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Protocols, management top priority for SCC on these farms Minnesota DHIA recently released their 2021 quality leaders. The Dairy Star caught up with six of the producers listed in the Top 10 to talk about their strategies for maintaining an average somatic cell count well below 100,000. What was your average somatic cell count in 2021? Crosby: 65,000 Holst: 68,000 Houdek: 52,000 Huth: 60,000 Merdan: 67,000 Miller: 59,000 Describe your housing and milking facilities. Crosby: We have three-quarters of the cows housed in a sand-bedded freestall barn, and the rest are in a tiestall barn with mattresses. Freestall cows are milked in a step-up parlor that was retrotted into half of the original tiestall barn. Cows in the tiestall barn are milked in their stalls. Holst: We have a three-row freestall barn that is deep bedded in two rows and the third row has mattresses topped with deep lime. We use that lime and it helps balance the environment. Then, it’s spread on our elds it helps with soil pH as well. Our milking parlor is a double-8. We pasture cattle when the seasons allow. Houdek: Our cows are housed in freestall barns with sand-bedded stalls. We updated our main freestall barn to a tunnel ventilation system to ensure cow comfort. We milk in a double-12 parallel parlor three times a day. Huth: We milk 120 cows in a comfort stall tiestall barn. The barn has regular mats in three-quarters of the stalls and waterbed mats in one-quarter of the stalls. We use dry shavings for bedding and have tunnel ventilation. Merdan: Our cows are housed in a 3-row, 97-stall freestall hoop barn with rubber mattress bedded with sawdust. We milk in a double-6 parallel pit parlor. Miller: Most of our milk cows are housed in free stalls
Crosbys – (front, from left) Tom and Garry Jr.; (back) Tyler Shell Lake, Wisconsin Washburn County 110 cows
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with mattresses bedded with lime in the summer and sawdust in the winter. Cows closer to dry off are on a bedded pack. We milk two times a day in a double-8 parlor. Tell us about your milking procedure. Crosby: We brush off sand or bedding. Then, we predip with iodine-based dip. We wait a minimum of 30 seconds. Then, we hand strip each quarter and observe for abnormal milk. We wipe teats with disposable towels and wait 30 seconds before attaching the milking unit. After the unit is detached, we observe the udder for complete milk out and post-dip. Holst: We start by removing excess sand from the udders. Next, we predip the cows, strip them and wipe Turn to SCC Q&A | Page 4
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Beth and John Moen; Richard and Kirsten Huth Cameron, Wisconsin Barron County 144 cows
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them before attaching the milking units. It’s important to us to eliminate debris from around the teats, because that becomes an open valve for bacteria to crawl into. After the cows are nished milking, we post dip them to sterilize that teat before sending them about their day. Houdek: We milk three times per day at 4 a.m., noon and 8 p.m. We have four employees that do all the milking. We also assist with fresh/hospital cows. We have a dip-strip-dry-apply milking method. Our employees handle the washing of our microber towels. Huth: We milk with 10 DeLaval BLUE milkers with automatic take-offs but with BouMatic Flow Star claws. Half of the units have Impulse inations and half have BouMatic Magnum 400 inations for the cows with larger teats. We have milkers set to come off at a specic ow rate that we think keeps good teat end condition. For milking, we milk with at least two people, each on opposite ends of the barn, with ve units each. When we can, we have an extra person oat between both ends if one needs more help. We use paper towels, a 1% hydrogen peroxide pre-dip and an iodine barrier post-dip. Merdan: First, we clean off any foreign matter by hand, then we dip with Teat Kote. Then, we strip each quarter three times. Then, we dip again and leave on the quarters for 30 seconds. We wipe with microber towels
until the teats are clean. Finally, we put the milker on. After the milker comes off, we post-dip with AstroTek. Miller: Cows are rst wiped then sprayed with teat dip. We then go back to strip and wipe teats again with a clean towel. We spray with the same dip for post-dipping. We use a winter dip depending on the temperature. We use a quarter milker when needed.
Merdan: When we started milking in our parlor in 2008. We were able to get a better view of what we were doing when we were milking, and we were able to focus on keeping everything clean before the milker was put on. Miller: Between my dad, Bill and I, SCC has always been a priority. Most importantly, it adds a nice premium to the milk check. Overall, I believe it’s a basic measure of how good the cows are feeling. We are always trying to do the best job we can taking care of the cows.
When did SCC levels become a priority on your dairy? Crosby: Milk quality has always been a high priority on our farm dating back to when we were growing up. Our parents were recognized for quality milk as long as we can remember. Holst: In college, they talked about somatic cell a lot, so after college was when I really started to focus my efforts on lowering our cell count. I have helped our farm average go from 300,000 to where it is at today. It has taken stubbornness towards protocol and hard work to keep improving our SCC numbers. Houdek: It has always been a top priority because we want a safe and nutritious product for consumers to enjoy. Huth: Milk quality has always been important to our dairy. We have always tried to do a good job so we could capture better milk premiums.
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ConƟnued from SCC Q&A | Page 4 possible. Huth: Our cows are healthier with a low SCC. The cows are more productive, breed back better and stay in the herd longer. We try to avoid having to treat a cow as much as possible, and prevention is better than treatment. Simply put, a low SCC is important for our protability. Merdan: It’s important for us because we like clean and healthy cows, and it gives us pride in what we do. Miller: Mostly, it makes us feel like we’re doing something right. I process some of our milk into cheese for Little Red Dairy, and the milk quality rolls into the quality of the nished product no matter what the end product is. What are the three biggest factors you attribute to maintaining a low SCC? Crosby: A consistent and proper milking procedure. We emphasize both a clean teat and a good let down prior to attaching the unit. Well-maintained milking equipment is important. We make sure inations are changed on a schedule before they are a problem. It is important to be on a monthly route to have our vacuum pump serviced, check vacuum level, etc. We believe in clean and drybedded stalls. We prioritize maintaining sand in our free stalls. In our tie stalls, after each milking, we clean the stall, lime the back of the stall with super ne or hydrated lime, and bed the stall with shavings. We also strive to provide fresh feed or freshly pushed up feed immediately after each milking to keep the cows standing to provide time for the teat end to close before they lay down. Holst: Cleanliness has been a big factor to our low SCC. I really dislike dirty cattle. It is important that the cows are clean, the stalls are clean, and youngstock and dry cows are clean. Extra bedding always pays. As soon as you start to neglect that aspect of things, you can see an instant difference in your numbers. Houdek: Genetics and technology. One of the most important factors for our quality and quantity of milk is genetics. One of the selections when picking out bulls to use is their somatic cell score. On the technology side of things, we utilize the Select Sires CowManager system for our breeding and health events. The system works well at indicating when cows are off feed or might possibly have mastitis before we would visually see the cow that needs attention. Sand bedding and updated facilities. We put new sand in the lactating cows every 7-10 days, and we rake the stalls every time the cows go to the parlor. For the dry cows and heifers, we put new sand in every 14-21 days, and we rake the stalls every time we clean the pens. Moving our dry cows into a new freestall barn in 2018 has been a huge improvement to our cows’ transition period, and the cows have responded positively. Parlor maintenance. We do a yearly parlor maintenance to make sure all the milking components are cleaned or replaced (pulsators, seals, hoses, etc.). We also have a periodic parlor performance checkup to ensure everything is working properly. Huth: We do a good job of keeping SCC in check by actively monitoring cows with monthly Dairy Herd Improvement Association testing. We monitor cows in between tests with CMT testing and PortaCheck SCC strips. We try to prevent infections by keeping cows as clean as possible. We try to keep their environment clean. We like to keep our milking procedure as clean and calm as possible. We try to not over milk, so we can keep good teat end condition, which helps
udder health. Good immune function is important to keep the cows healthy. Keeping the diet balanced with a good level of trace minerals and vitamins is important to good immune function so the cows can ght off pathogens. Having good quality forages free of mold and yeast also keeps our cows stay healthy. Merdan: Keeping the cows clean and dry, having the same milking routine and following the Dairy Herd Improvement Association records to identify any problem cows. Miller: Good help in the parlor following good protocol, good teat ends and clean bedding areas for all ages of cows. All three things relate to the cleaner and drier we can keep the cows, the easier keeping a low SCC will be. Describe a time when your SCC increased higher than you like. Crosby: In 2002 and 2003, we expanded and doubled the size of our herd. This is also when we installed our step-up parlor. At this time, our SCC was increasing to a level of concern for us. We addressed this with a series of meetings with our vet, nutritionist, eld representative and everyone involved in milking. In those meetings, we agreed on the current milking procedure. We also studied our Dairy Herd Improvement Association results and became aggressive with treating cows with a SCC over 200,000. We realized a few of them had to be culled. Holst: If it gets higher than I like, I will spend a late night navigating the factors and possibilities. Most of the time it is due to stalls being milky and we’re past due on digging them out. So if that is the case, we get to taking care of digging them out. Houdek: There hasn’t been a specic time, but we try to maximize our resources as much as possible. A big contributor is through Dairy Herd Improvement Association and looking at the high SCC individual cow list and deciding if the cow should be treated with antibiotics or if she is listed as do not breed, then we possibly cull her. Also, when we went to milking three times per day, we noticed a signicant decrease in SCC. We have never used a mastitis vaccination or a quarter milker unless an abnormality in the milk arises. Huth: Last fall, we had a couple of older cows who raised us to around 100,000, a jump up from the 50,000 we were normally at. We checked for abnormal milk and used the CMT paddle to nd them. One cow was culled, and the other was pulled out of the tank and treated. The next DHIA test, we looked closely for anymore cows who were high. Thankfully, we went back down and stayed there. We were at 42,000 SCC for February from our creamery. Merdan: First, we look at our DHIA records to identify any problem cows. Before we milk the cows we identied, we use the CMT paddle to nd any bad quarters. After we identify the problem quarters, we decide if we will treat, quarter milk or cull. Miller: If we have a tank SCC over 100,000, I consider it a problem. We have cows with green tape that we put on manual to make sure they are milked out a little drier than usual. If they’re not, it can lead to higher count. I will try Spectramast on a cow even for subclinical mastitis. For some cows, it xes the problem. Sometimes the problem relapses. There’s always a couple go-to cows we need to pay extra attention to, and if they don’t straighten out doing everything possible in our control, going to McDonald’s is the only solution sometimes.
