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A setup of his own Brunken purchases farm, renovates barn for herd
“There’s always been setbacks, but there are good things happening too.” Brunken started renovating right away, hiring people to update the barn while he and his girlfriend, Amberly, continued to milk in the rented parlor facility near Wisconsin Dells. By Abby Wiedmeyer The updates began with new stalls, abby.w@dairystar.com a barn cleaner, lights, fans, mattresses and gutter grates. REEDSBURG, Wis. – Benjamin The original tie stalls did not have Brunken is closing in on his rst year of mattresses, and Brunken was looking farm ownership. After renting for more to improve cow comfort. He rst tried than six years, Brunken now milks 55 a deep-bedding approach by attaching a Holsteins in a renovated tiestall barn 3-inch PVC pipe to the back of the stalls near Reedsburg. to hold in bedding, but with the center “The transition to ownership has walk about 6 inches lower than the stalls, come with a few learning curves,” said maneuvering the cows was difcult. Brunken, who purchased the farm, in“The stalls were always a mess,” cluding 36 tillable acres, in July 2020. Brunken said. “Plus, with that extra 3-inch step up to the stalls, there was always a problem getting the cows in.” After that failed approach, Brunken opted for stall mats with a light layer of sawdust bedding on top. Fans were replaced and now operate in a tunnel-ventilation fashion. Brunken also rerouted plumbing after discovering that one of the heifer sheds was plumbed through the neck rail in the dairy ABBY WIEDMEYER/DAIRY STAR Benjamin Brunken lls the feed cart Jan. 10 on his farm barn. “The neck rail near Reedsburg, Wisconsin. Brunken milks 55 cows on was wrapped in heat his newly renovated dairy farm.
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Benjamin Brunken stands by his dry cows Jan. 10 on his 55-cow dairy near Reedsburg, Wisconsin. tape the whole length of the barn so the water to the heifer barn wouldn’t freeze,” Brunken said. “We had that plumbed underground before winter.” Brunken thought that would be the end of his plumbing woes, but he was wrong. He discovered that the well was too close to the gutter to pass Grade A inspection, a situation that had always been grandfathered in for the previous owner. “It was too close by only 8 or 9 feet,” Brunken said. “The farm has two wells so we ran a line from the milkhouse to the well by the house for the wash cycle.” The existing milkhouse also failed inspection, with a 6-foot ceiling and walls that were buckled with age. Brunken
considered a few changes before deciding to have a new milkhouse built. “Once they jackhammered the old oor out, they found that the oor had been re-poured twice over the original one,” Brunken said. “It wasn’t even legal for me to have the bulk tank in there like that anymore. It had been grandfathered in before.” The new milkhouse boasts a high ceiling and a big utility room, and an overall better design for equipment to t in the room. “The milkhouse got built big enough so that we could add a bigger tank if we ever wanted to,” Brunken said. Turn to BRUNKEN | Page 5
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Troubleshooting mastitis
I-29 Moo University Winter Workshops focus on milk quality By Jerry Nelson
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BROOKINGS, S.D. – The I-29 Moo University Winter Workshop Series was held Jan. 11 on the campus of South Dakota State University in Brookings and Jan. 12 at Forster Community Center in Rock Rapids, Iowa. The main focus of the workshops was milk quality. One of the presenters at this year’s series was Dr. Derek Nolan, a teaching assistant professor and dairy extension specialist in the animal sciences department at the University of Illinois. Nolan’s presentation was titled “Troubleshooting Mastitis in Your Herd for Cleaner Milk.” “I grew up on my parents’ dairy farm in northeast Iowa where we milked 65 to 70 cows in a tiestall barn,” Nolan said. “When I was a teenager, I milked cows for a lot of our neighbors. Working with other producers when I was in high school is what got me interested in working with the extension service.” After earning a degree in dairy science at Iowa State University, Nolan attended Kentucky State University where he received his master’s and doctorate degrees. “While at Kentucky State, I started working on milk quality issues,” Nolan said. “My focus was the decision-making process and the economics of milk quality.” Nolan said that information is key to making good decisions. “If we’re not collecting information, it’s hard to make decisions or even know that there’s a problem. That’s why some form of recordkeeping is important. You need to know not just your herd’s (somatic cell count) but also the SCC of each individual animal.”
