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Diverse forages, revitalization Vergin hosts pasture walk on his St. Charles farm

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ST. CHARLES, Minn. — The sun shone and light clouds oated above a group of about 25 people gathered in a pasture. Nearby, a small crowd of slightly curious cows worked their way up the slope toward the group until they were making friends at the edge of the assemblage.

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21 as part of a pasture walk hosted by Nathan Vergin at his dairy farm near St. Charles.

Vergin rotationally grazes his organic herd of 40 cows, plus additional youngstock, on about 166 acres of cropland and a few additional acres of marginal land. The cows are milked twice daily in a tiestall barn and receive corn there but no corn silage. His milking herd, heifers and calves are all grazed together to reduce the number of groups on pasture.

Vergin has been at his current farm location for six years. He is taking over the

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Farmers visit during a pasture walk Sept. 21 at Nathan Vergin’s farm near St. Charles, Minnesota. Vergin talked about opƟmizing forages during drought and revitalizing pastures, among other topics. farm from a non-family member and owns the cows and equipment. He is beginning to buy into the land.

Vergin has multiple reasons for choosing to be an organic rotational grazer.

“It’s always been partly for health reasons, partly for the quality of the product and the eating experience,” Ver-

gin said. “Most of the time, I’d rather be out moving fence than I would be riding on a tractor.”

One of the topics discussed was stock piling forage. Vergin said he suggests using a greater amount of sorghum sudan, including swapping sorghum sudan for rye during a drought year and considering millet as

a forage option.

Vergin said he wishes that he had early planted more sorghum sudan this year. A fellow farmer had found it to be outperforming all other forages this year through the drought — including alfalfa — as long as it was on reasonably good soil.

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ConƟnued from PASTURE WALK | Page 3 Vergin also discussed rejuvenation “The way the alfalfa performed this of pastures. year and the drought have me reconsidHis system starts by allowing the ering exactly how much alfalfa I want cows to spend a lot of time on that piece to put in,” he said. “The roots being of land, putting down nutrients. Over able to go down has made a huge difwinter, he will feed his cows forage ference.”

Typically, Vergin grazes his pason that land. In the spring, he digs the tures three times eld and plants his a year and likes to favorite mix: sorleave 6 to 8 inches ghum sudan, rye for regrowth. This grass, red clover year, he said it has and hairy vetch. been hard to get The sorghum much regrowth besudan is cut and yond 6 to 8 inches. harvested for Vergin aims to stored feed twice graze from May and grazed once.

10 until around The other items in Thanksgiving. He the mix make good will be done by late-fall grazing. early October this The next spring, year.

Vergin plants the Vergin uses a eld to a perma50- to 60-day rest nent pasture mix. period. He said his “I really liked milk urea nitrogen that blend that I values go up with a use with the rye greater rest period. grass,” Vergin NATHAN VERGIN, DAIRY FARMER “They’re able said. “If your season switches around and turns into a to be more selective, and so they can real wet fall, you can still capitalize select more of what they want,” Vergin on that without working up the whole said. “Turns out when you do that, they like eating all the ice cream.” eld.”

Vergin said he expected there to be Vergin has had good success with his rejuvenation program. One of his a drought this year because he pays atproudest moments came when he reju- tention to the sun cycle. Every 11 years, venated 8 acres of land, taking it from Vergin said the magnetic poles on the eight days’ worth of grazing to 24-26 sun switch and with this switch comes days of grazing with a similar number variation in the number of sun spots.

“It does have an effect on the of cows.

Vergin has a mix of grass and al- weather here,” Vergin said. “There’s falfa in his pastures. Before this year, commonly kind of a drought and wet he was considering cutting back the cycle around that when the sun cycle is switching as it cycles back and forth.” amount of alfalfa he had in his mix.

“The way the alfalfa performed this year and the drought have me reconsidering exactly how much alfalfa I want to put in. The roots being able to go down has made a huge difference.”

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The “Mielke” Market Weekly By Lee Mielke

Butter sets a new record high

The September federal order Class III milk price was announced at $18.39 per hundredweight, up $1.20 from August but $1.43 below September 2022 and the highest since April. The nine-month average stands at $17.13, down from $22.24 a year ago, and compares to $16.75 in 2021.

Late Friday morning Class III futures portend an October price at $16.84; November, $17.41; December, $17.59; January, $17.98; February, $18.10; and March at $18.18.

The September Class IV price is $19.09, up 18 cents from August, $5.54 below a year ago, but the highest Class IV since January. Its average stands at $18.65, down from $24.81 a year ago, and compares to $15.26 in 2021.

The August dairy products report showed U.S. cheese production totaled 1.155 billion pounds, down 0.1% from July and down 0.2% from August 2022.

Output in the rst eight months of the year totaled 9.39 billion pounds, up 0.2% from 2022.

Italian cheese totaled 483.9 million pounds, up 0.2% from July but 0.6% below a year ago. Mozzarella totaled 380.4 million pounds, down 0.9% from a year ago.

American output fell to 458.8 million pounds, down 2% from the July count which was revised down 6.9 million pounds, but was up 0.3% from a year ago.

Year-to-date, American cheese stands at 3.8 billion pounds, up 1.9%.

Cheddar output fell to 314.4 million pounds, down 9 million, or 2.8%, from July’s total, which was revised 8.1 million pounds lower. It was down 3.7 million pounds, or 1.2%, from a year ago. YTD, cheddar was at 2.7 billion pounds, up 1.7% from 2022.

Butter output dropped to 140 million pounds, down 19.3 million pounds, or 12.1%, from July’s total which was revised up 2.3 million pounds. Output was down 3 million pounds, or 2.1%, from a year ago.

YTD, butter production stood at 1.4 billion pounds, up 3.6% from a year ago.

Yogurt production totaled 413.2 million pounds, up 2.7% from a year ago, with YTD at 3.2 billion pounds, up 3.5%. Hard ice cream output, at 66.2 million pounds, was up 1.1% from 2022.

Dry whey production totaled 83.4 million pounds, down 4.5 million pounds, or 5.1%, from July, but up 8.1 million pounds, or 10.7%, from year ago. YTD, whey stands at 638.2 million pounds, up 3.4%. Stocks crept to 88.7 million pounds, up 1.3 million, or 1.5%, from July and up 21.6 million, or 32.1%, from 2022.

Nonfat dry milk output dropped to 113.4 million pounds, down 21.7 million, or 16.1%, from July and down 20.2 million, or 15.2%, from a year ago.

Stocks fell to 266.6 million pounds, down 19.1 million pounds, or 6.7%, from July, and down 46.2 million pounds, or 14.8%, from a year ago.

Skim milk powder production slipped to 57.2 million pounds, down 3.5 million pounds, or 5.7%, from July and 8.4 million, or 12.7%, below a year ago.

StoneX said the cheese, butter and powder numbers were lower than expected: “Either these numbers are low or milk production data for August is overstated.”

Butter set a new record high to start October, and cheese was mixed. The CME cheddar blocks fell to $1.68 per pound Wednesday, lowest since July 19, but closed Friday at $1.7025, 1.75 cents lower on the week, fth week of loss and 32 cents below a year ago.

The barrels nished at $1.5775, up 9.75 cents on the week, 64.75 cents below a year ago and 12.50 cents below the blocks. There were 24 sales of block and 20 of barrel.

Midwestern cheesemakers continue to report limited milk offers, according to Dairy Market News.

Loads did change hands at lower prices than in previous weeks but at mid-week were at least slightly higher than Class III. Retail and food service cheese demand in the West is steady; however, sources indicate September was lighter for restaurant trafc compared to prior months, making that destination for cheese lighter. Export demand is moderate to light. Cheese production is steady, and Class III milk demand is strong, DMN said.

