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THE DAY THAT WENT AWRY

A distressing call from abroad Vander Wals learn of freestall barn collapse while in the Netherlands

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PIPESTONE, Minn. — John Vander Wal and his wife, Berlinda, were visiting relatives in their native country of the Netherlands when John received a distressing midnight phone call.

“Our son-in-law, Trevor, called to say that a section of one of our freestall barns had collapsed,” John said. “He was very upset and was asking, ‘What do I do?’”

John and Berlinda operate Newalta Dairy with their son, Ian, and their daughter and son-in-law, Alisha and Trevor Ekkel. Newalta Dairy is currently milking 3,700 head near Pipestone.

A blizzard on March 9, 2019, had left a thick deposit of heavy, wet snow on their barns’ roofs. About 70 feet of a 968- by 102-foot freestall barn suddenly imploded due to excessive snow load.

“I got a call from one of our employees at about 8:30 at night telling me that part of the barn roof had collapsed,” Trevor said. “The worst part for me was the shock of seeing all that

damage. It was a bloody mess, but we had to deal with it.”

John and Berlinda were scheduled to y back home in just two days, so they did not change their travel plans.

“I got on the phone from the Netherlands and began to call neighbors and ask for help,” John said. “Many of them were already aware of the situation and were pitching in to help clear debris. A big concern was that the rest of the roof might cave in, so we hired a local contractor to come over with his extended boom loader and clear off the snow.”

Trevor, the dairy’s employees and volunteers from the neighborhood worked feverishly to dig through the debris and free any surviving cows that were trapped beneath the tangled mass of snow, steel and wood.

“About 30 people came over to help us even though we were still in the middle of a blizzard,” Trevor said.

“By about 4 o’clock in the morning, we had gotten the surviving cows moved to another pen and could resume normal JERRY NELSON/DAIRY STAR operations.”

The barn, which was built in 2006, John Vander Wal (leŌ) stands in his dairy’s milking parlor with his son-in-law, features a ceiling and an insulated attic. Trevor Ekkel, Nov. 8 near Pipestone, Minnesota. One of their dairy barns suf“Because there is a ceiling, there fered a parƟal roof collapse on March 9, 2019. was no warning that the roof was going to go,” John said. “We are lucky that there was nobody in that part of the injuries that were successfully treated thing. We put the cows down as soon as we found them.” barn at the time. We lost some cows, by a veterinarian.

But the stressful events were far but no one got hurt.”

“The worst part for me was nding About 35 cows were killed outright three cows that were still alive under from over. by falling debris. The remaining cows the debris ve days after the collapse,” that had been in the pen — about 200 John said. “They were very weak and head — were moved to an empty pen. severely injured. We had walked over Turn to NEWALTA DAIRY | Page 4 About 20 head had sustained various the debris many times but never heard a

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A crew of Newalta Dairy employees along with neighborhood volunteers dig through the debris in the aŌermath of a parƟal barn roof collapse on March 9, 2019, near Pipestone, Minnesota. Newalta Dairy lost about 35 cows during the incident.

“One day after the collapse, we were moving cows when one of them got loose,” John said. “She ran out onto the lagoon, which was iced over, and broke through the ice somewhere near the middle.

We couldn’t reach her with the contractor’s extended boom loader, so I walked out on the ice and got a strap on the cow so that the loader could pull her out. The cow wasn’t hurt and turned out just ne.”

Then, an early April ice storm toppled power poles in the area. Newalta Dairy went without electrical service for 60 hours.

“We had a generator that enabled us to keep on milking, but we didn’t have enough power to process the manure,” John said. “The pens became quite messy.”

John learned important lessons from the calamity.

“The barn’s ceiling works like a chimney that carries warm, moist air up through the open ridge,” John said. “But some of the exhaust air was getting into the attic and had caused the galvanized gang plates to corrode. Some of the gang plates had turned completely black. This should be looked into if you have a similar ceiling in a dairy barn.”

It took about two months to complete repairs on the damaged barn. This included replacing the free stalls and headlocks that had been wrecked.

“Our contractor installed double rafters when they rebuilt the roof,” John said. “But the experience left us wary of excessive snow loads. During the winter of 2022-2023, there was a buildup of snow on the roof. We looked up in the attic and saw that some of the truss webs were deecting, so the boys and I went up on the roof and shoveled the snow off. This spring we went back into the attic and braced the truss webs with two-by-fours.”

Another change had to do with the way the roof steel is secured to the purlins.

“They used Torx screws to attach the steel when they rebuilt the barn,” John said. “Torx screws have a lower prole than hex drive screws, which makes it easier to scrape the snow off the roof. The scraper doesn’t bounce off of every row of screw heads.”

An important takeaway from this experience has to do with facility design. When Newalta Dairy constructed their most recent expansion, they chose to build a tunnel ventilated barn that has a at roof.

“I never have to worry about the snow load on our at roof barn because there is never a speck of snow on it,” John said.

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Managing pastures during a dry year Farmer panel

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By Abby Wiedmeyer abby.w@dairystar.com

OSSEO, Wis. — Managing pastures during a drought was the topic of discussion as farmers gathered Nov. 8 for the annual West Central Wisconsin Fall Grazing Conference in Osseo, hosted by River Country Resource Conservation and Development Council Inc. The event included a farmer panel with dairy producers Steve Kling, of Taylor, and Kevin Mahalko, of Gilman, as well as beef producers Chris Johnson and Carl Flaig.

Kling milks around 40 cows and has been grazing for 30 years. Mahalko milks around 45 cows and has been grazing since 1995.

Kling said he learned the importance of clipping the pastures during dry weather. He leaves a portion of his pastures unclipped for wildlife and ground-nesting birds and said he has never in the past had a problem grazing those elds afterward. He discovered this year that dry weather prevented this from working.

“I thought there would be shade for the plants and the soil would stay a little cooler, but it was really a big mistake,” Kling said. “When it got dry this year, those bull stamps never deteriorated; they just stayed there like a broomstick.”

Kling said that the amount of refusal that he has now is huge because the cows do not like sticking their noses in the prickly, long-stemmed grasses to eat.

Mahalko agreed and said that he always keeps the pastures for the milk cows clipped. He harvests crops of hay from his pastures and then sends cows in after the crop has had a chance to regrow.

“From a dairy farmer’s side, having some good hay equipment is absolutely critical,” Mahalko said.

“We custom hire our big square bales, but with all the mowing, we want to be able to control that timing and do it ourselves.”

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A farmer panel of graziers — Steve Kling (from leŌ), Chris Johnson, Carl Flaig and Kevin Mahalko — discusses management systems for grazing during drought condiƟons Nov. 8 at the annual West Central Wisconsin Fall Grazing Conference in Osseo, Wisconsin. Dairy producers Kling and Mahalko have each been grazing their caƩle for over 30 years.

Because of the dry conditions, Mahalko said they reduced the number of crops harvested from a portion of their hay ground. Where they normally would harvest three or four crops, they instead took two. When yields are lower, Mahalko said, it is more important than ever to properly store the hay they do manage to harvest.