Every farm is different, and every farm has varying goals. “Some operators aim for a low average SCC for their herd, while others focus on clinical cases and antibiotic use,” Nolan said. “But a good place to start would be tracking your herd’s new infection rates and which animals are troublemakers. Programs such as PC Dart are good tools for Dr. Derek Nolan keeping tabs on the SCC of University of Illinois individual animals and the clinical infection rates of different groups in your herd.” Nolan said every dairy has some animals who will become clinical offenders. “You need to gure out what’s going on with those cows,” Nolan said. “Which group has the greatest number of new infections? Is it the fresh group, or is it the animals who are later in their lactations? You need information in order to be able to troubleshoot. The problem could be environmental, or it could be your equipment. Maybe you need to look at your milking parlor procedures.” Milk culturing is an important tool for managing mastitis, Nolan said. “A milk culture can give us much more information and deeper insights,” Nolan said. “It can help us discover what the problem is and if the mastitis is contagious. On-farm culturing is good but having your veterinarian do it is even better. And you don’t need to culture the entire herd. Your top priorities should be culturing the fresh cows and cows that have either chronic or clinical mastitis.” Nolan described a case where a milk culture revealed some startling information. “One particular cow that we cultured had a high SCC in three of her quarters,” he said. “The uninfected quarter had a SCC of only 15,000, while one of her in-
fected quarters had a SCC of 1,484,000. Her two right quarters, both of which had a high SCC, were infected with two different types of bacteria. We wouldn’t have known any of this if we hadn’t cultured each quarter separately.” Nolan stressed the importance of using records to help with mastitis management. “Information is great, but we have to know how to use it,” Nolan said. “You need to set benchmarks and stay true to the goals of your farm. The more details in your records, the better management decisions you can make. Being competitive and shooting for a low average SCC for your herd is ne, but a low SCC might not tell the whole story.” Nolan said he once worked with a producer whose herd had a SCC that always hovered slightly above the 100,000 mark. “The producer suddenly began to have a problem with klebsiella mastitis infections,” Nolan said. “By going through their records, we were able to nd trends and see which cows were becoming systemically infected. They had been using a dry cow therapy on a selective basis. They were making their dry cow treatment decisions based on the animal’s SCC throughout her lactation and whether or not she had ever had clinical mastitis. What they were missing were the cows who were getting infected with Klebsiella during the last month of their lactation. They began to take milk cultures two days prior to dry-off and treat their animals based on the result of the culture. This greatly reduced their problems with Klebsiella infections.” Nolan said mastitis is a complex disease that can have a huge effect on a dairy operation’s bottom line due to milk production losses and reduced milk quality premiums. “Milk quality goals have to be specic to individual farms,” Nolan said. “You cannot troubleshoot if you do not measure. Consider the total nancial impact of mastitis when you make management decisions. And don’t be afraid to ask questions and seek out advice, especially when you are dealing with something that is unfamiliar to you.”
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Once all the renovations were complete, Brunken was able to move cows in February 2021 and trained his parlor cows to stand in the tie stalls. This came with its own set of challenges. When the cows were rst tied, they would pull back on the neck chains. Brunken realized the chains were too long when the cows were standing almost completely in the center walk behind them. “I was terried of having the collar too tight on a cow but eventually we had to tighten them up and wrap the chains around the neck rail to prevent all that happening,” Brunken said. The cows were also novice to trainers. “I would go through and get all the trainers set, and they would stand there and hit them until they knocked them
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down,” Brunken said. Outside of the dairy barn, the farm has heifer housing and a gravel feed pad that Brunken revamped with gravel before putting up feed. He has also built a new calf barn for calves on milk. “I already had a bunch of the pens so we put the calf barn up,” Brunken said. “Hutches are nice in the spring and fall, but it seems like they’re cold in the winter and hard to keep clean in the summer.” With a place to call his own, Brunken plans to continue to grow the herd internally. “I don’t have a set number that I want to be milking,” Brunken said. “With limited land, if I milk more cows, I’ll have to buy more feed. I’ll have to keep ABBY WIEDMEYER/DAIRY STAR a happy medium and still have a place Benjamin Brunken runs feed out for the cows Jan. 10 on his farm near Reedsto daily haul manure.” burg, Wisconsin. Brunken is closing in on his rst year of owning his 55-cow dairy.
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For fourth-generation farmer Tom Cotter, maximizing soil health is the top priority, and one he can accomplish through the incorporation of livestock, cover crops and reduced tillage. “At rst, I couldn’t nd any worms in my soils,” Cotter said. “Then, I did less tillage, and I found some worms. I stopped using chemicals, and I found more worms. I added livestock, and I found more worms. … Now, I can take my grandson shing, an opportunity I missed for my son.” Cotter and his family care for 50 cow-calf pairs in Mower County near Austin, Minnesota. He also runs 1,050 acres of land, most of which are grazed as either pasture or cover crops. He spoke of his farming practices during a virtual presentation, “Bringing cows, covers and reduced tillage into your organic world,” Jan. 7 at the virtual Minnesota Organic Conference. Within any given year, Cotter has established cover crops on his soils and a plan for grazing the forages. From April to May, his livestock graze the crops planted in the fall, which may include cereal ryegrass, winter triticale and oat. Then, from June through August, the cattle are on pasture, followed by grazing conventional canning crops and small grain elds until January. This time of year, the herd is fed round bales. “I graze every acre and stress the importance of getting a double income, or as some might see it, saving expenses on your assets,” said Cotter, mentioning at one point he was saving more than $28,000 in feed costs by grazing cover crops. “And, when I rst started integrating livestock, my soil health exploded.” Prior to the late 1990s, Cotter and his family practiced conventional farming methods. Then in 1998, they planted their rst cover crop. “I was 25 years old at the time, and I thought my dad was trying to make me work more,” Cotter said. “We cover cropped with rapeseed, and we had the best corn that year.” By 2010, Cotter began strip tilling and implementing other practices to maximize soil health. Six years later, the farm was recognized by the Minnesota Agricultural Water Quality Certication Program. “I wasn’t looking to get certied. I was just doing good things,” Cotter said. “When you focus on soil health, everything else works together.” Cotter considers good soil health to be land that has visible root structure, plant and insect diversity, and is capable of water and nutrient retention. “I use all of my senses to know how my soil is really doing,” Cotter said. “I can see good structure. I
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Farm parents sought for research study Do news reports about farm injuries to children affect parents’ knowledge, attitude and behavior toward child safety on farms? The National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety, part of the National Farm Medicine Center at Marsheld Clinic Research Institute, is recruiting farm parents to participate in a study assessing the effects of reading injury news articles. “Farm parents play a large role in their kids’ appreciation for agriculture, and they also make key decisions regarding their children’s health and safety,” said lead researcher Bryan Weichelt, Ph.D., a fth-generation farmer, father, and military veteran, raised on a small central Wisconsin dairy farm. “The results of this project may guide future research and educational programs surrounding the communication of agricultural health and safety.” Parents will earn a total of $50 of the course of the study, and an additional $20 by completing a one-year follow-up. Eligible farm parents will ll out two online surveys and read four news articles overs a six-week period, answering a few questions along the way. For information, visit https://marsheldresearch.org/nccrahs/ NewsReportStudy/SpNynV or e-mail burke.richard@marsheldresearch.org. DATCP awarded $500,000 grant to strengthen stress management resources for Wisconsin farmers The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) Farm Center was awarded $500,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network to promote, develop, and increase stress management and mental health resources for Wisconsin farmers. This investment is in addition to the $100,000 included in Governor Evers’ 2021-2023 budget to provide services including the 24/7 hotline, counseling vouchers, and farmers’ mental health support groups. “From unpredictable weather to uctuating market prices, farmers are faced with challenges every day that can cause stress and anxiety,” said DATCP Secretary Randy Romanski. “This funding will help build on stress management and mental health resources to help farmers overcome challenges and continue providing high-quality, nutritious products for our state, nation, and world.”