CME butter set new records daily, mainly on unlled bids, peaking at the all-time high of $3.5025 per pound, up 20.25 cents on the week, up 84.25 cents in the last ve weeks and 28.50 cents above a year ago, with only one sale all week.

Speaking in the Oct. 9 “Dairy Radio Now” broadcast, HighGround Dairy economist Betty Berning cited data from the dairy products report and cold storage report to justify what has happened to the butter price and blamed a slippage in cheese demand for the fall in cheese prices, adding that they “may have overcorrected.” She also pointed to the comparison between Class III and Class IV prices, noting that this week saw the butter price at twice the price of cheese: “Something we may not have ever seen before.”

Butter makers told DMN that demand remained intact despite the prices and that churning rates were not moving higher. “Bulls are clearly overwhelming any bears,” DMN said, but contacts expect downward correction near-term although “markets have yet to get that memo.”

Spot cream was slightly more available this week in northern parts of the West but, overall, is tight. Most of it is committed to contract obligations. Retail and food service demand is strong to steady. Exports are

moderate to light, according to DMN, but then, it is the most expensive butter in the world.

Grade A nonfat dry milk saw its Friday nish at $1.18 per pound, down a half-cent on the week and 36 cents below a year ago, with 10 loads trading hands.

Dry whey oscillated some but closed the week 0.75 cents higher, at 29.75 cents per pound, 12.50 cents below a year ago, on 55 CME sales for the week.

Speaking of the powder, StoneX reports that the U.S.-Mexican border headed into week three of “more stringent efforts by the Texas governor to slow down immigration, which has slowed down inspections of trucks, causing congestion of trade ow at El Paso.

This is starting to affect Mexican nonfat buyers who are beginning to get more concerned above the availability of product.”

We see how big an issue this is in August data.

Milk powder exports totaled 150.6 million pounds, up 4.2% from August 2022, and topped a year ago for the third consecutive month, mainly due to Mexico, which set an August record, according to HighGround Dairy. YTD, Mexico holds slightly more than a 50% market share against weaker demand from Southeast Asia and China.

Cheese exports, unfortunately, only totaled 82.1 million pounds, down 2.9% and the fth consecutive month to be below a year ago. Shipments to South Korea were down 50%, according to HGD, with notable losses to Saudi Arabia, Indonesia and Chile. Gains into other regions helped offset some of that, with sales to Mexico up 14%, Japan up 37% and Australia up 86%.

Butter exports were down 62.7% and have been down every month of 2023, except January, HGD said, who blamed high prices, which will price the U.S. out of the export market for the foreseeable future. Shipments to Canada, the No. 1 U.S. export market for butter, was up 32.7%.

Dry whey exports were down 38.3%, down for the fth month in a row. HGD said volumes to China improved slightly, to ve-month highs, but remain well below last year, down 45%.

The bulls got a little more fodder in Tuesday’s Global Dairy Trade auction where the weighted average headed higher for the third session in a row, up 4.4%, following the 4.6% rise Sept. 19 and 2.7% Sept.

5. Traders brought 84.5 million pounds of product to the market, up from 82.4 million Sept. 19. The average metric ton price climbed to $3,104, up from $2,957 Sept. 19 and highest since July 18.

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1.3%, which followed a 3.8% gain Sept. 19. Buttermilk powder was up 0.6%. GDT cheddar was down again, falling 4.8%, after slipping 1.7% Sept. 19, and lactose was off 1.3%. It did not trade last time.

StoneX said the GDT 80% butterfat butter price equates to $2.1267 per pound U.S., up 3.7 cents from Sept. 19, and compares to CME butter which closed Friday at a world high $3.5025. GDT cheddar, at $1.7479, was down 8.6 cents, and compares to Friday’s CME block cheddar at $1.7025. GDT skim milk powder averaged $1.1604 per pound, up from $1.0887, and whole milk powder averaged $1.3296 per pound, up from $1.2694. CME Grade A nonfat dry milk closed Friday at $1.18 per pound.

Volume purchased by North Asia, which includes China, fell from the previous event but was up from last year, according to analyst Dustin Winston. “The

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70 Holstein tiestall cows. Many years of mating and AI breeding has resulted in an outstanding herd of dairy cows! Herd is out day and night and fed high forage TMR. Current bulk tank average is 75lbs, 3.9F, 3.1P and low scc. On official DHIA, also regular vaccination and hoof trimming. Good feet, legs and udders throughout. Lots of fancy young cows that are milking heavy as well as some really powerful mature cows milking well over 100 lbs!! Coming from Diane Grunenwald, Montfort, WI 20 Holstein breeding bulls coming from Irvin Martin, Dorchester Holsteins. This group will again feature bulls that will fit most any breeding program, including individuals that have high milk & component dams, are red, polled, aAa mated A2A2 and AI bred. This group will feature some very good breeding power! A few individuals include: Catchon x Pety yearling 32330 5.0 x 3.3 aAa 126; Mandela X Doc yearling 32810 4.5 X 3.35 aAa 534; Malibu X Damaris yearling 37056 4.1 x 3.1 (432 ); Malibu X Spark yearling 37741 3.9x 3.2 (246) Ludwig x Yohoo 22355 4.4 X 3.0 A2A2 and( 516) ; Eisaku x Macolm 27288 5.3 X3.7 A2A2 and (135); Call Irvin Martin 715-654-5308 for more details on specific bulls.

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52 Tiestall dairy cows. 42 Holstein, 6 Jersey cross and 4 Jersey. Herd is averaging 74 lbs, 3.95F, 3.2P, 130 scc. Home grown feed and not pushed for production. 15 cows fresh last 90 days, approximately 50% of cows are confirmed bred back. Mostly select sires breeding with many nice young cows! Kyle & Ashley Kunze.

Complete dispersal #2

37 Holstein dairy cows and 7 Holstein springing heifers. Cows are milked in stanchions and tie stalls, outside every day. Current bulk tank average is 65 lbs, 150 SCC, 4.2F, 3.2P. Cows and Heifers are bull bred using top end holstein bulls. There are several registered cows and Heifers that were purchased from a neighboring herd. No TMR. Heifers are raised in free stalls up to breeding age. Cows are vaccinated and dry treated. Heifers vaccinated and dewormed prior to calving. Nice herd with the genetics and conformation to average considerably more than 65 lbs! Jackie Hoffman, Milladore

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aggressive buyers at this event were Southeast Asia and the Middle East, who both bought signicantly more than the previous event, although SEA purchases were down slightly from last year,” Winston said.

Back on the farm, signicant drops in feed plus a hefty increase in the All Milk price moved the milk feed ratio higher. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s ag prices report shows the August ratio at 1.67, up from 1.38 in July, and compares to 1.69 in August 2022.

The All Milk-price average saw its rst advance in 10 months, jumping to $19.70 per cwt, up $2.30 from July but $4.40 below August 2022.

The national corn price averaged $5.73 per bushel, down 49 cents from July, after falling 27 cents the previous month, and was $1.51 below August 2022 prices.

Soybeans averaged $14.10 per bushel, down 60 cents, after rising 20 cents the previous month, and is $1.20 per bushel below a year ago. Alfalfa hay dropped to $230 per ton, down $14 per ton from July and $46 per ton below a year ago.

The August cull price for beef and dairy combined climbed to an average $115 per cwt, up $4 from July, $24.90 above August 2022 and $43.40 above the 2011 base average.

