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On the cutting edge of calf care half of 1%. “Our 2,000 cows gave birth to 3,000 calves last year,” Greg said. “Because of this, we were able to sell some of our cattle as fresh heifers. This gives us the ability to pick and choose which animals we keep.” A larger version of the turkey barn calf nursery is in the nishing stages of construction. The 100 feet wide by 150 feet long building, which is located a short distance from the grower barn, will be ready to receive newborn calves in a few months. As in the turkey barn, newborn calves will be housed in pens that hold nine head apiece. Fans set in the roof will act like chimneys to draw out stale air. Fresh air will be pulled in from the attic via a series of adjustable inlets located in the barn’s ceiling. “The new nursery barn will hold 108 calves on each side for a total of 216 head,” Greg said. “We can ll half of the nursery in about a week, so we can utilize an all in, all out system like swine producers use. After the pens are emptied, we will clean and thoroughly sanitize them.” Plans are already in the works for two more nursery barns that will be the same as the one that is being completed. Currently under construction is a separate building that will house milk pasteurizing and bottle washing equipment. All of the baby calves at Modak Dairy are raised on pasteurized milk. After the calves are weaned, they will be transported to the grower barn where they will begin their next phase
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GOODWIN, S.D. – Calves are a dairy herd’s future and are thus the most important part of a dairy operation. Few take calf rearing more seriously than the crew at Modak Dairy. Modak Dairy is operated by brothers Greg and Jim Moes along with Greg’s son, Jacob. They are milking 2,000 Holsteins at their farm near Goodwin. Modak Dairy recently completed construction on a 950-by-250 barn to house their heifers from weaning through late gestation. The grower barn can hold up to 2,600 head and features cross ventilation, an automatic manure scraper system and long-day lighting. Modak Dairy began to populate their new grower barn in July. “This is our answer to shipping our calves off to six different calf growers in Kansas,” Greg said. “The people who work with us on our farm are wonderful. We wanted to create more opportunities for our employees, and raising our calves here on our farm is one way to do that.” The seeds for the new calf facilities at Modak Dairy were sown more than ve years ago. “We had been housing our newborn calves in hutches,” Jacob said. “One
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The Moes – (from leŌ) Jacob, Greg and Jim – operate Modak Dairy near Goodwin, South Dakota. They recently completed a new calf grower facility that has room for 2,600 post-weaned calves. day, we were discussing what we could do to be more efcient with our calves when someone said, ‘We have a cross ventilated barn for our cows. Why can’t we do the same thing for our calves?’” As an initial step, Modak Dairy converted an old turkey barn into a calf nursery. “We installed tunnel ventilation in the turkey barn and created a set of pens that hold nine calves apiece,” Greg said. “The
pens have headlocks and bottle holders on one end, with feed and water troughs on the other end. After swinging a series of gates, we can clean the pens with one quick swipe of a loader. We clean the calf pens once a week and put in new bedding. This system worked extremely well, so we decided to scale it up.” The proof is in the numbers. At Modak Dairy, the death loss for calves from birth through weaning is less than
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The new calf grower barn at Modak Dairy features cross ven�la�on and free stalls that are bedded with recycled manure solids. Heifer calves are taken to the barn at weaning and remain there un�l 45 days prior to calving. in bedding pack pens that hold 20 head each. As the calves grow, they are moved into larger free stall pens in the barn. The heifers are kept in the grower barn until they are about 45 days prior to calving, at which time they are taken to the farm’s dairy facility. The free stalls in Modak Dairy’s grower barn are bedded with manure solids. Automatic scrapers bring manure to a central underground ume. The ume carries the manure to a separator that squeezes the manure until its moisture content is reduced to 50%. “Recycling manure solids enables us to make our own bedding,” Greg said. “We can’t afford to spend too much time working with manure. Bedding with corn stalks would mean baling the stalks, hauling them in from the eld, then hauling it all back out.” The grower barn’s exhaust fans are efcient. Their features include variable speed, direct drive, permanent magnets and greaseless bearings. “There are sensors located throughout the grower barn that constantly monitor temperature and humidity,” Greg said. “We set the controls, and the system automatically adjusts the airow. We also have cameras throughout the barn. When it gets dark they automatically switch to night vision, so we never miss a thing. All of the barn’s automatic controls and camera feeds can be viewed on our smart phones.” The curtain on the south wall of the grower barn is translucent, and the barn’s interior bafes are made of clear polycarbonate. “Because the curtain and the polycarbonate panels let in so much
