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Family keep dairy going Jergers reect on partnership, dairy industry By Grace Jeurissen Staff Writer
WOLVERTON, Minn. – When a young farmer asks the Jerger brothers for advice, the Wilkin County dairy farmers give their answer: Farming is tough, there is a lot of money put into it, and do not go in over your head. Kevin and Dennis Jerger manage a 130-cow Holstein herd in western Minnesota while farming 600 acres of land near Wolverton. The brothers have seen the benets of diversication on their dairy farm, utilizing wheat and soybeans as cash crops and selling groups of heifers to other farms on top of milking cows. Their partnership was formed in 1975 after their father, Emmanuel, helped Kevin and Dennis get started in dairying. Working together has helped them stay one step ahead of many challenges, said the brothers. “Two heads are better than one,” Kevin said. “More heads mean different ideas. Then you can try it to see if it works.” Dennis agreed. “Dad knew what he was talking about, and we listened to
what he said,” He said. “There are some good ideas that come from off the farm, but when it comes to decision making, listen to what your elders have to say.” The brothers grow wheat and soybean as cash crops while corn and alfalfa are harvested for feed. Grain bins are used for storage over the winter while Kevin and Dennis watch the markets. “These are the best prices I have ever seen,” Dennis said. “The banks always try to get you to sell right out of the eld. But, if we have the storage, we are going to use it.” This philosophy has helped the Jergers succeed with the cash cropping side of their operation. The brothers do their research before making decisions and have years of experience driving their decision-making tactics. “You don’t want to put yourself too far into a predicament,” Dennis said. “We are one of the last dairy farms in Wilkin County, and there is a reason for it.” Kevin agreed. “We still have a lot of ght left in us,” Kevin said. “You have to love what you’re doing.” Being in a partnership can have its challenges, but Kevin and Dennis have found splitting
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The Jergers – (from leŌ) Kevin, John and Dennis – work together on Kevin and Dennis’ dairy farm March 16 near Wolverton, Minnesota. The Jergers milk 130 cows and run 600 acres of cropland. Not pictured is Michael Jerger and Theresa Jerger who also help on the farm. areas of interest on the management front is benecial. Kevin does a majority of the equipment maintenance, crop production and mixes feed. Dennis is the herd manager. He milks twice a day in their double-6 parabone parlor, works with the farm’s veterinarian and manages the sale of heifer groups. However, the brothers do move between each other’s roles. Kevin’s son, John, and Dennis’ son, Michael, help on the farm daily. Kevin’s wife, The-
resa, helps nish evening milking as well. The Jergers nd importance in having strong cows that produce quality milk. The components for the purebred Holstein herd are at 3.3% protein and 4.2% butterfat. Dennis makes the mating decisions and does all of the articial insemination, but they also use clean-up bulls. “The guys that buy my heifers know my cattle and like them,” Dennis said. “We have
sold groups of heifers to a dairy in Colorado for several years as well as in North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas and a few others.” The Jerger farm has been a closed herd since 1967 even before Kevin and Dennis took over. “Farmers need to remember they don’t just have a dairy herd.” Dennis said. “At the end of its life, that cow becomes a beef cow
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This group of heifers runs with a clean up bull on March 16 at the Jergers’ farm near Wolverton, Minnesota. The Jergers sell extra groups of heifers to several farms that appreciate the herd’s large frames and longevity. too. We have big cows, and the meat markets like that.” The Jergers’ herd shows large frames, strength, functionality and longevity, said the brothers. Its background includes an inuential sire, Gardenia Chief Astronaut. The bull was born in 1969, and Dennis paid $10 for each semen straw. By the time the bull’s life was over, the straws were worth up to $200 each. Keeping the barns well maintained and placing an emphasis on cow comfort is important to the Jergers. “Farmers take better care of their animals than they do themselves,” Dennis said. The freestall barn was a clay stall barn, then cemented and mats installed. After seeing the cows uncomfortable and unhappy, the brothers switched to mattresses and would not go back. “The cows will tell you what they want,” Kevin said. “If you watch and listen
to them, they will let you know what they like and what they don’t like.” The Jergers said honesty with themselves and their neighbors is a good quality to have when farming. They said there is no shame in telling people exactly how it is. “We work with people that work with us,” Kevin said. They rely on friends and people they can trust. “Farmers have been used and abused for years, so you learn who you can truly trust to do business with,” Dennis said. Challenges are nothing new to Kevin and Dennis, having farmed through issues from uctuating input prices to consumer misinformation. “You have to farm the government, farm the state, farm your bank, farm your elevator but most importantly farm your farm,” Dennis said. “It’s a dog-eat-dog world.”
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Wendy and Dan Flood stand in their double-8 parabone milking parlor March 10 near Oakeld, Wisconsin. The Floods milk 90 cows on their 270-acre grass-based dairy farm that has been cerƟed organic since 2010.
