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Frigid weather blasts southern dairy farmers Record low temperatures, ice, blackouts create problems By Danielle Nauman danielle.n@dairystar.com
The month of February might be short, but it has certainly been anything but sweet in 2021 for much of the U.S., with frigid temperatures and snow blanketing much of the country, creating havoc for many in places not accustomed to such weather extremes. Dairy farmers have been no exception. According to The Weather Channel, on Feb. 16, 73.2% of the contiguous United States was snow-covered. The last time a larger portion of the country was covered in a blanket of white dates back to 2003. Cold temperatures set in early in the month, plunging the nation into a deep freeze. According to CNN, every state, including Hawaii, experienced temperatures dipping below freezing in the early morning hours of Feb. 8. Krause Dairy, located in Como, Texas, is operated by Curt and Louanne Krause and their daughter, Mikayla Krause. The Krauses milk 350 cows on their northeast Texas dairy farm. “There was one winter before that I can remember that we got down to the single digits,” Mikayla said. “We’ve done a lot to get more winterized since that, like adding curtains onto the north
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snow and cold, until Monday morning (Feb. 15) when we lost power,” Mikayla said. “At about 4:30 in the morning, the power went out. We hooked up the generator, and the power came back on three more times. That is when we realized something wasn’t right.” The Krauses’ electric company had
shut off their power as part of a rolling blackout. The loss of electricity caused some of the wells on the farm to freeze up. “If they had warned us, we could have had things set up and had the generators running to keep those pumps running to keep the water running,” Mikayla said. “There were people within a half mile of us that had full power, but the electric company wouldn’t give us our power back.” With generators, the Krauses were able to keep two of the ve wells on the farm running. Yet, Mikayla estimates despite their best efforts to think outside of the box to nd ways to water the milking herd, they went over half the day without adequate water. The majority of their heifers and dry cows were moved to a neighboring farm that had ponds available. Temperatures warmed up enough by Friday, Feb. 19, for the well company to begin getting the frozen wells running again. After losing power, the Krauses also had two generators that quit working, which created havoc with their milking schedule, and at one point they were going 16 to 18 hours between milkings. They nally got things running well enough to get back on schedule for about one day before they had issues with the air compressors for the pump. The Krauses missed two milk pickups. On a normal basis, they do not ll their tank between pick-ups, which afforded them some breathing room, and they only dumped one tank of milk before the milk truck was able to pick Turn to WINTER STORM | Page 8
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Melendy, and get help from their other children, Mika when she is home on breaks from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, and Markus, when he is able to get time away from his off-farm landscaping job – on their 80-cow dairy near Plainview. “She’s pretty special to us,” Melendy said. Frosty Face is a tting name for the cow whose hair shows the unique blue roan color of her Milking Shorthorn and Holstein lineage. Most cows in the Miller herd are a range of hues. “Crossbreeding was something I did for fun for the kids,” Stacy said. “The calves are always interesting. It’s like waiting for Christmas. What color Turn to MILLERS | Page 5
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Melendy (leŌ) and Mika Miller pose next to Grace, a heifer calf born Jan. 1 and the daughter of their favorite cow, Frosty Face. calf are we going to have?” That is the question they ask every time they breed Frosty Face. The Millers have bred her to many breeds, including a few beef. “Sometimes it takes her a little longer to get bred so then we breed her to beef,” Melendy said. “She’s gotten a lot of breaks because of her color so she’s gotten longer dry periods.” However, her most recent pregnancy came after one breeding and resulted in a heifer named Grace born Jan. 1 with the similar blue roan color. About half of her pregnancies have been heifers, so many of Frosty Face decedents ll the Millers’ barn – daughters, granddaughters, great-granddaughters and even a great-great-granddaughter is on the way. “She has so many relatives around here,” Melendy said. One summer, the Millers also kept one of her bulls as a clean up bull, which means several other animals also carry on the Frosty Face line. Her nickname of Grandma Cow also comes from her instinct to mother all calves in the pasture. “When it comes to babies, she just takes over,” Melendy said. “If any other cow has a calf, she’s right there. We have had heifers and cows that didn’t want anything to do with their calf so all we had to do was put her in there (with Frosty Face) and she cleans them off and mothers them like her own.” Her most recent calving was the start of her 15th lactation, followed shortly by her golden birthday Jan. 16. The Millers describe her milk production as average. “She’s one of those cows where she doesn’t hold her milk super great so when she gets toward the end of her lactation, sometimes it’s more worth it to put her out in with the dry cows than it is to keep her milking,” Melendy said. “But she makes us money.” The cow’s average production is
done only milking in three quarters for the past seven years. After suffering a teat injury, Frosty Face now has a blind quarter. “She milks just as good on three as some of our other ones do on four,” Melendy said. “She’s a pretty cool cow.” Stacy attributes her longevity to crossbreeding. “It makes them tougher and stronger,” he said. “She just seems to have everything clicking, and she doesn’t miss a beat.” The Millers have had few cows reach this age in their barn. “But normally we do have an older herd,” Mika said. According to their DHIA records, the next closest cow in age is 11 years old, and the herd also has a handful of cows 9 years old or more with several spanning the 4- to 9-year-old range. Other than her teat injury and occasionally being hard to breed, Frosty Face has not had many other issues. “For her age, she shows a lot of youthfulness yet,” Stacy said. “She’s never last from up in the pasture, and she’s usually the rst one. She’s like the leader cow.” For now, Frosty Face lives in the freestall barn in the winter and on the pasture in the summer with the rest of the herd. “But she’s starting to show her age a little bit now,” Melendy said. “Her hips are starting to sag a bit and she’s a little slower to get up, but she’s still going.” As Frosty Face grows older, the Millers have decided she is a cow they could not see go to the salesbarn. Instead, the matriarch will live out her days on pasture when she can no longer make milk. “She’ll spend her summers basking in the sunshine and standing in the creek,” Melendy said. “A cow can’t ask for much more than that.”
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Regenerative grazing has become a frequently heard term, particularly among organic producers and others who pursue pasture-based dairying. Regenerative grazing is managing a pasture with the purpose of increasing organic matter in the soil and preventing erosion and runoff events. Regenerative grazing on pasture-based dairies was the focus of the presentation of Dennis Hancock, United States Dairy Forage Research Center director, during the Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service Growing Stronger virtual conference Feb. 22. “Pasture based dairies really have a great opportunity for carbon sequestration,” Hancock said, of the DFRC’s work, which uses an integrated approach to their research. He said the research of the center is divided into three units that work together to provide the best information possible to dairy farmers around the United States. The Cell Wall Biology and Utilization Research Unit focuses on better understanding the basic science behind the physiology of both dairy animals and forages. The unit focuses on how to increase the efciencies of forage-based ration systems. The Dairy Forage Research Unit is the applied science unit of the center, where researchers work to improve both dairy forage production systems and the feeding systems in which those forages are utilized. The Environmentally Integrated Dairy Management Research Unit looks at ways the environmental footprint of the dairy industry can be reduced. “One of the things we have been working on is improving cool-season grass productivity and persistence for pasture,” Hancock said. “We have also been looking at legumes and how we can increase their productivity and persistence in grazing-based systems.” Hancock explained that some of the DFRC’s recent work has dealt with selecting improved varieties of grasses and then comparing how those perform compared to the existing grasses frequently found on pasture-based dairies. According to Hancock, in the Upper Midwest, orchardgrass and meadow fescue, along with some improved tall fescue varieties, tend to be the most productive cool-season pasture grasses and the most common. Turn to GRAZING| Page 7 He said, in terms of nutrition, grasses should be thought of as a collection of cells. About 50% of any grass variety is made up of what he called cell contents, which are easily digestible. The other 50% are made up of the cell walls, which are the neutral detergent ber. Of that ber, forage grasses tend to generally have high levels of neutral detergent ber digestibility. “Of the ber in the grass, about 75% is digestible,” Hancock said. “Those ber strands are simply chains of glucose and other types of sugar. Legumes generally have GRAPHIC COURTESY OF U.S. DAIRY FORAGE RESEARCH COUNCIL more cell contents, but the ber is less digestible. This graphic shows how meadow fescue and orchardgrass offer the most milk Legumes move through produc�on based on both the quality and yield of grasses, at all stages of pasture growth and development.