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By Lee Mielke
Global dairy market strongest since March 2021
If there was any doubt about strength in the global dairy market, it was erased in the second Global Dairy Trade auction of 2022, its 300th trading event. The weighted average jumped 4.6%, biggest increase since Mar. 2, 2021, and followed the 0.3% rise on Jan. 4 and the 1.5% fall on Dec. 21. Traders brought 67.6 million pounds of product to market, with the average price climbing to $4,463 U.S., highest since March 2014. All products offered were in the black, led by whole milk powder, up 5.6%, after holding steady on Jan. 4. Skim milk powder was up 5%, following a 1% increase, and butter was up 5%, after inching 0.3% higher. Anhydrous milkfat was up 0.6%, after slipping 0.7% last time. Cheddar was up 1.1% following a 4.9% jump. StoneX Dairy Group says the GDT 80% butterfat butter price equates to $2.7252 per pound U.S., up 12.8 cents, and compares to CME butter which closed Friday at $2.9350. GDT Cheddar, at $2.5157, was up 2.7 cents and compares to Friday’s CME block Cheddar at a real bargain $1.8075. GDT skim milk powder averaged $1.7977 per pound, up from $1.7114. Whole milk powder averaged $1.8517 per pound, up from $1.7536. CME Grade A nonfat dry milk closed Friday at $1.8150 per pound. StoneX’s Dustin Winston says North Asia (which includes China) buyers continue to seem hesitant, market share was up just slightly from the last event, but remain well below last year’s levels. The Middle East picked up a large share of whole milk powder, according to Winston. Speaking of China, December dairy imports fell a combined 13.4% from December 2020, according to HighGround Dairy’s (HGD) analysis, but adds the caveat; “While there is a lot of red on the table, it is important to remember the data is compared to a record December in 2020 with December 2021 the second highest ever observed despite the year over year losses.” Whole milk powder imports took the biggest hit, says HGD, down 38%. Skim milk powder was down 21.6%, and whey products were down 31.9%, a 20-month low. Bloomberg reports that China’s hog herd has rebounded and is now at a six-year high of 449 million, so with the country no longer aggressively building their herd there has been a slowdown in whey demand for piglets, according to HGD. Staying in the global market; EU November
exports were up 1.7% from 2020, according to StoneX, which was stronger than the minus1.3% they forecast. “Exports to China are still rather weak, seeing a month to month decrease of 23%,” says StoneX, “but other countries such as Indonesia, Nigeria, Philippines, and the U.S. are making up for that. Shipments to Indonesia rose 57% month to month and up 38% YoY. Some of the largest month to month gains were butter, yogurt, and whey protein isolates. Liquid milk exports were down from the previous month but are still strong on a YoY basis,” according to StoneX. Dairy prices here at home strengthened, except for cheese, in the Martin Luther King holiday shortened week. The Cheddar blocks closed Friday at $1.8075 per pound, down 11.25 cents on the week, lowest since Nov. 18, 2021, 24.50 cents below its Jan. 12 peak, but 19.75 cents above a year ago when they fell 11 cents to $1.61. The barrels, after peaking at $1.96 the previous Friday, closed this week at $1.8125, down 14.75 cents, 42 cents above a year ago, and a half-cent above the blocks. There were 4 sales of block on the week at the CME and 2 of barrel. StoneX says it hears continued reports of tight butter and nonfat dry milk (NFDM) but not Cheese. “Cheese demand is likely strong, but we have cheese out there to meet that demand. That seems to be the narrative developing this week and spot prices are reecting that narrative.” Traders await the December Milk Production and Cold Storage reports issued Monday, January 24. Dairy Market News reports that milk availability varied in the Midwest. Plants running fully staffed operations say milk is available but the discounted prices of $3 and $4 under Class are no longer being offered. Still, there are plants running lighter lines, as employees are short due to COVID related absences. Cheese sales were slowing, according to some, as prices rose and “market tones are lacking the bravado of prior weeks.” Retail cheese demand is steady to lower in the West while food service is mixed. Contacts note that rising COVID cases in the region have caused a decline in sales. Food service mozzarella sales are, reportedly, increasing as strong demand is present for pizza making, thanks to football playoffs. International cheese demand remains strong but transportation issues caused by a shortage of truck drivers and port congestion continue to cause delays. Cheesemakers say milk is available but delayed deliveries and labor shortages are causing some plants to run reduced
schedules, according to DMN. Continuing port woes are likely hurting U.S. exports of cheese despite our competitive prices. Butter was ring on all cylinders, shooting to a $2.9350 per pound nish Friday, up 21 cents, highest since Sept. 28, 2015, and $1.5325 above a year ago. 32 sales transpired on the week. Butter’s CME record is $3.1350 per pound on Sept. 25, 2015. The U.S. price, while above the GDT, is below European levels. Midwest churners are calling for cream and have been very active since before the holidays. Freight continues to be the biggest hurdle, particularly moving cream from Idaho and the Mountain States. Butter sales have begun to settle. The holidays were very busy, but prices have caused buyer hesitancy. Western cream demand is unchanged. Loads of cream are heading to the Midwest though some faced delays from bad weather and a shortage of truck drivers. Butter demand is strong in domestic and international markets and inventories are tight. Butter makers are running below capacity due to labor shortages and delayed deliveries of production supplies, according to DMN. Grade A nonfat dry milk climbed to $1.85 per pound