sell them. If they are difcult this time, chances are they will be the next time, too. MARK KLAPHAKE/DAIRY STAR
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CIDR to the heifer program. Tell us about your farm. Twelve years ago, my wife, Becky, and I purchased the cows and 159 acres with farmstead from my parents, Don and Linda Christen. We have six children that help on the farm. Don comes to the farm most days to help with eld work and daily chores.
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We have been hosting farm tours almost daily since the middle of April. Families on vacation and summer school groups have lled up the calendar. All age groups are interested in seeing a Wisconsin dairy farm, wanting to milk a cow and spend a day on a farm. When going around the farm and looking at the cows and heifers, the visitors ask a lot of questions. Our animals are very friendly and will try to lick anyone who walks near them. Cows will stand up on the curb under the feed rail to reach out to any extended. This often leads to questions about them By Tina Hinchley jumping over the rail, and Farmer & Columnist why they are in separate pens. When we are looking at the cows through the head locks and the animals are reaching down for their feed, the locks clang closed and clang open when they lift their heads. Why do you have these metal things? I explain they are a tool we need to hold cows so we can be safe when we are in the pen with them. Most of our visitors have little experience with cattle and often think these friendly animals are oversized pets, like their dogs and cats. The people working with these animals are the most important thing on the farm, and we all need to be safe. The veterinarian, breeders, herds people, my family members and myself cannot be replaced. By working with these animals, we can get squished, injured or even killed when heifers or cows are loose in the breeding pen or being moved from pen to pen. In the breeding pen, those girls can be extra friendly because they want to be bred. I could easily get hurt if I need to get a blood sample or the veterinarian is checking if they are pregnant. The friendly heifers remember people are who feeds them, scratches them under their chin and gives them love. These heifers and cows do not know they are strong and powerful when they want to get close to us, and that is why we need to have the head locks. The quick answer to the question is not that easy when the guests have a quizzical look on their face, as if these head locks seem inhuman. All farmers must work safely. The farm is not able to run without their help. When bad things happen, it is devastating for everyone. Looking at these cows from on top of the hayride as they stretch out with their tongue would lead everyone to think they are big pets. They don’t follow commands like sit, lay and stay. Working with cattle requires an understanding of how these girls behave and how they move so you can get them to go where they need to be. All farmers try to make sure the environment the cattle are going into is not slippery so they can walk without falling or doing the splits. The oor is grooved for the cows’ safety and comfort. Working with fresh heifers to get them into a stall is often one of the most challenging things the farmers must do. We must know the safe distance to stand to avoid being injured if she is scared and kicks. Often when cows or heifers are coming into the barn or freestall they dart quickly into stalls and sometimes squeeze into ones already full, causing power struggles with the animal that will stand her ground or push the other out. Working quietly with these animals to keep them calm is the goal. Some farmers use sorting sticks to help tap on the cows to let them know where to go or which way to turn. While other farmers use dogs to help, some farmers can whistle or walk near the cows to get them into their stalls. This is a skill anyone working with these big animals must learn. Looking at these heifers in the breeding group, one could say they don’t seem too difcult with their fun-loving dispositions. We all must be safe, and the head locks are a wonderful tool we have to help us get what we need done without hurting the animals or getting hurt or killed ourselves. Now that was a long answer to just one question. Tina Hinchley, her husband, Duane, and their daughters, Anna and Catherine, milk 135 registered Holsteins and farm 2,500 acres of crops near Cambridge, Wis. They have been hosting farm tours for over 20 years.
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Dairy students excel at Wisconsin FFA Convention
Endres tops dairy prociency category By Danielle Nauman danielle.n@dairystar.com
MADISON, Wis. – Several students with dairy backgrounds excelled in contests held during the 89th Wisconsin FFA Convention, which took place June 11-14 in Madison, Wis. Mikayla Endres, 19, topped the state’s dairy entrepreneurship prociency, as well as placing third in the Star Farmer competition, and was named as a nalist in the Star Ag Placement division. She will apply for the dairy entrepreneurship contest at the National FFA Convention held later this year in Indianapolis. Endres’ dairy entrepreneurship Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) project is based on breeding and marketing registered show cattle, and she has amassed a herd of 15 head within her family’s 30-cow herd. “We didn’t have the facilities for me to work developing a large number of animals, so I focused my project on breeding high-type cattle and working to market them for showing,” said Endres, the daughter of Kevin and Heidi Endres and a member of the Lodi FFA Chapter.. While her SAE ofcially began with her freshman year of high school, Endres had already built a solid foundation to grow from, having purchased
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herd. She has developed a placement SAE based on her experiences working for other people on their farms, at shows and at cattle sales. Endres has completed her rst year at the Madison Area Technical College,
where she is completing her general studies in preparation to transfer to the University of Wisconsin-Madison to pursue a degree in agri-business. Turn to FFA | Page 25
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ConƟnued from FFA | Page 23 Montana Sarbacker won the Dairy Handler CDE (Career Development Event) in April at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and she was presented with her award at the convention. Sarbacker, a member of the Verona FFA Chapter, is the 17-year-old daughter of John and Michelle Sarbacker. Along with her family, Sarbacker raises dairy heifers. Sarbacker said the Dairy Handler CDE is a little more challenging than competing in the average showmanship class. Participants present the animals for the Dairy Cattle Evaluation CDE contest. “You are randomly assigned a heifer to lead, and they haven’t really been worked with. That makes it more challenging,” Sarbacker said. “Besides just showing them, you have to follow the specic directions for the judging class, like setting them up head to tail and side by side.” In addition to presenting the animals, participants in the Dairy Handler CDE take an exam where they are asked questions about showmanship and the Unied Dairy Cattle Scorecard. This was the third year Sarbacker has competed in the Dairy Handler CDE, and her success has earned her the opportunity to compete in the national contest this fall.