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them up on Friday. Loren and Michelle Eilenstine milk 30 cows near Mountain Grove, Missouri. The Eilenstines experienced two weeks of temperatures well below what they normally experience during the winter. “It started with sleet and freezing rain, so we had a lot
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By Lee Mielke
Winter weather forces farmers to dump milk
Winter weather has hit the USA hard, especially in Texas where over four million people were without electricity and temperatures fell to record lows in some parts of the state. HighGround Dairy reported that regulators were prioritizing electricity access to residential areas and balancing surging demand as people heat homes with signicant generation loss. Natural gas powered plants were ofine, wind turbines were frozen solid, and solar panels were covered in snow. Needless to say, impacts were signicant on dairy farms and processing plants over the holiday weekend, according to HGD. “Milk production and collection was impacted in the Texas panhandle and in other parts of the state as record low temperatures created signicant onfarm complications. Processing plants were shutdown, as utilities restricted electricity and natural gas availability to industrial users. Milk dumping was prevalent across the state,” according to HGD. The Feb. 16 Daily Dairy Report stated that “Other states also faced power outages and slick roads as the storm barreled across the southern and central tiers of the country before moving into the Northeast. A separate developing storm was expected to dump more snow on Oklahoma and Arkansas.” The storm was reminiscent of Goliath, a smaller winter storm that pounded west Texas and eastern New Mexico in late 2015, according to the DDR. The resulting fallout lasted for months, says the DDR, forcing extraordinarily high culling and adversely affected production in the remaining cows. “One month after Goliath, milk production had fallen 12% in New Mexico and 6.7% in Texas, compared to January 2015,” the DDR stated. Meanwhile the global dairy market continued to strengthen. The Feb. 16 Global Dairy Trade Auction saw its weighted average rise for the seventh consecutive event, up 3.0%, with all products offered in the black. The weighted average followed a 1.8% rise on Feb. 2, 4.8% on Jan. 19, and 3.9% on Jan. 5. The average winning price was $3,746 U.S., up from $3,614 on Feb. 2. Gains were led by whole milk powder, up 4.3%, following a 2.3% gain on Feb. 2. Cheddar was up 2.4%, after a 2.3% gain. Butter was up 2.0%, after jumping 6.2% last time, and anhydrous milkfat was up 1.1%, following a 1.3% rise. Skim milk powder was up 0.3%, after slipping 1.5% in the last event. StoneX Dairy Group says the GDT 80% butterfat butter price equates to $2.2696 per pound U.S., up 4.5 cents from the last event, which saw a 13 cent rise. CME butter closed Friday at a bargain $1.55 per pound. GDT Cheddar equated to $1.9357 per pound, up 4.1 cents, and compares to Friday’s CME block Cheddar at $1.5375. GDT skim milk powder averaged $1.4548 per pound, up
from $1.4506, and whole milk powder averaged $1.64 per pound, up from $1.5685. CME Grade A nonfat dry milk closed Friday at $1.0925. Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) member coops accepted 14 offers of export assistance this week to help capture sales of 1.213 million pounds of Cheddar and Monterey Jack cheese, 330,693 pounds of butter, 480,608 pounds of anhydrous milkfat (AMF), and 152,119 pounds of cream cheese. The product will go to customers in Asia, Europe, Central America, and Oceania through July and raised CWT’s 2021 sales to 5.492 million pounds of Americantype cheeses, 5.668 million pounds of butter (82% milkfat), 1.973 million pounds of AMF, 3.038 million pounds of whole milk powder, and 2.661 million pounds of cream cheese. The products are going to 17 countries. December commercial dairy product disappearance data shows total U.S. cheese disappearance was down from a year ago for the third consecutive month. Lower exports and domestic demand was blamed and HGD says it was the weakest December disappearance since 2016. Butter was up for the second consecutive month, “a promising sign for demand,” says HGD, “but not enough to overcome bearish fundamentals in the oversupplied market.” Total nonfat dry milk disappearance was up for the second consecutive month, thanks to strong domestic demand. Export sales sank to the lowest monthly volume since February, according to HGD. The GDT helped propel CME cash butter higher in the President’s Day holiday-shortened week and added to the previous week’s 12.75 cent gain. Traders jumped the butter price 6 cents Tuesday, 4 cents Thursday, and 5.50 cents Friday, hitting $1.55 per pound, up 15.50 cents on the week, highest since Sept. 22, 2020, but 26 cents below a year ago. Only 9 sales were reported on the week. Central butter production is strong due to seasonal demand and the current availability of cream, says Dairy Market News, and churning was notably active. The current weather situation in the southern U.S. had some Midwestern butter producers taking on cream that would otherwise lack a destination. Some contacts told DMN that their respective brands are moving well in the retail sector but food service demand is generally lackluster. Butter market tones are in a short term bullish push, says DMN, and prices have moved from $1.21 per pound on Feb. 1 to a Feb. 19 close at $1.55 per pound. Western butter makers report demand for bulk and print butter is higher, compared to the last few months. Retail sales have picked up but inventories are heavy and old crop butter is readily available. While shoppers are nding deals for the butter in storage, processors say end users are looking for coverage of second and third quarter.
Bulk butter orders are strong, a good sign for the upcoming months, says DMN, but the region has plenty of cream available and most churns are running full schedules. A strong winter storm in the Pacic Northwest, the week of Feb. 8, stymied some of the butter output. Heavy snows, freezing rain and power outages that weekend created challenges for shippers trying to get milk and cream to creameries, and for workers trying to get to work, says DMN. Cheese was unchanged Tuesday but headed south from there. The Cheddar blocks fell to $1.51 per pound Thursday, lowest since May 12, 2020, but regained 2.75 cents Friday to close at $1.5375, down 2 cents on the week and 23 cents below a year ago. The barrels nished 7.75 cents lower, at $1.4125, 17.75 cents below a year ago, and 12.50 cents below the blocks. 7 cars of block traded hands on the week at the CME and 26 of barrel. Cheese market tones remain uncertain, says DMN, though demand is strong, according to a growing number of Midwestern producers. More areas are lifting dining restrictions at restaurants and bars. Spot milk prices at midweek were slightly higher than previous weeks but still below previous years. Weather throughout the country spawned hauling delays in the Midwest but cheese output was generally quite busy with ample milk available. Cheese inventories are not an overwhelming stressor for producers in the region, says DMN, “Particularly when demand seems to have received a shot in the arm in recent weeks.” The western cheese market appears to be in the same holding pattern that it has been in the last few months. Manufacturers report that milk is ample and are running plants at or near full capacity. The storms in the Pacic Northwest, Eastern New Mexico, and Texas had milk handlers pushing milk to facilities that could take it. Truckers found it difcult to pick up milk on farms and transport it to their usual manufacturing facilities, some of which were running with a reduced crew. Cheese inventories are heavy and while cheese is moving well, buyers are hesitant to take on more. Uncertainty regarding the impact of further government purchases and weak food service demand are putting a damper on the market, says DMN, even as retail demand is ahead of sales from last year. Grade A nonfat dry milk was down 2 cents on the week, nishing at $1.0925 per pound, 7.75 cents below a year ago, with 17 sales for the shortened week. CME dry whey climbed to 55 cents per pound Wednesday, highest since Oct. 19, 2018, but closed Friday at 54.75 cents per pound, up a half-cent on the week and 17.75 cents above a year ago. Only 2 sales were reported on the week. As stated previously, uncertainty surrounds the dairy markets which are waiting to see what will happen to government assistance. StoneX Dairy broker Dave Kurzawski said in the February 22 “Dairy Radio Now” broadcast that, word on the street at week’s end was that the food box program would continue in March with funding close to what was spent in February or about $350 million. Bottom line, he says, the food box program, Section 32 funds for commodity purchases, and all of the other government programs on the table combined could potentially mean Uncle Sam will spend more money on food in 2021 than it did in 2020.
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ConƟnued from MIELKE | Page 10 As to the impact on cheese prices, Kurzawski cautioned that we have a lot more milk to deal with right now, especially as we come into the spring ush, plus cheese demand has slowed throughout the pandemic. Retail sales may be up 10-15%, he said, but hasn’t offset the loss is restaurant and foodservice demand. The government has made up a lot of that difference, he said in closing, but U.S. cheese manufacturing has been somewhat constrained through the end of last year and if that changes this year, we could see additional pressure on prices. The Agriculture Department’s monthly Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook, issued February 16, mirrored milk price and production projections in the February 9 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report. I t also stated that the recent NASS Cattle report shows that milk cows numbered 9.44 million head on January 1, 2021, about 3,000 fewer than the December average reported in the Milk Production report. Milk replacement heifers totaled 4.605 million head on January 1, about 48.8% of the milking herd, lowest percentage since Jan. 1, 2009, says USDA. Milk cow numbers in 2021 are projected to average 9.435 million, up 5,000 from last month’s forecast but numbers are expected to decline from the rst quarter to the third quarter due to “relatively low milk prices, relatively high feed prices, and a relatively low number of replacement heifers.” Milk per cow was projected to average 24,100 pounds per head in 2021, up 5 from last month’s forecast. In the week ending February 6, 67,600 dairy cows were sent to slaughter, down 1,900 from the previous week but 100 head more than that week a year ago. Dairy farm margins were mixed over the rst half of February, though trending rmer on higher milk prices with feed costs largely unchanged over the past couple weeks, according to the latest Margin Watch (MW) from Chicago-based Commodity & Ingredient Hedging LLC. The MW stated “There is growing optimism that part of the new stimulus package being put together by Congress will include another round of food box purchases which would be supportive for dairy prices while continued vaccine distribution and declining COVID caseloads are allowing restaurants to restore and expand indoor dining which should likewise help to increase dairy demand.” The GDT’s $3,746 per metric ton average winning price is a 6-year high, according to the MW. It also pointed out that 2020 U.S. dairy product exports totaled $6.5 billion in value, up 8.5% from 2019, and the highest since the record gure of $7.1 billion in 2014 led by strong shipments of nonfat dry milk and whey. The MW cited USDA’s increased projection on U.S.