Tuesday, highest since June 12, 2014, but closed Friday at $1.8150, unchanged on the week, but 64.25 cents above a year ago, on 7 sales for the week. Dry whey closed at another new record high, 80 cents per pound, up 3 cents on the week and 26 cents above a year ago, with 2 sales reported at the CME. The good news keeps coming. Per-capita dairy consumption in the U.S. has been growing and is at the highest levels since 1960, according to the National Milk Producers Federation. “Exports in 2021 are on pace for a record,” says NMPF, “and now, with last year’s retail sales data available, we can see that 2020’s gains in grocery-store purchases weren’t just a rechanneling of lost school and restaurant business toward at-home consumption. By comparing 2021 with 2019, we can see that dairy’s gains are built to last, according to data from industry researcher IRI.” Commercial disappearance remained strong in November, according to USDA data. Cheese totaled 1.18 billion pounds, up 5.2% from Nov. 2020, topping the year ago level for the second consecutive month, and the largest year over year gain of any month since April, according to HGD. HighGround says this was the strongest cheese disappearance on a volume basis of any month on record. Butter disappearance totaled 232.1 million pounds, up 3.4%, and topped that of a year ago for the fth consecutive month. Nonfat and skim milk powder totaled 211.3 million pounds, up 1.9%, thanks primarily to exports, though domestic demand was weaker. HGD’s Lucas Fuess, speaking in the Jan. 24 ‘Dairy Radio Now’ broadcast, said Class III and Class IV futures curves look very good for farmer returns this year but cautioned that demand destruction could occur due to the rising prices. “If we do get too expensive, there could be some buyers around the world that take a step back and maybe hesitate to purchase U.S. dairy,” he warned, “But in the time being, we don’t see that happening as the world remains short on protein and continues to pay up even at these purchase levels.” Unfortunately, ination continues to soar in the U.S. The consumer price index for all food was 287.0, up 6.3% in December from 2020, according to DMN. The dairy products index, at 235.4, was up 1.6%. Fresh whole milk was up 4.9%; cheese, down 0.6%; Turn to MIELKE | Page 9
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and butter was up 0.8%. The February Federal order Class I base milk price was announced by the USDA at $21.64 per hundredweight, up $1.93 from January, $6.10 above February 2021, and the highest Class I price since Dec. 2014. It equates to $1.86 per gallon, up from $1.69 in January and $1.34 a year ago. The latest Margin Watch (MW) from Chicagobased Commodity and Ingredient Hedging LLC., says “Dairy margins strengthened sharply to start the year as a continued surge in milk prices combined with a mild correction in the feed markets to boost projected protability.” “The milk market has caught re from a perfect storm of declining global production at the same time as demand for dairy products soar,” the MW stated. “USDA’s Foreign Agriculture Service reported record November monthly exports, with 492.1 million pounds of dairy product shipped during the month, up 17.3% from 2020 and 60 million above the previous November record set in 2017. NDM exports of 168.5 million pounds were up 24.7% from 2020, with strong demand from Mexico, the Philippines, Colombia and Vietnam pacing gains. NDM stocks have been declining after reaching a high of 349 million pounds in June, dropping to 196.5 million pounds in November,” the MW reported. “More milk being diverted away for cheese has caused NDM production to decline since mid-2021, trailing 2020 by 54 million pounds between July and November. November’s production of 155.4 million pounds was down 2.4% from 2020. This helped support Class IV prices, with the USDA announced price in December of $19.88 per cwt. up $6.46 from 2020 and the highest announced price in seven years.” “Class IV futures are trading above $22 per cwt. in each of the next four months,” according to the MW, “and Fonterra is now forecasting their highest pay price ever as production declines in New Zealand. Feed prices meanwhile have corrected as muchneeded rain is forecast for parched areas of Argentina and Southern Brazil while the USDA’s January WASDE report was considered neutral for corn and soybeans,” the MW concluded. Meanwhile, the National Milk Producers Federation says the Pandemic Market Volatility Assistance Program will provide up to $350 million in pandemic assistance payments to dairy farmers early this year. “This initiative will partially reimburse producers for unanticipated losses created during the COVID-19 pandemic when federal dairy food box purchases weighted heavily toward cheese, combined with a change to the Class I mover formula created the unintended consequence of signicant nancial losses.” Payments will reimburse qualied dairy farmers for 80% of the revenue difference per month on up to 5 million pounds of milk marketed and on uid milk sales from July through December 2020. The payment rate will vary by region based on actual losses on pooled milk related to price volatility. As
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part of the program handlers also will provide virtual or in-person education to dairy farmers. More details are posted at the NMPF website. Dairy cow culling increased from the previous month but fell below that of a year ago in December, according to USDA’s latest Livestock Slaughter report. An estimated 267,800 head were sent to slaughter under federal inspection in December, up 22,500 from November but 5,700 head or 2.1% below December 2020. Culling for the year totaled 3.1 million, up 42,900 or 1.4% from a year ago. In the week ending Jan. 8, 63,000 dairy cows were sent to slaughter, up 10,600 from the previous week, but 4,500 head or 6.7% below a year ago. The Agriculture Department’s latest Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook, issued January 19, mirrored milk price and production projections in the January 12 World Agricultural Supply and Demand