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OAKFIELD, Wis. – After nearly 25 years of farming conventionally, Dan and Wendy Flood sought a change in 2007 when they decided to transition to organic farming. Their Holstein herd was working hard, but it was difcult to make ends meet nancially. The switch to organic resulted in higher protability, better herd health, longer cow lifespan and a simpler lifestyle for the Floods. “Before we became organic, we were your genuine conventional farmer,” Dan said. “We fed a (total mixed ration) and used rBST while trying to get the highest production. But over the years, we evolved to where the light bulb went on, and we decided organic farming was the right thing for us. There have been a lot of changes in our management since making the switch.” Certied organic since 2010, the Floods milk 90 cows on their 270-acre grass-based dairy near Oakeld. They are the second generation on the farm where Dan grew up as one of 10 children. He and Wendy began purchasing the farm from his parents in 1985. They have four adult children, and their youngest is a student at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. Dan originally went to school to become a teacher, but he realized he would rather work in agriculture. “I decided to farm instead, and it’s been great,” he said. “I have no regrets at all.”
The Floods’ transition to organic was a smooth one overall. But a different mindset was necessary when Dan and Wendy left their conventional way of farming behind. “I had to block out of my mind what neighbors would think,” he said. “You just have to believe in what you’re doing.” Wendy agreed. “It took a couple years to change our attitude as to why we should think organic is better for us,” she said. “But we didn’t want to spray our elds anymore. We thought maybe that was better for the soil.” As a dairy science major, Dan said he knew how to balance rations and maximize milk. “It was hard to transition away from that thinking, but sometimes getting the highest production isn’t the best thing,” he said. “You have to look at the expense income aspect of your operation. When we were conventional, we had a hard time cash owing. We did OK, but every penny made was put toward feed, debt and other purchases. Money was really tight.” Wendy agreed. “Going organic was another option for maximizing prot without getting bigger, and now we have no more debt,” she said. “But organic is not just a word. Being organic means you have to do certain things and follow certain rules. We have to get re-certied each year and are inspected once a year by an outside source.” Instead of chasing production, the Floods went after a more protable and laid-back lifestyle. In the process, they found cow health also improved. “Feet got better immediately, and we were able
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to put the foot bath away,” Dan said. “Hairy warts disappeared, which I think was due to cows being off of concrete. We also hardly have any displaced abomasums now. We just need the vet for pregnancy checks once a month and to give vaccinations.” Longevity also increased, with cows now sticking around at least two years longer. The Floods ship their milk to Organic Valley, and the Floods said they like the more stable milk price the organic market offers. Their goal is to get their milk on a grass-based truck, but none currently serve the area. “The food integrity issue is something we’ve come to believe in,” Dan said. “The integrity of our product is really important to us. We noticed fairly soon after we turned organic (that) if we wore our Organic Valley apparel in public, we had people coming up to us and thanking us for our products. That was different. We didn’t expect that.” Pasturing their cattle was a new concept for the Floods, who experienced some bumps in the road when moving cattle onto grass. “Pasturing is a very nice way to do things, but it wasn’t easy at rst,” Wendy said. “We hadn’t pastured before, and there was a learning curve involved. Heifers were especially challenging, but we learned to group them with older animals and that helped.” The Floods practice intensive rotational grazing, continually moving animals to new paddocks. “It’s the best way to utilize the land that you have because the grass can regrow in between,” Dan said.
The Floods do not have a love for machinery and use it minimally. They grow hay but leave the harvesting to a custom operator. “I’m a cow person not an inanimate object kind of guy,” Dan said. The Floods started crossbreeding six years ago after deciding to discontinue feeding grain. “Crossbreeding allowed us to go to an all-forage system,” Dan said. “The crossbreeds keep their body condition much better on an all-forage diet than Holsteins do.” After reading research published by the University of Minnesota about production and health traits of crossbreeds and talking to other farmers, Dan decided crossbreeding was the way to go. They breed a three-way cross of Holstein, Montbéliarde and Jersey, and nd this animal better equipped to handle an all-forage diet. Higher components are another perk of crossbreeding enjoyed by the Floods. “Crossbreeding has been fun and exciting,” Wendy said. “We get all kinds of colors, which makes for interesting cattle.” Cows are housed in a 3-row freestall barn and milked in a double-8 parabone parlor located in the old tiestall barn. Cows are bedded with sand and average 45 pounds of milk per head per day and 50 pounds in May and June. The Floods have made upgrades to their freestall barn, including replacing two rows of stalls with ex stalls and changing neck rails at the bunk to dividers, creating a more open feeding system. Both changes boosted cow comfort. “Cows were getting abscesses on