“Competing in this CDE has allowed me to become a better showman.” MONTANA SARBACKER, DAIRY HANDLER CDE WINNER
“Competing in this CDE has allowed me to become a better showman,” Sarbacker said. “It’s much more difcult to present an animal you haven’t worked with and aren’t familiar with.” Emma Buss of the Belmont FFA Chapter talked her way to the top spot in the Discussion Meet contest. Buss is the 18-year-old daughter of Brad and Roberta Buss and the late Laurie Runde. She lives on her family’s 50-cow dairy near Belmont, Wis. Buss has been participating in the Discussion
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Mikayla Endres accepts top honors in the Dairy Entrepreneurship contest at the Wisconsin State FFA ConvenƟon June 11-14 in Madison, Wis. Meet contest since her freshman year in high school, and has placed twice at the sectional contest before moving on to the state contest this year. “The object is to take leadership in the discussion to develop a plan of action in regards to the question,” Buss said, explaining the contest. “You want to take the lead in the discussion, while keeping all the participants engaged.” A list of questions is provided for students to prepare to discuss, but they have no way of knowing which questions will be used in the contest until the meet starts. At the state contest, there are two seminal rounds of four contestants each, with the top two in each of those rounds advancing to the nal round.
“This is a great contest for developing both communication and leadership skills, and how to work well in a group situation,” Buss said. “It teaches you to create an open environment, while working towards a common goal.” Sauk Prairie High School freshman Libby Hasheider took top honors in the FFA Creed Speaking Contest. Hasheider is the 15-year-old daughter of Josh and Jen Hasheider. While her family sold their milking cows when she was in the fth grade, Hasheider raises show heifers with her family and competes at the county and state fairs, as well as World Dairy Expo. “I had thought about doing the Creed Contest, but I had some coaches and mentors who pushed me to do it. I’m glad I did,” Hasheider said of her rst competitive experience within FFA. “I practiced pretty much every day and worked on answering questions that might be asked during the contest,” she said. “They ask three questions of each contestant, and you have no idea what the questions will be until they are asked.” Hasheider’s victory earned her a trip to the National FFA Convention where she will compete again this fall, hoping to continue her winning ways. “I really enjoy the conferences and conventions that I can attend being a part of FFA,” Hasheider said. “You can meet new people, and by doing contests like this you become much more condent in what you can achieve.”
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FSA county committee nomination period open The nomination period for FSA county committees began June 15. Nomination forms must be postmarked or received in the FSA ofďƒžce by close of business Aug. 1. County committees are unique to FSA and allow pro- FSA News & Notes ducers to have a voice on federal farm program implementation at the local level. To be eligible to serve on the FSA county committee, a person must participate or cooperate in an agency administered program, be eligible to vote in a county committee election and reside in the Local Administrative Area (LAA) By Ryan Brunn where they are nominated. All Stearns Co. Exec. Dir. producers, including women, minority and beginning farmers and ranchers are encouraged to participate in the nomination and election process. Producers may nominate themselves or others as candidates. Organizations representing minority and women farmers and ranchers may also nominate candidates. To become a nominee, eligible individuals must sign form FSA669A. The form and more information about county committee elections is available at: www.fsa.usda.gov/elections. Elected county committee members serve a three-year term and are responsible for making decisions on FSA disaster, conservation, commodity and price support programs, as well as other important federal farm program issues. County committees consist of three to 11 members. FSA will mail election ballots to eligible voters beginning Nov. 5. Ballots are due back in the local ofďƒžce by mail or in person no later than Dec. 3. All newly elected county committee members and alternates will take ofďƒžce Jan. 1, 2019. For more information about county committees, contact your county FSA ofďƒžce or visit www.fsa.usda.gov/elections. Secretary Perdue names FSA administrator U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced the appointment of Richard Fordyce to serve as administrator of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA). In his role, Fordyce will provide leadership for FSA and its mission to support agricultural production across America through a network of over 2,100 county and 50 state ofďƒžces. Richard Fordyce, a fourth-generation farmer, most recently served as state executive director for FSA in Missouri. Prior to his appointment by the Trump Administration, Fordyce served as the director of the Missouri Department of Agriculture from 2013-17. In 2015, Fordyce was awarded the Missouri Farm Bureau Distinguished Service Award and the Agricultural Leaders of Tomorrow Alumnus of the Year. He and his wife, Renee, have two children and grow soybeans, corn and beef cattle on the family farm. For more information about the Farm Service Agency, visit www.fsa.usda.gov. Farm Service Agency is an Equal Opportunity Lender. Complaints about discrimination should be sent to: Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 20250. Visit the Farm Service Agency Web site at: www.fsa.usda.gov/ for necessary application forms and updates on USDA programs.
