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It’s all inside... FROM OUR SIDE OF THE FENCE: What has been your favorite vacation? Pages 15-16
Arkansaw
Colfax
First Section: Pages 1, 6
Third Section: Pages 6 - 7
Patnode uses genomics to guide mating decisions
Eau Claire
Children Museum of Eau Claire Sam Draves hosts June Dairy Highland, Wis. Month activities
Bayeld
Douglas
Pages 14 - 15 Second Section
Polk
Barron
Sawyer
Lake City, Minn
Dairy Calendar
Some Udder Stuff
Pages 24 - 30 Classieds
Kids and their cows
Third Section: Pages 16 - 19
Clark
Eau Claire
Pepin Buffalo
Hollandale, Wis.
Dairy Prole: Erik and Brenda Gilbertson Page 39
Middleton
Esser farm marks 160th year
Third Section: Pages 3 - 4
Jackson
La Crosse Monroe
Monroe
McGuire plans for future with freestall facility First Section: Pages 23, 25
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Allamakee
Winnebago
Winneshiek
Vernon
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Black Earth
Chippewa
Dunn
Pierce
Andy Meyer
Paulson discusses cover crop benets at dairy conference
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Price
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Trempealeau
St. Croix
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March mailbox prices averaged 52 cents lower
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Boyd
A day in the life of Michael Derks
Taylor
Meier balances hauling milk, breeding, milking, cows Pages 23 - 24 Metzger family given Good Farm Neighbor Award
Why did you host a June Dairy Month event?
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Drink up! Pages 38 - 39 Dairy Recipes THIRD SECTION
First Section: Pages 1, 7
Amy Penterman
Dairying Across America
Page 37
Michielsons nd niche with milking sheep
Ashland
Pages 14 - 15
Minnesota State Holstein Show draws large crowd Pages 31 - 32 Minnesota Guernsey breeders host national convention, sale in Twin Cities Pages 34 - 35 Crop & Weather Report
Ladysmith
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FIRST SECTION Pages 1, 5 Milk prices on slow road to recovery Pages 8-9 Ag Insider Pages 10 - 11 Meyer cuts electric bill in half with solar panels Pages 12 - 13 Land values continue to sink with commodity prices Pages 18, 20 Lehnertz allows more time before rst service Page 22 Every month should be dairy month in Wisconsin Page 26 Princesses on parade Page 27 Dairy in the Suburbs Page 28 An update on precision dairy farming Page 29 Demonstrating the extreme: Autotoxicity in alfalfa Page 30 Ramblings from the Ridge Page 31 Four Cubs Farm hosts breakfast Page 32 Making Cents of Dairy Page 33 Dairy Good Life Page 34 Veterinary Wisdom Page 36 Women in Jeans: Dulcie Anderson SECOND SECTION Pages 4 - 5 Schroeder balances managing amateur baseball team, milking cows Page 8 Soil erosion in Iowa: more than $1 billion a year Pages 10 - 11 The “Mielke” Market Weekly Page 12 Dairy Markets Page 13 Area hay auction results
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What has been your favorite vacation?
Sam Draves Highland, Wis. Iowa County 150 Cows How often do you get away from the farm each year? Five to seven days.
Tim and Roberta Gadient pictured with daughter, Olivia, and granddaughter Jaelyn Evjen, 3 months Zumbrota, Minn. Goodhue County 100 cows How often do you get away from the farm each year? We get away at least once each year and an additional two times if it works out. Our annual getaway is a group of family and friends who go up North to go snowmobiling for a weekend in the winter. What kind of preparations do you do before you leave? We make sure all the animals are bedded well and we mix extra batches of feed. We also make sure the manure pits are somewhat empty and we sell any problem cows. We double check to make sure any treated or special needs cows are marked. We usually leave a list to make sure all the chores get done. Who lls in on the farm while you¹re gone? How do you nd the labor? Depending on who is around or has time, our four daughters will help with chores, especially milking. One of our friends comes to do the skidloader work and feeding. What has been your favorite trip? In February 2014 we had a terrible snowstorm hit the night before we were going on an overnight snowmobiling trip. We were pushing snow all morning and the pole shed where we keep our dry cows lled up with snow. Of course we had a cow calve in the pole shed so I had to get the newborn calf out of the snow. I (Tim) put the calf in the bucket of the skidloader, but got stuck on my way out! We nally got all the chores done and snow cleared so we were able to leave. We rode our sleds over to where we were staying in Waumandee, Wis. On our way we kept getting stuck. We also saw a milk truck stuck that was being dug out by a skidloader and several cars in the ditch. We’ve never been so glad not to be at home! Even though the weather made things more of a hassle it was a fun trip and fun to be away from the farm. When you’re not working in the snow, it’s so fun! If you could go anywhere, where would you go and why? Tim: I would go to Colorado or Wyoming to go snowmobiling in the mountains. I think that would be a lot of fun. Roberta: I don’t go on planes so I would have to go somewhere close. I think it would be fun just to go up North and relax. What is the rst thing you do outside when you return to the farm? We usually get back right before chores so we drop off our luggage in the house and go outside to start chores right away. What is the most relaxing job on the farm for you? Tim: Baling dry hay when you have three days in front of you so you don’t have to hurry. It doesn’t happen very often, but when it does it’s so nice. Roberta: I like mowing the lawn or milking cows. Tell us about your farm. Tim’s home farm is about ve miles away. When we were getting married, Tim’s dad found this farm. Even though it needed a lot of work, it was a farmsite with 120 acres so we bought it. That was in 1986. We started with 32 cows and worked together with Tim’s dad for a year or two. We then bought another 126 acres. We grow alfalfa and corn. We have four daughters, Molly, Amy, Gena and Olivia. Amy and her husband, Mark, have a daughter, who is our rst grandchild, Jaelyn, 3 months.