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HERMOSA, S.D. – Goats are adaptable animals and can ourish in a variety of environments, from alpine meadows to desert scrublands. It should not come as a surprise, then, that a thriving dairy goat operation is located just minutes away from the rugged hills and canyons of the Black Hills National Forest. Dawnwind Dairy Goats is operated by Francis Loehr and her husband, Chris. The Loehrs have three children, Delysia, 10, Truett, 6, and Winton, 2. “I rst got interested in dairy goats at age 9 when I attended the South Dakota State Fair in Huron,” Loehr said. “As I walked through livestock barns early one morning, I noticed that there was nothing going on except in the goat barn. I began to ask questions of some of the goat people, and they were happy to answer. They asked me if I would
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Frances Loehr brings in her dairy goats from the pasture this past autumn at her family’s farm near Hermosa, South Dakota. Loehr and her family operate a dairy goat ranch that is located in the Black Hills, just 15 minutes southeast of Mount Rushmore. like to lead and feed a goat. I did and time,” Loehr said. “We got the does really know what he was getting into.” from a less than reputable breeder, and The Loehr family has lived and was instantly hooked on goats.” they had a lot of health issues. That raised goats in a variety of locations. The following spring, Loehr experience taught us a lot about treatThese have ranged from Duluth, Minscraped together $300 and purchased ing sick goats.” nesota, to southern Wyoming to their her rst French Alpine doe. current ranch, which is located about 15 Loehr’s mother, who had earned a “My younger brother also bought an Experimental Alpine doe at that degree in dairy production at University minutes southeast of Mount Rushmore. “I saw a huge difference in our of Minnesota, was a big inuence on goats when we moved here from DuLoehr’s budding goat enterprise. “Mom insisted early on that we put luth,” Loehr said. “We receive a lot our goats on (Dairy Herd Improvement more sunshine here, and our goats have Association) test,” Loehr said. “I found grown bigger as a result. The goats love that I loved the genetic aspect of breed- our climate.” The Black Hills region is quite ruging goats. Showing goats fascinated me, and I loved the appraisal process. My ged and is also home to a number of brother and I showed goats all through coyotes and a population of mountain lions. our 4-H years.” “We haven’t had any issues with Loehr attended the University of Minnesota, where she earned a predators as of yet, even though a bachelor’s degree in agriculture and mountain lion has been sighted less French studies. She later attended the than a mile from our ranch,” Loehr University of Wyoming where she said. “We have a livestock guardian received a master’s degree in animal dog and have invested a lot of money science, specializing in beef production in fences. We’ve lived here for seven and environment and natural resources. years and have had only one encounter After college, Loehr was ready to with a rattlesnake.” The Loehrs raise French and Amerirejoin the world of raising and showcan Alpine goats. ing goats. PHOTO SUBMITTED “I like the color surprises that you “When I told Chris that I would like Frances Loehr and her sons, Winton and TrueƩ, aƩend a goat show in Colorado to start a goat ranch, he said, ‘Sure, bring where they learned more about showmanship. Turn to DAWNWIND | Page 7 on the goats,’” Loehr said. “He didn’t
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can get when you breed Alpines,” Loehr said. The Loehr family has been active in showing goats. The animals that were bred at Dawnwind Dairy Goats have brought home a number of awards and trophies. “We will go to at least ve goat shows each year,” Loehr said. “Our children couldn’t wait until they got old enough to show goats.” The Loehrs will kid about 16 does this spring. The kids are taken from their
milk and do really well on it. We have a waiting list of people who want to buy our hogs. They say that our pork is tender and delicious (and) has a delicate avor.” Another way that the Loehrs make money from their goat enterprise is by selling some of their wethers for use as pack animals. “We have all sorts of people who have purchased wethers from us,” Loehr said. “Photographers use them to carry their equipment, hunters use them to pack meat out after a hunt, and “We receive a lot more sunshine campers use them their camphere, and our goats have grown toingcarry gear. Goats can go into national bigger as a result. The goats forests and other love our climate.” wilderness areas where you can’t FRANCIS LOEHR, DAIRY FARMER take wheeled vehicles. Our goats mothers at birth and are fed with bottles. are all hand-raised and bottle fed, so The does are milked with machines they are very docile. The wethers need to help preserve the conformation of a minimal amount of care and will fortheir udders. age for themselves. Using goats as pack “I would love to sell raw goat’s animals is good for the environment. milk, but the cost for obtaining a raw We have seen as many as a dozen of our milk sales license is prohibitive,” Loehr pack wethers walking along in a string.” said. “We feed some of our leftover milk Dawnwind Dairy Goats sells some to our small herd of Dexter calves. We of their animals to people who want also raise heritage hogs, including Red goats that will perform in the show ring. Wattles and Berkshires. Pigs love goat “We also sell goats to folks who are
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Delysia Loehr wins her rst goat showmanship class while leading her goat, Bethyl. The Loehr family aƩends at least ve dairy goat shows every year.