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Chopping silage is one of my favorite events on our dairy. Everyone gets involved; Dad always runs the haybine; Mary or Becca merge windrows; Greg runs the chopper until Chris, my husband, takes over after work. Our hired kids help haul loads; Mom or Grandma make lunches for everyone; and I am in charge of milking. But once my chores are done, I’m out the door and on a tractor hauling loads, or riding along with Chris in the chopper. In my limited experience, breakdowns and having to stop and switch bags are our main slow downs. We always check the forecast ahead of time, giving ourselves plenty of time before any rain is predicted. But this time, we knew we would be pushing our luck. Nonetheless, we made the decision to go ahead and sent Dad to the eld with the haybine. Calves bellered in the calf barn, hot, crowded and waiting for me to get them all fed. A few days prior, Dad said let’s move calves out before it gets full in here, and I assured him I didn’t have any cows due for nearly a week, so it could wait. Within three days, six calves were born, leaving me with an extra row of pens and some doubled up. Running short on time, I called my mom for help and together we spent an hour feeding each calf milk, electrolytes, water and grain. I cringed knowing the extreme heat and humidity stressed them out. Sweat dripped down my back as I carried pails of grain across the yard in the 97-degree heat. I had to catch heifers for Dad and then run the haybine while he came home to breed them. I set the headlocks and then headed across the yard. I noticed yet another cow had calved early, birthing a white bull calf in the dirt lot. Luckily, Mom was still around, and she brought me the wheelbarrow. I loaded the lthy, wet calf and she washed it off while I put the cow in the fresh pen. Finally, I made it out to the eld to relieve Dad. He always brags about how much fun it is to cut hay, and perhaps it would’ve been if I hadn’t been soaked in sweat and four months pregnant. Fast forward to later that afternoon. I laid down for a quick nap before chores and set my alarm for 45 minutes. When I awoke, the house was completely dark and silent, it was gloomy outside and the grass was wet. My sister informed me we had a thunderstorm and the power had gone out. I hurried outside to see if someone was starting the generator. Nope. It was chore time and our hired kids were arriving. I tried to think of tasks they could do to keep busy until the generator was running. The list was slim. We moved a few cows and gave shots. These are the times I realize how reliant we are on electricity; we couldn’t feed calves because the pasteurizer needed electricity. We couldn’t do any cleaning without water and couldn’t look up cows in heat without the computer. We couldn’t have them organize the basement because we needed light, and we couldn’t feed grain because the auger needed to be plugged in. Finally, my uncle was able to get the generator hooked
and in the bag. I’m learning the hard way that even with up-to-date weather apps, making sure all the equipment had been checked over prior to starting, having our week planned out, and scheduling plenty of help to get the jobs done, we can only do what is in our control. God and Mother Nature call the shots. Looking back, I would have advocated for the same decisions all over again, especially since it rained even more the following week and each week since. We have water sitting in several elds, but so does everyone around us. Getting mad won’t make the tile lines drain any faster. I realize I have done all that is in my control, and now it is up to God to decide when to part the rain clouds long enough for us to make second cutting. Laura Scholtz farms with her father, John Rosenhammer, and uncle, Greg, on Roseview Dairy near Sleepy Eye, Minn. They milk 200 Holsteins and run 580 acres of cropland.
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up, but since it isn’t able to handle the whole farm, we could only run the parlor. All the fans and extra lights had to be kept off. To make things more difcult, we were going to have to release cows individually, because using our rapid release exit in the parlor used too much energy. At 6 p.m., we brought cows in the parlor. As Kaleb, one of our hired kids, walked in, I told him his job would be to let cows out. As I nished explaining the electricity came back on. I informed him next time the power goes out, he better show up to work miracles again. I may have gotten home at 10 that night, but I didn’t care. The power going out reminded me to appreciate what we do have; fans and sprinklers to keep our cows comfortable during this heat spell, light to allow us to work past sunset and amazing hired help to get the job done. As my dad wrote in his last article, our rst cutting silage experience gave us plenty more issues throughout the week, but we got it all chopped
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Wet May, June dampened my gardening efforts One word sums up conditions here in my spot of Crawford County for May and June so far: wet. In May we got 10.2 inches of rain, and so far in June we’ve received another 0.6 inch. That last blast came in 15 minutes the evening of June 2. Rural Roots One result of the bountiful and frequent rains is that my poor garden is about nonexistent. Oh, I have a few tomato plants in containers, but nothing in the real garden. I replaced the spark plug in my trusty tiller and gassed up the red machine. With a few tugs on the starter rope, it popped to life, even after a fall and winter in the shed. But, tilling the garden hasn’t happened. The tiller’s wheels slip because the ground is too damp. I worry about soil compaction and creating a cloddy mess. All the rain has blessed me with an abundance of By Ron Johnson asparagus. I set the rst crowns into the ground seven Staff Writer years ago, and now they are really producing. The asparagus makes up a mere two short rows along one hillside, but I’ve been able to pick half a dozen or so green spears every other day. My morel hunting did not amount to much this spring. But I did get out for a while with dairyman Alan Flansburgh, who farms near Prairie du Chien. He has lots of good mushroom woods, and he found a good mess up on a south-facing hillside. I like morels. But there really isn’t much nutritional value to them. After all, it’s just a mere fungus that sort of looks like a sponge. Maybe that’s why it’s sometimes called a sponge mushroom. Anyway, to my mind, asparagus and sweet corn are much better destinations for pats of good, Wisconsin butter. I’ve often thought even cardboard could taste fantastic if it was sautéed in butter.