“Hay storage is critical,” Mahalko said. “Especially in a dairy situation, we try to preserve as much quality as possible.”

Kling uses grazing as a management tool for lowyielding ground due to drought. In elds that are not typically grazed but are not growing properly, he will send cows to graze instead of harvesting the crop with hay equipment.

“If the drought has it down to under 8 inches or so where it isn’t worth cutting with the Haybine, put some poly wire around it and get the cows across the road or whatever it takes,” Kling said. “Cattle that are grazed every day know that a fresh move means fresh feed and know what’s coming.”

For Mahalko, drought conditions were what got him interested in grazing. Many farmers remember the drought of 1988, and Mahalko was one of many farm-

ers looking for a strategy to navigate the dry weather.

At the time, he and his dad had 5-acre paddocks that they rotated on a two-week basis. All the while, they hauled green chop to the paddocks as well.

He said it carried them through the dry year and inspired him to expand the system. He has learned over the years the importance of planning when it comes to managing a grazing system.

“Focus on your grass management, have realistic expectations and be able to have a little bit of that storage on hand,” Mahalko said. “Then you have some exibility and you’re not always maxed out.”

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“That grass being taller allows more expression and biologically diverse plant communities and more diverse soil life — everything that helps that function,” Mahalko said.

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Western demand strong from retail cheese purchasers

Dairy product prices were mixed the week before Thanksgiving. CME cheddar block cheese closed Friday at $1.60 per pound, unchanged on the week but 63.25 cents below a year ago. The barrels climbed to $1.68 Tuesday, highest since Oct. 27, but plunged 11 cents Friday, closing at $1.56, 9 cents lower on the week, 36.75 cents below a year ago and a more normal 4 cents below the blocks. There were 14 sales of block on the week at the CME and nine of barrel.

Cheese prices are disappointing considering that we’re approaching the biggest selling season of the year. StoneX said on its Nov. 13 Early Morning Update, “In November, the seasonal tendency is for the blockbarrel spread to widen, so it’s a bit odd that is inverting.” The Nov. 10 Weekly Wire said, “Too much milk isn’t the issue here. Too little demand is driving the narrative.”

Dairy Market News reported that spot milk availability remained similar to much of early fall this week, meaning tight and/ or closer to balanced. Mid-week spot milk price highs were at $1 over Class III. A number of cheesemakers say milk offers have deed their expectations as they have not begun to come in ahead of the holiday week.

Nonfat dry milk usage in cheese processing has increased as a result. Cheese demand in the Midwest is either unchanged or improving. Cheddar and Italian pizza-style cheesemakers say orders have picked up in recent weeks.

Western demand from retail cheese purchasers is strong, DMN said. Some contacts note that grocers have been utilizing retail ads to entice customers ahead of Thanksgiving. DMN’s Retail Report released Nov. 9 underscored that as the total number of ads for conventional and organic cheese increased from the prior week’s survey by over 60%. Food service cheese sales in the region are softening somewhat as consumers are, reportedly, foregoing dining out due to high menu prices. Contacts say cheese produced domestically is priced at a premium to that produced internationally and thus contributing to light export demand, DMN said.

After plunging almost 51 cents the previous week, CME butter regained a little ground and climbed to $2.69 per pound Tuesday but closed Friday at $2.49, down 11 cents on the week, 32 cents below a year ago and $1.0125 below its recent record high.

Sales totaled 10 loads for the week.

Butter market tones started to brace after a precipitous drop the past few weeks, DMN said, but processors said demand has not been as negatively impacted as some would

expect. Butter manufacturers continue to report upticks in cream availability, but some are still running micro-xing schedules for retail demand. Churning rates are expected to increase near-term as cream tankers trade at lower multiples week to week. Mid-week spot multiples remained in the low 1.20s for high end, but the low end slipped to 1.15, DMN said.

Cream spinoff is increasing in the West because of seasonally rising butterfat in farm milk, and more loads are available. Butter manufacturers in the West are utilizing available spot cream to increase production.

Others are shifting their focus from retail to bulk butter. The number of retail ads for conventional and retail butter also increased in DMN’s Retail Report.

Grade A nonfat dry milk climbed to $1.22 per pound Monday, highest since Oct. 23, as global prices have strengthened, but then gave it back Wednesday and closed Friday at $1.1925, down 0.75 cents on the week and 23.50 cents below a year ago. There were 13 sales reported for the week.

Dry whey climbed to 42 cents per pound Tuesday, highest since April 4, but it closed Friday at 41 cents, 1.25 cents higher on the week but 3 cents below a year ago, with 10 loads nding new homes on the week.

November’s Ag & Dairy Market Outlook from StoneX said, “While there are pockets of good demand, recent scanner data is pointing toward a slowdown at retail for butter and cheese, and shipments of nonfat dry milk to Mexico have slowed. The slower retail sales could be temporary blips from consumers who are a little long on product after some aggressive retail promotions over the summer, or they could be a signal that consumer spending is slowing/shifting.

Mexico is also a tough read. Their imports were running well above trend and a slowdown makes some sense, but the pullback for August and September is bigger than expected.”

Ination reportedly cooled in October, with the U.S. Department of Labor reporting an increase of 3.2% in the Consumer Price Index. However, the Nov. 10 Weekly Wire said, “Federal Reserve Bank of New York data showing massive increases in third quarter consumer credit card balances and rising delinquency rates don’t spark condence in an immediate turnaround.”

Dairy margins were mixed over the rst half of November as Class III Milk futures were steady while Class IV contracts rmed, according to the latest Margin Watch from Chicago-based Commodity and Ingredient Hedging LLC. “Corn prices were steady while soybean

meal continued to advance sharply on concerns of growing drought conditions in key soybean production regions of Brazil,” MW said. “The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported total dairy export shipments of 460 million pounds during September, down 12% from last year with cumulative 2023 year-to-date shipments down 7.5% from a year ago. Cheese exports were the notable exception at a record 81.3 million pounds

for the month of September, up 4.3% from last year led by strong sales to Mexico.”

“U.S. exports of nonfat dry milk at 117.4 million pounds were down 20.1% from a year ago and the lowest total for September since 2018,” MW said. “Butter exports of 4.4 million pounds fell 58.4% yearover-year while whey exports of 95 million

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pounds were down 26.7% from last year and the lowest September total since 2019. Poor hog margins in China and continued struggles with African swine fever have negatively impacted whey demand from Asia.”

MW also reported highlights from the latest Dairy Products report and said, “Our clients continue monitoring targets to extend margin coverage in deferred marketing periods with exible strategies that will allow for further margin improvement over time.” For details, visit www.cihmarginwatch.com.

September total cheese disappearance was up from August and a year ago, according to HighGround Dairy economist Betty Berning in the Nov. 20 Dairy Radio Now broadcast, based on the latest Dairy Supply and Utilization report.

