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Cheese factory maintains traditions Carr Valley makes award-winning cheese the old-fashioned way By Abby Wiedmeyer abby.w@dairystar.com

LA VALLE, Wis. - Carr Valley Cheese Company has not changed much since Master Cheesemaker Sid Cook rst bought it in 1986. That oldfashioned way is how he likes it. Cook is a fourth-generation cheesemaker, having learned the craft from his parents. His family has been making cheese since the late 1800s. “My parents’ cheese plant was right outside our kitchen door. As soon as I was able to walk, I was in the factory helping my parents make cheese,” Cook

said. Carr Valley Cheese was started in 1902. Today it relies on approximately 30 family farms to provide milk for the cheese they make. Most of the farms milk around 50 cows, with only one farm milking over 100. Patty Koenig, Carr Valley’s general manager, said they are committed to the small family farms. “We add farms here and there when we can, but not big corporate farms because we want to support and maintain the small farm atmosphere,” Koenig said. Some of Carr Valley’s

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Employees of Carr Valley Cheese Company make cheese curds at their plant in La Valle, Wisconsin.

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A pair of employees stack cheese slabs as part of the cheddaring process at Carr Valley Cheese Company in La Valle, Wisconsin. Each vat starts oﬀ full of milk and ends up with a layer of cheese on the bo�om, then the employees stack the cheese. producers have supplied milk for generations. Cook believes the producers feel proud of the cheeses winning more than 850 national and international awards. “They share a sense of pride when our cheeses are recognized, and they know they contribute directly to that,” Cook said of the patrons. Carr Valley is able to offer lower trucking fees to their patrons because they own their own trucks and hire their own drivers. Koenig said it creates a

more personal culture and helps the farmers save on hauling. There are two full-time milk haulers and several more relief drivers. Since the beginning, Carr Valley has valued its commitment to local famers and customers. “We really see ourselves as a local company. We purchase the milk from family farms down the road from the plants. People feel connected to the company because their parents or grandparents took them to

one of the stores or factories as a kid,” Cook said. Carr Valley Cheese boasts over 100 unique varieties. Inspiration for these varieties came when Cook was making cheese before he had his license. There was not a lot of experimentation with cheese at that time. Cook began making different milk types and afnage that resulted in incredible cheeses that had never been done before, so he had to name them. Turn to CHEESE | Page 4

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varieties are only available seasonally, since sheep milk is hard to nd in Wisconsin. There is a group of farms in northern Wisconsin that provide the sheep milk from February through September. Carr Valley has some goat patrons as well, including one that is less than two miles from the LaValle factory. Koenig said there is a call every day from a small producer looking for a market for their milk, and Carr Valley does its best to bring them on as patrons or to help them nd another creamery to call home. The patrons are appreciated

at Carr Valley Cheese. Koenig goes out to the farms a few times a year to visit and make sure they know how to nd their records online. “I’m always impressed when I go out to the farms. They do such a good job,” Koenig said. Cook agreed and credits the patrons’ product for the awardwinning cheese. “We are committed to the preservation of Wisconsin family dairy farms and pride ourselves in supporting our farmers,” Cook said. “The best milk makes the best cheese.”

Employees salt and sƟr the curds at Carr Valley Cheese Company. The plant processes approximately 60,000 to 80,000 pounds of milk into cheese every day. “It’s fun to come up with a cheese that’s never been done before,” Cook said. “It’s amazing the number of combinations you can make with just four simple ingredients: milk, salt, rennet and culture.” While the avors vary, the process does not. “Much of the process has actually remained the same. We make the cheese by hand. There’s so much care and time that goes into making every cheese. We’ve had cheesemakers work for us for more than 60 years and it

was pretty much the same when they rst began. It shows that people really have a passion for the art of cheesemaking. We feel it’s really important to keep the sensory connection to making cheese,” Cook said. Carr Valley has three factory locations: LaValle, Mauston and Linden. The LaValle plant processes approximately 60,000 to 80,000 pounds of milk into cheese every day. It takes about 10 pounds of milk to make one pound of cheese.