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Dairy trade got a little jolt this week following ve consecutive sessions of gain in the Global Dairy Trade auction. This week’s weighted average slipped 0.9%. Traders brought 51.5 million pounds of product to the market, down from 55.6 million on March 1. The average metric ton price slipped to $5,039 U.S., down from the record high $5,065 of the last event. Whole milk powder (WMP) led the descent, down 2.1%, after jumping 5.7% on March 1.Butter was down 1.8%, following a 5.9% increase, while anhydrous milkfat inched up 0.4%, following a 2.1% rise. Lactose was off 0.6%. Skim milk powder led the gains, up 1.6%, after a 4.7% increase, and Cheddar was up 0.3% after leading the gains last time, with a 10.9% surge. StoneX Dairy Group says the GDT 80% butterfat butter price equates to $3.0791 per pound U.S., down 5.7 cents, after jumping 17.7 cents on Mar. 1, and compares to CME butter which closed Friday at $2.7250. GDT Cheddar, at $2.9083, was up slightly after jumping 23.3 cents on Mar. 1, and compares to Friday’s CME block Cheddar at $2.13. GDT skim milk powder averaged $2.0615 per pound, up from $2.0328. Whole milk powder averaged $2.0849 per pound, down from $2.1578. CME Grade A nonfat dry milk closed Friday at $1.86. The biggest surprise was in WMP prices, according to Chicago-based StoneX Dairy Group, which was expecting a 7% increase. “Buyers could very well be reacting to higher prices and the news about shutdown’s in China are bringing up concerns about demand in the near term.” A new COVID outbreak has appeared. CME cheese headed south as well but recovered some as the industry awaited the February Milk Production report on Mar. 21. The Cheddar blocks fell to $2.05 per pound Wednesday, but closed Friday at $2.13, still down 6 cents on the week while 34 cents above a year ago. The barrels nished the week at $2.03, up 2 cents, 57.75 cents above a year ago, and 10 cents below the blocks. CME sales totaled 10 loads of block and 18 of barrel. Cheese demand is steady to higher in Midwest retail and food service markets, according to Dairy Market News, but outlooks are mixed. Some traders remain bearish as U.S. cheese prices remain competitive on the global market, while others believe recent price increases will slow consumer purchasing. Spot cheese availability was unchanged this week. Contacts report that milk availability varies throughout the Midwest.
Down time, at some plants in the region, has caused some milk to be available to purchasers nearby. Others are experiencing some tightness as production facilities are making use of milk supplies internally. Cheese production is steady. Food service customers in the west have been more active recently as warmer weather and loosening COVID restrictions are having a positive impact on cheese demand. Retail is steady and export demand is strengthening, driven largely by lower U.S. prices however port congestion and truck driver shortages continues to be an issue. Cheesemakers are pulling heavily on milk supplies in the region, running busy schedules but labor shortages and delayed deliveries of production supplies continues to prevent running at capacity. Butter climbed to $2.7350 per pound on Monday, fell to $2.70 Thursday but closed Friday at $2.7250, up 1.50 cents on the week and $1.06 above a year ago, with 17 sales on the week. Demand for cream in the Central region is trending higher, according to DMN. Ice cream makers are pulling more cream as they ramp up production for the spring holidays and warmer weather. Butter makers are running busy schedules, utilizing available loads of cream. Some plants are running below capacity due to labor shortages. Butter demand is steady to higher in food service and unchanged in retail. Inventories are mixed. Some have sufcient stocks for the coming months, while others are working to increase their inventories. Demand for cream is picking up in the West, with customers also reporting more interest from ice cream makers. Cream inventories are available but continue to tighten. Some regional butter makers are working to rebuild inventories and utilizing their cream internally, rather than selling any on the spot market. Butter makers are running busy schedules though some report the ongoing shortage of tankers and truck drivers is causing them to discard a few loads of liquid buttermilk. Retailers are increasing orders of butter in preparation for the spring holidays and food service demand is strengthening as warmer weather and loosening COVID restrictions draw more customers. Butter inventories are tight. Grade A nonfat dry milk closed Friday at $1.86 per pound, up 2 cents on the week and 70.75 cents above a year ago, with 14 sales reported for the week. Dry whey, which stalled at 75.75 cents per pound for seven consecutive sessions, closed Friday at 76 cents, up 0.25 cents on the week and 14.75 cents above a year ago. There was only 1 sale reported for the week
at the CME. There are plenty of clouds on the horizon; the war in Ukraine and rising ination to name a couple. The Fed approved a 0.25% percentage point rate hike this week, rst increase since Dec. 2018, meanwhile dairy margins strengthened the rst half of March, according to the latest Margin Watch (MW) from Chicagobased Commodity and Ingredient Hedging LLC., as a “continued advance in milk prices more than offset the impact from higher projected feed costs.” “Milk prices continue to be supported by strong export demand for U.S. dairy products which are competitive as global milk production remains constrained,” the MW explained. “Supply shortfalls in Oceania have fueled the global decline in milk production. January milk collections in Australia dropped 6.3% from last year to 714 million liters as hot, humid weather lowered milk yields resulting in the lowest January output in decades. For the season which began in July, Australia’s milk collections have lagged the prior season by 2.6% for the rst seven months of the year.” “The U.S. exported 64.9 million pounds of cheese in January, up 16.7% from last year and the largest January volume since 2014. Strong sales to Mexico which were up 74% from last year fueled the increase, and U.S. cheese remains a value relative to supplies from both the EU and Oceania which should help to support export demand for the near term. January’s butter and milkfat exports were 53.1% higher than last year although nonfat dry milk and whey powder exports were lower than last year in January by 5.5% and 34%, respectively.” “Plunging feed demand from China has weighed heavily on whey exports to that country which declined 41% in January following a 52% year-over-year drop in December,” according to the MW. “Feed prices meanwhile continued their advance as the USDA lowered Ukrainian corn exports by 6 MMT in