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Supporting the red, white and moo Krauses’ cow, Ditto, featured in Kemps Olympic commercial By Missy Mussman missy@dairystar.com

BUFFALO, Minn. – Krause Holsteins is now home to an honorary member of Team USA. The Krauses’ 8-year-old cow, Ditto, was featured in the new Kemps commercial for the 2016 summer Olympics. Charles and Robyn Krause and their children, Andrew and Morgan, milk 200 cows on their dairy in Wright County near Buffalo, Minn. “This was a really unique opportunity for us,” Morgan said. “I was and still am very excited about it.” Rachel Kyllo, the vice president of marketing with Kemps, contacted Charles in early June about the Olympic commercial they were putting together. “They had already lmed a commercial for it, but the resolution wasn’t good enough,” Charles said. Kyllo told Charles they were looking for two or three cows and a pasture for the

commercial. “I told her we only had one cow we could use and no pasture,” Charles said. “I thought they were going to pass us over since we didn’t have everything they wanted.” But Charles sent the ad agency photos of the farm and Ditto anyway. “In the commercial they had shown us, the cow was just standing there,” Charles said. “Ditto is really calm. That’s why we sent photos of her.” Morgan agreed. “She is so relaxed. If you want a cow to stand there and eat, she’s your girl,” she said. Thinking they were not going to be chosen, the Krauses were surprised to hear back from the agency. “They called and told me they loved Ditto and wanted to come see her and the farm,” Charles said. “I was in the middle of second crop hay, but we got her on a halter and took her on the front lawn, which was next to a corn eld, for them.” During the visit, the agency had a few questions for Charles including if there was any way to make Ditto’s back straighter. “I told them I could if I held Turn to KEMPS | Page 5

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The Kemps Olympic commercial shows United States gymnast Marvin Kimble comple�ng his pommel horse rou�ne on top of Di�o, owned by Charles and Robyn Krause, and their children, Morgan and Andrew, of Buﬀalo, Minn.

August 13, 2016

“It’s fantastic to see him doing this. I love coming to help. It’s in our blood.” – Cliff Duske

Continuing the family livelihood

MISSY MUSSMAN/DAIRY STAR

Garret Duske (right) is ren�ng a 96-stall �estall barn from his dad, Cliﬀ (le�), and his uncle, Keith, to milk his herd of 80 cows near Waverly, Minn.

Duske brothers transition dairy to next generation By Missy Mussman missy@dairystar.com

WAVERLY, Minn. – After Garret Duske, 33, spent 11 years working for his dad and uncle, the roles have been reversed. “We work for him now,” said Garret’s dad, Cliff. Since November, Garret, his wife, Amber, and their children, Emmit, 8, Hazel, 6, and Colton, 2, have been milking 96 cows in a tiestall barn they rent from Garret’s parents, Cliff and Wendy, and his aunt and uncle, Kathy and Keith, near Waverly, Minn. “It’s fantastic to see him doing this,” Cliff said. “I love coming to help. It’s in our blood.” But, getting to this point was 12 years in the making. In 2004, Garret started working full-time on the farm with Cliff and Keith, earning a percentage of the milk check Turn to DUSKE | Page 6

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Garret Duske looks at which bulls to use on his heifers on Aug. 2.

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It’s all inside... FIRST SECTION

Marshall

Pages 32, 36

Douglas

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McCook Minnehaha

Clearwater Hubbard Wadena

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Hennepin McLeod

Renville

Yellow Medicine

Wright

Carver Scott

Sibley Redwood

Nicollet Brown

Murray

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Lyon

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Second Section: Pages 6 - 7

Washinton

Sherburne

Kanabec

Benton

Stearns

Bucks nding new routine with automatic milking facility MAITC tour

Pine Island

Knutson opens dairy to others through exchange program, breakfast on the farm

Dakota

Rice

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Goodhue

Wabasha

Cottonwood Watonwan Blue Earth Waseca Steele Dodge Olmsted Jackson

Martin

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Freeborn

Winona

Fillimore

Mower

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Morrison

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Goodhue

Pine

Douglas

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Lincoln

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Carlton

Crow Wing

Hamlin

Wide cattle lanes viewed at Sime pasture walk

Dairy Calendar

Grant

Second Section: Pages 21

Aitkin

Todd

Lac Qui Parle

Codington

Pages 28 - 29

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Ottertail

Grant

Pages 22 - 23, 25

Cass

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Roberts

Big Sto Stone

Waseca

Sommers brothers, employee compete in demo derbies

Marshall

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Third Section: Pages 2 - 3

Clark

Koochiching

Elliotts expand to 4,500-cow milking herd

Bremers tour Vikings’ U.S. Bank Stadium

Lake of the Woods

Becker

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Lake Norden

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Page 26 Mid-American Hay Auction results

First Section: Pages 10 - 11

Krauses’ cow, Ditto, featured in Kemps Olympic commercial

St. Louis

Polk Norman

A day in the life of the Benrud family

First Section: Pages 1, 5, 7

Beltrami

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Second Section: Pages 3 - 4

Day

First Section: Pages 1, 6

Pennington

Zeinstra Dairy continues its pattern of growth, success

Pages 14 - 15 Dairying Across America

Minneapolis

Holland

Buffalo

Pages 5, 8 Heiar takes over dairy farm from parents Pages 10 - 11 The “Mielke” Market Weekly Page 12 Dairy markets Page 13 Area hay auction results

Third Section: Pages 13 - 14 Kittson Roseau

Waverly

Duske brothers transition dairy to next generation

Trustheim savors opportunity at Jer-Lindy Farms

Pipestone

SECOND SECTION

Brooten

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Page 9 Ag Insider Pages 12 - 13 Study examines heifer-raising programs Pages 18, 20 Kliebensteins’ herd reproduction improves with communication, healthy cows Page 23 On the Road with Princess Kay of the Milky Way Page 26 FSA News & Notes Page 27 Dairy in the Suburbs Page 28 Determining dry matter content, making adjustments Page 29 Tips for working with your lender Page 30 Dear County Agent Guy Page 31 A Little Bit of Sunshine Page 32 Making Cents of Dairy Page 33 Dairy Good Life Page 34 How much is a cow worth? Page 35, 37 District 8 Holstein Show Page 36 Women in Jeans: Amanda Sticha

Hutchinson

Turner

Bon Yankton Homme

Farms briefed in Federal Dairy Issues Forum

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Lincoln Clay

Union

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Osceola Dickinson Emmet

Sioux

O’Brien

Clay

Palo Alto

Kossuth

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Plymouth

Kids and cows at the fair

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Kids Corner: The Demmers

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Con�nued from KEMPS | Page 1

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The Krauses – (from le�) Robyn, Morgan, Charles and Andrew – own Di�o, the cow that starred in the Kemps TV commercial for the summer Olympics. The Krauses milk 200 cows on their dairy near Buﬀalo, Minn. her head up high,” Charles said. “They asked me if there were other cows with a straighter back, and I told them we did, but that none of them would stand there like Ditto would.” After much contemplation, the agency decided Ditto and the front lawn would work for the commercial and set the lming date for June 29. “They wanted to do this right away,” Charles said. Since Ditto was Morgan’s cow, she made special plans to be there for the lming. “I drove back up here and took a day away from my internship in Sleepy Eye, Minn., to be here for it,” Morgan said. “I wasn’t going to miss this.” The day of the lming, Charles washed Ditto at 10:30 a.m., before the camera crew arrived at 1 p.m. “We didn’t have to clip her, which was nice,” Charles said. Once the camera crew arrived, they spent some time taking pictures of the front yard where they would be lming. “I told them to let me know when they were ready to start lming and then, I would bring her out,” Charles said. “I gured she would be good for 10 minutes eating grass before she would get bored. Feeding her corn would buy us another 10 minutes.” Shortly after they nished a few photos and they were set up, Charles and Morgan brought Ditto on the lawn to begin lming. “I was nervous about letting her off

the halter,” Morgan said. “I was worried that once it came off, she would take off.” But Ditto surprised them all. “She did really well,” Charles said. “We would move her back to her original spot every two minutes because she would slowly move one foot away, but other than that, she did a really good job sticking around.” After lming her eating the grass and some grain, the lming crew wanted to try lming her with her head up. “We didn’t think we were going to be able to get her to do it at rst,” Charles said. “But we cut some corn plants from the eld behind her and put it in her mouth. She just stood there chewing on that for a bit. We realized that’s what we had to do.” Morgan grabbed more grass and some alfalfa hay to feed Ditto. “She just stood there eating,” Charles said. “We had very little trouble at all with her. It was great. We didn’t know she was going to be that cooperative.” By 2:45 p.m., Ditto went back to her pen and the camera crew left by 3 p.m. “We had all of four hours invested that day,” Charles said. Before the crew left, the Krauses signed a nondisclosure agreement, which stated they could not tell anyone about the lming until the commercial aired. Turn to KEMPS | Page 7