A recent drive south into Grant County reminded me how much I enjoy a ne, spring day. At one time, summer was by far my favorite season. That was mainly due to having three glorious months laid out in front of me and no school to keep me indoors. Now that kind of vacation is long gone. So, I vote for spring and its abundance of new life and optimism as the best part of the year. That foray into Grant County took me across the Wisconsin River at Boscobel (birthplace of the Gideons and their Gideon Bible), and up onto the higher ground at Fennimore and Lancaster. Along the way, colorful tulips in front yards greeted me, as did blooming apple trees. Meadowlarks and killdeer sang from the tops of fence posts. White pelicans bobbed in the backwaters of the river. On the land, black-baldy beef calves lay in groups or played tag. Farmers busily towed chisel plows and anhydrous ammonia tanks behind their groaning tractors. A sign on a fence invited me and other passers-by to make sure to attend the Grant County Fair at Lancaster. Passing a gas station, I couldn’t help but notice the price: $2.79 was the lowest. Funny, isn’t it, how gas prices mysteriously rise when people start mowing their lawns, and when holiday driving picks up? Of course, fuel prices have risen since then. A few days ago, I saw 87 octane with ethanol advertised for $2.94 a gallon. Farther on, a blue tractor towing a red, eight-row corn planter made a colorful combination. An Amish gentleman guided his horse and buggy along the road’s gravel shoulder, the orange, slow-moving vehicle triangle on the back of the buggy looking terribly out of place. Since I worry about the Amish as they try to safely navigate the 21st century’s busy roads, I slowed down – something too many of us do not seem to be able to do these days. I also drove as far to the left of the buggy as I deemed safe. The black-hatted driver and I exchanged cheery waves. Then he continued on in his world and I continued on in mine.
Minnesota to host Milking WMMB/Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin Directors elected Shorthorn NaƟonal ConvenƟon Election results for the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board (dba Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin) Board of Directors have been certied by DATCP Secretary Sheila Harsdorf, resulting in eight directors beginning three-year terms starting July 1, 2018. Newly elected directors and the districts they represent are: – Connie Seefeldt, Coleman, District 2 (Florence, Forest, Langlade, Marinette, Oconto and Vilas counties). – Kay Zwald, Hammond, District 5 (St. Croix, Dunn counties). – Steven Sternweis, Marsheld, District 8 (Marathon County). – Mike Verhasselt, Kaukauna, District 11 (Outagamie and Winnebago counties). – Patricia Kling Taylor, District 14 (Jackson, La Crosse and Trempealeau counties). – Julie Maurer, Newton, District 17 (Calumet and Manitowoc counties). – Sharon Laubscher, Wonewoc, District 20 (Richland and Sauk counties). – Jay Stauffacher, Darlington, District 23 (Iowa and Lafayette counties). DFW directors guide the organization’ nances, formulate and set its policies and long-range business plan, and maintain its mission: “To help grow demand for Wisconsin milk by providing programs that enhance the competitiveness of the Wisconsin Dairy Industry.” Through these initiatives, a DFW director has the opportunity to represent Wisconsin dairy producers and products, as well as become involved in activities that inform and educate consumers. There were 13 certied candidates running for eight board-member positions. Of the 2,589 dairy producers living in the election districts, per DATCP records, 13.4 percent returned ballots. That is an increase in election return over the previous year. District 23, which had three candidates on the ballot, recorded the most election participation with 17.8 percent of eligible producers in that district voting. The election closed May 25, 2018. The board has a total of 25 directors. DATCP supervises the election of Wisconsin’s marketing boards and monitors marketing board operations for compliance with applicable statues and rules. For more information on DFW and the 2018 election, visit www.WMMB.com/ election. This site also contains newly elected director biography information.
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Milking Shorthorn breeders and enthusiasts will come together June 27-30, 2018 in Willmar, Minn. for the American Milking Shorthorn Society (AMSS) National Convention. This event will include the annual AMSS meeting, several American Milking Shorthorn Junior Society (AMSJS) events including the National Heifer Show and AMSJS annual meetings, as well as the National Convention Sale. Minnesota has prepared an exciting week of farm tours and hospitality to balance the business of the Annual Meeting. Junior members will have a week lled with competition including the National Junior Awards, National Heifer Show, and Jeopardy contest, ending the week with a lake outing to enjoy. Farm tours planned for the week include Meadow Star Dairy, Corstar Farms, and Paulson Farms. Meadow Star Dairy utilizes a 106-stall rotary parlor to maintain a milking herd of 6,000 head. This facility impresses with the size and scale of production.