Marv Byer, pictured with his son, Landon Frazee, Minn. Becker County 55 cows How often do you get away from the farm each year? We usually get away once a year for two to three days. We like to go to the state wrestling tournament. What kind of preparations do you do before you leave? We try to get a couple things ready. We have the ration written out and ll the mixer full so they only have to mix once in two days. We also mark all the cows. Who lls in on the farm while you’re gone? How do you nd the labor? My sister and brother-in-law. She lives down the road from us. They raise beef cattle. We help them and they help us. What has been your favorite trip? We went to Disneyland in 2006. We had never been on an airplane or that far away from home. We went to Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, MGM, Sea World and CoCo Beach. The kids were little yet and we stayed for four days. If you could go anywhere, where would you go and why? We think Australia and Hawaii are beautiful places we would like to see. What is the rst thing you do outside when you return to the farm? I like to check the cows and then check the milkhouse. That’s what I do every time. What is the most relaxing job on the farm for you? I like doing anything in a tractor that has air conditioning when it’s really hot outside. Planting is probably my favorite. Tell us about your farm. I was farming with my brother for 15 years. For the last 1.5 years I’ve been farming on my own. I grew up here. We have four children, Stephanie, Byron, Ethan and Landon. Landon is going into 11th grade; the other three have graduated from high school. We have 373 acres, and we plant corn and hay.
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What kind of preparations do you do before you leave? Going away has been difcult in the past, but it’s easier now that my son is here. Before, I would have to make sure all the bins were full, the sheds had enough hay, and the silo unloaders were all in working condition. Who lls in on the farm while you’re gone? How do you nd the labor? We have a man come in from our community who also had a full-time job besides. We are mostly limited to weekends because of his employment. He was raised on a farm and enjoys doing some farm work on the weekends with his young son. What has been your favorite trip? Germany. We were host parents to four German exchange students, so we had the privilege of seeing many tourist sites, plus a few dairy operations. We visited northwest Germany down to southern Germany. We also had a short visit to Switzerland and France. If you could go anywhere, where would you go and why? Alaska. My wife, Lori, says that is her dream vacation, so I’d better fulll her desire because, like they say, when mamma isn’t happy, nobody is happy. What is the rst thing you do outside when you return to the farm? Check the cows. What is the most relaxing job on the farm for you? For me, milking is very relaxing. Tell us about your farm. My great-great grandfather immigrated from Germany in 1850 and purchased the farm from the state of Wisconsin. In 1992, I purchased the farm from my father. In 2015, my son, Brian, joined my wife and I and we expanded from 75 cows to 150. The same year, we also built a crossventilated barn, along with a milking parlor. Our farm is 340 acres and we rent land from a few neighbors. Turn to OUR SIDE | Page 16
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JD 893, 1996, #126995 ...........................$21,500 JD 893, 2001, #127232 ...........................$19,500 JD 893, 2001, #131005 ...........................$18,900 Case IH, 1083 hrs., #129345 ...................$14,000 JD 1293, 2004, #127779 .........................$21,500 Harvestec 4112C, 2009, #127253 ...........$35,000 JD 606C, 2013, #115136 .........................$61,500 JD 606C, 2013, #116470 .........................$63,500 JD 606C, 2014, #125557 .........................$64,900 JD 606C, 2011, #127224 .........................$46,900 JD 608C, 2013, #104504 .........................$55,000 JD 608C, 2009, #115865 .........................$55,000 JD 608C, 2009, #117225 .........................$52,000 JD 608C, 2012, #118668 .........................$71,000 JD 608C, 2014, #118946 .........................$76,000 JD 608C, 2014, #125126 .........................$55,000 JD 608C, 2012, #125833 .........................$68,000 JD 608C, 2013, #126457 .........................$68,000 JD 612C, 2009, #103694 .........................$69,500 JD 612C, 2013, #103714 .........................$92,000 JD 612C, 2010, #106243 .........................$75,000 JD 612C, 2014, #116928 .......................$109,900 JD 612C, 2013, #122102 .........................$80,000 JD 612C, 2008, #125146 .........................$57,500 JD 612C, 2013, #125221 .........................$95,000 JD 612C, 2013, #113792 .........................$97,000 JD 612C, 2014, #125927 .........................$98,500 JD 612C, 2015, #126164 .......................$116,500 JD 612C, 2014, #126845 .......................$102,000 JD 612C, 2008, #127007 .........................$64,500 JD 612C, 2009, #128688 .........................$59,000 JD 618C, 2013, #107764 .......................$139,000 NH 996 N6, 1998, #122331 .....................$14,800 Geringhoff Rota-Disc 1200B, #127038 ...................................................$24,500 GeringhoffRota-Disc 1222, 2007, #118082 .........................................$48,900 Geringhoff Rota-Disc 830B, 2006, #107701 .........................................$37,000 Geringhoff Rota-Disc 830B, 2009, #108516 .........................................$34,000