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NORWOOD YOUNG AMERICA, Minn. − Proper management of manure and cover crops is essential to increasing nitrogen availability in the soil and boosting overall grain yields. “Corn or any plant, really, when it needs nitrogen and it can’t get it from the soil, the plant will start pulling it from its lower leaves, pulling it to the top to make chlorophyll,” Melissa Wilson said. “If you start seeing a lot of yellowing it could be a sign that you are applying manure too early in the season which causes nitrogen loss.” Wilson is an assistant professor and extension specialist of manure management at the University of Minnesota. She presented, “Best management practices for manure, are they worth it?’ Feb. 21 at the Carver County Dairy Expo in Norwood Young America. Her research and extension programs focus on best management practices for land application of manure for crop production. Wilson shared some of the best manure management practices − testing manure, applying manure after soil temperatures have cooled, hindering the use of a nitrication inhibitor and adding manure to the planting of a cover crop. According to a survey done by the
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nitrication,” she said. “Nitrication is the injection and two different species of process by which ammonium turns into manure − swine and dairy; swine on the nitrate. Nitrate is also plant available, but sweetcorn-corn and soybean-corn rotanitrate can be lost completely, can leach tions and dairy manure on the silage-corn and can turn into a gas also under wet rotation. A fourth eld had no cover crops conditions.” and fertilizer applied; it was compared to One thing Wilson wanted dairy farmers those with the cover crops and manure to note is that swine and poultry manure application. are more nutrient dense than dairy manure. There were no signicant differences “You have to haul less liquid to get found when adding a cover crop, but Wilthe same nutrient content. The dairy manure tends to be more dilute and have more bedding involved,” she said. “Wherever you see a liquid, the ammonium is closer to 50%, which means you have 50% of nitrogen plant available compared to when we have solids. The solids ammonia content MELISSA WILSON, U OF M is very low, and it takes a lot longer for the organic portion to breakdown and become plant son and her team discovered that when the swine or dairy manure was applied, available.” Due to dairy manure being more read- corn and soybean yields were 3 tons more ily plant available, some farmers add a per acre. “This goes to show that manure has a nitrication inhibitor to slow the conversion process. However, Wilson and her team lot of those extra nutrients, especially in found there were no signicant differences the system that’s continuous corn which are pretty hard to kill,” Wilson said. “Main using a nitrication inhibitor or not. Another management practice Wilson nure can provide a lot of those micro and and her team looked into was spreading secondary nutrients that our fertilizers just don’t have.” manure onto cover crops. Wilson encouraged farmers to test “Can we get cover crops planted early and apply manure onto them?” Wilson said. manure regularly, apply manure when soil Wilson’s trial was conducted using a temperatures are cool, hinder the use of a cover crop of winter rye mix which was nitrication inhibitor and if cover crops planted on three different elds − a sweet are planted, plant early so manure can be corn-corn, soybean-corn and a silage-corn applied. rotation. The trial used a sweep manure
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NORWOOD YOUNGAMERICA, Minn. − A couple years ago, Jim Salfer pondered the question, “Is there a future for small and midsized dairies?” “I get asked this question a lot,” Salfer said. “And that’s a moving target, because how big is a small farm? How big is a midsized farm? It’s all relative, because the denition of a big farm is really one more cow than I’m milking.” Salfer, a regional extension educator with the University of Minnesota, talked about the demand for dairy products and protability on small and midsized dairies, strategies to improve prot and nding out what those strategies are during his presentation, “Is there a future for small and midsize dairy farms?” Feb. 21 at the Carver County Dairy Expo in Norwood Young America. As the U.S. population continues to grow, so does the consumption of dairy products. Since 2000, consumers have eaten almost 100 pounds more of dairy foods, Salfer said. But for a dairy business to be viable in the years ahead, Salfer said it must not rely on increased consumption alone. “Sustainability also plays a role,” Salfer said. “Consumers are much more demanding than they used to be. We can argue whether it’s right or wrong, but they are writing checks for our product so we better listen to what consumers have to say.” Margin compression is also occurring as more technology is being implemented. “This is the way all industries work,” Salfer said. “Doesn’t matter if this is the iron ore industry, corn, soybeans; in any commodity business, this happens.” For the purpose of the presentation, Salfer referred to big dairies as those with more than 600 cows. Those farms tend to be either on the low or high end for gross farm income. “If you’re a poor manager, you lose money in a really big hurry if you are a large farm,” Salfer said. Unlike gross farm income, whole farm prot varies between farms falling in three categories: small (50-100 cows), midsized (100 to 600 cows) and big (more than 600 cows). Small and midsized farms come out on top, said Salfer. “If you look at the median and average net farm income from 2015 to 2020, midsized farms averaged $180,000 net farm income,” Salfer said. “Even small dairies have averaged at $100,000 net farm income. There are farms doing OK, if this is OK according to your denition.” Most businesses measure their profitability as a return on assets. Through his research, Salfer found most of these small dairies were getting an 8% return on assets. “This is not a bad number,” Salfer said. “There are some of those small and midsized farms that are doing really well. Now we can argue whether that is going to go up or down, but this has been over
the last ve years.” Salfer said these higher prot farms keep a higher percentage of every dollar of income. His research indicated small farms with higher prots are keeping almost 25% of every dollar spent. “This is really the key and the number that drives the wagon on these farms,” Salfer said. “As you go down from 8% return on assets, those farms spend more than a dollar to get a dollar.” The return on assets includes the operating prot margin and time asset turnover, Salfer said. Asset turnover is the amount of assets on a farm and the gross sales relative to that asset turnover. “So, these small and midsized farms do a better job of efciently managing their assets,” Salfer said. Salfer found that in 1995 and 1997, the difference between the 20%-40% prot in the high prot farms was $2,700 per cow. From 2015 to 2016, he discovered this number was $908. “It looks like milk per cow is a little less important,” Salfer said. “It won’t get you way ahead anymore.” Industry practices have led to this change in prots, including better forages, marginal milk (milk produced after the xed costs are paid) making more money, valuable components, not compromising cow health and knowing stressed immune systems use a lot of energy which results in higher feed costs. “Interesting data from a study done by a colleague shows that cows with a really stressed immune system can use 4 pounds of sugar per day,” Salfer said. “If you got a lot of cows that are stressed that will make a heck of a lot of milk, but the average fat test coming into the processing plants is 4%. On farms today, I see a lot of 4.2% and 4.3%. So, farmers have to focus on components.” Other standardizations are the cost of feed shrink and replacements, maintaining the pregnancy rate over 22%, keeping half of lactating cows pregnant, calving at 22-24 months, culling less than 5% of the herd and having good cow comfort. Understanding this, Salfer challenged farmers in attendance to determine what their strategies are. “You have to adapt and change,” Salfer said. “The more important those values are, the harder it is to change sometimes. You really have to look around at the industry, determine if this is a real trend or non-trend and how to adapt to it.” In the future, Salfer said, there will be three types of dairies: scale adapted, traditional and niche adapted. Scale-adapted farms will compete on the economics of scale; traditional farms will have off-farm income and compete from an established base of facilities and equity; and niche-adapted farms will do on-farm processing, farm cash crops, raise heifers or sell genetics to increase their prot margin. Salfer encourages farmers to have good communication with their teams, look at combining and sharing resources with other dairy farmers, understand the economics of their business, invest in themselves and to not forget what is important − family, faith, health and attitude. “Every farm has a strategy,” Salfer said. “Strategically think about what is your natural resource or skill advantage, and how are you going to take advantage of your skills? You have to gure out what you are really good at and do it well.”