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after spending three years laying concrete block foundations. “It wasn’t what I originally planned to do,” Garret said. “But when dad told me he wanted someone to come back or they were going to sell the cows, I thought I would give it a try. I ended up enjoying it.” That same year, the Duskes removed the calf pens on the east end of the barn, moved the calves into the old chicken coop and put 16 stalls in their place, making room for 96 cows. Adding those extra stalls worked in Garret’s favor allowing him to purchase 40 of his own cows to integrate into the herd. “I went through the bank and asked for a loan to buy them,” Garret said. “I had no problem getting it. Our bank has been good to work with.” When his cows calved, Garret would give Cliff and Keith the bull calves to raise as steers. “We helped each other out that way,” Garret said. Garret started working closely with the breeding and genetics of the herd. “I set some goals on traits to improve,” Garret said. “I had a picture in my head of what I wanted the cows to look like – not overly tall with high and wide rear udders. I also wanted production, milk components and reproduction. We tried to do it all.” When it came to selecting bulls, Garret stayed away from the top bulls within the A.I. stud. “I always went with their middle bulls,” Garret said. “When I would use the top end semen, things didn’t pan out for me. The cows didn’t last as long either. I had better luck with the average bulls.” Eventually, the herd reached 165 cows, which meant they Duskes were switching 60 cows each milking. “It took us 3.5 hours to get milking done, and it took all three of us to do it,” Keith said. After working on the farm for nearly 11 years, Garret took a landscaping job in April 2015. “It was a good opportunity,” Garret said. “I was wore out from guring out how to transition the farm, so I needed to take a step back to re-evaluate things.” However, when he started the landscaping job that May, Garret decided to sell the cows at the end of April. Although the herd was sold, Garret made sure three cows he had put a lot of time and money into improving their genetics over the years did not go far. “I called my friend, Pat Bakeberg, and asked if he would keep them for me,” Garret said. “I didn’t want to lose

all of that progress.” With the cows gone, Cliff and Keith focused their efforts on the cropland along with the 170 heifers and 90 steers they kept. “I couldn’t get myself to go in the barn,” Cliff said. “It was pretty emotional.” Despite having a full-time landscaping job off the farm, Garret still made time to help with the heifers and steers. “I never really left completely,” Garret said. Six months into his landscaping job, Garret decided it was time to come back to the farm. “I wanted to try again,” he said. “It was more a passion to come back. My wife was a big part of that. She comes out and helps me a lot with the cows.” Garret got a loan through the bank to purchase 64 cows and springing heifers, and worked with Cliff and Keith to use the existing barn on the family’s farm to milk the cows. “I was so happy when he said he wanted to bring cows back here. It was enough to make me cry,” Cliff said. “The barn was sitting empty. We kept everything but the electric feed cart. He had the perfect opportunity here.” Originally, Garret looked at the option of putting up a freestall barn and parlor. “The cost it would take and the prices where they were at, I couldn’t do it,” Garret said. However, that did not discourage him. “I like the tiestall barn because I can walk in and see what cows are eating well and how they are doing individually,” Garret said. Cliff and Keith rented Garret the tiestall barn charging him a at fee each month. “We worked with a farm transition instructor from Ridgewater College,” Garret said. “They’ve got information on the average rent and gured it out from there.” Garret also pays for the electricity. “We pay the electric bill and Garret reimburses us for what the dairy uses,” Keith said. Garret is also renting 320 acres of cropland from Keith and Cliff, and recently purchased two 40-acre elds from them along with some equipment. “That was the rst time I used the Farm Service Agency for nances,” Garret said. Although Garret is the one running the farm, Cliff and Keith still do the eldwork raising the corn, beans and Turn to DUSKE | Page 7

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Garret Duske (le�) visits with his uncle, Keith (center) and his dad, Cliﬀ, about upcoming eldwork on Aug. 2.

“All I posted on our Facebook page was that ‘Cool things are happening here on the farm with Ditto – stay tuned to see what it is,’” Morgan said. They did not have to wait long because on July 21, while Morgan was riding in a tractor with Charles doing third crop hay, the commercial premiered online. “It was right there on Facebook,” Morgan said. “But it wasn’t real for me until I saw it on TV, and my cow popped up on the screen.” Morgan’s excitement was contagious. “It was fun to see how excited she was about her cow being in the commercial,” Robyn said. Since the premiere of the commercial on Facebook, the video has over 132,000 views and is still climbing. “It’s been shared on Facebook and re-tweeted on Twitter a lot,” Morgan said.

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alfalfa. “I would rather be in the barn doing chores with the cows than sitting in the tractor,” Garret said. “Thank goodness Dad and Keith are still here to do the eldwork.” Keith also helps Garret turn the cows out, clean the barn and bring them back in, while Cliff mixes the feed. “We all help out,” Keith said. “That’s the only way we can make this go.” With the herd at 96 cows and recently installing two 5-foot fans, Garret has future goals for the farm including, building a new calf barn and pouring cement in the steer lot. “There are a lot of other little odds and ends things I want to do down the

road,” Garret said. “But right now, I’ve got stuff to pay off, and I want to buy the farm and land when I’m able to afford it and the milk prices come up. I’m taking it one day at a time and taking care of my family.” In the mean time, the Duskes are proud the third and fourth generations are running the dairy farm. “It was a stressful year – one that took a lot of patience,” Garret said. “But it feels good to be doing it. I’m excited.” Keith agreed. “It’s great seeing him take over,” Keith said. “We’ve worked all our lives for this, and now we can see it continue.”

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A bipartisan group of U.S. Sena- Little hope for TPP tors and Representatives sent a letter With the August recess and the to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vil- upcoming election, there is very little sack, seeking relief for time left on the congresthe U.S. dairy industry. sional calendar for this Ag Insider In the letter, the lawmakyear. Minnesota Coners said farm milk prices gressman Collin Peterhave dropped 40 person said an attempt will cent since 2015 and U.S. be made to nish the cheese inventories are at appropriations process. record levels. USDA is “They’re trying to work being encouraged to take through these appropriaall actions available, intions bills, but my guess cluding the purchase of is that they will have to do surplus dairy products and something to keep it gonancial assistance that ing until we get back after support all dairy farmers the election. Whether or By Don Wick equally. Sixty-one lawnot they do an omnibus Columnist makers signed off on this or CR, who knows, but I letter, including Minnedon’t think they’re going sota Senators Al Franken and Amy to get the appropriation bills done.” Klobuchar; and Minnesota Repre- Trade has become a dirty word in sentatives Collin Peterson, Richard the presidential campaign from both Nolan and Tim Walz. major candidates. “I think the TPP is in big trouble,” explained Peterson. MPP payments to be made “I don’t think there’s any way it can USDA will pay out more than pass, even in lame duck. Given what $11 million in nancial assistance to Trump has done on the Republican U.S. dairy producers enrolled in the side and what Bernie Sanders did on 2016 Margin Protection Program. our side. There’s a lot of Republicans The payment rate for May/June 2016 that don’t want to help Obama. You will be the largest since the program have so many factors working against began two years ago. The narrowing it. I just don’t think it can pass.” margin between milk prices and the cost of feed triggered the payments. POTUS signs GMO labeling bill The enrollment period for this year’s President Barack Obama has Margin Protection Program continues signed the GMO labeling law. The through September 30. White House did not offer any additional comments, simply issuing MPP described as a failure a news release that the bill was Some Minnesota dairy farmers signed. This law creates national are having a hard time adjusting to labeling standards and preempts falling milk prices. Minnesota Farm- states from implementing their own ers Union President Doug Peterson GMO labeling laws. The Vermont said the Margin Protection Program labeling law that went into effect isn’t helping. “They’ve paid $70 mil- in July is now invalid. Numerous lion in this MPP. There’s only been $1 agriculture groups praised the new million payback. I’d call that a cata- law, including the American Soybean strophic failure.” Peterson suggests Association and the National Corn MPP should provide dairy farmers Growers Association. Activist groups, with a more streamlined way to re- like the Center for Food Safety and cover some of their production costs. the Environmental Working Group, criticized the labeling law saying it EU offers plan to support dairy in- does not go far enough. dustry The European Union has ap- Moving forward: GMO labeling proved a new farm relief package, discussion valued at 500 million euros. This plan The National Milk Producers is designed to help European dairy Federation addressed GMO labeling farmers who are suffering from an in a webinar, outlining the law’s imongoing price crisis. In addition to - pact for the dairy industry. The NMPF nancial support, the plan offers incen- plans to be engaged with the USDA tives for dairy farmers to voluntarily on the agency’s role in GMO labeling. reduce milk production. NMPF president and CEO Jim Mulhern would not speculate on what a Positioning for success in the eco- new administration would mean for nomic reset the labeling issue. “We’ll have at least Virginia Tech ag economics pro- ve months of work (on the rulefessor emeritus David Kohl spoke making process) happening this year. about the farm economy during What happens beyond is anybody’s speeches in Fergus Falls and Moor- guess. The fact is, we had the framehead, Minnesota. Kohl told the crowd work set by Congress. We know the that good times don’t last forever rulemaking framework has been esand neither do bad times. Kohl said tablished.” the farm economy is now reverting to pre-2008 conditions. Kohl thinks Control of U.S. Senate at stake the difference now is that there will With this being a year divisible by be much more volatility, which will two—politicians had a prominent role bring more opportunities to succeed at Farmfest. Minnesota Senator Al and fail. “Volatility creates opportu- Franken made an appearance at the nity, but what you have to do is plan, show on the rst day of Farmfest. The strategize, execute and monitor. The control of the U.S. Senate is at stake ones who are going to fail will be very in this election. In an interview, Franemotional and not follow a plan. So ken said it is not clear who will win often, these people will lose money the majority. “I think it will be pretty and equity.” tight. Looking at the races, there’s about eight or nine that are at play.