Cheese disappearance, at 1.2 billion pounds, was up 0.9% from September 2022, and Berning mainly credited “rebounding domestic consumption of American-style cheese, which was up 6.2%, following a dismal August.”

That plus impressive “other-cheese” exports, which marked the highest September volume on record with data back to 2011, did the job, she said.

Butter utilization totaled 170.7 million pounds, up 6.1%, thanks to domestic disappearance being up 10.6%. Exports were down a whopping 57%. Usage dropped from August to September, according to HGD, “going against the ve-year average increase of 1.3%.”

Nonfat dry milk utilization, at 182.5 million pounds, was up 1.4% from August’s nearly ve-year low, but down 20.7% from a year ago. HGD said, “Month-on-month, domestic consumption moved in opposition to exports. However, stateside nonfat dried milk demand remained well below the prior year, while exports tanked to the smallest volume since August 2019.”

Dry whey disappearance totaled 81.3 million pounds, up 6.8%, with domestic use up 78.4%, while exports, at 34.2 million, were down 31.2%. Exports to China and Southeast Asia were off, said HGD, keeping year-on-year and year-todate volumes down. Berning credited increased demand for whey protein concentrate and whey protein isolates for the overall increase in whey product demand.

When asked why cheese prices aren’t better than they are, Berning cited HGD’s November Outlook and said, “There’s been a few different dynamics playing out.” She said they too are surprised prices are lingering around $1.60.

However, she also said new processing capacity has come on line, and exports, while better than August, were not great, and they have seen changes in product mix. Demand isn’t that great, and the rally typically seen in the fall period just did not materialize. “We still have Christmas coming, Hanukkah, and all the holidays, plus the Super Bowl, so perhaps we’ll see some lift and demand will pick up,” Berning said.

This week’s GDT Pulse auction saw mixed sales on Fonterra skim milk powder and whole milk powder. 2,180 metric tons, or 96.9% of the total 2,250 MT on offer, was sold. HighGround Dairy’s analysis shows 440 MT more of Instant WMP was sold and 74 MT less of regular WMP was sold versus the last GDT Event. 100% of the 1,000 MT of SMP on offer was sold in this auction, according to HGD. StoneX said, “Skim milk powder prices fell 3.9% relative to last week’s GDT Pulse while whole milk powder was up 1.7%. There is still some uncertainty as to how much weight GDT Pulse will have given the light volume in each pulse event. Also, given how GDT Pulse is still relatively new, there may be a few buyers/sellers still not participating in the Pulse events just yet.”

Cooperatives Working Together member cooperatives accepted one offer of export assistance this week that helped capture sales contracts for 231,000 pounds of butter. The product is going to customers in Asia in December.

That put CWT’s 2023 exports at 41.7 million pounds of American-type cheeses, 1.1 million pounds of butter, 26,000 pounds of anhydrous milkfat, 39 million pounds of whole milk powder and 7.8 million pounds of cream cheese. The products are going to 25 countries and are the equivalent of 756.8 million pounds of milk on a milkfat basis.

The 2023 U.S. harvest is winding down. The latest Crop Progress report shows corn was 88% complete, as of the week ending Nov. 12, up from 81% the previous week, 4% behind a year ago and 2% ahead of the ve-year average.

Soybeans were 95% harvested, up from 91% the previous week, 1% behind a year ago but 4% ahead of the ve-year average.

Culling continues to slow. The week ending Nov. 4 saw 55,800 dairy cows go to slaughter, up 300 from the previous week, but 4,200, or 7%, below a year ago. YTD 2,656,800 have been culled, up 75,800, or 2.9%, from a year ago.

The annual meeting of the National Milk Producers Federation, National Dairy Promotion and Research Board, and United Dairy Industry Association took place this week in Orlando. NMPF’s incoming president and CEO, Gregg Doud, told attendees, “The future of U.S. dairy farming is bright as global growth and American capacity for innovation and production combine to create a powerhouse. In terms of the world of protein, dairy is a huge part of the future.”

Doud, who takes over NMPF’s reins Jan. 1, 2024, is a former chief agricultural trade negotiator for the Ofce of the U.S. Trade Representative. He said, “Opportunities are there for U.S. dairy’s taking with robust outreach and appeals to consumers worldwide. My message to you today is very simple. Let’s go. Let’s get it in gear.”

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A NMPF press release said, “Dairy producers in the past year have faced operating margins at their lowest since the federal dairy safety net was adopted in its current structure in 2014 as prices plummeted from record highs.” In a panel of NMPF economists, forecasts showed an improving price outlook next year, even as ination continues to pose challenges for consumers.

“We see a road to recovery in 2024,” said Will Loux, head of the joint economics unit serving NMPF and the U.S. Dairy Export Council. “Things aren’t all roses, we still have really signicant headwinds on the demand side both here at home and abroad, but we look at the world with a lot of optimism, especially in the long run.”

Meanwhile, Congress passed a continuing resolution this week to keep the government open. NMPF praised the measure and said, “Along with continuing critical programs for dairy farmers, the legislation allows the Dairy Margin Coverage program to continue operating without the uncertainty of a potential disruption. DMC is an important and effective safety net for dairy farmers nationwide. This legislation includes the 2019 production history update as part of the program, and we look forward to 2024 DMC signup in the coming weeks.”

Michael Dykes, DVM, president and CEO of the International Dairy Foods Association said, “The resolution includes an extension of the 2018 farm bill that will allow important dairy-related programs to continue to operate until Sept. 30, 2024. The Healthy Fluid Milk Incentives Projects,

a dairy nutrition incentive program for SNAP participants, will be eligible to receive additional appropriations to continue its signicant expansion to reach more communities across the country in 2024.”

“In addition, the farm bill extension permits USDA to restart the Dairy Forward Pricing Program as soon as the legislation is signed into law by the president of the U.S., avoiding the need for a time-consuming rulemaking process similar to the one that was required to ‘restart’ the program after it lapsed in 2018,” Dykes said.

“While the bill gives Congress another year to pass a strong farm bill, it only keeps the lights on at USDA and FDA for another two months,” Dykes said. “IDFA urges Congress to pass a FY2024 funding bill that fully funds Healthy Fluid Milk Incentives projects, retains milk and dairy benet levels for WIC moms and children, and maintains dairy’s central role in the federal school meals program.”

The IDFA also announced its annual Dairy Forum will take place Jan. 21-24, 2024, at the JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge Resort in Phoenix, Arizona. The forum attracts dairy farmers, processors and dairy business executives from around the world.

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AND THEN THERE WAS ONE

Suburban dairy farming Puskas family continues to milk cows in NJ

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SOMERSET, N.J. — Operating the last dairy farm in Somerset County, New Jersey, requires navigation of suburbia. Middlebush Farm, owned by the Puskas family, is surrounded by housing developments.

“When we have trucks come to pick up corn, hay or soybeans, the drivers think they have the wrong address until they see the farm,” Matt Puskas said. “We have a lot of people around us. When you’re moving equipment, it can be dangerous. People don’t understand that equipment is big and slow and you can’t really see everywhere as well as you’d like to.”

