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Volume 20, No. 22
DMC offers relief for industry Small farms to benet most from new program By Jennifer Coyne jenn@dairystar.com
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As President Donald Trump signed the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 into law on Dec. 20, Steve Schlangen saw hope for himself and the dairy community. “We thought the last farm bill was good, but it turned out to be a op,” said Schlangen, who attended the signing at the invitation of U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson of Minnesota, ranking member of the House Ag Committee. “This new bill went the other way. It will help all farms some, but smaller farms the most.” Schlangen and his wife, Cheryl, dairy farm near Albany, Minn.; Schlangen serves as chairman of Associated Milk Producers Inc. and on the National Milk Producers Federation Board of Directors. In this role he has had the opportunity to provide input on government programs, such as the previous Margin Protection Program for Dairy and the newly created Dairy Margin Coverage. Updates to the farm bill were given overwhelming support in Congress and now those in the dairy industry are anxious for its implementation. The most notable change for dairy farmers is the discontinuation of MPP and start-up of DMC, a risk management tool more reective of current industry trends. “MPP for dairy producers is discontinued as we know it. … They changed the name; they rebranded it,” said Dr. Marin Bozic, University of Minnesota. “This really will be a new program in terms of its effectiveness and ability to help dairy producers.” Bozic presented information on the farm bill during a webinar, “2018 Farm Bill: Implications for Dairy Producers,” co-hosted by I-29 Moo University and Minnesota Milk Producers Association Dec. 27. While the formula to calculate a margin payment under DMC remains the same as was MPP, coverage options Turn to FARM BILL | Page 6
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Froehlich saves the day
DHIA tester performs CPR during a farm visit By Danna Sabolik
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ELROSA, Minn. – Early on a Friday morning Darcy Froehlich was on a usual milking visit to perform DHIA testing when her instincts were tested. On Dec. 14 around 5 a.m., Bruce Felling was drinking his morning cup of coffee and reading the paper when he began experiencing chest pains. “I thought I should be by people, and I knew my daughter-in-law was milking in the barn outside,” Bruce said. That is the last thing he Turn to FELLING | Page 5
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Millville dairyman uses new system after parlor re in 2017 By Krista Kuzma
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Sco� Sexton sprays off one of the two robo�c milking units on his 120-cow dairy near Millville, Minn.
MILLVILLE, Minn. – Although a parlor re was devastating, Scott Sexton’s dairy has rebounded. “We had to make a quick decision,” Sexton said. “Because of the construction schedule, nobody would have had time to build if we didn’t gure it out quick.” Scott Sexton His choice for a parlor replacement? Robots. Since August 2017, Sexton has been using two Turn to SEXTON| Page 7
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A glance at what’s inside Happy New Year! The beginning of a new year usually gives people a feeling of a fresh start. We think many people in the dairy industry are feeling the same, and are happy to see 2018 in the rearview mirror. While the dairy economy is still struggling as we enter 2019, there are glimmers of hope such as the signing of the new farm bill, which we covered on the front page. However, before moving forward we look back on the top news stories from 2018 on pages 10-13 in rst section. Jennifer Coyne highlighted a month-by-month By Mark Klaphake recap of the biggest topics we covered throughout the Editor past year ranging from re updates and changes made on farms to Margin Protection Plan progression and commodity insurance for dairy information among other stories. This issue also featured stories talking about ways to add value to dairies. The Millers are now in the cheese business. This summer, the young couple started an on-farm creamery, Little Red Dairy, making cheese curds on their 220-cow farm near Theilman, Minn. They said it was their way to diversify their dairy and set it up to be successful for potential future generations. Governor Tim Walz and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan spent the rst part of January announcing several commissioners for Minnesota. We joined them as they named Thom Peterson as the Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture Jan. 3 at the Sorg family’s dairy near Hastings, Minn. Turn to pages 23 and 25 in rst section to read more about the visit and who was all named to serve as the state’s commissioners. In ongoing testing, ve more animals from a dairy farm in Dane County have tested positive for bovine tuberculosis (TB) since the disease was rst detected in a carcass during a routine inspection in October. The total number of conrmed cases now numbers six. Read on page 22 in rst the results of testing and whether this will affect other dairies in the area. As we dive into 2019, we want to continue bringing you news coverage that is both informative and entertaining. If you ever have a story idea, please share with us by emailing Mark (mark.k@dairystar.com) or dropping us a message on our Facebook page.
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Lincoln Clay
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ConĆ&#x;nued from FELLING | Page 1 remembers that morning. Bruce has no recollection of bundling up or making his way down to the barn, much less calling for Tessie, his daughter-in-law, or collapsing in her arms. Tessie Felling was milking with Froehlich as they were doing DHIA testing in the barn that morning for the herd near Elrosa, Minn. “I heard Bruce calling my name, but when I looked for him he wasn’t there,â€? Tessie said. “So I stuck my head out of the barn and as soon as I saw him I knew it was bad. He looked scary.â€? Tessie called for Froehlich and a couple other employees who were milking with them and together they were able to lie Bruce down on the ground. That is when Froehlich took charge. “My dad had just gone into cardiac arrest over Thanksgiving and my brother-in-law is an anesthetist so I was right there hanging on to Dad when he was performing emergency medicine,â€? Froehlich said.
“I don’t know where I’d be today if Tessie hadn’t caught me and Darcy hadn’t been there to get me going as quickly as she did.� BRUCE FELLING, DAIRY FARMER
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and her husband, Brandon, who lives just up the road and is on the local ďƒžre department. Froehlich was able to get Bruce’s heart pumping again and the Emergency Medical Services told her to stop compressions and wait for help to arrive. “It was really scary and it all happened so fast,â€? Tessie said. “It wasn’t minutes. It felt like seconds and everything was slow motion.â€? When EMS arrived, Bruce was taken 15 miles to the Sauk Centre hospital by ambulance. Once there he had a seizure so was then airlifted to a St. Cloud regional hospital, where he stabilized and later woke up confused. “I had no idea where I was or where my clothes had gone,â€? Bruce said. “Once I was caught up to speed I was so grateful for Darcy and Tessie for what they did for me.â€? Bruce spent six days in the hospital and is doing better now, but remains weak and is in physical therapy twice a week. “I don’t know where I’d be today if Tessie hadn’t caught me and Darcy hadn’t been there to get me going as quickly as she did,â€? Bruce said. Tessie was shook up about the whole event, but is so grateful Froehlich was there and knew what to do. “I never thought I’d have to call 911,â€? Tessie said. “You hear about it and you never think you’ll actually do it. Everything happens so fast so you have to stay calm because you have to take care of the person.â€? One of the ďƒžrst things the doctors told Bruce was that he had broken ribs and to commend Froehlich for doing such a good job with the compressions. Applying the correct pressure and force to chest compressions should result in broken ribs. “I just saw what needed to be done and did it,â€? Froehlich said. “I like to think it’s what anyone in my situation would have done.â€? Bruce feels the same. “It’s a miracle,â€? Bruce said. “I will deďƒžnitely be out in the barn for the next testing and I suspect that will be emotional.â€?
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the market.” The nal improvement in this risk management tool is the option to use it with others, such as Livestock Gross Margin for Dairy or Dairy Revenue Protection. Also, those who were unable to participate in MPP 2018 because they were enrolled in LGM will have the chance to retroactively participate in MPP for the months they were unable to last year. With these changes, DMC is designed for Tier 1 participation. However, there is no clear incentive to sign up for Tier 2 coverage. “You should enroll all you can in Tier 1 coverage and anything above that could be locked in at $4 coverage in Tier 2 or use CME Futures and Options, LGM or forward contracting,” Bozic said. To decide if DMC is the right risk management option, Bozic provided an example using $9.50 margin coverage and current feed costs to calculate an estimated milk price oor. In 2019, the average feed ration costs are projected at $8.55 per hundredweight, and if the highest margin coverage is chosen then the national average all milk price is $18.05 per cwt. “Don’t hold me to this; this is a number that is the best approximation …” Bozic said. Schlangen reviewed the program and its potential relief to the dairy industry and is pleased with the price protection. “Even with trade maybe taking $1.50 out of the milk check, this is going to help everyone through the process,” Schlangen said. “This is really going to be a good program for those of us who have hung in there. It’s not just good for us, but for the future and those wanting to get started dairy farming.” However, DMC is not a catchall solution to the waning dairy prices. “I’m happy about all the people who will get some breathing space and may not be as anxious in 2019 as we’ve seen in 2018,” Bozic said. DMC caters to a farm’s rst 5 million pounds. For those farmers with more production, they will need to be more proactive in ne-tuning their risk management strategies, considering multiple ways to protect their milk. “This is a good example of what we can accomplish if we all work together,” Schlangen said. “We’ve been at this for four years now and there is nally a light at the end of the tunnel.” Enrollment for DMC will not begin for a few months yet, but once available will remain open for 90 days and payments will be made retroactive to Jan. 1. Until then, farmers should evaluate their operations and select strategies that best t their needs.