This year, we should pick up some seats and we’re working hard to do that.” Partisan battles on Capitol Hill has stalled action on key issues. “We need immigration reform.” Franken said. “That was something we passed overwhelmingly on a bipartisan basis in the Senate, but it came into the House and died. For our ag community, this is something where we had an agreement from Farm Bureau and ag workers on the immigration bill.” Dairy Top 20 According to Rabobank’s annual ranking of the largest global dairy processors, Swiss-based Nestle is at the top of the list. Nestle had dairyrelated sales of $25 billion last year. Dairy Farmers of America is the highest rated U.S. company on the list. DFA moved up one spot in the past year and is now ranked fourth worldwide. Last year, DFA had sales of more than $13 billion.

Forage Genetics International expands its alfalfa business As of September 1, Forage Genetics International will acquire Syngenta’s alfalfa seed business. The NEXGROW alfalfa brand and the lineup of alfalfa varieties will be available from FGI. The Syngenta alfalfa dealers and seed advisors will have the opportunity to become dealers for the

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Changes at MAITC After 31 years at the helm of the Minnesota Agriculture in the Classroom program, Al Withers has retired. With Withers’ retirement, a new chapter in the MAITC program begins. Keri Sidle has been hired as an education specialist. Sidle is a Florida native and has been an agriculture education teacher for the past six years. Sue Knot is also an education specialist and will work with Sidle. Trivia challenge Brazil produces the most milk of any South American country. That answers our last trivia question. The U.S. record for milk production came from a Wisconsin dairy cow in 2010. For this week’s trivia, how much milk did that cow produce? We’ll have the answer in the next edition of Dairy Star. Don Wick is a partner and broadcaster for the Red River Farm Network, based in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Wick has been recognized as the National Farm Broadcaster of the Year and served as president of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting. Don and his wife, Kolleen, have two adult sons, Tony and Sam, and ve grandchildren, Aiden, Piper, Adrienne, Aurora, and Sterling.

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On greener pastures

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Study examines connement, pastureraised heifers LODI, Wis. – With the fall months just ahead, dairy producers across the Midwest are nearing the end of their pasture-grazing season. For Neil Breunig and his wife, Margie, it has been a rewarding season. The Breunigs, with their daughter, Emily, and son-in-law, Joe Heise, spent the summer pasture-raising pregnant heifers on their 200-cow dairy farm in Dane County near Lodi, Wis. “With the size of our farm, we know we need more buildings, but aren’t able to provide that right now,” Margie Breunig said. “We decided to see if grazing would work.” The Breunigs are one of four producers in Dane County who are a part of a regional study in the Yahara River Watershed, which examines the animal health, economical and environmental benets of raising heifers on pasture rather than connement. “Our goal is to ultimately encourage farmers to reduce phosphorus in the watershed,” said Jennifer Blazek, Dane County Extension livestock specialist. Blazek is the lead researcher in the study. The research study began last fall with a eld day at a Sauk County cus-

tom heifer raiser’s farm, who discussed his reasoning for raising the youngstock on pastures. “It was well attended, and over the course of the winter we were able to nd enough farmers willing to participate,” Blazek said. Farm sizes varied from small to large and even those solely raising heifers. “Some had never grazed before, but were focused on improving their heifer health,” Blazek said. The Breunigs were producers in attendance at the meeting who decided to take part in the study. Since 1989, when Breunig and her husband began milking cows at their current farm site, the animals have been raised in connement, with the exception of a dirt lot for dry cows and pregnant heifers to exercise during the day. Young heifers, 6 to 9 months of age, are housed at a neighboring farm. They then return home until conrmed pregnant and join the dry-cow herd. This spring, in an attempt to better their dry-cow program, the Breunigs chose to develop eight acres of alfalfagrass pastures for their heifers that were conrmed pregnant at 60 days. “This was a great opportunity to try something new and have assistance doing so,” said Breunig of Blazek’s help. “We know how important exercise is for heifers, and we wanted to stretch our corn silage; separating our heifers

and dry cows did just that.” One corn eld from 2015 was seeded down with pasture grass. However, with the cool, wet spring, the eld became overgrown with chickweed and corn was planted instead. Fortunately, an established alfalfa eld with pasture grasses was available. After rst crop was cut to help the grasses grow more uniformly with the alfalfa, the Breunigs used that eld for grazing. On July 1, 11 heifers entered the pasture; to date there are 18 heifers grazing the eld, with the rst due to calve in December. Collecting data from the study began months ago as the pastures were developing and heifers at each farm went out on the paddocks. Blazek recorded pasture quality, including tonnage and dry matter intake, as well as measured the heifers’ overall health. “Ultimately, we’re measuring for growth patterns and watching the track of health,” Blazek said. “One farmer likes how the heifers are coming back in great condition for calving. They’re easier to work with and it takes less time to get them through the parlor.” Breunig has noticed her heifers losing weight to reach a healthy stature, as well as improved foot health. In a study conducted by the University of Minnesota in the early 2000s, it was discovered that heifers raised on pasture resulted in more than 50 percent

reduction in displaced abomasums, 60 percent less calving difculty and 33 percent less milk fever at rst calving. Other research, conducted by the Dairy Forage Research Center has recorded high milk production values throughout the trial. “They can equally compete with those raised in connement, in some cases out producing them a bit,” Blazek said. However, while pasture-raising heifers may have benets, it does not seem to be the catchall solution for a successful heifer-raising program. “The benets of connement are worth noting – the control of many factors affecting overall health,” Blazek said. “Outside, there is less control unless the pastures are managed well.” Breunig agreed. “You still have to have a place with concrete ooring,” she said. “When it rains, we still need to get the heifers off the pasture, otherwise it turns to mud.” The heifers retreat to the breeding shed. Once the pasture is dry, Breunig and her family must separate the heifers and bring the pregnant ones back out. Additionally, without water or shade available in the paddocks, the animals are gathered in the morning for water, time away from the sun, and supplemental feed. The Breunigs fetch the heifers twice a day, but keep them out on pasture in the evening hours. Turn to PASTURES | Page 13

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Pregnant heifers graze in an alfalfa pasture at Margie Breunig’s farm near Lodi, Wis. This is the rst season the Breunigs have grazed heifers in hopes of creaƟng more room for their dry cows in the housing faciliƟes. “We’ve learned a lot of little tricks,” Breunig said. “Grazing heifers is more of an art than a science.” Just shy from a season of grazing, the Breunigs are unsure if it is a practice they will continue to solve their challenges with overcrowding on the farm. “Healthy heifers are the cornerstones, so to say, of a dairy farm’s future. They need to enter the milking string in good shape if we want them to breed back and be productive,” Breunig said. “We wanted to dabble in grazing and see what our options could be for the future.”

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Tell us about your experience expanding your dairy.

Jeff Rinde Rinde Farms LLC Long Prairie, Minn. Todd County 235 cows Tell us about your expansion. When did you do it? We have been slowly expanding since 2006. We started with 36 cows and have grown to where we are currently at – 235 cows – with another expansion in the works for next year, which would allow us to grow to around 300 cows. Why did you expand? We were in a conventional tie stall barn with small stalls and rubber mats initially. We now have all lactating cows in deep bedded sand stalls and dry cows on a straw bedded pack. We retrotted the old tie stall barn into a swing-8 parabone parlor. I came back from college in 2006 and started milking with my dad, Roger. We expanded to make room for another family income and to improve cow conditions. In 2009, we formed an LLC and my sister, Kayla, and brother, Justin, came into the operation. Justin and Dad had been farming in a partnership previous to this with cash crops. With more family members, it was decided to continue to expand. What were your biggest challenges you had while planning and building your expansion? The biggest challenges we faced were probably deciding where to put all the new barns. Our newest barn is about 500 feet away from our parlor so it can be less fun getting cows in the middle of winter or in inclement weather. We chose to put the barn where it is so there is plenty of room for expansion in the future. When a new parlor is built in the future, it will be centralized to the new barns. How has the expansion improved your operation? Updating our facilities has improved many things.

