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PPD values plunge to historic low Several factors disrupt pay price component By Jennifer Coyne jenn@dairystar.com
At the turn of the calendar, 2020 was expected to be a welcoming sight for the dairy industry with milk prices rising out of a sluggish veyear period. Then, the global pandemic disrupted the markets in unforeseeable ways as milk prices swung from record lows to extraordinary highs. Coupled with those highs has been something never seen before: historic negative values for producer price differential. “ We ’ v e b e e n o n a tremendous price roller coaster,” University of Wisconsin’s Dr. Mark Stephenson said. PPD is a calculation used to determine the milk price in Federal Milk Marketing Orders that pay on milk components. The value is typically positive or a relatively small negative number, ranging from -$0.30 to $1 per hundredweight. In June, the Upper Midwest Marketing Area reported a PPD of -$3.81 per cwt. “This is the largest negative PPD we’ve seen so far,” Stephenson said. “It’s a very large number.” Across other federal orders, the June PPD ranged from -$7.91 per cwt in California to -$5.38 per cwt in the Northeast. While low, FMMO 30 did record the smallest negative PPD value. The use of PPD to determine a farmer’s pay price has been commonplace for decades. A FMMO collects revenues from processing plants based on classes and then pays dairy farmers based on paid components from Class III. “Federal orders pay out so many dollars per pound of protein and per pound of butterfat, and there’s usually Turn to PPD | Page 5
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A decision for herd vitality Meyers use sand to promote cow health in tiestall barn By Jennifer Coyne jenn@dairystar.com
GROVE CITY, Minn. – The Meyer family was tired of managing a herd of dairy cattle with swollen hocks, higher incidences of mastitis and walking on a slick barn oor, so they turned to sand bedding as a solution. “It’s worked out great,” Greg said. “We have no swollen legs, there’s grit on the oor so there’s no slipping and sliding, and the cows are calmer and healthier.” Greg and his wife, Patti, and son, Nate, milk 85 cows in a tiestall barn on their farm in Meeker County near Grove City. In 2006, the Meyers began converting the original barn’s mattress stalls to sand bedding and adding an additional row of stalls to the two-row building. Last fall, the family completed construction on an outside fourth row as they decided to increase their herd to its present-day size to accommodate Nate’s full-time return to the farm. The two alleyways of the barn
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The Meyers – (from leŌ) Nate, Paƫ and Greg – milk 85 cows in a Ɵestall barn on their farm in Meeker County near Grove City, Minnesota. The Meyers use sand bedding in the milking barn. are scraped twice a day before milkings. Each alleyway contains no gutters and is wide enough for a skidloader to drive through. Large
doors at the south end of the barn open up to the manure pit where the sand and waste is stored. “I don’t miss the barn cleaner, but now we’re talking hauling out
about four loads of manure every other day,” Greg said. While the Meyers clean the
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Blaze burns portion of Burnett Dairy Cooperative directs milk to other processors for time being By Krista Kuzma
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GRANTSBURG, Wis. – With the rollercoaster of events and emotions that dairy farmers have already endured so far in 2020, patrons of the Burnett Dairy cooperative suffered another low after a re started at their cooperative July 20. Between 10-10:30 p.m., an employee noticed smoke at Burnett Dairy’s plant in Grantsburg, said Stephanie Miller, marketing manager for the cooperative. After the employee called 911, all employees on site evacuated the building. Several area re departments were called to the scene to help extinguish the blaze. Miller said one shift of employees was making cheese at the plant, which processes soft Italian cheesPHOTO SUBMITTED es, including mozzarella and provolone. Although Fire departments work to control the re at the BurneƩ Dairy plant July 20 Burnett Dairy has another plant in Wilson, Miller said in Grantsburg, Wisconsin. Turn to BURNETT | Page 6
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Dairy Star likes to provide local stories, which is why we have two versions of the paper. Below are a few highlights from stories you will not ďƒžnd in this paper, but you can ďƒžnd online in zone 2. Find full editions on our website, www.dairystar.com, and click on the e-edition tab under the Dairy Star header. Fond du Lac County Fair forges on While many county fairs across the country have been cancelled because of the novel coronavirus pandemic, the Fond du Lac County Fair has forged forward, although a bit different, July 13-19. Dairy 4-H exhibitors were able to showcase their animals in a one-day show with each species receiving its own show day to limit the number of people on the fairgrounds. Although it was not the same as a typical year, planners and exhibitors were thankful to be able to have the show go on. Oudenhovens host Women for Trump Tour When Keith and Kelly Oudenhoven were given the chance to open their farm for a tour for staff from the presidential campaign, they quickly agreed. Four women on the Women for Trump Tour visited the 375cow dairy July 10 near De Pere, Wisconsin. The Oudenhovens were happy to share their daily work and the challenges dairy farmers face with people in the political realm who may not have much exposure to modern dairy farms. Smiths breed, board elite cows Travis and Holly Smith love breeding and boarding elite cows on their dairy, Smith-Crest Holsteins near Watertown, Wisconsin. The Smiths have their own herd of 115 Holsteins, Red and White Holsteins, Jerseys and Milking Shorthorns, breeding them to produce extreme show-caliber animals; however, they have branched out beyond their own cows to diversify in a full-service boarding facility to house elite cows owned by people around the world.
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ConƟnued from PPD | Page 1 money left over in the pool,” Stephenson said. “That money gets distributed to farmers based on the pounds of milk sold into the order. That’s essentially what PPD is.” To calculate PPD, federal orders use weight and prices of the four classes to determine a blended price. Class III components paid are subtracted from the blended price for an exact PPD value. When farmers are paid more in components than the blended price, PPD is negative. Similarly, when component prices are less than the blended price, PPD is positive. “It’s really nothing more than an accounting exercise to make the pool balanced,” Stephenson said. But under this year ’s market circumstances and a slight revision to how PPD is calculated from the 2018 farm bill, PPD has created a bit of falsehood for futures prices. In June, the Class III price was $21.04 per cwt, and with a PPD of -$3.81 per cwt, dairy farmers across the region actually received $17.23 per cwt. Historically, a negative PPD occurred when milk prices increased rapidly, which is the current market situation. Class III prices are rising as Class I prices are being established based on late-April, early-May spot prices. “Class III prices were exceedingly low a couple months ago, and today, the milk price is over $20 per cwt. We’re expecting $24 per cwt, essentially, in July,” Stephenson said. “Class 1 milk values lag that. They will catch up.” As Class I prices better reect the market, Class III prices are not expected to offset the blended price as much. “Next month, PPD is likely to be negative but this time it is going to be based of the difference between Class III and IV prices,” Stephenson said. In the last farm bill, the formula to price Class I milk was changed from taking the higher of Class III or Class IV to now taking the average of the two plus $0.74. “What that means is anytime we get a big spread between Class III and IV that’s more than $0.74, the average is pulled down,” Stephenson said. “That’s what happened in June, as well as the rapidly increasing prices.” The other factor contributing to PPD lately has been the depooling of milk
from processing plants. Plants manufacturing cheese, butter or powdered milk products do not have to be regulated under federal orders and can choose when to pool or depool their milk. Typically, pooling milk is a benet because when the PPD is positive, plants can take money out of the pool to pay their dairy farmers, Stephenson said. “When there’s a negative PPD, it means a cheese processor would have to pay into the pool for a beverage plant to use to pay their farmers,” he said. “We saw a lot of depooling last month, and that contributed to the negative PPD value.” Stephenson estimated that if all Class III processors in FMMO 30 pooled milk, PPD might have been -$1.30 per cwt. If all Class III processors depooled their milk, the federal order might have seen a -$8 per cwt PPD. “Next month, if we are likely to have a negative PPD again which could be -$0.80 or it could be as much as -$5,” Stephenson said, depending on how much milk is depooled. “I suspect somewhere in the middle for July.” While risk management tools, such as futures and options, the Dairy Revenue Protection Program and Livestock Gross Margin for Dairy have helped, when a lot of depooling occurs, it is very difcult to protect against price variations because of large basis risk. To better position a farm business for the expected negative PPD, Stephenson recommended taking advantage of the higher milk prices. “We are getting periods when prices feel quite a bit better than they have,” he said. “Do the things you need to do. Pay down open accounts and reduce debt. If you don’t have much debt, restore working capital so you’re in a better position if and when we see additional downswings in price.” During these unprecedented times, Stephenson encouraged farmers to be cautious investors and make wise decisions about their business. “There’s tremendous uncertainty of how this pandemic will play out and it’s making it incredibly difcult to see far into the future,” Stephenson said. “That’s just the kind of world we’re living in. We have yet to see how dairy best copes with all of this.”
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The oldest porƟon of BurneƩ Dairy’s Grantsburg plant is destroyed from a re that started the night of July 20. the Grantsburg plant is the larger of the two and processes more milk. About 100 dairy farmers sell their milk to Burnett Dairy. Ted Johnson, who has been a patron of Burnett Dairy for 17 years and has been on the cooperative’s board of directors for seven years, found out about the re at about 11 p.m. July 20 after nishing chopping third crop alfalfa. “The biggest question I had was making sure there was a home for our milk,”
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said Johnson, who milks 300 cows near Star Prairie. By the next morning, the arrangements had been made to send milk to other processors. Marianne Peterson learned about the re the morning of July 21. “The most important thing is that staff noticed it and got out of there,” she said. “I’m happy no one was hurt in the re.” She was also happy the milk from her dairy – a 400-cow herd near Pine City, Minnesota – already had a new home that morning.