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milk output in its latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report, and warned that “USDA estimates that abundant production will push down cheese and butter prices.” The March Federal order Class I base milk price was announced by the USDA at $15.20 per hundredweight, down 34 cents from February, $2.26 below March 2020, and equates to $1.34 per gallon, down from $1.50 a year ago. The three-month Class I average stands at $15.29, down from $18.01 a year ago. Speaking of Class I, the plunge in uid sales reversed direction in December. USDA’s data shows 4.0 billion pounds of packaged uid products were sold, up 1.5% from December 2019, and followed a 4.4% drop in November. Conventional product sales totaled 3.8 billion pounds, up 1.1% from a year ago. Organic products, at 253 million pounds, were up 8.9%, and represented 6.3% of total sales for the month. Whole milk sales totaled 1.3 billion pounds, up 1.4% from a year ago. Sales for the year totaled 15.5 billion pounds, up 2.6% from 2019, and made up 33.5% of total milk sales for December and 33.6% for the year.
Skim milk sales, at 234 million pounds, were down 11.0% from a year ago and down 14.6% for the year. Total packaged uid milk sales, January through December, amounted to 46.2 billion pounds, down just 0.1% from 2019. Conventional product sales totaled 43.3 billion pounds, down 0.7%. Organic products, at 2.9 billion pounds, were up 10.4% and represented 6.2% of total uid milk sales in 2020. In politics, the National Milk Producers Federation praised the immigration bill introduced Feb. 18 in Congress. NMPF President Jim Mulhern Stated; “We applaud President Biden, Representative Sanchez, and Senator Menendez for stepping up and leading with the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021, making clear that immigration legislation is a signicant, immediate priority. Still, reforms to our immigration system must include changes crucial for the dairy workforce. These include extending to current workers and their families the legal protections they have earned and enabling dairy farmers to use a guest worker program to supplement their domestic workforce when needed.”
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You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to know that there are a lot of moving parts in the current macroeconomic situation. In the last column I touched on the growing levels of national debt. This week it seems that there is more talk on risk of rising inflation and interest rates. Energy and fertilizer markets continue to move higher. Several weeks ago some types of fertilizers made record price moves higher. In this type of market environment change happens quickly and prices move fast. The best way to describe it is we are living in a “Boom or Bust” time. Fortunes can be made or lost overnight. Most business owners manage like they are duck hunting. You don’t shoot at the flying duck you lead your shot in anticipation of where the duck will fly. In my experience that works great unless you are shooting at Teal’s. In today’s commodity markets we are Teal hunting. It is hard to know where to pull the trigger with the proper lead if you don’t know which direction will be its next move. Grain and livestock markets are in what seems to be coiling in the calm before the storm. The last several weeks there has been volatile price movement, but for the
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KALISPELL, Mont. – On the edge of Glacier National Park in the Rocky Mountain’s Flathead Valley of Montana sits a dairy and creamery. Dairies are uncommon in Montana, especially in the far northwestern corner of the state. Bill and Marilyn Hedstrom started a dairy in 1978. Since then, the dairy industry in Montana has shifted signicantly. An area that was once sparse with dairies is now almost bare. The Hedstroms were faced with a difcult decision about 10 years ago.
“We had to decide if we wanted to continue to farm really,” said Mary Tuck, the Hedstroms’ daughter. “Hauling contracts were changing and a lot of dairies were going out of business.” Mary and her husband, Jared, decided to process and market their own milk. In 2010, they built a creamery next to the dairy barn and began bottling and selling their milk. “We were shipping our milk 300 miles away at that point,” Tuck said. “We’re pret-
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Marilyn (from leŌ) and Bill Hedstrom and Mary holding Jack and Jared Tuck own Hedstrom Dairy and Kalispell Kreamery in the valley of the Rocky Mountains near Kalispell, Montana. The family milks 300 cows and use all the milk produced in the on-farm creamery.
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The cows are fed a diet of alfalfa hay and barley at Hedstrom Dairy near Kalispell, Montana.
ty isolated up here in northwest Montana. We decided the only way to keep the dairy was to process our own milk.” Today the creamery, Kalispell Kreamery, named after the nearby town of Kalispell, distributes throughout the state and operates an on-farm storefront. “We’re self-contained, meaning we don’t buy any supplemental milk from outside sources, and no one buys our milk,” Tuck said. “We are on our own for stocking raw milk and that can be a challenge.”
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Kalispell Kreamery operates a store front on their farm where they sell a variety of milk products near Kalispell, Montana. Skim, 2%, whole and chocolate milk, half and half, heavy whipping cream and yogurt are all available on the farm, and through distributors in Montana. to totally shift the herd and our production.” If there is too much milk production, the creamery will process the cream and feed the skim milk back to the cows. “We never waste cream,” Tuck said. “There always seems to be a demand for that.” The creamery sells reduced fat, skim, whole and chocolate milk, half and half, heavy whipping cream, Greek yogurt, ice cream and cold brew coffee with milk. They also sell composted cow manure to local farms and ground beef. The integrated entities work together from cows through distribution with the help of 20 employees. “We do all of our statewide distributing ourselves,” Tuck said. “A semi-truck delivers four times a week to grocery stores, convenience stores, universities, wholesalers and coffee shops.” As industry trends and demands shifted in the early 2010s to more local and naturally grown food, the Tucks and Hedstroms stepped in to ll a niche market. “There are a lot of people in our area looking to know their producer, so we are lucky that our supply can meet that demand,” Tuck said. The dairy is not organic, but they are certied local and natural as their food is naturally non-GMO.
“We have no soy or corn for silage, so a lot of production is forsaken because those commodities aren’t available to us,” Tuck said. “We feed the cows mostly a diet of alfalfa hay and barley. It’s inexpensive, but in return we don’t have great production.” The farm is focused on animal husbandry and milk quality more than production and offers farm tours, allowing customers to tour the farm and learn about how their milk is produced. In regards to a functioning dairy infrastructure, the Hedstroms and Tucks are quite isolated. “We’ve been here for over 45 years, so a lot of stuff we’ve learned to gure out on our own,” Tuck said. When constructing the creamery, the families did a lot of the work themselves to save money and also to understand how everything worked in case there were issues down the road. “We needed to know how to x anything that broke, so we had to know how it went together,” Tuck said. “We are very self-reliant.” There are some beef cattle ranches in the area, so veterinarians are available but do not have much dairy expertise. The same applies to nutritionists or other industry relations. While alone in the valley, the Tucks and Hedstroms enjoy the life they have made with the traditions of a family farm and the innovation of an on-farm direct sales business.
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•The University of Minnesota Extension is hosting a series of webinars, “Strategic Farming 2021: Let’s Talk Crops!” this winter to discuss some of the key issues and questions around crop production facing Minnesota corn and soybean farmers today. Sessions will be held over Zoom, which can be accessed via your computer, phone or other mobile device, and run from 8:30 to 9 a.m. on Wednesdays, through March 24. These online sessions will be very informal and open to all interested. Each session will start with a brief presentation (about 10 minutes) by the discussion leaders for the day, followed by 20 minutes of discussion, framed around farmer/participant questions on the topic. Speakers will include researchers and educators from the University of MN and North Central region, as well as area agency personnel. Topics and speakers include: – March 3: Making every acre pay. Naeem Kalwar, Extension Soil Health Specialist, North Dakota State University, Tanner Bruse, MN Ag & Conservation Programs Manager, Pheasants Forever and Alan Lepp, NRCS – March 10: What insects are bugging your corn this year? Ken Ostlie, Extension Entomologist and Bruce Potter, Extension Integrated Pest Management Specialist – March 17: SCN: So tough a threat, it warrants a coalition. Greg Tylka, Nematologist, Iowa State University, Seth Naeve, Extension Soybean Agronomist and Samuel Markell, Extension Broadleaf Plant Pathologist, North Dakota State University – March 24: Stand Establishment for corn and soybean. Seth Naeve, Extension Soybean Agronomist, Jeff Coulter, Extension Corn Agronomist and Dean Malvick, Extension Plant Pathologist For more details on each session and to register, go to: https://z.umn.edu/strategicfarming. You need only register once for the whole program series. At registration, please take a moment to let us know what questions you would like highlighted during the discussions. There is no charge to participate, and sessions will be recorded and posted for viewing later at your convenience. • University of Minnesota Extension is excited to be partnering with North Dakota State University Extension to offer a series of farm safety webinars this winter. Each of us has been impacted in some way by an accident, injury, or fatality that has occurred on the farm. These events are devastating to communities and impact the livelihoods of those we know and love dearly. The purpose of these webinars is to empower communities and individuals to prioritize safety on the farm. The webinar series will be January-March on Thursdays at 11 a.m. Each webinar will last one hour. The March 4 discussion will focus on Livestock Safety. UMN Extension Cattle Production Extension Educator Joe Armstrong, DVM will discuss and demonstrate proper animal handling in both connement and pasture systems. The series will conclude on March 18 with a mental health topic; Emily Krekelberg will be conducting QPR Training. QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer) is a one-hour suicide prevention program that helps individuals learn the three steps anyone can take to help prevent suicide. This training is tailored toward agricultural communities.