I think the biggest gain was seen when we got the cows into the new sand bedded freestall barn. Our somatic cell count (SCC) stabilized and began dropping almost instantly. Production slowly improved each year. Heats were much easier to detect and pregnancy rates went up as a result. We also installed activity/rumination monitors in 2012, which proved to be extremely benecial with both more pregnancies and less synchronizations needed. The retrotted parlor was cheap when we initially installed it, but has slowly gotten more bells and whistles such as auto take offs, a crowd gate and clean-in-place as time and money allowed. That was one of the reasons we chose a retrotted parlor, it was affordable with our 60 cows when we started but it can also accommodate us as we grow to 300-plus cows. What would you have done differently? Our growth model has always been to spend according to what we could afford at the time. This has been benecial in many ways, such as in the case of the parlor, but has come back to bite us at times. In the rst barn we built, we chose to buy used freestalls and their dimensions were not correct for the stalls. As a result, some cows would struggle when lunging to get up and other cows would walk the curb on the back of the stalls as the loops did not come back far enough. We had to tear out all those stalls and buy new ones that t a couple years later. Needless to say, we spent the money on new stalls with all our other additions. What advice would you give to other farmers looking to expand their dairy? My advice would be to grow slowly instead of trying to do it all at once. It can be struggle to do things piece by piece, but as time goes on you begin to see it all come together. Big changes, be it production or SCC, don’t happen overnight. Also, tour as many other dairies as you can and talk to other farmers about their own struggles and successes. You can usually pick up at least one

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Nick, Moss and Michael Jopson Egan, S.D. Moody County 900 cows Tell us about your expansion. When did you do it? In 2012, we ripped out the bedding pack in one part of our barn, put in freestalls and added 100 cows. Last year, we added onto our barn and made room for another 200 cows. Our original facility held about 640 cows. We ex-

panded to 740 in 2012 and now to 900 head. The new part is built on the same pattern as the older part. Why did you expand? We had too many cows and had to nd a home for them. All of our herd growth has been from within. The last time we bought a cow was in 2011. What were your biggest challenges you had while planning and building your expansion? Cost was probably the biggest challenge. A big managerial challenge was organizing all the builders and subcontractors. We did the rst expansion ourselves, but hired the work done for our latest expansion. In both cases, we installed all of the headlocks and freestalls ourselves. How has the expansion improved your operation? It has allowed us to milk more cows for a relatively small additional expense. We either had to expand or sell cows and selling cows seems backwards to us. You never recover all the expense it took to raise the cow. What would you have done differently? Very little. We modeled our expansion on what we already had and

it was working well. One change we made in this latest expansion was going to roll-up curtains instead of air curtains. What advice would you give to other farmers looking to expand their dairy? Make sure that you can pay for it because you never know what milk prices will do. Keep it simple and build it right the rst time. Do your research and don’t build anything outlandish. Tell us about your farm. We moved here from the UK in 2007. In England, we milked 110 cows and bottled all the milk. We are glad to have the opportunity to dairy here. Otherwise, it would have been impossible to expand our dairy and make room for Nick and Michael. We have 11 employees and buy all of our inputs. We had previously rented some land but found that it’s cheaper to simply buy our commodities. There is a lot less red tape here than in the UK. England recently eliminated their dairy subsidies and over the past year one in seven English dairy farmers has gone out of business.

Darrell Luhmann Rochester, Minn. Olmsted County 130 cows Tell us about your expansion. I’ve had a few projects since January 2009. Before the expansion I had a 50-stall stanchion barn and a lean-to with freestalls for 20 cows. I started using my new 100- by 140-foot sandbedded freestall barn and double-8 parabone parlor in January 2009. Two years later, I added on an area for dry cows and my bull. Three years ago, I also built a heifer shed for the all the extra heifers I had. I built my barn and parlor very simply. I didn’t put in all the bells and whistles. Why did you expand? At the time, one of my sons wanted to expand. Plus, I used to drool over freestall barns I would see. I thought they were a good way to house cows.

What were your biggest challenges you had while planning and building your expansion? I had heard nightmares of people who didn’t make it after expanding. The cost of a new facility was scary. It was hard to get over that. But I tried to make it simple to cut down on cost. Also, everything was supposed to be done in October 2008, but wasn’t done until January 2009. How has the expansion improved your operation? Before the expansion I used to put my cows out on pasture during the day. When I built the barn, the cows were so comfortable with the sand stalls and the fans plus the breeze coming through. I continued to put them on pasture with the new barn, but I decided to keep them in two days in a row to see how they would like it. By leaving them in the barn, milk went up 700 pounds. They love the barn. Cow health is way better. Their feet and legs are great, and the pregnancy rate went up. Even though there is more work to do because I have almost twice the amount of cows now, the manual labor is a lot less. I can do a lot with a skidloader. I don’t work as hard as I used to.

What would you have done differently? I wish I would have made it 45-feet longer to add in storage and the new heifer barn. It would have been nice to have everything under one roof and connected. What advice would you give to other farmers looking to expand their dairy? If you’re nervous to put up a new facility, don’t look at the glitz and glamor. Go simple. You can get by with a lot of simple stuff. I don’t even have a holding area. It works great with the amount of cows I have. And don’t be afraid to build a new facility. They are efcient and protable. I wish I had it when I was 20 years old. Tell us about your farm. Along with my herd of cows, I farm 420 acres. I started milking with my dad in partnership, but he died when I was 22. I was suddenly put into a position to be in charge of the farm and make the decisions. Those rst few years were rough. But I love the cows. It’s an enjoyable lifestyle. I am now 65, but with the barn, I don’t think I’ll have to stop milking anytime soon. My two grown sons now have jobs away from the farm. I have two neighbors who work for me.

Jeremy Mursu New York Mills, Minn. Otter Tail County 150 cows When did you expand? Excavating began Nov. 1, 2012. We moved in June 17, 2013. Tell us about your previous set up and what is your facility like now? We milked 60 cows in a 100-year-old, 36-cow tiestall barn. Too many hours were spent doing chores. Now we have a 5-row, insulated freestall barn with two Lely A4 automated milking systems milking 130 cows. The barn has cross ventilation. and sand bedding. We do drive-by feeding. Why did you expand? There were too many cattle for the facility and we saw we were going to keep growing in cow numbers. What were your biggest challenges you had while planning and building your expansion? Deciding if we wanted to take on this much of a debt load, guring

out how we wanted to handle the sand manure in a way that would work for us, and learning the new technology that came with the new facility and robots. We were still learning how to manage more than twice the amount of cows and heifers with the same amount of laborers as before. How has the expansion improved your facility? It has improved cow comfort with better housing and environment for the cows. We now have more information about each individual cow and can use that info to better take care of each cow. A more exible time schedule, less physical labor and improved production have all been benets. What would you have done differently? It was good to see the farms we did, but more farm tours may have been helpful. With sand bedding, manure storage is more difcult, but a larger pit would be nice at times. I would not suggest starting a new farm recordkeeping system the same year as building. What advice would you give to other farmers looking to expand their dairy? Tour other farms for ideas. It worked well to have a construction meeting early for

all people involved – building contractor, electrician, plumber, equipment people for the milking system, manure system etc. That way everyone knows what is going on and works together. Keep an on-going, open communication with your loan ofcer, discuss ideas and plans. Walk through and see if the ow of the system works from start to nish. Also, think ahead. Where will the youngstock be housed? Do I have enough land to raise crops for more animals? Who has what job responsibilities? Also, for moving day and start up, have extra help available. We had good help and it made things go much easier. Tell us about your farm. My grandparents, Martin and Helen, began renting this farm in 1953 and purchased it in 1957. They milked 11 cows by hand. Times were not easy. Since then, improvements have been made, land has been added and today we are fortunate and thankful to have a nice facility for our cows. I farm with my parents, Tom and Tammy. We have 150 cows, raise our own replacements. We farm 400 acres and grow corn, alfalfa and forage oats and peas.

Todd and Tyler Vorwerk Vorwerk Dairy Gibbon, Minn. Sibley County 230 cows Tell us about your expansion. Our freestall barn had 110 stalls and we were milking 170 to 180 cows. We had to do something. The new barn will hold 144. We added about 20 cows. We have 56 in the old barn—we use that for pre-fresh and dry cows. We also did a lagoon—that was a big thing for us. We were hauling two to three loads a day, piling it on the hay eld. Why did you expand? The overcrowding was the big

thing. It hurt our somatic cell count. The feed bunk space was too small. What were your biggest challenges you had while planning and building your expansion? The biggest challenges were permitting the lagoon and getting NRCS grant money. That took almost two years of paperwork, then we had to get nancing lined up—and keep it in line at the cost we started with the banker. Keeping the cows comfortable in the old barn while we were getting the new barn ready was another challenge—along with getting rid of the manure while we were getting ready. How has the expansion improved your operation? Milkwise, production has gone up about 10 pounds per cow since November when we got in. Somatic cell had been between 400,000 and 500,000. We had it down under 200,000 early this summer. The cows are cleaner. It’s more enjoyable working with them. They’re spread out so we can see them easier. They’re healthier. And, pushing manure into the lagoon saves time. What would you have done differently? We’d have started on this sooner. I (Tyler) graduated from Ridgewater in 2009. We had to get the family members on board. It got to the point where we didn’t have a choice. There really isn’t anything we would have done differ-

ent with the barn—we’re pretty happy with it so far. There is one alleyway that could have been wider—but that would have added more cost. What advice would you give to other farmers looking to expand their dairy? Our advice would be to get stuff lined up when you have a little more time, in winter when you’re not busy with eldwork. And be ready for a lot of phone calls. I (Tyler) was on the phone so much that I was ready to throw the phone away. If you do a lagoon, do it with the NRCS. It takes a lot of paperwork so get started early. Tell us about your farm. The family runs about 500 acres of land, including some that’s rented. We have 285 acres of corn, 165 acres of hay, and 50 acres of beans. The farm is a partnership between brothers Todd and Brian Vorwerk, with Todd’s son, Tyler, also involved. Todd and Brian’s father, Wally, helps with eldwork and keeps the chopper going. Tyler does all the feed mixing and the rations. Todd and Brian usually do the milking, but Brian has been laid up, after having a heart bypass, so Tyler has lled in. Todd takes care of the calves. Wally bought the farm from his father so Tyler is the fourth generation on the farm; Tyler has two small children—a 2-year-old and a 2-week-old.