the March WASDE, while soybean production in South America dropped by a cumulative 9.5 MMT from the February forecast,”the MW concluded. In the week ending Mar. 5, 67,500 dairy cows were sent to slaughter, up 2,300 from the previous week, but 3,000 head or 4.3% below a year ago. The March 11 Dairy and Food Market Analyst says new data from the National Association of Animal Breeders (NAAB) suggests there’s a lack of herd replacements in the U.S. Sales of beef semen surged by 21% last year, according to the NAAB, as the beefon-dairy trend took off. In 2021, beef semen sales represented more than one-third of all semen sales, up from 28% in 2020 and 10% in 2017. “Furthermore, total dairy semen sales decreased by 6.7% last year, reaching the lowest level in 17 years,” the DFMA stated. The Agriculture Department’s latest Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook, issued March 15, mirrored milk price and production projections in the March 9 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates Turn to MIELKE | Page 9 CLIP AND SAVE
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pounds, down 1.5% from a year ago. Organic products, at 246 million pounds, were down 3.3%, and represented 6.5% of total sales for the month. Whole milk sales totaled 1.3 billion pounds, off 0.9% from a year ago and represented 33.6% of total milk sales for the month. Skim milk sales, at 206 million pounds were down 8.5% from a year ago. The gures represent consumption in Federal milk marketing order areas, which account for approximately 92% of total uid milk sales in the U.S. With school’s summer break not too far away, there’ll be additional milk moving into manufacturing. Farm level milk output is generally trending higher, according to DMN, although reports vary somewhat. “Some educational institutions are cycling through spring recesses, but retail orders are keeping bottlers active. Some dairy processors are unable to handle additional milk loads at this time as labor pool issues and delivery delays continue to curtail operating capacity at some plants.” In politics; The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) and the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC)
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NEWARK, Ohio – As the owner of four successful businesses, Evan Barton embraces challenge and is always on the lookout for opportunities. Whether farming or consulting, Barton is a numbers guy who keeps his eye on protability. Barton milks nearly 10,000 cows on three dairies – two in Ohio and one in Michigan – and is also a nutritionist. Balancing his time between nutrition consulting and dairy farming, Barton said each career helps the other. “I’m denitely able to dairy farm because of all the experience I’ve gained as a nutritionist,” Barton said. “I’ve seen farmers do things right and well, and I’ve also seen the opposite. You learn a lot from watching client successes and failures.” Barton started his rst business in 2005 when he partnered with Nathan Kiefer to create Barton Kiefer Dairy Consulting – a dairy nutrition consulting company. In 2011, he began milking cows on his farm in central Ohio near Newark. Building South Fork Dairy from scratch, Barton started out raising heifers and now milks 2,600 cows in a double-32 parallel parlor. “The custom heifer growing business wasn’t profitable, so I decided to put up a parlor and start milking,” Barton said. “I brought Jerseys in because they t the stalls and because we received a good premium for Jersey milk at the time.” Simultaneous to dairying, Barton continued growing his nutrition business and now has 16 nutritionists covering 15 states. Barton and Kiefer both do dairy nutrition consulting directly and partner in hiring and training additional nutritionists. Barton said the business is growing quite a bit in Wisconsin. “Owning a dairy farm and being responsible for making money changes your perspective and what
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Cows are milked in this double-32 parallel parlor at South Fork Dairy near Newark, Ohio. Barton began milking cows here in 2011, and is also a nutriƟonist and the co-owner of Barton Kiefer Dairy ConsulƟng. Barton’s farms focus on smallstature Holsteins, but both dairies have adjustable stalls as cow size increases. Barton also became co-owner of Bad Axe Dairy in Bad Axe, Michigan, in April 2021 – a farm that milks 3,500 cows in an 80-stall rotary parlor. Barton has a knack for turning around struggling dairy operations and making them protable, which is what he did with both the Continental and Bad Axe dairies. A large part of Barton’s success can be attributed to his focus on feed cost and feed efciency. “That’s such a big part of why a dairy is successful or not,” he said. “That’s my expertise and strength and the knowledge I bring to the table. But mostly, it’s nancing and freeing up cash ow to be able to ll barns and keep good animals in the barn. If a farm gets tight on nancing, they can’t keep good cows in the barn or keep barns full.” A small dairy farm across the street from where Barton grew up is what piqued his interest in dairy. “I was always enamored with that place and those cows,” he said. The interest continued when he was recruited by Cornell University in New York to play football. “I took a dairy science class and my professor fueled in me a passion for the dairy industry and helped me realize I could become a dairy farmer under the right circumstances,” Barton said. “He helped me see I could actually farm even though I didn’t come from a farm.” After graduating from college, Barton worked on a dairy as a herdsman while buying heifer calves and looking for a farm to rent. “I couldn’t nd the right opportunity,” he said. “Another Cornell grad kept nagging me to sell feed for a large feed company. I didn’t want to do that, but I nally gave in and did it because I was spinning my wheels. That’s how I got into nutrition.” About seven years after starting his own nutrition business, Barton nally had the resources he needed to start milking cows. He started with approximately 200 head and slowly grew to about 800 before expanding to 2,500 cows. “My dad helped me out tremen-