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The Farm Safety Webinar Series is offered free of charge. Participants must pre-register by visiting z.umn.edu/FarmSafetyWebinars. When registering for the webinar series, participants will have access to join each of the ve webinar sessions. Participants can choose to attend any or all sessions of interest. Questions can be sent to Emily Krekelberg at krek0033@umn.edu or Angie Johnson at angela.b.johnson@ndsu.edu. • University of Minnesota Extension, in collaboration with the Minnesota Dairy Initiative- Central Region, have announced the upcoming Winter Dairy Series. This series will consist of informal conversations on a variety of topics relevant to MN dairy farmers. Each Zoom discussion will be held from 12:30-1 p.m. on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays, through March 24. Discussions are as follows: March 10 – “Alternative Forages: Do they t your program” Alternative forages have a logical t on many beef and dairy operations, providing opportunities to produce more forage on fewer acres. In this session, Jared Goplen and Nathan Drewitz will discuss some key details to consider in order to maximize forage production and quality in these systems. March 24 – “Win, Win, Win: Improving calf performance and animal welfare” Dr. Marcia Endres will share the latest options in animal group housing and discuss their impact on animal welfare, performance, and farm management. These educational discussions are free to attend. Registration is required by noon on the day before the event at https://z.umn.edu/CentralWDS. All sessions will be recorded and emailed out to registered participants to watch at their own convenience. The event brochure is available at https://z.umn.edu/WDSCentral. Please contact Dana Adams at adam1744@umn.edu, 320-204-2968 or Leah Bischof at leahbischof@gmail.com, 320429-0611 for questions. • University of Minnesota Extension, in collaboration with the Minnesota Dairy Initiative- SouthCentral Region, have announced the upcoming Winter Dairy Series. This series will consist of six informal conversations on a variety of topics relevant to MN dairy farmers. Each Zoom discussion will be held from 12:30-1 p.m. on the 2nd and 4th Fridays, through March 26. Discussions are as follows: March 12 – “Best Practices for Productive Farm Meetings” Whether you’re meeting with your farm employees or holding meetings with ag professionals to create strategies for your farm, it’s important that your meetings are effective. In this discussion, Jim Salfer and Jill Zieroth will discuss how to prepare for those meetings, how to engage everyone at the table, and how to ensure you’re accomplishing the goals you’ve set for the meeting. March 26 – “Pre-Weaned Calf Rearing Systems and Raising Healthy Dairy Calves” Dr. Brad Heins and Karen Johnson will discuss options for raising healthy dairy calves with different rearing systems. Examples from several rearing systems including automatic feeders, individual and pair-housing and raising calves with cows will be shared. These educational discussions are free to attend. Registration is required by noon on the day before the event at https://z.umn.edu/SCMNdairyseries. All sessions will be recorded and emailed out to registered participants to watch at their own convenience. The Turn to CALENDAR | Page 17
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SPECIAL DAIRY AND HEIFER SALE
Thursday, March 4th • 11 a.m. COMPLETE HERD DISPERSAL: 70 Holstein cows, 3 bred heifers, 1 Holstein breeder Bull and one Angus breeding bull. Herd is averaging 82 lbs milk with a 4.2 F, 3.3 P, SCC is 150. A high testing herd with very good production!! Individuals milking well in the 100’s! Includes many bred back cows. These cows are housed in freestalls and milked in a parlor. Moderate frame size and gentle cows that should work in any setting. OTHER EARLY CONSIGNMENTS: 5 fresh Holstein heifers milking 65-90 lbs. Milked in tiestalls. 8 Holstein heifers bred 5 - 8 months. 3 Holstein heifers, bred 3 months. NEW SALES SCHEDULE
Dairy & Hay sale EVERY Thursday starting with hay @ 10:00 followed by Dairy Cows @ 11:00 sharp, then bred heifers, open heifers and feeders followed by calves, market bulls, fat cattle and cull cows. We will have special feeder cattle sales as announced.
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We found out today good cattle still sell well. Nolan and Ruth Metzger complete herd dispersal of excellent quality cows topped at $3,500. 25 cows sold $2,100-3,000 with 86 cows averaging $1,915. Top cow in the second herd dispersal $2,100 Randolph Kafka, Athens. Many good quality cows sold from $1,500-1,950. Metzger heifer dispersal also sold extremely well on excellent quality cattle! Extreme top was a registered Rager Red bred to Rubles Red due May 28th sold for $3,900. Many bred heifers $1,400-1,725. Four head $1,925-2,400. Open heifers mostly $1.25-1.55 per pound several nice groups of lightweights $2.10-2.60. Extreme top 290 lbs @ $925/head. Other commercial open Holstein heifers 85- .10 per pound. Single birth Holstein heifer calves $25-55 per head. 2 breeding Bulls both polled, red and white, Rex sons 775 lbs at $2,400, 1045 lbs at $2,200. Market Bulls $77-86.50. Choice Holstein steers and Heifers $98-103.75. Holstein feeder steers 86-1.10. Holstein bull calves $70-110 per head. Beef Cross Bull and heifer calves $175-245 per head. 28% of Market cows sold 60 - 68.50. 34% sold $55-59.50. 3x4x8 dairy quality western alfalfa 95/bale. Second crop is a rounds and squares $60-75. Dairy quality baleage $40-75 per bale. High quality rounds corn stalks $25-35. 3x4x8 straw $60. Spreader loads firewood $110. We had 100 bidding numbers out and 80 individual buyers. If you weren’t here we’d sure be glad to have you next week or the next! Thank you for all your support, greatly greatly appreciated!!
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• Dairy Calf and Heifer Association’s (DCHA) March 9 webinar features “Consumer Perceptions and Animal Welfare Considerations.” This free, one-hour educational offering starts at 1 p.m. Central time. Marissa Hake, director of animal welfare and sustainable farming at Fairlife, LLC, will provide a thought-provoking talk during this webinar. Animal welfare is an ever-increasing concern for consumers. In a world where individuals have endless dietary options and choices, those involved in production agriculture must build consumer trust around today’s farming practices. Animal welfare and calf care specically are highly sensitive topics for consumers. Hake will discuss consumer insights around production animal agriculture and dive into specic future considerations for management, diet, health treatments, housing and more. To register for the webinar, go to: https://bit.ly/ TechMixWebinar and follow the prompts. As the webinar approaches, you will receive an e-mail with information on how to log in to participate. • The I-29 Moo University Collaboration’s 7th annual Dairy Beef Short Course will held on March 23. Due to COVID-19 it will be offered as a webinar. There will be a morning session from 10 a.m. to noon followed by the afternoon session from 1-3 p.m. The Dairy Beef Short Course is one of the premiere dairy beef events in North America and normally held as a pre-educational event at the Central Plains Dairy Expo. The presenters at this year’s Dairy Beef Short Course are industry leaders who will provide insight into factors inuencing dairy beef performance along with looking at the future of dairy beef production from a consumer and economic perspective,” said Tracey Erickson, South Dakota State University. The morning speakers include Tara Felix, Penn State University discussing the role of nutrition and implants in dairy beef performance and Phil Durst, Michigan State University discussing how employee management inuences animal performance. In the afternoon, Bill Halfman from University of Wisconsin will present the performance factors inuencing protability and Lisa Scebbi from JBS US will talk about taking advantage of future consumer trends to optimize market opportunities for dairy beef To register for the event go to https://tinyurl.com/y8t3puur. Webinar links will be sent by email before the event. An electronic copy of the proceedings will also be emailed to participants at the conclusion of the webinar along with access to the recordings of the two sessions. The registration will remain open until March 22.
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823 852 742 743 744 856 805 833 779 780 844 751 753 759 761 766 773 777 803 822 827 834 838 839 764 774 783 785 799 806 820 824 825 848 782 854 804
Desc.
moisture protein
Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Small Rounds Small Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Large Rounds
11.94 15.66 13.32 168.03 12.3 14.07 27.71 16.21
RFV
22.82 190.38 21.34 161.73 25.04 187.31 23.02 12.96 21.87 171.53 18.6 132.8 20.34 182.58 18.41 93.19 STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW WHEAT STRAW OAT STRAW CORN STALKS
price
$185.00 $165.00 $200.00 $175.00 $180.00 $170.00 $100.00 $115.00 $35.00 $30.00 $37.50 $80.00 $75.00 $70.00 $75.00 $70.00 $70.00 $65.00 $25.00 $85.00 $75.00 $80.00 $80.00 $90.00 $30.00 $32.50 $20.00 $37.50 $25.00 $35.00 $20.00 $27.50 $17.50 $22.50 $30.00 $20.00 $32.50
March 4, 2021 March 18, 2021
For more information, contact Kevin Winter 320-352-3803, (c) 320-760-1593 or Al Wessel at 320-547-2206, (c) 320-760-2979
USED EQUIPMENT ON HAND C
‘14 JCB 260T tracked Compact Track Loader, 1310 hrs., # 21301 $44,800
C
C
‘15 JCB 536-60 AGRI PLUS TeleHandler, 3250 hrs., #22201 $77,000
D
‘17 JCB TM320 Telescopic Wheel Loader, 2800 hrs., #21304 $89,500
D
JCB 3185 Fastrac Tractor 4WD,
C
‘15 JCB TM220 Articulated loader
5975 hrs., #20398
#21305
$33,995
D
HD Hay Saver
Ld. size
27.56 21.33 28.13 24.68 27.05 12.6 10.48 10.86 34 34 34 26.21 23.29 24.93 26.03 25.78 20.33 7.41 24 2.68 22.96 23.99 20.99 24.34 72 76 60 36 36 78 72 76 57 54 72 39 34
Hay sales starts at 12:30 p.m. and are the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of the months of September thru May.