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Volatility was the word of the day, the week, and the hour, as the war between Russia and Ukraine rages on, raising havoc in every market, not to speak of the devastation on innocent human life. StoneX Dairy Group broker Dave Kurzawski said in the March 7 “Dairy Radio Now” broadcast that markets are currently focusing on the worst case scenarios and hopefully, calmer heads will prevail. The Agriculture Department announced the February Federal order Class III benchmark milk price at $20.91 per hundredweight, up 53 cents from January, $5.16 above February 2021, and the highest Class III price since Nov. 2020. Late Friday morning Class III futures had the March contract at $22.38; April, $23.43; May, $23.48; with the peak in June at $23.61 before heading down. The Class IV price is a record $24.00 per cwt., up 91 cents from January, $10.25 above a year ago, and topped the previous record of $23.89 in Aug. 2014. “The wheat markets are on re,” says StoneX and impacting other commodities. Milk prices are also climbing but they need to, says Kurzawski, in order for producers to pay the higher feed and fertilizer costs ahead. $20 dollar milk would normally portend a response of more milk, he said, “But that’s not the case right now and if corn goes to $8 or $9, $22 milk is not going to be enough.” Markets are on edge worldwide and that was evidenced in the March 1 weighted average at the Global Dairy Trade auction, up 5.1%, biggest boost since the 15.0% pole vault on March 2, 2021, and the fth consecutive session of gain. Traders brought 55.6 million pounds of product to the market, down from 61.1 million on Feb. 15, lowest since Sept. 21, 2021, but the average metric ton price climbed to a record high $5,065 U.S., highest since Feb. 14, 2014. GDT Cheddar led the way, up 10.9%, following a 3.5% rise on Feb. 15. Butter followed, up 5.9%, after rising 5.1% last time. Buttermilk powder was up 5.8%, and whole milk powder was up 5.7%, after advancing 4.2% in the last event. Skim milk powder was up 4.7, following a 6.0% jump. Anhydrous milkfat was up 2.1%, following a 1.2% rise, and lactose was up 0.9%. StoneX Dairy Group says the GDT 80% butterfat butter price equates to $3.1359 per pound U.S., up 17.7 cents, after jumping 14.5 cents on Feb. 15, and
compares to CME butter which closed Friday at a real steal of $2.6850. GDT Cheddar, at $2.9002, was up 23.3 cents, after gaining 8.9 cents on Feb. 15, and compares to Friday’s CME block Cheddar at $2.15. GDT skim milk powder averaged $2.0328 per pound, up from $1.9482. Whole milk powder averaged $2.1578 per pound, up from $2.0424. CME Grade A nonfat dry milk closed Friday at $1.8725 per pound. The Daily Dairy Report’s Sarina Sharp wrote in the Feb. 25 Milk Producers Council newsletter; “Global milk output is shrinking and decits getting bigger. In December, milk production among the world’s ve largest dairy exporters fell 1.3% below December 2020. That’s the steepest decline in ve years, dating back to 2016 when European governments paid dairy producers to pare back production. The decit likely got even bigger in January,” says Sharp. “Australia and Europe have yet to report January output but losses accelerated elsewhere.” In other trade news, New Zealand milk equivalent exports were weaker than expected in January, according to StoneX, down 13.7% from last year with shipments to China down 26.6%. Meanwhile, the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) and the U.S. Dairy Export Council rejected a proposal this week by Global Affairs Canada that “outlines Canadian ‘changes’ to their current scheme for allocating U.S.Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) dairy tariffrate-quotas (TRQ).” Michael Dykes, D.V.M., president and CEO of the International Dairy Foods Association agrees and called the plan “a nonstarter.” You’ll recall the U.S. Trade Representative announced last month that it had won USMCA’s rst-ever dispute settlement panel by prevailing in its case against Canada regarding how Canada’s USMCA dairy TRQ allocation process violated the agreement. Ambassador Tai noted; “This historic win will help eliminate unjustied trade restrictions on American dairy products and will ensure that the U.S. dairy industry and its workers get the full benet of the USMCA to market and sell U.S. products to Canadian consumers.” NMPF says this a “test-case for whether or not the USMCA dispute settlement process can provide effective enforcement and deliver genuine compliance with the agreement.” CME block Cheddar closed the rst Friday of March at $2.15 per pound, up 20.50 cents on the
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DAIRYING AROUND THE WORLD
U.S. lessons result in Japanese success Fukuya applies knowledge to Elmlane Holsteins By Danielle Nauman danielle.n@dairystar.com
ENIWA, Japan – Dairy farming can be full of challenges and rewards regardless of where on the globe a dairy farm is located. This has been the case throughout Hideto Fukuya’s dairy farming career. Fukuya and his family operate Elmlane Holsteins near Eniwa in the Japanese province of Hokkaido. The farm is home to 130 cows and 100 heifers at any given time. The family has been dairying for more than 90 years and grows corn, grass for silage and dry hay on 160 acres. “My grandfather settled in Eniwa city in 1930,” Fukuya said. “He started dairy farm-
ing with his wife with two dairy cows. In 1991, my father moved the farm to our current location due to the urbanization of the city. In 2009, I took over management of the farm from him.” The island of Hokkaido is located near the same latitude as Wisconsin, and Fukuya said the climate is similar. Eniwa is a city of 70,000 people and is located near the city of Sapporo, which has a population of 2 million people. Fukuya said that population center makes land prices in his area very high. In the early 1990s, Fukuya traveled to the U.S. to work as a trainee and spent two years working for Indianhead Holsteins in Barron, Wisconsin. During that time,
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The Fukuya family – (front, from le�) Hideto, Megumi, Eika, Toshico, Tomoka, Nagomi, and Akiyo – stand with employees and trainees at Elmlane Holsteins near Eniwa, Japan. The family milks 130 cows.
his love and appreciation for breeding high-type Holsteins was truly born. “I had a great experience working for Bob and Karyn Schauf,” Fukuya said. “Before that, I had little interest in breeding cows and in cattle shows until I went to Indianhead. Bob Schauf picked me up at the airport; driving home, he told me there was an amazing 2-year-old in his barn.” That cow was Stookey Elm Park Blackrose-ET EX96-3E-GMD-DOM. “She was graceful with a completely different impres-
sion from the cows in Japan,” Fukuya said. The awe that struck Fukuya when he rst walked into the barn did not stop with meeting Blackrose. “I was surprised with the light and cleanness; there were so many Excellent cows in the barn,” Fukuya said. “I was carried away by the shows: beautifully decorated barns, uffy cow beds and the graceful cows relaxing there.” Besides the Schaufs, Fukuya said he was introduced to other mentors who became life-long friends: Mark Rueth,
Joel Kietzman, Mike Deaver and Roger Turner. “I longed for the coolness of the highly professional tters,” Fukuya said. “I greedily learned techniques from them. Returning to Japan, the knowledge and skills I learned in the U.S. were immediately successful. I continued to be a premier breeder in big shows for many years, and I was invited all over the country for tting and judging shows.” Fukuya has taken what he Turn to FUKUYA | Page 15
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learned at Indianhead and developed his own dairy farming philosophy, blending show ring type with billpaying production. The herd has a production average of 24,250 pounds of milk with 4.2% butterfat and 3.3% protein tests and an average classication score of 85.5 points. “I like to make good cows, but farm management is also important,” Fukuya said. “I have to make cows with high production; my breeding philosophy is in harmony with production and type.” Fukuya aims to breed moderatesized cows with correct frames, dairy strength, correct udders and feet and legs. He places importance on health traits, trying to breed highly fertile cows with resistance to diseases such as mastitis. Building on cow families is also important to Fukuya, and he takes pride in developing individuals from top families. “There are some cow families which have done very well at shows in my herd,” Fukuya said. “One in particular is the Prelude Spotty family, and I also have descendants of Blackrose, Paradise and Rudy Missy.” A homebred granddaughter of Spotty, Elmlane Skychief Sunny was
struck in August 2019 with a barn re that resulted in the death of 20 milking cows and 40 heifers. Fukuya persevered through the tragedy to begin the rebuilding process. “Most of the barns were burned down,” Fukuya said. “I xed up a burned building and built simple frame barns for the cows to milk them until the barns could be rebuilt.” The new barn was put into operation in January 2021. The facility has a double-10 parallel parlor with cows housed in both tie stalls and free stalls. Dry cows are housed in a separate barn. In the midst of the construction, the coronavirus pandemic began to affect the world’s dairy industry. “The dairy industry in Japan is in a very difcult situation due to the inuence of COVID now,” Fukuya said. “Due to the national production increase policy, the scale of the Japanese dairy farm has been increased, and raw milk production has continued to increase. However, COVID has dramatically reduced the consumption of commercial dairy products and dairy manufacturers’ inventories continue to grow. Dairy farmers have to curb production.” In addition to declining consumption, dairy farmers are faced with a disruption in the importation “The dairy industry in Japan of many inputs vital to their operations, such as feed and is in a very difficult situation fertilizer. “COVID has deteriodue to the inuence of rated distribution of these, and prices of the materials COVID now.” have continued to rise,” Fukuya said. “This year will be HIDETO FUKUYA, DAIRY FARMER a very difcult for Japanese dairy farmers.” the grand champion cow at the 2005 With these challenges, paired with All-Japan Holstein Show. Sunny’s the high value of farm land, Fukuya inuence continues to be felt in the has no future plans for expanding his herd today, with many Very Good and dairy. He plans to place his focus on Excellent descendants. improving ef ciency and increasing Elmlane Altaoak Shammy, a production. granddaughter of Rudy Missy, leads The future of his farm, beyond his Fukuya’s index breeding as she was own career, is uncertain, Fukuya said. introduced into the breeding sire proHis children are too young to know if duction program of a Japanese bull they wish to be the fourth generation organization. of dairy farmers. “Shammy’s daughters are highly “I have four daughters, the oldest productive,” Fukuya said. “They have being 14 years old,” Fukuya said. “I good type with good udders. They are think my goal is for some of them to resistant to disease and extremely fertake over my farm in the future, and tile. Economically, they are the most their children to take over from them contributing cow family in my herd.” and to protect it like my father and I Fukuya’s dairy career has not have done.” always been smooth sailing. Tragedy