dously when I was getting started,” Barton said. “I would farm until all the equipment broke, and he would x it. While he was xing, I would go sell dairy feed to make enough money to keep the parts bill paid. … His encouragement meant a lot to me over the years.” Cows are milked three times a day at each farm, and all farms are bedded with sand and feature sand lanes. Barton is involved in the strategic planning, nancing and decision-making of all three operations. He employs approximately 125 people among his four businesses. “My wife does the accounting work and is a voice of reason to curb my asset purchases,” Barton said. On his own farms, Barton has been focusing on double cropping, small grain silage and replacing alfalfa and alfalfa silage with wheat silage or rye silage for better digestible diets and lower cost diets. “I’ve seen how double cropping has really helped my protability,” Barton said. “This practice has lowered our costs on forage production because we’re growing two crops on the same acre, and it makes diets more digestible, so feed efciency is going up. After seeing those results on my own farms, as well as from an early adopter client or two, we’re trying to transfer that knowledge and strategy to more of our clients.” Barton farms 2,500 acres on his South Fork Dairy, 1,500 acres at Continental Dairy and 200 acres at Bad Axe Dairy. He buys a large portion of forages and all grain corn and other feed for the second two dairies. “A lot of crops are grown in Ohio, and we have plenty of crops to buy if we want to expand our business,” Barton said. “We do struggle a little with forage digestibility, so we feed a lower forage diet to get cows to perform better.” Barton’s astute business sense, love for farming and nutrition know-how have proven to be the perfect recipe for success. “I enjoy dairy farming and the challenge of trying to make a dairy farm business protable,” Barton said. “That’s why I do what I do.”
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A day in the life at Vaarendahl Dairy Many hands make light work for daily chores March 21 By Abby Wiedmeyer abby.w@dairystar.com
BLACK RIVER FALLS, Wis. – Dominick Gentry’s days look different since leaving his job at the sand mine to farm full time. Dominick and his wife, Erica, formed a limited liability company with Erica’s parents, Dave and Sherry Olson, in 2021 and have started executing their transition plan. “I worked for a few different farms since I was 15,” Dominick said. “I had a good job with the sand mine but I’ve always just wanted to farm.” On March 21, Dominick’s day began before sunlight. By 6 a.m., Dominick had the rst batch of feed mixed and was in the barn helping employees milk their 80 certied organic Holstein and Holstein crossbred cows. Their milk is shipped to Westby Co-op Creamery. Dominick milked with Oscar, an employee of nine years. While they were busy in the barn, another employee, Auggie, was outside feeding the youngstock. Auggie has been employed with the family for 14 years. The morning chores are mainly handled between Dominick, Oscar and Auggie. The trio rotates the tasks of milking and feeding every morning. “I ip op milking days with Auggie,” Dominick said. “It’s nice to milk cows one day and then feed the next to see what’s all going on as far as being out by the bags.”
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The Gentry family – Dominick holding Henry and Erica holding Alvin – stand in front of a tractor March 21 at Erica’s family farm near Black River Falls, Wisconsin. Dominick and Erica are transiƟoning to ownership of the 80-cow farm.
If the trio all takes charge with milking and feeding, they can be done with morning chores by 8:30. “We kind of divide and conquer so everyone can get done and just go get in the eld or whatever else you need to get done,” Dominick said. Cows are fed a total mixed ration that consists of high moisture shell corn, haylage, silage, mineral and protein. It is fed through a stationary TMR
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Above: Dominick Gentry moves a milker March 21 on his farm near Black River Falls, Wisconsin.
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LeŌ: Dave Olson lls a feed cart March 21 at his farm near Black River Falls. Dave is transiƟoning out of ownership as his daughter Erica and son in law Dominick take over.
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milk in bottles in their individual huts. Before they are weaned, calves are moved to a small group and fed milk through a group feeding system. Youngstock are fed dry hay and corn in a loose housing shed. Around mid-morning, Dave arrived to check on things. “I’m still pretty new, so Dave comes every morning to help plan the day,” Dominick said. Dave had news that a bull calf needed to be delivered to a nearby farm; Auggie volunteered to load and deliver the calf. This task is simple enough with a homemade calf hut which the family uses for such an occasion. Soon after, Erica stopped by with their twin 10-month-old boys, Henry and Alvin, before dropping the twins off at daycare and heading to her job with the University of Wisconsin Extension. Erica said she is grateful for the opportunity to take over the farm from her parents with Dominick. “Dom has always wanted to farm and I’ve always wanted to be a part of the farm but realized I probably couldn’t take it on by myself,” she said. “I would love to be full time on the farm but I also I love my job and working off the farm.” Erica said she also farms to honor her late sister, Kelsey. “She passed away in 2015 when she was 24,” Erica said. “She was a big part of the farm when we were growing up and loved to be in the barn more than I did when we were little.” Once Erica was on her way to work, Dominick and Dave nished feeding the cows. Dominick got to work mixing the next batch of feed so it would be ready for night chores. Dave, Erica and Dominick met in the afternoon to discuss spring planting plans. Together, they made a plan of how many acres to put into new seeding and how many acres to leave in hay. When it was time for night chores, Oscar and
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Dominick Gentry cleans mangers March 21 while his father-in-law, Dave Olson, and his wife, Erica, and their two boys, Henry and Alvin, visit at Vaarendahl Dairy LLC near Black River Falls, Wisconsin.