light, we were able to reduce the number of lighting xtures in the grower barn by 66%,” Jacob said. “On sunny days, many of the lights on the south side of the building will shut themselves off.” Modak Dairy has used genomic testing ever since it became available. They breed the top 40% of their herd with sexed Holstein semen. The rest of their cows are serviced with sexed Limousin semen. Genex handles all the breeding at Modak Dairy. “We raise our crossbred calves here until they are about 500 pounds,” Greg said. “At that point, we take them to my brother John’s feedlot where they are fattened out. We’ve been pretty happy with the price we’ve been receiving for our nished crossbreds, but we think that we can do better by making our own market. We’re looking at using Akaushi sires, which are a breed of Waygu cattle. A company in Texas has told us that they will pay a premium for all of the Akaushi crossbreds we can raise.” Jim said they feel fortunate to have enough land to produce all the feed for their cattle. “This year started out hot and dry,” Jim said. “It was worrisome, but then it began to rain. We’ve received 26 inches of rain since the rst of July. Our crops turned out much better than expected. Our fourth cutting of alfalfa was actually better than our rst cutting.” Greg said he does not know of another calf grower in the area with a barn comparable to theirs. “It was just a matter of taking the technology that we were using in our dairy barn and adapting it to our calf grower facility,” Greg said.
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rented the farm to two renters over six years. When the last tenant moved on, Mullikin and Keane felt it was their turn to farm on their family’s property. “What did it for me, is (this other renter) was going to come in with 40 head. I thought if he can do it with 40, why can’t we,” Mullikin said. “When dad and I did it back in the day, we pushed hard. There was enough work for four grown men, and we did it just him and me. I wasn’t going to do that again.” The siblings presented the idea to their parents, who were
cautious, yet optimistic. They had always farmed conventionally with Holsteins, and Mullikin and Keane were proposing a big change, one they have now bought into 100%. Mullikin and Keane worked with NRCS and bent the ears of many other experienced grazing farmers from the Kickapoo Grazing Initiative to research how to transition their farm. They found cost-sharing programs which helped them plan and execute everything from seed selection and fencing to trails and walkways. The sib-
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Andy Mullikin visits with heifers who are named Faith and Hope, which comes from their moƩo of “Grow in hope and live in faith.” Andy and his sister, Heather, rent the farm from their parents near Wauzeka, Wisconsin.
lings and their dad spent countless hours bringing the barn back to code after being dormant for almost two years. “Had (Keane) not done the research and jumped through the hoops that she did, we wouldn’t be here,” Mullikin said. The siblings found that people who grazed their herd seemed to be less stressed than they remembered being while farming conventionally, Mullikin said. “We’re so used to conventional where you’ve got the high cost of machinery and fuel, and it’s always go, go, go,” he said. “We realized there are other ways of doing it.” Keane believes that farming easily lends itself to burn-out, which they are determined to avoid at all costs. “Our motto is that we grow in hope and we live in faith. We want happy animals and happy farmers. It’s not one or the other,” Keane said. The family leans on each other to put the theory into practice. “This is truly a four-legged stool,” said Keane of the team they have created. “My mom and dad bring their personal experience of almost six decades of farming, plus it’s their farm. (Mullikin) is the one on-site 24/7, rain or shine, making it
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Andy Mullikin inspects the grass in the paddocks on the farm he and his sister, Heather Keane, rent from their parents near Wauzeka, Wisconsin. The hay is the best Mullikin has seen on this farm, boasƟng a relaƟve feed value of 220. happen, and I do the research, manage the ofce end, and do whatever it takes to keep us growing toward our goals.” Keane believes farming can lend itself to healing and restoration if people let it. “We pray our way through the day every day,” she said. “What this crazy, big, little dream has done for us both personally is that it has awoken us. Almost every single thing that we’ve ever done in our lives has brought us to this moment.
My brother and I work so well together because we have the same vision for this farm and we are best friends.” As the Mullikin siblings implement their grazing practices and milk a grass-fed herd, they are, in a way, bringing the family farm full circle back to how it began in the 1960s. “Life has a funny way of getting you back to where you should have been all along,” Mullikin said.