In the 1970s, there were about 20 dairy farms and a small processing plant along their road, Puskas said, but the state bought 800 acres for a reservoir site through eminent domain, leading dairy farmers to eventually relocate their dairy operations or else close altogether. The plant closed too. Middlebush Farm was the only dairy farm to continue.

Puskas is the fourth generation on the farm. He and his wife, Erica, his father, Jim, and his uncle, Bob, milk about 70 cows. Cows are housed in a barn with a compost bed pack and

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Milk is picked up by Dairy Farmers of America and goes to Tropical Foods about 45 minutes away where it is used for cheese and yogurt.

There is a lack of dairy infrastructure near Middlebush Farm. All parts, equipment and even tractors, Puskas said, come from Pennsylvania, usually from sites three or more hours away.

The Puskas try to take advantage of sales programs and have several maintenance or repair jobs scheduled at a time during one appointment on the farm.

“You have to — otherwise, they are driving back and forth for several hours, and you’re paying for it,” Puskas said.

The Puskases raise their replacements. The herd is made up of registered cattle — about 30% Red & Whites, a few Jerseys and Brown Swiss, and the rest Holsteins.

“I like the Red & White Holsteins a little more,” Puskas said. “It’s neat to see cow families grow up and develop on our farm.”

Last year, one of the farm’s Red & Whites earned grand champion recognition at the state Holstein show. This year, her daughter earned the same honor.

Puskas met his wife when they were in college, both studying dairy science. Her parents and other relatives are registered Holstein breeders in Pennsylvania.

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EX 94 stands in September Middlebush Farm sits 2022 on Middlebrush Farm on 24 acres the family owns, in Somerset, New Jersey. but they grow corn, soyAwesome Joy, owned by the beans, hay, grain sorghum Puskas family, won the New and wheat across 1,100 Jersey State Holstein Show in acres. They rent land from 2022, and her daughter was the state and a handful of named grand champion of private owners. the show this year.

“Soybeans do OK here, and for corn, we get about 100-125 bushels per acre,” Puskas said. “It’s not great ground, but it’s not total garbage ground either. The only thing we’ll buy for feed is any kind of protein — like soybean meal — and minerals, vitamin packs and stuff like that. About 95% of what we feed is grown on the farm.”

With their size of operation, the Puskases handle all tasks together, but they do receive help from people in exchange for allowing those county. This past summer they hosted helpers to hunt on the farm.

“We have a lot of deer — some the Somerset County’s annual Ag in spots have about 100 deer per square Action event that rotates to farms, inmile,” Puskas said. “There are a lot of viting the public to learn about agriculsafe havens for deer where we’re at, ture.

“I like to educate the public because and then at night they’re in our crop elds eating our corn, soybeans and they’re our consumer, and they are the alfalfa. We have a shoot-to-kill permit, ones who are going to vote on a lot of and we’ve been shooting on average stuff that comes down, so they need to know more of the story than what they about 100-120 deer a year.”

The Puskases donate most of the just see on YouTube or Google,” Pusmeat to a charitable organization. The kas said.

Middlebush Farm also partnered family also farms ground owned by Rutgers University. Deer harvested with the county’s Farm Bureau to create from that ground is donated to food- a series of Ag in the Classroom videos.

“It was really fun,” Puskas said. banks on the university’s behalf.

Although suburbia causes chal- “Education is one spot in agriculture lenges at Middlebush Farm, Puskas that everyone needs to do a little better said, it also brings benets. Having on. We need to have a stronger voice more people in their area means there because we are only a small percentage are more customers for diversication. of the population.”

Puskas said he envisions his young “In the spring, we have a lot of people who buy manure from us for their children, Joel and Allison, possibly gardens,” Puskas said. “We also sell choosing dairy farming, bringing the deer corn. We’re allowed to bait deer farm into the fth generation. Both for hunting in New Jersey, so we sell children are in 4-H and dairy club. Al50-pound bags of deer corn to hunters lison showed a calf at the state Holstein show last year. in the area.”

“It’s neat to see our kids’ interests They also sell round bales of hay and passions develop,” Puskas said. and straw, mostly to horse farmers.

As his family decides next steps for Having a customer base might be key to future goals of Middlebrush the farm, Puskas remains positive.

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Dairy Star • Second Section • Saturday, November 25, 2023 • Page 15

A day in the life of the Spindlers

exibility of chores help Spindler while her husRobotic milking has The become even more appar- band recovers. The Brehmers as Kobey is recovering from are leaving later this month, systems change ent a surgery he underwent earlier and Kobey’s dad will continue this fall. to help ll in until he is back on ow of chores “It was a bit stressful g- his feet full time.

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STRATFORD, Wis. — Chores are a mainstay at Kobey and Trine Spindler’s farm, just like they have always been.

However, for the last two years, the Spindlers have found the exibility to make chores work around their family after the addition of two robotic milking systems.

“We are loving the robots; it is insane the amount of time we have with our kids and free time,” Trine Spindler said.

“You don’t have to worry about (workers) showing up. You’re on call with the robots all the time, but you don’t have to be here at certain set times. We can work time for chores around other things going on.”

The Spindlers milk 130 Jerseys on their Stratford farm with their three children, Andreas, Annelise and Johnathan.

Their goal is to get to about 140 cows.

uring out how to work around it, but it is easier now than before the robots,” Spindler said.

“I can’t imagine how we could have found enough help before the robots.”

Spindler’s parents, Jørgen and Anne Brehmer of Søborg, Denmark, are staying with the Spindlers for two months to

“I didn’t grow up on a dairy farm, and my parents had never worked on a dairy farm until I came here and married Kobey,” Spindler said. “But they are a great help now.”

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Trine Spindler uses her phone to start the Lely Juno roboƟc feed pusher on an extra route Nov. 14 on her family’s dairy farm near Straƞord, Wisconsin. Spindler said they saw a notable increase in producƟon aŌer adding the technology to the farm.

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ConƟnued from DAY IN THE LIFE | Page 15 Robots had always been part of the Spindlers’ plan, but the original plan did not have them being installed yet at this point in time. Then, fate inserted its hand.

On Dec. 22, 2020, the Spindler farm suffered a re that destroyed their milking parlor. After milking their cows for 10 months at a nearby farm that had empty barns, the Spindlers started up their two Lely robots in October of 2021.

“It wasn’t a good way to get robots,” Spindler said. “We weren’t ready yet, but it only made sense to go to that rather than rebuilding a parlor. You are supposed to have all your calf and heifer facilities ready, and we don’t, and with the prices it is impossible right now, but we are working with what we’ve got.”

The Spindlers have plans to get the heifer barn built, but the high cost of materials and rising ination has put the project temporarily on hold. Because their cow numbers are down, the dry cows and oldest heifers are housed at one end of the freestall barn and the youngest heifers are housed in a shed across the road.