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ConƟnued from VAARENDAHL | Page 16 Auggie milked while Dave ran feed laws as a resource for their transition out to the cows. Dave also noticed two into farming. “The biggest thing about a transicows that looked near to calving so he moved them to the calving pen. Dave tion is everyone being open and honest also checked for heats and monitored about their goals. It’s been smooth so far,” he said. “Erica’s dad is a successthe overall health of the herd. Dominick said he is happy to be ful dairyman so having him around for farming full time and credits his in- a mentor is pretty great.”
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The team (from leŌ) – Oscar, Auggie, Dominick holding Henry and Erica holding Alvin Gentry, and Dave Olson – stands on their farm March 21 near Black River Falls, Wisconsin.
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Auggie feeds boƩles to the calves March 21 at Vaarendahl Dairy LLC near Black River Falls, Wisconsin.
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Breeding success backed by seven decades
Offer named Wisconsin Senior Ayrshire Breeder By Danielle Nauman danielle.n@dairystar.com
AUBURNDALE, Wis. – Ayrshires are a family tradition for John and Shauna Offer of Auburndale. The rst cherrycolored cows came to the farm over 70 years ago, and the family quickly developed an affection for the cows of Scottish origin. “My grandpa bought three Ayrshires in an auction,” John said. “My mom was the youngest of 11 children, and she sort of claimed them as hers. This year will be the 70th year our family will have shown Ayrshires at the Central Wisconsin State Fair in Marsheld. Our kids are the third generation.” For John’s efforts in breeding registered Ayrshires, he was presented with the Distinguished Breeder Award at the Wisconsin State Ayrshire Convention March 5 in Tomah. On their Foggy Valley Farm, which has been in John’s family for 140 years, the Offers milk 50 cows, most of which are Ayrshires. Their three sons, Hunter, 12, Peyton, 11, and
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The Offer family – (from le�) Shauna, Peyton, Hunter, John and Tanner – stand with a herd favorite, Ellie, on their farm near Auburndale, Wisconsin. John was named the Dis�nguished Breeder at the 2022 Wisconsin Ayrshire Mee�ng held March 5 in Tomah, Wisconsin. Tanner, 6, are all involved in the day-to-day farm chores and enjoy being members of the Wisconsin Junior Ayrshire Breeders Association. “To work at something for your entire life and then to be recognized for that work by your peers, that is really humbling,” John said. John began his career breed-
ing Ayrshires when he started taking over the farm following his high school graduation. He added to the farm’s existing Ayrshire herd by purchasing nine springing heifers, seven of which had heifer calves. Since that purchase, the Offers have focused their efforts on breeding the kind of cows they want to work with, only
making a few key purchases here and there. “We really admire how hardy the breed is,” Shauna said. “They are relatively troublefree and are very healthy. We see less cases of milk fever, fewer displaced abomasums and less incidence of ketosis.” Focusing their breeding program on selecting for sound
functional type has helped the Offers achieve their goals. “We really want to breed cows that can last a long time,” John said. “To do that, they need to have good udders, and sound feet and legs. That is where we place our focus.” Bulls that have been working well recently in the Offers’ breeding program include Cedarcut Colata’s Champion, Good-Vue-Kp Dynamic, Palmyra Lochinvar Reynolds and Visserdale Shining. Like their fellow registered Ayrshire breeders, the Offers are concerned about recessive genes in the breed, such as the recently identied Curly Calf syndrome, and they vigilantly guard against matings that might result in affected calves. Competing in the show ring is something the Offers enjoy doing as a family, and each year they participate in the Midwest Ayrshire Show, the Central Wisconsin State Fair and World Dairy Expo. This summer, Hunter will be eligible to exhibit at the Wisconsin Junior State Fair in West Allis. The Offers’ diligence with their breeding program has paid off with show ring accolades collected by members of their small herd. They have been recognized with 17 all-American nominations and numerous juTurn to OFFER | Page 19
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nior all-American nominations. “We will keep breeding for type,” John said. “We enjoy showing, and now both Hunter and Peyton are old enough to show in the junior show at Expo. It is a great feeling to give them that experience, and watching them develop an interest in the breed is wonderful.” One current herd favorite is HoneyDew Dreamer Ellie EX-91. As Hunter’s junior project, Ellie has been nominated junior all-American four times, three of which were in milking form. Ellie is a third-generation homebred animal and carries the Honey-Dew prex of John’s brother. Ellie is due this summer, and Hunter hopes to exhibit her to her fth nomination. Another herd favorite is Cici’s Dozer Carley VG-87. Carley was selected as the 2020 Wisconsin Ayrshire Cow of the
Year. An inuential cow family at Foggy Valley Farm is that of Moy-Ayr Bonoparte Nicki EX-91. She was purchased in 1996 and lived to be 16 years old. “We did some embryo transfer work with Nicki, and she had a lot of offspring and still has a number of descendants in the herd,” John said. Another family that factors heavily into the Foggy Valley herd is that of Honey-Dew Cav’s Candy Apple VG-85. The Offers said they owe a lot to the Ayrshire cow. “The Ayrshire cow is the rock that our farm is built on,” John said. “Without Ayrshires in our barn, it is hard to imagine what our lives would be like. She has given us so much, and she continues to provide for our family and give our children great opportunities.”