Estimates report. The Outlook also reported that the number of milk cows is projected to continue decreasing in the rst part of 2022. For the rst half of the year, milk cows are projected to average 9.38 million head. However, in the second half of the year, they are projected to increase to 9.385 million. The estimated number of cows for the year 2022 is 9.385 million, unchanged from last month’s projection. Average yield per cow is projected to be 24,265 pounds, unchanged from last month’s projection. The December publication of ‘Dairy: World Markets and Trade’, by USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service, projects that milk production for the top ve major exporters will total 647.1 billion pounds in 2022, a modest increase of 0.7% from the total expected for 2021. Milk production totals for the European Union and New Zealand are expected to grow by 0.7% and 0.5%, respectively, says USDA.
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WATERFORD, Calif. – At the age of 20, Nevin Lemos set out to build a herd of Jersey cattle. Rather than staying on the home farm, this entrepreneur felt the tug to do his own thing and started Lemos Jerseys in June 2017. He switched from something familiar – the Holstein – to something unfamiliar – the Jersey. “When getting started, I did a lot of looking to the future of dairy farming and felt like the cheese market is a strong one for the most part,” Lemos said. “I ship to Hilmar Cheese, and they pay based on cheese merit. I saw so many other advantages with Jerseys as well – from reproduction and longevity to feed efciency and calving ease.”
Lemos farms in central California near Waterford, leasing a dairy where he milks around 400 cows. Lemos’ landlord farms the land, and Lemos purchases corn and oat from him. Lemos has three full-time employees, including a day milker, night milker and a relief person. “This is a pretty nice place to be a dairy farmer,” Lemos said. “Water is good in this part of the state, but south of here, water can be a big problem. This year, we have a good snowpack up in the Sierra Nevada which should ensure a decent summer of water coming down the mountains. We have open-ditch canal irrigation as all crops here rely on irrigation rather than rain.” Lemos said high land prices are one of the challenges of farming in the area, and open ground
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can go for $30,000 an acre. “We have to compete with tree farmers like almond and walnut growers,” he said. Lemos is a fourth-generation dairy farmer who grew up on the nearby family farm where his parents milk 500 Holsteins. The farm was started by Lemos’ greatgrandfather in 1922. Although he loved Holsteins, Lemos’ heart was set on milking Jerseys. During a nal project in his dairy management class at Modesto Junior College, where Lemos studied dairy science, he created a business model that would become the basis for his future dairy. “The project inspired me to gure out how to get funds and capital to make my business dream of being a dairy farmer come true,” Lemos said. “I looked back at the plan recently, and it’s amazing how similar it was to how things actually turned out.” After college, Lemos took an internship in New Zealand milking cows on various dairies. “My time in New Zealand gave me a different perspective on the international aspect of the dairy industry,” Lemos said. “I learned a whole different way of doing things.” Upon returning home, Lemos began leasing a dairy 5 miles from his parents’ farm. He bought rst-lactation cows 40-60 days in milk – all Jerseys – in lots of 50, making a purchase almost every month for a little over a year. All cows were in the same stage of lactation; therefore, Lemos staggered his purchases to even out the herd. A herd of lactating cows helped Lemos with cashow in the beginning. “I had a nice young herd, and I bred back to sexed semen to build
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Nevin Lemos poses with one of his Jersey calves on the dairy he began leasing in 2017 near Waterford, California. Lemos milks 400 cows and purchases his feed. replacement stock because at the time, I had no heifers or calves,” Lemos said. Lemos offered a venture capital deal to his parents to co-sign on the loan to help him get the cows. In exchange, they would be a silent partner for half of the business. “Since then, I was able to pay off my loans and buy my folks out of the partnership,” he said. “I’m a sole proprietor now, and it’s denitely rewarding to get to
that point.” Cows are milked twice a day in a double-6 herringbone parlor and housed in a freestall barn. Cows also spend time in the open lots outside of the free stalls. “My stall-to-cow ratio is really good,” Lemos said. “I’m understocked, which is really nice. My landlord milked Holsteins, so I had to index the parlor to make it a little smaller for the Jerseys. I also
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ConƟnued from LEMOS | Page 12 did some things with the free stalls to make the Jerseys t a little better. Over the years, I got that dialed in.” Lemos admitted going with Jerseys was a leap of faith, but things panned out in the right direction. “I needed to get used to the milk ow being lower than Holsteins,” he said. “My price per hundredweight is a lot higher, but the volume of milk in the tank is lower. A PHOTO SUBMITTED person switching over Nevin Lemos stands amongst his herd of Jersey cows to Jerseys has to get near Waterford, California. Lemos began building his used to that.” herd by purchasing rst-lactaƟ on animals 40-60 days in Lemos’ 12-month milk in 2017 at the age of 20. average on protein is around 4% and butterfat is 5%, equating to a 13% cheese yield, and energy-corrected milk is a Holstein,” Lemos said. “I topdress a at 73 pounds per cow per day. Pushing a DCAD pellet which works pretty well, and 35% pregnancy rate, Lemos shoots for two