Income over feed costs in August were below the $8 per cwt level needed for steady to higher milk production for the seventh month in a row, according to dairy economist Bill Brooks, of Stoneheart Consulting in Dearborn, Missouri. Input prices were lower, he said, but all three commodities were in the top ve for August all time. Feed costs were the fth highest ever for the month and the 37th highest of all time.

The ratio was below the ve-year average for the 15th month running, as the average ratio for August is 2.00, Brooks said.

“For 2023, milk income over feed costs (using Sept. 29 CME settling futures prices for Class III milk, corn and soybeans plus the Stoneheart forecast for alfalfa hay) are expected to be $7.86 per cwt, a loss of 40 cents per cwt versus last month’s estimate. 2023 income over feed would be below the level needed to maintain or grow milk production and down $4.05 from 2022’s level,” Brooks said.

Meanwhile, dairy margins continued to decline the second half of September despite lower projected feed costs although price movement between Class III and Class IV milk has deviated drastically, according to the latest Margin Watch from Chicago-based Commodity and Ingredient Hedging LLC. “Plentiful cheese stocks amidst weak demand led to a selloff in both spot block and barrel cheddar prices at the CME, which in turn has pressured the Class III market,” MW said. “On the other, a large decline in butter inventories as milk production plummets in the West has caused spot butter to rally sharply.”

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MW reported highlights from the August Milk Production report, adding that dairy cow numbers “may be further revised down as cow slaughter was elevated throughout the month in response to negative margins and soaring beef prices.”

The Oct. 3 “Daily Dairy Report” said, “Dairy producers and processors who dumped milk without compensation due to certain weather disasters over the past three years could be eligible for reimbursement through the new Milk Loss Program run by USDA’s Farm Service Agency.”

“Last month, USDA announced that it would compensate dairy producers for up to 30 days of lost milk that could not be marketed due to ‘droughts, wildres, hurricanes, oods, derechos, excessive heat, winter storms, freeze, and smoke exposure that occurred in the 2020, 2021 and 2022 calendar years,’” DDR said.

“Signup is underway and lasts through Oct. 16.”

The week ending Sept. 23 saw 58,800 dairy cows go to slaughter, up 1,900 from the previous week but 2,500 or 4.1% below a year ago. YTD, 2,321,500 head have been culled, up 101,400 or 4.6% from a year ago.

“Who feels the need to continue the rapid pace of dairy cow slaughter when feed costs are as low as they are?” StoneX said. “Total beef slaughter has experienced the same sentiment with nearly 50,000 less head of cattle slaughtered on a total beef basis from last year’s levels during the 38th week.”

USDA’s crop progress report showed 82% of U.S. corn rated mature, as of the week ending Oct. 1, up from 70% the previous week and 9% ahead of a year ago. 23% has been harvested, up from 19% a year ago, and 53% was rated good to excellent, unchanged from the previous week and 1% above a year ago.

The report shows 86% of the soybeans dropping leaves, up from 73% the previous week and 8% ahead of a year ago. 23% has been harvested, up from 20% a year ago, and 52% was rated good to excellent, up 2% from the previous week but 3% below a year ago.

Cooperatives Working Together member cooperatives accepted nine offers of export assistance this week that helped capture sales contracts for 1 million pounds of American type cheese and 44,000 pounds of whole milk powder. The product is going to customers in Asia, Middle East-North Africa and South America through December.

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Top dairy cows not as high as last week but had more $1,600-2,000. Top 2150. Good springing heifers $1,600-2,100, opens $1.10-1.50. Single birth Holstein heifer calves $80-170.

Breeding bulls $1,200-1,600. Market bulls $1.12-1.28 Choice Holstein steers $1.50-1.59. Choice beef steers Monday in Thorp $170-185. Top $185.50 on 10 red hfrs 1446 lbs consigned by Conrad Smith, Loyal. 2 black strs @ $185. 5 black strs 1608 lbs @ $184.50 consigned by Randall Brubacker, Colby.

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Holstein bull calves $250-400. Extreme top 1 head at 600 Wednesday consigned by Marvin Beachy, Gilman. Beef cross calves mostly $550-790. Extreme top $820 & $835 consigned by Brenda Zimmer, Owen.

Market cows trending lower. 20% sold $89-112. Another 50% sold $66-88. Top this week $120.

3x4x8 alfalfa $185-220. 3x3x8 alfalfa grass mix $90-115. Rounds alfalfa $95. Rounds grass $95-90. 3x4x8 western wheat straw $80-85 Thank you for your business, we really appreciate it!!

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Grain Markets 12.04

Almena, WI Synergy Cooperative

4.23

11.79

St. Cloud, MN ADM

4.38

11.84

Westby, WI Premier Co-op

4.40

11.64

Cadott, WI Cadott Grain Service

4.34

11.78

Pipestone, MN Cargill

4.59

12.02

Muscoda, WI Riverdale Ag Service

4.43

11.72

Wheat 4.50

GarÀeld Pro-Ag Farmer’s Co-op

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Monona, IA Innovative Ag

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S. Wheat 6.63 W. Wheat 6.12

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Whitewater, WI Landmark Services Co-op

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11.73

Dennison, MN Central Farm Service

4.27

11.83

Belleville, WI Countryside Co-op

4.38

11.73

Glenwood, MN CHS Prairie Lakes

4.47

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Wheat 4.81 S. Wheat 6.36

HELPING GOOD MANAGERS MAKE BETTER TRADING DECISIONS As much as free market can be hated, we all have to agree that it is the most efficient way to keep a market transparent and balanced. Over the past year I have had a growing concern that loss of milk plant pay price transparency is taking away the power from coop producer owners and giving it to the employees that manage their business interest. The ultimate “are you serious” moment came when I heard that producers had to sign a non-disclosure document stating they would not share their milk pay price with anyone. Basically, what management of that plant is saying is you as the coop owner can no longer tell people how poor of a job they are doing at running your plant.

Another pay price issue that has had me scratching my head is the makeshift quota systems being rolled out to heavily discount milk being produced that is over a specified quota limit. I have heard of pay price discounts as high as $9/cwt for over quota milk at a time that spot milk loads are trading over Class III. You have to wonder why a plant wouldn’t be smart enough to sell that milk to the buyers willing to pay a positive premium for it if they have to discount it $9/cwt to do something with it internally.

Commodity markets in general seem to be stuck in a range bound trade. The one big exception is butter price.

Spot butter traded as high as $3.50 in a recent CME Group spot auction session. The last time prices were over $3.00 was September 2022. Historically, when butter prices rally hard it typically sells off almost as fast. Deferred cash settled butter futures are anticipating this as the January contract is trading $2.54, a $1/lb. discount to the current spot price.

The cheese market seems to be stuck between a willing international buyers’ market below $1.60-1.70, and a domestic supply situation that essentially is not growing. My personal bias is the world is transitioning into a slower demand growth cycle for cheese. With that said, demand is impossible to predict so take it for what it is worth. Price always changes a market’s functionality.

Milk flows will favor Class IV product production if shifts can be made in manufacture scheduling. Nonfat dry milk prices have been trying to work higher also. This is allowing Class IV futures to trade at a $1-1.50 premium to Class III. This will be a blessing to Central FMMO producers but do little to help the Upper Midwest region.

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Dairy Star • Second Section • Saturday, October 14, 2023 • Page 11

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Raw milk sustains dairy business

Peeler family makes farm prosper in SC

By Jan Lefebvre jan.l@star-pub.com

STARR, S.C. — L.D. Peeler is used to going it alone in the dairy industry. When he took over his dad’s farm in 1978, there were three remaining dairies in Cherokee County. About a decade later, his was the only one left.