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JD 635, 2008, #126498 ...........................$18,750 JD 835, 2012, #130580 ...........................$24,000 JD 925, 1998, #118474 ...........................$12,500 JD 936, 2004, #130746 ...........................$12,500 JD 946, 2012, #126583 ...........................$26,900 JD 946, 2014, #126629 ...........................$30,900 JD 946, 2014, #126997 ...........................$32,000 JD 946, 2005, #130363 ...........................$21,500 JD 946, 2011, #126500 ...........................$25,500 JD 946, 2012, #131028 ...........................$28,900 JD 956, 2009, #117898 ...........................$28,000 JD 956, 2013, #121134 ...........................$28,900 JD 956, 2014, #123597 ...........................$35,500 JD 956, 2011, #126054 ...........................$30,500 NH 1475, 2008, #120162 .........................$15,500 NH H7150, 2011, #122976 ......................$19,900 NH H7150, 2012, #126620 ......................$24,500
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JD 458, 2007, #127678 ...........................$14,500 JD 466, 1998, #126486 ...........................$14,500 JD 466, 1998, #130974 ...........................$15,900 JD 468, 2011, #126398 ...........................$32,650 JD 468, 2011, #129122 ...........................$36,500 JD 469, 2013, #118387 ...........................$36,500 JD 469, 2014, #121911 ...........................$35,900
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JD 469, 2014, #126188 ...........................$33,900 JD 557, 2002, #125266 ...........................$15,900 JD 566, 1999, #119723 ...........................$14,000 JD 568, 2012, #116478 ...........................$34,900 JD 568, 2012, #121286 ...........................$31,000 JD 568, 2008, #119918 ...........................$30,000 JD 568, 2007, #122377 ...........................$31,900 JD 568, 2006, #122687 ...........................$29,900 JD 568, 2012, #123505 ...........................$34,900 JD 568, 2009, #125546 ...........................$22,500 JD 568, 2011, #126221 ...........................$34,900 JD 568, 2009, #126994 ...........................$27,900 JD 568, 2007, #131030 ...........................$17,500 JD 569, 2013, #116188 ...........................$39,900 JD 569, 2014, #118014 ...........................$44,900 JD 569, 2014, #121188 ...........................$38,500 JD 569, 2014, #123810 ...........................$42,900 JD 569, 2014, #123811 ...........................$42,900 JD 569, 2014, #124210 ...........................$40,000 JD 569, 2013, #126055 ...........................$39,500 JD 569, 2013, #129929 ...........................$41,799 NH BR7080, 2012, #123818 ....................$19,900 NH BR7090, 2008, #123046 ....................$24,900 NH BR740A, 2006, #131072 ....................$12,500 NH BR750, 2003, #122883 ......................$12,900 Case IH RB564, 2008, #129522 ..............$23,000 NH Roll-Belt 450, 2015, #129121 ...........$22,500
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JD 4720, 2006, 1650 hrs., #130054 ......$139,000 JD 4730, 2008, 1053 hrs., #128705 ......$185,000 JD 4830, 2013, 497 hrs., #123036 ........$237,500 132’ Aluminum Boom, 2013, 299 hrs. ...$69,000 Case SPX4260, 2001, 5866 hrs., #122979 ..................................$55,000
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JD 250, 2000, 5122 hrs., #30518 ............$11,900 JD 250, 1999, 725 hrs., #129148 ............$18,500 JD 250, 2002, 2574 hrs., #130667 ..........$13,000 JD 315, 2014, 27 hrs., #113452 ..............$28,900 JD 315, 2014, 42 hrs., #113451 ..............$28,900 JD 320, 2007, 580 hrs., #126492 ............$24,900 JD 320, 2005, 2931 hrs., #126912 ..........$18,900 JD 325, 2008, 3338 hrs., #126849 ..........$21,500 JD 325, 2008, 1185 hrs., #127640 ..........$22,900 Mustang 2042, 1999, 2568 hrs., #129117 ...................................................$12,900 JD 260-II, 2002, 1134 hrs., #127036 .......$18,900 JD 260-II, 2003, 2856 hrs., #129106 .......$18,900 JD 318D, 2010, 985 hrs., #122690 ..........$29,500 JD 318D, 2010, 285 hrs., #126439 ..........$32,900 JD 318E, 2014, 523 hrs., #125356 ..........