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ConƟnued from SEXTON | Page 1 robots to milk his herd of 120 cows on his dairy near Millville, Minn. In February 2017, a re caused by a block heater on a skidloader destroyed the double-5 and double-4 herringbone parlors on Sexton’s dairy. At the time, Sexton was milking about 100 cows. The day of the re, the Stelling family, who owns a neighboring dairy farm, offered the use of their parlor and to house Sexton’s cows. Although Sexton had to make a quick decision about how to proceed, he had enough time to look at a few robotic facilities in the area to help make a decision – parlor or automated system? “We thought [robots] would be way too expensive, but I wanted to nd out a little bit about them,” Sexton said. “It turned out to be only a little bit more [expensive] than a parlor.” He liked the idea that robots would be less labor intensive, and he would not have to worry about nding hired help. “Right now, it’s just me and my dad with occasional help to feed calves or drive tractor,” said Sexton, who owns his herd, but rents the farm and land from his dad, Dwaine, and uncle, Don. Sexton rst worked to rebuild the freestall barn, using the same footprint but with a slightly taller roof this time. “Everything got torn out, but the concrete and the feed bunk running down the middle stayed,” Sexton said. Not having to pour as much cement helped keep the cost down. He made a small change to the stalls, allowing for deeper
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In his freestall barn, ScoƩ Sexton was able to keep the concrete, but rebuilt the structure aŌer a re destroyed the previous barn and parlors on the dairy near Millville, Minn. sand bedding to improve cow comfort. After the barn was nished, Sexton moved his cows home in April and milked the herd in a temporary straight-12 parlor with ramps on each side. Then work started on the robot area. The robot room, milkhouse and ofce were put into a small addition on the end of the barn replacing where the parlors once stood. By Aug. 7, 2017, the robots were installed and ready for use. Sexton and Duane rotated 12hour shifts for the rst several days. “And, we had a lot of help,” Sexton said. The cows quickly adjusted, despite robots being the fourth
milking system they had been through during a six-month period. Before the re, the cows had been milking about 75 pounds per cow per day. Right after the blaze, that number dropped by 10 pounds. The production slowly increased when the cows returned home. Now the herd averages close to 90 pounds of milk per cow per day with an average number of milkings per day at 3.4. Sexton has learned these numbers can be affected by how many cows are in the barn. For awhile, the milking herd numbered 130. “It was too full,” Sexton said. “I ended up with more fetch cows. Now it’s back
down to 120, and it’s making a difference. The timid cows are getting in there quicker.” Sexton appreciates the amount of information that comes along with having robots. “You get to know the cows better, where in the parlor you only got to know problem cows,” Sexton said. “In this, you see their numbers and are walking through them to fetch cows. So, I see them every day.” Flexibility with his schedule is another benet to this way of milking cows. “I don’t have to be out there to milk at a certain time,” Sexton said. “Most mornings I’ll help get the kids ready and walk out the driveway with them to get on the bus at 6:45.”
He also managed to attend more evening family events with his wife, Jasmine, and their children, Rylie, 12, Helen, 8, Lucy, 7, Henry, 5, and William, 4. Recently, he has been able to attend many of his daughter’s evening volleyball games. “I could get the fetch cows before I went or when I got back,” he said. But the exibility has not changed the amount of time he spends in the barn. “It’s still full days for us,” Sexton said. “There’s still plenty to do, especially now that we milk a few more cows.” It also does not change the fact that someone has to be near the farm at all times to eld calls from the robot if there is a problem. “I get a call every few days,” he said. “It might be a ve-second x or other times it’s a bigger x like an air valve.” Sexton said it is challenging learning all the ways the robot needs to be xed. “There’s so much to them,” he said. “I’m still learning what’s causing the problems. It’s nice to have technicians on call 24/7. They can usually talk me through it.” Although Sexton said the current state of the dairy economy makes being in the industry tough, he sees robots as the future. “If you’re going to be milking cows, this is a positive,” he said. “This is the way to do it.” Robots allowed his dairy to bounce back.
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An improved dairy safety net Dairy farmers will receive an improved safety to this farm bill. It was a completely different net in the new farm bill. The Margin situation ve years ago. “There was so Ag Insider Protection Program will be rebranded much division between the National as the Dairy Margin Coverage Program. Milk Producers (Federation) and the “The coverage levels become even International Dairy Foods Association higher, and the premium rate structure and when that happens, it is hard for becomes more favorable for farmers Congress to come to an agreement on of all sizes,” said Chris Galen, senior anything. This year, the dairy industry vice president of members services was united and I think that’s why and strategic initiatives, National Milk we ended up getting what we got.” Producers Federation. “There will be a Schlangen acknowledged Minnesota discount on future premiums if farmers Congressman Collin Peterson for his sign-up for the full ve years, as well as work on the dairy title. premiums paid this year. The premiums on catastrophic coverage levels for More protection for dairy farmers By Don Wick larger producers are signicantly With the new farm bill, the Margin Columnist reduced.” The DMC program also Protection Program is being replaced expands exibility for dairy farmers, by Dairy Margin Coverage. Premium allowing them to fully participate in the Livestock levels are reduced and coverage levels increase to Gross Margin and Dairy Revenue Protection $9.50 per hundredweight. There are also discounts programs. The benets of the new program will be for consistent use of the program. University of retroactive to the beginning of 2019, with sign-up Minnesota Extension dairy economist Marin done through USDA. Bozic said this provision will help dairy farmers. “If I was a dairy producer, I would not think twice Good news for dairy farmers and rural about going with $9.50 and I would probably communities commit to the next ve years.” Bozic was part of The dairy title in the new farm bill is being a webinar hosted by the Minnesota Milk Producers called a victory for small dairy farms. The new Association to educate farmers about the new Dairy Margin Coverage expands margin protection program. coverage up to $9.50 per hundredweight on a farm’s rst ve million pounds of production. There is more Walz picks Petersen to lead MDA exibility in the program with reduced premium Minnesota Governor-elect Tim Walz costs. Associated Milk Producers Incorporated has selected Thom Petersen to be the state’s chairman Steve Schlangen, who was part of the next agriculture commissioner. As the current farm bill event, said this program is good news for government relations director for the Minnesota dairy farmers and rural communities. “For producers Farmers Union, Petersen is a familiar face at the with ve million pounds of production and under, state capitol and at farm events across the state. their banker will know that if they take care of their Petersen has been with MFU since 2002 and has a operation that they’ll be alright because they’ve got hobby farm at Pine City. this coverage that will protect them.” Schlangen said the dairy industry was unied in its approach
Petersen pick praised Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation Executive Director Chris Radatz said incoming Agriculture Commissioner Thom Petersen has a broad range of experience and will serve agriculture well. “With Thom in that role, he really is above the learning curve that some commissioners might experience; Thom has been at the table when programs have been developed.” Kelliher Anderson takes DOT post Transportation Commissioner-designate Margaret Anderson Kelliher has a unique background; raised on a dairy farm in southern Minnesota and representing Minneapolis in the state legislature. Moving to the Department of Transportation, Anderson Kelliher is calling for balance. “Infrastructure should be one of the things that is not an ideological, political issue.” A gas tax may be part of the solution. “We have about a $6 billion scal cliff coming out into the next 8-10 years where we won’t have enough money to even maintain the system we have,” Anderson Kelliher said. “The gas tax is one of our largest tools in our tool box and we can’t ignore it because the bulk of it goes to our roads and bridges.” Anderson Kelliher has been reaching out to farm leaders and plans to spend time visiting rural Minnesota to have the conversation about transportation. Poppe outlines priorities In the current economic environment, Minnesota House Agriculture Committee Chair Jeanne Poppe believes farmers need a helping hand. That would include “farm mediation, legal assistance, farm advocates; if we could increase the money going to that, we could increase the services provided.” Poppe said the Legislature also needs to address farm stress and mental health issues. Turn to AG INSIDER | Page 9
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MN native to lead Colorado Ag Department The incoming governor in Colorado has named his pick for the agriculture commissioner job. Kate Greenberg is a Minnesota native who has been the western program director for the National Young Farmers Coalition. In that role, Greenberg has advocated for policies that promote land, water and climate stewardship. DFA to purchase Agropur plant Dairy Farmers of America is acquiring Agropur’s St. Paul, Minn. facility. This processing plant manufactures a variety of fresh, extended shelf-life and aseptic dairy products for major supermarket chains. This deal is expected to be nalized in early January.