But she also had other emotions after learning of the blaze. “It’s a sinking feeling,” she said. “That’s where our milk has gone all 47 years we have been farming. We have never shipped anywhere else.” The cooperative dates back much longer than that with roots in the Branstad and Wood River creameries in the late 1890s, according to the Burnett Dairy website. Part of the re destroyed the oldest part of Burnett Dairy that once was the Wood River Creamery. “Burnett Dairy’s got a lot of history,” Johnson said. More recently, the cooperative has focused on marketing its cheeses, including its Wood River Creamery brand. “The dairy has been protable the last few years, and its pay price is right up there with anyone else in the area,” Johnson said. “We’re always talking about different ways to get out there to improve the quality of our cheese, get into new markets. We’re a small cooperative, and we’ve really emphasized the brand names … to make connections with consumers.” But right now, the board will be focusing on cleaning and rebuilding along with the work that goes with that. Although this will be a hurdle for the cooperative, Peterson is optimistic looking forward. “It’s going to be a bump in the road and will cause inconveniences, but it’s not a co-op breaker,” she said. “It will be ne. I have that condence.”
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ConƟnued from MEYERS | Page 1 barn twice a day, they bed the stalls every four days using a side shooter. It was a relatively easy decision for the Meyers to begin using sand for bedding despite their housing setup. “This was a typical two-story tiestall barn with gutters,” Greg said. “When we bought this place in 1994, people were just starting to use sand, and we didn’t want to wreck our barn cleaner.” The Meyers spoke with their long-time nutritionist about a Wisconsin farm that was similar in setup and using sand bedding. They began by tearing out mattresses in the original tiestall barn, which allowed for 3 inches of sand to lay atop the cement base of the stalls. Then, the Meyers installed PVC pipe at the back end of the stalls to hold the bedding in. In the newer stalls, measuring 73 inches by 50 inches, bedding is 1 foot deep above a clay base. Sand is retained in the stalls by a cement barrier. “The deeper bedded stalls work better,” Nate said. “But overall, we’ve seen an improvement in cow health and comfort.” Bigger cows in the herd are housed in the larger stalls with more bedding available. The Meyers use the older stalls for smaller framed cows, those that like to dig in the stalls and a few rst-calf heifers. The Meyers saw an uptick in milk production when they began using a different bedding. They also noticed a decrease in somatic cell count and cleaner cows. “We’ve tried all sorts of bedding,” Patti said. “Corn stalks, straw, sunower hulls, sawdust … sand is by far the best choice.” The Meyers did the majority of the work for removing the mattresses of the old stalls and building the two new rows. They also added supplemental lighting to the newer portion of the barn, and those stalls are positioned for milking to be done from behind, as if working in a parlor. “We don’t have to go into the stalls to milk them,” Greg said. “The cows stand
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Cows rest in sand-bedded Ɵe stalls at the Meyers’ dairy farm near Grove City, Minnesota. The Meyers began using sand in 2006 to improve cow comfort without making major changes to the barn’s structure. about 15 inches higher than us compared to 9 inches in the older part of the barn, so that makes milking more manageable.” The Meyers use eight milking units. They begin in the new portion of the barn for every shift and work their way through the herd. “It’s pretty labor intensive for one person to milk,” said Greg who milks with Nate. “I wish we could milk all the cows from behind.” Decisions the Meyers made regarding cow comfort have not come without challenges. “The biggest headache is during the winter, from January to February, because the sand freezes,” Greg said. “And if we get
a thunderstorm in early December, the sand is like concrete.” The washed sand bedding is stored on an outdoor pile. In the wintertime, the Meyers store a skidloader bucket of sand inside the barn to thaw overnight before bedding the next day. “Each bucket can bed about 12 cows, so it’s a juggling act to get the whole herd bedded,” Nate said. The family has also tried sourcing sand that was less expensive, but the quality was not adequate, Greg said. “And, when you’re bedding with sand, you’re also dealing with liquid manure,” he said. “So you have to be aware of that when you’re traveling on the road to get it spread.”
For more than a decade, the Meyers have managed sand bedding and continued to make improvements for the vitality of their herd, and all without making extreme changes to the farm’s original facilities. The Meyers continue to see the benets of every decision. “Everything we’ve done has given us happier, healthier cows,” Patti said. Greg agreed. “It feels really good when you look down the barn and the cows are laying down and you can tell they’re comfortable,” he said. “We’ve accomplished a lot with the choices we’ve made.”
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More coronavirus relief is on the horizon for trade representative Robert Lighthizer, urging them farmers and ranchers. Minnesota Farm Bureau mem- to quickly pursue a phase two trade agreement with bers got an update on aid from the United States Japan. The lawmakers said efforts should be taken to Department of Agriculture Deputy Secretary Steve build on the success of the phase one deal and deal Censky during a webinar in mid-July. Censky told with remaining market access issues for U.S. dairy farmers there continues to be strong inproducts. The National Milk Producers Ag Insider terest in the current Coronavirus Food Federation and U.S. Dairy Export CounAssistance Program. So far, the USDA cil agreed, saying the remaining trade has distributed under $6 billion to farmbarriers have left U.S. dairy farmers at a ers and ranchers across the country. Howdisadvantage in this important market. ever, the funds are not enough to help everyone. “Certainly, we’ve been working $27.1 million secured for FMD vaccine and talking to Congress about providing bank more resources,” Censky said. “We hope National Animal Vaccine and Veterimore funding becomes available to help nary Countermeasures Bank that was creproducer’s deal with the shocks to the ated in the 2018 farm bill. This is just one markets.” In the rst round of CFAP, the component of a three-part program in the USDA is paying out 80% of what was farm bill to support animal disease precalculated; holding 20% in reserve due vention and management. In the event of By Don Wick to demand. “Right now, it is looking like an FMD outbreak, animal health ofcials Columnist we’ll have sufcient funds and be able to would then decide when, where and how pay out the remaining 20% on the initial to use the available vaccine. tranche of $16 billion. Probably that decision won’t be made for another few weeks, but at this point in Dairy groups promote whole milk in dietary stantime, it looks like we can pay out what we were hold- dards ing in reserve,” he said. The Dairy Guidelines Advisory Committee is recommending the consumption of low-fat or noTrump touts USMCA fat dairy products for the 2020-25 guidelines. The For the second time in the last 10 months, Presi- American Dairy Coalition sent a letter to Secretary dent Donald Trump has delivered comments ex- of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and Health and Human clusively to members of the National Association of Services Secretary Alex Azar, saying there is no reaFarm Broadcasting. Trump shared thoughts on CO- son to avoid whole milk, especially in school menus. VID-19 assistance, regulatory relief and market ac- The coalition said science “demonstrates that full-fat cess. Trump also touted the newly implemented U.S.- dairy products reduce chronic disease in children and Canada-Mexico Trade Agreement. “It’s brand new adults and promotes learning readiness in children.” and it is already doing well,” Trump said. As part of The guidelines are expected to be published in Dethe deal, Canada has agreed to lift one trade deal, say- cember. ing China is on track to fulll the trade obligations in this agreement. PCRM claims dietary guidelines reect ‘racial bias’ Lawmakers seek more market access in Japan for The Physicians Committee for Responsible Meddairy products icine has also sent a letter to USDA and HHS. The A bipartisan group of House members has sent a activist group said dairy products are unnecessary and letter to Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and goes on to make a claim about the guidelines, warn-
ing that they take a “particular health toll on people of color.” PCRM asserts lactose intolerance is more common in the African American, Asian American and Native American population. In the letter, PCRM said dairy foods contribute to a variety of health problems, especially for the Black and Latin communities. The letter summarizes by saying if cow’s milk is recommended in the guidelines it “reects racial bias.”