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A day in the life of the Ackerman brothers Family balances chores, state wrestling tournament March 4 By Grace Jeurissen and Mark Klaphake Staff Writers
SAUK RAPIDS, Minn. – A typical Friday morning for the Ackerman brothers, Kevin and Pete, is not lled with avid wrestling fans and Twin Cities trafc. While Kevin’s routine involves spending his day in the barn and Pete in the shop, this was a special occasion for them to take a break and watch Kevin’s youngest son, Cole, wrestle at the state tournament March 4 at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. Kevin and Pete Ackerman have been in a farming partnership since 1994 after they took over their father’s dairy farm in Sauk Rapids. They milk around 100 cows in a double-4 herringbone parlor. “I think Dad did a good job of setting up the farm,” Pete said. “We have added stuff since Dad has left, like the hay shed, heifer barns and freestall. The main barn and parlor are all his doing, and it works for us still.” On a regular day, Kevin will be at the farm by 7 a.m. to
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Above: Kevin Ackerman (leŌ) and Cole Ackerman converse while watching the state wrestling tournament March 4 at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. The Ackerman family went to the tournament in support of Cole, who qualied for state at 182 pounds. GRACE JEURISSEN/DAIRY STAR
LeŌ: Pete Ackerman feeds a boƩle calf March 4 at the Ackermans’ farm in Sauk Rapids, Minnesota. The Ackermans also have an automaƟc calf feeder in their calf barn. begin the daily chores of feeding livestock. Pete, who lives on the farm, will be in the shop working on equipment throughout
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early or make sure we have extra people lined up prior to us taking a day.” The Ackermans have an employee, Steve Steffes, who milks most mornings and as needed on evenings. Steve has been working off and on the Ackerman farm for 36 years. Steve was an instrumental part to allowing the brothers the chance to take some time away from the farm on March 4. “It is always nice to get a day or even an afternoon off,” Kevin said. “I did extra feeding and bedding the day before so there wasn’t too much for Pete to take on.” Pete was able to make it to the Xcel Energy Center by 11 a.m. to show support for Cole who was competing with the state’s best wrestlers. He qualied for the tournament the week prior by placing second in his section. Not more than half a minute into the match, Cole injured his ankle. His signals toward his aching ankle told the Ackerman family that the afternoon was over already. “His opponent was trying to get him into a take-down cradle, and his toe got caught on the mat and something had to GRACE JEURISSEN/DAIRY STAR Steve Steffes washes down the parlor a�er morn- give. He ended up with a ing milking March 4 at the Ackermans’ farm near high ankle sprain,” Kevin said. “We went up to the Sauk Rapids, Minnesota hotel and had him rest for it to watch Cole, his godchild, wrestle in the 182-pound class at 1 p.m. “We usually have enough people that we can take a day off for different things,” Kevin said. “We will do chores
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Pete Ackerman uses a wheelbarrow to bring haylage to heifers in their slat barn at the dairy March 4 near Sauk Rapids, Minnesota.
a bit, then he wanted to try warming up for his next match. It was disappointing seeing him injured, because we think he would have had a good chance at top 6 just looking at numbers.” Even though the unfortunate injury at the state tournament shortened the weekend, Pete made sure to talk with Cole at the hotel after he went to rest his ankle. Pete was leaving the Xcel Energy
Center to head home and run some errands by 3 p.m. “I got back to the farm by about 8 p.m.,” Pete said. “I went to the barn because I was told about a problem with the bulk tank. There were a few wires that needed to be xed because of corrosion.” Even though he had the afternoon Turn to ACKERMAN | Page 19
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ConƟnued from ACKERMAN | Page 18 off, Pete nished his day making sure everything at the farm was as it should be. Kevin and his family stayed with Cole for much of the afternoon and then went back to watch part of the wrestling tournament the next day as well. They came home the afternoon of March 5. “It was a bittersweet moment. It was tough when he got injured,” Kevin said. “But anytime you can get away is nice; it recharges your batteries.” Pete and his wife, Mona, have four children who were active in several differ-
ent sports. Cole is the youngest of Kevin and Lisa’s four children who were also active in several sports. Balancing the time and rigors of dairy farming while still taking in the events of their children has always been important to the brothers. “We try to support our kids in any of their activities. It’s important for us to be there for them,” Pete said. “It is something they will remember the rest of their lives that their parents were there to watch them and support them.”
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Pete Ackerman brings corn silage to the youngstock on March 4 at the Ackermans’ farm near Sauk Rapids, Minnesota. Pete started feeding early to make it to the state wrestling tourament to watch Cole Ackerman.
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USDA makes available additional $80M for long-term resilience in the dairy industry The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced an additional investment of $80 million in the Dairy Business Innovation (DBI) Initiatives. In November 2021, DBI awarded $18.4 million to three current Initiatives at University of Tennessee, Vermont Agency for Food and Marketing and University of Wisconsin, and $1.8 million to a new initiative at California State University Fresno. Under the existing DBI program, which was previously announced through a FY21 Request for Applications (RFA), each Initiative will now have the opportunity to submit additional proposals for up to $20 million in American Rescue Plan funds to further support processing capacity expansion, on-farm improvements, and technical assistance to producers. “The pandemic has demonstrated that dairy producers and regional dairy processors, particularly those engaged in value-added production, faced systemic shocks over the past several years,” said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. “We have heard directly from producers and processors – particularly organic producers and processors in the Northeast – on how we can work with the industry to build long-term resilience of regional dairy supply chains. The Dairy Business Innovation Initiatives have supported regional-focused efforts tailored to the needs of dairy farmers and businesses locally. This additional funding will expand the capacity of the four initiatives to provide technical assistance and sub-grants exponentially.” Since its inception in 2019, DBI initiatives have provided valuable technical assistance and sub-grants to dairy farmers and businesses across their regions, assisting them with business plan development, marketing and branding, as well as, increasing access to innovative production and processing techniques to support the development of value-added products. Separate from this supplemental ARP funding, AMS plans to announce a new DBI Request for Applications later in FY22 contingent upon appropriations. AMS supports U.S. food and agricultural products market opportunities, while increasing consumer access to fresh, healthy foods through applied research, technical services, and Congressionally funded grants.
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Calf Feeders
For healthy growth of a new generation! The DairyFeed J C400+, V600+ and V640+ calf feeders are professionally designed to support calf rearing at your agricultural operation. The automated feeders are computerized, giving you targeted control over all relevant data and enabling you to optimize daily nutrition for your calves from the day they are born. BENEFITS: • Using the calf feeders reduces your workload • Calves grow healthily • Suitable for any herd size: one to four drinking boxes with teats designed for calves • Variable portion sizes as either powder or all-milk blends • Quick and easy: Link the calf feeders using DairyPlan 21 software
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BUILT WITH YOU IN MIND PRIMOR™ 2060 M & 4270 M
CIH 8930, 2100 hrs., 2WD - $92,000
Gehl 125 mixer $31,000
CIH 3950 disc 25’ - $24,000
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The KUHN Primor can process a wide variety of materials that can ® Invest in Quality be used in a multitude of ways. Both round and square bales of a wide range of sizes can be processed for both bedding materials or feed ingredients. Materials from corn stalks to wheat straw, and even to grassy hay can be processed using the multi-function rotor. Processed materials can then be dropped into a feed bunk, blown into a pile, or evenly spread throughout a pen.
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CIH 4800 26’ field cultivator..................... $6,500 CIH 4300, 26’ field cultivator.................... $9,500 CIH 530C................................................ $34,000 CIH 527B ripper ..................................... $13,500 CIH 527B ripper ..................................... $13,000 CIH Tigermate 200, 28’ field cult. ........... $24,000 CIH Tigermate 200, 28’ w/rolling basket .. $3,600 DMI 530 Ecolo-Tiger .............................. $12,000 DMI 530 ripper w/leads.......................... $14,000 NH ST 770 ripper .................................. $18,000 JD 960 32’ field cultivator ........................ $8,500 JD 2810 5-bottom plow ........................... $4,900
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Brent 440 box .......................................... $8,900 Demco 365 .............................................. $6,500 Brent 420 grain cart ................................. $7,000 Unverferth 6500 grain cart w/tarp .......... $16,000 Brent 644 box, w/fenders ....................... $14,900 Many Sizes of Gravity Boxes .................. on Hand
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DAIRY CALENDAR
Self-Propelled Bale Unroller Feed Round Bales the EASY way!