Corstar Farms is a multi-breed operation owned by Cory and Kristen Salzl focusing on the development of elite Registered Milking Shorthorn, Guernsey, and Jersey cattle. Top cow families have led Corstar to much success in the show ring. Paulson Farms is a fourthgeneration operation with a strong history in the Milking Shorthorn breed. This herd of 45 Milking Shorthorns is a true family passion and continues to develop in many successful ways. Ofcial business will be addressed during the Annual Meeting on Friday, June 29. Members and outstanding animals of the breed will be honored at the awards breakfast and annual banquet, also on Friday, June 29. Rounding out the week, the National Sale will offer some of the best animals in the breed on Saturday, June 30. The American Milking Shorthorn Society will provide updates throughout the week on Facebook and Dairy Agenda Today. For further information regarding the event, visit www.milkingshorthorn.com.
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Crossbreds’ components stand up to Holsteins A graduate student at the University of Minnesota, Dr. Brittany ShonkaMartin completed her degree in dairy cattle genetics. She has since been employed with ABS Global in DeForest, Wis., as a dairy geneticist. Her research project used cows in our campus dairy herd that has both crossbred and Holstein cows. All of the crossbreds are ProCROSS©, which is a three-breed rotational mating system using the Montbéliarde, Viking Red and Holstein breeds. Frozen semen of A.I. bulls from the three breeds is used in rotation for generations with ProCROSS© and the mating system is simple without concerns about the inbreeding of embryos or calves. The Montbéliarde breed is based in France with 450,000 cows in DHI, and the Viking Red breed is based in By Les Hansen, Ph.D. Sweden, Denmark and Finland with 225,000 cows in DHI. Univesity of Minn. For comparison purposes, the Jersey breed in the United States has 330,000 cows in DHI. The Montbéliarde and Viking Red breeds have both selected for fertility much longer than the Holstein breed and, unlike the Holstein breed, neither breed has selected against body condition. We now know maintenance of baseline body condition is important for the fertility, health, mobility and survival of cows. Feed intakes of individual cows are laborious and expensive to collect. For Dr. Shonka-Martin’s research, 123 rst-lactation cows (63 ProCROSS© and 60 Holstein) and 80 second-lactation and third-lactation cows (43 ProCROSS© and 37 Holstein) were compared for dry matter intake, body weight, wither height, body condition score, milk volume and fat plus protein production over a three-year period. All cows were fed the same TMR twice daily in tie stalls with partitions in the mangers. Feed samples were collected twice weekly to determine dry matter content. Feed intakes were recorded only from days four to 150 of lactation. During the same lactational period, body weight, height and body condition score were recorded for each cow. Fat plus protein production (lb.) was not different for the two genetic groups during rst lactation or during second and later lactations. However, the ProCROSS© cows had higher percentages of fat and protein in their milk than the Holstein cows and, for most milk markets, milk is priced based mainly on the solids in milk and not on the uid carrier of milk. Therefore, fat plus protein production is a better predictor of the value of milk that is milk volume. The milk volume, which is mostly water, was lower for the ProCROSS© cows than the Holstein cows. However, despite equal fat plus protein production, the ProCROSS© cows had signicantly lower dry matter intake than their Holstein herdmates, and the difference was 312 pounds less dry matter intake (-4.8 percent) during the 147-day study period in rst lactation and 512 pounds less dry matter intake (-6.5 percent) in second and third lactations. Other than the lower feed intake with equivalent fat plus protein production, how were the ProCROSS© cows different from the Holstein cows? They had shorter height at the withers, carried signicantly more body condition but were not different from the Holstein cows for body weight. Smaller frame sizes of cows and more body condition of cows to enhance fertility and health should be advantages of ProCROSS© cows over Holstein cows for commercial dairying. Other studies with much larger numbers of cows have documented ProCROSS© cows have higher pregnancy rates (fewer days open and higher conception rates), reduced health treatment costs and longer herd life.
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Averages for ProCROSS© and Holstein cows for days 4 to 150 of lactation Second and third First lactation lactations Holstein
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63
37
43
Dry matter intake (lb)
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6,188 *
7,919
7,407 *
Body weight (lb)
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1,238
1,421
1,402
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53.3 *
56.6
55.2 *
Body condition score
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3.46 *
3.06
3.25 *
10,517
10,062 *
14,630
13,809 *
Number of cows
Milk volume (lb)
Holstein ProCROSS
Fat + protein 726 730 971 980 production (lb) * Difference of ProCROSS© and Holstein cows was statistically signicant.
Feed efciency is evaluated with alternative measures. Some of them are: fat plus protein production divided by dry matter intake; energy-corrected milk divided by dry matter intake; dry matter intake divided by body weight; and residual feed intake (used for genetic evaluation of dairy cattle). For all four of these measures, the ProCROSS© cows were signicantly more feed efcient than the Holstein cows. Of course, all of these measures of feed efciency are dened in a narrow sense relative to economic gain because differences in fertility (which inuences how soon cows return to peak production with a subsequent lactation), health treatment costs and herd life of cows are ignored. Based on this new research, improved feed efciency can be added to the list of advantages of ProCROSS© cows over Holstein cows.