$36,900 JD 318E, 2015, 45 hrs., #118133 ............$41,500 JD 320D, 2012, 2150 hrs., #123100 ........$28,750 JD 320D, 2013, 630 hrs., #123473 ..........$33,900 JD 320D, 2012, 1566 hrs., #124756 ........$27,000 JD 320D, 2013, 210 hrs., #126841 ..........$37,000 JD 320D, 2012, 5072 hrs., #126926 ........$18,900 JD 320D, 2012, 2260 hrs., #130315 ........$22,900 JD 320E, 2014, 147 hrs., #118329 ..........$38,500 JD 320E, 2014, 115 hrs., #121065 ..........$40,900 JD 320E, 2014, 2264 hrs., #124162 ........$29,700 JD 320E, 2014, 429 hrs., #125588 ..........$41,900 JD 320E, 2014, 1748 hrs., #125994 ........$32,000 JD 320E, 2015, 30 hrs., #126180 ............$41,900 JD 320E, 2015, 40 hrs., #121127 ............$43,900 JD 320E, 2015, 142 hrs., #127651 ..........$33,900 JD 320E, 2015, 29 hrs., #116484 ............$39,900 JD 320E, 2015, 115 hrs., #130568 ..........$43,900 JD 326D, 2012, 6236 hrs., #128882 ........$19,900 JD 326E, 2014, 94 hrs., #120126 ............$41,900 JD 326E, 2014, 55 hrs., #122026 ............$44,900 JD 326E, 2014, 430 hrs., #125552 ..........$41,500 JD 326E, 2014, 1876 hrs., #126744 ........$33,500
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JD 326E, 2015, 200 hrs., #127008 ..........$46,000 JD 326E, 2014, 860 hrs., #127652 ..........$37,500 JD 326E, 2015, 141 hrs., #118077 ..........$42,900 JD 326E, 2013, 177 hrs., #104177 ..........$43,900 JD 326E, 2015, 150 hrs., #128590 ..........$44,000 JD 326E, 2014, 490 hrs., #128883 ..........$43,500 JD 326E, 2015, 150 hrs., #130571 ..........$46,000 JD 328E, 2013, 155 hrs., #104185 ..........$45,900 JD 328E, 2014, 561 hrs., #123437 ..........$45,900 JD 328E, 2014, 546 hrs., #124407 ..........$49,500 JD 328E, 2014, 830 hrs., #125591 ..........$43,900 JD 328E, 2014, 500 hrs., #127230 ..........$49,500 JD 332D, 2011, 2749 hrs., #117927 ........$30,900 JD 332D, 2012, 612 hrs., #127231 ..........$46,000 JD 332E, 2014, 495 hrs., #116321 ..........$49,900 JD 332E, 2014, 352 hrs., #115525 ..........$42,900 NH L190, 2010, 1506 hrs., #128537 ........$25,900 NH LS185B, 2005, 2425 hrs., #126189 ...$21,900 Case SR200, 2013, 725 hrs., #122870 .. $29,900 Bobcat T870, 2013, 1705 hrs., #127860 .$51,900
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JD 100, 2000, #130270 ...........................$23,500 Krone BP890XC, 2011, #116014 .............$96,500 JD L330, 2015, #119685 .......................$119,900
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JD 2030, 1975, 2307 hrs., #29931 ..........$17,900 JD 2950, 1986, 8538 hrs., #128132 ........$22,900 JD 3155, 1988, 18300 hrs., #126385 ......$24,500 Case 5220, 1992, 10067 hrs., #125640 . $21,900 Case 5230, 5872 hrs., #129119...............$27,500 JD 6400, 1994, 7825 hrs., #129836 ........$34,900 JD 6400, 1997, 6285 hrs., #130780 ........$39,500 JD 6420, 2003, 5710 hrs., #130978 ........$54,900 MF 6616, 2014, 898 hrs., #127776 .........$99,500 JD 5075M, 2013, 100 hrs., #125138 .......$38,000 JD 5075M, 2015, 149 hrs., #117914 .......$64,500 JD 5085E, 2014, 75 hrs., #129930 ..........$49,900 JD 5085M, 2012, 1610 hrs., #125293 .....$47,995 JD 5085M, 2015, 100 hrs., #117911 .......$67,500 JD 5100E, 2015, 44 hrs., #128660 ..........$44,900 JD 5100M, 2013, 547 hrs., #101961 .......$54,900 JD 5100M, 2015, 210 hrs., #118463 .......$62,900 JD 5100M, 2012, 2096 hrs., #105880 .....$55,000 JD 5115M, 2012, 611 hrs., #129621 .......$61,399 JD 6105M, 2014, 198 hrs., #108441 .......$88,000 JD 6105R, 2013, 191 hrs., #103066 ........$89,000 JD 6105R, 2013, 241 hrs., #103291 ........$94,000 JD 6105R, 2014, 106 hrs., #127952 ........$99,000 JD 6115M, 2015, 311 hrs., #115573 .......$89,000 JD 6125M, 2013, 425 hrs., #120889 .......$87,500 JD 6125M, 2014, 138 hrs., #107430 .......$95,000 JD 6125M, 2014, 152 hrs., #107431 .......$95,000 JD 6125M, 2014, 195 hrs., #107433 .......$95,000 JD 6125M, 2014, 275 hrs., #107434 .......$95,000 JD 6125M, 2014, 269 hrs., #107428 .......$95,000 JD 6125M, 2013, 243 hrs., #123591 .......$92,500 JD 6125M, 2013, 631 hrs., #126547 .......$91,000 JD 6125M, 2013, 718 hrs., #128282 .......$75,000 JD 6125R, 2013, 256 hrs., #110407 ......$113,000 JD 6125R, 2014, 225 hrs., #127948 ......$106,000 JD 6125R, 2015, 131 hrs., #117886 ......$102,500 JD 6125R, 2014, 300 hrs., #128687 ........$99,000 JD 6130D, 2014, 84 hrs., #111013 ..........$72,000 JD 6130R, 2015, 58 hrs., #119863 ........$126,000 JD 6140D, 2015, 6 hrs., #118599 ............$80,500 NH T6050 PLUS, 2012, 1500 hrs., #123598 ...................................................$79,000 NH TN75SA, 2009, 2220 hrs., #126686 ...$26,000 NH TV6070, 2009, 5546 hrs., #129363 ...$65,000
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BY M. SCOTT WELLS, DAVID NICHOL AND ROGER BECKER U of M Forage Team