as a result, cases of milk fever are pretty or less services per conception. Reaching a low around here.” A business-minded individual with point where growth has plateaued, Lemos is scaling back on the use of sexed semen a passion for cows, particularly Jerseys, and breeds about half of his herd to Angus Lemos went after what he wanted and built a promising herd. or Wagyu. “You can’t wait for everything to be “I would rather have a value-added drop calf I can sell for anywhere from $50 perfect before starting your business,” he said. “When I got in, cattle prices were to $75 at a day old,” Lemos said. Most virgin heifers receive sexed se- pretty high, but the opportunity was there. men along with certain cows based on their I had a dairy to lease, and sometimes you genetic merit and relative value. Heifer have to chase the opportunity rather than calves are sent to a calf ranch at 2 days of waiting for everything to be perfect. And age where they are raised until 5 months, don’t be afraid of starting partnerships with at which point they are sent to another a venture capital partner, such as a family member or neighbor. Sometimes, you can’t grower until 150 days with calf. “Looking back at my high debt load, boot strap your way from the beginning.” One of Lemos’ long-term goals is to I’m happy I was able to cash ow on a month-to-month basis and get to a point incorporate robotic milkers. “I believe that’s the way going forward where I had enough working capital to be able to do some things with my business and might be a possibility for me down the and not be so strapped,” Lemos said. “Be- road,” he said. “Labor can be tough to come ing young and not having many personal by, especially on a small farm like mine.” Also, if the opportunity to purchase the bills to pay, I was able to reinvest almost all of my money back in to pay off debt dairy he is on becomes available, Lemos which was a goal of mine going into this.” said he would take it. On year ve of his Lemos feeds his cows a total mixed business, Lemos is happy with his decision ration containing alfalfa from southern to farm solo and optimistic about the future. “Building this business has taken all Nevada and uses rice straw as a ller along with almond hulls, corn silage, whole my energy and focus,” Lemos said. “It’s cottonseed, corn gluten, soybean meal better to do something like this when you’re and liquid whey. He also feeds a custom young before you think about having a family. If you wait, you might not be as willing mineral, calcium salts and palm fat. “A DCAD ration is really important to take the necessary risks. As a kid, I was with Jerseys because the occurrence of always into starting little businesses, but milk fever is more of a concern than with this is my rst big venture.”
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AMES, Iowa – A 20-cow Jersey herd at the Iowa State University Dairy Farm is destined for new management. Students signed up for independent study in the 2021-22 academic year are working toward making all the nancial, nutritional, breeding and other decisions for the herd by the time the 2022 fall semester begins. The approach is labeled DairyCY – which stands for Dairy Cooperative Year – and reects ISU’s Cyclone nickname. The students involved are selected from applications. When fully implemented, DairyCY’s management team will include 14-20 students coordinating and delegating business decisions and hands-on duties. They will do everything from mixing feed and palpating cows to keeping records and paying bills. Most will earn two credits and be involved for at least two semesters. What the DairyCY students will not do is milk cows, unless a class member is already among the staff who milks the entire 400-cow ISU herd. But DairyCY will have to pay for their herd’s share of that labor. The Jerseys are housed and managed
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Nicole Gudenkauf (leŌ) and Dr. Gail Carpenter observe feed for Iowa State University’s dairy herd in Ames, Iowa. Gudenkauf is one of the students parƟcipating in the independent study project in which students are beginning to manage the Jerseys at the ISU Dairy Farm.
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at a two-year college before working in the dairy industry prior to her role at ISU, she said the program can help ll a need and become a recruiting tool for students both with and without a dairy background. “I completely value a technical education; it’s incredibly important,” she said. “But a lot of students coming into a four-year university don’t know they want to do dairy until they take Animal Science 101. Then they fall in love with one of the livestock species.” Nicole Gudenkauf, a sophomore from Farley, is one of those students; she does not have a dairy background. She spent time at a friend’s dairy farm
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Hay & Straw sold by the bale!
SPECIAL BRED BEEF, COW/CALF PAIR, BREEDING BULL & FEEDER CATTLE AUCTION Tuesday, February 1, 2022 at 11 am EXPECTING 600-800 HEAD
DAIRY CATTLE AUCTION Wednesday, February 2, 2022 at 11:00 am
From the kitchen of Shari Chamberlain of Pine Island, Minnesota
Cherry berries on a cloud 6 egg whites 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 3/4 cups sugar 6 ounces cream cheese
1 1 2 2
cup sugar teaspoon vanilla cups chilled whipping cream cups mini marshmallows
Heat oven to 275 degrees. Grease 9-by-13 pan. Beat egg whites, cream of tartar and salt until foamy. Beat in 1 3/4 cups sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, until stiff and glossy. Do not under beat. Spread in pan. Bake 1 hour. Turn oven off, leave door closed for 12 hours. Mix cream cheese, 1 cup sugar and vanilla. Beat whipping cream in chilled bowl until stiff. Fold whipped cream and marshmallows into cream cheese mixture. Spread over meringue; refrigerate at least 12 hours. Top with cherry berry topping (21 ounces cherry pie filling, 2 cups sliced strawberries and 1 teaspoon lemon juice).