With the exibility the robotic milkers give the family, Spindler’s day in the barn does not typically start until she has their children dropped off at school in nearby Marsheld. While she is doing that, her parents take care of feeding calves and chores such as cleaning the robots.

“It is nice to have the time to spend with the kids in the morning, rather than have to rush in from the barn to get them ready for school,” Spindler said.

Like every morning, Spindler headed to the barn the morning of Nov. 14.

After a quick visual check to make sure nothing was amiss, she sat down at the computer to look over the data provided by the robotic milkers.

“The robots tell us so much about the cows,” Spindler said. “It is like having eyes watching them all the time. We can catch the littlest problems fast. We know when something isn’t right.”

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Jørgen Brehmer, of Søborg, Denmark, scrapes manure away from the alley scraper Nov. 14 in the Spindlers’ barn near Straƞord, Wisconsin. Jørgen and his wife, Anne, are visiƟng from Denmark, helping their daughter, Trine Spindler, on the farm while her husband, Kobey, recovers from surgery.

Once she was nished going over reports, Spindler headed to the calf barn to get a newborn started on a bottle.

“Sometimes they are not bright; they are Jerseys,” Spindler said as she convinced the calf to suck. “When we farmed with Kobey’s dad, we had Holsteins, but we went to Jerseys because they t better, and I just learned on Jerseys.”

Since they added robots, the Spindlers have been using sexed semen on their best animals and beef on their lower-end cows.

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ConƟnued from DAY IN THE LIFE | Page 16 “You can sell a beef-cross calf for a lot more than you can sell a Jersey bull calf,” Spindler said. “But with the way prices are, we are considering using our herd bull more to cut costs.”

Once calf chores were completed, Spindler checked on the robots to make sure everything was working properly.

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been great,” Spindler said. “We just keep up on the daily maintenance, and they are really pretty easy to work with.”

As the morning continued, Spindler spent time watching the cows for a few minutes and checking on the special needs area.

“We really don’t have any fetch cows anymore,” Spindler said. “They are all really good about going to the robot on their own.”

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Trine Spindler uses a skid loader to load silage into the mixer Nov. 14 on her family’s dairy farm near Straƞord, Wisconsin.

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Once she was satised all was well with the cows, Spindler moved on to feeding the younger heifers and then mixing feed for the cows.

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Without having to spend time milking twice a day, Spindler said, they have found they have more time to work on xing and improving things on the farm. Other than one last check in the evening, the Spindlers’ days in the barn are usually complete by the time their children are ready to be picked up from school. The evenings are now for family time.

“That time with our kids has been the best thing about having the robots,” Spindler said. “They are only this age once, and we are able to enjoy it. They are able to be involved with things at school. We weren’t necessarily prepared for adding the robots, but the benets have outweighed the other stuff.”

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Lot no.

497 502 512 525 531 535 540 543 551 557 558 573 499 503 504 505 508 533 534 538 539 541 542 545 546 555 559 507 515 516 517 544 547 564 518 548 549 550 570 524 552 490 510 562 563 575 509 567 569 571 482 492 494 568 572 577 487

Mid-American Hay Auction results for Nov. 16

Desc.

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moisture protein RFV 14.68 17.75 118.2 14.95 19.08 118.37 13.92 13.28 94.15 14.33 13.24 89.8 13.35 17.1 109.27 14.48 17.15 103.36 5.24 12.84 97.85 19.36 9.78 68.81 11.68 6.59 73.67 15.74 7.46 86.7 16.18 18.8 144.72 13.02 15.94 98.16 10.56 26 222.29 9.96 26.47 150.81 13.2 26.45 138.61 14.9 21.39 108.25 14.14 18.4 114.12 8.33 16.64 140.18 16.6 8.87 69.49 17 25.11 156.13 21.94 24.45 147.55 9.8 23.98 159.89 12.42 26.48 177.98 7.4 21.57 111.15 19.41 22.43 161.59 5.24 12.84 97.85 13.47 18.23 124.55 7.62 22.23 213.01 13.59 21.63 193.46 14.33 20.89 187.88 14.42 16.91 153 8.16 24.45 153.83 15.82 23.2 157.16 11.81 22.69 183.78 16.73 18.53 111.28 17.34 18.52 110.54 15.68 19.71 120.12 16.31 20.15 122.33 16.79 21.09 128.88 3.95 13.67 107.92 12.54 19.55 122.1 11.24 18.8 144.89 10.41 20.93 169.66 13.02 7.47 81.25 10.9 10.69 75.48 9.34 19.92 132.18 11.32 18.75 139.41 11.89 19.16 134.16 10.27 13.06 102.76 10.84 19.28 130.13 NO TEST 12.08 20.32 133.31 13.31 19.07 135.53 11.09 19.49 136.41 11.26 23.18 172.28 11.15 23.15 191.63 6.11 18 148.75

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Ld. size 21.83 17.89 27.54 27.54 8.12 28.01 27.54 24.85 22.06 15.34 28.56 7.21 24.2 21.44 21.9 24.55 24.25 21.83 24.8 27.75 27 21.29 21.62 24.81 21.48 26.34 25.79 25.71 32.64 31.61 28.48 18.38 19.77 21.89 17.42 18.13 17.84 17.51 25.88 24.13 25.56 26.17 24.31 24.98 23.64 23.28 23.32 25.63 21.44 25.64 27.21 26.89 25.93 28.3 27.49 25.24 24.71

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AUBURNDALE, Wis. — Dawn Sweeney grew up at her mother’s and grandmother’s elbows, helping them in the kitchen with baking and cooking. From that beginning sprouted a lifelong appreciation for the art and eventual ownership of a business.

“My grandparents had a farm; my grandma was a big gardener and she canned and baked,” Sweeney said. “I spent lots of time at the farm, helping Grandma. My mom is still a big baker. In fact, for holidays like Thanksgiving, I don’t bring pies — that’s Mom’s territory.”

Sweeney operates Farmhouse Bakery from a commercial kitchen that was constructed in 2011, located at her family’s Auburndale home.

She outgrew the footprint of her original kitchen and more than doubled its size nearly ve years ago.

“I used to do everything myself, but the business grew enough that about ve years ago I was able to employ some

part-time help,” Sweeney said.

“There just wasn’t enough room for more than one person to be working. Now there is enough space so that we can have separate work stations to avoid risk of cross-contamination.”

Two high school students assist Sweeney in the afternoons, along with an additional part-time worker.

Sweeney keeps her business model simple, focusing her efforts on selling fruit pies, meat pot pies and pasties, which are primarily sold frozen. She also makes frozen pizzas exclusively for Weber’s Farm Store, located in nearby Marsheld.

Making pot pies had not originally occurred to Sweeney, but it was an idea she gleaned from an Amish family she met through a fellow classmate at a food safety class she took as preparation for her licensure.

Sweeney said pasties are popular in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and were popular among the miners who would take them, wrapped in paper, into the mines.