Burger King evaluates cow ration Burger King is consulting with experts to develop and test a new diet for cows that would help reduce global greenhouse gas emissions. This project adds lemongrass to the ration. According to preliminary testing, this diet can reduce the cow’s daily methane emissions by one-third during the last three to four months of their lives. Burger King said this is just one aspect of its focus on sustainability. New dairy menu items at Taco Bell Taco Bell has two new dairy products on the menu for a limited time. The grilled cheese burrito is a blend of three cheeses with sour cream, beef, rice and chipotle sauce. There is also a layer of cheese surrounding the burrito. The other new product is a dairy beverage called the pineapple whip. The dairy checkoff program supported Taco Bell in the development of these dairy-centric products. Making health coverage available to Minnesota farmers Major insurance companies got out of the individual health insurance business in 2017. The following year, the Minnesota Legislature authorized the creation of independent health care cooperatives, and Land O’Lakes and 40 Square Cooperative Solutions came into the market. Land O’Lakes is dropping its farmer health plan in 2021, but 40 Square will continue to be an option for Minnesota farmers. 40 Square Cooperative Solutions Executive Director Char Vrieze said there is immense need for this coverage. Risk is a daily part of farming. One way to offset Turn to AG INSIDER | Page 9
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ConƟnued from AG INSIDER | Page 1 risk is with health insurance. “It is also a component if you want to turn your business over to the next generation; it’s very difcult for young farmers to get into the industry,” Vrieze said. “One of the barriers is health coverage.” USDA announces advisory committee members USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service has named members to two key advisory committees. The Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee includes James Mulhern of the National Milk Producers Federation, Michael Dykes of the International Dairy Foods Association, Rob Larew from National Farmers Union and more. There are approximately 30 individuals appointed to the Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee for Trade in Animals and Animal Products. The lineup includes Jaime Castaneda of the National Milk Producers Federation, John Wilson of Dairy Farmers of America and John Newton of the American Farm Bureau Federation. Retirement on the horizon for former Minnesota ag commissioner Mark Seetin, who has been in a leadership role with the U.S. Apple
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emphasizing steers. “You have to make it enticing for the next generation over, so it pays to keep farming,â€? Mike said. “We had to FOLEY, Minn. – At the turn of the 20th Century, expand one way or the other, so we expanded with steers.â€? The priority of the next generation is always present August Hess purchased 80 acres near Foley, which was then an incorporated village with a population under 200. in Mike’s forward-thinking mindset, which differs from He paid $8 per acre, equal to roughly $244 today, to begin his predecessors. He examines diminishing return and a life in agriculture as a means of living after a short career constantly brainstorms ways to provide efďƒžciency to the century farm. Through investments such as a manure pit, in granite cutting. What followed was a 31-year period of growth, both the farm has continuously returned its value and saved from the crops August grew and the farm that he established. itself money. “This farm has changed a lot since his father died,â€? And now, after 120 years, the Hess Farm continues to push forward as a constant family-owned agricultural presence said Leslie Hess, Mike and Mark’s mother. “Ronnie was a family-type person. He was day-to-day. Mike is looking in the area, one of 89 century farms in Benton County. While August entered the farming industry seeking towards the future.â€? This advanced trek towards sustained success has to survive, the current owner, Mike Hess, did not stumble upon the occupation; he was raised into the family business, not been undertaken alone. Mike’s brother, Mark, works helping around the farm at a young age before eventually part-time at the farm, undertaking ďƒželd work, operating the taking over upon the passing of his father, Ronnie, in combine and serving as the mechanical backbone of the farm. Duane Graczyk has lent his helping hands towards 2017. “We were born into it,â€? Mike said. “This was what we the Hess farm for a quarter-century and was a reliable ďƒžgure in Mike’s life when the ownership of the farm came were brought up to do.â€? The different motivations marked an ever-increasing to him. “It was very good to have Duane around, one who had passion and understanding of agriculture as the Hess bloodline gained more experience. Mike, similar to his been here so long with my husband, Ronnie, helping with father, has stayed on the family farm his entire life, helping ďƒželdwork,â€? Leslie said. “That really helped Mike that ďƒžrst the operation adjust to a changing farming climate. Hess year, to have an older person, just to talk things over with. Farms currently has 100 cows, 140 heifers and 950 steers, Duane is a good person.â€? Graczyk has since introduced his son, Lloyd, to farm numbers that continue to grow as the Hesses embark on a transition from a dairy farm to a beef-based operation work, yet another component of family values ever-present on Hess Farm. They help keep farm operations steady alongside employees Jason Gapinski, Victoria Molitor and Steph Ponsness. Leslie believes good help these days is hard to ďƒžnd, and the Hess family has found it in their stable staff. The farm’s survival has hinged on stability, something that has not always been easy to acquire. It was found early in the farm’s history, when the property passed on to August’s son, Clem, in 1931. Ronnie took on co-ownership duties while he was still in high school; he was a 1964 Foley High School graduate and managed to run the farm as early as 1961. EVAN MICHEALSON/DAIRY STAR Something the family Mike Hess is pictured at Hess Farm May 26 near Foley, Minnesota. The farm has has struggled with in manbeen a steady presence in Benton County since 1900 and has consistently been expanded, with the addiĆ&#x;on of livestock, buildings and crops. Turn to HESS | Page 11 By Evan Michealson Contributing Writer
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ConƟnued from HESS | Page 10 aging the farm is health. Ronnie’s brother fell off a hayloft and was severely injured, while Ronnie himself suffered a string of heart attacks, beginning at 40 years old. “Health has been the biggest thing in this family,” Leslie said. “It’s been the men’s health. Many times, in the past, farmers were indestructible. They didn’t go to a doctor, and nowadays people are more conscious about their health than they were in those days.” Health habits are just one way the farming landscape has altered course over the years. Hess Farm has found an unlikely consistency, but the acres August Hess purchased registered on a smaller scale, unrecognizable in comparison to the substantial, structured layout of today’s family-owned farm. Mark hauls milk across the area, giving him an in-depth look at the Benton County farming community. He has witnessed farms large and small, and has noticed there is no blueprint to owning one. “These large farms, they’ll have kids go to college for business, they’ll come home and run it that way,” he said. “These small farms, if a kid stays at home, he’s doing manual labor.” The Hess Farm’s long, four-generation tradition of dairy farming places it in that small farm category, but that has not stopped them from slowly expanding outwards. At Leslie’s home, about a mile down the road from the family farm, a collection of landscape portraits hang high on the wall. These pictures display an overhead look of Hess Farm, each from a specic year, giving a chronological look at the changes the farm has undergone over its storied years. In the 1960s, the farm site consisted of the family home, a large livestock building and a pair of silos. Now, with the family’s increased steer and dairy cow ownership, the farm proudly owns six livestock facilities, along with August Hess’ original home, still standing tall. Seeing the physical nature of the farm’s
growth and the family’s will to continue forward gives Mike a sense of pride, the culmination of a lifetime of learning. “You can see, rsthand, what you have accomplished,” Mike said. “You’re learning.” August Hess and the original Hess farming generation could not have imagined the drastic bolsters and shifts the farming industry would face and the general agricultural approaches that have been adapted. Tractors now have GPS trackers, and machinery can reach levels of efciency previously unthought. “They [that original generation] couldn’t imagine how much change has taken place over those years,” Leslie said. “Equipment-wise, animal-wise, everything…They were struggling to make a living and not thinking of what could take place.” And while there is no longer a purely survivalist mindset towards keeping the farm aoat, the Hess Farm is not showing signs of slowing down. Like many of their contemporaries, Hess Farm exists not just as physical proof of a family tradition, but also as a business seeking to thrive. “You’re running it more like a business than just the family farm,” Leslie said. “That’s what agriculture is now. It’s more business. Even though they’re run by families, most of the farmers around here are now businesses.” And like a business, eventually, ownership will shift. Ronnie’s untimely death created a difcult period of transition for Mike, who worked side-by-side with his father in looking out for the land they had worked so hard to keep sustained. When the time comes for the fth Hess generation to take full rein of the farm, he does not want to “hand over a dead horse.” However, regardless of how the next few years play out, he believes the Hess family has developed a special connection to agriculture. “It’s in your blood,” he said.
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A vice presidential visit to Schallers’ Wisconsin farm
Pence discusses trade at Morning Star Dairy By Danielle Nauman danielle.n@dairystar.com
ONALASKA, Wis. – Red, white and blue ďƒ&#x;ags waved July 17 as Vice President Mike Pence made his way to John and Barb Schaller’s Morning Star Dairy outside Onalaska to talk to local farmers about the United States-Mexico-Canada trade deal along with a variety of issues concerning agriculture. Upon his arrival, Pence toured Morning Star Dairy with the Schallers. Pence learned about their 500-cow dairy operation, and saw the milking parlor, a freestall barn, the heifer facility and the calfraising area. Pence sat down for a round-table discussion with the Schallers, their son, Cameron, and several other area farmers including Todd Servais, Tony Kurtz, Karla Dummer, Kevin Hoyer and Patrick McHugh. “Let me say thank you,â€? said Pence as he began addressing those at the roundtable. “At a challenging time in the life of our nation, the American farmer
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Vice President Mike Pence stands with Barb and John Schaller at their 450-cow Morning Star Dairy near Onalaska, Wisconsin. The Schallers hosted a roundtable discussion about the USMCA trade agreement that recently went into eect. came through and kept food on the table.� Servais, the president of the La Crosse County Farm Bureau, milks 150 cows in partnership with his brother, Jeff, on their family farm. Todd and Jeff comprise the fourth generation of their family to operate the farm, and they are hopeful the farm can continue
for the ďƒžfth generation with Todd’s son and son-in-law. “This was a very positive meeting, and I was very honored to have the opportunity to participate,â€? Servais said. “We had the opportunity to express how we feel about the USMCA and to ask questions of the vice president regarding that. He was very genuine. He looked
you in the eye. And, he gave straight-forward answers.â€? Servais said he believes the USMCA is a positive trade deal for dairy farmers, provided it is enforced and the rules are quickly ďƒžnalized allowing for better understanding. He questioned Pence how the government plans to ensure Canada holds up its end of the bargain.