Autotoxicity is the chemical inhibition by a plant on the germination or growth of a plant of the same species, and has been suggested as one of the mechanisms for poor alfalfa emergence and growth. Although several factors inuence autotoxicity, such as soil texture, rainfall and termination timing, research indicates a break in the production and/or crop rotation is needed to avoid potential stand establishment problems. Typically, autotoxicity in alfalfa is not an issue, given the rotational schemes (e.g. corn following alfalfa). However, there are growers that wish to renovate their current alfalfa elds and commonly ask what would be the impacts of that approach. Before we present the University of Minnesota (UMN) Forage Team’s recommendations concerning alfalfa autotoxicity, let’s take this opportunity to show what happens in the most extreme settings. The images below are from the Institute for Agricultural Professional Field School plots located on the St. Paul campus. To demonstrate the extremes (i.e. no planting delay), 2-year old alfalfa was ail mowed and the residue incorporated. After incorporation, alfalfa was Brillion-seeded into a well prepared seedbed at 12 pounds per acre (Figure 1). Since the chemicals associated with autotoxicity are thought to be concentrated in the leaf material, a second treatment assesses the impact of roots only on alfalfa autotoxicity (Figure 2). Finally, alfalfa was seeded where there was no previous alfalfa crop, the no-alfalfa check treatment, to compare to the potential for alfalfa autotoxicity from incorporation of full plant (i.e. roots and shoots) or roots only on establishment of alfalfa seedlings (Figure 3). The most striking difference was between the autotoxicity treatments (full plant and roots only) and the nonautotoxicity alfalfa check plot. Since all treatments were direct seeded (i.e. Brillion) into well-prepared soil at 12 pounds per acre, we would expect stands greater than 25 plants per square feet. In the check plots, stands were greater than 35 plants per square foot (Figure 3). Alfalfa populations where drastically reduced by autotoxicity
Figure 1. Full plant incorporation of alfalfa (i.e. roots plus shoots) and subsequent impacts on re-seeded alfalfa establishment.
Figure 2. Incorporated alfalfa roots and subsequent alfalfa autotoxicity on re-seeded alfalfa establishment.
Figure 3. Non-autotoxicity alfalfa check plots. Alfalfa seeded following fall fallow.
with 0.3 plants per square foot for the full-plant treatment, and 1.7 plants per square foot for the roots only treatments (Figure 1 and 2). For both the autotoxicity treatments, the entire plot (200 square feet) was counted. In order to maximize yields, growers need at least 25 plants per square foot at the onset of the rst production year. It is doubtful in most years that alfalfa growers will be faced with such extreme scenarios. There may be confounding factors such as the difculty of preparing a rm seedbed when incorporating as much crop residue as we did in this demonstration, which may have also contributed to poor alfalfa stands. We created an extreme example to force the issue to demonstrate the potential risks. The severity of stand loss, and probability of encountering autotoxicity when seeding into existing alfalfa likely would be less than shown here, but the potential for problems is real with signicant risk of stand loss and incurred costs. Therefore, in years with signicant winterkill, alfalfa growers should give consideration to autotoxicity in alfalfa and be ready to rotate to a non-alfalfa crop. Visit http://z.umn. edu/forageoptions for information on emergency crops following alfalfa winterkill. In summary, the UMN Forage Team recommends the following man-
agement guidelines for reducing alfalfa autotoxicity: When possible, allow at least one year between terminating an old alfalfa stand and re-seeding alfalfa. Although we were able to establish alfalfa effectively within a shorter window, evidence of autoconditioning suggests that a longer rotation interval may be better. Thus, fall-, winter-, or springkilled alfalfa stands should be seeded to something else in spring and safely reseeded to alfalfa possibly late summer, but preferably the following spring. Delaying spring re-seeding two to four weeks after tillage of a killed stand is not an effective strategy to alleviate autotoxicity because delayed seeding can still result in sig-
nicant re-seeding year yield losses. When considering overall risks associated with alfalfa autotoxicity, if possible, it is less risky to not attempt to thicken thinning stands of alfalfa with alfalfa. Use red clover or terminate the stand and seed something else. However, giving soil type, alfalfa stand age, precipitation and termination timing there are opportunities, especially in the seeding year to re-seed alfalfa. Please visit http://z.umn.edu/alfalfariskcalc for alfalfa autotoxicity risk calculator. Visit University of Minnesota Forage (http://z.umn.edu/forages) for more information on alfalfa autotoxicity and additional management strategies for dealing with winter-killed or low-population alfalfa stands.