“You don’t nd them around here too much, but people seem to enjoy them. They are hard to describe — the crust is lled with meat, potatoes and vegetables. My sisters

and I were in Michigan a while back and had to stop at a pasty shop to see if they were as good as mine. They weren’t,” Sweeney said, with a smile.

All of the crusts Sweeney makes for her pies and pasties are homemade and rolled out by hand, and she takes pride in the nal product produced. Because of that, locally sourcing as many of her ingredients as possible is important to Sweeney.

“I market my products locally, so it is important to me to support other local businesses,” she said.

Sweeney’s busiest months fall during the holiday season, from October through December, and her sales of fruit pies are the highest of her products.

Sweeney estimates that she uses over 250 pounds of butter each of those three months and averages 150 pounds of butter used each month the remainder of the year.

After 12 years of running Farmhouse Bakery, Sweeney said the business, and its growth, have brought her joy.

“Before we built the kitchen, I was baking and selling to local farmers markets,” Sweeney said. “It was something I enjoyed. When my son started school, I decided to launch the business to give me a bit more exibility to be involved with

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once-monthly trip to the farmers mar- her frozen products to the eight local ket in Milwaukee. She began to seek businesses she works with those days out vendors for the prospect of whole- and usually takes care of stocking her saling her products. own products.

Sweeney now works with eight “I really enjoy the deliveries; I have local businesses who carry her Farm- been working with the same vendors for house Bakery goods, as well as work- so long that I have developed a relationing with Authentic Foods, a delivery ship with each of them and with their company based out of Appleton, that employees,” Sweeney said. “And while comes to her bakery for pick-up.

I am stocking product, people will stop In 2021, Sweeney launched a home- and ask me questions about the pies. meal program available during her less Those kinds of connections are what busy times. Each week she offers two makes small-town businesses like these meal choices on her website. Busy cus- so valuable.” tomers can pre-order the healthy homemade meals for their families, with pick-ups taking place on Thursdays.

As a wholesale baker, Sweeney said, the paperwork side of the business can be daunting.

“I dislike the paperHerds and groups of high quality work,” Sweeney said. “I Holsteins and Jerseys would rather be spending my time baking, but that are commercially managed keeping up with the paperwork is part of running the business.”

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A strong foundation

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LODI, Wis. — To the Endres family, nothing beats a Jersey. Small and friendly, efcient and healthy are the qualities Sydney (Endres) Flick appreciates in the breed her father transitioned to more than 30 years ago.

“Jerseys are very docile to work with,” Flick said. “We love them. My dad milked Holsteins while growing up and for a few years after going out on his own and was milking 250 Jerseys as well when he moved to this farm. He switched to Jerseys and fell in love with them.”

The Endres family milks about 800 cows and farms around 1,100 acres, growing alfalfa, corn, rye, triticale, sorghum sudangrass and soybeans. Their farm near Lodi is home to 1,700 total head including youngstock and dry cows.

Flick welcomed guests from Kyrgyzstan, Argentina, Iran and the U.S. as part of dairy farm tours Oct. 5 spon-

sored by Global Cow and Global Dairy Outreach during World Dairy Expo. Flick gave tourists a behind-the-scenes look at Jazzy Jerseys, making stops in the calf barn, main freestall barn, special needs facility, dry cow barn, feed center and milking parlor.

Flick worked for the American Jersey Cattle Association for several years before coming back to the farm full time at the start of this year to farm with her father, Dave Endres, and brother, Mitchell Endres, as well as 10 full-time employees. In her role as farm manager, Flick manages cows and people as well as nancials. Mitchell handles crop management.

The 100% Jersey herd at Jazzy Jerseys is milked twice a day in a double-8 parlor and averages 55 pounds of milk per cow per day with 5% butterfat and 3.75% protein.

“We enjoy working with Jerseys, especially in Wisconsin where we get paid for our fat and protein,” Flick said.

“Jerseys do a good job of producing that efciently. Their numbers pencil out as far as our feed cost and what we’re getting paid for milk.”

The Endres family does their own milk hauling and ships to Saputo in Waupun.

The farm’s main freestall barn houses about 650 cows in six pens. In 2017, the barn was updated for tunnel ventilation,

which Flick said has made the indoor temperature signicantly cooler on a hot day. Cow mattresses are bedded almost daily with a mix of digested solids from a local methane digester and wood shavings, which help dry down the solids. Alley scrapers run continuously, and beds are cleaned twice a day.

Their ration consists of corn silage, alfalfa, rye, distillers grain, canola meal and a protein mineral mix. Cows are fed once a day, but feed is pushed in seven times. Sweet corn silage from a local canning company is also added to the ration, but a bigger portion of this sweet silage is fed to heifers.

Cows moved into the farm’s new special needs barn one year ago. Here, they are properly pampered at the start of their lactation or while recovering from lameness issues or receiving treatments.

“We like this barn a lot,” Flick said. “Our old barn that was here was not going to make it through another winter.”

Impressed with the amount of natural light the barn lets in, Flick also enjoys the barn’s tunnel ventilation.

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Sydney Flick and her brother, Mitchell Endres, pause for a photo Oct. 5 aŌer a tour of their farm near Lodi, Wisconsin. The Endres family milks about 800 Jerseys and farms around 1,100 acres.

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ConƟnued from JAZZY JERSEYS | Page 23 “The air in here has been so nice, and the temperature was great throughout the summer,” she said.

One side of the barn houses transition cows from day three to day 30. The other side of the barn contains three bedded pack pens for fresh hospital cows, mastitis cows and lame cows.

“The pack helps problems like swollen knees and hock injuries get better a lot faster,” Flick said.

Dry cows and pregnant heifers one month prior to calving share a compoststyle barn.

“This barn used to be managed as a true compost-style barn when we had milk cows in it, but we don’t manage it that way anymore,” Flick said. “We just add dry bedding on top until it gets full, and then we empty the whole barn and start from the bottom again.”

Cows and heifers move into calving pens two weeks before calving.

“This barn gets walked once an hour by someone on the milking crew to check for new calves,” Flick said.

The calf barn contains 216 stalls in four bays where heifer and bull calves are reared from birth to weaning.

“When we built this barn, the goal was to model it after a pig or veal facility to help break the cycle of certain diseases,” Flick said. “If we had an issue with a sickness, this has proven to stop it at one pen.”

The Endreses’ vet was performing lung ultrasounds on calves that day.

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Cows eat Oct. 5 in the main lactaƟng freestall barn, which houses approximately 650 cows, at Jazzy Jerseys near Lodi, Wisconsin. Cows are milked twice a day and average 55 pounds of milk per cow per day with 5% buƩerfat and 3.75% protein.