“There wasn’t much of a future there to continue running the dairy,” Peeler said. “There were houses around us, dogs chasing cows, we were in the city limits, and it was just a disaster waiting to happen. I ran it there for nine years before I moved it to Starr in 1987.”

The town of Starr is in Anderson County. In 1987, it was a hub for dairy farming.

“Anderson County was the third largest dairy county in the state at the time,” Peeler said. It had 24 dairies in the county and a great 4-H program for the kids to grow up in. Now, I’m the only dairy left in Anderson County.”

Today, Peeler farms with his son, Davis, and his daughter, Iris, on Milky Way Farm.

“The vet was (pregnancy) checking the cows and said I needed to name my farm,” Peeler said. “I told him, ‘OK, how about Milky Way Farm. I’m from Starr, so I want to keep it all in the galaxy.’”

The Peelers milk 110 registered Jersey cows at Milky Way Farm and grow hay and small grain for baleage

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Addie Barham (front, from leŌ), Jasper Peeler and Madelyn Kelley; (back, from leŌ) Hudson Barham, Brad Barham, Iris Barham, HarrieƩ Belue-Peeler, L.D. Peeler, Eva Peeler, Madison Kelley, Kimberly Kelley-Peeler and Davis Peeler gather for a family photo on their farm near Starr, South Carolina. Milky Way Farm is the last remaining dairy farm in Anderson County. on about 250 acres. They do not grow row crops because they do not feed any silage, just dry hay, baleage and purchased feed.

“We feed what we call a ‘built-in roughage-type feed or BIR feed,” Peeler said. “It contains feed, roughage and energy.”

The cows are housed in a freestall barn and on pasture.

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Maxxum 140 ’09, w/loader, 8374 hrs .......... $30,000 Maxxum 125 ’11, 9830 hrs ........................... $44,500 Maxxum 110 ’09, 2171 hrs ........................... 459,000 Farmall 55C MFD, loader ............................. $34,000 IH 656, gas, NF ................................................ $7,000 Belarus 820 MFD, loader .............................. $11,000

“They have access to pasture all the time,” Peeler said. “We have free stalls for the whole herd if they decide they want to lie in the free stalls. We have fans in there. Really, the cow has the best of both worlds here.”

The Peelers use lockups for feeding baleage and computer feeders for feeding BIR. “We also have a piece of equipment called a Hustler that unrolls the baleage and puts it in a row just like a mixer wagon does.”

In 2004, Peeler began selling raw milk to consumers but continued to have the bulk of the farm’s milk picked up by a co-op.

“My health inspector had told me, ‘You have really clean milk not to be selling it raw,’” Peeler said. “There had been a few dairies in the state selling raw milk. South Carolina is one of the states where you can get licensed and tested to sell raw milk” It turned out to be the right choice for his farm as the number of dairies around them dwindled and nally disappeared in Anderson County. The Peeler’s raw milk business took off.

Then, in 2019, the co-op that had been purchasing their milk gave them a choice to either sell all their milk to Turn to PEELER | Page 13

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6130 ’12, 2115/1658 hrs.............................. $157,000 6088 ’10, 3446/2244 hrs.............................. $108,000 2388 ’06, 3250/2420 hrs................................ $57,000 2388 ‘02, 4047/2753 hrs, RWA ..................... $42,000 1680 ’86, 5300 hrs......................................... $17,500

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is labeled as raw milk,” Peeler said.

“While we sell most of our milk in the upstate area of South Carolina, we have someone who picks up our milk at the farm and sells it in other regions of the state as well. The business has mushroomed because so many people are seeking raw milk.”

Milky Way Farm raw milk is sold in gallon and half-gallon plastic jugs.

Chocolate milk and buttermilk come in half gallons, and avored milk is sold in pints.

It may be that the Peelers’ gift for selling their own milk has been handed down for generations. Peeler’s grandfather sold raw milk before him.

“That was on the old home place where Granddaddy started it,” Peeler said. “He started selling certied grade A raw milk in 1918, then actually put up a processing plant that was sold in the 1990s.”

Selling raw milk has brought another benet for Peeler. He met his wife, Harriett Belue-Peeler, when she was looking for raw milk to purchase for selling at her health food store that she owns a few counties away. The couple married in 2011.

Peeler’s son, Davis, attended an agricultural college before returning to the farm to help manage farm’s dairy herd. Today, he’s a jack of all trades, managing and harvesting the forage, maintaining equipment, and running the creamery. Davis’ wife, Kim, owns an insurance company and works off the farm when she’s not helping Davis with forage.

Peeler’s daughter, Iris, after earning a master’s degree in dairy science, managed a college dairy herd and worked in various elds of agriculture before returning to work on the family farm. Her husband, Brad Barham, is employed

by Premier Select Sires, Inc. and helps with breeding at Milky Way Farm.

Milky Way Farm employs seven workers between the farm and the creamery. Peeler also has six grandchildren, ages 5 to 16, and the older ones now help with chores.

“The thing I’m most proud of is that my two kids are doing what they enjoy,” Peeler said. “I tell people that I have never really worked a day in my life because I love what I do.

Peeler said the future looks good for his farm as raw milk continues to grow in popularity.

“I reckon we’re proud of our gallon of milk; it’s unique to have the quality that we have,” Peeler said. “I always tell people, ‘If you ever try my milk, I’ve got you because it tastes the way milk is supposed to taste.’”

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the co-op or none of it to the co-op.

They choose instead to focus entirely on marketing their own product to the consumer.

Three years ago, they built a creamery on their farm.

“We milk Jerseys,” Peeler said. “I started breeding A2-A2 probably eight years ago, and when we nally were all A2-A2, we decided to put up the creamery.”

The creamery allows the Peelers to vat-pasteurize a portion of their milk.

90% of the milk they sell is still raw.

The Peelers have come a long way from when they rst started selling raw milk just over 20 years ago.

“I would have never dreamed I would be milking 110 cows and selling every bit of the milk off the farm to consumers.”

Their creamery has allowed them to prosper as dairy farmers, when others gave up.

“Let’s face it, these big co-ops are not out to keep the dairymen in business, at least not in the Southeast here,” Peeler said. “I can really thank my health inspector … he probably hounded me for close to a year before I nally asked him what I’d have to do to sell raw milk. He said, ‘I’ll take a sample and get it to the lab, check it and make sure it’s good. If it’s good like I know it will be, I’ll be back next week with your permit.’”

When the Peelers built their creamery, they made some upgrades and changes to the dairy farm as well.

“We ended up purchasing two robotic milking systems,” Peeler said.

“Right now, we’re averaging between 2.5 and 2.7 milkings a day.”

Before that, they had milked in a double-8 herringbone. The Peelers also added a beef venture to their farm.

“A couple years ago, we started breeding the low end of the Jerseys to Red Angus semen, and now we are marketing beef in either halves or whole,” Peeler said. “The top half (of the Jerseys) we breed to sexed semen.”

The Peelers sell their milk both on their farm and at retail locations although they do not have a typical retail store on the farm.

“It’s an honor system; we have a double-door refrigerator here that we keep stocked,” Peeler said. “People come and get milk out of the refrigerator, and we have a locked moneybox that’s mounted on the wall that they put the money in.”

The Peelers also deliver their milk to stores across the state.

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A day in the life of the Schyma family

Rye planting makes for long day of work

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RICE, Minn. — The dry summer is having a ripple effect on fall eldwork for the Schyma family near Rice.

Bob and Jolene Schyma and their son, Brenden, operate a 90-cow herd in Benton County. There, Oct. 5 included a lot of eld preparation and planting.