Pence assured attendees that the Canadian government was aware the Trump administration had no intentions of giving leeway on the trade deal. “They know President Donald Trump means business, and he always puts agriculture ďƒžrst,â€? Pence said. “The president made it very clear what was not negotiable. We are going to level the playing ďƒželd for American dairy farmers with Canada. The best way to make sure Canada holds up their end of the deal is to reelect President Donald J. Trump for four more years. He’ll hold them to it.â€? Servais said he was pleased with the vice president’s answer to his question and took to heart the importance agriculture has to the current administration. “The vice president was very straight-forward, saying they had been really focusing on the dairy side because they know how much the economy revolves around the agricultural economy,â€? Servais said. “He told us this was very important to their administration to get this all ironed out in the next six months so that if they don’t get back into ofďƒžce, this has the teeth to be able to stand.â€? In addition to the discussion of the USMCA, talk centered Turn to PENCE | Page 13
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“He emphasized the importance of the family farm.” TODD SERVAIS, LA CROSSE COUNTY FARM BUREAU
government can tax you, in my opinion. One, they can take your money. Two, they can tell you how to spend your money. Through regulations, they can create costs on your enterprise that get in the way of opportunity.” Servais said he came away with the feeling that Pence and the president himself are invested in the future of agriculture and the direction the dairy industry is taking. “Afterward, (Pence) came around and spoke to each of us,” Servais said. “He emphasized the importance of the family farm. And, said that is why they paid out all of the (Coronavirus Food Assistance Program) dollars and provided for the (United States Department of Agriculture) product purchases. That was to try and keep the family farms,
the ones that will continue for generations.” The Schallers were selected to host Pence after being suggested by businessman and politician Dan Kapanke, and were taken by surprise when the campaign contacted them. “I thought it was a prank call at rst,” John Schaller said. “They were looking for a dairy farm somewhere in the area that could host the event. I agreed for them to put me on the list, and then didn’t think much more of it until someone from the vice president’s ofce called a few days later and asked to come visit our farm.” That evening, Schaller said he received a text message saying his farm had been selected, and the next day the Secret Service, staff members from the vice president’s ofce and the Trump campaign arrived at the farm and began the preparation work necessary for a visit from the country’s secondin-command. “Fortunately this past year, we built a new milking facility, so we had a nice ofce for them to use as their headquarters here on the farm,” Schaller said. Schaller said Friday morning the Secret Service arrived at about 5:30 to begin nal security checks on the farm. “There was a ton of them here,” he said. “They dug with forks through all the cow feed; they used bomb-snifng dogs to go through the cow beds after we scraped,” Schaller said. “They were very good. These guys were very professional, very polite and very good to work with.” For the Schallers, the honor of hosting the vice president on their farm is one they will never forget. “I found Vice President Pence to be a very nice man, very sincere, pleasant and transparent,” Schaller said. “He’s just a real genuine, good man.”
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Bob and Jill Riniker (with children, from left, Jiah, Josie and Kaleb) Farley, Iowa Dubuque County 70 cows List the chores and other activities your children regularly help with on the farm during the summer. Our kids – Jiah, Kaleb and Josie – help with various chores at both places. Getting cows in the barn, getting the milk house set up, feeding calves, and getting newborn calves settled and their meds rounded up to be given. They feed cows with the skidloader after it’s mixed. In the wintertime, they have more to do because we keep cows in the barn almost all day. Kaleb and Josie like to mess with the chickens and pick eggs. They like to move heifers around. And, there is always one who gets away. What is the farm’s greatest undertaking during the summer and everyone’s involvement in this task? Our farm’s greatest undertaking is getting everything done when it’s busy. Hay to make, chores to be done, new calves being born and having to leave for our full-time jobs. That is just an example of our hectic schedule lately. It’s sometimes a challenge. Bob and I (Jill) work full time off the farm, and my mom is at the farm full time. Our kids ďƒžll in the cracks when we aren’t there or will be late for chores. Bob works as a heavy equipment operator, so he is mostly around late evening or weekends. I am a cosmetologist and also have later nights at the salon. Our oldest is 11 and helps out a lot. Then after we are done, we come home to our chores and round out the night having supper together as a family. What do your children do during the day for fun when they are not doing chores? Our kids’ fun is spending time with their 4-H animals. Jiah shows steers and dairy cattle. Kaleb and Josie like to participate in the local county open show. Kaleb will be in 4-H this fall and will show next year. They also love to go on four-wheeler rides after Grandma has cut the hay – new territory to ride on. Kaleb and Josie also like to play in the lime pile and make a castle or two until it’s time to feed calves. What is the highlight of summer for your family? The highlight of the summer is showing at the fairs. They love showing their love for their animals with others. They love when people ask, “Can we pet your cow?â€? They love lemonades, funnel cakes and ice cream. Most of all, we love the extra family time away from the farm but still surrounded by the farm in a different way. How has this changed because of the pandemic? The pandemic hasn’t made much change as far as day-to-day life. I was home for about eight weeks due to the shutdown. It was nice for me to be able to spend extra time with the kids. We did go through more groceries, though. But we made the best of it. The milk prices could be better during all of this craziness. That has affected so many farmers around us. What do you and your family do for fun if you have an open day? Something we do for fun is take a day somewhere off the farm together as a family. We go out to eat as a family, go to fairs, rodeos. We always do a trip to World Dairy Expo; the kids always love that one. Being together is our favorite thing to do. Tell us about your farm. We live on an 80-acre farm where we custom feed steers for a family, and we both have full-time jobs off the farm. Then, we help my mom keep her dairy, where we milk 65-70 head of Jerseys and raise our heifers. Bob is our ďƒžx-it guy or pitches in when we are ďƒžnishing up chores. The kids ďƒžll in wherever needed and are a great help. I don’t know how we did it when they were younger. The farm is the best place to raise our kids. Unfortunately, the prices are hard to pay for a farm and make a living. We have to work off the farm to be able to survive. It shouldn’t be that way. I want our kids to know the value of money and to know how to work.
Ted and Lora Keller (front row from the left: Ted, Lora, Allison, Jeremy, Elizabeth, Catherine back row from the left: Danny and Zack) Goodhue, Minnesota Goodhue County 180 cows List the chores and other activities your children regularly help with on the farm during the summer. The kids regularly help with milking cows, feeding calves, mowing lawn, raising chickens, picking up eggs and rotational grazing goats. We followed the tradition of our grandma and added a garden on our farm. We wanted fresh food, and with the extra time to spare this year, we worked together to see what we could grow. What is the farm’s greatest undertaking during the summer and everyone’s involvement in this task? Since our farm is family run and operated without any extra hired help, getting milking done while trying to do all the extra added chores of summer is one of the biggest tasks. Zack and Danny are good with rounding up cows and helping with cleaning the freestalls during milking. Jeremy scrapes in the freestall barn. Ted mixes feed for the cows. Zack and Danny also start the calf chores, while other siblings are in the parlor keeping milking going. Every person has their own part of milking or chores that have to get done. It gets more complicated for the weeks that hay must be done, but every day everything always works out. What do your children do during the day for fun when they are not doing chores? Zack and Danny like to raise goats to sell the babies. They also incubate chicken eggs so they can sell baby chicks. More kids have been home the last few months during the pandemic, so it has allowed us to all hang out together even more than a typical year. Everyone has learned to take a break from life and sit around the kitchen table and talk about their day during family dinners. We have enjoyed playing board games, and the younger boys went ďƒžshing a few times. What is the highlight of summer for your family? Helping plan and celebrate two siblings’ weddings while still getting the chores done. How has this changed because of the pandemic? We have had to be creative when celebrating big events like weddings, anniversaries and birthdays. We have also been learning how to ďƒžnd new forms of entertainment without festivals and gatherings. We created our own fun by buying a karaoke machine and taking turns singing after dinner. Drive-thru church services is another new normal. It has become a good bonding experience to have all nine children home either working from home or taking college or high school classes. The biggest challenge was to ďƒžnd ofďƒžce space for everyone. Our living room turned into an ofďƒžce with cubicles, and the kitchen was turned into the break room. What do you and your family do for fun if you have an open day? We go swimming and picnicking at our sister-in-law’s pool. You might also ďƒžnd us by a campďƒžre or just sitting around the kitchen table and discussing what is new with everyone. Tell us about your farm. Our kids include Nick, 25, and married; Samantha, 24, working remotely; Juliann, 23, and a teacher; Jeremy, 22, and working on the farm; Catherine, 20, and in college; Allison, 19, and in college; Elizabeth, 16; Zack, 15; and Danny, 11. We milk Holstein cows twice a day. We do not hire any help. Everyone in the family is involved in one aspect or another. The heifers are raised from birth, and we fatten our steers. The corn planting, chopping and spraying is hired out, but we do our own tillage in the spring and fall. The manure management is completed by our family. Haying is also completed by our family.