Trivia challenge There are numerous theories about the tradition of leaving milk and cookies for Santa on Christmas Eve. It is generally thought the tradition began during the U.S. Great Depression when parents used it as a teaching tool about sharing. That answers our last trivia question. What country leads the world in milk consumption? We’ll have the answer in the next edition of Dairy Star. Don Wick is owner/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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The past 12 months were bearish with Class III milk prices the lowest since 2014, coupled with ineffective federal assistance policies and a difcult growing season for many dairy farmers across the region. But for the punches the dairy industry took, there were also moments of hope for the future. With the new year underway, Dairy Star reected on the milestones that shaped 2018 and propelled the industry into 2019. January The year began with suppressed milk prices to the tune of $14 per hundredweight; however, for dairy farmers in the Upper Midwest, their milk check reected an earning far less than the national average. Across states in the Upper Midwest, milk production soared, yet processing capacities were limited. Likewise, some cooperatives paid less than federal minimum by blending costs back into the pay price to farmers. This trend would be recognized again later in the coming months. Last year was dened by policies, beginning Dec. 22, 2017 when the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was signed into law. Throughout the rst weeks of January 2018, farmers and accountants worked to understand the revisions. DPAD was repealed and replaced with a 20 percent deduction on Qualied Business Income and Section 179 increased to $1 million and a $2.5 million threshold for purchases; these were two of the more notable changes. The law was further dened in the omnibus spending bill passed in March 2018. Section 199A was modied to allow cooperatives to determine deductions based on the former Section 199, while farmers selling to independent buyers may determine deductions according to the current law and farmers selling to their cooperatives may claim deductions on their milk sold. Cooperative farmer-members also receive a limited pass-through deduction, according to the International Dairy Foods Association. January would not pass without one Wisconsin family losing a portion of its farm to a re. On Jan. 13, a re, which began in a dryer, consumed the kitchen and ofce area and parlor and holding area on the Dettmann family’s farm near Johnson Creek, Wis. The blaze temporarily displaced the Dettmanns’ 525-cow milking herd. In three-months time, the parlor was rebuilt and small changes were made to the housing facility to improve cow comfort while the animals were away. By April, the Dettmann family was milking cows again. “It was a quick rebuild, but it felt like eternity for us,” Mike Dettmann said. “We’re continuing to rebuild the ofce area, but we wanted to get the cows’ facilities done right away. They came rst.” February With 2018 Class III milk futures bleak, and prices reaching a new low of $13.40 in February, the federal government proposed changes to both the Margin Protection Program for Dairy and Livestock Gross Margin in the federal spending bill signed by President Trump Feb. 9. The revisions raised the catastrophic level of Tier 1 in MPP-Dairy, adjusted Tier 1 production; reduced premium rates; and calculated margins monthly, among other smaller changes. Dairy farmers would later have a 90-day enrollment period, in which they could retroactively sign up for MPP beginning January 2018. Within LGM-Dairy, the annual nancial cap of $20 million was eliminated. These changes provided $1.2 billion in baseline spending for the 2018 Farm Bill and also gave some relief in the months to follow; but neither would become more than a short-term x for the growing troubled dairy economy. The month came to an end with a thrilling announcement from Agropur. The cooperative held a groundbreaking ceremony Feb. 27 for a $250 million expansion at its cheese plant in Lake Norden, S.D. Such a project warrants 85,000 additional dairy cows to meet the facility’s new processing capacity of
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Tim Czmowski, midwest regional operaƟons vice president for Agropur, addresses the crowd at the cooperaƟve’s groundbreaking ceremony Feb. 27 in Lake Norden, S.D. 9 million pounds of milk per day. Previously, the plant could process one-third that amount. The expansion is on schedule to be completed by March, with an additional two years needed to reach full production. March Although dairy farming is achievable in most any location across the United States, the Upper Midwest is home to an ample feed supply and strong infrastructure, which attracts many to the region. Norman and Nicole Guisewhite are no exception, having moved to Minnesota from Pennsylvania in 2014 to pursue a dairying career. Last March, the Guisewhites furthered their aspirations and purchased a 100-cow dairy on a rented farm site near Mayer, Minn. “Starting a business no matter what is tough and it’s been a challenging year, but being it’s our rst year and being able to pull through and pay everything [despite low milk prices] makes us feel pretty good,” said Norman during an interview last spring. Since then, the Guisewhites have continued dairying. In September, they purchased a farm and Turn to 2018 | Page 11
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Larry and Nancy Shover’s century-old Ɵestall barn is destroyed from a re April 10 at the couple’s dairy farm in Dehli, Iowa. began milking 220 cows with four robots near South Haven, Minn. “It’s been a busy end of year and a huge learning curve for us,” Nicole said. “While it has been a rough go, with feed and milk prices and the adjustments we’ve had to make, overall it’s been good. We came to this farm for the potential it could be and are looking forward to that.” April Every year, the United States Department of Agriculture collects data on milk hauling charges in the Federal Milk Marketing Orders. Last April, 2017 data was released, causing a stir in the already frustrating market. Dairy farmers were noticing an increase in hauling charges. While charges rose, and for reasons such as distance to the processing plant or competition for milk, the report also indicated hauling costs may not have increased, but rather were noted differently in the milk check. The report indicated two types of hauling charges – simple average and weighted average, with weighted taking into account the volume of milk. The data was also collected with the understanding that dairies are charged differently – a at dollar amount per hundredweight or per hundredweight with a stop charge. Changes to the industry were not only apparent at the farm level. In April, the former Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board changed its name to Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin and underwent a complete rebranding. The push for change was made in attempt to easily explain the Wisconsin group’s mission – to engage with consumers and create trust surrounding dairy farmers and foods. DFW’s rebranding was accompanied by a fresh logo for Wisconsin Cheese. Like the organization’s vision, the goal in changing designs was to promote more Wisconsin cheese purchases and bring awareness to cheese production in the state. In Iowa, one family had a spring to remember – or perhaps one they would rather forget. On April 10, Larry and Nancy Shover’s century-old tiestall barn was destroyed from a re that originated in an adjacent shop. For the time being, the Shovers relocated their 84 milking cows to a second farm site. Eight months following the barn re, the Shovers continue to milk their herd at the neighboring farm site. Following the tragedy, the herd struggled with high
somatic cell counts as they transitioned from sand bedding to a bedded pack in the other housing facility. In time, the cull rates have become less drastic, milk production has been recaptured and components remain strong. The Shovers are busy with clean up surrounding the barn and are looking forward to what the future may hold for their dairy. “We’ve been more than pleased with the local support of Iowa’s dairy community and that of the wider dairy community,” Larry said.