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Two decades of diversication Hammanns milk cows, raise turkeys By Danielle Nauman danielle.n@dairystar.com
BARRON, Wis. – Diversication has become a big buzz word in agriculture, particularly in the dairy industry in recent years. The Hammann family chose not to put all their eggs in one basket over 20 years ago, when they rst partnered with an area industry to bring a second dimension to their farm. Scot and Becky Hammann and their children, Brooke, 20, Summer, 16, Brody, 13, and Shyanne, 10, operate Triple-H Holsteins in Barron where they milk 45 registered Holsteins and Jerseys. Scot and his mother, Mary Hammann, work together to operate two turkey grower sheds for Jennie-O Turkeys. The decision to meld the worlds of dairy farming and turkey farming came naturally to the Hammanns. “Scot decided he wanted to dairy farm after high school,” Mary said. “We felt that starting with the turkeys was a way to help create supplemental income to help make the farm cash ow for him. The Hammanns were not completely unfamiliar with the turkey industry in their area. During high school, Scot worked for Jennie-O in the companyowned sheds, caring for turkeys. Mary had also been employed by Jennie-O. “I worked for Jennie-O from about the time I was 16, on different farms they owned,” Scot said. “So I knew about raising turkeys and knew it was something I didn’t mind doing.” The rst shed was completed in October 2000, and the Hammanns started with their rst ock. A second shed was completed in January 2001, and the Hammanns began raising an average of three-and-a-half ocks each year, nishing out a ock every 15 to 16 weeks. At maturity, the birds weigh an
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Mary Hammann and her son, Scot, have raised turkeys for Jennie-O for over 20 years as a means of building diversicaƟon on the family’s dairy farm near Barron, Wisconsin. They also milk 45 cows. average of 45 pounds each, producing approximately three million pounds of turkey annually for the local processor. Each farm that raises turkeys has a contract with the company outlining the partnership. The rst ocks were raised and underway while Scot was attending technical college before returning home to start a edgling dairy herd in November 2001. The Hammanns had not had cows on their farm for about ve years before Scot returned home. Mary, who also drives bus for the school district, typically does the rst round of chores and checks at the turkey sheds. Scot goes over late-morning after nishing chores on the dairy and does the second round of checks and chores at the sheds. Mary goes back in the late
afternoon or evening to check the birds again. The contracts with Jennie-O provide for strict biosecurity, limiting entrance in the sheds to Scot and Mary, along with their Jennie-O serviceman. The turkey litter helps the Hammanns keep their own fertilizer costs down and creates an income from the birds as the Hammanns contract with other area farms to sell the turkey litter for fertilizer. “We usually use about a shed’s worth ourselves and then have the other ve sheds’ worth to sell each year,” Scot said. In the 21 years they have been raising turkeys, there have been a variety of changes they have experienced. “Like every area of ag, there has been new technologies and new protocols that come into play,” Scot said. About ve years ago, the Hammanns
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U.S. milk output is stalling as cow numbers and output per cow continues to fall. Production fell below that of a year ago for the rst time since May 2020, the result of restrictions imposed by several cooperatives. The USDA’s latest preliminary data shows October output at 18.52 billion pounds, down 0.5% from Oct. 2020. The 24-State total, at 17.7 billion, was down 0.3% from a year ago. Revisions lowered the September 50-State estimate by 37 million pounds from last month’s report to 18.0 billion, virtually unchanged from 2020. Cow numbers totaled 9.40 million head, down 14,000 from September, fth consecutive month they were down from the previous month, and the September head count was revised 8,000 head lower. The October herd was 14,000 head below a year ago and down a whopping 103,000 since June. StoneX Dairy Group says “The only time we’ve seen that in the past 23 years was late 2009 when we lost 178,000 head over 5 months with the help of CWT and truly devastating margins.” Output per cow averaged 1,970 pounds, down 6 pounds or 0.3% from a year ago California was down 43 million pounds or 1.3% from a year ago, on a 25 pound drop per cow. Cow numbers were unchanged. Wisconsin was up 69 million pounds or 2.7%, on a 20 pound gain per cow and 21,000 more cows. Idaho was up 0.9%, on 6,000 more cows. Output per cow was unchanged. Michigan was off 0.4% on a 30 pound drop per cow, though cow numbers were up 4,000. Minnesota was up 2.8% on 9,000 more cows and a 15 pound gain per cow. New Mexico again had the biggest drop, down 12.2%, after falling 