The whey that is left during the cheese making process is sold to other dairy plants, where it is dehydrated and used for protein powders and other food products. Before such products were around, whey used to be delivered back to the farms for their pigs because there was no market for whey products and it was therefore not worth any money. Cream is also drained off, which goes to the Mauston plant and made into butter. The sheep milk cheese

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Phil Flock (leŌ) is teaching his son, Noah, the ins and outs of organic dairying so that Noah can conƟnue when Phil is ready to reƟre. that whole night,” Flock said. “The next day, I went into that eld and there were nightcrawlers all over on the ground, dead. That made me wonder if the spray is killing them, what’s it doing to the ground?” Flock started to transition the ground to organic at rst. By the late 1990s, he was not spraying the elds anymore. “I could have been organic quicker, but I was afraid to go organic with the cows. I didn’t know if I could do it without the mastitis treatments and the hormones to get the cows to come into heat,” Flock said. Flock’s herd became certied in 2002. “The day we went organic, we milked cows for $9 per hundredweight in the morning and $19.34 per Turn to FLOCK | Page 7

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Phil Flock looks over some corn he has in the eld near his farm near Cashton, Wisconsin. hundredweight that night,” Flock said. “We’ve never had anything lower than that since.” Flock said the cows transitioned easier than he had originally feared. A lot of cow management was learned by trial and error, and many things he learned through meetings with other organic producers. He has learned that what works for some guys does not always work for others. On the rare occurrence that a cow gets mastitis, Flock treats them for three days with Aspire and garlic. The milk goes in the tank all three days, and the mastitis is gone after the treatment. If a cow goes off feed, Flock uses a drench that consists of probiotics, aloe, garlic and a ruminator capsule. When a cow does not clean after calving, Flock uses aloe. One management practice not available to organic producers is the option to short-cycle a cow. Flock uses a product called Nature’s Cycle which will cause cows to show a stronger heat, naturally. The Flocks do all of their own vet work with the exception of pregnancy checks. The vet comes out every two to three months for herd health.

The herd averages 65 pound per cow per day. Flock only started feeding protein to the cows two years ago. The benet Flock sees is the cows holding a higher lactation for a longer period of time. The cows are fed TMR and topdressed with protein mix. Flock crops over 90 fields; the biggest one is 10 acres. When a eld is put into corn, it will never stay in corn more than two years. He believes the ground has better soil health when it is rotated out of corn after two years. This was proven true when his dad was still farming and had a rented, conventional eld of corn that had been in corn for as long as his 70-year-old dad could remember. Flock remembers plowing that eld and turning up shreds that had been plowed down the previous year that were not decayed. “There was no soil life left in the eld,” Flock said. “I would plow all day long and never see a nightcrawler or an angle worm or nothing.” Despite his dad’s doubts, Flock planted hay on that corn ground. It grew hay right away, but the next time it was put into corn about ve years later, the corn was astronomically higher than it had ever been before. To battle weed control, Flock moldboard plows to start with a clean eld. Then he discs, culti-mulches and plants. “Timing is everything. We don’t plant corn until May 20,” Flock said. “The ground has to warm up otherwise the weeds have it before we do.” About seven days after they plant, they rotary hoe. Then, the Flocks cultivate as soon as they have four leaves. He cultivates again when it’s about knee high with wide blades ,and as fast as he can go. Flock’s family has been a supportive workforce throughout his entire career. His wife raises the calves and helps with most other chores while also working as a teacher off the farm. Their son, Noah, is one of two boys, and has opted to stay home and farm. Eventually, Noah plans to take over from Phil and Sue, and plans to stay organic.