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May As 2018 brought about challenges for U.S. dairy farmers, the same was true for dairy farmers overseas. Last spring, farmers in the European Union were still responding, on farm and industry wide, to the abolishment of the quota system in 2015, which resulted in mass overproduction and a plunge in producer prices. A drop in demand for European milk product and the United State’s unprecedented production growth also played a factor. The European Union implemented a union-wide voluntary production cuts program to combat the poor markets. Participation in the program was vast and the region was able to reduce production by 1.8 billion pounds. This was a shortterm solution to a larger, worldwide problem. In the future, the European Milk Board hopes to establish a crisis instrument that observes and reacts to market signals to stabilize the market and incentivize changes in production. June June Dairy Month began with the Spink Colony of Frankfort, S.D., celebrating the grand opening of their new dairy processing facility. The event took place June 1, highlighting a variety of cheese products Käsemeister Creamery makes from their 85-cow Holstein herd. The building, which took two years to construct, includes a retail shop that overlooks the processing area, allowing customer to watch cheese being made. Celebrating dairy continued when Todd Speltz, Minnesota dairy farmers and the grocery store chain Hy-Vee worked together to promote the dairy industry in southeast Minnesota. Throughout the month, $4,800 worth of dairy products was distributed to local consumers who participated in the campaign. Its success during the Turn to 2018 | Page 12
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Sarah Thacker, markeƟng coordinator for Hy-Vee grocery stores in Rochester, Minn., and Todd Speltz, a dairy nutriƟonist in southeast Minnesota, work with the grocery store to promote June Dairy Month last summer. month of June warranted a continuation as the calendar ipped to July. “Hy-Vee always supports local farmers and with it being National Dairy Month we’re super excited to partner with … the local farmers that supply milk to our stores every day,” said Sarah Thacker, marketing coordinator for the Rochester, Minn., Hy-Vee stores, last summer. July In 2018, the dairy industry saw a boom of new technologies aimed to make milking cows more efcient. One of those technologies was a robotic rotary parlor. First present in Canada, when the technology became available in the United States, few dairy
August Throughout the summer, tensions built between key international trade partners as President Donald Trump pushed for fair trade agreements. Results of the brash interactions were steep tariffs placed on U.S. products, including dairy, being exported to Mexico and China, and the markets quickly responded. While milk prices dropped, they rose again as international leaders worked to develop trade agreements, particularly the United States-MexicoCanada Agreement. Talks were not enough to boost the markets, so the federal government distributed relief to sectors affected by the tariffs. Unfortunately, when the $12 billion aid became available only $0.12 per hundredweight went towards dairy. Tariffs are still in place, but China has begun purchasing soybeans and dairy exports to Mexico were up 25 percent, according to the United States Dairy Export Council. September For the rst time in the industry, dairy farmers were given the opportunity to purchase commodity insurance for their milk. The development of Dairy Revenue Protection was a collaboration between the American Farm Bureau Insurance Services, American Farm Bureau Federation and universities to assist farmers with a risk management option that solely focused on revenue from milk sales. DRP works similar to crop protection insurance policies where milk revenue guarantees are based on class futures, milk production and market-implied risk. Also, this program could be paired with other
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ConƟnued from 2018 | Page 12 October After a devastating fall storm passed through southern Minnesota in late September, the Meyer family spent much of the next month planning to rebuild fallen structures on their 120-cow dairy near Kenyon, Minn. The freestall barn and robotic milking room needed to be replaced from irreparable tornado damage. “Once the cows were moved, we focused on regular chores and harvest while also being in full clean up and construction mode,” Alan Meyer said. Meyer and his family opted to replace the old technology with two Lely Astronaut A5 milking robots. On Jan. 2, 100 cows returned to the farm and now the Meyers’ dairy is fully operational. Within four days of returning, about 80 percent of the herd was retrained on the robots, Meyer said. With the barn complete, the family plans to nish construction on the machine shed and feed mixing area this spring. November As milk production continued to push processors to capacity, Associated Milk Producers Inc. decided to upgrade one plant to meet the growing demand to produce more Cheddar cheese. The cooperative’s Paynesville, Minn., location was renovated with seven new cheese vats that replaced 1970s-era equipment. This improvement facilitated an increase of Cheddar cheese production, processing 3 million pounds of milk per day compared to the previous 2.4 million pounds. In December 2017 another processing plant installed the same cheesemaking technology. Of its 10 processing locations, the Paynesville plant is the cooperative’s fourth to undergo improvements. While some cooperatives sought additional processing capabilities, others underwent different changes to retain patrons and a market for the milk. As November came to an end, Hastings Cooperative Creamery and Plainview Milk Products Cooperative prepared for a merger Dec. 1. The merger was due in part to Hastings Cooperative Creamery’s need to nd a new outlet for product, particularly the excess uid milk. The cooperatives now operate under Plainview Milk Products Cooperative’s by-laws and daily processing at each plant are remaining the same for the
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From Our Side Of The Fence If you could promote dairy products, how would you do it? Melissa Tangen Litcheld, Minn. Meeker County 80 cows
Michael McAndrews Sauk Centre, Minn. Stearns County 320 cows Describe your involvement with dairy promotion. I serve on the Stearns County American Dairy Association board and have for nine years. In addition, I’ve served a similar timeframe as a co-chair for the Central Minnesota Dairy Day, which promotes youth to be involved in dairy farming. Describe the most effective promotion your association does. Over the last few years, our board has made a strong effort to do more classroom visits with our dairy princesses and ambassadors in elementary schools. This encourages children to learn about where dairy products come from as the princesses and ambassadors tell their personal stories. Additionally, we have done sporting game promotions in schools to refuel athletes with chocolate milk as well as offer delicious dairy treats for spectators. However, our county fair ice cream stand gets us in front of the largest number of people and allows us to showcase so much of what our dairy industry has to offer. If you could promote dairy products on a regional or national level, how would you do it? I would initiate a campaign that would support more at-home meal preparation and family dinnertime, along with other checkoff organizations, to emphasize the importance of healthy eating with dairy products. If you could choose a celebrity or well-known person to represent the dairy industry, who would it be? Every mother inuences their child’s habits, and we need those habits to include milk and dairy products. Moms never go out of style. What is one dairy product that needs better promotion? Although past research suggests lack of uid milk sales with uid milk promotion, whole milk needs better promotion to allow milk drinkers to experience increased avor in their milk and take butterfat off the market. Trade up your milk top for a red top promotion. What is your favorite dairy product? Cheese; it goes with everything. Tell us about your farm. We milk 320 Holsteins. I am most excited about working on a new manure separation system and converting to sand bedding.
Gene and Shelly Gatewood Svea, Minn. Kandiyohi County 66 cows Describe your involvement with dairy promotion. We are board members with the county ADA. Describe the most effective promotion your association does. It could be a couple different things, but John and Sandy Erickson, board members, hand out chocolate milk at the end of area races. It is really appreciated by the runners. If you could promote dairy products on a regional or national level, how would you do it? If you could somehow keep it personal with farm visits and one-on-one with heads of companies. I think dairy farmers telling their story and showing what they do is priceless. If you could choose a celebrity or well-known person to represent the dairy industry, who would it be? I don’t think most celebrities today would be worth the cost to get them to represent dairy. To me, most would be unbelievable. Maybe Paul Harvey, because he was liked and respected. What is one dairy product that needs better promotion? Whole milk. If people would really give it a try, I think people would realize how good it tastes. What is your favorite dairy product? Cold milk. Tell us about your farm. We milk 66 cows, feed out most of our steers and raise our own heifers. We have 350 acres of land and pasture. Growing corn, oats and alfalfa. We are farming with our son, Jordan, and have started transitioning to him. He will be the fourth generation on the farm. We also have an on-farm store selling cuts of beef, lamb and whole chickens. We also sell quarters, halves and whole steers when customers prefer. During the summer, we are at several markets. Meeting people gives us a chance to tell our story, promote our products and our family farm. People really do like knowing where their food comes from and meeting the farmers who raise it.
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ConƟnued from OUR SIDE | Page 15 Megan Kregel Guttenberg, Iowa 400 cows Clayton County Describe your involvement with dairy promotion. My involvement with dairy promotion began as our county Little Miss Squirt, then dairy princess. I remained active in college as the emcee for the Clayton County Dairy Banquet, then ofcially joined the committee after graduating from Iowa State University. Currently, I serve as the media chair, which involves social media posting and press releases along with collecting and writing biographies for banquet award winners. Additionally, I serve as one of the superintendents for the Clayton County Youth Dairy Show. Describe the most effective promotion your association does. In early 2018, the Clayton County Dairy Promotion Committee began getting more involved with our local food shelf. We are very happy to say we provide 24 gallons of milk every week to families in need. Funding for this project is provided by ice cream sales from our Dairy Bar at the fairgrounds. The committee thought it was our duty to help provide real milk to families in our communities. This milk campaign will continue into the foreseeable future; the committee also provides additional dairy products during the holidays. If you could promote dairy products on a regional or national level, how would you do it? Midwest Dairy’s recent interactions with people at the Today Show and Times Square in New York City were great ways to reach a large consumer audience. I believe that any time we can put a face to our products and have real interactions between farmers and consumers it’s a win. On a regional level it’s great to provide as many on-farm opportunities as possible. If you could choose a celebrity or wellknown person to represent the dairy industry, who would it be and why? As corny as it sounds, I think farmers should be labeled as celebrities; after all, we are our best spokespeople. Farmers certainly don’t get the credit they deserve for the work done to provide safe, wholesome and nutritious products at the most affordable price in the world. We should receive celebrity status; however, if you’re looking for a real celebrity, I would choose Mike Rowe. He is incredibly supportive of farmers, pro-GMO and has shared real stories from farms. What is one dairy product that needs better promotion? Why? Years ago I would’ve said butter is the most underrated dairy product, but now I believe chocolate/avored milks need to take center stage again in every school lunch program. The Trump Administration has started the process by bringing back lowfat chocolate milk, but there is a lot of value to full-fat dairy products that consumers (especially kids) are missing out on. What is your favorite dairy product? My favorite dairy product is, by far, ice cream. You will always nd it in my freezer no matter the time of year. Tell us about your farm. My family farm consists of 400 milk cows and 2,200 acres. I am the sixth generation on the dairy, working alongside my parents, sister and brother. My dad and brother operate the cropping aspect of the business,
Brenda Conley Neosho, Wis. Dodge County 60 cows Describe your involvement with dairy promotion. In 2004, our farm hosted the Dodge County Dairy Brunch, and I have been on the committee ever since. In the fall of 2017, an opportunity opened up for me to become the ofcial dairy ambassador for the county within the committee. As dairy ambassador, I go to schools, local events, farmer’s markets and organizations to talk about the dairy industry and help promote anything dairy related. I am also in charge of our Facebook page. Describe the most effective promotion your association does. Our most effective promotion is our annual dairy brunch. We hold it on the rst Sunday of June at different dairy farms in our county. We usually serve over 1,800 people. It is a lot of work to organize it, but it shows the public how a dairy farm actually works and all of the aspects that go into dairy farming. If you could promote dairy products on a regional or national level, how would you do it? In today’s society, everything is basically technology driven. So, getting out to promote dairy products via TV, radio and social media would be the way to go. Everyone is also looking at the newest and upcoming trends and trying to develop dairy products and/or use existing products that would t into their lifestyles would be key.