12.5% in September. Depleted nances shuttered several operations in the state. Cow numbers were down 34,000 head and output per cow was down 45 pounds. New York was up 1.0%, thanks to 2,000 more cows and a 15 pound gain per cow. Oregon was unchanged across the board. Pennsylvania was down 3.1%, on 7,000 fewer cows and 30 pounds less per cow. South Dakota was up 15.3%, on 21,000 more cows and a 5 pound gain per cow. Vermont was off 0.5% on a 5 pound drop per cow. Cow numbers were unchanged. Texas was up 3.9%, with 22,000 more cows milked and a 5 pound gain per cow. The Daily Dairy Report says Texas increase in cows was likely due producer purchases of cows and production bases from shuttered dairies in New Mexico. The DDR adds that a similar phenomenon has been happening in Idaho as an exodus of dairies occurs
in Washington State which scored the second biggest decline in October, down 6.9%, following a 6.8% drop in September. Cow numbers were down 15,000 and output per cow was down 30 pounds. Farm prot margins have been taking a beating, especially between August and October, according to StoneX, “as longer-term feed contracts expired and many producers went from $180 per ton corn contracts to $275-$300 per ton. They culled animals because of it and we’re losing animals at a near record clip,” says StoneX, though some of it may be attributed to poorer feed or poorer weather. The Agriculture Department’s latest Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook projects the U.S. dairy herd will continue decreasing in the rst two quarters of 2022. Consequently, the annual 2022 forecast was lowered to 9.395 million head, 55,000 head below the last month’s forecast, and 60,000 less than 2021. The 2022 forecast for milk per cow is 24,280 pounds, 25 pounds lower than last month’s forecast. The 2022 milk production estimate was lowered to 228.1 billion pounds, 1.6 billion below last month’s forecast but 1.7 billion pounds above 2021. In the week ending Nov. 6, 59,900 dairy cows were sent to slaughter, up 300 from the previous week and 2,100 head or 3.6% above that week a year ago. There is still plenty of milk available in this country and commercial dairy product disappearance slipped a little in September. USDA’s latest data shows total cheese disappearance at 1.15 billion pounds, down 0.3% from Sept. 2020, though year to date is up 3.9%. Exports were up 20.5%. Butter totaled 186.6 million pounds, down 0.4%, with YTD up 5.2%, and exports up 111.5%. Dry whey disappearance, at 79.7 million pounds, was down 6.3%, with YTD off 2.2%. Nonfat dry milkskim milk powder disappearance totaled 226.9 million pounds, down 8.0% from a year ago, with YTD up 0.4%. Exports were up 16.2% and on track for a record year, according to HighGround Dairy. The corn and soybean harvest is all but completed. The latest Crop Progress report shows 91% of the corn was harvested, as of the week ending Nov. 7, down from 94% a year ago, but 5% ahead of the ve year average. Soybeans were at 92%, down 3% from a year ago, and 1% behind of the ve year average. This week’s Global Dairy Trade auction saw its weighted average jump 1.9%, following the 4.3% jump on Nov. 2. Traders brought 67.0 million pounds of product to market, up from 66.0 million last time, and the most since Dec.15. Butter led the gains, up 3.5%, following the 4.7% advance on Nov. 2. Anhydrous milkfat was up 1.3%,
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Pride, patriotism and a perfect product Cornerstones of Maryland’s Nice Farms Creamery By Danielle Nauman danielle.n@dairystar.com
FEDERALSBURG, Md. – Drawing inspiration from both George Washington and Iraqi farmers, the Miller family of Federalsburg has worked since 2009 to grow their family’s dairy farm, complete with building on-farm processing and direct marketing from the ground up. “We are really in a strange time for dairy,” said Bob Miller, an owner of
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A Jersey grazes in a pasture at Nice Farms Creamery in Federalsburg, Maryland. The Miller family has chosen to conƟnue building their herd of Jersey cows because they do well grazing and produce the high-quality milk that the Millers wish to market. The last 13 years have been full of trials and tribulations as the Millers have navigated the social, economic and regulatory challenges of operating a creamery along with their dairy farm. “When we rst started, we still sold to a cooperative, which was like a safety net,” Miller said. “Eventually shipping there was no longer an option, largely because of the volume of milk we shipped. Without that, the dedication factor has really kicked in.” The Millers bottle and process their milk every single day. During an average day, Miller estimates they process just over 200 gallons. “We are really all in here; there are really no days off,” Miller said. “That is what we have to do to produce and market the kind of milk we want to sell, a very fresh, wholesome product; that requires us to bottle daily. Quality milk is everything.”
