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Hightail ice cream open for business Iowa college student pursues dairy legacy by making frozen treat By Sherry Newell Contributing Writer
PLAINFIELD, Iowa – Twenty-year-old Natalie Eick is chasing a dream born of many long conversations with her dairy farmer dad. She has started her own ice cream and food delivery business with hopes of using the experience to help her along the road to becoming the third generation on the family’s Plaineld farm. Eick makes and sells ice cream under the brand name Hightail Ice Cream and Delivery, a venture she began last year on her summer break from studying agricultural business at Iowa State University. This summer, she added a service delivering other farmto-consumer foods from northeast Iowa to customers within 50 miles of her home. “The whole reason I wanted to pursue this is to continue my family’s legacy. (Dad and I) came to the conclusion that value-added might be the way to go,” Eick said. “I was sitting in my dorm room at school when I came up with (the idea). I had literally no idea how to start a business, but I was determined to make it happen.” After research and conversation with friends and ISU faculty, Eick was ready to make super-premium hard ice cream, but it was a connection with her grandmother’s assisted living facility that sealed the deal. The new accommodation in nearby Sumner includes a pub, hair salon, movie theatre and an ice cream shop. “I noticed the ice cream shop had been sitting empty for a while and the soft-serve machine was always out of order,” Eick said. “As it turned out, the residents had been pressing buttons on the machine that they weren’t supposed to, causing it to constantly
“The whole reason I wanted to pursue this is to continue my family’s legacy.”
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Natalie Eick shares a moment with a local balloon ar�st while serving ice cream in Allison, Iowa. Eick developed the Hightail ice cream as a way to honor her dad who dairy farms near Plaineld, Iowa.
shredded carrots that I could choose whether or not to put in. Long story short, I did, and they were not a fan of them. A lot of them claimed that I shouldn’t ever put vegetables in the ice cream again.” Conversely, strawberry pretzel has become a favorite Hightail avor. It is a takeoff on a salad many Midwesterners have had at family potlucks, Eick said. Eick also gets help making the ice cream and ingredients from her grandmother, Berneice Rich, who lives at the facility, her aunt, Lynn Pleggenkuhle, and her mother, Kelly. Her father, Terry, helps with events and planning for deliveries. However, Hightail is not all fun and games for Eick. Because much of her rst summer’s business came from fairs and events, COVID-19 created new challenges. It led to incorporating home delivery of items like milk, cheese curds, eggs, produce, beef and pork into the business.
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Hightail Ice Cream offers standard vanilla, chocolate and strawberry ice cream, along with avors that feature homemade ingredients.
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NATALIE EICK, HIGHTAIL ICE CREAM AND DELIVERY
be broken. I also found out that the residents were not happy about not having ice cream.” Eick struck a deal with the facility. In return for providing weekly ice cream socials to the residents, the budding entrepreneur could use the space for making and storing her products and materials. As a bonus, the residents taste-tested Eick’s ice cream inventions. Current avors include monster cookie, peanut butter cup and hot fudge brownie, along with the standard vanilla, strawberry and chocolate. But others have been tried and occasionally added. “One time I made them carrot cake ice cream,” Eick said. “There was a freeze-dried package of
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“Ice cream is nice, but it’s hard to have consistent volume and sales each week,” Eick said. “The expansion really helps to balance that out.” Currently, she makes ice cream one or two days a week, delivering 20 to 30 gallons on regular deliveries and
sometimes up to 60 gallons for special events. She delivers all products free in her home counties of Bremer and Chickasaw, and markets mainly through Facebook and word-of-mouth. “Adding meat to my product line will hopefully help ll in the gaps during the colder
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Natalie Eick’s ice cream sale and delivery business offers other products for customers.
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Natalie Eick looks at a cow on her family’s farm near Plaineld, Iowa. The inspira�on for the name of Eick’s ice cream business came from the farm where she works with her family.
months when ice cream isn’t as popular,” Eick said. As she looks to beginning her senior year at ISU, Eick is uncertain of her next steps. She has a goal to put up a creamery to process her own farm’s milk. Presently, she buys ice cream mix from Anderson Erickson Dairy in Des Moines. Starting out with no previous business experience, Eick’s education has come from growing her venture. She is active in ISU’s Agricultural
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Entrepreneurship Initiative, where she connects with young people and resources surrounding mentorship, pitch competition and funding. While tending to her business, Eick also helps on the Eick family’s White Gold Dairy, milking 50 registered Holsteins, raising steers and farming about 1,000 acres of corn, soybean and hay. She manages the farm’s DHIA program and assists with breeding, milking, eld work and other
chores. The farm is where the Hightail name originated. “One of my favorite things to see is when the calves get let out to the pasture for the very rst time after the long winter,” Eick said. “You can feel the excitement as they rush out with their tails ying in the air. I wanted to incorporate that happiness into my brand and each and every one of my products.”
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Perfecting the pasture model
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RANDOM LAKE, Wis. – Ricky Baker and Thelma HeidelBaker thrive on simplicity. So do their cows. The bovines at Bossie Cow Farm eat only grasses and hay. The Bakers feed no grain. Instead, cows feast on a smorgasbord of grasses including meadow fescue, orchard grass, rye grass, quack grass and more along with clover,
forbs like dandelions, plantain and chicory, and a spattering of alfalfa. “We focus on high-quality pastures to get the best-quality feed for our dairy cows,” Thelma said. Located near Random Lake, Bossie Cow Farm is a grass-based organic dairy and Thelma’s childhood home. The farm was conventional when her parents, David and Angelita Heidel, took it over in the late 1970s. They started grazing in the early ’90s, and a shift to organic
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Thelma Heidel-Baker and Ricky Baker run Bossie Cow Farm, a 100% grass-fed organic dairy, near Random Lake, Wisconsin. The Bakers milk 50 cows and pasture their animals on 80 acres.
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Calves are raised on nurse cows at Bossie Cow Farm near Random Lake, Wisconsin. Born on pasture, calves will spend 4-6 months nursing while learning the ropes of grazing.
farming ensued. The farm was certied organic in 2003. In 2009, the Heidels quit feeding grain, and the farm became a 100% grass-fed operation. “They switched to grazing in response to the notion of ‘Get big, get out, or go in a different direction,’” Thelma said. “My dad decided to go in a different direction.”