Kristin Schrimpf Goodhue, Minn. Goodhue County 475 cows Describe your involvement with dairy promotion. My husband, Ken, and I have been on the Goodhue County ADA board for about seven years. I’ve been the treasurer for three years. Our family is involved with planning the breakfast on the farm, working the county’s malt booth, driving the dairy princesses in Goodhue’s Volksfest parade and helping provide dairy products for events, especially ones involving young people. Our county has also helped sponsor high school sports scoreboards for schools in Goodhue County. We have dairy farmers who are not on the board who help with activities, including serving milk to athletes after high school games. Describe the most effective promotion your association does. Our breakfast on the farm has really grown. We’ve served over 1,500 people per year for the last few years. There’s so much work that goes into this, but it’s very rewarding to see both kids and adults learning and appreciating what goes into producing safe and nutritious food.
If you could promote dairy products on a regional or national level, how would you do it? I don’t have any new ideas. I think the Got Milk promotion was very good years ago. As a dairy farmer, I love the Undeniably Dairy If you could choose a celebrity or well- logo. Anything that is catchy and reknown person to represent the dairy minds people to keep using dairy prodindustry, who would it be? I’d like to ucts is a good thing. see Blake Shelton help represent the dairy industry. Not only is he a down- If you could choose a celebrity or home country boy, but he’s funny and well-known person to represent the likable. He is well respected, but yet nor- dairy industry, who would it be? mal people, like myself, can also relate to Oprah Winfrey. I don’t know how she him from how he grew up. feels about dairy, but she seems positive and has a big platform from which What is one dairy product that needs she can promote things. better promotion? Fluid milk. More people are having to change their diets What is one dairy product that needs because they can’t handle milk, but there better promotion? Milk. Seeing how are plenty of real milk alternatives now many different plant-based products that some people may not know about, are labeled milk in the grocery store, I like milk with the A2A2 gene. By letting wonder if people really understand the the consumers know there are more real difference. It would be good to have an milk alternatives, they no longer need to easy-to-read nutritional poster next to cut uid milk from their diet. We need to all those beverages. better show the consumers what ingredients are in real milk versus plant based What is your favorite dairy product? alternatives. I like milk because no other drink goes so well with every meal. What is your favorite dairy product? Cheese. I am willing to try about any type Tell us about your farm. We milk and avor of cheese there is. In Dodge 475 cows, raise our heifers and grow County, we have over seven cheese our own feed on 800 acres. We have a plants that make all kinds of cheese. I es- good crew of 10 full- and part-time empecially love fresh mozzarella and cook ployees, most of whom have been with with it often. us between ve and 20 years. Our six kids all helped on the farm growing up: Tell us about your farm. My husband Merribeth, 28, the art teacher in GoodChris and I with our two daughters, Mck- hue, married to Cameron Peterson with ayla and Paige, farm on Chris’s grand- daughter Leighton, 8 months; Ross, 26, mother’s farm. The farm consists of 174 married to Mikayla and expecting a acres. Our herd is named High-Gem Hol- baby this June; Jeremy, 25, construction steins and Normandes. We milk 54 cows project manager in Rochester, Minn.; and work about 120 acres planting hay, Michaela, 24, works at a vet clinic in corn and sorghum. The remaining land is Red Wing, Minn., and married to Wypastures and woods. We pasture the cows att Gadient; Brett, 21; and Mitchell, 18. from about May until November. Brett and Mitchell still help at home. At the start of this year, we formed a new partnership, Schrimpf Family Farm, while I work with my mom and sister to LLC, that helped bring Ross into the manage the cows and youngstock. The operation. We hope to host breakfast on cows are milked with six Lely robots and the farm this year. the herd is made up of Jerseys, Holsteins and crossbreds.
Jonna Schutte Monona, Iowa 140 cows Clayton County Describe your involvement with dairy promotion. I have been a part of dairy promotion for most of my life by hosting local farm tours, being active in 4-H, FFA and dairy princess activities, and participating in the Dairy Science Club at Iowa State University. More recently, I have been on the Iowa Division Board of Midwest Dairy since 2014 and am nishing up my rst year as secretary of the group. Additionally, I have been a part of our county promotion group for several years, co-chairing the royalty committee and now having kids old enough to become royalty. Describe the most effective promotion your association does. I feel strongly about many aspects of dairy promotion. At the top of the list, I really like that Midwest Dairy is trying to help dairy farmers tell their own story. Dairy wouldn’t exist without the farmer and it’s our job to tell people what we do and why we do it. Google and PETA aren’t the experts, but without the help of our own organizations, often our small voices in rural America can’t be heard. Along with telling our story is the importance of engaging and connecting with the consumer, not telling them they’re wrong for what they feel and believe. It’s a delicate process and I am thankful to be in an organization that is leading by example on this. If you could promote dairy products on a regional or national level, how would you do it? I would want to interact with two groups of people to whom I feel very strongly connected: kids and their moms. I could spend all day in schools spending time talking farm with kids or on the farm giving tours, but I would also want to talk with moms about their food choices because I get where their hearts are and why they are making some of their choices. If you could choose a celebrity or well-known person to represent the dairy industry, who would it be and why? There are so many people I’d love to slap a milk mustache on, but if I had to choose, I think I’d go with Luke Bryan. I love that he does concerts on farms and sings about farming. And then, maybe my daughter could meet him and let him know that his “Here’s to the Farmer” ends without thanking the girl farmers, too, since she’s been worried about that since she was 3. What is one dairy product that needs better promotion? Why? Cottage cheese because it has a powerful package of high protein and low sugar. It is great in a fruit smoothie for a quick and easy snack, especially for those who don’t like its texture otherwise. What is your favorite dairy product? Cream cheese because it makes cheesecake. Tell us about your farm. My husband, Lance, and I, along with our four kids, ages 2 to 10, own and operate Jo-Lane Dairy, milking about 140 Holstein and Brown Swiss cows in northeast Iowa. We farm about 300 acres, growing corn, alfalfa, oats and rye.
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Consistent ration helps Dickes be protable Dicke Century Farm Lyle, Shannon, Charlie and Jay Dicke Goodhue, Minn. Goodhue County 195 cows
Do you contract your milk? Has it been successful for you? We do not contract our milk.
What is your current herd average, butterfat and protein? Our rolling herd average is 30,668 pounds of milk with 1,209 pounds of fat and 974 pounds of protein.
Describe your housing and milking facility. Cows are housed in a four-row, naturallyventilated freestall barn. Prefresh, post-fresh and dry cows are kept on loose bedded pack with access to pasture in good weather. The herd is milked in a double-9 parallel parlor.
How many times a day do you milk? If you don’t milk 3X a day, have you tried it in the past? We milk twice a day.