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The Agriculture Department lowered its estimate for 2021 milk production in the latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report, fourth month in a row, and lowered its 2022 estimate, citing lower dairy cow numbers and output per cow. 2021 production and marketings were estimated at 227.0 and 226.0 billion pounds respectively, down 800 million pounds on production from last month’s estimates, and 700 million lower on marketings. If realized, 2021 production would still be up 3.8 billion pounds or 1.7% from 2020. 2022 production and marketings were estimated at 229.7 and 228.6 billion pounds respectively, down 900 million pounds on both. If realized, 2022 production would be up 2.7 billion pounds or 1.2% from 2021. Cheese, nonfat dry milk (NDM), and whey price forecasts for 2021 were raised, based on current prices and lower expected production. The butter price was lowered slightly. All dairy product prices for 2022 were raised, largely on tighter supplies, according to the WASDE. The 2021 cheese price average was projected at $1.68 per pound, up 40 cents from last month’s estimate, and compares to $1.9236 in 2020 and $1.7586 in 2019. The 2022 average was projected at $1.7150, up 6 cents from last month. The 2021 butter price average was projected at $1.6850 per pound, down a nickel from a month ago, and compares to $1.5808 in 2020 and $2.2431 in 2019. The 2022 average was put at $1.7550 per pound, up 2.50 cents. NFDM was projected to average $1.2450 per pound in 2021, up 2 cents from last month’s estimate, and compares to $1.0417 in 2020 and $1.0419 in 2019. The 2022 average will climb to $1.38, up 11 cents from what was expected last month Whey was projected to average 56.50 cents per pound in 2021, up a penny from last month, and compares to 36.21 cents in 2020 and 37.99 cents in 2019. The 2022 average will slip to 51 cents, up a penny from last month’s estimate. Look for the 2021 Class III milk price to average $17.05 per hundredweight, up 40 cents from last month’s projection, and compares to $18.16 in 2020 and $16.96 in 2019. The 2022 Average was estimated at $17.10, up 65 cents. The 2021 Class IV average was pegged at $15.70, up 15 cents from a month ago, and compares to $13.49 in 2020 and $16.30 in 2019. The 2022 average was projected to hit $17.15, up $1.10 from last month’s

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ConƟnued from MIELKE | Page 10 Midwest butter demand is strong but timing could be better. Cream is relatively pricey, according to producers, and labor shortages continue to beleaguer plants. Contacts say they are having to allocate inventories to assure each customer has an opportunity to purchase. Concerns remain regarding transportation and hauling. Deliveries are not as assured as they were a couple months ago, and there is no short-term clarity regarding the growing amount of logistical issues. The Pacic Northwest and northern mountain states are heavy with cream following a re at a Caldwell, Idaho Darigold butter plant this week. The plant also produces nonfat dry milk. The Nothwest’s largest dairy cooperative suffered a re at its Lynden, Washington plant in Feb. 2012. Cream destined for the Caldwell plant was looking for a home but sources say most local churns are already full as holiday butter production is underway. Cream supplies throughout the rest of the West are reportedly near normal for this point in the year, and butter production is steady. As the fall baking and holiday season begins, some contacts expect typical holiday butter demand, while others anticipate banner year celebrations and a stronger holiday pull than usual. Either way inventories are abundant and there is plenty in coolers. Retail sales continue to increase, while food service demand remains level to lower. Grade A nonfat dry milk is basking in popularity as cheesemakers use it to fortify vats and exports are good. The powder reached $1.5375 per pound Thursday, highest since Aug. 2014, but nished Friday at $1.5325, up 7.25 cents on the week and 39.25 cents above a year ago, with 13 carloads sold on the week. CME dry whey climbed to 60.50 cents per pound Thursday, highest since June 21, but nished Friday at 60.25, 0.75 cents higher on the week, and 21.50 cents above a year ago. There 7 sales on the week at the CME. Whey is doing a lot of heavy lifting to boost the Class III milk price, says the Daily Dairy Report’s Sarina Sharp in the Oct. 8 Milk Producers Council newsletter. “So far this year, spot whey has averaged 57 cents, compared to 37 cents in 2020 and 35 cents in 2019,” says Sharp. “If whey values were at 2020 levels, the Class III price would be roughly $1.23 lower than it has been this year.” Contacts tell the Dairy and Food Market Analyst they are seeing a surge in inquiries from international customers for milk powder, butter, and cheese. Editor and analyst Matt Gould wrote in his Oct. 8 edition; “We continue to believe that the dairy industry is managing thru the congestion, which is producing greater exports. Contacts are not reporting a signicant worsening in access to sea freight. This despite, ridiculous conditions at our ports. At the moment, there are two ships that have been waiting more than 20 days to dock at the Port of Los Angeles and 75 that are waiting to dock outside of Los Angeles/Long Beach. Congestion has also increased in the Gulf and the East,” says Gould. “Even still, shipping costs may nally be leveling out,” he write. “Spot rates from Los Angeles, California to Shanghai, China decreased by 5.0% this week and have fallen by 8.8% in the last month.” Final 2020 consumption data conrms Americans love dairy. For the third consecutive year, per-capita dairy consumption increased, jumping to 655 pounds per person, up from 653 pounds in 2019, “showing a resilience,” says the National Milk Producers Federation. NMPF stated that “A small uptick in yogurt, a gain in butter consumption, as it marches back to 1960’s-level consumption, increased buying of both full-fat and lower-fat ice cream, because what’s