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Still in the barn The farming genes run deep in my blood. Generations of men and women on both sides of my family tree have had a strong connection to agriculture, especially dairy farming. The desire to know more prompted quick interview sessions with my two remaining grandparents, one from each side of the family. Grandpa Ike turned 92 this past week, and Grandma Monroe is 88. Every story they tell is another connection to a past so rich with history it makes me want to know more. Though they settled at opposite sides of the state, the Bohemian Mlsnas in the Cashton area and the German Freys in the Hartford area, my ancestors found ways to raise families and thrive with agriculture as their source of income. My great-great-grandma Josephine on my mother’s side was probably shaking her head every time my mom donned her kerchief and headed off to the barn to milk the cows when we were little ones. She probably scowled as my mom lled up our bottles straight from the cow to keep us content while she nished milking. Great-great-
grandma had told her daughter, my great-grandma Armella, upon her pending marriage to farmer John Frey, that you should never go in the barn or you’ll never get out. Armella held onto this wisdom and never milked a cow, though her family did run a cheese factory. Her daughter, my grandma Marian, only milked a cow one time in her life and that was of pure necessity. With a giggle, she tells the story of making supper as a young girl and needing one quart of milk to complete her German pancake (stirrups as she calls them) recipe. With no men around to milk a cow for her, she brought one cow in the barn and milked a quart out of her then kicked her back outside without even nishing milking her. Great-grandpa John Frey farmed north of Hartford, Wis. His rst farm was rented, then they purchased 160 acres in 1949. They milked 40 Holsteins, raised pigs, laying hens and also devoted acres to growing peas for the cannery. My grandma Marian recalls her dad planting white clover (expensive) and how as little children
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Welcome to this crazy family As the rains track across Minnesota, we realize we missed this water train. A few tenths here and there is all we have received while other parts of the state are drenched with more than 5 inches of rain this past weekend. We don’t need that much rain all at once, but we do need moisture. The alfalfa ďƒželds are soaking in the heat and humidity as they grow back for a second cutting. The corn is entering a growth support as it pushes toward tasseling. The rows are reaching that beautiful, deep growing green color. Mark says this is when the crops really soak up the subsoil moisture. Too bad we are short. Thankfully we have center irrigation pivots to guarantee enough feed for the cattle but at a price to cover with a small milk check. Sometimes it feels like we can’t catch a break. The recent scattered rains and high winds pulled us out of the ďƒželds from spraying weeds and side dressing corn for the day. Perfect timing. A summer rain is welcomed not only for the crops, but for us as well. Rain is the instant vacation day card. In our case,
it was a meeting day. I had scheduled a ďƒžnancial planning meeting the week before with the understanding that weather would determine if we could make it or not. As we were sitting around the table talking, my cell phone starts to ring. I apologize for the interruption and sneak a glance. It is a friend I can talk with later. I put my phone away and continue with the meeting. A few minutes later, it rings again. I forgot to shut it off. As I glanced at the caller I.D., I see it is Jonathon calling. As I start to put my phone away, I realize it’s Jonathon calling during the day. I answer the call with one question, “Is it time?â€? They were heading to the hospital. “Good luck.â€? I hung up and smiled at Mark. It was now a matter of hours before we would enter a new phase in our lives as grandparents. The realization of being a grandma didn’t sink in until I was able to hold Ethan a couple of days later. Wow, this is such a different perspective. I can see his life and how much fun we’re going to have together.
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From sleepovers to games to exploring the farm. My mother-in-law reminded Jonathon of when he was little, and they would dunk cookies together as one of her favorite memories. Now it is my turn Just Thinking Out Loud to enjoy those precious moments of simplicity. Finding joy in the ordinary through the eyes of a child. As a grandparent, we’re supposed to be full of wisdom and experience. I can be full of it, but I don’t think it is all wisdom. Here are some things I have learned By Natalie Schmitt through the experience of parenthood. Columnist “The ďƒžrst one raises you and you raise the rest.â€? Grandad’s words never made sense to me until I became a mother. There is no written instruction manual with all of the answers for this lifelong job. You write it as you go. I don’t know what we did, but I do know we tried to do what we thought was best. There were things we took from our childhoods and incorporated them into our parenting style and other things we left behind. I found wise women with children a few years older than mine. I watched how they worked with their children and learned. Find good mentors and role models. “Just because your children have the same parents, doesn’t mean they are the same.â€? We’ve seen this play out on the farm for years. Just because heifers are from the same ďƒ&#x;ush and raised under the same conditions does not make them the same when they enter into production. Michael noted this visible difference in his graduate school entrance essay for genetics. Instead of using the cattle, he used our own family for his thesis. Here are three boys with the same genetic make-up raised in the same environment with the same food. Visually they are different. They also have different personalities and learning styles. What they do have in common is inside them; their core values and beliefs. They have become men of integrity built on faith, family and friends. They are honest and loyal. Yes, they are different, but they are still connected. “The days are long but the years are quick.â€? While the kids are young, the days can drag out forever, but in the blink of an eye they are all grown up. A dear family friend in Illinois gave me this suggestion. Have a recipe box with blank pages nearby. Write down those funny little moments you think you will always remember and put them in the box for safe keeping. You won’t remember half of them. There will be many things you forget over the years that in a single moment were unforgettable. This is one piece of advice I wish I had followed. There are many details I have forgotten but I remember the feelings. The warmth of the partial memories ďƒžlls my heart with joy and love. “We have worked hard for our name to stand for something; don’t do anything stupid in a moment to ruin what has taken generations to build.â€? My dad was raised by this mantra, and we were too. The only things we can truly pass to the next generation are the family stories and the family name. Handle each with care and respect. “Kids don’t need everything you can buy. What they want is your love, your time and your support.â€? Even when you come home dead tired after a long day, one big hug or a squeal of delight at seeing you walk through the door is the quickest pick-me-up medicine you can ďƒžnd. May you feel the same joy and excitement at seeing them. Remember, there are going to be mistakes. This is not an exact science but more of a combination of science, art and a whole lot of faith, like farming. We try our best and trust it will all work out. Welcome to this crazy farm family Ethan. Natalie, Mark and his brother, Al, Schmitt farm together near Rice, Minn. They milk 100 registered Holsteins under the RALMA preďƒžx. Their four children are great help around the farm and are pushing Natalie out of several jobs. Therefore she is thankful to have something else to do. For questions or comments please e-mail Natalie at mnschmitt@jetup.net.
