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JJune 8, 2024
“All dairy, all the time”™
Volume 26, No. 8
An immersive farm experience Miller Broz. Dairy invites WabashaKellogg fourth graders for a tour By Amy Kyllo
amy.k@star-pub.com
KELLOGG, Minn. — On a sunshiny May afternoon, Miller Broz. Dairy is buzzing with activity. Kids sit in the wheel well of a parked tractor, a young girl wraps her arms around a big, patient Red and White Holstein cow and other youngsters make friends with the calves. The children are fourthgrade students at WabashaKellogg School District where Brianna (Miller) Baab is a teacher. Baab brought her students and the rest of the fourth grade on a eld trip to visit her home dairy farm.
Miller Broz. Dairy consists of Baab’s parents, Tom and Kay Miller, as well as her twin brother, Bryton Miller, and his wife, Morgan Miller, who farm alongside but separately from their parents. Together, the Millers milk 240 cows on the same property near Kellogg with four Lely robotic milking units, which they began using in January. Other members of the family — including Austin Baab, Dalon Miller, Carley Miller, Talia Miller and Terrik Miller — are involved on the Turn to MILLER BROZ. | Page 2
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Wabasha-Kellogg School District fourth-grade students listen to nutri�on consultant Barloe Brisson Kanz share about total mixed ra�ons May 14 at Miller Broz. Dairy near Kellogg, Minnesota. The nutri�on sta�on was one of four stops the students made on their farm tour.
Gone in 60 seconds Blowing through rst crop alfalfa
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The remains of the dairy barn lies in Jeff Gajewski’s yard May 25, a�er an EF1 tornado destroyed his farmsite located near Edgar, Wisconsin. A�er the May 21 storm, Gajewski worked with family, friends and neighbors through the night to free his herd of dairy cows.
Gajewski’s dairy farm destroyed in tornado By Danielle Nauman danielle.n@dairystar.com
EDGAR, Wis. — Jeff Gajewski spent his life building his dairy farm, but in a matter of seconds, it was all destroyed when a tornado ripped through the Marathon County farm May 21.
“Forty-six years, gone,” Gajewski said. “All the years spent building this place, making it what it was, all gone. At least I have pictures of the place.” The National Weather Service conrmed that an EF1 tornado with maximum wind speeds of 90 mph traveled 3.57 miles. In its path was the Gajewski dairy farm near Edgar. Turn to STORM DAMAGE | Page 6
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John Fuchs chops rst crop alfalfa for his son, Mike, near his dairy by Lake Henry, Minnesota. Mike Fuchs milks 74 cows in Stearns County.