The Millers attend several farmers markets and have store hours on the farm. They also work with local coffee shops and small stores to market their products. In the early days of the creamery, they had a small home delivery route. While industry trends point to agrowing need for smaller producers to consider niche marketing, often including on-farm processing, Miller warned those thinking about the possibilities should be prepared for resistance at times, noting that often meeting the nancial and regulatory burdens are difcult. “In my experience, it seems the smaller and more genuine you want to be, the stricter and stringent the regulations you need to follow are,” Miller said. “It was also difcult to obtain nancing. Lenders did not have a lot of faith in what I wanted to do, and I did not want to use grant money. I wanted to make sure it was real and could thrive on its own.”
Miller said their size makes it difcult for some regulators and inspectors to fully understand their farm. The questions and doubts others had about what the Millers planned to do led them to take the slow approach into growing and developing their dairy and creamery operations over the past 13 years. They began with bottling both white and chocolate milk and making yogurt. After searching for a cream separator to suit their enterprise, they began adding butter, skim milk and eventually ice cream. “We have just worked on becoming more diversied over time,” Miller said. As the Millers wrapped up their 10th successful year in 2019 and looked forward to starting their second decade, the world ground to a halt due to the coronavirus pandemic. “COVID and everything it brought really shook things up and has been a huge challenge,” Miller said. “The farmers markets and some of the shops we market our products at closed down without notice. Like the rest of the world, we just had to regroup and deal with it.” The home delivery route that had only about 10 customers suddenly become a lifeline for the farm as they shifted and adapted in response to the pandemic. “At rst, we ramped up the home delivery service as almost an emergency response,” Miller said. “But it has
continued even as things are opening back up and people are beginning to live their lives again. We have decided to stick with it and with the good, hardworking families who have stuck with us. The pandemic really showed us who our friends are.” Challenges have continued for the creamery, with supply chain shortages and rising input costs. “We sometimes have trouble getting the containers we need, which is concerning,” Miller said. “Right now, I have thriving home delivery routes, but my fuel costs have nearly doubled in the past year. Those things all make operating a business difcult.” Despite the challenges, Miller said the rewards are bountiful, and he is happy to be raising his family on the farm. “I tell them that they will learn everything they need to know about life right here on the farm,” Miller said. And deep down, Miller feels good serving his fellow Americans, providing them with a nutritious, wholesome product. “It’s a patriotic thing to do, what we do as dairy farmers,” Miller said. “I think that is something that we should always wear with pride: making a product like we do; our milk starts from grass in the eld, and then we are able to give someone a gallon of milk at the end of it. That is something honorable.”