The goal of the family was to nish seeding 150 acres of winter rye. Normally, 80 acres is sufcient, but because of the lack of rain this year, they upped the acres planted.

“We are trying to make up for forages lost,” Bob said.

“We are hoping to take the rye off in May and then plant corn

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Brenden (from leŌ), Jolene and Bob Schyma stand in front of a tractor Oct. 5 at their farm near Rice, Minnesota. The trio are in a three-way partnership on their dairy farm. in.”

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Bob Schyma checks the scale on his mixer Oct. 5 at his farm near Rice, Minnesota. Schyma mixes feed once a day in the aŌernoon.

The family already had seeded 35 acres earlier in the week with the hopes that by harvest time they will harvest 6 to 8 tons per acre.

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Jolene Schyma discs a eld Oct. 5 near Rice, Minnesota. Schyma lls in as needed for tractor driving and does all the bookwork for the farm. standing corn forced them to chop 100 acres more than normal.

“All of the corn was used for corn silage,” Brenden said. “We typically do high-moisture corn as well, but with the drought, we had to use everything for silage.”

The day started shortly after 6 a.m. when Brenden and Bob strolled to the barn. Brenden got the cows up, scraped the barn, brought feed in for the cows and then started to bed the stalls with sand. They bed with sand every two weeks.

“Since I was little, this is what I wanted to do,” Brenden said. “I like the lifestyle. You can plan your days how you want, and Dad is easy to work with; that makes it 10 times easier.”

Bob started milking in their double-6 step-up parlor.

“I’ve been doing it since I was a little kid,” Bob said.

When Brenden nished bedding, he loaded up his side-by-side with milk and fed calves which are located a half mile from the barn. He then tagged a new calf and helped Bob nish milking and cleaning the parlor and milkhouse.

The duo then put their attention to the major task of the day: planting rye.

After lling the drill with rye seed that was harvested from their elds, they took to the elds. Bob worked the eld while Brenden planted.

“All of our crops are harvested for the year,” Bob said. “We are trying to push to get all the eldwork

done so we can work on other projects.”

Bob got a rock stuck in the disc around 1:30 p.m., so he came in the yard to get a crow bar to pry it off and waited for another short rain shower to pass. He then went back to the eld until shortly after 3 p.m. when he came into the yard to mix feed. Once the feed was mixed, he went back to the eld until 6 p.m. when it was time for chores. Jolene took over discing while he mixed feed and nished the job once Bob had to milk cows.

Brenden resided in the planter the rest of the day.

“The biggest challenge was keeping everybody moving between the spotty showers and the little xes we had to take care of,” Brenden said.

The Schymas stayed in the eld until 8:30 that night.

“The only low was we didn’t quite get it all done,” Bob said. “We were getting tired and didn’t go back out after chores. We have learned when we are tired to quit for the day.”

The family has been working together as soon as Brenden expressed interest in farming. Shortly thereafter, they formed BS Dairy LLC. “I didn’t want him to work for me for 20 years,” Bob said. “At least now he has the investment. It’s great; he’s what gets me going. I wouldn’t be milking these cows without him.”

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Besides the freestall barn and parlor, the Schymas have a machine shed and barn for youngstock.

The Schymas also have duties for neighboring farms.

Bob, who bred cows for Select Sires before starting farming, still breeds his cows as well as

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They also raise their steers to 500 pounds.

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Brenden Schyma beds their freestall barn with sand Oct. 5 on BS Dairy LLC near Rice, Minnesota. The Schymas add new sand every two weeks.

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STRATFORD, Wis. — Over the past 20 years, John Franseen and his son Mark have worked to develop a herd of dairy goats that they are pleased with. They also said they would not change the path they have taken.

The Franseens milk 210 dairy goats — mostly Saanens — on their Marathon County farm near Stratford and ship their milk to Saputo in Belmont. John established the herd in 2005 with a mix of breeds, purchasing several smaller herds. The two men farm about 300 acres between both of their farms, raising hay and feed for the herd and cash cropping for supplemental income.

“We started with about 160 head,” John said. “At that time, there were not a lot of goats out there to be purchased, so we started with what we could nd. You pretty much had to buy existing herds in order to have a market to sell milk.”

John had milked cows for 18 years. A couple of years after that herd was sold, the idea of milking dairy goats took root in his mind.

“I wanted to do something with the facility rather than let it sit empty,” John said. “Goats had a lower overhead and lower input costs in general.”

In 2014, Mark purchased half of the dairy operation from his father.

“Buying into the dairy operation seemed like the right t for me,” Mark said. “I enjoy the self-reliance of farming and working with the goats.”

The Franseens said they may have took on more than they could handle with that original herd.

“Looking back, the advice I would give someone starting out with goats is to start smaller, with a manageable number of goats,” John said. “Some days it seemed a little overwhelming. I would also have tried to nd better genetics to start out with.”

Taking the time to learn the ner points of managing dairy goats is a wise investment in time, said both John and Mark.

The Franseens agreed that managing a herd of dairy goats is much different from managing a herd of dairy cows. John said attention to the smallest detail is a necessary skill.

“They are touchier than dairy cows are,” John said.

“The biggest health problem we face with them is respiratory issues. You have to catch things fast. They are small animals, and a small issue can become a big problem, fast.”

One drawback the Franseens have faced is a lack of veterinarians who are skilled in dairy goat health, which has required them to become competent in most areas of goat veterinary care.

“We really only have the vet here for ultrasounds for pregnancies,” John said. “We have learned to do most everything else ourselves.”

Both John and Mark appreciate the personalities they see in their herd.

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John (from leŌ), Mark and Anna Franseen smile with their dairy goats Sept. 29 at their dairy farm near Straƞord, Wisconsin. The Franseens milk 210 goats and appreciate the low overhead and input costs associated with dairy goat farming.

and kind of fun to be around,” Mark said. “My daughters can enjoy the farm without my worrying about the amount of large equipment or large animals.”

Over time, the Franseens learned that Saanens were their breed of choice and began to take their herd in the direction of becoming fully Saanen.

“Saanens are the all-white goats and are known for being good producers,” Mark said.

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Mark said.

The bottom end of the herd is bred to Boer, and those kids are sold shortly after birth.

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The Franseens’ herd averages about 6-6.5 pounds of milk per goat per day.

Being browsers by nature, the goats on the Franseens’ dairy are not pastured. Instead, they are fed a ration of baleage that includes clover mixed with cover crops and a mixed-grass hay that is comprised of orchard grass and meadow fescue.

The grain mix fed to the goats includes corn, oats and barley, which the Franseens grow and mix on the farm.

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“Contrary to what a lot of people believe, goats are really picky eaters,” Mark said. “When we were having our feed mixed at the feed mill, we found that the goats were picking through

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According to the Franseens, they are able to raise plenty of hay and baleage for their herd on about 35-40 acres.

Like all areas of the dairy industry, the Franseens are seeing change in the goat sector as well.

“There aren’t as many small operations starting up,” John said. “About 15 years ago, there was a lot of interest in starting up with dairy goats, but that interest has seemed to decrease.”

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New England, ND Hettinger County

ARIANN DOE

DENISE KURTH

250 cows, 5,530 acres

7”

0.5”

3” 1.6”

2.1”

4.5” 1.25”

3.7”

3.3”

1.5”

1.9” 1.5”

Frazee, MN Becker County

ANDREW INGVALSON 175 cows, 600 acres

We are doing highmoisture corn. The moisture varies from 29% to 35%. We try to do 15,000 bushels RAINFALL each year. We bag it all TOTALS and have one bag done Last 2 Weeks and one to go. We have been taking it out with an 8-row combine. We 7” hauled out 600,000700,000 pounds of our liquid manure. We try Since April 1 to pump out enough 12.55” to get us to spring.