a lockdown without ice cream? And uid milk consumption held steady, belying the haters who always use receding prominence as fake evidence of the ‘death of dairy’ even as gains among other dairy products more than outpace any uid losses.” “Steady is what dairy’s been all about,” says NMPF. “At a time when everything from public health to supply chains have been in upheaval, consumers can count on dairy, for quality, nutrition, affordability, and for care in its creation. 2020 is over, and 2021 hasn’t been a picnic either. But we do know, and the data does show, what consumers have counted on throughout. Dairy farmers are proud to provide products that keep the country nourished. They will continue to meet that steadily growing need until current challenges have passed and far, far beyond.” Sad to say, uid milk consumption continues to struggle, though it improved some from the previous month. USDA’s latest data shows August sales of packaged uid milk products totaled 3.6 billion pounds, down 1.7% from Aug.2020, after plummeting

6.3% in July. Conventional product sales totaled 3.4 billion pounds, down 1.7% from a year ago. Organic products, at 228 million pounds, were also down 1.7%, and represented 6.3% of total sales for the month. Whole milk sales totaled 1.2 billion pounds, down 2.8% from a year ago, with year to date consumption down 6.9%. Whole milk represented 33.2% of total milk sales for the eight month period. August skim milk sales, at 205 million pounds, were down 10.2% from a year ago and down 13.6% year to date. Total packaged uid milk sales for the eight months amounted to 29.2 billion pounds, down 4.8% from 2020. Conventional product sales totaled 27.3 billion pounds, down 5.0%. Organic products, at 1.9 billion, were down 2.0%, and represented 6.4% of total milk sales for the period. The gures represent consumption in Federal milk marketing order areas, which account for approximately 92% of total uid milk sales in the U.S.

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In the last issue I mentioned that world dairy product prices need to move higher, or U.S. export sales may be in jeopardy. The rationale behind this was that U.S. prices may have moved to levels that are taking away their pricing advantage to international buyers. The good news is that EU private reporting services are releasing numbers showing a firming price trend. This should allow higher U.S. values to remain competitive if true. Class III prices have traded above $18/cwt in all of 2022. If PPD’s begin to perform closer to what the normal used to be, this should be profitable for a growing portion of cost competitive producers in the dairy industry. Individual plant pay price risk may be the biggest concern for seeing profits in 2022. Although Class IV prices are running slightly behind Class III, they are catching up quickly. Nonfat dry milk prices remain strong trading over $1.50/lb. This has allowed the III/IV spread to narrow significantly. If butter prices find some price strength, Class IV prices could be

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SAUK CENTRE, Minn. – Michael Gribbin and his ancée, Caroline McKenna, have an indisputable itch to explore the world and learn more about how the dairy industry differs across continents. After growing up in Ireland and spending time in Australia, the couple found themselves in central Minnesota with Gribbin doing contract work in the dairy industry. “Caroline and I love traveling and working elsewhere,” Gribbin said. “Everything we do, we do to learn more to take home to the farm. It’s working so perfectly for us.” Gribbin and McKenna arrived in Minnesota in June on H2A visas. They spent a month and a half in southern Minnesota where Gribbin milked for a larger dairy before settling in Sauk Centre. Gribbin is now employed by D&H Field Services, Inc. of Osakis. “We personally think Minnesota is just like Ireland,” McKenna said. “For us, it’s a home away from home.” Gribbin grew up on a dairy farm in central Ireland. His parents and three younger brothers milk 140 cows