MDI is hosting education workshops for all dairy farmers. Topics discussed will be “Putting your assets (cows) to work for you and alternative forages/cover crops.” Events are 10:30am-2:30 pm and will be held Monday March 14 at Pizza Ranch in Redwood Falls, Tuesday March 15th at the Lions Community Center in Goodhue, and Wednesday March 16 at Pizza Ranch in Alexandria. Join the Iowa State University Extension and Outreach dairy team for its quarterly webinar on March 15 from noon until 1:15 p.m. Information and other dates are included the link: https://www.extension.iastate.edu/news/ dairy-goat-webinar-series-continues-2022
• Joystick operated steering • Electric start Honda engine • Reversible feed rolls • Works with wet or dry bales
Mark your calendars because the 2022 PDPW Business Conference will be this March 16-17 at the Kalahari Resorts in the Wisconsin Dells. Join fellow dairy farmers and allied industry for two days of new ideas, research, producer panels, hands-on sessions, dynamic speakers and so much more.
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The Dairy Calf & Heifer Association is excited to announce that the 2022 Annual Conference & Trade Show will be held April 12-14, 2022, in Bloomington, MN. Mark your calendars for the 2022 Midwest Farm Energy Conference, which will be held on June 15-16 at the West Central Research and Outreach Center, Morris, Minnesota. The 2022 Gopher Dairy Camp will be held June 23-25, 2022 and will ofcially be held in-person once more. The Gopher Dairy Camp is open to youth who have completed grades six through nine but haven’t yet started grade ten. It is hosted by the University of Minnesota’s Gopher Dairy Club in cooperation with the Minnesota 4-H Dairy Project Committee and Minnesota Livestock Breeders’ Association. The intention is to host camp primarily on the St. Paul campus, with accommodations at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds. The camp offers unique workshops, which will allow attendees of all skill levels to improve their skills for cattle grooming skills, showmanship, and industry knowledge. The camp rounds out with a showmanship show using animals provided to the campers. Registration will open in March of 2022. Now that the event can be held in-person, attendance is limited to the rst 100 youth who register for the event. Any potential changes or updates to the structure of camp will be communicated as soon as possible. For further information about Gopher Dairy Camp, please visit http://z.umn.edu/gdcamp. The 2022 Wisconsin Farm Technology Days will be held July 12-14 in Clark County and be hosted by Roehl Acres Farm and Rustic Occasions in Loyal, Wisconsin.
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Help the Central Plains Dairy Association kick off the 2022 Central Plains Dairy Expo (CPDE) by attending the Tuesday evening (March 29) reception, 5:30-8:30 p.m. The reception features Charlie Berens, host of the Manitowoc Minute. Berens does a minute(ish)-long news show about everything from national news to Wisconsin news to used bubblers for sale on Kenosha’s Craigslist. Be ready to laugh! To gain entrance to the Welcome Reception and CPDE on March 30 and 31, you must register for the upcoming Expo, at the Denny Sanford Premier Center, Sioux Falls, S.D. Registering online prior to the Expo is quick, easy and prevents you from standing in a long line when you arrive at the Denny Sanford Premier Center. To register: https:// www.centralplainsdairy.com/registration/.
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City View Dairy in Marshfield, Wisconsin Works 500 Acres, Milks 260 Cows, and Raises Youngstock and Steers for Beef.
“This farm has been in our family for over 100 years and is now being run by third and fourth generation family members. Over the years we have tried other feed storage methods such as ag bags and piles with plastic and tires. We did not care for them very much because the feed was vulnerable to being destroyed by small wildlife. With the tower silos, we have never had wildlife cause moldy feed. Other than baled hay, we now use tower silos for all of our feed storage. We like the quality of feed that comes out of them - it is really good and we don’t have feed spoilage. It only takes two people to fill them, which helps in keeping a lower number of employees and saves money. As our feed storage will be grows in the future, we’re planning on adding another silo.”
Bruce & Kristine Seehafer - Third Generation Owners Ben Seehafer - Son and Fourth Generation Contact your local feed handling equipment dealer or silo company.
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OBERHOLTZER AUCTIONS
Special Dairy Sale Thursday, March 17th
Hay sale 10 am • Dairy cows 11 am
Complete Dispersal
45 tiestall cows. 22 Holstein, 6 red & white Holsteins, 7 Jerseys, 1 Swiss and 2 Swiss cross cows. Herd is averaging 64 lbs, 220 SCC with good components! Cows are let out every day, fed home grown feed, certainly not pushed for production. Some nice young cows with lots of upside potential!
Other early Consignments
3 fresh Jersey tiestall cows, one Swiss cross cow. 7 Holstein tie stall cows from overstocked herd milking 75-95 lbs! EXPECTING OUR USUAL RUN OF 350-400 HEAD
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. Special feeder sale 2nd & 4th Thursday. WATCH OUR SALE ONLINE AT WWW.CATTLEUSA.COM
JWO NOTES & MARKET REPORT:
Our first machinery auction was definitely a success. Good weather, large crowd, active bidding, strong prices!! Bidders from 17 states, Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico. A little softer undertone in the dairy cow market today, but top quality still sold well. Most of the higher selling cattle were registered and in the Colors of the Season sale. $4,250 Nathan Petre, Owen. $3,300, $2,250 both Jerseys Marvin Reiff, Withee. $3,300 Niki Steffenhagen, Darlington. $3,000, $2,750 Holtland Holsteins, Fennimore. $2,800 Jersey Ferdi Seeuws, Sheldon. $2,400 Milking Shorthorn Julia Heiman, Neillsville. $2,400 Jersey Russ Karl, Neillsville. $2,200 Beth Leis, Sparta. $2,000 Preston Horning, Livingston. $2,000 Oberholtzer, Withee. $2,000 Jersey Braun Livestock, Abbotsford. $2,000 Swiss Beth Nelson, Ettrick. Springing heifers sold higher. $2,400 Swiss Megan Landkammer, $2,300 Niki Steffenhagen, Darlington. $2,000 Windle, Withee. Many good springers $1,400-1,800. Open Holstein heifers $85-1.05. Single birth Holstein heifer calves $10-35 per head. Breeding Bulls $7001,350. Market Bulls $81-103. Choice Holstein steers $120-128 NT. Holstein feeder steers $85-120 NT. Crossbred steers up to $138. Holstein bull calves $85-165. Beef cross bull and heifer calves $195280. 33% of Market cows sold $71-79. 50% sold $60-70. Hay market trending lower. Dairy quality 3x3x8 up to $100 per bale. Grass rounds $35-60. Rounds corn stalks $35. I believe we had our most consigners ever from one single sale today at 182. Thank you everyone, we greatly appreciate it!!
Sale Location: W1461 State Hwy 98, Loyal, WI 54446 From Spencer, WI take Hwy 98 west 5 miles. From Loyal, 5 miles east on 98
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Oberholtzer Dairy Cattle & Auction Co. Auctioneer: Mark Oberholtzer, WI license #2882-052 John Oberholtzer 715-216-1897 • Mark Oberholtzer 715-773-2240 John Ivan Oberholtzer 715-219-2781 • Office 715-255-9600 www.oberholtzerauctions.com
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SPREAD WHERE AND WHEN YOU WANT The X Series manure spreaders have a range of box sizes from 500 cubic feet to 900 cubic feet heaped capacity.
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26.98 27.09 40 21.34 24.95 66 72 72 66 60 27 60 54 54 66 60 54 74 36 34 54 54 36 34 34 72 34 34
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2021 Rolling Herd Averages above DHIA Average Dollar Value
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This list of herds by county includes dairies who have production above state average based on Dollar Value. They also have given permission to publish their data. Thank you to all DHIA dairies who choose to submit data to the Genetic Evaluation System that has served the industry sowell over the years, beginning with sire summaries and cow genetic evaluations, and then resulting in the development and continuing calibration of genomics.