Herd size has stayed the same for over 40 years as the Bakers continue to milk 50 cows just as Thelma’s parents did and pasture animals on 80 acres. They also farm 160 acres of hay land, and feed baleage and dry hay when the cattle are not on pasture. “That’s the only way to make 100% grass-fed work,” Ricky said. Farming was not always an
obvious choice for the Bakers who pursued other careers after college. Ricky was a race director managing sports events; Thelma kept her toes in agriculture as an entomologist specializing in agricultural entomology and pest management. She and Ricky, also a native of the Random Lake area,
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ConƟnued from BAKERS | Page 6 met in Minnesota. After the couple married, Thelma’s job took them to Iowa. The Bakers’ children – Ava, 7, and Arthur, 5 – were motivation for returning home to their families in 2015. “We started talking about where we wanted to raise our kids,” said Thelma, who now works as a soil conservationist for the United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service. “All the grandparents were here, and we had to decide whether to keep following our careers or come back to family. My parents were getting older, and there was no one in line to take over the farm. We didn’t want to see it come to an end.” Ricky and Thelma bought the cows and took over management of the farm in 2017. Ricky was new to farming and got involved with the Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship program to learn the ins and outs of grazing and network with other farmers and graziers. “Grazing is the best thing for beginning farmers,” Ricky said. “If you make a mistake with rotating grass, you get another chance in 30 days to do it right. But if you mess up corn, you have to wait another year to correct it.” The Bakers’ herd of Holsteins, Jerseys and HolsteinJersey crosses obtains nearly all of its nutrition direct from the land. Cows are provided fresh pasture twice a day through the use of mobile fencing. Cows are then rotated through different elds throughout the farm. Fields are rotated less frequently, with cows tyipcally revisiting a eld every 3540 days. The Bakers use portable break wires to restrict movement in pastures. “It’s important to manage grazing,” Thelma said. “Pastures need adequate time to rest; therefore, we’re always moving cattle. If you let cows eat all the way down, the pasture will be full of weeds. We move through relatively quickly so pastures have a chance to regrow, otherwise cows nip off new growth. Poly wires and moveable fences are good tools that allow us to move interior fences quickly.” The Bakers like for grass to be 20 inches tall when they open up a new pasture but will send animals out earlier in the spring. “It’s not so much about feeding at that point as it is setting up pastures for future grazing,” Ricky said. “It’s not good if everything is ready at the same time. We stage every pasture for different conditions to create grazing wedges.” To improve pasture productivity and preserve the soil, the Bakers do a lot of interseeding in spring and frost seeding in late winter. If pastures have considerable wear and tear, Ricky may decide to reseed. “Pasture quality begins from the ground up,” Thelma said. “Our pastures have been here for decades. These permanent perennial pastures have not been tilled in 20 years.
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Ricky Baker examines his herd grazing July 7. Cows are provided fresh pasture twice a day through the use of mobile fencing. Soil quality, fertility and plant diversity help maintain a healthy pasture ecosystem, which in turn benets the cows.” Calf rearing is hands-off for the Bakers, who practice seasonal calving and raise calves on nurse cows. The pairs are kept on a separate pasture from the milking herd. The Bakers breed for grazing genetics, striving for a smaller cow better suited for grazing and producing milk rich in butterfat. “Pasturing impacts milk avor in a positive way,” Ricky said. “And the health benets pass through the milk. It’s higher in CLA (conjugated linoleic acid) and omega-3.” The Bakers put in a swing-8 parlor two years ago, turning milking into a one-person job. “It’s made a big difference,” Ricky said. “Milking in the tiestall barn took forever and was exhausting. Now we milk in half the time, and it’s much easier.” Recently, the Bakers switched to milking cows once a day at 7 a.m. “We think it’s great,” Ricky said. “We have two little kids, and this gives us more family time. It also gives me more time to manage pastures. Production will inevitably go down but so will our expenses. When looking at the business, we don’t concentrate solely on production – we look at the whole picture, including labor, inputs and capital expenses. This decision is more about lifestyle, and I also feel the cows are less stressed.” As organic farmers, Ricky said they enjoy not using pesticides and herbicides.
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“We don’t need them in our management toolbox,” Ricky said. “It’s possible to do without.” Furthermore, being an organic farm feeding a highforage diet has virtually eliminated health problems in the herd. “Organic is a preventative approach,” Ricky said. “Once a cow is sick or has mastitis, it’s difcult to get rid of. Here, it’s more about preventing than treating. We’ll use oil treatments and garlic tinctures when necessary, but we don’t have a whole lot of health issues. I’ve never seen a (displaced abomasum), and we maybe pull one calf a year. The only time the vet was here last year was to vaccinate.” In addition to producing organic milk, the Bakers also offer organic, grass-fed beef for private sale and raise pigs for pork and chickens for both eggs and meat. “We like to maintain a public presence and sell meat and eggs direct to the consumer,” Thelma said. “It’s our way to diversify.” The Bakers admit that intense grazing does not come without challenges, and every year, they discover something new about grazing and tweak things as needed. “Pasturing is a ne balance of giving cattle enough to eat to be satised yet not waste,” Thelma said. “This practice takes patience and exibility. From weather to livestock to pastures, you don’t have full control over everything – you have to roll with the punches.”
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The “Mielke” Market Weekly By Lee Mielke Dairy industry rides COVID-19 rollercoaster
County fairs are being canceled across the country because of the COVID-19 outbreak but the dairy industry is riding a COVID-19 rollercoaster daily. The block Cheddar price in particular spiraled down to $1 per pound April 15, skyrocketed to a record high $3 on July13, and then road to a July 17 close of $2.66 per pound, down 25.5 cents on the week, lowest since July 1, but still a hefty 88 cents above a year ago The barrels fared better, closing Friday at $2.43 per pound, up 9 cents on the week, 72.5 cents above a year ago, but a still too high 23 cents below the blocks. 16 cars of block traded hands on the week at the CME and 17 of barrel. The July 10 Dairy and Food Market Analyst (DFMA) reports that “The growth rate in retail natural cheese sales has declined in six out of the last seven weeks, according to IRI data ending June 28. Most recently, sales were up 13%, approximately half the growth rate from a month earlier. Retail sales of processed cheese were barely above year-ago levels in the week-ending June 28, up just 1.9%. If these growth rates hold for all of July, it will make available an additional 19 million pounds of cheese compared to June.” Friday’s StoneX “Early Morning Update” stated “Government purchases continue to greatly affect the cheese market and are expected to linger into midAugust. Cold storage next week will be very closely watched. We would expect to see a major draw down in stocks to justify $3.00, $2.80, and $2.71 block prices.” USDA’s May dairy product commercial disappearance data was somewhat mixed, according to Nate Donnay, Director of Dairy Market Insight for StoneX. Speaking in the July 20 “Dairy Radio Now” broadcast, Donnay reported that, while total while cheese disappearance was down about 10% from a year ago in April, it was only down about 1% from a year ago in May. “That’s a big improvement, driven primarily by the improvement in food service sales, as some states started to loosen their restrictions,” he said, “but it was still below year ago levels.” He added that American cheese disappearance was up from a year ago in May but Mozzarella was down about 1%. The brightest spot was butter, according to Donnay, where sales went from about 2% above year