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ConƟnued from GRIBBIN | Page 12 He found the job online after searching grown here,” she said. “The corn elds for employers that would accept H2A are awesome. We don’t have that.” visa workers. At Gribbin’s farm, cows are fed “It’s a dirty job that not too many grass in both the form of grazing and people want to do,” Gribbin said. “We silage. While other farms overseas were given an opportunity and we’re will incorporate corn into the diet, the glad we can help.” Gribbins have chosen not to as they Mostly, Gribbin spends his days maximize their land resources. laying down hoses across the elds. It “For the ease of things, grass grows is a labor-intensive job, but one Gribbin back every year and our farm has great is skilled in and one he enjoys. soil,” Gribbin said. “My father is a smart The better part of his job is meeting man and smart with his time. He will the farm workers. grow more silage than needed and sell “I’m constantly on the dairies, the rest for prot.” hanging out with those guys,” Gribbin In some instances, farmers have said. “I didn’t realize how the Hispanic driven over two hours to pick up silage community helps out the dairy industry at the Gribbins’ farm. so much. If I had known, I would have “Animals eat so differently out here,” learned Spanish before I came here.” Gribbin said. “It’s opened my mind to In addition to working on farms, the different crops that can be planted Gribbin is also taking an online course in and harvested. And, I’d like to take a agriculture to receive further credentials job in Texas or Arizona because I’m sure to support his work visa program. farming is different down there than it Prior to working in Minnesota, is even here.” Gribbin and McKenna spent two years As Gribbin’s time working in central in Australia, where they managed a Minnesota is coming to an end with the 500-cow dairy farm. They milked in a manure-pumping season, he is looking rotary parlor. for other opportunities to remain in the “We milked for them and they took state’s dairy industry. He has a nineafter us,” said McKenna of the farm month work visa, and will have another owners. couple months before the visa expires Following their time in Australia, the after his work is complete. couple found another dairy management He hopes to continue learning more opportunity in Canada where the farmer from the United States dairy industry, was transitioning to robots. However, at so that when he and McKenna return to this time, the Canadian border closed due Ireland, they can bring back a wealth of to the pandemic. knowledge to the family farm. Instead, they spent months traveling “It’s nice being on the dairy side of the United Kingdom before being able things. I enjoy seeing how (American to apply for travel to the United States. farmers) do it and how they’re saving “When that fell through, we were money,” Gribbin said. “At the end of the praying for an opportunity to make it day, that’s what it’s all about. How can over here,” McKenna said. you do better?” And now that the couple has spent the better part of six months here, they have learned a lot and noticed great differences in farming between the United States and Northern Ireland. Technology used on farms is similar, but the magnitude of it used in America is grander. “Machinery out here is a lot bigger than what we deal with,” Gribbin said. “The grain silos, you don’t see that PHOTO SUBMITTED back home.” Michael Gribbin’s family’s farm sits in a valley in McKenna agreed. “A lot of stuff gets Northern Ireland.

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The Welles – (from leŌ) Blaise, Dave, Max, Anne and Peter – stand in the eld where they were combining corn Oct. 18 on their 40-cow dairy near Freeport, Minnesota. The Welles were able to combine around 20 acres of corn.

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Peter Welle preps a cow during morning milking Oct. 18 on his farm near Freeport, Minnesota. Peter started his day in the barn at 5:30 a.m.

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Dave (leŌ) and Blaise check on Peter’s progress while he combines corn on their dairy near Freeport, Minnesota. Dave came out to the farm in the late morning to haul loads.

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school, and he went to the barn to do some chores, including putting silage in the manger for the cows. He also helped Dave unload corn. “That’s how I grew up. I would hang out with my grandpa. To me that’s a good way to pass down some knowledge or just spend time with Grandpa,” Peter said. Anne unloaded the boxes until shortly after 5 p.m., when she picked up Max from football practice. “I love that we are outside so much and that we can be together,” Anne said. When back at the farm, Max helped Dave with bringing the gravity boxes in from the eld. “It was a team effort to get a project done,” Peter said. Around 5:30 p.m. Blaise brought the cows, that had been on pasture all day, into the barn and tied them in their stalls. As the day drifted to around 6:30 p.m., and the sun began to set, Peter stopped combining for the day. “If we do 15-20 acres and there

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Blaise Welle brings in cows from a day in the pasture. Blaise came to help with chores as soon as he got done with school at the Melrose High School.

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Max Welle heads to the eld with an empty gravity box during the early evening on Welle dairy near Freeport, Minnesota. Max hauled a few loads and then did chores with his dad and brother.

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Three neighbors – (from le�) Jared Bradt, Josh Koebler and Danny Peterson – take a break from xing on a combine. The trio milks their own cows but help each other with almost everything else on their farms near Black River Falls, Wisconsin. Not pictured is Tom Peterson, who works oﬀ the farm during the week.