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I’m not a very good vacationer. I get antsy. I need something to do. I need to feel like I have accomplished something at the end of the day. That being said, I still do need a break from my reality, my children and the farm. Last weekend Stacy, our friend Julie, and I escaped for a day-cation. We drove two hours across the state to hit antique stores, ea markets and a bookstore. None of us could believe it was actually going to happen until we pulled out of the yard at 6:30 a.m. While we were off gallivanting around, Ira and Dane were enjoying their vacation with Thomas and Abby, and Henry and Keith were off to the tractor pull. It was a winning situation; everyone got a break from the everyday routines of our farming life. Stacy and I only had an 11 hour break, and came home to two new calves and hot cows because the sprinklers weren’t working, but it was still worth it. For my children, I try to remember what exactly it was that Mom had us doing when we were kids to
keep us out of her hair and enjoying summer. Anything is better than listening to the inevitable, “I’m bored, there’s nothing to do” whine. We would build sandbox structures, make homemade Olympic obstacle courses, play hide-and-seek, and take walks in the woods. At almost 10, Ira is old enough to lead an afternoon expedition down to our cabin with Dane and Oliver. With snacks and bags for miscellaneous treasures in their hands, they head out to the woods. It’s usually about the time I start to worry that they come trotting back in the yard full of stories. Uncle Peter and Uncle Tony have recently installed a basketball hoop in the shop, so many days they disappear out there to shoot hoops, coming back with streaks of dirt and sweat running down their foreheads. My brothers have also decided Ira is old enough to have limited access to certain power tools. His latest building project was a bunker, and he assured me that Tony said he could use the screw gun and those certain screws to build it. He’s
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Fortunately, I have been a healthy person for most of my hard working years. I am very thankful for that and realize that others are not as fortunate as I have been. However, about last Christmas things began to change. After eating two helpings of pecan pie with real whip cream at my daughter, Anna’s, house, I went home with the most unusual bloated feeling I have ever had. After a few days it subsided, but would immediately return with any normal size meal, and especially with any fat-based food or alcohol. Taking away a beer or two a week was no problem, but steak or ice cream, now that’s a major issue for me. After suffering for a few weeks, I nally decided to see a doctor. I have never had a personal doctor. One, because I rarely go in, and two, because in our town doctors come and go faster than a two teated heifer that limps. Because of Worthington’s lower income high immigrant population, good doctors tend
to leave here a little quicker. We love our diverse community, and maybe all communities suffer a little with quality medical care. The rst doctor I saw was a physician’s assistant. I told her my symptoms, and with no tests she put me on Prilosec OTC for a stomach ulcer. I used it for a month and ate very small meals, and still was miserable most of the time with gas and bloat. Next, I went to the competition’s clinic and saw a doctor who a friend recommended. He immediately ordered a round of tests to see if my gall bladder was bad. The tests all came back negative, so I was back to square one. Then, my daughter-in-law, Rita, suggested I try a different antacid. I did, and within two weeks I felt great and was medicine free. Then immediately another problem popped up, I could barely walk because of pain shooting up my left foot and ankle. There was some swelling like a gout
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problem, so I went into urgent care to get medicine. The doctor on call didn’t think it was gout, took some x-rays, and said it was arthritis. He prescribed some arthritis meds, and sent me to the local pharmacy. Fortunately for me, my pharmacist is my neighbor, and both his college-aged sons work for us in the summer. He knows me and he cares about the Making Cents of Dairy medicines prescribed. He immediately said the arthritis medicine prescribed would eat my stomach up if I truly did have a stomach ulcer recently. He said the safest thing I could take was 600 mg of Tylenol up to six times a day for my pain. The Tylenol allowed By Dave Vander Kooi me to keep working, but Columnist at a much slower limping pace. My longtime Hispanic employee, Herberto, who assists me with the fresh cows, sat me down one morning and said he needed to tell me something. He said, “Mr. Dave, you need to drive around in your truck and sit in your ofce, and tell all your employees what to do. You have worked too hard all your life and your body is failing and you need to rest.” I told him I respected his opinion, but hoped it wasn’t over yet, and the best part of my work is working with my employees and helping them be successful in whatever they do. I really wasn’t making any progress with my foot, so I decided to go back to the physician’s assistant. She never looked at my foot, but did give me some gout medicine because I asked for it, and she ran some blood tests. The blood test results didn’t come back for 10 days, and were negative for gout and rheumatoid arthritis. She said there were some other arthritis indicators and could get me in to see a specialist in Sioux Falls in six months at the earliest. Really? At that time she also prescribed some opioids for my pain. Those pills were awesome, but after I took about three of them, Prince died from them, and I decided they had to stop before I was addicted. In the meantime, two of my lady milkers were mixing up home remedies of blended pineapple, celery and sprouts for me to drink. With no real relief and spring coming fast, I decided to try the doctor I had tried earlier who I liked but was wrong about my gall bladder. He took one look at the information I gave to his nurse, and without looking at my ankle, he said I had water on the ankle and prescribed a diuretic water pill. After two days of painfully climbing down from my high clearance sprayer every half hour, I decided he didn’t know anything either. So, now what I’m thinking, and I never have been accused of being a quick thinker, that maybe if my foot hurts I should see a foot doctor. I have driven my 93-year-old precious mother to a foot doctor in our town on occasion, and she always speaks highly of him. I called him to get an appointment about the end of May. He was booked until June 30. I took the appointment and in the meantime purchased new Red Wing work shoes with the best inserts I could buy. I