REPUTATION DAIRY CONSIGNMENTS 15 Recent fresh Holstein dairy cows, load usually has a few SHARP Cross dairy cows, mostly 2 year olds and few 3 year olds, parlor/freestall, milking 75-110#, several 2 year olds over 100#, full vaccination program, reputation consignor. Coming from Udderful Dairy, Olsen Farms 5 FANCY Registered Holstein Dairy Cows, including some FANCY Red & Whites. 1st & 2nd lactation cows. Freestall/Parlor adapted, high components, extensive vaccination program, out of a 30,000# overstocked herd, sires include Sawyer, Rager Red, Sid, and Rozwell. More details on our website. Coming from Powerhaus Genetics, Fennimore WI JUST CONSIGNED!!! 20 Just fresh Holstein Heifers, parlor/freestall, extensive vaccination program, sire information, more information sale day. Brown County SPRINGING HEIFERS 15 FANCY Registered Springing Heifers, bred to registered Holstein Bull. Shawano County 14 Red Holstein Springing Heifers, bred to Red Holstein Bull, NICE! Clark County 11 TOP quality Holstein Springing Heifers, freestall/headlock adapted, coming out of a top 32,000# herd, AI sired & AI bred sexed semen, over 30 years AI with only TOP sires used through Genex, this consignor has consistently has topped the sale every time he brings them, the real deal! Coming from Arrowhead Farms, Chippewa Farms 10 Holstein Springing Heifers, close up, all due in Feb. AI sired and AI bred. Grant County 8 Springing young cows, tiestall adapted, outside everyday, load includes (2)Lineback (2)Swiss balance are Red & White and Black and White Holstein. Porath Farms, Loyal, WI COMPLETE HERD DISPERSAL 24 Ayrshire and Jersey Dairy Cows and Springing Heifers, some are registered. (13)milking cows, others are springing cows and heifers. Cows are all AI sired, heifers bred to Ayrshire bull. Milked in tiestall, rotationally grazed, accustomed to freestalls, 4.0BF 3.6P scc120. Coming from Zidlicky’s Canoe Ridge Dairy, Decorah IA Owner phone number 563-379-9286
THURSDAY DAIRY CATTLE AUCTION ATTENTION Thursday February 3, 2022 at 11:00am.
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PENDING AT AD DEADLINE! COMPLETE HERD DISPERSAL 300 Holstein Dairy Cows and Heifers. Cows milked in parlor, housed in freestalls. Cows are not pushed and will sell on test, avg. 75# on 2x milking with lots of top cows 90-125#. Herd is Genex sired and bred to TOP bulls from Select Sires. Herd includes (90)milking 2 year olds, (80)milking 3 year olds. And approx. (60)springing cows and heifers, extensive vaccination program and regular herd health. Includes many FANCY young cows good enough for anybody, also cows for all budgets. Coming from Lafayette County (no other dairy cows accepted today) Not selling sheep and goats today.
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‘18 Gehl RT165, H ctrls., 15.5” tracks, 2000 lift cap., cab, heat, 2 spd., 450 hrs. .................................$44,500 ‘18 Gehl RT165, JS Ctrls, Dsl, 15.5 All Season Tracks, 2500 Lift Cap, C/H/A, 2 Spd, Hydra Glide, 1,020 hrs ...$43,800 (4) Gehl R220, many options ............ Start at $11,850 ‘21 Manitou MLT625-75H, ‘14 Gehl R190, T-Bar Ctrls, Dsl, 2100 dsl, 5500 lift cap, C/H/A, 2 spd, 60 hrs. - $91,500 Lift Cap, C & H, 2 Spd, 3,950 hrs ...............................$22,500 ‘12 Gehl 5640, T-Bar Ctrls, D, 2200 Lift Cap, 2 Spd, 1,800 hrs ............$22,500 ‘19 Mustang 2200R, H/F Ctrls, D, 2500 Lift Cap, C/H/A, 2 Spd, 1,572 hrs ...............................$32,000 Mustang 2109, H/F Ctrls, D, 4000 Lift Cap, C&H, 2 Spd, 3,629 hrs ...$27,900 ‘14 Manitou MT840, ‘88 Mustang 2060, H/F Ctrls, D, Hydro-static, 115HP Diesel, 1750 Lift Cap, Single Spd, C/H/A, 2,800 hrs. - $75,800 6,500 hrs ......................Call For Price ‘16 Mustang 1900R, Dual H Ctrls, D, TRACTORS 2000 Lift Cap, C&H, 2 spd, 2380 hrs ................................$31,500 ‘19 Kubota B2650, 3 Spd Hydro, ‘21 Mustang 1500R, H/F Ctrls, Dsl,1600 26HP Dsl, Soft Cab, Ldr, Frt Mount Snowblower, Excel Cond, Lift Cap, C & H, 2,540 hrs, New Rims, 83 hrs. ...................................$27,000 Tires And Bucket, Warranty Expires At 3000 Hours Or February 1, 2023 ........ MANURE HANDLING $32,500 ‘18 Mustang 1500R H/F Ctrls, D, C&H, 3205 hrs .......................$26,800 ‘19 Mustang 1500R, H/FCtrls, D, 1600 Lift w/ Weight Kit, C&H, 2850 hrs ................................$26,800 NH L225, pilot/H pattern ctrls, Hi-Flow hyd, 2 Spd, 2,360 hrs ............$27,800 ‘13 Kuhn Knight PSC181, ‘18 JD 330G, JS, D, 14.75 Severe Duty 800 Cu Ft, Spinner Beater, Headland Tires, 3000 Lift Cap, C/H/A, 2 spd, Deflector, Scales, NT460 Scale Head - $54,500 1730 hrs ................................$38,550