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BLACK RIVER FALLS, Wis. – Driving down a back road just outside of Black River Falls, sits a broken-down combine in a partially harvested corn eld with three men working to repair it. There are two pickup trucks and one tractor and wagon. What appears to be a fully edged harvesting crew is actually just three neighbors who help each other out. No LLC, no paper contracts and no hard feelings. Just good, old-fashioned camaraderie. Josh Koebler, Danny Peterson and Jared Bradt have worked together for the past six years. Their other neighbor, Tom Peterson, is also involved at night and on weekends when he is not working as an equipment operator for a local construction company. Bradt purchased his 40 cows in 2014, but did not have enough equipment for everything there was to do. Danny remembered what that was like, having started out the same way, so they started to help each other. “I got more time than money, so I gured I’d go help Danny, then he’d let me use his equipment,” Bradt said. “We’ve been working together ever since.” It was not long before Koebler started pitching in, and they realized they could all accomplish more by working together. “The bad milk price made us all depressed and sick of it, so we thought if we all help each other that would make it fun,” Bradt said. Koebler said it began with buying lime together. They would all meet at Danny’s because it was convenient. Suddenly, they found themselves in an informal arrangement that really seemed to work. There is no set schedule when it comes to eld work. They usually start planting corn at Danny’s because it is lighter ground and typically ready rst. This year, however, they started at Koebler’s because the weather was cooperative, and his ground was ready rst. “We haven’t had a year that’s the same yet, kind of like normal farming,” Bradt said. “Whatever happens that spring, whoever’s ready rst, we just go.” When it is time to harvest, they tend to do Danny’s and Koebler’s back-to-back since they both have pit silos. They try not to move around too much and nish one farm before starting another. When combining, Danny’s is done last because he harvests dry corn whereas the others do high moisture corn. Tom has corn and soybeans. His

combine is newer, so he usually gets the crew started on the weekend, then they help nish his crops during the week while he is at work. Tom also has the nicest shop and happens to be the most mechanically inclined and often ends up helping with repairs. When breakdowns happen and repairs are necessary, the responsibility depends on whose machine it is, and whose farm they are on at the time. If it is something simple like a tire repair, then whoever’s farm they are at will try to cover it. If there is a major part that needs to be xed, then it is up to the person who owns the machine. “If it’s something real major, then we just discuss it,” Danny said. “It’s got to get bought, so we just gure out how it’s going to get bought.” A recent repair was done on Koebler’s 8670 Ford Tractor. The PTO clutch was worn out and a 50-cent o ring solved the problem. The group commiserated how expensive repair bills can be when taken to an implement shop in town. Koebler said what would have easily cost over $1,000 dollars ended up only costing $240 because he was able to save so much on labor. He did go ahead and replace the clutch packs since it was in Tom’s shop, and he had help. They all cut hay, but they do not exclusively cut their own. They start at one farm and work through everyone’s ground until it’s ready. “Usually, we all start cutting hay at the same time then we try and get 250 acres off in three days,” Bradt said. “Sometimes we wonder what we were thinking.” When weather takes a turn for the worse and there is a lot to do, they simply continue to work together. This summer, there was rain coming when Koebler still had quite a bit of hay down. Plus, Farm Technology Days was the following day and they all wanted to attend. They got three balers going and baled until 7 p.m. Then they went home to milk and nished up hauling bales until midnight. “It was a good feeling, getting that all done at midnight,” Koebler said. They all agree that it is especially useful to have help while chopping corn. They have one person chop, one person haul wagons and another to pack. The harvesting experience runs a lot smoother when they join forces. The crew’s help extends beyond their four farms when the need arrives. Just this spring, a different neighbor’s mother passed away and they all pitched in to get his rst crop of hay done while he dealt with the funeral and everything else. They insisted it was no problem to help. There are no plans to make the system too ofcial. They like to help each other but agree that they are usually glad to see harvest done. They plan to keep things informal as long as it works.

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REPORTS

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We chopped some more third and fourth cutting hay yesterday (Oct. 19). We put it in a bunker. It’s pretty light but we RAINFALL need the hay to get to TOTALS spring. I would like to Last 2 Weeks cut another 160 acres of red clover and alfalfa and 30 acres of rye grass, then we can park 0.5” the hay equipment. We have 75 acres of corn Since April 1 to do. We’ve been 18.5” getting some frost but there is a fair amount of green in the middle and it’s brown on top and on the bottom of the corn plant. We’ve done around 190 bales of corn stalk bales.