also bought new dress shoes with great support to replace my 10-year-old perfectly good dress shoes. With the Tylenol, new shoes, and icing my foot morning and night, I survived the busy planting and haying season. Today I went to the foot doctor. He was my age, wise, caring, and he actually looked at my foot. By poking and prodding , he determined I have plantar fasciitis. This is a damaged ligament in the bottom of my foot that was causing all the pain and swelling even up to my ankles. He gave me a cortisone shot in the heel, put me on a mild pill for swelling, told me my shoe purchases were very wise. And, he gave me some stretching exercises to do. I feel very condent he is on the right track, and that soon I will be able to run after heifers and grandkids again. The bad news is I have used up all my deductible medical expense this year so I don’t have a good excuse to avoid that dreaded colonoscopy that I’m due for before Dec. 31. Vander Kooi operates a 1,200-cow, 3,000-acre farm with his son, Joe, and daughter-in-law, Rita, near Worthington, Minn. Send him feedback at davevkooi@ hotmail.com
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I’m starting to really dread nding letters in the mailbox from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, our health insurance company. Last winter, we got a letter explaining the 50 percent increase in health insurance premiums. After nding a plan with a higher deductible and a somewhat more affordable premium, I thought my health insurance headaches were over. Dairy Good Life It turns out they were only just beginning. Last week’s letter from Blue Cross announced that, starting in 2017, the company will be discontinuing all individual and family health insurance plans. The letter included a several-hundred word explanation of the main point: our company is losing too much money on individual plans, so you need to nd a new health insurance company. I read the letter and fumed. Blue Cross will continue selling health insurance through employer-based plans; they’re only dropping the individual plan portion of their busiBy Sadie Frericks ness. So, basically, those of us who are self-employed, like farmers and other small business ownColumnist ers, are getting thrown out into the street to nd a new home. We’re supposed to be the backbone of our nation’s economy but it feels like we’re being treated as second-class citizens when it comes to health insurance. Then I cried. Blue Cross has been our insurance provider since we started farming. We stayed with this company even through the premium increases because I wanted access to the best medical care in the state in the event that something happened to one of us. Now, I have no idea what kind of access to medical care I’ll be able to nd. Or what kind of premiums and deductibles will be available. Our health insurance premiums already consume a third of our family living withdrawal. Even worse, all I can do right now is stew about it. I can’t start shopping around for coverage because health insurance companies haven’t set their rates for 2017. I am characteristically a glass-overowing optimist, but right now it’s hard to be optimistic about the health insurance options that will be available when open enrollment begins in November. Here’s why: Blue Cross’s exit from the individual plan market leaves 103,000 Minnesotans without health insurance. That’s a big increase in demand that has to be met by the other health insurance companies in Minnesota. When demand goes up, prices increase. In free market economics, demand and supply would balance themselves out and prices would stabilize. In the face of high prices, some customers would choose to go without health insurance, bringing demand back down to meet supply. But health insurance is no longer a free market. Because of current federal health care law, individuals must purchase health insurance or face penalties. Under that same law, health insurance companies cannot deny coverage to applicants. But health insurance companies can raise their rates. Or they can exit the market the same way Blue Cross did. Some health insurance market analysts point to Blue Cross’s exit as the next domino to fall after Preferred One left the individual health plan market in 2014 due to signicant nancial losses. Those losses on individual health plans are the result of a basic imbalance: too many expenses, too little income. On the surface this looks like a bad business situation, but it’s really a consequence of a broken system: As a society, we aren’t taking responsibility for our health. Instead, we’re relying on medical care and prescription drugs to keep us functioning. Furthermore, hospitals, clinics and pharmaceutical companies practice indiscriminate and unethical pricing for medical care. As a result, our nation’s health care bill is excessively high. Insurance works because of the law of large numbers. A large group of healthy people pays premiums, which pay for the claims of a small group. But in the individual health insurance market, the large group’s premiums no longer generate enough funds to cover the small group’s claims, so the result is nancial losses. As a business owner, I fully understand that business cannot continue with year-after-year losses. Something has to change. Either you reduce expenses, increase income, or exit the business. Given the complications of the individual health insurance market right now, I can see how exiting the business is the easiest option. In a Pioneer Press story about Blue Cross exiting the market, a representative from another health insurance company summed up the uncertainties the industry is sorting through: “We don’t know what the path forward looks like yet,” said Larry Bussey, director of communications for Medica. I’m guessing their headaches are even bigger than mine. Health insurance companies have until Aug. 1 to submit proposals for 2017 individual health plan rates to the state department of commerce. I think it’s safe to say that health insurance companies will ask for higher rates again this year. Last year the commerce department approved rate increases as high as 50 percent because health insurance companies were experiencing signicant nancial losses. But if those rate increases still don’t balance the budget, health insurance companies could still exit the market before open enrollment begins on Nov. 1. Another domino down would create even more uncertainty in the market. For those of us who rely on individual health plans to insure our families, the path forward looks pretty certain: fewer companies to choose from and higher premiums. References available upon request. Sadie and her husband, Glen, milk 75 cows near Melrose, Minn. They have three children – Dan, 9, Monika, 6, and Daphne, 3. Sadie also writes a blog at www.dairygoodlife.com. She can be reached at gsfrericks@meltel.net.