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Visitors tour the special needs barn Oct. 5 where fresh, transiƟon, treated and lame cows our housed at Jazzy Jerseys near Lodi, Wisconsin. The barn’s natural lighƟng and tunnel venƟlaƟon are features the Endres family has found benecial. is scanned again, and if she comes up on top to keep them clean and dry durclear, no further action is taken. ing their stay, but individual calf pens “When we rst started doing ultra- are not cleaned until calves move out sounds, we had a lot of calves with le- at 2 months. sions,” Flick said. “We struggled when Flick and her brother continue calves move outbuilding upon the side, but this has foundation started helped improve by their father their lungs.” while looking The oor is for new ways to equipped with add income to the radiant heat, prefarm. A red shed venting temperaat the end of the tures from dipping driveway serves below freezing as Flick’s on-farm in winter, while store where she temperature-conbegan selling protrolled ventilation duce, beef and tubes and curtains local goods this provide fresh air to summer. In the calves. fall, she also sold Calves are fed pumpkins.

The pasteurized whole family raises beef milk that comes and offers indiSYDNEY FLICK, DAIRY FARMER from the farm’s vidual cuts as well hospital pen. Coas quarters and lostrum is also pasteurized. The family halves. began mixing a colostrum supplement The market is one way Flick is diinto whole milk six months ago, which versifying the operation. She and her Flick said provides fat and protein and brother are also considering additional local immunity to calves. cropping, agricultural tourism and mak“We noticed benets in growth ing dairy products. Flick and Mitchell rates and lung scores by adding this hope to take over the farm and are cursupplement,” she said. rently working on the legal aspects.

An all-in, all-out strategy is prac“We do not have goals to necessarticed in every bay, which is steam- ily get bigger,” Flick said. “Instead, we cleaned with a pressure washer before would rather diversify to add different moving in new calves. Calves start on a streams of revenue than add more cows deep straw bed, and shavings are added to the farm.”

“When we rst started doing ultrasounds, we had a lot of calves with lesions. We struggled when calves move outside, but this has helped improve their lungs.”

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avg, 97# 4.3BF 3.4P 79scc. 30+ years AI breeding. Reputation consignor. Extensive vaccination program. This load includes fresh cows and a few bred back cows. Coming from an overstocked dairy! 100% guaranteed sound. Reputation consignor, out of one the top herds of MN! Coming from Shadycrest Holsteins, Utica MN 15 Fresh Holstein Dairy Cows, 2 & 3 year olds, parlor/freestall, from an excellent herd with RHA of 30,000# cows milking 85110# low scc! This consignor has topped the sale many times, reputation consignor! Coming from Triple D Dairy, Clintonville WI 7 Registered and High Grade Holstein Dairy Cows, fresh 2 year olds, parlor/freestall, cows will sell on test, full vaccination program, coming out of a 31,000# RHA. Coming from Dicke Century Farm, Goodhue, MN CALL WITH YOUR CONSIGNMENTS Always a great selection of dairy cattle at Premier Livestock and Auctions!

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Mix all ingredients. Add a tablespoon or two of milk if you like it thinner.

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25 Fresh Holstein Dairy Cows, parlor/freestall, milking 75-115# out of a 27,500#RHA, extensive vaccination program, regular hoof trimming, majority are fresh, with some bred back, good feet and udders! Guaranteed sound. Coming from Ridgeline Farms, Buffalo County Herd Pending - Tie stall, 60# watch for more information!

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Weekly Highlights at Premier Scan the code Another busy week at Premier Livestock and for a direct link Auctions with over 3,300 head sold! Tuesday to our website! we sold 500 feeder cattle. Market was lower, most new crop beef calves $185-265. Holsteins light test $130-170. On Wednesday we sold over 300 head of dairy cattle, with 2 herd dispersals of tiestall cows. Top quality Holstein dairy cows $2,000-2,850. One load of fresh parlor freestall cows avg $2,550. Good to average quality Holstein dairy cows $1,5001,975. Top quality Holstein springing heifers $1,750 -2,300. Common and blemished cows & springing heifers $1,475 and down. Thank you to all of you who support Premier Livestock and Auctions! We appreciate all of our livestock truckers, consignors, bidders, buyers and great employees!!!!

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USED SKIDSTEERS

‘15 Gehl R220 T-Bar Ctrls, New 72HP Yanmar Dsl Eng, 2500 Lift Cap, C&H, 2 spd, 4025 hrs. - $37,000

‘17 Gehl RT250, ISO/Dual H-Ctrls, Dsl, Camso Tracks HXD 450x86x58, Both Standard And Hi-Flow Hyd, 2 Spd, Hydra Glide, 295 hrs, Warranty Till 6-30-26 Or 1000 Hrs. - $48,500

‘19 Mustang 2700V, ISO Ctrls, 72HP Dsl, 2700 Lift Cap, C/H/A, 2 Spd, Hydra Glide, 14 Pin, Back Up Camera, 200 hrs - $61,500 ‘19 Manitou 2200R, ISO Ctrls, Dsl, 2200 Lift Cap, C/H/A, 2 Spd, 50 hrs ........ $57,500 ‘20 Mustang 3300V NXT2, ISO/JS ctrls, dsl, 3300 lift cap, C/H/A, 2 spd, Hydra Glide, 5,090 hrs.......................................... $36,500 ‘16 Mustang 2200R, H/F Ctls, Dsl, 2200 Lift Cap, Single Speed, 495 hrs............. $32,900 ‘18 Mustang 1650RT, H/F Ctrls, Dsl, 2350 Lift Cap, C/H/A, 2 Spd, 975 hrs ...... $50,900 ‘13 Mustang 2056 II, Case Ctrls, Dsl, 2150 Lift Cap, C&H, 2 Spd, 2,350 hrs ...... $32,500 ‘18 Gehl RT165, JS Ctrls, 69HP Dsl, 15” Tracks, 2000 Lift Cap, C/H/A, 2 Spd, 950 hrs............................................. $44,900

USED SKIDSTEERS

‘19 Gehl RT165, ISO/JS Ctrls, Dsl, 15 1/2 All Season Tracks, Lift Cap 1800 @ 35% And 2400 @ 50%, C/H/A, 2 Spd, 1,720 hrs. ........................................ $43,900 ‘22 Gehl RT215, ISO/JS ctrls, dsl, square bar 17” tracks, 3000 lift cap at 50%, C/H/air, 2 spd, Hydra Glide, 1,375 hrs ......... $53,500 ‘18 Gehl RT165, ISO JS Ctrls, Dsl, 1650 Lift Cap, C/H/A, 2 Spd, 990 hrs ...... $47,500 ‘17 Gehl V270, ISO Ctrls, Dsl, 2700 Lift Cap, C&H, 2 Spd, 3,950 hrs ...... $40,500 ‘17 Gehl R220, H-Ctrl, Dsl, 2500 Lift Cap, C&H, 2 Spd, hrs ..................... $33,500 ‘22 Gehl R220 T-Bar H-Ctrls, 2500 Lift Cap, C&H, 2 spd, 3890 hrs ............. $38,800 Gehl 4840, T-Bar Ctrls, Dsl, 1750 Lift Cap, No Door, Side Windows, Heat, 2 Spd, 4,450 hrs.......................................... $19,500 ‘99 Gehl 4635SX, T-Bar Ctrls, Dsl, 1425 Lift Cap, Comes With 66” And 72” Buckets, 7,431 hrs .......................... $12,800 NH L225, ISO/Hand Switchable Ctrls, Dsl, Standard And Hi-Flow Hyd, 2500 Lift Cap, C&H, 2 Spd, 2,460 hrs..................... $29,800 ‘20 Deere 332G, ISO/Dual H-Ctrls, Dsl, 3600 Lift Cap, C/H/A, 2 Spd, 975 hrs............................................. $61,000 ‘06 Bobcat MT52, 20HP dsl, tipping load 1600 lbs, standard auxiliary hyd, 411 hrs............................................. $22,500