What is your herd health program? Cows are vaccinated at 20-60 days in milk with Express and J-5. At dry off,
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What does your dry cow and transition program consist of? Dry cows are dried off 60 days
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14.28 pounds of protein mix with dry corn. We used to use a lot of baleage, but we couldn’t get a consistent particle length. Now, we can put haylage up a lot faster and it is less stressful. Putting up 30-ton bulk bins has made mixing faster and reduced waste. Feeding young ryelage has boosted components. Through the years you’ve been farming, what change has created the biggest jump in your herd average? Delivering a consistent ration along with the Juno feed pusher going around 17 times a day has caused the greatest jump. What role does genetics play in your production level and what is your breeding
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24R22 , Frame: Flex Fold, Metering System: Vacuum, Hopper: Central Fill System, #154547 .........................................................$56,000 6 JD DB66, 2013, 36R22, Hopper: Mini, #150714 .......................................$188,000 14 Kinze, 2000, #155343................................................................................$15,540 8 Wil-Rich 24-22, 2009, 24R22, Metering System: Vacuum, Hopper: 1.6 Bushel, Row Command, #139224 ...........................................................................$49,500 11 JD 1750, 1999, 6R30, Frame: Rigid, Metering System: Finger Pickup, #153700 .....................................................................................................$19,800 8 Case IH 900, 12R30, #150606 ..................................................................... $8,900 PLANTERS: INTEGRAL 8 JD DR24, 2018, 24R22, Metering System: Vacuum, Hopper: Central Fill System, Row Command, #150773 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Five animals from a dairy farm in Dane County have tested positive for bovine tuberculosis (TB) since the disease was rst detected in a carcass during a routine slaughter inspection in October, bringing the total number of conrmed cases up to six. The farm was immediately quarantined following the initial tuberculosis discovery, preventing animal movement onto or off the farm – a restriction that will remain in effect for a minimum of two years. The herd is in the process of a test and removal plan, which includes bi-monthly testing of the entire herd, followed by additional verication and assurance tests. Any animals that react to the initial tuberculin skin test must be removed from the farm. As of now, 48 animals have been required to leave the herd. Positive TB test results will likely extend the quarantine. Tracing animal movement to and from the farm within the last ve years is also part of the investigation as it helps identify possible at-risk herds. The trace in and trace out process is ongoing with 3,071 animals having been tested so far. These animals have received the rst tuberculin skin test. At this time, 89 traces have been created with 32 of those completed. This means that 89 animals have been identied as either coming onto or moving out of the TB-affected herd in the last ve years, and of those 89 animals, 32 do not require further investigation. The herd is believed to be infected by a former employee of the farm who had been diagnosed with tuberculosis in 2015. Genetic sequencing of the strain found in the carcass at slaughter matches the strain of this worker. Whole genome sequencing completed on samples from four test positive animals removed during the rst herd test also match this strain of TB. However, this data is still considered preliminary and complete sample analysis for the herd is ongoing to conrm all possible sources of infection. Free of tuberculosis since 1980, Wisconsin continues to maintain its TB-free status due to Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection’s thorough investigation and containment of the current outbreak. TB has been isolated to just this one herd; no other cases of TB have been reported. Tuberculosis is a chronic respiratory disease affecting both animals and humans. TB is slowgrowing, taking months or even years, for symptoms to emerge, and oftentimes not until the disease has reached an advanced stage. Infected animals that appear healthy can still spread the disease to other animals, however. Weakness, loss of appetite, weight loss, uctuating fever, intermittent hacking cough, diarrhea, and large, prominent lymph nodes are the most common signs of TB. Although contagious, TB does not spread easily. It cannot be spread through the wind to neighboring farms and is typically only introduced to a herd through direct contact with other cattle, the most common way being the purchase of an infected animal. Dairy farmers are encouraged to practice good biosecurity at all times to control and prevent the spread of disease. Only buy animals from an accredited TB-free herd, and be sure to test new animals prior to purchase. Always clean trailers, clothes and boots between visits to other farms and shows and limit access to your herd.
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during the game. They know that on the long term this strategy creates more wins than losses. There are many similarities between being successful coaching football games, playing poker and farming. Many outcomes are out the control of management. Focusing on preparation and making the best decision possible does not guarantee positive outcomes, but greatly improves the probability of success. Three other tools that can improve decision-making include using a partial budget and business management strategies called pre-mortem analysis and red-team analysis. A partial budget is a simple tool to look at the nancial impacts of a decision. This tool works well when considering decisions such as switching to three times a day milking or implementing a new reproduction synchronization program. It is simply comparing the positive nancial impacts (improved income and reduced costs) to the negative nancial impacts (increased costs and reduced income). It is sometimes difcult identifying and quantifying all of the costs. If you need a partial budget spreadsheet template, let me know and I can send you a copy. Pre-mortem analysis is appropriate for largescale projects such as a major expansion. Pre-mortem analysis is a process where the management team imagines that the project has failed. They brainstorm potential reasons the project failed and discuss the likely risk of each reason occurring. This allows management to brainstorm potential risk mitigation plans. Research showed businesses that used pre-mortem analysis were often able to identify potential risks that allowed them to develop contingency plans. Similar to the pre-mortem analysis, red-team analysis is appropriate for large scale projects. In this analysis, a team is identied to analyze the project. This team can be internal to the farm, but it is sometimes better if the red team is two or three competent, unbiased, trusted advisors who are willing to be brutally honest. The red team identies potential problems, risks and bugs in the plan. The goal of this analysis is to help management see any potential downside and the reason the plan might not work. This allows management to make improvements to the project. Achieving the results that farm businesses desire is sometimes frustrating. Using energy to develop processes proven to lead to positive results is more productive than xating on results. Using tools such as partial budgets, pre-mortem or redteam analysis can result in better decisions.
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Let’s talk mental health
time with the cows. - Accomplishment is the feeling of achievement, success and mastery. Contemplate the areas of your life where you nd achievement, success and mastery. Again, it can be something simple. I encourage people to try to nd at least one thing from the ve above that they can focus on every day. If you can do more, even all ve, great. Wellbeing is a big thing, but it is achieved in little ways. By focusing and building on these little aspects every day, we can ensure we are our best selves and in the best position to help others. We are all trying to be our best selves, and we are all strong in our own ways. However, even the most resilient people can, at times, succumb to circumstances outside of their control. The number of factors farmers face every day is staggering, and sometimes it can be too much. There are many behavioral and physical signs of stress. Some of the behavior signs include a loss of interest, irritability, poor concentration, feeling sad, feeling anxious, relationship problems, and increased smoking and/or drinking. Physical signs of stress include poor sleep, weight loss or gain, chest pain and poor hygiene. If you notice these symptoms in yourself or someone else, it can be hard to know what to do. If you are worried about your own stress or mental well-being, know you are not alone. Talking to someone about how you have been feeling is a great rst step in nding help and getting better. You can reach out to a loved one, friend, clergy member or your medical provider. You can also contact a mental health counselor. If you are concerned about someone else, it can be hard to bring it up to them. However, bringing it up will let them know you care about them and are concerned, and can be a step towards them getting the help they need. If you are not sure what to say, below are three simple Reaching R hi out to someone can statements and questions mentalhealth.gov be difficult, but it could be the from that can help you start the first step towards recovery conversation. The great thing about each of these is they and finding help. put the person in a position where they can respond in a number of ways; they are the time to make sure we are at our not being forced to discuss something best. Positive psychology is a way to do they do not want to. that. By focusing on positive emotion, - I have been worried about you. engagement, positive relationships, meaning and accomplishment (known Can we talk about what you are as the PERMA model), we are able to experiencing? If not, who are you comfortable talking to? really thrive. - I am someone who cares and How can we act on those ve wants to listen. What do you want me attributes listed above? In simple ways, to know about how you are feeling? each day. - It seems like you are going - Positive emotion is all about the through a difcult time. How can I help experience of positivity. Ask yourself you to nd help? what positive emotions (like joy, hope, Our mental health and well-being pride, amusement and love) you have can be uncomfortable to discuss, but felt today, and how you can expand on by sharing honestly and openly about it them. - Engagement is being completely and our concerns, we are able to foster absorbed in activities. Reect on the comfortable conversations. Reaching times you experience ow or being so out to someone can be difcult, but it could be the rst step towards recovery engaged that distractions fall away. - Positive relationships are being and nding help. If you are interested in additional authentically connected to others. resources on this topic or would like Think about the people you share your to talk, you can contact me at 320best and worst times with; the people 255-6169, Ext. 3 or krek0033@ who know you and understand you. - Meaning is a sense of purposeful umn.edu. You can also call the free, existence and direction. Consider the condential Minnesota Farm and Rural things that get you out of bed in the Helpline 24/7 at 833-600-2670. If you morning. It does not need to be anything would like more information on the lofty, it can be as simple as seeing the resources available, visit https://www. sun rise, eating good food or spending minnesotafarmstress.com.