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Nathan and Morgan Kliebenstein milk 210 cows near Darlington, Wis. Last year, their herd’s pregnancy rate was 32 percent. RON JOHNSON/DAIRY STAR

This 4-month-old ET calf has been genomically tested and is in the 95th percenƟle (top 5 percent) for net merit among tested Holsteins naƟonwide.

What is your rst service conception rate? 44 percent. What is your reproduction program? How do you get cows pregnant? Our voluntary waiting period is 60 days. We wait for natural heats and record “heat too

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ConƟnued from KLIEBENSTEIN | Page 18 cystic at herd check, then she is OvSynched. A Genex representative walks our herd daily using tailpaint for heat detection. Roughly 90 percent of our breedings are off natural heats and visual detection. Do you use seasonal breeding or avoid certain months? No, although we’ll alter our embryo transfer activity to avoid seasonal issues. How often do you do pregnancy checks? Every three weeks. What is your breeding philosophy? How do you select bulls? What traits do you focus on? Does fertility play a role in bull selection? We like our cows modestly sized, productive and trouble-free. We feel cattle that carry a little extra condition throughout their lactation are more likely to be trouble-free, and to be reproductively sound. When Morgan selects bulls to use, she puts an emphasis on protein, daughter pregnancy rate, productive life, decreased stature, lifetime net merit, udder composite, and Genex’s ICC index. Mating sires are generally a mix of newly active genom-

ic sires with no sire fertility, and older genomic bulls with positive sire conception rate. Rarely will we use a bull with negative fertility. Our average service sire lifetime net merit is $724 or higher right now. We are also investing in genetics from outside our herd, having purchased a few genomic animals as well as some embryos. We are hoping to target elite commercial traits that complement our philosophy. What percentage of your herd is bred through A.I. or a bull? Our herd is bred 100 percent A.I. If you use A.I., who breeds your cattle? We owe a lot of our success to the great team of Genex breeders in the area. Dakota Brockenhauer is our main breeder. He is here every morning walking and chalking. We have a good system with him and the rest of the team. Good communication with the people breeding your cows is vital. Do you have a different philosophy when breeding heifers versus cows? We try to use bulls less than 7 percent on calving ease in the heifers. We

will also try to get our highest ranking bulls used in the heifer pen since they are our most fertile and genetically superior group. What do you do to settle hard breeders? On the third service, if she’s a better cow, we’ll use a really high SCR Holstein cleanup bull on her. Beyond the third service, we’ll generally use Jersey or beef semen on her. How many times do you try to breed a cow before you sell her? About three to four, but no more than six, even if she’s a special cow.

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Dakota Brockenhauer, the farm’s A.I. technician comes to the farm daily to detect heats and breed.

RON JOHNSON/DAIRY STAR

Nathan and Morgan Kliebenstein look over a sire catalog.

What is your target size/ weight/age for breeding heifers? We’ll move heifers up to the breeding group at about 13 months of age with a goal to calve most in around 22 or 23 months.

Is there anything you have done or changed that brought about a signicant improvement in your reproductive program? We believe our reproduction success is due largely to effective communication with our breeders as well as striving for a healthy trouble-free herd that we don’t push to the extreme for production. Also, when we got married, Morgan took over the role of managing the herd’s genetics. Selecting mating sires was a big part of that. It’s now apparent four years later that the emphasis she’s put on health traits, particularly daughter pregnancy rate, has really made its impact in the younger portion of our herd. Tell us about your farm. We milk 210 registered Holsteins under the prex Na-Mor-Dale in the rolling hills of southwestern Wisconsin. Morgan

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There’s lots of dairy to dig into at the Minnesota State Fair this year. Visitors to the Dairy Goodness Bar will be able to enjoy the winner of Midwest Dairy Association’s second annual “Flavor of the Fair” contest: the Call It Breakfast malt or sundae. They can also make avor suggestions for next year while watching the 63rd Princess Kay of the Milky Way and the 11 nalists have their likenesses carved in butter. The All-You-Can-Drink Milk Stand, owned by Minnesota’s dairy farm families, celebrates its 62nd year at the fair, where visitors can purchase a bottomless cup of 2 percent white or low-fat chocolate milk for just $2. Dairy enthusiasts and other health acionados will line up for the 32nd Annual Milk Run 5K early on the rst Sunday of the fair. New Flavor of the Fair for 2016 Who says you can’t have ice cream for breakfast? This spring, Midwest Dairy Association conducted its second annual online “Flavor of the Fair” public poll to select a new featured avor for this year’s fair. The winner is … Call It Breakfast! These tasty treats are made with Minnesota dairy farmers’ secret, State Fair-recipe vanilla ice cream or malt, topped with sprinkles, chocolate and latte-avored syrup, and chunks of bakery-fresh doughnuts. Call it Breakfast will only be available at the Dairy Goodness Bar in the Dairy Building (corner of Judson and Underwood, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.) during this year’s fair. Visitors to the Dairy Goodness Bar will be able to suggest potential avor combinations for the 2017 “Flavor of the Fair.” As always, the Dairy Goodness Bar will serve up its famous malts, sundaes and cones, as well as milk, yogurt, Greek yogurt, cheese sticks and fresh cheese curds. On Thrifty Thursday (Opening Day, Aug. 25), cheese sticks are two for $1. On Senior Days (Monday, Aug. 29, and Thursday, Sept. 1), ice cream cones are $2.50 each. On Kids Days (Monday, Aug. 29, and Monday, Labor Day, Sept. 5), all yogurt is two for $1. And on Military Appreciation Day (Tuesday, Aug. 30), the special is $1 off sundaes. All-You-Can-Drink Milk: The best value at the fair Fair-goers seeking their ll of fresh, cold, 2 percent white or low-fat chocolate milk can do so for just $2 per cup at the All-You-Can-Drink Milk Stand, which will celebrate its 62nd year in 2016. The allyou-can drink tradition began in 1955, when the stand was a tent on Machinery Hill, charging a dime for a bottomless cup of white milk. It later moved to its current location on the corner of Judson and Clough (kitty-corner from the Coliseum), and following a rebuild of the stand in 2004, chocolate milk was added to the menu. It is the only food or drink item offered at the fair as an unlimited item. 32nd Annual Milk Run: Members of Team Dairy, a running group for dairy enthusiasts, will be behind the starting line when the 32nd annual State Fair Milk Run 5K kicks off this year. The team will participate in the annual race Sunday morning, Aug. 28 (7:45 a.m.; near Gate 18 at Randall and Underwood). Midwest Dairy Association is sponsoring the event again this year, with Kemps providing the free chocolate milk to runners as they cross the nish line. Princess Kay of the Milky Way will give the signal for the race to begin. For more information, visit MidwestDairy.com.

If you give a girl a crown As a young girl, my favorite story Football League partner together to was, “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie,” teach students about making good by Laura Numeroff. Here is a Prin- choices that will positively affect cess Kay twist on such a beloved chil- their health. She will travel all across dren’s book to describe my amazing the state to schools big and small, year as Princess Kay. rural and urban, to talk about such a If you give a girl a wonderful program. She On the Road with crown, you will have to will also have the opporgive her a sash, too. One tunity to participate in Princess Kay that in bright, bold letcommunity service projters reads “62nd Princess ects with the Minnesota Kay of the Milky Way.” Vikings. When you give her these Once the girl has items she will have one started teaching students year to positively impact about dairy, she will furthe dairy community. To ther realize that is where start, the girl will get her her passion lies. She will likeness sculpted from a continue to teach stu90-pound block of butter. dents of all ages about She will become part of dairy foods, how milk By Kyla Mauk an iconic Minnesota tragets from the cow to the dition that only 12 girls 62nd Princess Kay of the cup and what life is like Milky Way each year get to experion a dairy farm. Once ence. After 12 days of the school year closes, State Fair media interher time visiting classviews, literacy events and answering rooms will come to an end, but once a countless number of questions about you let the girl teach about her pasdairy, the girl will go back to her fam- sion, she will want to continue to do ily’s dairy farm and refuel with a big so. June Dairy Month is another opglass of wholesome, nutritious milk. portunity for the girl to do just that. If you give a girl a glass of milk, She will attend numerous events on she will want to eat at least three serv- dairy farms and community celebraings of dairy each and every day. tions, on behalf of Minnesota’s dairy Once she is lled with delicious dairy farmers. These events are a great opfoods, she will want to teach people portunity for those not involved in about the importance of dairy in their agriculture to tour a dairy farm, pardiet and also living a healthy, active ticipate in family fun activities, and lifestyle. Lucky for her and everyone give back to their local community by else, dairy farmers and the National donating for their meal. She will be