‘17 JCB 541-70 AGRI SUPER TeleHandler, 4575 hrs., #1279 $83,000
Heavy Duty Poly Hay feeder
cut.
3 3 4 4 4 2&3 2 2
$68,500 D
C
Fence Line Feeders Cattle Master Series 3 Squeeze Chute IN STOCK
Goat and Sheep Feeders
‘14 JCB 260 Skid Steer Loader
4282 hrs., # 22117
$26,900 Tarter Gates IN STOCK
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6053 CTY. HWY. G • STANLEY, WI 54768 • Andrew Zimmerman
‘15 JCB 541-70 Agri Extra TeleHandler
‘11 JCB 541-70 AGRI TeleHandler
$75,000
$62,500
4546 hrs., #22031
7306 hrs., #15222
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Congratulations to these top herds for 2020 ranked by dollar value. The formula uses milk production, butterfat and protein pounds, and Somatic Cell Count to provide an overall picture of outstanding care, breeding and management. Rolling Yearly Average Producer Name City 3X # Cows Brd Milk Fat Prot $Value HYDE-PARK HOLSTEINS ZUMBRO FALLS 3X 664 HO 33,956 1,470 1,100 6,396 STELLING FARMS MILLVILLE 3X 306 HO 33,625 1,365 1,050 6,077 KRAIG+RACHELLE KRIENKE LESTER PRAIRIE 3X 575 HO 33,019 1,352 1,024 5,982 PETER+DAVID BURFEIND GOODHUE 341 XX 30,245 1,303 1,017 5,793 DICKE CENTURY FARM GOODHUE 207 HO 30,215 1,307 979 5,705 METOGGA LAKE DAIRY LLC NEW PRAGUE 449 HO 30,668 1,262 995 5,667 TRAIL SIDE HOLSTEINS FOUNTAIN 3X 663 HO 32,510 1,214 1,013 5,655 KLINGSPORN FARMS PINE ISLAND 177 HO 30,149 1,243 995 5,583 BLUMENFELD HOLSTEINS HAWLEY 3X 563 HO 31,089 1,232 981 5,568 CLARK FARMS LLC ROLLINGSTONE 3X 591 HO 31,180 1,221 975 5,547 SELKE FARMS DAKOTA 241 HO 29,964 1,223 961 5,505 SCOTT&MICHELLE HERBER UTICA 3X 738 HO 30,961 1,206 957 5,477 HEINTZ BADGER VALLEY FARM CALEDONIA 3X 207 HO 31,365 1,199 962 5,465 TWIN SPRUCE FARMS RICHMOND 3X 3,952 HO 30,196 1,210 975 5,460 NOSBUSH DAIRY FAIRFAX 3X 892 HO 28,596 1,227 953 5,454 REILAND FARMS LEROY 3X 515 HO 29,397 1,242 932 5,453 CRAZY DAISY DAIRY KENYON 124 HO 30,157 1,211 950 5,447 DAN KREKELBERG FARIBAULT 68 HO 29,753 1,212 939 5,418 CURRIER BROTHERS MANTORVILLE 108 HO 28,013 1,239 924 5,392 ZEINSTRA DAIRY HOLLAND 3X 942 HO 30,399 1,186 953 5,380 DARREN JOHNSON WINONA 237 HO 28,868 1,216 929 5,380 HOUDEK DAIRY LLC CALEDONIA 3X 438 HO 29,672 1,189 938 5,371 STEVE&JACKIE MOLL FREEPORT 100 HO 29,828 1,173 960 5,347 SAHRSIDE DAIRY BRICELYN 3X 1,643 HO 29,955 1,194 934 5,345 NATHAN & BRIDGET GIBBS ROLLINGSTONE 3X 194 HO 29,270 1,210 907 5,328 DEVOINE KRUSE CALEDONIA 230 HO 29,882 1,137 946 5,286 ANNEXSTAD DAIRY FARMS INC ST PETER 190 HO 28,947 1,174 923 5,261 RANDY AND LUANN WAGNER WEBSTER 363 HO 28,047 1,167 918 5,220 NICK AND TARA MEYER SAUK CENTRE 3X 305 HO 29,089 1,192 893 5,207 KOLB DAIRY INC PAYNESVILLE 490 HO 29,184 1,141 942 5,202 JOHNSONS ROLLING ACRES PETERSON 3X 1,376 HO 28,012 1,172 900 5,196 FRIENDSHUH FARMS LLC CLEAR LAKE 3X 1,150 HO 29,182 1,134 928 5,195 TWIN SPRUCE ROSE CREEK 89 HO 27,503 1,184 881 5,177 TIM&SARAH AHO FRAZEE 188 HO 28,182 1,151 907 5,175 LINDO FARMS CENTER CITY 3X 43 HO 29,306 1,163 899 5,172 SANDHILL DAIRY PERHAM 3X 341 HO 28,784 1,133 912 5,164 RIVER CITY DAIRY HASTINGS 3X 392 XX 29,349 1,119 915 5,148 SHEA DAIRY VIOLA 3X 1,048 HO 28,371 1,151 892 5,138 SCHEFERS BROTHERS PAYNESVILLE 77 HO 28,079 1,144 894 5,137 POPP DAIRY RICE 235 HO 30,315 1,095 934 5,133 HOSCHEIT FARMS CALEDONIA 3X 404 HO 28,724 1,154 882 5,130 HINCKLEY HOLSTEINS LLC CHATFIELD 3X 474 HO 29,299 1,128 897 5,120 NOLT FAMILY FARM DODGE CENTER 125 HO 26,613 1,124 935 5,114 RICK AND ANN STOCKER JORDAN 89 XX 27,275 1,159 885 5,114 ROGER ALDINGER WINONA 104 HO 29,479 1,117 899 5,113 HEIEIE DAIRY BROOTEN 155 HO 27,988 1,163 892 5,109 ZAHBULLS HOLSTEINS LLC PLAINVIEW 3X 396 HO 29,321 1,113 893 5,094 RUSSELL J WIRT + FAMILY LEWISTON 3X 534 HO 28,467 1,118 893 5,089 STELTER HOLSTEIN DAIRY WOOD LAKE 3X 292 HO 29,207 1,112 895 5,086 KOLTES DAIRY LLC ST. CLOUD 122 HO 28,883 1,100 917 5,083 HOLLERMANN DAIRY BURTRUM 780 HO 26,662 1,130 905 5,074 WOLF CREEK DAIRY DUNDAS 3X 457 HO 27,679 1,122 889 5,071 SCHMITY HOLSTEINS OWATONNA 212 HO 26,622 1,137 898 5,069 DON AND SALLY WEISENBECK DURAND 3X 424 HO 27,802 1,138 877 5,065 RICHARD LAMBRECHT BELLE PLAINE 93 HO 26,155 1,191 842 5,056 TIM+PAUL KRUEGER JORDAN 228 HO 27,300 1,147 879 5,049 TURNER DAIRY LLC CENTURIA 169 HO 27,935 1,103 904 5,045 THISTLE DEW DAIRY WESTBROOK 127 HO 28,027 1,111 889 5,041 LAX DAIRY SLEEPY EYE 3X 346 HO 29,231 1,094 899 5,037 HERKENHOFF CENTRAL DAIRY FREEPORT 179 HO 28,344 1,105 911 5,035 ZABEL BORGSCHATZ DAIRY PLAINVIEW 196 HO 27,419 1,160 862 5,029 J.M.PETERSON FARMS PINE CITY 3X 442 HO 28,889 1,102 885 5,028 ANDY EMMERT HANCOCK 3X 70 HO 28,580 1,094 916 5,025 IRISH RIDGE DAIRY LLC MILLVILLE 82 HO 27,633 1,125 866 5,020 LINN DAIRY FARM RICHMOND 144 HO 28,793 1,105 901 5,018 FAITH ACRES DAIRY INC HEWITT 3X 137 HO 29,058 1,103 867 5,005 ADAM & SARAH MELLGREN ZUMBRO FALLS 70 HO 28,798 1,120 847 4,998 PETER SEITZER ST PETER 65 HO 28,258 1,110 872 4,989 STACI SEXTON ZUMBRO FALLS 64 XX 25,858 1,145 856 4,982 PANEK DAIRY GREY EAGLE 137 HO 28,576 1,064 901 4,978 SQUARE DEAL DAIRY RANDOLPH 3X 607 HO 26,991 1,137 869 4,976 HEUSINKVELD FARMS SPRING VALLEY 3X 499 HO 28,977 1,101 857 4,970 REUTER FARMS HASTINGS 147 HO 27,133 1,116 863 4,965 RAY & JEAN BEUTZ ALBANY 114 HO 27,357 1,113 886 4,963 CANC ELK RIVER 3X 67 HO 29,330 1,072 870 4,955 MIKE HULSTEIN EDGERTON 3X 552 HO 28,329 1,059 896 4,954 JOHN & CARL TRAUT SARTELL 127 HO 28,119 1,096 873 4,951 ROGER PETERS TYLER 257 HO 26,310 1,137 849 4,949 NEW HEIGHTS DAIRY RICE 3X 4,256 XX 26,429 1,097 887 4,945 BRIAN SEYKORA BLOOMING PRAIRE 51 HO 26,802 1,106 873 4,939 PATER DAIRY INC PIPESTONE 3X 1,568 HO 27,467 1,095 869 4,934 ERIC RYAN GOODHUE 232 HO 26,802 1,100 870 4,933 GORDON HUTTUNEN WADENA 152 HO 26,672 1,106 886 4,930 MULHERN DAIRY FOUNTAIN 3X 989 HO 26,783 1,116 853 4,928 WEST RIDGE LLC BELLINGHAM 3X 553 HO 28,025 1,074 871 4,915 JERRY & BEV POHLMANN GREY EAGLE 70 HO 27,736 1,068 873 4,914 SCHULTE FARMS CALEDONIA 301 HO 27,723 1,082 853 4,902 GARY SCHLAUDERAFF FRAZEE 3X 645 HO 28,133 1,044 888 4,901 HOURSCHT DAIRY LITTLE FALLS 80 HO 27,462 1,097 861 4,901 LLOYD AND JULIE BLOMMEL FREEPORT 151 HO 25,777 1,125 836 4,900 JOHN + KARYL DIERSEN CALEDONIA 191 HO 26,114 1,102 856 4,894 MICHAEL REDALEN LANESBORO 3X 240 HO 27,346 1,084 853 4,883 WHITE ROCK DAIRY GOODHUE 3X 824 HO 27,173 1,091 850 4,881 WENDT DAIRY LLC ST CHARLES 123 HO 26,525 1,106 850 4,877 CRYSTAL VIEW FARMS FOUNTAIN 3X 675 HO 28,037 1,033 899 4,871 TOM AND SUE HOLST LANESBORO 179 HO 26,540 1,064 872 4,869 LUBBEN DAIRY EDGERTON 421 HO 26,770 1,117 822 4,865