We spread it on top in the fall. We have done a couple fields of tillage.

We had 4 inches of rain in one shot and a bunch of half-inch rainfalls; it soaked in really well. There was nothing we couldn’t go through.

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Rice, MN

Benton County ALAN VANNURDEN 600 cows, 1,400 acres

We are doing highmoisture corn now (Oct. 11). We try to get 30,000 bushels in the silo. The irrigated RAINFALL fields are running TOTALS pretty good, and Last 2 Weeks on the dry land, the bushels really vary.

We are lucky we are 3” getting what we are — considering how dry it was around here. We Since April 1 11.1” are hauling both liquid and solid manure.

We spread it and work it in. We had around 3 inches of rain, and that helped with tillage, and the alfalfa is growing again. We started chopping cornstalks yesterday.

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We were hauling silage today (Oct. 10). We’ve been chopping since the middle of last week.

We had chopped quite RAINFALL a bit, and then it froze TOTALS hard. We probably have Last 2 Weeks 300 acres done and 300 to do. We chop with a 10-row self-propelled chopper, and we haul with two trucks and a forage wagon. We pack it with one tractor. The Since April 1 stand is really good 19.3” this year. We finished the durum right before we started on the corn. The guys around here are waiting to combine their corn. The sunflowers in the area are still out in the field. It’s pretty cold out here now.

Our area was issued a tornado warning on the evening of Oct. 3.

A tornado was spotted RAINFALL over by Freeman, TOTALS but no damage was Last 2 Weeks reported. The storms brought some good rains, which will be beneficial for the 2.1 ” pastures and the alfalfa. Fall harvest is Since April 1 well underway. Our 12.8” soybeans yielded 40 bushels per acre, and our corn yielded 135 bushels per acre.

We are thankful for what we got, especially after the hot, dry summer that we just had.

Sleepy Eye, MN

Goodhue, MN

0.5”

Brown County

BENJAMIN SEIFERT 350 cows, 450 acres

We started chopping Friday (Oct. 6) and finished yesterday except for a few test strips. We chop RAINFALL with an 8-row self- TOTALS propelled Krone Last 2 Weeks chopper, haul with four trucks and have a one-blade tractor 1.6” to pack and pile the silage. We are getting to the tail end of the Since April 1 soybean harvest, and 18.92” some neighbors are working on corn or cornstalks.

Next, we plan to haul liquid manure or make cornstalk bedding off a neighbor’s field. We try to do 250 big square bales.

Goodhue County

CHARLIE DICKE 200 cows, 850 acres

We are currently working on soybeans.

The yields are below average but not bad.

Usually, you would RAINFALL hear of someone TOTALS getting 70 bushels Last 2 Weeks an acre or more on soybeans, and that is not getting said 3.7 ” this year. We finished high-moisture corn Since April 1 last week. Currently, we have a batch of 21.5 ” wet corn drying. In the community, manure is being spread and dryers are starting. Fall-planted cover crops, including ours, are looking really good because they hit the rains.

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Orange City, IA Sioux County

LANE HETTINGA

Anamosa, IA Jones County

DOUG FAIRBANKS

130 cows, 75 acres

380 cows, 600 acres

Stratford, WI

Marathon County MATT REDETZKE

Cecil, WI

Shawano County RON & COLIN WUSSOW

250 cows, 450 acres

100 cows.

1,400 acres

We received some good rains recently, and the lawns and pastures are greening back RAINFALL up. Many farmers TOTALS have finished their Last 2 Weeks soybeans and have moved onto corn.

Some of the soybean 1.5” fields are still pretty green, but the pods Since April 1 are ripe. It looks like 16.3 ” the combines are spitting out windrows of hay. It is hoped that the frost that we got on Saturday night has killed the bean stalks and will help speed up corn drying.

This week we finished soybeans. The yields were not good; we had high 20s to low 30s in bushels per RAINFALL acre. We also finished TOTALS making corn earlage Last 2 Weeks this week. Coming up, we have more dry corn to combine 1.5” and more cover crop acres we want to drill. Since April 1 We also want to start 9.0 ” hauling manure, and we want to get ready for winter. In the area, most people either have their soybeans out, are working on them or are combining corn.

All the corn silage and other wet corn is wrapping up.

We got about 4.5 inches of rain last Saturday (Sept. 30), right in the middle of doing corn silage. We RAINFALL had to sit for a day or TOTALS so, but we were able Last 2 Weeks to get it finished up.

The brown midrib corn yielded about 19 tons to the acre 4.5” on average, which is pretty typical for Since April 1 around here. Our 13.6” soybeans still need a good hard freeze, which we haven’t had yet. I’m not sure if we will try to take a last cutting of grass hay yet or not. We are draglining manure today (Oct. 11). We have one field we want to try some cover crops on, but it is still too wet for that.

We are supposed to get 1.5 inches between RAINFALL Thursday (Oct. 12) and TOTALS Saturday. Right now, Last 2 Weeks we are waiting for the corn to dry back down to finish the silage. We have about 4,600 acres of corn silage to finish up. We should be able Since April 1 to start again Monday.

13.10” Today (Oct. 11), we’re scouting fields to make a plan for how to start. We’ve been combining soybeans while we have been waiting for the silage. They are yielding around 60 bushels per acre at 13% moisture. We should get most of that done today and tomorrow. We have all the wheat and cover crops in, and all our manure is out.

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Calumet County MITCHELL SCHAEFER

RICH HOUZNER

230 cows, 400 acres

54 cows, 600 acres

We had a rainstorm of 1.3 inches, and then a couple days later, we received 2 inches, so it was pretty beneficial. We were kind RAINFALL of in between things TOTALS anyway, so it didn’t Last 2 Weeks delay us, and it was so dry that it didn’t stay muddy long. We got our last silo filled and got our snaplage done as well. For our first Since April 1 attempt at snaplage, 13.74” I was impressed with it. The feed came back excellent. I didn’t know what to expect initially because we’ve never done it before, but I was pleased with the results. The corn varied so much that we couldn’t have combined that hill for a couple weeks, so it was a win to get those acres done. We are putting third-crop haylage in the silo now, and then we will get to combining next.

3.3”

We started hauling manure Oct. 10.

It’s still very dry, so semis can drive in the field without RAINFALL causing compaction. TOTALS It’s getting a little too Last 2 Weeks late for cover crops.

I’m not sure if we’re going to do them yet or not. If we do, we 0.25 ” would plant rye grass in cornfields after Since April 1 manure is hauled. 12.30” This is the first year we haven’t done any winter wheat in a while because we needed those fields for more forage instead. Pastures are really dry. I can’t get fence post in the ground — it’s hard like concrete. I don’t know if I remember it ever being this dry this time of year.

Grant County

TIM VOSBERG

1.25”

McHenry County ALAN AINGER

140 cows, 380 acres

300 cows, 1,100 acres

It was a little annoying because it started raining when we got done chopping, and it kept at it for a few RAINFALL days. I did get small TOTALS Last 2 Weeks grains planted, so I’m happy about that. Harvest is in full swing around here. 1.9” I’m waiting on the combine. We hope Since April 1 to get at combining 15.8” next week. We are expecting quite a bit of rain through the end of the week. The grass is finally growing, so we might put some heifers back out to pasture. We had brought them all home because the grass was gone completely.

We finished fifthcrop hay Oct. 9.

Surprisingly, some fields did really well.

There were a couple RAINFALL that we didn’t even TOTALS Last 2 Weeks cut because there wasn’t enough there.