Mollie Kozak Shell Lake, WI 1st year 715-431-0777
Barron/Washburn DHIA Representatives Producer Name BRAD & JUDY CHANDLER BREEZY HILL DAIRY DOUG & SANDRA DEROUSSEAU FRIENDSHUH FARMS LLC GEHL ACRES FARM GRAZIN ACRES IMAGE-POINT DAIRY MANSHAEM, GORDON & MICHELE MARSHLAND FARMS MULLEN, TOM NYHUS, BRAD & HOLLY RIVER VALLEY DAIRY LLC SONNBELL DAIRY TURNER DAIRY LLC
City RICE LAKE DALLAS RICE LAKE CLEAR LAKE CAMERON HILLSDALE RICE LAKE CHETEK CUSHING RICE LAKE CUMBERLAND SHELL LAKE CHETEK CENTURIA
% Milk Sold 106 103 100 103 98
City FRAZEE SEBEKA FRAZEE FRAZEE FRAZEE
Brd HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO
Current Rolling Average Milk Fat Prot 22,799 897 748 25,441 1,078 797 25,477 986 788 31,312 1,171 1,010 24,457 968 775 25,270 986 777 24,932 1,021 803 23,962 1,013 742 25,130 1,033 821 22,115 999 698 24,595 1,022 825 26,969 1,095 885 25,802 1,122 790 28,475 1,163 909
3X
X
City SAUK RAPIDS FOLEY SAUK RAPIDS SAUK RAPIDS SAUK RAPIDS RICE RICE RICE RICE FOLEY SAUK RAPIDS FOLEY SAUK RAPIDS FORESTON
% Milk Sold 103 102 102 102 100 101 101 100 102 102 102 102 102 102
3X X
X
X X
$Value $4,127 $4,713 $4,513 $5,535 $4,427 $4,468 $4,579 $4,424 $4,676 $4,225 $4,603 $5,011 $4,757 $5,227
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# Cows 183 99 199 532 632
Brd HO HO HO HO HO
Current Rolling Average Milk Fat Prot 28,675 1,151 925 24,713 988 785 24,345 937 750 25,229 1,004 777 28,246 1,080 922
Bruce David Rice, MN 39 years 320-393-4206
Benton DHIA Representatives Producer Name ACKERMAN FARMS CZECH ROADSIDE ACRES JANSON, SCOTT MAYHEW LAKE HOLSTEINS MEHRWERTH, MITCH MEL & SPENCER HACKETT NEW HEIGHTS DAIRY O + S DAIRY POPP DAIRY RIVERVIEW ENTERPRISES SCAPANSKI FARMS LLC SCHEFERS, DREW & RENEE SMELTER DAIRY SONNEK FARMS
# Cows 83 723 80 X 1,194 142 90 69 44 111 56 75 111 49 179
3X
Becky Bitzen Gareld, MN 5 years 320-815-1426
Becker DHIA Representatives Producer Name AHO, TIM & SARAH IMPOLA DAIRY INGVALSON, ANDREW J & A DAIRY SCHLAUDERAFF, GARY
% Milk Sold 104 98 102 100 102 102 101 101 101 102 100 101 103 105
# Cows 98 652 88 64 102 138 4,994 244 244 91 273 127 64 119
Waukon, IA 563-568-4526 After Hours: Ken 563-380-3137 • Dave 563-380-8680 www.reiserimpl.com $Value $5,246 $4,476 $4,286 $4,504 $5,083
Ron Kipka Oak Park, MN 36 years 320-387-2641 Brd HO HO HO HO HO H HO HO HO HO HO XX HO HO
Current Rolling Average Milk Fat Prot 25,318 1,029 828 28,517 1,123 900 23,746 936 756 24,571 921 718 23,767 1,026 782 27,504 1,124 888 23,688 1,034 799 26,889 1,072 883 30,931 1,141 963 26,363 1,010 847 29,739 1,208 940 22,800 873 763 24,007 927 749 22,410 929 740
$Value $4,687 $5,117 $4,232 $4,161 $4,537 $5,064 $4,573 $4,916 $5,320 $4,705 $5,382 $4,133 $4,251 $4,192
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Used Equipment HAY & FORAGE
PLANT/TILL
Anderson Hybrid Inline Wrapper, 4 stretchers
‘18 Kinze 3660 ASV, 23R15, bulk fill, Liq., Loaded!
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‘16 Challenger WR9860 SP Windrower, 16’ discmower, only 910 Engine/630 cutter hrs.
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ConƟnued from DHIA | Page 27 Malcolm Dirksen Twin Brooks, SD 56 years 605-432-6128
Big Stone DHIA Representative Producer Name WEST RIDGE LLC
City BELLINGHAM
Producer Name
DIAMONDVIEW GRIEBELS BLACK AND WHITE LAX DAIRY MOLDANS HOLSTEINS OLMAR FARMS PORT HAVEN DAIRY SEIFERT, JONATHAN SEIFERT, STEVEN SELLNER, LORAN AND HEIDI SPRING CREEK DAIRY FARMS STADICK FARM INC TAUER, DAVID D.& ANGIE
# Cows 590
City
ST JAMES NEW ULM SLEEPY EYE COMFREY SLEEPY EYE SLEEPY EYE SLEEPY EYE SLEEPY EYE SLEEPY EYE SLEEPY EYE NEW ULM HANSKA
Producer Name BRABEC FARMS FLOWER-BROOK REG.HOL. HARMONY HILLS DAIRY HEUER DAIRY FARM HOEN, LEONARD & STEVEN HOESE DAIRY INC. SAINTVILLE DAIRY SOUTHVIEW DAIRY LLC TA LEONARD REG HOLSTEINS
% Milk Sold 107 102 103 103 107 102 110 111 104 102 99 102
3X
# Cows
84 73 343 88 160 281 229 115 184 147 176 273
X
X X X X
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Current Rolling Average Milk Fat Prot 29,367 1,165 935
$Value $5,305
Brd HO HO HO HO H BS HO HO HO HO HO HO
Current Rolling Average Milk Fat Prot 23,836 26,723 29,856 26,699 27,731 23,118 28,651 28,189 23,534 22,809 25,704 28,041
941 1,068 1,165 1,060 1,089 946 1,104 1,095 923 915 1,113 1,124
$Value
764 857 935 872 886 794 910 905 762 769 815 897
$4,309 $4,838 $5,305 $4,878 $4,998 $4,353 $5,090 $5,059 $4,240 $4,213 $4,834 $5,096
Keith Korkowski Mayer, MN 32 years • 952-994-1660
% Milk City Sold MAYER 100 HAMBURG 101 VICTORIA 101 NORWOOD 102 NORWOOD 101 MAYER 101 NORWOOD-Y.A. 103 COLOGNE 102 YOUNG AMERICA 101
3X
# Cows 135 93 61 144 71 146 81 146 48
City FARMINGTON DENNISON HASTINGS HASTINGS LAKEVILLE RANDOLPH ST PAUL
Brd HO H XX HO HO HO HO HO HO
Current Rolling Average Milk Fat Prot 25,543 1,020 802 25,307 1,023 824 23,515 938 754 23,825 1,100 752 26,110 1,141 856 26,353 1,083 842 27,489 1,241 916 23,088 1,057 770 28,318 1,174 871
$Value $4,592 $4,655 $4,288 $4,587 $4,976 $4,842 $5,363 $4,533 $5,156
Tracie Vikla Lonsdale, MN 6 years 507-581-2205
Dakota DHIA Representative Producer Name BRAND HOLSTEINS EMERY DAIRY REUTER FARMS RIVER CITY DAIRY SAUBER, JOHN SQUARE DEAL DAIRY ST.PAUL DAIRY
Brd HO
Rebecca Novey Courtland, MN 7 years 262-995-8970
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3X X
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% Milk Sold 100
% Milk Sold 100 102 98 104 100 101 102
3X
X X
# Cows 65 176 131 409 57 650 117
Brd HO HO HO XX HO HO HO
Current Rolling Average Milk Fat Prot 22,413 911 709 24,374 1,008 749 27,791 1,121 898 29,735 1,154 950 23,351 993 755 29,621 1,263 952 24,002 970 756
$Value $4,066 $4,405 $5,105 $5,336 $4,400 $5,514 $4,354
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Dodge DHIA Representative
Producer Name ALBERTS BROS LLP AVON HEIGHTS BEHOUNEK, RONALD CURRIER BROTHERS NOLT FAMILY FARM REBER, JASON TOM AND PENNY BERG
City PINE ISLAND DODGE CENTER HAYFIELD MANTORVILLE DODGE CENTER MANTORVILLE PINE ISLAND
Brandon Novey Kasson, MN 2 years 507-696-6161
% Milk Sold 101 99 101 100 100 101 98
3X X
X
# Cows 560 91 298 110 126 346 198
Brd H HO HO HO HO HO HO
Current Rolling Average Milk Fat Prot 25,660 1,037 833 26,906 1,114 898 26,544 972 801 28,386 1,244 945 28,601 1,191 1,003 22,333 932 724 25,325 1,003 798
$Value $4,701 $5,069 $4,523 $5,467 $5,523 $4,141 $4,545
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Becky Bitzen Gareld, MN 5 years 320-815-1426
Douglas DHIA Representative Producer Name
City
JASSEL HOLSTEINS
ALEXANDRIA
% Milk Sold
3X
102
# Cows
Brd
91
HO
City HARMONY FOUNTAIN FOUNTAIN RUSHFORD PRESTON SPRING VALLEY CHATFIELD LANESBORO PETERSON SPRING VALLEY MABEL FOUNTAIN LANESBORO PRESTON CHATFIELD FOUNTAIN FOUNTAIN