Dairy Star • Second Section • Saturday, February 27, 2021 • Page 21 Producer Name GOEBELS DAIRY FARM WALTER BROS FARM BURKE DAIRY INC JIM EVANS LOWELL TANGEN JAMES & KIM DUBAN GARY LEHNERTZ HOEFS’ DAIRY MCANDREWS DAIRY LESTER DONNA BANSE WAYNE AND JOSIE PETERS PEDLEY DAIRY JONATHAN SEIFERT OLMAR FARMS SCHEFFLER DAIRY CHAIN O LAKES DAIRY HIGH POINT DAIRY BERNING FAMILY DAIRY AUSPICIOUS OYSTER GRANGE DWIGHT WENGER JOHN & KRIS MILLER PRIGGE FAMILY FARM O + S DAIRY MARK BROSIG CHRIS & DEANNA EMMERT AVON HEIGHTS CZECH ROADSIDE ACRES MAREN & JEREMY HOLST BROCKSHUS DAIRY LLC LISS0N HOLSTEIN LUX-URY HOLSTEINS INC. SASS FARMS RIVER VALLEY DAIRY LLC SAMUEL SHAUM LEUTHOLD DAIRY ERNEST MARTIN KLASSIC HOLSTEIN WAYRA DAIRY DAIRYRIDGE BRIAN AND JUDY HAZEL STADICK FARM INC HOLKER DAIRY WESLEY MARTIN TA LEONARD REG HOLSTEINS ISIDORE & JANET LOEFFELHOLZ THEISEN DAIRY DARYL+LISA MAUS RODNEY RAY DAVID D.& ANGIE TAUER BILL POST CLASEMANN DAIRY THOMPSON FAMILY DAIRY BONOW FARMS HEMMESCH DAIRY INC. MATT ANDRING JOHNSON DAIRY KUECHLE DAIRY SUNSHINE DAIRY LLC MEL & SPENCER HACKETT GROETSCH BROS. DAIRY VOGT DAIRY LLC SAINTVILLE DAIRY STEVE & PAM HERDERING MARSHLAND FARMS RUMPUS RIDGE FARMS IHRKE FARMS SCOTT & JACOLYN RICKEMAN RINDE FARMS LLC JER-LINDY FARMS ANTHONY & TIFFANY BETCHER SUNSHINE ACRES LEONARD & STEVEN HOEN KASHOME HOLSTEINS NICK PRAMANN PORT HAVEN DAIRY ACKERMAN FARMS SCHERER FAMILY FARM INC SCHOENBAUER DAIRY MARK RUEGEMER JEFF PETERMEIER BROOKSIDE DAIRY MEADOW FRONT FARMS BRUCE&JAN FUNK BREEZY HILL DAIRY JAMES C PFEIFER MARK DICKE BRUCE ASFELD PAUL+CINDY SWENSON RKB DAIRY MOLDANS HOLSTEINS BORST FAMILY DAIRY LLC BRUCE & JODI HEIM STEVEN SEIFERT TOM TAMMY&JEREMY MURSU MIKE AND DONNA TELLERS MILLER FARMS JAMES & BETH OLSON JAMES & JEN MAUS RIVERVIEW ENTERPRISES HILKE-ERIC ROBERT & RANDY SLIVNIK MEADOW BROOK DAIRY GREGORY DAIRY LLC
City ALBANY PLUMMER SEBEKA PIPESTONE WANAMINGO MONTGOMERY PLAINVIEW NEW PRAGUE SAUK CENTRE CALEDONIA LAKE CITY OCHEYEDAN SLEEPY EYE SLEEPY EYE ZUMBROTA BLUE EARTH MELROSE ALBERTVILLE HEWITT BROOTEN PLAINVEIW WINONA RICE ALTURA HANCOCK DODGE CENTER FOLEY LAKE CITY OCHEYDAN BROWERVILLE EDEN VALLEY CHATFIELD SHELL LAKE SAUK CENTRE ELLSWORTH BROOTEN WASECA TRAIL LONG PRAIRIE LANESBORO NEW ULM PAYNESVILLE BROOTEN YOUNG AMERICA CALEDONIA WATKINS FREEPORT CLEAR LAKE HANSKA CHANDLER LONG PRAIRIE LEWISTON LEWISTON MELROSE DOVER HERON LAKE WATKINS ARLINGTON RICE SAUK CENTRE SAUK CENTRE NORWOOD-Y.A. FREEPORT CUSHING PRESTON EYOTA HUTCHINSON LONG PRAIRIE BROOTEN GOODHUE ST CHARLES NORWOOD MEDFORD CLEARWATER SLEEPY EYE SAUK RAPIDS FREEPORT NEW PRAGUE VILLARD MELROSE CLITHERALL CLEVELAND MELROSE DALLAS OWATONNA GOODHUE OSAKIS NICOLLET FARIBAULT COMFREY ROCHESTER LEWISTON SLEEPY EYE NEW YORK MILLS CHASKA OAKLAND LEWISTON OSAKIS FOLEY ALTURA RICE SARTELL BELGRADE
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# Cows 55 431 185 114 162 164 210 292 427 146 154 354 214 165 147 260 143 111 178 73 347 286 245 249 80 91 644 131 696 56 128 259 109 120 156 284 36 391 1,437 292 200 82 128 55 75 98 69 54 269 143 252 366 280 126 123 105 252 94 140 145 322 72 132 109 565 146 94 287 213 131 209 68 235 94 272 111 295 143 73 50 513 127 57 718 52 77 102 298 140 91 261 388 124 191 55 106 47 95 91 136 52 91 89
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Rolling Yearly Average Milk Fat Prot $Value 27,468 1,090 875 4,862 26,396 1,070 862 4,852 25,510 1,140 796 4,842 27,718 1,066 843 4,841 27,047 1,049 874 4,841 26,159 1,069 866 4,840 26,774 1,064 859 4,839 25,739 1,084 843 4,836 27,687 1,070 843 4,833 26,655 1,075 827 4,811 25,460 1,082 845 4,810 28,218 1,070 824 4,808 27,283 1,063 843 4,807 27,145 1,038 869 4,805 26,105 1,065 845 4,800 26,520 1,081 837 4,798 26,578 1,078 822 4,797 25,639 1,067 853 4,790 25,414 1,086 837 4,790 27,546 1,030 864 4,786 25,210 1,085 829 4,777 27,044 1,057 830 4,777 26,769 1,040 862 4,772 25,273 1,079 828 4,769 27,047 1,026 870 4,765 26,313 1,025 863 4,763 27,237 1,020 855 4,747 25,138 1,035 855 4,739 27,194 1,043 827 4,733 27,004 1,043 847 4,731 26,111 1,050 828 4,728 26,782 1,033 832 4,728 25,921 1,032 843 4,728 27,344 1,050 819 4,727 25,502 1,084 811 4,720 27,296 1,028 840 4,719 26,544 1,050 843 4,716 26,312 1,024 849 4,714 26,260 1,036 834 4,709 26,307 1,013 857 4,706 25,094 1,086 795 4,705 26,254 1,045 823 4,700 26,954 1,044 820 4,699 26,145 1,055 807 4,699 25,696 1,058 813 4,698 26,926 1,053 817 4,694 26,157 1,070 793 4,689 25,562 1,036 828 4,688 26,145 1,026 835 4,686 26,605 1,021 845 4,685 27,183 1,002 845 4,684 25,677 1,071 789 4,681 27,237 984 857 4,675 25,486 1,049 811 4,671 26,316 1,009 835 4,666 25,702 1,008 837 4,665 27,207 1,011 817 4,661 26,838 1,002 843 4,659 25,646 1,019 834 4,657 27,028 988 849 4,654 26,957 1,023 807 4,651 24,835 1,055 813 4,641 25,659 1,045 821 4,641 26,055 1,018 815 4,640 26,481 1,013 834 4,634 28,680 956 855 4,634 26,379 1,021 812 4,629 25,689 1,027 821 4,629 24,981 1,033 824 4,625 24,882 1,035 826 4,625 25,895 1,041 790 4,624 25,130 1,028 830 4,618 25,570 1,032 808 4,616 25,953 1,018 815 4,613 24,859 994 867 4,613 25,229 1,017 817 4,613 25,764 1,036 801 4,603 25,670 1,019 808 4,601 26,077 1,030 789 4,598 26,013 989 831 4,596 26,658 1,001 805 4,596 25,453 983 843 4,595 24,946 1,022 820 4,594 24,917 1,046 787 4,593 24,761 1,029 805 4,593 25,925 1,019 819 4,591 25,376 1,018 818 4,589 26,713 971 846 4,589 23,332 1,053 791 4,588 25,215 1,005 829 4,578 26,161 1,006 800 4,575 26,874 995 798 4,574 25,748 1,002 815 4,570 26,335 982 835 4,565 26,810 980 812 4,564 24,778 1,026 793 4,562 26,268 1,000 790 4,555 24,879 1,005 810 4,548 26,135 967 823 4,541 25,330 976 825 4,540 24,902 979 833 4,537 26,980 978 806 4,532 24,819 1,006 793 4,529