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Jonas and Samantha Heyl with children Fiona, 6, and twins, Indie Scout and Jem Lionel, 1 Towner, North Dakota McHenry County 300 cows List the chores and other activities your children regularly help with on the farm during the summer. Fiona is a ton of help with her twin siblings and loves going to check pens with Mom on the sideby-side or on a walk with Mom and the twins in the stroller. She loves herding the ducks, geese, turkeys and chickens. This year is the rst year Fiona has had much opportunity to help us move animals and be in the vicinity for safety reasons while we worked cattle. Now that she has helped and has seen what it’s all about, she’s ready to do it again. Fiona is also a huge help with our employees and comes out to help with the calf feeding and cleaning of pens. What is the farm’s greatest undertaking during the summer and everyone’s involvement in this task? When I need help and she needs a break from her brother and sister, Fiona helps me in the greenhouse we use to feed ourselves and our employees, and where we sell items at our roadside market. Fiona also helps her grandparents next door, usually gardening with Grandma or cooking and eating with Grandma and Grandpa. Indie and Jem just turned 1, and Mom and Dad are fortunate to have a big sister like Fiona to help us with the twins, as they are busy climbing and destroying and trying to eat everything. What do your children do during the day for fun when they are not doing chores? Fiona’s probably all-time favorite is when her cousins, Lyric, 9, and Xavier, 6, come to our farm to play. Sam and I are fortunate to have such great help from family and friends with all of our kids. The Fourth of July usually brings a lot of family around for us and tends to be a joyous time of summer with parades, reworks, music, dancing and time in some cool water. What is the highlight of summer for your family? We tend to blur all of the summer into one hot mess, but we enjoy what we do and take time every day to spend time with family (sometimes our employees are like family to us). Then, we wind down the season and the body and mind starts to hibernate, as the harvest dwindles and the cool air brings the miserable cold that tells us to stay inside as much as possible and unwind the body and mind a bit. During the day, Fiona and the twins play with our close friends (and caretaker) for much of the day. Jem and Indie love “Baby Shark” and are always moving at 100 mph. How has this changed because of the pandemic? Fiona will be beginning kindergarten this year and is ecstatic to do so, especially considering how sheltered all of the kids were during the pandemic. Our schools closed as a precaution, and the kids were forced to do virtual learning, which just wasn’t the same for them. What do you and your family do for fun if you have an open day? In the summertime, we like to go to the pool and splash around. During the wintertime, we like to take a break from things by relaxing in our hot tub. Tell us about your farm. We are a third-generation operation with the fourth on the farm if they so choose. We milk 300 cows, run about 1,000 dairy animals in our closed herd and feed out all of our steers. We farm about 2,000 acres and pasture another 600 or so. We pride ourselves in what we do and love it. Shout out to my awesome wife, Sam, for making it through her pregnancy last year during the hottest part of the year and giving birth and ghting through the hay season with little help from me. Then having to take care of my kids and me in November into January after I broke my leg. She is one tough gal. She was working cattle the day the doctors insisted she be induced. She wouldn’t have had it any other way but what a tough and wonderful inspiration for our kids to see.
Karl and Nancy Heldberg Le Sueur, Minnesota Le Sueur County 82 cows List the chores and other activities your children regularly help with on the farm during the summer. They help feed and bed the youngstock, keep up on cleaning around the barn, mow the grass and help whenever needed. What is the farm’s greatest undertaking during the summer and everyone’s involvement in this task? Our biggest undertaking is each hay crop. We chop hay and put it in a silo. We also wet wrap baleage bales. Between chopping, hauling wagons, picking up bales and wrapping the bales, it is all hands on deck. Chopping corn silage is always busy too. What do your children do during the day for fun when they are not doing chores? All three kids play baseball or softball in the summer. When they aren’t at practice or games, they play with our dog, Maddie, ride their bikes and just have fun. What is the highlight of summer for your family? Every summer, we are able to get away for a week. We are lucky to have awesome help that we can rely on. They do a great job. How has this changed because of the pandemic? Luckily, we are still able to go on vacation. The pandemic hasn’t changed much for us. One thing it has done is allowed the kids to be at the farm more because there isn’t much for them to do this summer. What do you and your family do for fun if you have an open day? Our free days are spent with family or friends. Sometimes, we just relax and have no plans. Tell us about your farm. We have a step-up parlor with a bedding pack barn. We raise most of our youngstock, selling steers around 600 pounds. We raise alfalfa and corn. My wife, Nancy, and I have three children: twin boys, Garrett and Luke, 11, and Gretchen, 8.
Jarrod Tonn, pictured with Amelia and Addie Eldorado, Wisconsin Fond du Lac County 110 cows List the chores and other activities your children regularly help with on the farm during the summer. My wife, Angie, and I have two daughters – Amelia, 13, and Addie, 11. In the summer, the girls feed calves morning and night, mix feed in the afternoons, help milk cows and scrape the freestall barn. What is the farm’s greatest undertaking during the summer and everyone’s involvement in this task? Getting animals ready for the fair – both dairy cattle and goats. We clip them, bathe them, practice walking them, halter train new ones and work with each animal to make sure it looks good for the fair. What do your children do during the day for fun when they are not doing chores? Take out the calves from the calf barn and walk them around, swim and play volleyball. What is the highlight of summer for your family? The county fair. How has this changed because of the pandemic? Our time at the fair is shorter because we just brought the animals for one day this year. We showed our goats on Monday during the fair, took them home, and then came back to show our dairy cattle on Friday. What do you and your family do for fun if you have an open day? Go out to eat, go to a movie, go to waterparks, swim or just spend time together as a family. Family time is rare for us. Tell us about your farm. We milk 110 cows on a farm where we are renting the buildings, and we buy feed from the guy we rent from. We have been at this farm for a little over a year, and it was an opportunity I couldn’t pass up. I am a rst-generation farmer and grew up working on my aunts’ and uncles’ farms.
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Teamwork, cow comfort help Naatz Dairy Farm reach 35% pregnancy rate William and Karen Naatz Naatz Dairy Farm Mantorville, Minnesota Dodge County 240 cows
How do you conrm pregnant or open cows? Our veterinarian does weekly pregnancy checks by ultrasound at 30 days. A second ultrasound is done at 60 days.
What was your pregnancy rate average last year? Our herd’s pregnancy rate was 35% last year, and at times, it was as high as 41%.
What is your breeding philosophy? How do you select bulls? What traits do you focus on? Does fertility play a role in bull selection? We want cows pregnant in a timely manner so fertility plays a big role in our breeding program. If cows are not getting pregnant, you won’t be dairy farming long. We let Kim Defrang from Select Sires do our matings. She does an excellent job matching the cows with a good bull. She knows we want cows to stick around, and the only way to achieve that is making sure cows have strong feet and legs so they can get to the bunk to eat in order to produce a high amount of milk and components. Overall, we strive to have a wellbalanced cow all the way around. Focusing on one aspect is not going to cut it.
What is your voluntary waiting period for cows? For heifers? For cows, the VWP is 73 days, and heifers are bred starting at 13 months. What is your rst service conception rate? 55%. What is your reproduction program? Do you use a synchronization program? All cows are bred via a double ovsynch program for their rst service. Cows are then re-synced a week prior to the pregnancy check. How do you observe for heat? Heat detection is mostly visual. Jeff Augustine from Select Sires comes every day and walks the cows. All of us are also consistently watching for heats.
How are cows and heifers bred? Do you have a different philosophy for breeding both? We use gender select Turn to NAATZ | Page 20
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semen on all heifers. For cows, we hand select at breeding time by their history and current performance to determine if we breed them with gender select, conventional or beef semen. About 30% of the herd is bred with gender select semen, a small portion is bred to conventional and the rest is bred to beef. We will probably start using even more gender select to achieve the number of heifers we need as heifers and cows might be harder to acquire as we move forward. It is a constantly changing situation and you have to try to play the game as best you can. What do you do to settle hard breeders? All cows
are treated the same in our protocol. If needed, we will use a CIDR to set up a cow. But we also look at number of services, days in milk and production level to make the call to put her on the do-notbreed list. Her destination then becomes the meat market when production drops to a certain point. How many times do you try to breed a cow before you sell her? Three services. Is there anything you have done or changed that brought about a signicant improvement in your reproductive program? We keep cows as comfortable as possible, which we think
KRISTA KUZMA/DAIRY STAR
Cows rest in the sand bedded free stalls at Naatz Dairy Farm near Mantorville, Minnesota.
KRISTA KUZMA/DAIRY STAR
Cows eat TMR July 14 at Karen and William Naatz’s dairy farm near Mantorville, Minnesota.
helps with reproduction and overall health. We have started to replace the freestalls in the barn. One row is done, and the rest will be put in soon. The cows love the sand bedding. When we bought the farm in 2003, we replaced the mattresses with sand. Also, our team of people we work with is amazing – our veterinarian, nutritionist and breeders, among others. It is extremely important to work with good people because everything ties into each other. We have good part-time employees who are
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grower. They come back to the farm two months prior to calving. We have four boys whose ages range from 12 to 22. All are involved in the dairy in some way. Who knows if milking cows will be in their future, but the cows have been signicant in their lives growing up and have helped shape them into the wonderful young men they are. The cows have certainly allowed us to be together as a family, and for that, we are very thankful.