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MARSHFIELD, Wis. – Accidents and emergencies can happen without warning, especially on farms. The unknown makes being prepared and having a plan to respond to a variety of emergencies and crisis situations important to the safety and health of everyone involved. Public safety expert Chris St. Pierre shared insights on setting up on-farm crisis response plans as well as some basic emergency response training at the Professional Dairy Producers Herd Management Workshops Nov. 2 in Marsheld and Nov. 3 in Arlington. “You work in a very dangerous industry, so it is very important that we talk about some of those things,” St. Pierre said. “Getting the training and having a plan in place can make all the difference in the event of an emergency.” According to St. Pierre, too often safety and preparedness are overlooked. She said developing a plan is often seen as a daunting task. “Start out simple with baby steps. Something is better than nothing,” St. Pierre said. “Start out with just having some safety talks and trainings. Pick one area or piece of equipment, maybe the skidsteer, and talk about the hazards of operating that equipment and the way to do it safely. Do a new area or piece of equipment each month.” St. Pierre recommends getting a variety of people involved in developing a safety plan to promote building what he calls a culture of safety. “How many of you know, if you had to call 9-1-1 from work, the address to tell the dispatcher?” St. Pierre said. “If there are multiple entrances to the farm, a lot of buildings on the farm, how are you going to direct the rst responders to the scene of the emergency?” To begin building a crisis response plan, St. Pierre said to start with those basics, placing contact and location information around the farm. She also recommends inviting the re department and rst responders to the farm to conduct their own safety training and familiarize themselves with the layout of the farm. “It is benecial to begin connecting with those emergency response personnel,” St. Pierre said. “The more everyone knows, the more prepared they are, the better the response can be.” Another initial step to take in a safety plan is creating rst aid kits to keep in various locations around the farm, stocked with necessities and contact information. Once the kits are in place, everyone should know their location and how to use the items included. He also reminded farmers to ensure the kits are well-stocked and kept in good condition. St. Pierre emphasized the importance of routine training once the initial plan is made, and he urged farmers to hold safety meetings at least twice a year.
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A place for cheese Jacksons open store to fill the need By Kate Rechtzigel kate.r@dairystar.com
ZUMBROTA, Minn. - After a local cheese plant closed, the Jackson family opened new doors for dairy, reecting its a vital role in their community. The request was from AMPI. The cooperative was seeking a local outlet for members to get their products. With Ray Jackson and his sons being third- and fourthgeneration milk haulers, the family seemed a perfect t for the job. “We’ve been hauling for AMPI ever since (the cooperative) was formed,” Ray Jackson said. “So, when they asked me if we would be interested in having a cheese store here, I didn’t even hesitate because I’ve been eating this awesome, quality cheese my whole life.” Ray and his family - wife, Tracy, and children, Tyler, Alex and Juliah - own and operate the Jackson Family Cheese Store at their farm near Zumbrota. The cheese and other products come from AMPI, Little Red Dairy and North Country Cheese. The store is open 5 p.m. to –8 p.m. Wednesday nights. “What I love about my job
(hauling milk) is a lot of farms my dad picked up, so they are also in their third generation,” Ray said. “(Milk hauling) is like a whole family; we just keep growing together.” While Ray was ready to quickly meet AMPI’s request, his family had differing opinions at rst. “We all kind of thought he was crazy when he brought that idea to us, and he was likem ‘Well, it’s going to be a whole-family thing. We are all going to be doing (the store) together,” Juliah said. Today, however, they are thankful to have made the decision to build the cheese store and balance the tasks to keep it up and running. “Working here and having family time is important because we never get to see each other,” Tracy said. Milk hauling takes place every day from 4 a.m. to 6 p.m. “Very seldom do I get a day off,” Ray said. Besides hauling milk and selling cheese, Ray feels personally connected to area dairy farmers because the rst challenge he faced was deciding where to put his store. “The funny thing about this cheese store is, I actually put it in the shop my grandpa built (in
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Ray (leŌ) and Tyler Jackson stand by one of their milk trucks Nov. 10. The Jacksons haul milk for AMPI in addiƟon to running the Jackson Family Cheese Store near Zumbrota, Minnesota. Ray calls in and orders from Little Red Dairy weekly and from a distributor who delivers the North Country Cheese each month. The cheese is delivered straight to the farm. Tracy takes the money and answers customers’ questions. “This is three hours we can sit in here [as a family] and talk with no TV,” Ray said. Besides spending time together as a family, the Jacksons enjoy hearing from customers. Besides spending time together as a family, the Jacksons enjoy hearing about ways customers use their cheese. “One of the best things I heard was one person swore by putting the horseradish cheese spread on their burger,” Juliah said. Tracy, who has been a milk hauler’s wife for over 22 years, agreed. “People just tell us different ways they use our cheese, which I think is neat. And then we try it,” Tracy said. The Jacksons get specialty cheeses four times a year and make Christmas boxes for the holidays. “We always say, if you don’t know what to get someone for Christmas, I’m sure that they probably like cheese. So, it’s just an easy Christmas present,” Juliah said. One of the most rewarding parts of the Jacksons’ experiencwith the cheese shop has been building relationships with customers, area farmers and AMPI.