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MIDWEST PUMPING II LLC ‘07 Gehl 4640 Skid Loader
Manual Quick Attach, T-Bar, 2508 hrs. - $19,000
‘18 Gehl R220 Skid Loader
Cab, Heat, AC, Joystick, 2 Spd, Radio, 70” Bucket
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‘15 JD 318E Skid Loader
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Recipe Corner
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Les Kuehl
Repair Service
30+ Years Experience
From Cassie Zirbel, Greenleaf, Wisconsin
Pizza stuffed shells 24 jumbo pasta shells cooked according to package directions 5 ounces mini pepperoni divided use 16 ounces ricotta cheese 12 ounces shredded mozzarella cheese divided use
2 teaspoons Italian seasoning salt and pepper to taste ½ cup grated parmesan cheese 3 cups pizza sauce or marinara sauce 2 tablespoons parsley chopped cooking spray
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Coat a 9”x13” baking pan with cooking spray. Spread the pizza sauce in an even layer in the bottom of the pan. Place ½ the pepperoni, the ricotta cheese, ½ the mozzarella cheese, Italian seasoning, salt and pepper and parmesan cheese in a large bowl. Stir to combine. Fill each shell with the ricotta mixture and place in the baking dish. Sprinkle the remaining mozzarella and pepperoni over the top of the shells. Bake for 25 minutes or until cheese is melted and starting to brown. Sprinkle with parsley and serve. Make ahead instructions. Fill the shells and place in the pan on top of the layer of pizza sauce. Cover and refrigerate for up to 8 hours. Uncover and sprinkle with remaining mozzarella and pepperoni. Bake for 30-35 minutes or until pasta is heated through and cheese is melted.
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SPECIAL FEEDER CATTLE AUCTION Tuesday, March 2, 2021 at 11:00 Expecting 600-700 head!
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Blue cheese bacon dip 7 slices bacon 2 cloves garlic, minced 8 ounces cream cheese 1/4 cup half-and-half 4 ounces blue cheese, crumbled
2 tablespoons chopped chives 3 tablespoons chopped smoked almonds Bagel chips and sliced vegetables for dipping
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a skillet, cook bacon until crisp. Add garlic and cook until translucent. Drain on paper towels. In a bowl, beat cream cheese until smooth. Add half-and-half. Mix well. Stir in crumbled bacon bits, garlic, blue cheese and chives. Transfer to a small baking dish, cover and bake 15-20 minutes. Sprinkle almonds on top. Cover and keep warm. Serve with bagel chips and sliced vegetables.
Cookie salad 1 1 8 2
cup buttermilk package vanilla instant pudding ounces Cool Whip cans of mandarin oranges (drained)
1 package of Keebler fudge striped cookies (crushed)
Mix buttermilk and vanilla instant pudding in a bowl. Fold cool whip into bowl after mixing buttermilk and vanilla instant pudding. Add drained oranges and crushed cookies before serving.
COMPLETE RETIREMENT HERD DISPERSAL! 110 Feature Very High Quality Holstein Dairy Cows and Springing Heifers! After many successful years consignment! of farming Premier is honored to sell the herd dispersal of Mever-Dale Farm. Parlor/freestall. Cows will sell on test, avg. 85# with many top cows milking 100-150# on 2x. BF 4.2 Pro 3.2 Scc below 100! 80% of this herd is in 1st & 2nd lactation, including (53)2 year olds w/many of these making right at or over 30,000#! (35)recent fresh (20)close springing cows/heifers (55)milking heavy and bred back. Long time AI herd with strictly top sires used through Select Sires and Genex including: Kingboy, Yoder, Beemer, Montross, Petrone, King Royal, Blowtorch, Legendary, Stoic, Sid, Ironblock, Jacey, Jitterbug, Mass, Avenger, Paycheck, Puzzle, Emerald, Cabriolet, Troy, Shocktop, Zamboni, Doctor and many more. Service sires include: Renown, Bold, Jules, Chaska, Hardrock, Ballard, Kite, Odin, Magellen, Chas, Logistics and more. Regular herd health and complete vaccination program through Birnamwood Vet Clinic, Dr. Becky 715-449-2566. This farm has won many top quality milk awards over the years! If you are looking for TOP quality replacement dairy cows for your dairy, be sure to attend this auction, these are extremely top quality dairy cows that will work hard for you. Coming from Mever-Dale Farms, Allard & Tammy Merverdan, Wittenburg WI ***Cows can be viewed by appointment only 715-225-9506 10 Fresh Holstein Dairy Cows, 1st and 2nd calf, parlor/freestall, milking 80-110#!! Low scc, this load includes just fresh cows and cows that are all ready bred back! Reputation consignor. Coming from an overstocked dairy! Coming from Shadycrest Holsteins 6 SHARP REGISTERED Brown Swiss Cows & Heifers. (4)Registered fresh Brown Swiss Cows, tiestall and outside daily. Sires include Trouble, Lucky, Woody, & Richard, includes a FANCY Richard daughter, milking 94# w/5.1BF! SHARP yearling open heifer, sired by Alabama. And a Carter dau. short bred to Parker and due in Oct. Almost Mine Farms 4 Registered Holstein Dairy Cows, tiestall/freestall, top cows milking up to 149#!!! Details- Our Favorite Carson Allie VG86, 3rd calf, w/149# and 123scc! Also selling (3)1st calf heifers, all fresh 70 days and milking around 80# w/scc below 70! Sires are Humblekind, Sid & King Doc. Top reputation seller that has topped the auction many times! More info and pictures on our website! Coming from Todd Stanek Fall Creek WI ***715-456-8718 4 Holstein Springing Heifers, AI sired by Atwood, bred Angus, bid framey heifers, due soon! Owner sold his herd and is selling heifers as they get close. Coming from Randy Eslinger, Stanley, WI BULL: Purebred Holstein A2A2 bull, 14 months old, sired by Hothand, dam records over 30,000# tpi 2764 Call with your consignments! EXPECTING 250 HEAD OF DAIRY CATTLE! Always a great selection of Dairy Cattle at Premier Livestock and Auctions!
SPRING MACHINERY AUCTION March 19, 2021
NOW ACCEPTING YOUR FARM MACHINERY! Call with your complete line or partial machinery dispersal. Onsite auction with online bidding through equipmentfacts.com. Nationwide Buyers!