MANURE HANDLING

‘20 Artex SB200, 320 Cu Ft, Hyd Flow Ctrl, 16’ Long Box, 3’ Sidewalls, 5’ Width, Spring Suspension .......................... $27,000 ‘16 Kuhn Knight PS160, 600 cu ft, vert beater, swing endgate, hyd apron drive $45,500 ‘13 Kuhn Knight PSC181, 800 CuFt, NT (Nutri Tracker) 460 Scale, Spinner Beaters, Headland DeÅector.......................... $55,500 ‘13 Kuhn Knight 8124, 2400 Gal, 500 bu, Frt. & Rear Splash Guards ..................... $16,500 17 Kuhn Knight 8124, 19L X 16.1 Flotation Tires, 2400 Gals, 500 Bu, Frt & Rear Splash Guards, Low Usage ........................... $34,500 NH 795, 11R-22.5 Tires, 400 Bu, Upper Beater, Hyd Drive Apron, Endgate ................. $8,250 Artsway V140, 16.00R20 Tires, 313 Cubic Struck, Vertical Beater ..................... $24,500

MANURE HANDLING

Balzer 3000, Truck Tires, 3000 Gals, Injectors 3 Shank With Covered Disc, Tank Replaced ......................................... $13,900 Jamesway Vacu-Pump, 6” transfer pump, 11L-15 Tires, 540 PTO ........................ $3,400 ‘09 Kuhn Knight 8132, 425 Truck Tires, 3200 Gals............................... $25,500 ‘11 Balzer V6, 6’ Pump, 1 3/8 1000 PTO $5,500 ‘12 New Holland Duratank 3400S, 3400 Gallons ................................... $16,500

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Kuhn SR300-12, 12 wheel, tandem axle ..................................... $12,500

TRACTORS

‘18 Mahindra EMAX 20S HST, 20HP Dsl, 4WD, Hydro, 198 hrs, King Kutter And 48” Tiller Included ......... $14,700 23 Gehl AL750, 74HP Dsl, 7446 Lift Cap, ‘21 Kioti CS2520, 25HP Dsl, 2 Spd, Hi-Flow, C/H/A, 3 Spd, New! Suspension Seat, 205 hrs ............... $16,500 Call For Price and Details ‘04 JD 4520, 45HP Dsl, Hydro Drive System, ‘20 MANITOU MLT625-75H, 75HP Dsl, Cozy Cab w/Heat, 650 hrs .............. $32,500 5500 Lift Capacity, C/H/A, 2 Spd, Power Q-Tach, Radio, Suspension Seat, Block MISCELLANEOUS Heater, 2,470 hrs ............................. $75,000 ‘20 Kioti K9 2400, CVT Dsl, Canopy, Hyd ‘19 Gehl AL750, Dsl, Full Turn 6127 Lift Dump, Frt & Rear Windshield, 72 hrs, Capacity, C/H/A, 3 Spd, Power Q-Tach, 245 miles ......................................... $16,900 Radio, Suspension Seat, Block Heater, Hagedorn Hydra-Spread Extravert 5290, 950 hrs............................................. $78,500 Woods M5-4, 5’ Width, 3 point 425 Truck Tires, 290 Cu Ft, mount, Single Tail Wheel ................... $1,250 Vert Beater - $34,900 King Kutter L60-40-SC-FH, 540 RPM, 60” USED TMRS/MIXERS Rotary Brush Cutter, 3PT Hitch, 40HP$2,350 Cabelas RC2072 Slip Clutch, 3 pt mt, 6’ Width, Frt & Rear Chains, Single Tail Wheel, Made By Woods .................... $2,900 Extreme 69” Brush Cutter, 11-20GMP$3,250 Virnig Pallet Forks ................................ $650 ‘18 Grouser Tracks, 18 Pads, Fits JD 320G or Loader with a 44.2” Whl base, All new ‘19 Hagedorn Hydra-Spread Extravert bushings and pins ............................. $2,300 5440, 540 bu, vert beater, hyd push, Grouser 12” Tracks, Fits Cat 246B .... $1,200 endgate, 4’ rock guard - $46,000 ‘05 Penta 4110, 450 Cu Ft, Tracks, Fits 2054, 10x16.5 Tires, 3’ Right Hand Conveyor - $13,900 Has Rubber Pads ............................. $ 1,000 JAY-LOR 3650, 650 Cu. Ft., RH Flip Westendorf 4300, Brush Cutter ......... $1,200 Down Conveyor ............................... $15,500 Black Max, 22” Blower fan, 76” Width, ‘22 Meyer F700, 693 Cu Ft, 36” LH Hyd Drive with Skid Mts, 21-25 GPM Hyd Side Discharge Conv ....................... $57,500 Requirement ...................................... $3,800 TMG Industrial RT120 tiller, 540 PTO, NEW ‘23 H&S 5242 - 4200 Gallons, HAY & FORAGE 48”, 3 Pt............................................. $2,800 Discharge DeÅector Cylinder, Farm King F1663G, 74”, 3 pt, Electric Valve - Call For Price And Details ‘89 NH 311, Model 170 Thrower, Small Hyd Rotation ..................................... $3,000 Square Baler ...................................... $6,500 Bobcat Grapple, 72” Dual Root ......... $4,500 ‘19 McHale V6750, 4x5.5’ bales, surface Steel Tracks 12” Tracks with Rubber Pads & wrap, auto wrap, bale kicker, cutter rotor, Whl Spacers, Came OɈ 2200R Mustang .. $700 900 bales ......................................... $49,500 3 Point Wheel Rake .............................. $900 Bale Spear ............................................. $500 Pallet Fork ............................................. $500 ‘16 H&S BW1000, 11Lx15 Tires, 6’ Bales, 13,500 Bales On Counter ............... $24,900 Renegade R68 68” Snow Blower, Single NEW ‘22 H&S 3243, 430 Bu, Hyd Drive, Tubeline TL1700SR, Square Bale 3’x3’ Up to Auger Hyd Spout Rotation, Low Usage .$3,400 Electric Controller, New! Buhler Farm King Y9600, 8’ Width, 7’ Long, Rd Bale 4’x4’ To 5’x6’, Twin Bale Call For Price And Details Hyd Rotation ..................................... $3,200 Wrap Stretchers............................... $28,500