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Connelly can be teacher in royalty role Byron woman is one of 10 Princess Kay nalists By Krista Kuzma
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BYRON, Minn. – Brenna Connelly has always wanted to be in a teacher role. “I’ve always loved interacting with children,” Connelly said. “So, going to the dairy princess events where I can be hands-on with the kids and do fun activities was always one of my favorite parts of being a dairy princess.” Now in her second year representing dairy farmers in Olmsted County, Connelly has an opportunity to promote on a larger scale as a Princess Kay of the Milky Way nalist. “Instantly it was overwhelming with excitement, joy and gratefulness for this opportunity,” Connelly said about the moment she heard her name as a nalist during the virtual announcement. “It’s something that I’ve always wanted to accomplish so to have that honor is something really special.” The 19-year-old is the daughter of Craig and Heather
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Brenna Connelly is one of the 10 Princess Kay of the Milky Way nalists, represenƟng Olmsted County. Connelly works for her uncle, Kevin Connelly, who milks 60 cows near Byron, Minnesota. Connelly, and is employed by her uncle, Kevin Connelly, who milks 60 cows near Byron. From the encouragement of her cousins 13 years ago, Connelly began showing registered Holsteins at the county fair. “That’s how I got started with the dairy community and 4-H,” she said. “As a kid, I was always going to farm and helping with calf chores.”
Now that is her main job as an employee, although she also does many other chores on the dairy. Showing dairy cows at the fair is where Connelly was rst introduced to dairy princesses. “They were always the ones handing me the ribbons so I always saw the dairy princess program through those opportunities, and I
looked up to them,” she said. Her cousin, Meghan Connelly, was also an Olmsted County Dairy Princess and Princess Kay of the Milky Way nalist. “That path was paved for me,” Connelly said. “So, I wanted to follow that path and became a dairy princess and Princess Kay nalist.” Although she was able
to attend in-person events last year as a dairy princess, Connelly and the other county dairy royalty have had to make adjustments this year because of the new coronavirus pandemic. All activities have been shifted to a virtual platform. “Through our county level, we’ve been trying to share the fun facts or get to know the princesses where we share bios on social media,” Connelly said. “For July, we plan to make ice cream live so people can follow the recipe and celebrate national ice cream month. A lot of it has been trying to nd activities people can do at home and share those.” Even though it has been a challenge, Connelly said having to promote in a different way has been a learning experience. “I think has also given us a unique opportunity to shift how we use online since our whole world is shifting to online,” she said. “It helps us adapt to those changes for the future. I think some of our social media ideas and online activities aren’t just special to the pandemic. We can continue those as ways of promotion and telling our stories for years to come.” During her royalty role, Turn to CONNELLY | Page 25
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ConƟnued from CONNELLY | Page 23 Connelly wants people to see the real enjoyment dairy offers. “I think it’s important for people to think about how much dairy is present in their favorite foods so when you’re cooking your mac and cheese or baking fresh cookies they know dairy is a part of that and present in some of our favorite foods and memories,” she said. One of Connelly’s favorite
memories is when her great aunt babysat her as a kid. “Every time she came over, we requested chocolate milk shakes, so it became our tradition,” Connelly said. Other favorite foods of Connelly’s that use dairy are mac and cheese, cheeseburgers and pizza. She uses cheeseburgers as a way to quantify how much a
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Brenna Connelly is the daughter of Craig and Heather Connelly from Byron, Minnesota.
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cow eats when teaching others about dairy. “We gured out 90 pounds (of feed a cow eats each day) is equivalent to 400 cheeseburgers,” Connelly said. “So, when you have a kid and can show them a cow eats 400 cheeseburgers in a day, it really gets them thinking. I tell them all of that is what it takes to make the milk they enjoy, and that is a really cool comparison to see what we put in to the
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The butterhead can also be a teaching tool about how to incorporate butter into meals. In the future, Connelly wants to use her college studies of animal science and agricultural education to continue teaching about farming; however, until then, Connelly will use her platform to inform as many people as she can about dairy.
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The way people shop is changing. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic began impacting the lives of consumers, shopping behaviors were shifting to accommodate the needs of today’s on-the-go consumer. From using convenience stores for midweek grocery runs to ordering food online, these changes in behavior are leading to fewer opportunities to engage with shoppers in person, providing an increased need to connect in other ways. Midwest Dairy has expanded and created strategic partnerships to address this need to meet consumers in new places to drive dairy demand during the pandemic and beyond. We have been evaluating how to By Martha Kemper maximize our impact to increase VP, Dairy Experience incremental dairy sales, and we have focused our efforts Demand on opportunities with grocery stores, convenience stores and foodservice partnerships, along with targeted messaging for consumers that shares how local and sustainable dairy products are as well as the powerful nutrition benets of dairy. Here are some of the many partnerships we have engaged in to drive dairy demand: – To celebrate National Dairy Month, we partnered with regional restaurant Pizza Ranch to offer free extra cheese on any large pizza ordered for curbside pick-up. This promotion included information and imagery of Midwest dairy farmers to share the farmto-table story of dairy, with the goal of also increasing incremental cheese sales. More than 1 million emails were sent to amplify this promotion, and related social media posts garnered around 650,000 impressions. Because Pizza Ranch was not able to open their buffets due to COVID-19 restrictions, this partnership helped them market their curbside pick-up business, a winwin. This offer drove the purchase of an incremental 100,000 pounds of cheese in June, which equates to 1 million pounds of milk. – Convenience store chain Kum & Go developed a program to provide a free string cheese snack to kids
Whil there While h iis not a magic i key that will open the door to increased dairy sales, we know that strategic partnerships are an important piece of the puzzle. visiting their stores in April. With schools closed, Kum & Go recognized that many children experienced difculty getting enough food, so this effort helped provide hungry kids with a nutritious dairy snack while also increasing store trafc. The campaign was so successful that a second, similar promotion has been launched. Midwest Dairy provided marketing support to spread the word about this effort. – We also worked with grocery stores Coborn’s and Cash Wise Foods to celebrate dairy throughout June. Midwest Dairy provided images of Midwestern dairy farms and farmers that were used in circular ads, highlighting how fresh and local dairy products are, and Coborn’s offered a free gallon of milk to reward program members who purchased complementary baking items. In addition, a new online program, Kids Cook at Home, featured dairy recipes that use milk as
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farmer, recommending people follow Higginsville, Missouri, farmers Adriane and Chris Heins on social media; and help your community with dairy, calling for consumers to donate milk for food insecure people in their community. While there is not a magic key that will open the door to increased dairy sales, we know that strategic partnerships are an important piece of the puzzle. These partnerships provide more value for your checkoff investment by creating catalytic changes throughout the grocery, convenience and foodservice industries. By expanding our work with these partners during a time when their consumers are paying more attention than ever, we will drive sales and extend our reach by telling the story of how dairy provides nutritious, delicious food to consumers – creating lifelong fans of all things dairy.
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Perhaps the title of this article should be, “Dairy Practices Council’s 51st annual meeting planning to come to Minnesota in November.” In this amazing and rapidly changing 2020, it is difcult to know whether a conference really might be held face-to-face. I sure hope so. The board soon plans to make that decision and provide more details about the meeting to take place Nov. 4-6 in Bloomington, Minnesota. Nevertheless, the decision of whether the annual conference can go forward in Minnesota this year does not take away from the fact that the Dairy Practices Council’s impact already has been in Minnesota for many years. In full disclosure, my high opinion of the DPC is somewhat biased by my involvement with the organization during my career as an Extension dairy specialist in Indiana. While I By Mike Schutz recalled occasionally reading about what was U of M then the Northeast Dairy Practices Council in dairy trade magazines, I did not know much about it. Before I came to Minnesota, much of my Extension work at Purdue University was focused on improving milk quality. When I learned more about DPC and it had chosen to broaden its scope from the Northeast to national and international in 1994, I quickly saw its value. DPC is an organization devoted to developing guidelines to help all segments of the dairy industry improve the quality of milk. I had the opportunity to serve on DPC’s board of directors from 2002-12 and as its rst board president from outside the Northeast region. DPC’s vision is: “A nonprot organization of education, industry, and regulatory personnel concerned with milk quality, sanitation and regulatory uniformity publishing educational guidelines for the dairy industry.” That is a lot of information in one sentence, but it means that DPC brings together experts in many segments of the dairy industry from farm design engineers to researchers to milk haulers, plant operators and hygiene inspectors. DPC is keenly focused on development, review and updating of guidelines for many aspects of milking equipment, animal management, milk hauling and processing of dairy products to ensure utmost quality. DPC emphasizes education over regulatory enforcement. The guidelines developed by DPC are its lifeblood and are used globally for planning, design and management of dairy farms and processing plants. As a non-prot organization, its only income sources are membership dues, annual meeting
income and sales of guidelines. Membership dues are collected from individuals and organizations who see the value of these educational guidelines. The annual meeting is a bit different than most conferences. Sure, there are educational presentations, but the bulk of the conference is spent working on new guidelines or reviewing and updating previously published ones. That work is all done by volunteers, and even speakers pay their own way to the meeting. Sales of the published guidelines is still a large source of income; but, it is challenging in this era when a lot of information is available for free on the internet. Just a quick glance at the list of 82 guidelines available from DPC show such titles as “Planning Dairy Freestall Barns,” “Troubleshooting High Bacteria Counts of Raw Milk,” “Milking Procedures for Dairy Cattle,” “Sealing Bulk Milk Tank Trucks” and “Greening of the Dairy Lab.” The development and review process for each guideline is detailed. Usually, the guidelines are brought forward by one of the six task forces: Farm Buildings and Equipment; Plant Equipment and Procedures; Laboratory and Quality Control Procedures; Regulatory Issues and HACCP; Milking Systems and Procedures; and Small Ruminants. The writing of the document is completed by members of a task force or sometimes more than one. Review is performed by other members of the task force or invited experts. A second review is provided by sending the document to key sanitarians in each state to indicate if state standards and regulations match the guideline. After nal review by the task force, the guideline is published only to be reviewed again every ve years or so. The production of high-quality milk and dairy products is a time-honored undertaking in Minnesota and the Midwest. The number of organizations that support the U.S. dairy industry is an alphabet soup of organizations we do not think about every day, such as the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, 3-A Sanitary Standards Inc., the National Conference of Interstate Milk Shippers, the National Mastitis Council and the National Milk Producers Federation. While several of these organizations are regulatory in nature (and, we do not always want more regulatory oversight), it is great to have a DPC that works with each of these other organizations to provide a very practical and reasoned approach to creating and adopting best practices. Please join me in welcoming DPC to Minnesota for their 2020 annual meeting and conference. Now, ngers crossed they will be able to meet in November. Even if they cannot, DPC is a great organization to know about. Updates will be posted at www.dairypc.org.