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Midwinter manliness
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Antibiotic treatment decisions for mastitis
There are only a handful of antibiotics approved we count no growth as a result, it turns out the most an organism. So, simply because the milk looks bad, for treatment of mastitis in the United States. Most common cause of clinical mastitis in most countries it does not mean treatment is likely to work, and if of them have been available for many years, and it today is no growth. The next most common organisms the milk still looks bad after treatment it does not has been many years since any new treatments have are coliforms (mostly E. coli and Klebsiella) or non- mean the treatment did not work. Even when the milk been approved. Considering these facts ag Streptococci. We should care about looks normal after treatment, it is not necessarily the one would think choosing an antibiotic Veterinary Wisdom this because treatment of clinical mastitis case that the treatment worked because most of the to treat mastitis for any clinical case should be directed at cows that are likely time milk will return to normal, usually in 4-6 days, would be simple, and that the optimal to benet and not to those that are not. This whether there is an organism present or not. choice probably has not changed much makes economic sense on the farm and In the past, it was also thought that performing over time. It turns out that nding the represents better antibiotic stewardship. sensitivity analysis on milk cultures could help guide optimal choice is not simple, and that the It is also true that the optimal antibiotic treatment decisions. Today, most experts agree there optimal choice has indeed changed over choice will vary depending on what is is little value in sensitivity testing for routine mastitis. time. There is an excellent review of this isolated, and that many isolates will not It is also true that some cows will respond more topic by Ruegg in the November 2018 respond to antibiotic therapy no matter poorly even when infected by an organism that should be responsive to antibiotic. According to Ruegg, only issue of Veterinary Clinics, Food Animal what is chosen for treatment. Practice. Much of the information in this For example, we know that 20 to 33 percent of cases are likely to benet from column comes from that article. bacteriologic cure rates for Staph aureus non-specic antibiotic treatment. Thus, what really By Jim Bennett Mastitis is dened as inammation are typically 25 percent or less, while matters is the organism, or lack of organism, and the Columnist of the mammary gland. Most of the time treatment for environmental Streps and cow. Treatment decisions need to be based on the that inammation is caused by a bacterial non-aureus Staphs would be expected organism, and protocols should be developed with infection. Cows get mild (grade one) or moderate to cure 65 to 75 percent of the time. We would also the input of or by the herd veterinarian. This is why (grade two) clinical mastitis about 85 percent of expect 75 percent or more cases caused by E. coli to on-farm culture has become so much more popular in the time, and severe clinical mastitis only about 15 cure. However, the rate of cure for non-treated E. coli recent years. Thus, in today’s world, most cases of mild and percent of the time. Severe cases may represent a real is about the same as for treated. While environmental moderate cases should not emergency and should be treated as such. However, Streps often respond to be treated on most farms. antibiotic treatment choices of the other 85 percent treatment, we also know Thus, iin today’s d ’ world, ld most The ones that should be require more scrutiny. that typically they have a Th treated might benet from Around the time of World War II, almost all poor spontaneous cure rate cases of mild and moderate different protocols based on cases of grade one and two mastitis were caused by and high rate of recurrence cases should not be treated the organism isolated. The Streptococcus agalactia and Staphylococcus aureus. As if not treated. choice to treat or not, and a result, antibiotic treatments and treatment protocols We also know that on most farms. what to use to treat is no were developed to treat these organisms. Indeed, to some environmental Streps this day, some antibiotic tubes only list causation by respond better to longer longer as simple. one of these two organisms as an indicated use on the antibiotic treatments, as does Staph aureus. Then Jim Bennett is one of four dairy veterinarians at label. As farmers got better at controlling these two there are a whole bunch of organisms that show little, Northern Valley Dairy Production Medicine Center in pathogens in the 1980s, coliform bacteria became if any response to antibiotic treatment such as yeasts, Plainview, Minn. He also consults on dairy farms in more common isolates from clinical mastitis. More Prototheca, Mycoplasma, Pasteurella, Trueperella, other states. He and his wife, Pam, have four children. recently it has been shown that the most common Pseudomonas, Serratia and others. 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It is the start of a New Year, full of promise, hope and the thrill of trying once again to organize a household, a barn ofce, calf supply room, farm shop and the list goes on. I laser my focus in on the tasks of doing a better job with the concept of getting organized every single year. My plan is simple. I channel the organizational guru, Marie Kondo. I could even re-read her book, “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up,” or watch her how-to Netix shows. I have been to organizing seminars. I know the four piles of organizCome Full Dairy Circle ing when sorting through a mess: toss, recycle, give away and keep. The keepers are supposed to be led neatly, tucked away in cute baskets, cloth bins or drawers where they can always be found efciently. Starting the year right was also covered when listening to early morning radio talk show during milking in early January. The hosts interviewed psychics who not only gave their 2019 predictions of weather and political perils, but some also included good advice for people seeking self-improvement in the year ahead. The guy’s name was inaudible due to the milking noise, but the message he gave was loud and clear. Seek to remove the blocks to success in achieving your By Jean Annexstad goals. He mentioned people who have stubborn perColumnist sonalities which could thwart their self-improvement efforts (who, me?). He urged listeners to seek intellectual motivation, ongoing education and spiritual development. He made it sound so doable. I was really red up to get going. Then my 20-something daughter who really likes organizing offered to help me get busy cleaning the house basement mess. Stuff is stacked all over on the oor down there, while the shelves hold boxes of old National Geographic magazines that will never be looked at again. Take everything off of the shelf and put it in one big pile in the middle of the room and then when you see all you have, it motivates you to get rid of things, my daughter told me. If we just get the stuff off the oor and onto those big shelves, it will not look like you are a hoarder, she added. Well, that was all the motivation I needed. I do like these ideas, but then there is a big mess that might take several weeks to actually sort into those four piles. So, we compromised and did one section of shelves at a time. It went well at rst, resulting in getting a big garbage bag full to toss and several boxes hauled to our county recycling unit. Things to keep were organized, labeled and stacked neatly on the shelves. There would actually be room on the bottom two shelves to store the Christmas snow village when it gets taken down. And, yes, some things are still in the middle of the oor, because then several calves were born. Others needed vaccinating, weaning and moving. There were trips to visit my mother’s, holiday parties to attend, daily laundry and cooking happened, and the basement was ignored. My hope is to get back down there before spring and work on other shelves. The entire house needs going through after the accumulation of 21 years of three children’s things, various boxes from parental homes and so on. Really, the reason I started thinking about putting things in order is because of farm tasks that I have put off for far too long. The desire stems from a need to keep better records of calf health, diagnosis, treatment regimens and outcomes. Calf health records are not well kept or entered into our record-keeping system, so we do not know if a heifer has had past health issues. Starting this month, I am using a treatment log to record calf health events. The next step will be entering all of the information into computerized records so they can be tracked over the animal’s lifetime. Beyond calf health records, we recently went over all of our dairy’s FARM program protocols to bring them up to date. The importance of having this paperwork current and in a place where everyone working with our cattle can refer to it cannot be overstated. People consuming our products may want to know how we handle our animals and keep them healthy. If we have a program in place to record all of the events, it can only help with this goal. Even if no one comes knocking on our barn door to ask to see our records, it is a good exercise to make sure we are all on the same page. The result is doing a better job. So, whether it is keeping calf health records or sorting through the piles of life that has happened, I am determined to plow through my stubborn roadblocks to success and keep chipping away in 2019. Jean dairy farms with her husband, Rolf, and brother-in-law, Mike, and children Emily, Matthias and Leif. They farm near St. Peter, in Norseland, where she is still trying to t in with the Norwegians and Swedes. They milk 200 cows and farm 650 acres. She can be reached at jeanannexstad@gmail.com.
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OWATONNA, Minn. – Jayne Dinse knows if her husband, Dwain, was still here, he would give a lot of the credit for their dairy farm to her. But Jayne would say the opposite is true. “He gave me credit for all this, but I always said it was him,” Jayne said. “He put the matings together and did the breeding and genetics and nutrition. I couldn’t h a v e done it Dwain Dinse without him. I did it for him.” Dwain died at the age of 57 Aug. 23 following complications from a heart valve replacement surgery, which was needed because of the calcication of heart muscles from radiation treatments received when he had Hodgkin’s disease in 1982.