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deb’s trip to Mexico Page 32 • Dairy Star • Saturday, August 13, 2016

A few weeks ago deb came home from a Midwest Dairy Association meeting and said she was invited to join a Minnesota Department of Ag group on a relationship building mission to Mexico. This trip was arranged last year by Minnesota Ag Commissioner, Dave Frederickson, when he joined Governor Dayton on a trade mission to Mexico. At that time, Frederickson and Mexico’s Agriculture Minister, Enrique Martinez y Martinez, signed an agreement to foster relations empowering women in agriculture. As usual with government, the nal details of the trip turned into last minute decisions, therefore the short notice for deb to get invited. Six women and one man from Minnesota made the week-long trip, including a Midwest Dairy staff person, and representatives of the soybean, corn and organic farm sectors. The schedule started on Monday

with a round table meeting with SAGARPA, which is the equivalent of our USDA. The following three days were lled with meetings at three major universities in three cities – Puebla, Jalisco, and Chiapis. The objectives of the trip were foster international cooperation, strengthen markets between the two countries and discuss global agricultural issues. The bullet points under those issues included climate change, food safety and consumer trends. The main assignment deb had before she left on the trip was to prepare a 20-minute long Power Point presentation. Obviously I was of no help on this, but fortunately she had a few college students working at her clothing store who were more than willing to help. So the hectic days before she left, she poured over old photos of our family and farm, along with taking many new pictures. I’m sure our night shift employ-

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Specically, I noticed the way older players, exhibitors, coaches, leaders and other parents demonstrated sportsmanship. The softball league Dan played in is made up of kids ages 9 through 14, so each team includes players of all ages. Dan was lucky enough to end up on a team with a group of kids who were playing to learn and have fun. This was Dan’s rst time participating in a team sport and his rst time playBy Sadie Frericks ing softball or baseball, so he had a lot to learn. The older Columnist kids on his team and his coaches did a great job teaching and encouraging him. Dan’s team didn’t nish the season with a winning record, but, more importantly, they played every game with positive attitudes and good sportsmanship. They did win one key game, though. In the rst round of the league playoffs, Dan’s team, which was seeded sixth, played a great game and defeated the team seeded third. You’ve never seen a group of kids more excited than Dan’s team was that night. The win sent them into the semi-nals, where they played two great games and ended up taking fourth place in the league. Watching the players (on all of the teams) during those playoff games, it was interesting to watch how well sportsmanship held up under pressure. I am not a fan of youth programs where everybody wins. In life, there are winners and losers. Sometimes the game goes the way we hoped and planned, other times it doesn’t. But whether we win or lose, it’s important to do so with grace and a smile on our face. When my kids walked into the show ring at our county fair later that week, I watched the exhibitors’ sportsmanship a lot more closely than I have in the past. Why? Because it’s become very clear that my young kids are watching older kids very closely. Our fair has two dairy shows – 4-H and open class – on two separate days. By the time we got to showmanship in the open class show, Monika was not only working to set her calf up for the judge, but also tapping on her calf’s tailhead in an attempt to get the calf to tuck her tailhead down. I didn’t teach Monika this, because her calf has a very correct tailhead setting. There was no need for the calf to tuck her tailhead down. Monika had obviously been watching some of the more experienced exhibitors as they tapped tailheads while presenting their cows and heifers to the judge. At rst, I chuckled a little at Monika’s imitation of other exhibitors, but I quickly found myself feeling proud of her determination to do well in showmanship. I have long felt that showmanship is the most important class of the show. Nobody has a perfect heifer or cow, but every exhibitor can play up a cow’s strengths and minimize her weaknesses. Showmanship is also a great opportunity for exhibitors to share what they’ve learned about dairy cattle through showing. I was proud, too, of Monika’s attentiveness while watching the show. Watching older kids is a great way for young kids to learn, especially in showmanship. That’s why I was incredibly disappointed when not all of our county’s 4-H exhibitors came out for showmanship. If 90 percent of the dairy exhibitors had participated in showmanship, our county would have been granted an extra state fair trip. We missed that number by two exhibitors. While I was holding a heifer in state fair lineup, I heard one exhibitor say, “Why should I come out for showmanship? I’m not getting a state fair trip this year.” Both the 4-H mom holding the heifer on the other side and I told him, “Because next year that extra trip could be yours.” I later saw that the exhibitor did come out for showmanship. To me, that was a great display of sportsmanship. 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The answer depends. Of course it depends on the cow; is she a Holstein, a Jersey, or something different? It also depends on if the farmer is selling the cow to someone Veterinary Wisdom for dairy, or perhaps for slaughter. It depends on her milk production, her pedigree or genomic index. Thinking about it in a different way: how much is she worth to the local community? It turns out there are people who study this sort of thing, and a quick internet By Jim Bennett search can give us some answers. Columnist Dr. Leo Timms, from Iowa State University published a study using 2010 data that concluded that one dairy cow in Iowa contributes $23,444 annually to the economy. The University of Wisconsin Extension Service concluded in 2014, that one Wisconsin cow contributes $34,000 per year to the economy. Economic value is determined in various ways. The Iowa State study considered direct, indirect, and induced effects. Direct effects are generated by the dairy industry, such as milk sales, for example. Indirect effects are impacts generated by purchase of goods and services by the dairy industry in other sectors of the economy, such as transportation, for example. Induced effects are the impact of spending by employees on goods and service outside the industry, like grocery stores, for example. If you have 100 dairy cows in your herd, your herd is generating somewhere between $2,344,400 and $3,400,000 in the community every single year. In addition, according to the Iowa State study, ev-

ery 10 cows creates one job, off the farm, in the better tilth to the soil. community. So your 100-cow farm creates 10 jobs Cows often get blamed for environmental problems. For example, opponents of dairy farming for others in your community. According to the nancial information from often claim that waste lagoons are dangerous and the University of Wisconsin, Madison’s Center for can contaminate ground and surface waters with Dairy Protability, a dairy farm will spend $2,700 pathogens, toxins, and excess nutrients. This makes per cow on services and supplies in the local com- little sense since these storage structures must be munity every year. Thus, your 100-cow farm will planned and permitted with tremendous scrutiny, spend $270,000 annually on local service and prod- as just about anyone who has done so in the last few years can attest. In fact, the development of uct providers. city sewers is one of the greatest accomplishments However one slices it, a cow is worth a lot. Actually, there is more. How about the environ- in the public health domain of the last century or ment? Are cows worth something to the environ- two. Public health improved by collecting all the ment? Yes, they are. Drive through the driftless area waste in a central facility. It is no different for dairy or beef. Properly designed of southeast Minnesota, waste structures reduce, southwest Wisconsin, and not increase runoff of unnortheast Iowa and you If cows lleave our townships, hi desirable compounds. will see long, sloping hills Yes, cows are worth and deep valleys. On those counties and states, local a lot. However, very few slopes one often sees strips economies will suffer, people know this, even of corn or soybeans, but dairy farmers. This should if there is a dairy nearby businesses will fail or leave, be part of all of our stothere will be strips of al- and people will lose jobs. ries that we tell the public. falfa interspersed with the We should tell the story corn and beans. When it rains, those strips of alfalfa catch the running water to township ofcers, zoning boards, county comand slow it down. This reduces the amount of sedi- missioners, state legislators, and congressmen and ment in the water, and with it, the amount of nutri- women. If cows leave our townships, counties and ents such as nitrogen and phosphorous. There may states, local economies will suffer, businesses will also be pesticide or herbicide residues in the water fail or leave, and people will lose jobs. Protecting that get trapped by the alfalfa. All this happens on the environment will become harder. Cows matter to all of us, not just dairy farmers. atter land as well. Jim Bennett is a dairy veterinarian at Northern Just about anyone who has raised alfalfa will also know that using it in a crop rotation has other Valley Dairy Production Medicine Center in Plainbenets. Alfalfa xes nitrogen, so extra nitrogen view, Minn. He and his wife, Pam, have four chilneed not be applied. It provides natural weed con- dren. Jim can be reached at bennettnvac@gmail. trol through biological competition. Farmers will com with comments or questions. also say that it reduces compaction and provides

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Anna Westerman, of Sauk Centre, Minn., washes her cow Saturday morning.

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Corey Popp, of Rice, Minn., works on a topline before the District 8 Holstein Show in Sauk Centre July 30.

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Ashley Maus (leŌ), of Freeport, Minn., and Greta Schoenberg, of Spring Hill, Minn., clip a calf’s head before the District 8 Holstein Show.

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Lauren Libbesmeier, of Watkins, Minn., showed Jer-Lindy Top Side Razzle and earned Supreme Champion of the Stearns County Open Class Show and Grand Champion of the District 8 Holstein Show July 30 at the Stearns County Fairgrounds in Sauk Centre, Minn.

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Addison Christenson leads her calf for the judge during the Open Class 10 and Under showmanship compeƟƟon during the District 8 show July 30 at the Stearns County Fairgrounds in Sauk Centre, Minn. Christenson is the daughter of Tanya and Jason of Freeport. Her parents milk 55 cows with her grandpa Carl Schulzetenberg.