ago levels in April to a 17% increase in May. But uncertainty abounds as we see restaurants reclosing and many going out of business because they can’t survive on the mandated lower capacities. Donnay said “It’s difcult to translate directly between the headlined sales numbers, like food sales numbers being down 20% from a year ago to what that means for the amount of dairy that’s moving through foodservice.” “We think that since the lockdowns started, foodservice meals have shifted to more dairy heavy items,” Donnay reasoned. “Pizza sales at the major chains have been fantastic,” he said, “the drive-thus at quick service restaurants are still running strong and there’s a lot of cheese on those burgers and tacos so even though the headline numbers around foodservice sales are still running well below year ago, it’s very possible that the amount of cheese that’s moving through foodservice is doing much better, maybe only down something like 5% while total foodservice sales are down 20%.” Midwestern cheese producers continue to report strong demand, according to Dairy Market News, but the rising prices has many buyers only taking “necessary loads.” Cheese output is strong as milk is available however high temperatures in the region have some expecting lower milk supplies for Class III production. Mid-week spot milk prices were still under Class but not as much as previous weeks. Spurred on by government purchases and the ongoing rell of food service pipelines, western cheese output is active, says DMN, with some manufacturers still running above design capacity. Processors seem eager to ll demand, especially at record high prices for block cheese however, higher prices may be cooling retail sales. DMN also warned that renewed social distancing requirements in parts of the West may dampen food service demand. Some buyers even reported getting offers from international cheese sellers, looking to bring cheese to US markets. But without major discounting, the buyers are hesitant to take on the risk, says DMN. “There is too much uncertainty within the market to make a purchase that may take 30 to 60 days to complete.” Cash butter appeared to be caught in the upward pull of the cheese market Monday and Tuesday and advanced 5.5 cents but it was short-lived, reversing gears Wednesday, and closed Friday at $1.69 per pound, unchanged on the week, pausing ve
consecutive weeks of decline, and 70.75 cents below a year ago. 20 cars traded hands on the week. Butter fundamentals are weakening fast, according to the DFMA. “Retail sales growth is plummeting at that same time that sales at full-service restaurants are contracting, again. Butter prices are likely to continue declining,” the DFMA warned. It added that “Retail sales of butter posted the lowest growth rate in several months, up just 17% during the week-ending June 28. This is below the 24% growth rate for all of June and much smaller than the average growth rate of 50% in May.” It was primarily the drop in restaurant sales that plunged dairy product prices in April and restaurant reopening that helped bring them back up but the DFMA, citing data from Blackbox Intelligence which tracks sales at chain restaurants, showed that “Limited-service brands are experiencing sales growth. The fastest growing segments are chicken, pizza (cheese-friendly), and burgers (also cheesefriendly),” according to the DFMA. “Sales have been above prior-year levels for nine consecutive weeks,” the DFMA says, just when block cheese rose from $1.2075 per pound to $2.6750.” But, many full-service restaurants are not reopening and data from Open Table shows that through the end of June, 12% of all chain restaurants were still closed, the DFMA reported. Midwest butter plant managers reported that spot loads of cream were more available this week, according to DMN. Market analysts say butter prices are still somewhat range bound but expect $1.90 to $1.95 to be the high end of said range moving into fourth quarter. Western butter production is active despite many loads of cream going to ice cream production. In some parts of the West, cream sellers are offering a bit more loads in the spot market at affordable prices, which some butter makers are taking. Butter inventories are plentiful and retail sales are unchanged. While the rises in coronavirus cases is impacting restaurants, take-out orders are still high. Grade A nonfat dry milk close Friday at $1.00 per pound, down 1.5 cents on the week and 0.75 cents below a year ago, with 19 cars nding new homes. Dry whey shot up 3 cents Monday and closed Friday at 33.50 cents per pound, 4.75 cents higher on the week but a half-cent below a year ago, on 2 sales. The recent dip in whey prices was a result of plenty of product. The July 10 Daily Dairy Report points out that “High Class III prices continue to encourage cheese production, and the resulting whey stream will be directed to production of dry whey versus highervalue products.” It adds that “When gyms were closed and supplement stores were shuttered during Covid-19 lockdowns, sales of high-protein whey products, popular with the tness industry, declined precipitously.” As I reported last week, the Agriculture Department lowered its milk production forecast for 2020 from last month, in its latest World Agriculture Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report, blaming slower growth in milk per cow. The 2021 milk production forecast was raised on expectations of dairy herd rebuilding and a recovery in growth in milk per cow. Class III and Class IV milk price forecasts were raised for 2020 and USDA projected the 2020 Class III average at $18 per hundredweight. Adding the current average to July 16 settlements portended a 2020 average of $17.99. Turn to MIELKE | Page 9
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ConƟnued from MIELKE | Page 10 The 2021 Class III average was projected at $16.20, up $1.10 from last month’s estimate, and would be $1.80 below the projected 2020 average. This month’s 2020/21 US corn outlook is for sharply lower supplies, reduced feed and residual use, increased food, seed, and industrial use, and lower ending stocks, according to the WASDE. Corn beginning stocks were raised 145 million bushels, based on lower use forecasts for 2019/20. Corn production was forecast 995 million bushels lower, based on reduced acreage, but the average corn yield was unchanged at 178.5 bushels per acre. June harvested-area weighted precipitation for the major corn producing states was below normal but did not represent an extreme deviation from the 1988 to 2019 average, according to the USDA. With supply declining more than use, stocks were lowered 675 million bushels to 2.6 billion. The season-average corn price received by producers was raised 15 cents to $3.35 per bushel. Soybean production was projected at 4.14 billion bushels, up 10 million on increased acreage. The yield forecast was unchanged at 49.8 bushels per acre. With higher beginning stocks, soybean supplies were raised 45 million bushels. With projections for exports unchanged, 2020/21 soybean ending stocks were increased 30 million bushels to 425 million. Ending stocks were projected at 620 million bushels, up 35 million from last month. The U.S. season-average soybean price was forecast at $8.50 per bushel, up 30 cents, partly reecting higher price expectations following the June Acreage report. The soybean meal price was projected at $300.00 per short ton, up $10.00 from last month. Cotton projections show lower production, exports, and stocks compared with last month. Beginning stocks were 200,000 bales lower due to higher 2019/20 exports, but expected exports in 2020/21 were reduced 1 million bales as a 2-millionbale decline in projected output reduced exportable supplies. US planted area was 1.5 million acres lower this month and ending stocks were projected at 6.8 million bales, 1.2 million lower than in June, and equivalent to 38% of use. USDA’s latest Crop Progress report shows the nation’s corn crop at 69% with a good to excellent rating, as of the week ending July 12, up from 58% a year ago, with 29% silking, up from 10% the previous week and 14% a year ago, but 3% behind the ve year average. Weather forecasts were looking very good in the 6-10 day forecast on Friday, according to StoneX. “Expected rain the last 5 days reportedly left some of the drier areas lacking. Knee high by the 4th of July and then some.” Soybeans are at 48% blooming, up from 19% a year ago and 8% ahead of the ve year average. 68% were rated good to excellent, up from 54% a year ago. Cotton is rated at 44% good to excellent, down from 56% at this time a year ago. China has stated that it will increase US corn purchases to meet demands of its Phase One trade deal with the US and made a large purchase the week of July 6, as its corn reserves are being worked down. It’s hoped that China will increase US whey imports as it continues to rebuild its hog population devastated by culling due to African Swine Fever, however sparing over Hong Kong with the Trump CLIP AND SAVE
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Administration is threatening that. The down side is the increased purchases of corn and soybeans by China may result in higher feed costs for US dairy farmers, but the Daily Dairy Report says “climbing whey sales would help support milk prices.” Dairy farmers are not happy with the latest Dietary Guidelines for America (DGA). The Wisconsinbased American Dairy Coalition (ADC) called on Agriculture Secretary Perdue and Health and Human Services Secretary Azar in a letter to “look into concerns farmers have with the DGA’s draft.” The DGA, which is updated every 5 years, sets US leading nutrition policies and directly inuences WIC, SNAP, as well as school and hospital nutrition programs. “Despite an abundance of science that demonstrate that full-fat dairy products reduce chronic disease in children and adults and promotes learning readiness in children, the DGA continues to set caps on saturated fats, effectively banning whole milk from daycares and school nutrition programs,” the ADC charged.