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From the barn to the alley
Longtime dairy farmer eclipses 800-mark in bowling league By Tom Fenton Staff Writer
SAUK RAPIDS, Minn. – Lyle Nelson was 35 years old when he rst set foot in a bowling alley. A lifelong dairy farmer, time simply did not allow for much recreation. Fast-forward three decades, and there is a story about a tireless worker who manages to squeeze in a few games in local bowling leagues during his so-called slow season on the farm. Nelson, a 1973 Sauk RapidsRice High School graduate, has a few success stories from the lanes to share, but achieving high scores is only part of why he fell in love with the sport. “I’m very easygoing, but I’m competitive,” said Nelson, who owns a 30-cow dairy farm near Mayhew Lake in Sauk Rapids. “And, I like to (chat) a bit. That’s half of the fun. On a farm, you don’t get to see many people, so bowling is my outing.” Nelson began bowling competitively when he was 40. Prior to that, his only exposure to the sport was watching the 1970s television series “Bowling for Dollars.” He would throw a few frames for the heck of it on the occasional trip
north before eventually taking enough of a liking to join a league. The Monday Night Rapids Classic League at Great River Bowl in Sartell started like most Dec. 27, 2021, with Nelson rushing to get there on time. The daily 2 p.m. chores on the farm often run into the dinner hour, meaning Nelson regularly arrives to the lanes a little late. He quickly grabs his equipment and heads to the lanes for competition, usually with no warmup. “Lyle has been a good bowler,” said Bob Beltz, the longtime manager of Great River Bowl who still works the counter once a week. “He just comes up here and has a good time. Everybody knows Lyle. He’s a guy you like to have as a customer. He loves to bowl and is a great guy to have on your team. You can joke with him, and he gives it right back to you.” Nelson’s rst game of the night began with three spares and a strike. Those four frames were apparently all he needed to get loose. Having bowled three previous perfect games of 300, he did not give much thought to nishing his rst Turn to NELSON | Page 21
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Lyle Nelson concentrates on his throw during the Monday Night Rapids Classic League March 14 at Great River Bowl in Sartell. Nelson dairy farms near Sauk Rapids, Minnesota.
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game eight consecutive strikes and a 277. Nelson went about his business in his second game, continuing to knock down every pin he saw while mostly ignoring his score. “Finally in the 10th frame, I said, ‘Well heck, I have a chance here,’” Nelson said. “I wasn’t really nervous because I had rolled a 300 before, so that didn’t affect me. I just kept throwing. I knew when I threw that last ball that baby was in there, and it was.” His fourth career 300 game complete, that left a goal of achieving an 800 series – a benchmark accomplishment in the bowling world. Heading into the nal game with a 559, surpassing 800 was still not top-of-mind for Nelson. “I still didn’t even think about an 800 because I still had to come up with a huge game,” Nelson said. “My one goal left was an 800 series, but I’m getting older and older so I thought it’s never going to happen. All of the sudden one night, everything was clicking.” The rst ve frames brought ve straight strikes. In between throws, Nelson kept things as routine as possible, talking with brother-in-law Bob Erickson and his teammates while not paying attention to his score. Nelson left one pin standing in the sixth frame, ending his consecutive strike streak at 24. He nished with 30 strikes and a score of 276 in the nal game. His series ended with an 817. Nelson did not realize he broke the 800-mark until applause and cheers erupted after his nal throw of the evening ended in – not surpris-
ingly – a strike. “It was an awesome feeling. I never thought I’d get an 800,” said Nelson, whose last day off from the farm came during a bowling trip to Las Vegas ve years ago. “That’s so elite and something you just dream of. Nobody knows for sure what will happen because you can’t really make any mistakes. Sometimes when things click, they click. Then there are nights when you think you’re hitting the pocket every night and you end up with a bunch of splits.” With the 800-mark behind him, Nelson’s thoughts have shifted to a 900 series and a day or two away from the farm in March. He is hoping to head back to Las Vegas to compete in a national tournament. While he admits his work is taxing, especially during a long and cold winter like this one, there are no regrets. “Farming is just in my blood,” said Nelson, who admits retirement could soon be on the horizon. “I wasn’t a typical teenager. Most guys, when they got out of high school liked to go to parties and things like that, but I stayed home. I knew I wanted to save money to buy the family farm, so I never did much for recreation. I was more concerned about getting things done and keeping up with everything.” Most would agree the soon-tobe 67-year-old Nelson is keeping up just ne. He rolled his fth career 300 March 16 in the Wednesday Rapids Rec League.