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The breed champions July 30 at the Stearns County Fairgrounds include – (from leŌ) Lauren Libbesmeier, of Watkins, showed for Jer-Lindy Holsteins; Carla Bromenschenkel, of Brownton, showed the Jersey, owned by Imaginary Dairy Registered Jerseys; Trevor Tuman, of Arlington, exhibited the Brown Swiss; Quiten ScoƩ, of LiƩle Falls, exhibited the Ayrshire owned by Starlight Acres; Mark Adamietz, of Wadena, exhibited the Milking Shorthorn; Anna Westerman, of Sauk Centre, exhibited the Guernsey; and Eric Rosen of Albany exhibited the crossbred.

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7550, 2010, 1344 cutter hours, 625HP, Pro Drive, RWA, Kernel Processor, Autolube ........ $249,000

7800, 2007, 1885 Cutter Hours, RWA, Pro Drive, Kernel Processor ......................................... $179,000

7780, 2014, 259 Cutter Hours, RWA, Pro Drive, Kernel Processor, AutoLube ......................... $369,000

7350, 2008, 625 Cutter Hours, RWA, 470 HP, Kernel Processor, 48 Knife Cutterhead ....................... $229,000

7800, 2006, 1817 Cutter Hours, 660 HP, RWA, Kernel Processor, Autolube ......................................... $165,000

7780, 2014, 425 cutter hours, 625HP, ProDrive, RWA, Kernel Processor, Autolube .......................... $349,000

7350, 2010, 1100 Cutter Hours, RWA, 7500, 2003, 2406 cutter hours, 470 HP, Kernel Processor 570HP, Autolube, Kernel Processor, ......................................... $219,000 48 knives ......................... $149,000

7780, 2014, 845 cutter hours, 625HP, ProDrive, RWA, Kernel Processor, Autolube .......................... $319,000

7850, 2008, 1600 Cutter Hours, 660 HP, RWA, ProDrive, Kernel Processor, Autolube ........ $210,000

7400, 2004, 2918 cutter Hours, RWA, 500 HP, Autolube, Kernel Processor ......................................... $144,500

7950, 2012, 694 Cutter Hours, 800 HP, RWA, ProDrive, Kernel Processor, Autolube ........ $299,000

7350, 2009, 1025 Cutter Hours, Kernel Processor, RWA ......................................... $209,000

6950, 1999, 2328 cutter hours, RWA, Kernel Processor, Rear Weights ........................................... $98,500

7580, 2013, 610 Cutter Hours, 625HP, Kernel Processor, Pro Drive, RWA, AutoLube ............... $299,000

7250, 2009, 560 Cutter Hours, 375 HP, RWA,Kernel Processor, AutoLube ......................... $196,500

6850, 1998, 3120 cutter Hours, RWA, 480 HP, Autolube, Kernel Processor ........................................... $98,500

7780, 2013, 1126 Cutter Hours, Pro Drive, Kernel Processor, AutoLube ......................................... $299,000

7750, 2008, 1600 Cutter Hours, 625 HP, RWA, ProDrive, Kernel Processor, Autolube ........ $195,000

6850, 1998, 3100 cutter Hours, 2WD, 480 HP, Autolube .............. $78,500

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7750, 2012, 1019 Cutter Hours, 625 HP, RWA, ProDrive, Kernel Processor, Autolube ........ $265,000

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â€˜15 Gehl RT210, dual H ctrls, D, 17â€? tracks, 3000 lift cap., C/H/A, 2 spd., heater, hyd. ďŹ‚oat-self leveling, 1200 hrs........... $41,500 â€˜14 Gehl RT175, ISO variable spd ctrls., D, eng. block heater ...................... $39,800 â€˜13 Gehl RT175, ISO/ dual hand, D, 2500 lift cap., C&H, 2 spd., 475 hrs ............ $34,500 (4) Gehl R220, various features Start at $26,250 â€˜14 Gehl R190, hand ctrls, D, 2100 lift cap, C&H, radio, 2 spd, 2159 hrs .. $26,250 â€˜14 Gehl R190, pilot ctrls, D, C&H, 2 spd, 2103 hrs............................. $28,500 â€˜14 Gehl R190, H ctrls, D, C/H/A, 2 spd, 3020 hrs............................. $23,950 â€˜13 Gehl R190, t-bar, D, 2150 lift cap., SS, block heater, 2100 hrs ............ $24,950 â€˜13 Gehl R190, JS, D, 2150 lift cap., 2 spd., C&H, 1089 hrs .................. $33,900 â€˜07 Gehl 7810, pilot ctrls., D, 3800 lift cap., C/H/A, 490 hrs., 2 spd................... $34,900 â€˜04 Gehl 7810, t-bar ctrls, D, C&H, 2 spd., 3800 lift cap., 3597 hrs ................. $21,900 â€˜11 Gehl 5640E, T-bar H-ctrls, D, 2200 lift cap., SS, 2600 hrs .......... $20,500 â€˜07 Gehl 5640, pilot ctrls, D, 2200 lift cap., C&H, 2 spd., 2506 hrs. ................. $22,500 â€˜04 Gehl 5640, T-bar ctrls, D, 2200 lift cap., SS, 3905 hrs ................................. $16,500 Gehl 5625SX, H ctrls, D, 1700 lift cap., C&H, 3832 hrs .............................. $12,500 â€˜12 Gehl 5240 P2, T-bar ctrls, SS, 1900 lift cap., wt. kit, 2526 hrs .............. $21,900 â€˜13 Gehl 5240E P2, T-bar ctrls., D, 2100 lift cap., counter wts., SS, 2050 hrs ... $26,900 â€˜13 Gehl 5240E P2, pilot/JS, hand ctrls, 2150 lift cap., C&H, D, 2 spd., power Q-tach, block heater, 2600 hrs........ $27,500 â€˜12 Gehl 5240E P2, T-bar ctrls, D, 1900 lift cap, SS, 2950 hrs ........... $18,500 â€˜04 Gehl 4840, H ctrls., D, 1700 lift cap., heat, SS, 5478 hrs ........................ $13,500 â€˜99 Gehl 4835SXT, H crtls., D, C&H, 1700 lift cap., 2900 hrs .................... $12,300 â€˜13 Gehl 4640E, P2, T-bar ctrls, 1750 lift cap, SS, 2700 hrs ......................... $22,900 Gehl 3310, T-bar H ctrls, H ctrls,G, 750 lift cap., SS, 54â€? bkt., 2230 hrs ... $5,100 â€˜12 Gehl 4240E, T-bar ctrls., D, C&H, 1500 lift cap., 1700 hrs........ $18,700 â€˜14 Mustang 2600R, H&F ctrls., D, C&H, 2 spd., 2600 lift cap., 625 hrs ............ $37,400 â€˜15 Mustang 2200R, JS ctrls., D, C/H/A, 2 spd., 2200 lift cap., 985 hrs ............ $33,900

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â€˜13 Mustang 2200R, H crls, C&H, 2 spd. D, 2200 lift cap., 250 hrs. .................. $32,500 â€˜05 Mustang 2109, h/ft ctrls, C&H/Air, 2 spd, 1401 hrs............................. $28,900 â€˜06 Mustang 2076, H/F ctrls, D, 2200 lift cap., C&H, SS, 2100 hrs . $22,900 â€˜10 Mustang 2076, pilot ctrls, D, 2200 lift cap., C&H, 1600 hrs., 2 spd. ......... $26,800 â€˜08 Mustang 2076, D, 2400 lift cap., C/H/A, SS, 912 hrs., dual JS ctrls ............ $29,900 â€˜10 Mustang 2066, H/F pedal ctrls, D, 2000 lift cap., C&H, SS, 750 hrs $21,500 â€˜10 Mustang 2066, H&F ctrls., D, C&H, 2 spd., 1083 hrs., 2000 lb. lift. cap. .... $26,900 â€˜07 Mustang 2066, H/F ctrls, D, 2000 lift cap, C&H, 1725 hrs......... $20,900 â€˜13 Mustang 2056, H/F ctrls, D, 1900 lift cap., C&H, 2 spd., 1401 hrs .......... $28,900 â€˜08 Mustang 2054, D, SS, H, 1750 lift cap, 6200 hrs. ................. $10,300 â€˜99 Mustang 2050, T-bar ctrls, 1650 lift cap., D, 4623 hrs., C&H, SS.............. $11,900 â€˜11 Mustang 2044, t-bar ctrls, D, 1550 lift cap., C/H, 1515 hrs .................. $18,700 â€˜08 Mustang 2041, Gehl ctrls., D, C&H, 1350 lift cap., 2550 hrs ................. $15,750 â€˜15 Mustang 1900R, H&F ctrls, D, 2100 lift cap, C&H, 2 spd., 54 hrs ............... $34,900 â€˜11 JD 326D, H/F ctrls, D, 2550 lift cap, C/H, SS, 5800 hrs ......................... $24,200 â€˜00 JD 240, H/F ctrls., D, SS, 1500 hrs. ........................................$15,200 â€˜85 Case 1845B, dual H ctrls., D, 1700 lift cap., 6961 hrs ................... $8,500 â€˜07 Case 435, H-ctrls., D, 2300 lift cap., C/H, SS, 2750 hrs ......................... $18,850 â€˜85 NH L785, H/FT ctrls., D, 2050 lift cap., C, SS, 6935 hrs. .............................. $8,900