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The weather has been fantastic. We ﬁnished chopping our lateplanted silage corn last week and have started RAINFALL harvesting our high TOTALS moisture corn. So far, the lowest grain Last 2 Weeks moisture we’ve seen has been 20%, but we don’t plant any corn that has a maturity of less than 0.2” 100 days. We chopped the 113-day corn that Since April 1 we planted on May 1, 27.3” and the crop adjustor said that it yielded 270 bushels per acre. Our alfalfa has put on a lot of growth this fall. We might take a ﬁfth cutting after it freezes.

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We have knocked down our ﬁfth cutting of alfalfa and hope to get it put it up as dry hay this week. The hay RAINFALL looks light, but that’s TOTALS to be expected. We Last 2 Weeks ﬁnished our soybean harvest last week. We are pretty happy with the soybean yields, 0.5” especially considering how dry it was during Since April 1 the growing season. 18.6” We are doing some routine repair work on our combine and plan to get started on our corn harvest later in the week.

Millerville, MN (Douglas County)

PAUL BITZAN JR. 250 cows, 700 acres

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Manawa, WI

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DICK BLOUGH

350 cows, 1,300 acres We are harvesting soybeans, and the past four to five days have been phenomenal. We’ve done about 250 acres and have about 200 acres left. The RAINFALL ones we are combining TOTALS now are the ones we Last 2 Weeks planted on the rye field we harvested. We’ve done about 100 acres of corn and have 150 acres left. We have 100 acres of our corn-sorghum to chop. Hopefully we can do that Since April 1 this weekend. We dropped 13.1” 100 acres of fifth crop alfalfa and are waiting to see if it rains; hopefully we can harvest it shortly. It’s a piece of ground we are losing so we thought we could take it. The majority of the neighbors are working on corn.

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180 cows, 1,000 acres

155 cows, 350 acres

Everything was wet at the beginning of last week, so no one was doing beans. On Friday and throughout the weekend, people started doing high moisture corn RAINFALL because things had really TOTALS dried down. My corn is still at 30% and I am hoping Last 2 Weeks to get down to 25% for high moisture, so I am still a couple weeks off. Some guys in our area are waiting to take their beans off because it never froze here, and the vines are still Since April 1 a little green, which makes 21.85” combining hard. We have a lot of guys getting their last crop of hay off now. Monday was 37 degrees which is the coldest morning we have had in a long time. Right now, we have about 170 acres of winter rye planted. We hope to have another 100 acres planted by the end of the month.

Things have dried out good in the last week. Everyone is going full board into the soybeans now that it’s dried out. We are half done with high moisture corn and RAINFALL running about 18-19%. TOTALS It was down to 16% but Last 2 Weeks picked up some moisture from the rain. The neighbor was at the elevator and there were trucks lined out the driveway. A couple of neighbors have started Since April 1 tillage work. One has 250 17.2” acres, and his tillage is done. Another neighbor has his stalks all chopped off and is starting tillage work. Rain helped to loosen up the ground a little bit. People who are tilling said the ﬁelds are still a little hard and machinery is pulling harder than last year.

We have had about 0.7 inches of rain over the last two weeks. That brings us to about 21.5 inches for the year, with our ten-year average being 23.5 inches. We have had 2,334 growing RAINFALL degree units, which has been very good for us as we plant TOTALS corn needing 2,150-2,250. Last 2 Weeks We ﬁnally got back to doing our soybeans last weekend and are about two-thirds done. We started our newto-us dryer this weekend and took 40 acres of corn off and were very happy with how it dried the corn. The yields are Since April 1 very good. Our winter wheat 23” looks great and the alfalfa looks really good. They are talking about a widespread front the next couple of nights, which should end our growing season. This is the second year in a row of great crops, especially good this year because of the great prices to go with the yields.

Ridgeway, WI

Kendall, WI

Wolsey, SD

0.65”

(Iowa County)

70 cows, 230 acres

We are done with corn silage. I hear reports that others in the area are still working on corn silage. Now, we RAINFALL are working on hauling TOTALS manure and hoping Last 2 Weeks to get some winter wheat in the ground. Everybody who has beans has combines 0.8” rolling. My friend who does my beans is still Since April 1 working on his, so I 20.4” have no beans off yet.