MANURE HANDLING Kuhn Knight 8150, 700 bu., 5000 Gal ................................$37,500 Kuhn Knight 8141, 28 X 26 Tires, 4100 Gal ................................$35,900 Kuhn Knight 8132, 3200 Gal, 600 Bu, Lid, hinges on the left ........... $19,800 ‘11 Kuhn Knight 8132, 1 3/8 1000 PTO, 425 Tires, 3200 Gal ................$24,900 ‘12 Kuhn Knight 8132, 425 Tires, 3200 gal ................................. $24,900 ‘13 Kuhn Knight 8124, 2400 Gal, 500 Bu ................................... $18,400 ‘11 Kuhn Knight 8118, 1800 Gal, 400 Bu, Splash Guards .......... $16,500 ‘16 Kuhn Knight SLC141, 4100 gal, 700 bu, Hyd LH Lid ................$48,700 NH 185, 540 PTO....................... $7,300 ‘09 Meyer 8865, 1 3/4 1000 PTO, 28x 26 Tires ........................... $23,900 H&S 560, 560 Cu Ft, Upper Beater, Hyd Drive, Endgate, Twin Apron T-Bar Chain .............................. $14,800 ‘05 H&S 370, 370 Bu, Top Beater $10,800 H&S 430W, 16.5x16.1 tires, 430 bu....................................$13,500
USED TMRS/MIXERS ‘12 Penta 6720HD, 670 Cu Ft, 2’ LH Stainless Steel Flip-Up Conveyor, Rear Lts, 9” rubber ext, 2 Spd drive............................ $25,900 ‘02 Penta 4100, 410 Cu Ft, 475 Cu Ft w/Ext, Stainless Steel Front Dual Discharge Conveyor, 16” Rubber Ext, View Platform, 2 Spd Dr. ....... $12,800 AUTOMATIC ATG1200B, 1200 bu/hr, 24” Rolls, 54” Blower, Hyd U Trough Swing Auger, Ear Corn Cob Crusher ................................... $8,500
HAY & FORAGE
Highline CFR650 - $18,500
Sovema WR-V-10H Rake, 10 whl $5,200 Tonutti T10, 3PT, 10 Whl Rake... $1,100 NH 617, 540 PTO, 6 Discs........... $6,500 HAY & FORAGE Gehl 1065, 3038 corn head, hay head, tandem, metal stop ................$5,750 New H&S Line Wrappers . Call for price (2) Gehl BU980, 16 ft forage box, Gehl 12 ‘15 Anderson Hybrid X, 6’ Bales, Large Gas Tank, Guidance, Remote Start And Ton Tandem Running Gear ....$4,800 ea. Steer, 20HP, 25,000 Bales ....$24,750 Miller Pro 5100, 16’ Box ........... $8,750 HANDLAIR 560 Grain Vac, 1 3/8 1000 ‘16 Kuhn VB2290, 4x6 bales, PTO, Self Contained Hyd, net wrap, 9488 bales.............. $34,900 1,297 hrs .............................$12,500 ‘12 Kuhn VB2190, 4x6 Bales, 16000 bales ........................... $26,900 MISCELLANEOUS NH Roll-Belt 560, 2800 bales .. $44,500 ‘15 JD 459SS, 4’ x 5’ Rd Bales, Wide Edge HB3 Breaker, skid loader mnts, PU, Twine Only, 12,000 Bales $17,250 Hyd breaker, 1pt .....................$4,500 ‘18 Krone Comprima V180XC, 4’x5’ 11” Vernig Pallet Forks.....................$650 USED TMRS/MIXERS Round Bale, 8500 Bales ......... $35,000 4 in 1 Bucket, 84” ....................$2,300 NH 144, ground driven, 5’ PU, 7’ rear ‘18 Grouser Tracks, 18 Pads, Fits JD belt w/windrow turner option, good 320G or Loader with a 44.2” Whl belts ......................................... $3,200 base, All new bushings and pins .................................$2,300 ‘05 RHINO SE7, 84” Cutting Width, 3 Pt. .......................................$2,800 Woodchuck 68ST1, 68” ‘16 Penta 9630, RH Flip-Up Spreader ................................$3,100 Conveyor, EZ 2810 Scale Bobcat 60” Manure Grapple, manure $42,500 tines 30”, single grapple ........$1,050 ‘13 Penta 7520SD, 750 Cu. Ft., Bale Spear .....................................$650 8” Rubber Ext, Frt Sliding Flat Conv., Artsway 664, Process 5’ x 6’ Pallet Forks, 60 inch.................. $1,000 Dual Direction Unload ............. $25,500 Round Bales - $12,500