Although Jayne kept milking the cows following Dwain’s passing, she is now hanging up the milkers following a 25-year career in the industry on her farm, Nu Dimension Dairy near Owatonna, Minn. Over the years, the Dinses liked to focus on quality genetics and bred their cows with top A.I. sires. This has been true even in the most recent months as Jayne dairied alone. “Dwain always said, ‘Our best genetics are coming,’” Jayne said. Because of this, Jayne had a hard time downsizing the herd during the fall months and calved in 20 cows and heifers since August. She looked forward to seeing cows that were bred to attain the perfect cow in the Dinses’ eye – a cow that demonstrated strong productive life, positive wellness and health traits, and had a well-attached udder. When mating cows the Dinses used the top Total Performance Index sire, looked at daughter pregnancy rates and bred for A2A2 milk.
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Jayne Dinse stands in the barn on her farm, Nu Dimension Dairy, near Owatonna, Minn. Although Dinse kept milking the cows aŌer her husband, Dwain passed away on Aug. 23, she decided to end her 25-year dairying career this month.
Jayne ended her milking career with 40 registered milking cows and 60 registered heifer calves, a much bigger operation than planned. Milk quality has also been a focal point for the Dinses, so much so that others within the industry gave
Dwain the nicknames, Mr. Health Traits and Mr. Somatic Cell. In the past few months, the herd’s somatic cell count ranged from 25,000 to 41,000. “I sense Dwain’s presence here when I’m milking. We’ve always had a good somatic cell count, but
it’s never been this good. I just know he’s helping me,” Jayne said through tears. “I haven’t had to treat a cow since before Dwain died,” Jayne said. “I don’t have time for treated cows.” Turn to DINSE | Page 35
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A hallway in Jayne Dinse’s house displays her dairy’s somaƟc cell count awards earned over the years along with pictures and momentos from the internaƟonal students the Dinses hosted on their dairy near Owatonna, Minn.
Throughout their dairying career, both Jayne and Dwain worked off the farm. Jayne is the director of admissions and nancial aid at South Central College in Faribault and North Mankato, Minn. Dwain worked as a large herd specialist and reproduction consultant in Minnesota, Iowa and South Dakota for Alta Genetics. “I was able to take a lot of the farm to my job to help people better understand agriculture,” Jayne said. “I would come to work and say I had a baby this morning and everyone would get excited.” The couple split the farm responsibilities. Jayne took on most of the day-to-day on-farm labor. Dwain made the mating decisions, did the breeding, formed the ration, ordered the feed and made other managerial decisions. “He couldn’t always be here because of his job,” Jayne said. “He was on the road in three states about three to four night a week.”
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But his health also made dairying difcult. “He tried to be out there. He loved the cows, but his health in recent years made it impossible,” Jayne said. “He had his pulse on what was going on out there in the barn.” It had always been Dwain’s dream to be a dairy farmer, Jayne said. “He always felt so bad,” Jayne said. “He always thought I worked too hard. He felt bad because he couldn’t physically do it. But, he was always helping me. We talked all the time about everything. He had a lot of windshield time so he would call me.” Although the couple never had children of their own, they hosted 15
international trainee students from 1999 to 2013. “They were like family to us,” Jayne said. The students helped with the day-to-day work on the dairy, but the Dinses felt strongly about giving them time for other educational opportunities. “They were here to learn not just to be laborers,” Jayne said. “All of them had the opportunity to go to school and learn ESL (English as a second language). I think that’s why we had such strong relationships with them.” The students also participated in many dairy related activities and events to be immersed in the American culture. In 2011, Dwain and Jayne traveled to South America to visit many of their past students and meet their families. Jayne said Dwain created strong relationships with many people he met and cheered on others to be successful, especially his clients and colleagues. “He never wanted to be in the limelight. It was more important about everybody else and helping them be successful. He wanted to help them improve their genetics,” Jayne said. “Even at our creamery or DHIA meetings, he never went up to get the awards. It was always me.” Although Jayne would like the farm to continue as a dairy, that most likely will not be the case. In dispersing the herd, Jayne reached out to clients and colleagues of Dwain’s. She is so happy youth from farms Dwain worked with selected a few cows and heifers for their beginning operations. The rest of the herd was sold to two brothers who recently entered the dairy business. “I want young people to have an opportunity to farm,” she said. “Dwain would have wanted that, too.” Although the past few months have been the most difcult without her other half, Jayne smiles when looking back on the memories of her dairy farming career with Dwain. “He was my everything,” Jayne said. “I don’t think there was a day he didn’t tell me he loved me. I’ve been so blessed. The life on the farm, the cows and Dwain.”
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What have you enjoyed most about dairy farming or your tie to the dairy industry? I love educating people on what a modern dairy is and what we are all about. I start with our love of the animals, and discuss our respect for the environment and how we have always been stewards of the land. I also talk about how farming is always changing. We are always learning and trying to do things better. To be more efcient is better for the land and the animals. We really want to do what is best. How do you stay connected with others in the industry? I try to attend conferences and take classes. Having worked outside the home prior to joining my husband and his family, I feel I still have a lot to learn, so connecting with other farmers and sharing ideas has greatly helped. Plus, social media, especially Facebook, is a great way to get a feel for what is going on in other parts of the country. Who is someone in the industry who has inspired you? Why? Dr. Poock. He is our former vet and is now the associate Extension professor at the University of Missouri. His patience and passion for educating people has taught me that even though I may not have been in this industry since the beginning doesn’t mean I can’t have a positive impact and inuence on what I do or who I speak with. If you could give a tour of your farm to a prominent woman in today’s society, who would it be and why? Queen Elizabeth. I think she has the right edge and voice to be a positive face for farming. Plus, I know the Queen has always thought she’d have made a great farm wife, so I know we would have her support and blessing. I think more than ever, we need champions in our corner – someone with a strong platform who isn’t afraid to be a voice for this industry. What is the best vacation you’ve ever taken? Explain. The best vacation we ever took was to Wyoming with our kids. We stayed in a cabin on a mountain side. We had no cell phone reception so it meant we had to unwind and reconnect with our kids. We got reception when we traveled into town, so we could stay connected if we needed to. It is very important to disconnect and have the time away. What better place than in the mountains? We always come back refreshed and ready to go. I haven’t been to a funeral where they’ve handed out an award to someone never missing a day of work and passing on time with family.
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Adam Brands Edgerton, Minn. Rock County 200 cows How did you get into farming? I grew up in dairying. I have worked on our family farm my whole life except for a couple of years during college. What are your thoughts and concerns about the dairy industry for the next year? We have to be able to make a prot or we can’t continue. This year is sort of a make or break year for us. What is the latest technology you implemented on your farm and the purpose for it? Our CowManager ear tag system. It keeps track of rumination, body temperature and cow activity. It has helped us a lot with our breeding program. What is a management practice you changed in the past year that has benetted you? We transitioned from selling Holstein bulls for herd sires to fattening our steers for the beef Tell us about a skill you posmarket. Selling fat steers has sess that makes dairy farming helped our bottom line. easier for you. I am pretty good at caring for calves. I can often What cost-saving steps have tell that a baby calf is sick beyou implemented during the fore he knows it himself. low milk price? We x things up instead of buying new. We What do you enjoy most about try to do as many things as pos- dairy farming? Watching a sible for ourselves instead of heifer calf grow up and take hiring it done. her place in the milk herd. How do you retain a good working relationship with your employees? We try to work with them. We let them know that it’s OK to ask for time off and explain to them how things work around here. Many of our employees feel like family to us.
What advice would you give other dairy farmers? Stick together. We can’t let the big corporations walk all over us. Keep sharing the message about the goodness of dairy products. What has been the best purchase you have ever made on
your dairy farm? Our vertical beater manure spreader. It does a great job of spreading manure and can even handle some of the frozen stuff. What has been you biggest accomplishment while dairy farming? Our cows Mindy and Charcoal were both named champion registered Holstein milk producers at the Minnesota State Fair. We also won rst and second place futurity at the Minnesota All-Breeds Convention.
government programs can help us. We plan to continue to improve our herd and maybe expand a little. We might consider robotic milkers if we knew that dairying would be protable.
How do like to spend time when you are not doing chores? I like to watch movies and spend time with my church family and friends. I do some cabinet work on the side and am currently making an end table from a slab of wood cut from the cross-section of a tree. I also enjoy attending the What are your plans for your World Dairy Expo. dairy in the next year and ve years? During the next year, we are going to see how the new
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