ADC’s letter encourages Azar and Perdue to delay the publication of the DGA so it can be updated to include the most recent scientic evidence on the health benets of saturated fats. Furthermore, ADC requested the USDA and HHS review and address the process by which these dietary guidelines are written. The National Milk Producers Federation said it was pleased that the DGA Advisory Committee’s nal report “afrms dairy’s crucial role in a nutritious diet” but also expressed concern that the committee “failed to recognize newer, broader science that shows the benets of dairy foods at all fat levels.” The International Dairy Foods Association stated that the DGA “conrmed dairy products should continue to maintain a central, important role in federal nutrition recommendations for people beginning at a very early age and that most Americans should consume three servings of dairy per day,” but also said it was “disappointed that the report did not include relevant information on scientic studies which show the benets of dairy at each fat level.”
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Almena, WI Synergy Cooperative
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St. Cloud, MN ADM
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8.95
Westby, WI Premier Co-op
2.79
8.46
Cadott, WI Cadott Grain Service
2.93
8.54
Pipestone, MN Cargill
2.81
8.30
Muscoda, WI Riverdale Ag Service
2.97
8.69
Wheat 4.59
GarÀeld Pro-Ag Farmer’s Co-op
2.71
8.25
Wheat 4.75
Monona, IA Innovative Ag
2.99
8.63
Watertown, SD Watertown Co-op Elevator
2.79
8.18
Whitewater, WI Landmark Services Co-op
2.87
8.39
Dennison, MN Central Farm Service
2.79
8.46
Durand, WI Countryside Co-op
2.82
8.54
Glenwood, MN CHS Prairie Lakes
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HELPING GOOD MANAGERS MAKE BETTER TRADING DECISIONS CME Group spot block cheese trading has seen the most impressive rally since its inception. In midApril, block cheddar traded to a low of $1/lb. This was followed by a $2 rally to the July 13 all-time high of $3/ lb. The credit for this price strength is being given to strong exports booked during price lows, Farmers to Families Food Box Program, and Section 32 funding in the Cares Act to purchase agricultural products for distribution to food banks. Block cheddar prices slipped after reaching $3 to come into closer alignment with Barrels. Blocks were trading a 60 cent premium to barrels, but the spread has narrowed to 23 cents as of this writing. Much of the industry is buzzing about the negative PPD’s seen in June producer paychecks. Here is a list of several FMMO June calculations: California -$7.91, Southwest -$7.62, Central -$7.51, Mideast -$7.05, Pacific Northwest -$5.87, Northeast -$5.38, and Upper Midwest -$3.81. One of the things that we do as a company is try to help producers understand how their milk is priced. This is a text book example of why it is so important to have a full understanding of PPD and what that means to cross hedging risk. Here is an example: A producer
in the Central order hedges June Class III futures at $18 assuming a normal $2 basis. This month the producer milk check reflected a negative $7.51 PPD which left his milk basis at a negative $5.51. In the end the producer received $18 minus $5.51 for a net pay price of $12.49 when the farm expected to receive $18 plus $2 basis to net $20 cwt. Because plants have the ability to depool Class II, III, and IV milk, utilization rates of the different Classes can vary dramatically when there is a significant price difference between classes. June is a good example of this as Class IV settled at $12.90 and Class III at $21.04. August Class III futures are trading mid-$22 and fading to $16.40 by January. August Class IV futures are trading in the low $14’s and strengthening to the low to mid $15’s by early 2021. This means more months of negative PPD’s for producer paychecks through yearend, and creates challenges to producers trying to hedge milk.
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Crop and Weather
Crop and weather conditions in Dairy Star country
Little Falls, MN
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Marshall
Beltrami
Koochiching
Pennington
Faribault
Martin
Freeborn
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Turner
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Clay
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We put up second crop hay July 10. We cut it the day before and chopped it all and put it on a pile. It was a little light because of the dry RAINFALL spell we had after first TOTALS Last 2 crop. The corn is 80% Weeks tasseled. We have a couple 106-day silage corn varieties that just started. The soybeans are knee high. The 4.7” small grain looks good but are shorter. The field conditions are Since April 11 pretty good. Next week 18.85” we will be baling straw. We don’t have any small grain but we buy straw from a neighbor.
We have been cutting rye and oats the last couple days. We cut third crop hay July 20. It was a little early on the old RAINFALL stands and late on new TOTALS seeding but we wanted Last 2 to chop them together. Weeks The rye in the area is over waist high and the oats are better than knee high. We sprayed 2.2” fungicide on soybeans yesterday. They are thigh high. The corn is Since April 11 95% tasseled and tall. 13.9” A lot of guys will be cutting third crop hay this week. We’ve been adding on to the asphalt silage pad.
Holland, MN
Webster, SD
Cologne, MN
(Becker County)
(Carver County)
DARREN KERANEN
MIKE BUCKENTINE
120 cows, 215 acres
MIKE ZEINSTRA
55 cows, 500 acres
We got our second crop hay done. The corn is 75% tasseled and looks excellent. If things keep going, RAINFALL we are going to TOTALS have a bumper crop. Last 2 The small grain is Weeks turning. We should be cutting second crop heifer hay 5.7” shortly. Everything is at a little lull right now. The third crop hay looks very nice. Since April 11 We’ve had 3.9 inches 10.45” of rain since July 18.
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800 cows, 1,000 acres
The corn is tasseled and stands anywhere from 7-10 feet tall. The soybeans are all in rows and shaded out in the RAINFALL 30-inch rows and stand TOTALS knee high. We plan to Last 2 start third crop hay on Friday (July 24). We Weeks swatted oats today and will finish tomorrow. We have 30 acres. 0.8” After we combine, we’ll small square most of it. Anything left, we will round bale. We are Since April 11 getting dry, the lawns are 12.6” starting to turn brown. We had been getting equipment ready for second crop hay.