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Oral calcium products, including boluses, gels, and that such use made economic sense, particularly uct without going through the ANADA process, and capsules and liquids have been around for many years. when used in better than average second lactation cows then can market their product without demonstrating Their use was not widely accepted in the dairy veteri- and high risk cows. Oetzel’s research was published in safety and efcacy. They also do not need to prove that nary community, until the introduction of a gel tube a peer-reviewed journal, and was later updated with fur- the product is exactly the same as the original product. called “Balance” quite a few years ago. Veterinary Wisdom ther renements. That ground-breaking re- So when a company claims that their product is the Prior to Balance, few products had any search has since been cited by many other same or similar or produces the same results, there is reputable research behind them that demresearchers studying calcium homeostasis absolutely no FDA requirement that this be proven. onstrated any kind of efcacy in treatment around calving, and it was the basis for If a company wants to prove that their product proof clinical or subclinical milk fever. This many dairy veterinarians’ recommenda- duces similar results, then they need to do similar rechanged when Balance was introduced tions for use to dairy producers. This re- search. However, research suitable for publication in a with research showing that it could elevate sulted in signicant sales of BoviKalc to peer-reviewed journal can be very expensive, so compablood calcium levels in otherwise hypocaldairy producers around the country. nies often choose to do small, clinical trials that might cemic cows. Over time, many other prodUnlike antibiotics and other drugs, not be rigorous enough to be accepted for publication. ucts were released; some were gels, some products like BoviKalc do not necessar- There is absolutely nothing improper or illegal about were liquids, and some were capsules. ily need to go through FDA’s new animal this. The bottom line for you, the end user of the prodDairy veterinarians learned that not all drug approval process, and thus do not re- uct, though, is buyer beware. Just because a product can calcium products were equal, since there ceive a FDA New Animal Drug Approval be legally marketed and sold to you does not mean that By Jim Bennett are many different forms of calcium which (NADA) number. This is both good and it is effective or safe. However, this also does not mean are absorbed differently by cows and there bad; good because it is much easier and that it is not effective or safe. Columnist were different carrier ingredients that may cheaper for companies to bring potentially There are at least three or four new products that also affect absorption by the cow. useful products to market, but bad because are very similar to BoviKalc. All claim similar results, Somewhere along this timeline, BoviKalc was in- there is little oversight by any regulatory agency to en- but none have peer-reviewed supporting research. This troduced by Fort Dodge Animal Health. However, be- sure that the product is effective and safe. In contrast, is why scientic-minded persons, like veterinarians, cause it was not heavily marketed, and also because drugs with NADA numbers are required to go through may be reluctant to recommend them, even though they of the rather imposing size of the bolus, it never really new animal drug approval processes, which requires the may be less expensive, and sure look to be very similar caught on. Sometime after Fort Dodge was purchased sponsoring company to prove safety and efcacy. To the products. Over time, clinical observations following use by Boehringer Ingelheim, Dr. Garret Oetzel, of the Uni- FDA, “safety” means safe to the animal, safe to humans may be made, and farmers and veterinarians may decide versity of Wisconsin, published some excellent research when the animal or its prodthat those products perform showing that BoviKalc could be used successfully to uct is consumed for food, in a similar manner. That can maintain normal blood calcium levels around calving, safe to the environment, and O be an acceptable method of Over time, i clinical li i l observations b i safe to the person adminisevaluating a product, but it tering the drug. “Effective” following use may be made, takes time, and sometimes it simply means that the drug and farmers and veterinarians can be very difcult to make does what it is supposed to appropriate conclusions do. If a different company may decide that those products based on observations alone. makes a generic version of a p Thus when evaluating comperform in a similar manner. drug with a NADA, it must peting products, remember to go through FDA’s “Abbrevibe skeptical, and to ask your ated New Animal Drug Approval Process” (ANADA) veterinarian for advice. to prove that the product has the same active ingredient, Jim Bennett is a dairy veterinarian at Northern Valthe same strength of active ingredient, the same dosage ley Dairy Production Medicine Center in Plainview, form, and the same dosage route of administration. Minn. He and his wife, Pam, have four children. Jim can Because BoviKalc does not need to have an NADA be reached at bennettnvac@gmail.com with comments number, any other company can market a similar prod- or questions.
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