We finished high2” moisture corn Oct. 5 and had exceptional yields at 200-plus Since April 1 bushels per acre. 15.95” We started soybeans Oct. 10. There has been a lot of progress with farmers doing soybeans in the area, and some are finishing up already.

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DAIRY ST25R C E L E B R A T I N G

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A look back at 5, 10 and 20 years ago 5 years ago Meyers recoup after devastating September storm October 2018 found the Meyer family assessing how to rebuild their freestall barn and robotic milking room after an EF1 tornado came through their farm Sept. 20. Alan and Sharon Meyer and their son and daughter-in-law, Andy and Samantha, milked 120 cows and farmed 700 acres near Kenyon, Minnesota. The milking herd was housed in a 115-stall freestall barn and milked with two Lely robotic milking systems that had been installed in 2010. After the tornado left its mark, the Meyers received an immense amount of help from family, neighbors and even strangers — including people dropping off supplies and turning up to help relocate escaped animals. The milking herd was trapped inside the Meyers’ destroyed freestall barn, so help was needed to cut apart the building’s trusses to free the cows.

Within an hour, the cows were relocated to another robotic dairy that was not running at full capacity.

Prepare your farm for an outbreak In the fall of 2018, Minnesota and Wisconsin leaders in the dairy industry were developing protocols to secure the milk supply in the event of an outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the United States. Dairy organizations across the nation collaborated and created the Secure Milk Supply Plan that could be used as a national guideline in developing state plans. The main purpose of the plan was to encourage business continuity in the case of a disease outbreak, where the movement of milk could take place between permitted dairy farms, milk haulers and processors. Minnesota and Wisconsin were using the Secure Milk Supply Plan to help create their own drafts, with the aim of presenting them to area dairy farmers.

Talking their way to the top The University of Wisconsin-River Falls dairy judging team landed at the top of the pack as the National Intercollegiate Dairy Cattle Judging Contest wrapped up Oct. 1, 2018, at World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wisconsin.

The team included Matthew Kramer, Erica Helmer, Kaila Wussow-Tauchen and Clint Irrthum. Steve Kelm coached the team to victory. It was the rst time UW-River Falls had taken rst place in 23 years. The team won over Virginia Tech by three points.

Middendorfs settle into routine with robotic milkers Six months into milking in their new 132- by 208-foot, six-row facility featuring three Lely A4 robotic milking systems, Julie and Steve Middendorf, along with their son Ben, reported a dramatic improvement. The cows gained 10-12 pounds of milk on average. Steve said the new system allowed cows with good genetics to really take off. With the change going smoothly, the Middendorfs set a goal of growing their herd to 180 cows to reach capacity. The new facility was constructed with 170 stalls and cross ventilation.

Also, needing less labor with the new milking system lightened the load of nding employees. They also said the upgrade would offer encouragement for future generations of Middendorfs to dairy farm.

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A natural problem solver After Michael Kolb installed a manure separator on his dairy farm in 2009, he noticed the natural bedding’s moisture content was inconsistent.

Kolb, his three brothers and his mother milked 370 cows in a double-12 parlor on their farm near St. Martin, Minnesota. Solids closest to the screen of the new separator were measuring 30% dry matter while solids further from the screen were measuring 20%. Kolb contacted engineers of the FAN separator, which led to Kolb helping them redesign the auger in order to get the solids consistently dryer. Kolb discovered that by making the space between the auger and the screen 1-2 inches instead of the existing 3-4 inches, the solids would end up dryer. After two weeks of working together, the group perfected the auger, which was tted onto Kolb’s separator in spring of 2013. By that fall, Kolb had seen the dry-matter percentage of solids jump to nearly 35% with the auger change. Kolb said the new auger saved half an hour of time each time he ran the separator.

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ConƟnued from A LOOK BACK| Page 23 Taking a chance on dairy farming Andy Frickson was only 24 years old in the fall of 2013, but he had already been operating a dairy farm for four years. Since the age of 13, Frickson had raised steers at his grandparents’ farm. At one point, his herd was up to 60 bull calves. When he turned 20, he took the risk of selling 10 of his steers and buying 10 cows — four that were milking and six that were dry — and renting a dairy farm near Dakota, Minnesota. By October 2013, his milking herd had grown to 75 cows, which he milked with help from his ancée, Darienne Lanswerk, in the farm’s double-8 atbarn parlor. The couple had begun the process of purchasing the farm from Frickson’s grandparents.

20 years ago Large dairy clears hurdle In early October 2003, the Ripley Township Board in Dodge County, Minnesota, unanimously agreed to continue considering a plan by dairyman Bill Rowekamp and landowner Ben Zaitz to create Ripley Dairy, which would be among the largest dairies in the state at nearly 3,000 cows. In neighboring Ashland Township, a similar proposal had died when the township board placed a one-year moratorium on the construction of large operations. The vote by the Ripley Township Board had an audience of about 200 people, some part of a group of residents in opposition to the dairy. Rowekamp, who at the time milked 200 cows near Lewiston, said he was pleased that the board voted in his favor. However, the four years that followed with back-and-forth challenges, including a citizen group working to unseat board members who

supported the dairy and Ripley Dairy later suing to demand its zoning rights, Rowekamp and Zaitz withdrew their proposal and dropped their plans for Ripley Dairy.

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Mid-American Hay Auction results for Oct. 5 Lot no.

542 548 549 550 552 554 560 564 566 568 571 573 575 556 569 576 580 559 533 539 581 531 534 537 540 543 557 558 574 532 563 545 546 561

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moisture protein 13.72 11.84 13.54 12.11 14.31 16.78 13.59 18.22 18.51 18.88 14.38 10.95 16.71 18.02 17.81 15.4 12.35 6.88 24.77 19.78 16.38 17.44 15.05 6.4 14.52 19.58 14.43 18.25 14.72 19.95 11.92 14.43 21.05 16.38 18.51 18.88 11.77 17.23 12.62 17.28 10.56 17.96 11.35 19.59 11.68 20.43 15.98 19.42 11.17 20.05 13.18 20.38 12.38 19.41 11.43 19.38 11.99 23.52 14.79 19.03 15.87 13.14 13.92 12.36 13.72 21.44 10.1 18.85

RFV 86.84 94.62 117.23 118.56 111.6 100.9 98.98 105.86 94.72 136.2 94.85 75.07 137.42 121.68 144 110.65 123.28 111.6 130.47 125.78 118.72 143.66 145.77 102.76 142.91 147.84 117.62 159.7 145.53 131.42 103.24 92.68 166.75 134.91

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Ld. size 24.8 26.55 8.01 25.47 9.21 26.87 6.07 28.44 15.21 34 24.44 12.98 14 17.99 17.62 7.74 28.03 9.24 28.15 28.39 25.21 21.78 25.79 22.49 25.49 25.57 25.96 22.9 25.93 21.29 9.38 26.98 26.06 27.69

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RFV

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Ld. size

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Apples, pumpkin and Pumpkin-pecan mufns cinnamon are three of my 1/4 cup canola oil favorite things about fall.

2 eggs We haven’t had a killing 1 cup sugar frost yet, but a few chilly 1 cup pumpkin puree nights are pushing me out 1 3/4 cup our of the garden and back to 1/2 teaspoon baking powder the kitchen to start baking 1/2 teaspoon baking soda again. Apple pies, pump3/4 teaspoon kosher salt kin bread and bars with 3/4 teaspoon pumpkin spiccinnamon swirled throughes (mix cinnamon, ginger, out brings a warm avor to cloves and nutmeg) each of the treats. It is also 1/2 teaspoon vanilla a quick way to take the nip Food columnist, 1 cup chopped toasted peout of the house without Natalie Schmitt cans turning on the furnace.