60 cows, 780 acres
We received 1.6 inches of rain last night. All of the crops are looking great. Our corn isn’t RAINFALL tasseling yet, but a lot TOTALS of our neighbors’ corn Last 2 has set ears. All of our Weeks corn is BMR and they recommend spraying it with a fungicide when it tassels. We harvested 2” our third cutting of alfalfa last week. It yielded more tonnage than the second cutting Since April 11 and the quality looks 10.1” excellent. The soybeans in our neighborhood all look good. I haven’t yet seen anyone spraying their beans for insects.
The rains have been very spotty. Our soybeans are flowering and we will be applying their second round of herbicide soon. Our RAINFALL corn is just starting to TOTALS Last 2 tassel and our small grains are nearly all Weeks ripe. We will probably start windrowing the oats at the end of this week. We are about half 1” done with our second cutting of alfalfa. The hay looks excellent Since April 11 and our new seeding 7.75” is yielding about two large round bales per acre.
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Crop and Weather Fort Atkinson, IA
REPORTS Crop and weather conditions in Dairy Star country
Rock Valley, IA
(Winneshiek County)
(Sioux County)
GLEN SCHMITT
STEVE ROZEBOOM
560 cows, 1,500 acres
Cumberland, WI (Barron County)
MIKE RIEBE
600 cows, 710 acres
100 cows, 1,200 acres
Cadott, WI
(Chippewa County) RYAN HARM
100 cows, 585 acres
All of our earlier corn is tasseled and most is putting on good ears. Our BMR corn is 7 feet tall and our conventional corn is RAINFALL 1-1.5 feet taller. We will TOTALS Last 2 be starting third crop Weeks hay next week. We had a wind storm July 9 that knocked down a couple fields. The corn has recovered but has 3.5” a little bend in it. The soybeans look really good and are canopied Since April 11 in most fields. The oats 17.7” are starting to turn yellow.
It’s been hot and dry. We haven’t gotten a bit of rain over the past two weeks. Many of our neighbors took their RAINFALL third cutting of alfalfa TOTALS early due to dryness Last 2 concerns. Our alfalfa Weeks still doesn’t have any buds, so we are going to delay cutting it until next week. We have been 0” foliar feeding our corn and applying fungicide. The corn that received hail damage earlier in Since April 11 8.7” the season is now all tasseled out and looks amazing. Our crops don’t appear stressed yet, but that could change if it remains hot and dry.
The most we have gotten at once is about 2 inches, otherwise it has all been nice showers. Everything around here looks RAINFALL gorgeous. The third TOTALS Last 2 crop is already taller Weeks than the second crop was when we cut it. We are about two weeks out from starting third crop. The corn is all 6.4” tasseled and starting to silk. The beans are growing great and Since April 11 are putting on tons 15.5” of flowers and will probably start putting on pods soon.
We are not dry around here any longer. The crops look really good for the most part, but some hay stands look RAINFALL TOTALS a little tough. We will Last 2 probably be ready to Weeks start third crop in a week to 10 days. The corn looks great. It is just about all tasseled 3.5” out now. The beans all look good, too, and are getting tall. Since April 11 22.9”
Gleason, WI
Oconto Falls, WI
Brownsville, WI
Monroe, WI
(Lincoln County)
(Shawano County)
SHAWN WAGNER
BEN BONKE
75 cows, 350 acres
It has been quite wet lately. We have had about 5 inches of rain in the last two weeks. The second crop is RAINFALL looking really good. TOTALS It will be awhile yet Last 2 before it is ready to Weeks cut. The corn is just getting ready to start tasseling. Everything 5” is looking really good so far this year. Since April 11
13.35”
650 cows, 1,400 acres The corn is really healthy and green and just starting to tassel. On July 27, we’ll start fungicide application at the tassel. We cut second crop hay July 8-9, which was earlier than we wanted with only 26 days in between cutting. Heat pushed it to mature faster. Feed quality was at 170, which is what we wanted. All of it was chopped and put in the bunker. Average yield was 1 ton of dry matter per acre. We checked for leaf hoppers July 21. Some fields had zero, while some were at the threshold of needing to be sprayed. Alfalfa is 15 inches high. Soybeans good.
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RAINFALL TOTALS Last 2 Weeks
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We’re all done with second crop hay, as is everyone in the area. We put fertilizer down after finishing up July 13. It was a very good RAINFALL crop. We chopped most TOTALS Last 2 of it and also made 50 bales of baleage July Weeks 17 from a couple small straggler fields. We got 50 5-foot bales off of 10 acres. Most of the 3.25” corn is tasseled out now, and everything looks good. We’ll start Since April 11 combining oats the 12.05” week of July 27.
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90 cows, 180 acres Corn is at peak tassel for the most part in our neighborhood. We’ve had good rain so we should get good pollination on the corn. Hay and beans RAINFALL are growing really well. TOTALS Last 2 We’ll probably be making third crop hay the week Weeks of July 27. We normally chop everything until we make sure we have enough haylage before we start baling. However, we did bale some second crop. Pasture grasses look good. Everyone’s beans Since April 11 are looking good as well. 17.7” I haven’t seen any start to flower yet, but I’m guessing that will be coming shortly.
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A day in the life of the Hensel family Couple gets help to nish last of rst crop hay By Andrea Borgerding andrea.b@dairystar.com
PARK RAPIDS, Minn. – The day started sunny and warm, a perfect day for baling hay on Gary and Diane Hensel’s farm near Park Rapids. But as July 17 wore
on, the building humidity and looming thunderstorms in the forecast threatened to alter their plans to nish baling the last of their rst crop hay. The Hensels started chores at 6 Friday morning. Like every other day, it began with feeding cows and youngstock
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The Hensels – Diane and Gary with their grandchildren, DeVyana, GarreƩ and Ava – stand in the yard of their family farm near Park Rapids, Minnesota. The Hensels milk 49 cows.