TRACTORS

â€˜72 International 666, 2 whl., 69 hp G, 7823 hrs ......................................... $7,900 â€˜45 International H, 26 hp, 540 pto.. $1,995 â€˜49 JD G, 6.8L eng., 2 cyl., 12 volt, 2WD, 34HP drawbar ................................. $3,500

TELEHANDLERS

â€˜05 Gehl RS6-42, JD dsl., 6600 lift cap., 4WD, 2884 hrs.............................. $35,000 â€˜07 Gehl CT7-23T, JS ctrls, D, 7000 lift cap., C&H, 6000 hrs...................... $31,900 â€˜04 Gehl DL8L44, JS ctrls, D, 8000 lift cap., 2 spd., 5787 hrs................................... Call

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â€˜01 Gehl DL6H40, JS ctrls., D, 8000 lift cap., C&H, 4448 hrs........ $24,900 â€˜14 Manitou MLT625, JS ctrls, 75 hp D, 4WD, 5500 lift cap, 19â€™3â€? reach, C/H/A, 2 spd., 1800 hrs............................... $59,500 â€˜95 Gehl 553, 80 hp, D, 6000 lift cap., 5400 hrs .......................................... $20,500 â€˜05 Mustang ML68, 75 HP D, cab, 10â€™8â€?

USED TMRS/MIXERS

â€˜10 Penta 3020 SD, 540 pto, 320 cu. ft., 4â€™ RH front/side conveyor, 9â€? rubber ext., scale ......................$21,000 â€˜07 Penta 6720HD, 725 cu. ft., 8â€? rubber ext., front right corner door, Digi-Star scale, Tornado augers ...................$26,500 â€˜04 Penta 5600, 600 cu. ft., EZ 2000V scale, corner door .........................$17,500 â€˜05 Penta 4110, 400 cu. ft. .............$14,500 â€˜06 Penta 4110, 450 cu. ft., 8â€? rubber ext., 4â€™ RH stainless Steel conv. ............$16,500 â€˜08 Penta 5620HD, 600 cu. ft., 8â€? rubber ext., right corner door ...................$23,500 â€˜08 Roto-Mix VXT865, 860 cu. ft., 21500 lbs., RH conveyor......$18,500 As Is â€˜08 NDE 2802, EXV 2500 scale, step down ďŹ‚oor, rear discharge & front conveyor discharge .......................$28,500 Knight Mfg. 3030, scale, 3 auger discharge .........................$11,500 Knight Mfg. 2250, 200 cu. ft. ...........$6,500 â€˜11 Kuhn Knight VTC 1100, LH slide tray, rear commodity door, 2 remote scales, mounted to 2012 Peterbuilt 367 w/40,619 miles, 66,000 GVW, 10 spd., transmission, front mount hyd. drive, 1100 cu. ft...................................$134,000 â€˜99 Supreme 500, LH dog leg conveyor .......................................$13,000

MANURE HANDLING

â€˜03 Kuhn Knight 8140, 800 bu./4000 gal. ...........................$21,700 â€˜04 Kuhn Knight 8140, 4000 gal., 700 bu., hyd. lid, hinged on left, priced as is.....................................$23,500 â€˜03 Kuhn Knight 8140, 4000 gal., 700 bu., hyd. lid, hinged on left .....$29,900 â€˜12 Kuhn Knight 8141, 4100 gal, hyd. lid $42,900 Knight Mfg. 8040, 4000 gal./700 bu., hyd. lid, hinged on left, priced as is ....$19,500 â€˜99 Knight Mfg. 8024, 500 bu............$12,900

MANURE HANDLING

Kuhn-Knight 8132, 3200 gal ............$20,500 â€˜08 Kuhn-Knight 8132, front and rear splash guards ................................$23,500 â€˜05 Kuhn Knight 8118, 1800 gal., 400 bu., auger ďŹ‚ighting good cond. .............. $14,900 Kuhn Knight 8118, 1800 gal. ........... $12,000 NH 185, 287 bu. ................................. $4,200 â€˜10 Kuhn Knight 8118, 400 bu., 1800 gal ............................ $14,900 â€˜08 Balzer V6, liq. manure pump, 1-3/8 1000 pto, 6â€? discharge, 8â€™ depth, agitate option ...................................$6,500 â€˜05 Balzer 4200 Magnum, 4200 gal. ........................................$17,500 Balzer 3350, 3350 gal., injectors, hyd. drive .........................................$7,895 H&S 430, 430 bu. ..............................$8,400 â€˜09 H&S 175, 175 bu., single beater ....................................$5,100 â€˜08 H&S HP550, 550 bu., horiz. beater ...................................$18,900 â€˜89 H&S 430, 430 bu., upper beater, T-rod chain.......................................$4,750

HAY & FORAGE

Gehl 980, 16â€™ w/12 ton tandem gear, H&S 6-12 running gear ...................$6,950 Gehl 980 bu., 16â€™ box, 12 ton tandem, vari-speed drive ...............................$5,500 Gehl 970, 16â€™ box, tandem running gear.................................................$4,300 Gehl 960, 16â€™ box .............................$2,500 Gehl 910, 16â€™ box, MN 12 ton tandem, rear unload......................................$3,500 Gehl CB1250, hay head only .............$3,950 NH 144 std. conveyor, no ext., ground driven .................................$3,900 NH HT154, 12 whl. rake....................$9,800 â€˜12 Teagle 8080WB, 5â€™ x 6â€™ Round bales, self loading .........................$24,500 â€˜10 Teagle 8080WB, processes 5â€™x6â€™ bales, self loading .........................$23,000 Vermeer Top Gun, processes 5x6â€™ bales.....................$15,500 CIH 600, 60â€? blower .........................$5,300 Badger BN2054, 54â€? forage blower .....$895 â€˜84 Badger 950, 16â€™, tandem, 12T MN running gear .......................$4,150 â€˜09 JD 468SS, 4â€™x6â€™ bales, net wrap and twine, Mega Wide plus P.U., silage special, 14,000 bales ....................$24,900 JD 640 PT rake, 9â€™, 5-bar, rubber teeth ....................................$1,800

HAY & FORAGE

â€˜12 Kuhn GA300GM, 7â€™3â€? raking width, 10â€™6â€? with windrow, 3 pt. rotary rake .... $5,300 Kuhn GA300, 7â€™6â€? raking width .........$3,100 â€˜15 Kuhn GF222T, 2 rotor, pull-type, 8â€™6â€? working width ..........................$3,150 â€˜15 Sitrex RP5, 440 lbs., 138â€? width, 5-55â€? wheels .......................................... $1,595 â€˜15 Kuhn GMD600GIIHD, 7â€™10â€? ........$8,600 H&S Super 7+4, 16â€™ box ...................$6,300 â€˜11 H&S BF1460, 14 whl .................... $13,000 2) Parker 2500, 350 bu., 12â€? ext. ....$2,400 ea. â€˜90 Meyer 500TSS, 16â€™ box, 12 ton tandem, bunk ext., pintle chain ............................ $6,250 â€˜89 Meyer 600, 18â€™ box, MN 13 ton gear, 20â€? unload ext........................................ $3,750 â€˜07 Meyer 4518, 18â€™ box, 16T Meyers X1604 running gear, variable spd., cross conv. ext. .................................... $14,750 Gehl 800 chopper w/hay head ..........$2,995 Valmetal H5600, process bales up to 5x5.......................................$18,900 â€˜15 Anderson NWX660, wraps 5x5â€™ bales, Farm King Combo pkg., remote stop and steer, hyd. X tractor ........$26,500 â€˜12 Anderson TRB2000, 20 bale cap., elec./hyd. ctrls., self-loading, self-unloading ...............................$29,950 â€˜10 Krone SW46T, 540 pto, 15â€™ ........$6,900 â€˜08 Frontier WR1216, 18 whl, 2 whl ext. added on, up to 36â€™ working width, center kicker whls, 55â€? whls, inid. rake whls, hyd. lift and fold...................$13,900 Woods S50CD, 20â€™ width ................$10,500 Flat Rack/Hay Rack, 7-2/2â€™x11-1/2â€™, 6 bolt rims .........................................$695

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Bobcat concrete hammer. .............. $4,200 Berlon BSC, lifts full rd. bales ............ $450 â€˜14 Everst 5700 84â€?, 3 blades, 7 guage deck, 1-1/2â€? to 4-1/2â€? cutting height ............................................ $1,985 Agrimetal 525, 25 bu., Honda 160CC motor ..................... $2,500 â€˜05 Agrimetal 530, 30 bu., GX160 Honda, hydrostatic, cross conveyor, dual delivery, front steer ............... $2,950 Buhler 6010, 60â€? width, 2 stage, manual spout ................................ $1,350 Edge 500862, 72â€? snow blower w/rotation and spout deďŹ‚ector ...... $4,100

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