Weekly Highlights at Premier
Full market report online and all major newspapers!! Wednesday we had 235 head of dairy cattle. Auction was very strong dispite -20 morning temps. Great buyer support in the seats and lots of very strong online buyers!!! Top quality supreme Holstein fresh cows $1,850-2,700. Many other good milk cows and springing cows $1,200-1,825. Top springing Holstein heifers $1,300-1,850. Top registered Holstein bull $,2400. Last Saturday we had the Emerald Lane Angus dispersal, 225 head. Top bred heifer $5,200. Full report on website!!!! Thanks for all the business really appreciated!! www.premierlivestockandauctions.com
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USED SKIDSTEERS
‘16 Gehl R220, JS Ctrls, D, 2500 Lift Cap, C/H/A, 2 Spd, 256 hrs - $40,500 ‘18 Gehl V330, JS ctrls, D, 3300 lift cap, C&H, 2 spd, 208 hrs .................. $47,500 ‘15 Gehl RT210 JS ctrls, D, 2100 lift cap, C/H/A, 2 spd, 1728 hrs..................$39,900 ‘14 Gehl RT175, ISO switchable ctrls, D, 12” tracks, 1750 lift cap., C/H/A, 2 spd., 425 hrs. ........................................$39,900 Gehl RT165, ‘18, H ctrls., 15.5” tracks, 2000 lift cap., cab, heat, 2 spd., 450 hrs. ........................................$42,500 (7) Gehl R220, many options... Start at $11,850 ‘18 Mustang 2200R, JS Ctrls, D, C/H/A, 2 spd, 229 hrs................................... $39,000 ‘18 Mustang 2200R, Pilot H Ctrls, D, C/H/A, 2520 hrs ..................................... $29,500
‘15 Mustang 2200R, H/F Ctrls, D, 2450 Lift Cap, C&H, 2 spd, 1250 hrs ............................ $33,500
‘16 Mustang 2100RT NXT3, 17” tracks, 2100 lift cap, C&H, 2 spd, 1353 hrs ........$41,500 ‘16 Mustang 2100RT, JS ctrls, D, 17” Tracks, lift cap, 2100 @ 35% & 3000 @ 50%, C/H/A, 2 spd, 673 hrs ......$45,250 ‘19 Mustang 1900R, H/F Ctrls, D, 1900 Lift Cap, C&H, 2 Spd, 1378 hrs ..........$33,900 ‘18 Mustang 1900R, H/F Ctrls, D, 2150 lift cap, C&H, 2 spd, 2085 hrs. ......$27,900 ‘16 Mustang 1900R, Dual H Ctrls, D, 2000 Lift Cap, C&H, 2 spd, 2380 hrs .....$31,500 ‘18 Mustang 1650R, H-ctrls, D, 1750 lift cap, C&H, 2 spd, 2200 hrs. ........................$26,950 ‘19 Mustang 1650RT, ISO JS Ctrls, D, 15” Wide Tracks, 2375 LBS. at 50% Tipping Load, C/H/A, 2 Spd, 980 hrs.. $38,800 ‘17 Mustang 2200R, H/F Ctrls, D, 2450
USED SKIDSTEERS Lift Cap, C/H/A, 2 Spd, 618 hrs ......... $37,100 ‘18 Mustang 1500R H/F Ctrls, D, C&H, 3205 hrs ..............................$26,800 ‘19 Mustang 1500R, H/FCtrls, D, 1600 Lift w/ Weight Kit, C&H, 2850 hrs ........ $26,800 ‘88 Mustang 2060, H&F Ctrls, D, 1750 Lift Cap, SS, 6500 hrs ...................... $9,700 ‘00 Mustang 2050, T-bar/Ft ctrls, D, 1650 Lift Cap, C&H, 7117 hrs ................$11,900 ‘99 Mustang 2050, T-bar ctrls, 1650 lift cap., D, 4623 hrs., C&H, SS, 4623 hrs .............$11,900 NH L225, Pilot/H Ctrls, Hi-Flow Hyd,
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‘14 Manitou MT840, Hydro-Static, D, C/H/A, 2738 hrs - $73,800
Kuhn Knight 8124, 385/22.5 Tires, 2400 Gal, 500 Bu, Frt & Rear Splash Guards ........................................ $20,500 ‘11 Kuhn Knight 8118, 1800 Gal, 400 Bu, Splash Guards ...............$16,500 ‘18 Kuhn Knight PS150, 500 Bu, Vertical Beaters .......................... $30,500 ‘16 Kuhn Knight SLC141, 4100 gal, 700 bu, Hyd LH Lid ..............Call for price NH 195, 425 Tires, Single Beater .... $4,700 NH 195, 16.5 x 16.1 Tires, Double Apron .............................. $17,900 Jamesway Manure Pump, 6x8, 8’ pump, 2 pt. hitch, double agitation ..........$5,500 Doda Super 150, 10ft Pump...........$4,200
2 spd, 2331 hrs...................................... $27,800
JD 250, Case Ctrls, D, Cab, Single Spd, 1812 hrs ................................................ $16,500
‘19 Manitou MLT625-75H Elite, Steer Whl/Hydrostatic, D, 5512 Max Lift, 19’4” Lift Ht,C/H/A, 2 Spd, Reversing Fan, 1980 hrs. - $62,000
USED TMRS/MIXERS
MANURE HANDLING ‘18 Mustang 2200R, JS Ctrls, D, 2500 Lift Cap, C/H/A, 2 Spd, 70 hrs, Warranty until 12/2021 - $39,900
‘13 Penta 7520SD, 750 Cu. Ft., 8” Rubber Ext, Frt Sliding Flat Conveyor, Dual Direction Unload - $25,500
TRACTORS International 385, Manual 4 spd/HighLow Range, D, 2WD, 2200 ldr, Rear Blade, Tire Chains, 1 Rear hyd, Excellent Cond, 1086 hrs .......................... $11,900
‘19 Mahindra Max 26XLT HST, 4WD, D, Ldr w/54” bucket, 205 hrs - $15,700
‘14 Artex SB700, 700 Bu, Vert Beater, 78C Apron Chain, Guillotine Endgate - $34,900 Kuhn Knight 8150, 700 bu., 5000 Gal .....................................$37,500 Kuhn Knight 8132, 3200 Gal, 600 Bu, Lid, hinges on the left .................$19,800 Kuhn Knight 8132, 3200 Gal, 435 CuFt ............................................ $19,500 Kuhn Knight 8124, 2400 Gal, Lid..$20,500 Kuhn Knight 8121, 2400 Gal, 500 Bu, Ft & Rear Splash Guard, Bottom Tubs Flightings - Hammers in Good Cond $13,250 Kuhn Knight 8124........................ $20,500
‘16 Penta 9630, RH Flip-Up Conveyor, EZ 2810 Scale ............................$42,500 ‘14 Penta 6020SD, 600 Cu Ft, 8” Rubber Ext, Frt. Sliding Flat Conveyor, Dual Direction Unload - $23,800 ‘04 Penta 5600, 600 cu. ft., EZ 2000V scale, corner door ......................$10,000 Penta 5020SD, ‘15, 500 Cu. Ft, 4’ RH conveyor, Hurricane Auger .........$23,900 ‘07 Penta 2410, Electric Stationary Mixer, 2 Spd, No Motor With Mixer ........$8,500 Arts Way 450 Mixer Mill, 150 bu, Scale, 20” Hammer Mill, 8” Auger discharge, Supplement Hopper $ 5,800
HAY & FORAGE H&S CR12, 12 whl Rake..................$4,300 NH 258 9 ft Rake .............................$2,650 NH 144, ground driven, 5’ PU, 7’ rear belt w/windrow turner option, good belts .$3,200 JD 640 Rake, Rubber Mounted Teeth, 3rd Frt Dolly Whl ...........................$1,650 Gehl 1080, 9 ft Mower Cond ...........$1,595 (2) Gehl BU980, 16 ft forage box, Gehl 12 Ton Tandem Running Gear ...... $4,800 ea. Gehl BU970, 16 ft box, Gehl 12 Ton Running Gear ................................$3,495 Gehl BU980, 16 ft box forage box, H&S 6-12 Ton Tandem Running Gear ...$4,800 H&S CR8, 8 wheel rake ...................$3,750 Kuhn GMD600GIIHD Disc Mower, 540 PTO, 7’ 10” Cutter, 6 Dis ........$6,600 Kuhn GMD600 Disc Mower, 7’10” width ...................................$7,250 ‘16 Kuhn VB2290, 4x6 bales, net wrap, 9488 bales ..................................$34,900 ‘12 Kuhn VB2190, 4x6 bales, 540 PTO, 16,000 bales................$26,900
MISCELLANEOUS Farm King 960, 8’ Snowblower, Hyd. Spout Rotation, 3 pt ................... $2,000 Snow Push, 10’ wide ................... $1,800 ‘12 Bobcat Brush Saw ................. $3,100 Edge HB3 Breaker, skid loader mnts, Hyd breaker, 1pt ......................... $4,500 ‘19 Edge BP210 post hole digger, Hyd, 24”bit ................................. $2,900 Loftness 962HHH7 Snowblower, 8’ Width, Double Auger, Hyd Chute $6,500 Virning Pallet Forks ....................... $650 4 in 1 Bucket, 84” ........................ $2,300 ‘18 Notch 6TLL, 6’, Hyd Lift, Hyd Tilt....................................... $1,595 MDS 6ft Pusher ........................... $1,050