“We loved seeing all of the hard work from the beginning. Being able to see all of the behind-the-scenes that goes on and meeting the great workers for AMPI has also been very rewarding,” Ray said. “We see people from Rochester to Faribault. And they come down and just love the product.” The work has not been without its challenges. The Jacksons need to make sure they order enough cheese, and they must be at the store in time to open for customers. “I come here right when I get off work so it’s challenging to get here [in time],” Tracy said. Ray and Tracy are at the store every week, Juliah comes when she is home from school, and Alex and Tyler come when they are not hauling milk. Tyler recently got back from six months of boot camp for the Army National Guard. “Being open once a week is something that has worked really well for us as we already have other jobs,” Tracy said. All in all, the Jacksons are thankful for the dairy industry and look forward to continuing to serve area dairy farmers and the community. “Well, (the dairy industry) keeps my farmers going and my truck full,” Ray said. “If it wasn’t for dairy farmers, I wouldn’t have a job or any cheese to sell. It’s pretty important for our way of life.”
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Mid-American Hay Auction results for November 18, 2021
Lot no. 549 201 228 242 243 564 205 202 248 252 210 232 247 221 550 551 555 559 561 562 563 566 239 262 544 546 558 567 568 209 213 215 216 236 246 261 545 547 556 557 211 219 223 224 241 258 217 554 212 222 225 240 245
Desc. 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 Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares
moisture protein 18.78 15.21 11.79 17.54 7.96 20.17 9.67 19.93 10.15 15.91 12.8 20.26 11.52 18.24 13.29 26.02 12.16 20.2 10.57 21.34 13.77 23.47 14.46 26.67 9.06 21.89 11.74 17.53 11.97 10.76 12.97 16.18 12.98 16.18 12.97 16.18 19.25 15.28 19.24 16.95 14.48 8.97 15.12 17.93 13.67 4.03 13.66 16.61 10.99 19.25 12 7.79 13.43 7.61 11.34 19.42 11.18 18.44 9.26 16.31 9.88 15.75 15.93 22.14 15.54 19.49 8.24 14.68 11.41 206 10.35 16.77 15.75 21.01 15.24 20.52 17.08 20.25 17.22 20.39 15.61 17.33 13 17.99 16.84 19.54 17.44 22.56 15.69 20.89 29.18 18.23 16.97 18.14 GRASS 10.33 16.39 13.97 20.88 11.4 21.59 12.18 20.3 8.95 18.84
RFV 78.28 188.97 180.15 177 110.48 173.05 153.48 162.28 194.65 179.25 197.34 142.85 199.74 114.16 80.31 116.13 116.13 116.13 93.34 76.59 73.55 123.01 69.43 184.17 139.45 67.14 66.57 141.31 161.07 124.5 127.53 174.73 158.84 100.31 156.61 138.12 161.95 126.4 108.93 146.21 131.72 138.69 103.91 96.98 173.48 135.79 160.67
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moisture protein
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Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares
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‘19 Kubota B2650, 3 Spd Hydro, 26HP Dsl, Soft Cab, Ldr, Frt Mount Snowblower, Excel Cond, 83 hrs - $27,000
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‘13 Kuhn Knight PSC181, 800 Cu Ft, Spinner Beater, Headland Deflector, Scales, NT460 Scale Head .....$54,500 Kuhn Knight 8150, 700 bu., 5000 Ga .................................$37,500 ‘12 Kuhn Knight 8132, 425 Tires, 3200 gal ................................. $24,900 Kuhn Knight 8132, 3200 Gal, 600 Bu, Lid, hinges on the left ........... $19,800 ‘11 Kuhn Knight 8132, 1 3/8 1000 PTO, 425 Tires, 3200 Gal ................$24,900 ‘13 Kuhn Knight 8124, 2400 Gal, 500 Bu ................................... $18,400 ‘11 Kuhn Knight 8118, 1800 Gal, 400 Bu, Splash Guards .......... $16,500 ‘16 Kuhn Knight SLC141, 4100 gal, 700 bu, Hyd LH Lid ................$48,700 NH 195 400 Bu, Hyd Drive .......$16,500