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My happy place Where’s your happy place? My happy place is in the pasture with the cows. Whether I’m by myself or the kids are walking along with me, getting the cows in for milking is my favorite job on the farm. There’s just so much to love about getting the cows. Traipsing through the grass is like exercise, meditation, and an opDairy Good Life portunity to reconnect with God’s creation all in one. When I really want my time in the pasture to be restorative, I play Pachelbel’s Canon in D on my phone while I walk. I love watching the cows and their behavior. Sometimes they see me coming and start heading to the barn right way. Other days, they must feel more mischievous; those days they turn and kick up their heels in the opposite direction. I will admit, those moments can be frustrating, but I have to assume the cows love their time in the pasture as much as I do. I love watching Murky, our little dog. He alBy Sadie Frericks ways comes along. He races through the pasture, Columnist slowing at times to follow scent trails. When we’re following the cows back to the barn, he likes to pretend he’s actually a cow dog. His natural herding instinct is strong, but I haven’t taken time to develop it through training. Ozzy, our old dog, sometimes comes along during cooler months. Those pasture walks are especially delightful. Ozzy is 11 years old now and his age is really starting to show. His joints are stiffening and the heat of summer bothers him. I love watching the wildlife in the pasture, too. Mostly it’s birds and butteries, but if I’m quiet enough as I approach the ponds, I can watch the turtles slide off the fallen trees into the water when they notice me. Walking the pasture is wonderful, but it’s practical, too. It’s the best way to catch cows in heat, check the fences, and monitor grass growth. I’ll be honest, though. Sometimes I take the four-wheeler. We have an old four-wheeler that we use only for getting cows from pasture. Everyone in the neighborhood must think it’s broken down or abandoned because it rarely moves from its parking spot adjacent to the pasture. A neighbor boy stopped in to ask if it he could buy it for a xer-upper project, but I told him, “It still runs. We use it for getting cows.” I reserve taking the four-wheeler for when the grass is wet after a rain, and I won’t have time to change my soaking wet jeans after fetching the cows. Sometimes, when the cows When I really Wh ll want my scatter instead of bee-lining back to the barn, I wish I had time in the pasture to taken the four-wheeler. Mostbe restorative, I play ly, I miss my pasture walk if I Pachelbel’s Canon in D on take the four-wheeler. Perhaps that’s because of how I was my phone while I walk. raised. We didn’t have a fourwheeler when I was a kid. We always walked to get the cows. Dad only got a four-wheeler after us kids left for college. I think I tell the kids that every time they walk with me. Our old four-wheeler is getting a little more use these days. We decided Dan is old enough now to take the four-wheeler to get cows by himself. It’s a job he’s embraced wholeheartedly. In his words, taking the four-wheeler is way more fun than walking. It’s also a privilege he must be mindful to keep; anything other than the most cautious driving will result in the four-wheeler being parked. I understand why Dan feels that way. Riding across the pasture is nearly as enjoyable as walking. And driving the four-wheeler is fun in its own right. I’m a little sad to turn the job over to him, because it means fewer trips to the pasture for me. But it also means Dan has an opportunity to develop his own love for the pasture and getting cows. Sadie and her husband, Glen, milk 100 cows near Melrose, Minn. They have three children – Dan, 11, Monika, 8, and Daphne, 5. Sadie also writes a blog at www.dairygoodlife.com. She can be reached at sadiefrericks@gmail. com.