(Marathon County)

(Rock County)

STEVE CASE

420 cows, 663 acres

EVAN JONES

JOHN SAGER

70 cows, 330 acres

Dorchester, WI

Janesville, WI

We have had 2 inches of rain in the last week, so we have really done no harvesting yet. It has been pretty low- RAINFALL key around here. The TOTALS beans lost the rest Last 2 Weeks of their leaves last week and the corn is drying. Things dried out enough over the 2” weekend that our neighbors started back in on the corn. We are Since April 1 12.8” just waiting for our custom combine now.

3”

0.7”

(Beadle County)

(Monroe County)

RUSSELL JUNGEMANN

BRIAN FISKE

55 cows, 365 acres

Our high moisture corn in all done. I have the neighbors who have corn and beans done. Their corn yields RAINFALL were disappointing TOTALS because of the tar spot. Last 2 Weeks The beans are running between 60 to 85 bushels an acre, so that is an awesome crop. We 0.2” are baling and wrapping some Sudangrass and some late fourth crop Since April 1 23.9” tomorrow (Oct. 20), if it is not raining. I have about 700 acres of combining left to do yet, mostly custom work.

880 cows, 2,350 acres We harvested our ﬁrst quarter section of corn and it yielded 155 bushels per acre at 17% moisture; pretty RAINFALL impressive for such a dry TOTALS year. This week, we plan Last 2 Weeks to chop the 200 acres of silage corn we planted following our winter wheat. Our son-in-law recently purchased a quarter section that’s mostly cattails. He Since April 1 windrowed and baled 13.05” the cattails and sold the 1,000 bales to a local feedlot for $50 per ton. He has tilled the ground and will be planting it to winter wheat.

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Lot no. 439 421 422 435 463 466 467 459 464 457 411 416 418 419 437 406 407 409 410 414 417 420 425 427 430 433 434 442 455 456 462 465 408 423 424

Mid-American Hay Auction results for October 7, 2021 Desc. Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares

moisture protein 16.15 27.5 17.84 19.8 17.08 18.4 18.33 26.82 12.57 19.38 12.66 20.99 19.83 24.27 6.41 5.47 9.48 4.6 15.86 10.48 13.43 25.35 11.91 20.69 11.28 23.46 12.77 22.07 13.63 23.25 19.79 22.63 18.04 23.21 18.34 21.85 16.32 23.6 14.44 22.08 18.3 22.76 15.98 21.47 11.63 20.37 15.51 26.62 14.81 22.46 18 22.56 16.25 22.82 15.59 25.9 17.38 22.37 16.63 21.66 11.1 16.71 18.27 20.92 12.7 22 17.34 27.53 18.02 25.49

RFV 168.21 100.06 92.29 206.36 160.16 154.25 191.75 68.68 69.16 90.4 143.73 185.58 194.52 200.89 192.33 152.77 153.1 137.62 152.83 141.76 149.51 149.42 174.36 169.45 131.97 189.13 155.72 228.14 155.52 149.38 115.33 131.08 162.73 172.29 159.91

cut. 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 3

Ld. size 21.28 26.27 22.97 24.18 16.72 16.74 15.88 24.52 26.19 23.48 25.92 24.65 24.97 25.22 26.61 25.87 26.76 25.76 25.78 25.04 25.42 25.29 23.35 24.64 20.07 25.87 25.66 15.36 23 25.39 4.85 25.55 25.14 25.33 26.46

HARDWORKING. JOB-TESTED. COMMITTED.

price $210.00 $180.00 $160.00 $195.00 $175.00 $200.00 $160.00 $50.00 $50.00 $140.00 $140.00 $200.00 $210.00 $220.00 $210.00 $170.00 $175.00 $150.00 $175.00 $200.00 $170.00 $185.00 $200.00 $185.00 $210.00 $180.00 $190.00 $215.00 $185.00 $195.00 $160.00 $185.00 $185.00 $150.00 $160.00

Lot no.

428 429 413 431 436 440 441 405 412 415 454 458 460 468 469 426 432 438 461

Desc.

Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Large Rounds Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares

moisture protein

13.42 13.33 15.47 16.31 15.55 13.73

18.6 24.27 26.67 20.3 22.27 12.47 STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW

RFV

154.32 179.24 169.7 129.9 194.76 107.01

cut.

3 3 4 4 4 1&2

Ld. size

23.56 22.11 24.34 24.43 26.59 25.16 38 21.41 24.68 25.53 6.76 27.02 24.94 22.78 22.3 72 72 72 6

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