‘16 Penta 9630, RH Flip-Up Conveyor, EZ 2810 Scale $42,500 ‘13 Penta 7520SD, 750 Cu. Ft., 8” Rubber Ext, Frt Sliding Flat Conv., Dual Direction Unload ........... $25,500 ‘16 Penta 6730, 670 Cu Ft, 3/4” Hurricane Augers, 9” Rubber Ext, Knives In Good Cond ............ $33,500 ‘12 Penta 6720HD, 670 Cu Ft, 2’ LH Stainless Steel Flip-Up Conveyor, Rear Lts, 9” rubber ext, 2 Spd drive............................ $23,500 ‘03 Penta 4100, 410 Cu Ft, 9” Rubber Top Ext, Frt Stainless Steel Flat Conveyor, Dual Discharge, EZ2000 Scale, Viewing Plat Form ...... $11,900 ‘02 Penta 4100, 410 Cu Ft, 475 Cu Ft w/Ext, Stainless Steel Front Dual Discharge Conveyor, 16” Rubber Ext, View Platform, 2 Spd Dr. ....... $12,800
‘14 Penta 6020SD, 600 Cu Ft, 8” Rubber Ext, Frt. Sliding Flat Conveyor, Dual Direction Unload - $23,800
HAY & FORAGE ‘07 John Deere MX8, 540 PTO, 8’ Width $7,500 New H&S Line Wrappers . Call for price (2) Gehl BU980, 16 ft forage box, Gehl 12 Ton Tandem Running Gear ....$4,800 ea. Miller Pro 5100, 16’ Box ........... $8,750 ‘16 Kuhn VB2290, 4x6 bales, net wrap, 9488 bales.............. $34,900 ‘12 Kuhn VB2190, 4x6 Bales, 16000 bales ........................... $26,900 NH Roll-Belt 560, 2800 bales .. $44,500 ‘15 JD 459SS, 4’ x 5’ Rd Bales, Wide PU, Twine Only, 12,000 Bales $17,250 ‘18 Krone Comprima V180XC, 4’x5’ 11” Round Bale, 8500 Bales ......... $35,000 ‘20 McHale V6750, 4’ x 5.5’ Bale Size, 15 Knives, 5600 bales ............ $42,900 NH 144, ground driven, 5’ PU, 7’ rear belt w/windrow turner option, good belts ......................................... $3,200
HAY & FORAGE Sovema WR-V-10H Rake, 10 whl $5,200 Tonutti T10, 3PT, 10 Whl Rake... $1,100 NH 617, 540 PTO, 6 Discs........... $5,500 Kuhn SR112, 12 Wheel .............. $5,500 ‘05 Rhino SE7, 84” Cutting Width, 3 Pt. ........................................... $2,800 Gehl 1065, 3038 corn head, hay head, tandem, metal stop .................. $5,750 Haybuster 2554, Process 5’ x 6’ Bales, with Blower ............................ $11,600 Vermeer BP8000, Process up to 6’ rd bales, 2 pt self loading bale end gate ................................. $11,250 ‘15 Anderson Hybrid X, 6’ Bales, Large Gas Tank, Guidance, Remote Start And Steer, 20HP, 25,000 Bales ...... $24,750 HANDLAIR 560 Grain Vac, 1 3/8 1000 PTO, Self Contained Hyd, 1,297 hrs ...... $12,500 Highline CFR650 $18,500
MISCELLANEOUS Snow Push, 10’ wide ...............$1,800 Edge HB3 Breaker, skid loader mnts, Hyd breaker, 1pt .....................$4,500 Loftness 962HHH7 Snowblower, 8’ Width, Double Auger, Hyd Chute ..............................$6,500 Vernig Pallet Forks.....................$550 4 in 1 Bucket, 84” ....................$2,300 MDS 6ft Pusher .......................$1,050 ‘18 Grouser Tracks, 18 Pads, Fits JD 320G or Loader with a 44.2” Whl base, All new bushings and pins ..........$2,300 Woodchuck 68ST1, 68” Spreader. $3,100 ‘17 Erskine 2420XL, 85” Hig-Flow Snow Blower, 24” Fan, Univ. Controller $6,600 Bobcat 60” Manure Grapple, manure tines 30”, single grapple ............$1,050 Bale Spear ..................................... $650 Pallet Forks, 60 inch................... $1,000