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The Stutzmans are knocking down former office walls to create an open concept space for the 3,200-square-foot youth center. Renova�ons are expected to be nished by September. members pitching in to help them make their vision a reality, particularly with renovations. Local students from the Bruce, Flambeau and Ladysmith school districts have also helped bring Power House to life by giving their input and lending a hand with the construction process as their time allows. By the time renovations are nished, Power House will have a new cafeteria and dining area, a tutoring space and many rooms for kids to cultivate relationships and life skills to take with them into adulthood. “We aren’t only making cosmetic renovations, but also getting everything up to state code by adding bathrooms and such,” Lanita said. “On renovations, alone, we have clocked 1,700 volunteer hours and there are more that haven’t been clocked.” With the arrival of the twins eight months ago, retiring from her nursing career upon their birth and being both a farmer’s wife and establishing a nonprot, Lanita admitted there have been long days and late nights. “Every day is a balancing act,” she said. “It’s constant between Power House, being a wife, being a mother
and the farm.” While Power House is scheduled to have its grand opening this fall, it opened to the public this January with kids, volunteers and mentors meeting on Monday nights in the senior youth building at the Rusk County Fairgrounds outside of Ladysmith. In addition to their faith-based outreach, Power House offers tutoring during the school year, as well as a game room and classes that teach life skills, such as photography, baking, sewing and working with power tools. “The tutoring has been a huge hit,” Lanita said. “We also have free nights for the kids to build relationships with not only their peers, but also the mentors and volunteers, as well.” While the Stutzmans were not planning on opening a youth center when they moved home to join the family farm, they are optimistic their dream will touch many lives in their community. “We moved back up here from Eau Claire in 2014 after nding out we were pregnant with Jack,” Shelby said. “We knew we’d be farming, but we didn’t think we’d be starting a nonprot.”
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Cows stand in a caƊle lane on Christopher Baird’s dairy near Ferryville, Wis. The lanes were a topic of a pasture walk Baird hosted June 12.
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FERRYVILLE, Wis. – After four years of working and waiting, Christopher Baird, Ferryville, Wis., has built his herd. The young dairyman hosted a Great River Graziers’ Pasture Walk June 12 on his Crawford County farm. Approximately 20 people attended the event accented by occasional, light rain. Baird said he is milking 56 Jersey and crossbred cows. That’s up from 41 a year ago, but a few more than he would like to have. He said he is thinking about selling a couple of cows, but demand and prices for them are not strong. His cows, in a managed grazing program, are averaging 45 pounds of milk a day on twice-a-day milking, Baird said. He said the fat test is at 4.3 percent, while the protein is at 3.4 percent. Baird talked about the projects he is tackling with help from the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) through its Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). One project involves redoing the cow travel lanes from the barn to the pastures. Baird applied for EQIP cost-sharing money in 2015. He said his application has ďƒžnally been approved. “Last year, they said it was two or three years out, potentially,â€? Baird said. The lanes are still in rough shape, but Baird said he had made some progress. Baird got one section graded and hoped to spread gravel on top, but recent rains prevented that. He said he hoped to ďƒžnish adding gravel to that stretch soon. Moving the lanes was discussed at a pasture walk in 2017. A suggestion was to run them on a nose of land so water will run off both sides of the lanes. To help keep soil from washing off the lanes, Baird was advised to construct a series of steps and diversions. But, Baird said he decided to leave the lanes almost where they are. He does plan to move them 40 feet to ďƒ&#x;atter spots from where they have washed
out the worst. Then he will ďƒžll in the washed areas and reseed. Water diversions made out of soil are in Baird’s plans, too. They will slow rain water and melted snow, along with getting it off the lanes. Rebuilding the cattle lanes will not be cheap. Baird said he has been told to expect the cost to run up to $17,000 for lanes eight-feet wide, with coarse stone as a base, gravel on top of that and limestone screenings as the third layer. Baird’s EQIP work also includes building a center fence through the pasture. The dairyman said he has built 200 yards of fence, using steel posts and barbed wire. Another aspect of Baird’s pasture improvement is running water lines to the paddocks and putting in two waterers. Baird said the type of waterers he is considering will cost about $11,000 for the pair, and he is ďƒžguring out how to run electricity to them. There’s one more improvement Baird said he would like to make. He wants a place to feed his cattle near the barn. It might be a pad, bunk or shed. Two people from the Crawford County NRCS ofďƒžce were at the pasture walk. Karyl Fritsche is the district conservationist, and Adam Achenbach is a conservation technician. He designed the water diversions for Baird’s farm. Fritsche reminded the farmers that they need to have an approved grazing plan in place before they can sign up for EQIP. She urged they think in general terms about the kind of EQIP work they would like to do on their farms, how to do it and their long-term goals. She said the conservation practices must be maintained and the maintenance time varies according to the practice. Dennis Rooney, Steuben, Wis., developed Baird’s grazing plan. Rooney, a semi-retired dairyman, is a Crawford County extension grazing educator. Referring to the damage to the farm’s cattle lanes, Fritsche said, “These things didn’t happen overnight. But when we ďƒžx it, hopefully, it’ll be a permanent ďƒžx.â€? Former Crawford County agriculture agent Vance Haugen, who dairies in southeast Minnesota, reminded farmers they need to pay attention to the program’s rules and time lines. “From a conservation point of view, having this farm in grass makes a lot of sense,â€? Haugen said.
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