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Diane Hensel preps a cow for milking during morning chores July 17.
before Diane starts milking their herd of 49 Holsteins and a few Jerseys at 7:30. While she milks, Gary cleans the barn and hauls manure. Gary and Diane have been dairying together for 38 years. They raise 300 acres of corn, alfalfa and oats. They milk Turn to HENSELS | Page 16
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Gary Hensel rakes a 20-acre hay eld the aŌernoon of July 17. The Hensels baled 50 round bales to nish the last of their rst crop hay.
cows in the tiestall barn Gary’s family built in 1979. “I didn’t think we would be milking this long,” Diane said during morning milking. “But, I like milking. I don’t have to go anywhere.” Diane has been doing the majority of the milking for the past 15 years. While she milks, Gary will bed the cows with straw and will clean the milking units and the pipeline after milking. “We make a good team after all these years,” Gary said. After milking, Diane feeds calves. This time of year is very busy as their herd freshens seasonally. They have had 21 calves since May 1. Eleven of the cows that freshened were heifers. They have six
heifers yet to freshen. Besides feeding the heifer calves, the Hensels also keep their bull calves until they are 300 pounds. Adding to her milking time, Diane had four cows to milk with a bucket – including fresh cows and a chronic mastitis cow. “She is on my cull list,” Diane said with a smile. The backed-up beef market has extended the stay for about a dozen cows in the Hensel herd. The inux of heifers is maxing out space in the barn and adding to the workload for the Hensels. On the morning of July 17, Diane fed two bottle calves and nine calves with a milk bucket. At 10:30, the Hensel’s son’s, Tim’s, children, DeVyana, 13, Garrett, 8, and Ava, 6, came to spend the day on the farm. The grandchildren are a welcome arrival for Gary and Diane. The grandchildren live 11 miles away and visit frequently. Having children around is not uncommon. Before she had grandchildren, Diane spent much of her career doing daycare for nieces and nephews in addition to dairying. At 11 a.m., the Hensels wrapped up morning chores and managed to take time off to eat and talk with a cousin who stopped by to visit. Gary went to rake at 12:30 p.m. Hay on a 20-acre eld across the road from the farm site lay drying and was ready to be round baled. At 2 p.m., Tim stopped by to lend a hand. Gary started baling while Tim nished raking the eld. Diane spent the afternoon visiting on the phone and watching over the grandkids. When time allows, she enjoys gardening, baking and cooking among her daily tasks of laundry and making meals for people helping do eldwork. As the afternoon went on, Gary continued baling with just one minor hang up. The twine in the baler needed to be xed as it was not tying properly. “It was just a small x,” Gary said. At 4 p.m., Diane started afternoon chores with feeding calves. Tim nished raking and went to the barn to help feed the cows silage. He stayed to help until 5 p.m. Diane started milking cows at 5. By this time, thunderstorm warnings were ANDREA BORGERDING/DAIRY STAR being posted for Hubbard County where DeVyana Hensel holds wire for her brother, GarreƩ, to cut in the farm is located. the shop the aŌernoon of July 17. GarreƩ uses the pieces of wire for his farm play set. Turn to HENSELS | Page 17
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Gary nished baling at the farm at 7:30. He waited out 6:30 p.m. He got 50 bales the storm and made his way from the alfalfa eld. to the milking barn after 15 “I got back to the yard minutes when the rain lightand startened up. ed putting “It didn’t hurt getting T h e equipstorm addment in the the rain. Around here ed to the sheds and workload t u c k e d we always need rain.” f o r t h e away anyHensels. GARY HENSEL, DAIRY FARMER thing we Rain blew had left into the sitting barn doors out,” Gary said of the im- so Gary and Diane cleaned up pending storm. the water pooling in the barn. Gary was caught in the Together the Hensels ncalf barn when the storm hit ished chores and were ready
ANDREA BORGERDING/DAIRY STAR
Gary Hensel moves the spreader to make room for more manure while cleaning out the barn the morning of July 17. Hensel does daily hauling of manure.
ANDREA BORGERDING/DAIRY STAR
Gary Hensel washes the windows of his tractor as GarreƩ watches. The two went out to bale the aŌernoon of July 17.
to leave the barn at 10 p.m. when they noticed a bloated heifer calf. “I didn’t have any BloatEze so I had to use a hypodermic needle to poke her and let the air out,” Gary said. “She was looking better when we left the barn.” Finishing up a long day
of chores and eldwork, Gary and Diane nally went to bed at midnight. “Chores take a little longer when I’m busy in the eld,” Gary said. The Hensels received no property damage from the storms that rolled through the evening of July 17, but they
did tally 2.3 inches of rain. “It didn’t hurt getting the rain,” Gary said. “Around here we always need rain.” Despite it taking longer to get chores done, the Hensels considered it a successful day in that they nished rst crop hay.
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For complete info on all our used equipment log on to bodimp.com Elkader (ELK) ........563-245-2470 Clermont (CLE) ......563-423-5206 Cresco (CRE) .......... 563-547-2152 Decorah (DEC) ....... 563-382-2961 Dyersville (DYE)..... 563-875-2724
Monticello (MON) ...319-465-3515 New Hampton (NH) 641-394-3061 Oelwein (OEL) ......... 319-283-4371 Rowley (ROW)........ 319-938-2222 Waukon (WAU) ......563-568-3463
Yesterday I was at a place and a person there took the liberty to tell me, you should have a mask on. I didn’t say anything one way or the other but l wonder how it would have went over if I told them what I thought of how they were dressed?! Sold 139 dairy cows. Continued strength on the better cows but still very selective on quality. Top $2,000 Nolan Garman, Colby. Good fresh cows $1,600-2,000. Many good quality mid & late lactation and dry cows $1,1501,550. Plain or blemished cows lower. Springing hfrs $1,000-1,250. Open Holstein heifers 70-95 cents/lb. Holstein hfr calves $50-85/head. Registered Guernsey heifer dispersal, open heifers $1.35-2.85/lb. Top opens 350 lbs @ $1,000/ head. Springing Guernsey heifer $1,600. Breeding bulls up to $1,125/head. Market bulls up to $86.50/cwt. Market cattle lower today. Sold 75 head. Choice Holstein steers .84-89.25. Crossbreds up to $94.75. Holsteins feeder steers .87-1.01. Good hol bull calves 85-$140/head. Top 150. Crossbred bull & hfr calves $150-250/head. Top $255. Sold 76 market cows. 30% sold $55-63. 33% sold $49-54.50. Hay Market was steady with grass hay $50-55 per bale. Alfalfa grass mix $67.50/bale. Had a large crowd today again, and as always, we appreciate everyone of you, buyers and sellers!!
Sale Location: W1461 State Hwy 98, Loyal, WI 54446 From Spencer, WI take Hwy 98 west 5 miles. From Loyal, 5 miles east on 98
SALE CONDUCTED BY: Oberholtzer Dairy Cattle & Auction Co.
Auctioneer: Mark Oberholtzer, WI license #2882-052 • John Oberholtzer 715-216-1897 Mark Oberholtzer 715-773-2240 • John Ivan Oberholtzer 715-219-2781 • Oτce 715-255-9600 www.oberholtzerauctions.com
Dairy Star • Second Section • Saturday, July 25, 2020 • Page 19
WHO WILL YOU FIND IN OUR
Business Directory? From Dianne Kindschuh, Brownsville, Wisconsin
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Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray a shallow two to three-quart baking dish with cooking spray; set aside. Cook pasta according to package directions. In large saucepan over medium heat, melt butter and stir in our. Stirring constantly, cook about 2 minutes. Whisk in milk, chicken broth, wine and pepper; bring mixture to a boil. Stir in mushrooms, reduce heat and cook about 10 minutes, stirring frequently, or until mixture thickens and mushrooms are softened. Stir Parmesan cheese, pasta, turkey and peas into milk mixture; spoon into prepared baking dish. Top with Cheddar cheese and cover loosely with foil. Bake about 45 minutes or until bubbling at edges and heated through.