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At the American Dairy Science Association annual meeting in late June, which was moved to a virtual format due to the COVID-19 pandemic, I was invited to organize and moderate a roundtable discussion on precision agriculture in the dairy industry. During the one-hour discussion, we were pleased to have a diverse group of panelists representing aspects of precision dairy research and practical application. The panelists were Aidan Connoly, CEO of Cainthus; David Jones, dairy producer from California (family transitioned to 14 milking robots) and DeLaval technical advisor; Jackie Boerman, Purdue University; Trevor DeVries, University of Guelph, Canada; and Victor Cabrera, University of Wisconsin-Madison. The virtual audience sent their questions via live chat. Here are some highlights of our discussion. By Marcia Endres U of M What is the future of precision dairy? This is an exciting time for dairy technology. We have seen an increased adoption of various automation and monitoring options in the United States such as robotic milking and various wearable cow sensors (placed on the ear, neck, leg or a bolus). Europe and Canada have adopted these technologies at a higher rate and continue to do so. Cameras to look at cows eating, drinking and lying behavior are also becoming more common at the research and farm level. The pandemic made us think more deeply about the food system and what happens if we cannot go to the farms. Remote technology will become more important, such as augmented reality or 3-D printers. All phases of production – crops, milking, feeding – will be monitored remotely using the information efciently (mental labor). An effort by researchers and industry is in place to better use articial intelligence techniques to integrate data collected from various technologies and improve decision making on the farm. Interdisciplinary projects such as the Dairy Brain at the University of Wisconsin aim to use all the data already available on farms – from sensors, milking parlor, genetics, etc. – and connect the data in real time to develop decision-support tools. These tools will bring together physiology and economics. In the near future, data will become a valued commodity. From a producer perspective, we need to do more with fewer people, not having sensors that add more work. Making equipment more effective and affordable is important. In California, it is getting more difcult to get a permit for dairies with more than 3,000 cows. It is easier to keep farms under 2,000 cows which works well for robotic milking and can be accomplished stepwise in a sustainable way. But, Jones emphasized that automation is not for everyone. It has to t the system. Should precision feeding be done individually or in groups? The level of hardware required for an individual cow is massive and could cost $1,000 per cow. Affordability is important, so monitoring groups of cows is more the norm today. In the future, it will become easier to connect the data. Reduction in hardware costs will allow for individual intake monitoring by video technology. There is some level of precision feeding in robotic milking systems (concentrate in the box), and there is a rotary milking parlor in Spain that can quickly deliver concentrates to individual cows based on production level or stage of lactation. However, we cannot monitor the variation in partial mixed ration intake by each cow. Understanding individual cow behavior can help us identify the sources of variation in feed bunk intake. This is an area of effort by DeVries’ team and also our team in Minnesota. There is a lot of complexity when we deal with cows and an overwhelming amount of information. We have a lot of unknown unknowns. What about servicing the technology? For example, some farms have switched back to conventional milking. Equipment keeps getting more robust. The greater level of adoption helps understand it better and adjust as needed. General maintenance needs to be different in the United States – more robust as we use it harder here to maximize capacity. A strong relationship with the supplier and manufacturer is important to make it all work well. What about public’s perception of technology? Animal welfare needs to be kept in mind when developing technology. We need to make the consumer know it can improve animal welfare. Improving efciency of production is key for the dairy producer, but the consumer will not be interested only in milk production. Transparency is important. Abuse of animals could be reduced with automation technology that limits human-animal interactions. However, a robot could look articial to the consumer. Some consumers might prefer a more natural environment, such as cows being outside. Cows in a high-tech barn are conned. It is important we can demonstrate how the animals can benet from the technology. Did the COVID-19 pandemic increase data sharing? Panelists did not see this happen so far. In general, farms do not see value on sharing data. As we implement more technology, there should be a benet of using the data for continuously improving production efciency on the farm. How will the dairy industry of the future look like? Vertical integration or small-scale dairies? Connoly suggests that we will have the two-headed monster with two major types of dairies. Bigger farms (due to economies of scale) for the commodity or the more industrialized specialty market (functional proteins, for example). There will be smaller pasture-based farms where consumers will pay a premium for this type of dairy product due to perceptions of better animal and farmer welfare, along with environmental benets (like biodiversity). Plant-based alternative products have not displaced dairy as 95% of U.S. households use dairy products. The recent increase in uid milk sales during the pandemic was a clear indication that the consumer prefers a more natural and wholesome food.
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Full of beans Page 30 • Dairy Star • Saturday, July 25, 2020
I was prowling the bookstore the other day My family and I were motoring to our annual midwhen, just beyond the Harry Potter wing, I bumped summer potluck picnic and Nelson family reunion in into a section that dealt exclusively with celebrity a nearby town. We kids looked forward to this event cookbooks. all year, not only because we got a day-long break Good grief. I had no idea that so many famous from our dairy farm but also because the park where people enjoyed eating. I tthe picnic was held featured a found it curious that all those public swimming pool. My mother’s h ’ b baked k db beans iis llarge uber-thin celebs are willing M Our venerable ‘53 Chevy to fatten up their incomes one of my favorite dishes. I decided to die about halfway by writing books about their the 30-mile journey. Dad believe this is chiefly because into gustatory passions. lifted the hood and tried to This inspired me to those beans saved my life the effect repairs while Mom, my share the following family seven siblings and I huddled recipe which comes with a summer when I was 9. anxiously in the car. little story and absolutely no T Time wore on and the aromas guarantees. You get what you pay ffor. wafting f i from f Mom’s M ’ fried f i chicken and baked beans My mother’s baked beans is one of my favorite began to make us drool. We begged Mom to have a dishes. I believe this is chiey because those beans taste. “Just a smidgeon,” we pleaded. saved my life the summer when I was 9. Mom nally relented. As cars and trucks whizzed
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Joy under dark clouds Page 32 • Dairy Star • Saturday, July 25, 2020
Dark storm clouds have been rumbling across road at his place, under those dark ominous clouds, he Minnesota these past couple of weeks leaving sorrow received about half an inch when we were all looking and joy in their wake. The sorrow is obvious with for relief from the hot muggy day. He chuckled, “I leveled sheds, ďƒ&#x;attened ďƒželds and uprooted trees guess it’s a good thing to live under a dark cloud once iin a while.â€? How true. How changing the landscape of some people’s lives forever. H How d do you expect to get rain i do you expect to get rain without clouds? How do you The joy may not be as expect to ďƒžnd joy without noticeable, but it can be without clouds? How do you struggle? found under the dark clouds. expect to find joy without Weather systems have Now I would never been colliding overhead have put this image together struggle? without my neighbor on eevery couple of days. As temperatures and humidity the hill. He stopped by one morning to pick up some samples on his way to town. build to those hot summer days we dreamed of in He asked how much rain we got the night before the deep cold days of winter, we begin to debate in around milking time. I told him we saw dark clouds our head which is better – hot or cold days. The jury to the north but did not get anything. Two miles up the is still out. As dew points rise, pressure builds until
something has to give. Like a sponge, the air can only take on so much moisture until it starts to drip or rain. Many of these storms have been at night. I love watching a storm roll in as lighting ďƒ&#x;ashes Just Thinking Out Loud and distance rumbles of thunder announce the coming show. Unfortunately, I fell asleep before the show even began. Mark on the other hand was not able to sleep through the last evening storm. Music was close, and it looked like the change in weather was pushing up By Natalie Schmitt her calving date. Mark Columnist slipped on some coveralls (unwashed, insulated ones) he grabbed off the hook. He did not want his clean clothes to get dirty. Soft, gentle rain greeted him as he walked out the door to the check on Music. Mark and Austin had kicked all the switch cows out of the shed for the evening so Music could stretch out and be undisturbed during delivery. She was snuggled down in the fresh corn stalk bedding gearing up to push out a calf. No need to get wet running back and forth between the shed and house to check on the cow, he thought. So, he settled down on the clean bedding as well. He listened and watched as the storm moved closer. A loud clap of thunder announced the arrival of the storm and the ďƒžrst calf. Apparently, Music was going to have her second set of twins. The pressure of the storm was building to the release point as sheets of rain pelted the tin roof. In sync with the heat of the storm, the struggles of the second delivery became apparent with the appearance of back legs. As the storm hit its peak, Music groaned, and Mark pulled out a second heifer calf. As the dark storm clouds blew through, everyone collapsed and released a sigh of relief. The calves were alive and healthy. Music was excited to get up and start licking them off. Mark caught his breath as he watched the sight of mother and daughters. But probably happiest of all were all the switch cows that were kicked out of the shed. They stood out in the pasture under the dark clouds, chewing their cud as the warm summer rains washed away the grim and dirt which had become caked on their bodies during the hot, muggy days. The joy under dark clouds. Music has been one of our top cows, and we wanted more daughters out of her, so we ďƒ&#x;ushed her to King Doc. We ended up with three pregnancies. Mark also bred Music to King Doc, which resulted in the twins. Now we need to come up with names. Her ďƒžrst set of twins we called Rhythm and Rhyme. Her ďƒžrst daughter was named Duet. I know I want to name her last ET calf Finale while her ďƒžrst ET calf is called Melody. I guess the middle ET will be Harmony. For the twins? Covid and Corona? Applause and Encore? Thunder and Lightening? The possibilities are intriguing as we ďƒžnd joy under dark clouds. Natalie, Mark and his brother Al, farm together near Rice, Minnesota. They milk 100 registered Holsteins under the RALMA preďƒžx. Their four children are grown up and all involved in agriculture with hopes of someone returning to the farm. For questions or comments, please e-mail Natalie at mnschmitt@jetup.net.