Preheat oven to 350 deThere are a few things we need to grees. Line a 12-cup mufn pan with wrap up in the garden. The frosty morn- paper liners. Whisk together oil, eggs, ings have brought an end to my toma- sugar and pumpkin in bowl. In another toes … thank goodness. I’m at the point bowl, whisk together dry ingredients, of calling it quits with canning for the and stir into wet mixture until combined. year. There are potatoes to nish dig- Add vanilla and pecans. Transfer batter ging to store in the basement for the into mufn tins. Bake 16-18 minutes. winter months. Hopefully we’ll be able Cool in pan for 5 minutes then remove to squeeze in a day or two of making mufns from tin. Cool completely. apple cider as the cooler weather brings Make a glaze with 1/2 cup powdered the sweetness of the apples to light. sugar, 2-3 tablespoons heavy cream and Did you know that all pumpkins 3/4 teaspoon pumpkin spices. Drizzle are squashes but not all squashes are over mufns. pumpkins? Most of the canned pumpkin is made from squash or a blend of Mom’s mufns by Ree Drummond squashes. Apparently, there is no bo- 1 cup whole wheat our tanical distinction that makes a pump- 1/2 cup white our kin a pumpkin. According to All Reci- 1/4 cup ground axseed (axseed meal) pes magazine, any round, hard-skinned 1 cup old fashioned rolled oats winter squash can technically be called 1/2 cup brown sugar a pumpkin. For years I would freeze 1/2 teaspoon salt squash to make into pumpkin pies and 1 teaspoon baking soda bars. I gured they were pretty close 2 teaspoons baking powder cousins, and I could swap them out 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon when I didn’t have pumpkins to freeze. 1/2 cup walnuts or pecans, chopped Who knew I was on the right track.

1 banana, mashed 1 cup buttermilk 1 egg

1/2 cup applesauce 1/4 cup molasses 1 teaspoon vanilla 1/2 cup raisins Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 12 mufn cups. In a large bowl, combine ours, axseed and oats. Add brown sugar, salt, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and walnuts. Mix. In a separate bowl, mix together buttermilk, egg, applesauce and banana. Add molasses and vanilla. Stir. Pour wet into the dry.

Stir until mixture just barely comes together. The batter should be really wet and sticky; if needed, splash in a couple extra tablespoons of buttermilk. Finally, add raisins. Scoop 1/4 cup of batter into prepared mufn tin. Bake until deep, golden brown, 16-18 minutes.

Apple bars by Reggie Popp 8 or 9 apples, peeled, sliced 1 teaspoon our 1 cup sugar 1 teaspoon salt 2 1/2 cups our 2 tablespoons sugar 2 egg yolks 1 cup shortening 2 egg yolks Milk (when mixed with egg yolks to equal 2/3 cup liquid) 1 cup corn akes 2 egg whites Mix together apples, 1 teaspoon our plus 1 cup sugar and let stand. Then mix salt, 2 1/2 cups our, 2 tablespoons sugar and shortening for pie crust. Then to pie crust mixture, add 2 egg yolks and milk to make 2/3 cup liquid; roll out half of the mixture and put on bottom of cookie sheet. Sprinkle 1 cup corn akes on crust. Put apple mixture on top of corn akes. Roll out other half of pie

crust mixture and put on top of apple mixture. Beat 2 egg whites until frothy and brush on top of crust. Bake at 375 degrees for 25-30 minutes. As soon as you remove from oven, brush top with a powdered sugar-water mixture to make a drizzle.

Cinnamon-cranberry oat bars 3 cups quick cooking oats 1 1/2 cups Rice Krispies 1 cup dried cranberries 1/2 cup ground axseed 1 1/4 teaspoons ground cinnamon, divided 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1/2 cup packed brown sugar 1/2 cup light corn syrup 1/4 cup canola oil (or sunower oil for different avor) 1/4 cup honey 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/4 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons sugar In a large bowl, combine oats, Rice Krispies, cranberries, axseed, 1 teaspoon cinnamon and nutmeg. In a large saucepan, combine brown sugar, corn syrup, oil and honey; cook and stir over medium heat until sugar is dissolved.

Remove from heat; stir in vanilla and salt. Stir in oat mixture; toss to coat.

Press rmly into a 9-inch square pan coated with cooking spray. Combine sugar and remaining cinnamon; sprinkle over bars. Cool completely. Cut into bars.

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1 inch raw, cubed chicken Chopped carrots Chopped celery

In quart jars, add 1 inch raw, cubed chicken. Next, add layers of chopped carrots, chopped celery and chopped onions. Add salt and pepper to taste. Top off with water to 1-inch head space. Add lid and ring. Pressure can for 90 minutes at 10 pounds of pressure. Best to add noodles when ready to eat.

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Garlic dill pickles

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2 1/4 cups pickling salt 2 cups of sugar 4 1/2 teaspoons dill 4 1/2 teaspoons celery seed 90 peppercorns

Wash and slice cucumbers. Set aside. Prepare brine. Heat 3 quarts vinegar, 6 quarts water, 2 cups sugar and pickling salt until dissolved. Heat jars. To each hot jar, add 5 peppercorns, 1/4 teaspoon each of dill seed and celery seed, a clove of garlic and a head of dill. Then, fill your jar with pickles, packed as tightly as you can. Add one more head of dill and clove of garlic before pouring in brine. Be careful not to have brine go over the top bend of the jar, and push all pickles down to be soaked in brine. Add hot lids and place in a boiling water canner. Process quarts for 5 minutes in a boiling water canner.

from the kitchen of Angela Peirick of Watertown, Wisconsin This is my favorite recipe to make with tomatoes every year. It is so simple and delicious. My whole family enjoys this sauce for plain noodles, as a spaghetti sauce, or you can add it to your chili or lasagna.

Slice tomatoes and place on a pan with sides. Slice peppers, one onion, some garlic cloves, fresh oregano and basil and spread over tomatoes. Drizzle 2 tablespoons of brown sugar, salt and pepper, Romano cheese and olive oil over lightly. Bake at 325 degrees for about 45 minutes. Once cooled, I throw it in my blender and pour it in freezer containers or bags. You can taste it and add extra seasonings if desired.

Tomato soup

from the kitchen of Sandy Van Eck of Ruthton, Minnesota 1 cup flour 1 cup butter 1/2 cup sugar

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The sister’s secret sauce

14 quarts tomatoes 3 large onions or 6 medium 1 stalk celery with leaves Italian seasoning (dried)

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2 teaspoons pepper Salt to taste Lemon juice

Finely dice the onions and celery. Boil in a small amount of water until tender. Don’t drain. Cut up tomatoes with the skins on. Combine tomatoes with the onion and celery stock. Add Italian seasoning to taste. Simmer until the tomatoes are mushy. Use an immersion blender and blend until smooth.

Push the cooked mixture though a fine-mesh strainer, using a rubber spatula, into the cone-type colander. Using the wooden pestle in the colander, push the mixture into a stock pot. Do this in small batches until all of it has been strained through both strainers.

Return the soup to the stove and start to heat it up again on medium/medium-high heat. Mix melted butter and flour into a paste, and thin it with a little bit of the soup.

When it boils, whisk flour/butter mixture in slowly until all is incorporated. Stir constantly to keep from scorching. Add in the sugar, pepper and salt. Keep stirring.

When the sugar, salt and pepper are mixed in, fill warmed jars.

Fill jars and add 1/4 teaspoon lemon juice to each pint or 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice to each quart.

Process 45 minutes, hot water bath. Yields approximately 22 pints.

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