DRIVING & DRAFT HORSE AUCTION Friday, July 24, 2020 at 10:00 am
See website for early horse consignments and daily updates. Taking your consignments till Monday, July 20, 2020 at 3:00 pm
FEEDER CATTLE AUCTION Tuesday, July 28, 2020 • 11:00 am EXPECTING OVER 200 HEAD!
Next special Feeder Cattle, Bred Beef Cow & Beef Breeding Bull Auction: Tuesday, August 4, 2020 at 11:00 am
LARGEST ORGANIC MARKET IN THE TRI-STATE AREA! Selling Organic Market Cattle every Monday and Organic Dairy Cattle every Wednesday PREMIUM PRICES PAID!!!
DAIRY AUCTION
Wednesday, July 29, 2020 • 11:00 am 70 Holstein Dairy Cows! Fresh 2 & 3 year olds, parlor/freestall, herd avg. 75# 3.8BF 140scc, extensive vaccination program, home raised, cows will sell with all incoming tests and health papers, more details to follow. Dairy cows are coming out of a 250 cow dairy, owner is selling the best younger cows from his herd. Coming from MI 20 TOP END FANCY Holstein dairy cows! All 2 &3 year old milk cows, HANDPICKED out of a 120 cow herd, parlor/freestall, most milking 80-135# herd avg. 85# on 2x, 3.8BF 3.1P 92scc, strictly TOP sires used through Genex & Select Sires, regular herd health, vaccination program and hoof trimming, this farm has many years of TOP quality milk awards!!! If you are looking for some TOP END replacement cows these will work for you! Coming from Allard & Tammy Meverden, Wittenburg WI ***Every Thursday - 11:00am Selling Sheep, Pigs, & Goats*** ***Now selling all goats by the lb. instead of by the head***
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SPECIAL SHEEP & GOATS AUCTION July 30, 2020 at 11:00 am
Premium prices paid for Kid Goats 45-90#, Lambs 45-90# ADVANCE NOTICE
FARM MACHINERY CONSIGNMENT AUCTION Friday, August 7, 2020 • 10:00 am
~~~ COMPLETE LINE OF FARM MACHINERY CONSIGNED ~~ Onsite Auction with Online Bidding available through equipmentfacts.com! Complete line of farm machinery consigned including tractors, tillage, planting, hay equipment, all shop and power tools! View machinery at Premier Livestock! Watch for pictures and more information on our website. Coming from Yurovich Farm,Willard WI. Now accepting your consignments for this auction until Monday, Aug. 3, 3:00 pm!
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‘13 Used Kuhn Knight 8141 1,000 PTO,Very good condition, Call for details - $39,000
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Full market report online and all major newspapers!! Wednesday we had 299 head of dairy cattle, 3 herds sold. Most cattle were grazing type cattle, and the majority were colored breeds with many organics. Top fresh cows $1,400-1,800. Many decent quality cows $1,000-1,375. Top quality springing heifers most $1,100-1,750. Top Fleckvieh breeding bull at $1,850. As always some lower quality cows and springing heifers $1,000 and down. Thanks for everyone’s business greatly appreciate it www.premierlivestockandauctions.com
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USED SKIDSTEERS
‘16 Mustang 2100RT NXT3, 17� Tracks, 2100 lift cap, C&H, 2 spd, 1353 Hrs - $41,500
‘18 Mustang 1650R, H-ctrls, D, 1750 lift cap, C&H, 2 spd, 2200 hrs. - $26,950
‘18 Gehl R220 - T-bar Ctls, D, 2450 Lift Cap, C&H, 2 spd, 450 hrs - $35,900 ‘18 Gehl V330, JS ctrls, D, 3300 lift cap, C&H, 2 spd, 208 hrs .................. $47,500 ‘13 Gehl V270, Pilot Ctrls, D, 2700 Lift Cap, C/H/A, 2 spd, 1650 hrs....... $28,500 ‘15 Gehl RT210 JS ctrls, D, 2100 lift cap, C/H/A, 2 spd, 1728 hrs..................$39,900 ‘16 Gehl R190, Gehl ctrls, D, 2100 lift cap, C&H, 2 spd., 2915 hrs ..................$23,000 ‘14 Gehl R190, Tbar Ctrls, D, 2000 lift cap, C&H, 2 spd, 3850 hrs ...................$22,950 ‘14 Gehl RT175, ISO switchable ctrls, D, 12� tracks, 1750 lift cap., C/H/A, 2 spd., 425 hrs. ........................................$39,900 Gehl RT165, ‘18, H ctrls., 15.5� tracks, 2000 lift cap., cab, heat, 2 spd., 450 hrs. ........................................$42,500 ‘18 Gehl R165, Pilot./H ctrls, D, 1750 lift cap, C&H, 2 spd, 1440 hrs. ...........$28,750 (11) Gehl R220, many options Start at $11,850
USED SKIDSTEERS
‘17 Mustang 2200R, H/F Ctrls, D, 2450 lift cap, C/H/A, 2 spd., 618 hrs. $37,100 ‘18 Mustang 2200R, JS Ctrls, D, C/H/A, 2 spd, 200 hrs................................... $39,000 ‘16 Mustang 2100RT, JS ctrls, D, 17� Tracks, lift cap, 2100 @ 35% & 3000 @ 50%, C/H/A, 2 spd, 673 hrs ......$45,250 ‘14 Mustang 2600R, H&F ctrls., D, C&H, 2 spd., 2600 lift cap., 1905 hrs .....$21,900 ‘18 Mustang 1900R, H/F Ctrls, D, 2150 lift cap, C&H, 2 spd, 2085 hrs. ......$27,900 ‘15 Mustang 1900R, H/F ctrls, D, 1900 lift cap, C&H, 2 spd, 2472 hrs ............$27,900 ‘04 Mustang 2074, H/F Ctrls, D, 2250 lift cap, 2 spd, 2228 hrs. ......$16,950 ‘00 Mustang 2050, T-bar/Ft ctrls, D, 1650 Lift Cap, C&H, 7117 hrs ................$11,900 ‘99 Mustang 2050, T-bar ctrls, 1650 lift cap., D, 4623 hrs., C&H, SS, 4623 hrs .............$11,900 ‘18 Mustang 2200R, JS ctrls, 2500 lift cap, C/H/A. 2 spd, Warranty till 12/2021, 70 hrs $39,900 ‘17 Mustang 2200R, H/F ctrls, D, C&H, 1870 hrs ..................................................$28,800 ‘11 Mustang 2076, JS Ctrls, D, 2200 lift cap, C&H, 2 spd, 3577 hrs. .............................$18,900 ‘16 Mustang 1900R, Dual H Ctrls, D, 2000 Lift Cap, C&H, 2 spd, 2380 hrs .....$31,500 ‘18 Mustang 1500R H/F Ctrls, D, C&H, 3205 hrs ..............................$26,800 ‘03 Mustang MLT16, ISO ctrls, D, 12� tracks, 1750 lift cap, C&H, 2 spd, 4088 hrs ..................................... $18,900 NH LX 885, H/F Ctrls, D, C&H, 3500 hrs.W ...................................$13,900 NH L225, Pilot/H Pattern Ctrls, 2 spd, 2331 hrs .................................... $27,800