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HUTCHINSON, Minn. – When Emma Friauf was 11 years old, she spent her evenings after school feeding bottle calves and bedding cows at Raylore Farm in Hutchinson. Those were small tasks for the young girl, but those responsibilities have done more for Friauf than she could have ever imagined. “Working on this farm and getting to know the Olson family has opened a door that has led me down this crazy, winding path,” Friauf said. “I have no idea where I’d be today without having grown up cleaning drinking cups in the barn.” Friauf, representing McLeod County, is one of 10 nalists vying for the 67th Princess Kay of the Milky Way. The 19-year-old daughter of Wayne and Teri Friauf, of Glencoe, Minnesota, grew up on a small hobby farm, but her
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Emma Friauf puts a milker on a cow July 15 at Raylore Farm near Hutchinson, Minnesota. Friauf has worked for the Olson family since she was 11 years old. used to milk cows and now I’m doing that too. It’s all tied together.” Throughout Friauf’s reign, she has posted videos online, introducing herself as the county’s dairy princess and talking about the ins and outs of a dairy farm. During June Dairy Month and National Ice Cream Month in July, she took part in several radio station interviews and promoted dairy consumption. With each conversation, Friauf’s enthusiasm for the dairy community is
provide the utmost care for their land, animals and employees. “People just don’t know where their food comes from and because of that, they don’t trust,” Friauf said. “As farmers, we’re doing everything to the best of our ability to create a food that is healthy and safe for all families to eat.” There is a lighter side to Friauf’s role as a nalist. When named a part of the top 10, she recognized several of the other young women from her time in the showring or at industry events. In early July, Friauf had the opportunity to connect with the other nalists since being named to the group in May. “It sounds so cliché, but I was so excited to get together with these girls and better establish those EMMA FRIAUF, PRINCESS KAY FINALIST connections,” Friauf said. “Some of them are my rivals in the ring and have become evident as she talks about her role on the Olsons’ farm as if the cows in the my closest friends.” As coronation approaches, Friauf barn were her own. “The best part about all of this has her sights on the reigning title but is that I’m representing the dairy is also humbled in knowing all she has industry,” Friauf said. “I’m advocating, accomplished as a nalist. “I didn’t know I could do this,” sharing my dairy story and connecting with consumers, whether I’m wearing a Friauf said. “But now I’ve seen it’s all possible. I’ve done it, and becoming crown or not.” One of Friauf’s favorite messages Princess Kay would just be the gravy to convey to the public is that farmers on top.”
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NORTHFIELD, Minn. – In ďƒžfth grade, Taylor Jerde gave a presentation to her class about Princess Kay of the Milky Way, complete with a viewing of her aunt’s butterhead and an interactive activity for each student to carve their own sculpture using sticks of butter and toothpicks. “I knew then and there I wanted to be Princess Kay,â€? Jerde said. Now the 20-year-old Northďƒželd woman who is the daughter of Sarah Hallcock and Michael Jerde has her chance to earn the crown as one of the 10 ďƒžnalists for Princess Kay of the Milky Way, representing Dakota County. “I love building connections with consumers of all ages,â€? Jerde said about what she loves about being a dairy princess. Jerde’s family milked cows on their farm until they sold their herd in 2012. Then, she went to work for the Deutsch family for two years until a barn ďƒžre forced them to exit milking cows. Since then, she has been employed by both the Sauber family farm in Lakeville and her uncle, Kevin Kieffer’s farm, River City Dairy, in Hastings. “At a young age, I learned what hard work and dedication were from feeding calves, feeding cows and milking cows,â€? she said. At the age of 2, she showed her ďƒžrst calf and has been showing ever since. “I just fell in love with it,â€? she said. Because of this, Jerde purchased her ďƒžrst heifer seven years ago and has grown her herd to 12 heifers and cows. “I’d like to keep it growing and the genetics progressing as time goes on,â€? she said. Because of this interest in genetics,
Jerde has learned how to breed cows, which is one of her main jobs on both farms where she is employed. It has also inďƒ&#x;uenced her decisions for her future. Jerde will be a junior this fall at South Dakota State University studying dairy production, agricultural business and animal science. After college, she hopes to work in the genetics ďƒželd and potentially return to her home farm to start milking again. “I would be the ďƒžfth generation to milk here,â€? Jerde said. Becoming a dairy princess has been a natural progression because of her upbringing. “It’s always been a goal I’ve had,â€? Jerde said about being a dairy princess and Princess Kay ďƒžnalist. “I’ve always looked up to my aunt, Karen. She was a role model to me growing up. She still has her butterhead in the freezer.â€? Another aunt, Katie Hallcock, is also a past ďƒžnalist. Along with her ďƒžfth-grade presentation, Jerde regularly gave demonstrations to her 4-H club about dairy. “Everybody knew it was my gig, and I would represent the dairy community well,â€? she said. “I can get in front of any group of people and talk about dairy.â€? During her time showing at the county and state fair over the years, Jerde has always welcomed conversations from visitors. “That’s one thing I look forward to at the fair is having people come up to me and ask me questions about my dairy project,â€? she said. “I’m always willing to answer. I like being able to be the person they can trust and come to with a question. I’m always honored when they choose me out of the whole barn of Turn to JERDE | Page 38
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ConƟnued from JERDE | Page 37 youth.” This is Jerde’s rst year as a Dakota County Dairy Princess; however, two years ago, she represented Scott and Le Sueur counties while still working for the Deutsch family. “Dakota County doesn’t have a huge (dairy princess) program anymore,” Jerde said. “I had a hard time nding people who would help me get to May event, so it was a struggle. This year I asked my mom to be my county coordinator. She said yes, so she got me to May event. Little did we know I would go on to be a nalist.”
This year has looked different for everyone because of the pandemic. “I’ve been doing a lot more social media promoting because that’s the way you almost have to connect with consumers,” Jerde said. “You can’t do the face-to-face interaction right now.” She has used her personal Facebook page to give facts about dairy and encourage dairy consumption, including a short video with former Minnesota Vikings football player, Chad Greenway, that promoted drinking milk.
“One of the biggest things consumers need to hear especially with the pandemic is the reason why some dairy farmers are having to dump milk is not because there’s an overabundance of dairy, there’s a lack of manufacturing,” Jerde said. She mentioned restaurants having to be shut down and schools not being in session. “I want to let everyone know there is still dairy available, and there’s not going to be a shortage of dairy,” Jerde said. “Make sure you still support local farmers and get
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How did you get into farming? My father had milked cows on this farm for many years. He quit milking in 1993 and began custom feeding dairy calves. About ve years ago, I decided to get away from the custom feeding business and restart Dad’s dairy operation. I put in a different double-4 milking parlor and added automatic takeoffs.
What advice would you give other dairy farmers? Keep your interest costs low by keeping your borrowing down. What has been the best purchase you have ever made on your dairy farm? My skidloader. I use it for everything. I can get by if my pay loader breaks down, but I would be totally lost without my skidloader.
What are your thoughts and concerns about the dairy industry for the next year? I am worried that we will go back to another oversupply situation. This would cause milk prices to plummet again. What is the latest technology you have implemented on your farm and the purpose for it? I recently installed a set of stir fans in the freestall barn. The fans help keep the cows comfortable during our hot them give almost as much milk as and humid summertime days. a Holstein. What is a management practice you have changed in the past year What cost-saving steps have you that has benetted you? I have implemented during the low milk gone to more grazing. Grazing helps price? I have culled my herd more me save money on feed costs, and aggressively. This has saved on feed my cows are much healthier. About costs and has given me an additional one-third of my herd are Milking source of income. Shorthorns. I have found they are a very hardy and vigorous breed that How do you retain a good working seems to be especially well-suited relationship with your employees? for grazing. My Milking Shorthorns I don’t have any employees. breed back easily and some of My wife, Angie, helps out with
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