% Milk Sold 101 103 104 103 104 101 98 101 101 100 102 100 99 103 100 99 100
3X X X X X X X X
X
City BLUE EARTH WASECA ALBERT LEA OAKLAND BRICELYN MORRISTOWN
24,906
950
788
$Value $4,426
# Cows 216 250 701 246 134 494 497 173 1,322 54 300 988 249 557 263 43 694
Brd HO HO HO HO XX HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO
% Milk Sold 101 102 103 101 102 102
3X
X
# Cows 276 35 260 106 1,604 16
Brd HO HO HO HO HO HO
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Current Rolling Average Milk Fat Prot 23,003 882 732 25,301 1,002 811 30,099 1,167 953 26,205 998 851 22,649 905 763 30,122 1,194 912 27,743 1,078 882 27,458 1,127 901 27,960 1,222 884 23,054 894 756 28,408 1,127 904 27,100 1,169 879 26,197 1,054 806 26,088 980 824 28,412 1,053 877 24,737 999 762 33,236 1,266 1,056
$Value $4,089 $4,579 $5,350 $4,687 $4,163 $5,331 $4,950 $5,119 $5,285 $4,160 $5,122 $5,131 $4,698 $4,565 $4,925 $4,461 $5,909
Lester Perschbacher Albert Lea, MN 66 years 507-373-8197
Freeborn DHIA Representative Producer Name CHAIN O LAKES DAIRY KLASSIC HOLSTEIN LARCREST HOLSTEIN DAIRY MILLER FARMS SAHRSIDE DAIRY SAUFFERER BROS
Current Rolling Average Milk Fat Prot
Stephanie Tienter Harmony, MN 12 Years 507-993-9115
Fillmore DHIA Representative Producer Name BIEL DAIRY BLUE VALLEY HOLSTEINS CRYSTAL VIEW FARMS DAHL FARMS EDGEWOOD ACRES DAIRY HEUSINKVELD FARMS HINCKLEY HOLSTEINS LLC HOLST, TOM AND SUE JOHNSONS ROLLING ACRES KAPPERS, RYAN AND MOLLY KUHN DAIRY FARMS MULHERN DAIRY REDALEN, MICHAEL RUMPUS RIDGE FARMS SASS FARMS SHIR-MAN HOLSTEIN FARM TRAIL SIDE HOLSTEINS
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Current Rolling Average Milk Fat Prot 27,098 1,100 852 23,989 969 775 24,707 1,056 826 24,584 1,015 771 27,663 1,122 899 23,479 923 781
$Value $4,915 $4,363 $4,684 $4,509 $5,077 $4,275
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Spring treats
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As the temperatures start their annual spring swing, blue buckets are appearing on area maple trees ready to catch the rst drops of sap. If you can’t wait for a fresh batch of syrup or you don’t have any maple trees in your yard to tap, don’t worry. Mark was given a family recipe from the parts gal, Katie, for their homemade maple syrup. It is easy to make and sweet to eat. Katie said you can back off on some of the sugar if it’s too sweet. The our in the recipe serves as a thickener. If you like thinner syrup, leave it out. I made a batch and think this can give Log Cabin a run for the money. You can nd the maple avoring near the vanilla extract. I found a recipe inside the box for unsweetened chocolate bars called peanut butter cheesecake brownies. Now the idea of peanut butter and cheesecake didn’t thrill me, but I was intrigued. I have since made four pans of these brownies that are so simple and yet so delicious. A dear friend stopped by for a visit the other day and brought me some of her homemade banana mufns. The miniature chocolate chips are perfect in these mufns. Needless to say, they didn’t last very long once Mark and Austin had a taste. Brenda also gave me a recipe for protein balls. What a great treat to grab on the go for this spring when you need a little boost. Mark can even make these as there is no baking required. Enjoy. Maple syrup 1 cup white sugar 1 cup brown sugar 1 teaspoon our, optional 1 cup water 1 teaspoon Mapleine 2 tablespoons butter Mix sugars, our and water together. Bring to a boil for 1 minute. Add Mapleine and butter. Mix until all melted. Serve warm.
handles. Spray with cooking spray. Melt chocolate and butter. Add 2 cups sugar; mix well. Stir in four eggs. Add our; mix well. Pour into prepared pan. Mix cream cheese, peanut butter, ½ cup sugar and remaining egg until well blended; drop by spoonfuls over brownie batter. Swirl gently with knife. Bake 35-40 minutes. Do not overbake. Cool completely before cutting. Protein balls by Brenda Deters 3 tablespoons cocoa powder 1/2 cup peanut butter 3/4 cup old-fashioned oats 1 scoop protein powder of choice 1/4 cup ax seed 1/4 teaspoon chia seeds or sunower seeds 1/3 cup chocolate chips 1/3 cup honey Mix all together. Will be very thick. Using teaspoon, dip out dough and roll into a ball. Place in storage container.
Food columnist, Natalie Schmitt Peanut butter cheesecake brownies 4 ounces unsweetened chocolate 3/4 cup butter 2 1/2 cups sugar, divided 5 eggs, divided 1 cup our 8 ounces cream cheese, softened 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line 9-by-13 pan with parchment paper, extended over sides to create
Banana mufns by Brenda Deters 1 1/2 cups our 2/3 cup sugar 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 cup mashed bananas 1 large egg 1/2 cup butter, melted 1/4 cup milk 3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips Mix dry ingredients together. In a separate bowl, mix mashed bananas, egg, melted butter and milk. Stir banana ingredients into dry ingredients. Don’t over stir or it becomes crumbly. Line mufn tin with paper cups. Pour batter into liners. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. As their four children pursue dairy careers off the family farm, Natalie and Mark are starting a new adventure of milking registered Holsteins just because they like good cows on their farm north of Rice, Minnesota.
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From the kitchen of Louisa Peterson of Bangor, Wisconsin
2 cups all-purpose flour 2 eggs 1/2 cup sour cream 3 peeled bananas
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a mixer, add and beat dry ingredients. Then, add eggs, sour cream and bananas. Add to buttered bread pan and bake for 30-40 minutes. Serve warm with more butter.
Louisa’s pumpkin bars 3 eggs 1 2/3 cups sugar 1 cup vegetable oil 1 medium sugar pumpkin, baked, seeded and peeled 2 cups all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
2 tablespoons pumpkin spice 1 teaspoon salt Frosting: 8 ounces cream cheese, softened 1/2 cup butter, softened 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 cups powdered sugar
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine sugar, vegetable oil and pumpkin in a mixer until light and fluffy. Sift together remaining ingredients then add to pumpkin mixxture. Spread batter in an ungreased 10-by-15 jelly roll pan. Bake for 25-30 minutes. Cool before frosting. For frosting combine cheese and butter. Add vanilla extract and sugar. Beat until smooth, spread over cooled bars.
From the kitchen of Kallisa Carlisle of Granton, Wisconsin
Homemade ice cream 1 1/2 cups sugar 1 pint whipping cream
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