TRACTORS
TELEHANDLERS
‘19 Gehl AL750, C/H/A, 3 Spd w/ speed ctrl & Hydraglide, narrow fenders, 84� bucket, 129 hrs., Demo/Rental Unit - $71,500
‘17 Manitou MLT625-75H, D, New Tires, 5500 Lift Cap, C/H/A, 3043 hrs. ....$52,500 ‘19 Gehl AL650, D, 6743 Lift Cap,750, C/H/A, 3 spd w/Hydraglide & spd ctrl, 560 hrs. ................................... $64,500
MANURE HANDLING Kuhn Knight 8132, 3200 Gal, 435 CuFt ............................................ $19,500 ’08 Kuhn Knight 8132 Frt And Rear Splash Guards.................................... $14,000 Kuhn Knight 8124, 16.5 x 16.1 tires, 2400 gal, 400 Bu.........................$17,500 Kuhn Knight 8124........................ $20,500 ‘16 Kuhn Knight SLC141, 4100 gal, 700 bu, Hyd LH Lid ..............Call for price ‘09 H&S 560 .................................$11,500 ‘13 H&S 310, 310 bu, Endgate, single beater .................................$9,900 Meyers VB750, 16x20 tires, 750 cuft, Vert. beaters w/endgate, Hyd. drive, 667 apron chain .......................... $30,500 Meyers M350, 350 Bu, End Gate ....$8,500 Pik Rite 1190, 550 bu., top beater, hydra-push..................................$13,000
International 1086, 113 hp, 2WD, 540 & 1000 PTO, 3pt, 5689 hrs - $11,800 AC 7000, 2WD, 2900 Diesel, 3PT Hitch, 540 PTO, 6474 hrs ...................................$8,200
‘16 Kuhn Knight SLC141, 4100 gal, 700 bu, Hyd LH Lid - $51,500
MANURE HANDLING
HAY & FORAGE
International Rake ............................$900 NH 256, 5 Bar Rake ........................$2,900 ‘03 H&S CR10, 10 whl Rake ............$3,100 H&S X10, 10 Whl V-Rake ................$3.600 H&S CR12, 12 whl Rake..................$4,300 NH 144, ground driven, 5’ PU, 7’ rear belt w/windrow turner option, good belts .....................................$3,200 USED TMRS/MIXERS NH 144 Merger, Ground Driven ......$2,900 ‘04 Penta 5600, 600 cu. ft., EZ 2000V Kuhn GF700T, 6 rotor Tedder Call for Price scale, corner door ......................$10,000 Case IH 600 Blower, 60â€? ............... $2,200 ‘08 Penta 5620HD, dual walking tandem, Haybuster H1100 bale processor, process 600 Cu. Ft, 8â€? Rubber, Ext., full size bales, rear belt conveyor, right corner door ........................$18,500 6â€? and 2’ screens................................. $12,500 Penta 5020SD, ‘15, 500 Cu. Ft, 4’ RH ‘06 Haybuster 2650 Tub Grinder, conveyor, Hurricane Auger .........$23,900 Self Loading ................................$15,500 ‘07 Penta 2410, Electric Stationary Mixer, ‘15 Vermeer BPX9000, Process up to 5’x6’ 2 Spd, No Motor With Mixer ........$8,500 rd bales, self-loading arms, Hyd. Apron, Penta 1120HD, 1100 cu. ft. twin screw, Rubber discharge deector .........$14,500 corner door ................................$14,900 ‘11 Teagle 1010 Bale Processor for Knight 3700, International 4900 w/DT466 Rd or Sqare bales .......................$18,900 Engine, Automatic Transmission, Gehl TR330, 3 Row, 30â€? Corn Head . $1,800 Low-Speed Unload, 135,350 Miles, Badger BN950 Forage Box, 16’ box with 16,511 hrs, Scale in Cab, Remote roof, 12T MN gear.........................$2,300 Display, Slide Tray Discharge .....$17,900 Gehl BU960 Forage Box, 16’ box ...$2.400 ‘15 Kuhn Knight 3142, scale, 3’ auger discharge, Drop Side w/bucket Guards ...$27,500 ‘05 Kuhn Knight 3130, 300 cu. ft., scale w/remote, 2 ft., LH disch..............$8,500 NH 355, Scale, w/ 6’ & 10’ Extensions, Self Contained Hyd.....................$12,500 ‘91 Balzer Manure Pump, V6, 8’ pump, 2 pt. hitch, rmt. ďŹ ngertip ctrl .........$4,200 Jamesway Manure Pump, 6x8, 8’ pump, 2 pt. hitch, double agitation ..........$5,500 Houle 8’ pump, double agitation.....$5,300
HAY & FORAGE ‘12 Kuhn VB2190, 4x6 bales, 540 PTO - $26,900
MISCELLANEOUS JD 625I, CVT 4WD, 23 HP, Gas.... $6,800 Farm King 960, 8’ Snowblower, Hyd. Spout Rotation, 3 pt ................... $2,000 Farm King 840SB, 84�, 540 PTO . $1,800 ‘17 Virnig HSBP120, 120� snow pusher/ ‘16 Kuhn VB2290, 4x6 bales, plow, new cutting edge, cab controller, net wrap, 9488 bales - $34,900 very little use.............................. $5,800 Snow Push, 10’ wide ................... $1,800 ‘16 NH 460, 4 x 6 Bales, Knives, 8600 bales ..................................$26,600 ‘98 Buffalo Scraper, 3 yard ......... $6,900 JD 50, 5’ Mower, w/JD 2020 mounts $700 ‘12 Bobcat Brush Saw ................. $3,100 JD 275 Disc Mower, 9’2� width, 7 disk $6,200 Edge HB3 Breaker, skid loader mnts, Hyd breaker, 1pt ......................... $4,500 JD 350, 7’ Sickle Mower ....................$700 ‘15 H&L Holm & Loue 3.0 Milk Taxi, International 990 Mower, 9� cutter, 260 liter, self propelled............... $6,500 Sold As-Is .....................................$1,495 Gehl WR60 Rake, 12 whl ...............$7,800 Vining Pallet Forks......................... $650