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Lyle Nelson, who owns a dairy farm near Mayhew Lake in Sauk Rapids, Minnesota, st-bumps a teammate during the Monday Night Rapids Classic League March 14 at Great River Bowl in Sartell, Minnesota. Nelson bowled an 817 series in December 2021.
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History of the Harts Douglas County home to a century farm
the summer kitchen and home on the property. While doing these projects, Hart found a homemade toy xylophone between the walls that he suspects was his grandfather’s toy. The xylophone is not the only history artifact Hart has found. He has a knack for nding various antique pieces By Grace Jeurissen about the farm. Staff Writer When Hart replaced the carpet in the house, he found various newspapers and a copy of The Farmer magazine dated to PARKERS PRAIRIE, Minn. – around 1942. The magazine cover had When entering the driveway to Dale a patriotic tribute to a Lakeeld MinneHart’s dairy farm, the rst thing to be sota Corn Husking Champion who was noticed is the painted sign that states, drafted to the war. “Century Farm Est. 1919.” Three years Before Hart took over the farm in ago, the Hart farm celebrated the cen1994, he worked in the construction tury milestone. industry. Working in construction gave “Back in the day there were farms him skills to do upkeep on the farm and all over the place,” Hart said. “Now I generate income to purchase the farm am the only farm left in our township. from his father. We used to help each other out, but as “When I rst started farming, I had more farms left, that became harder. It a house in town, and I was paying for the feels good to see that my farm is still farm,” Hart said. “I scraped by for a long running and it was able to hit the 100while, and I didn’t go out much.” year mark.” This past summer was the driest Hart milks 15 cows and runs 220 Hart has ever experienced. It was a chalGRACE JEURISSEN/DAIRY STAR acres on his farm in Douglas County lenge to put up enough feed and proved Dale Hart shows some of his farm history keepsakes Feb. 18 at his farm in Parknear Parkers Prairie. dangerous when running equipment. The Hart family history is one that is ers Prairie, Minnesota. Hart milks 15 cows and runs 220 acres. While working in the eld, one of deeply rooted on the farmstead. Hart’s tractors started on re. Hart’s great-grandparents, Gotlieb building and is still in use on the Hart horses at the county fair. “I looked down and saw smoke,” Hart’s grandfather, Henry, used to Hart said. “I drove the tractor to the farm and Maria Hart, moved to the United farm. Hart works by himself on the farm. compete in horse and chariot races at the yard and ran to get the re extinguishStates from Russia in 1908 with two He helped his dad, Donovan, on the county fair. children, Henry and Molly. er. It turns out there was a leak in the Up until a few years ago, Hart was fuel line that was feeding the re once In 1919, Hart’s great-grandparents farm from the time he was 11. “I have always liked farming,” Hart milking with buckets and carrying over it started.” purchased a property from William Stephen who was the original homesteader said. “It’s part of my life, all of the aches 1,000 pounds of milk per day by hand. Along with the experiences and Knowing how much wear and tear that challenges Hart has had farming and doon the farm site. The site came with a and pains. It is just part of the job.” Some of his favorite memories was doing on his body, Hart put in a ing construction, he has found a sense of house which was built in 1889 and is the growing up on the farm were swing- pipeline. current place of residence for Hart. peace when he works with wood. 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# Cows
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GROSHENS, COREY SWART, ROGER & MARY
Producer Name
City
GROVE CITY NEW LONDON
GREGOR, DANIEL & ANNETTE HOEFS’ DAIRY KARL HELDBERG MEADOW FRONT FARMS RYNDA, FRANCIS & THERESA SHANGHAI DAIRY INC.
City
$Value $4,449 $4,710 $5,597 $4,644 $4,219 $4,622 $5,794 $5,320 $4,372 $4,410 $4,946
129 111 136
3X
X X
# Cows 96 444 181 206 476 243 85 173 243 24
Current Rolling Average Milk Fat Prot
$Value
Brd HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO
Current Rolling Average Milk Fat Prot 25,867 1,023 827 23,170 1,000 769 25,372 1,035 825 31,132 1,243 957 30,258 1,264 969 27,982 1,115 883 26,178 1,068 829 22,513 951 736 31,497 1,226 1,011 22,784 951 721
$Value $4,689 $4,424 $4,702 $5,561 $5,643 $5,069 $4,793 $4,244 $5,692 $4,177
HO HO XX
MONTGOMERY NEW PRAGUE LE SUEUR CLEVELAND MONTGOMERY LE CENTER
23,995 24,608 22,776
% Milk Sold 100 102 100 102 106
3X X X
X X
# Cows
692 373 158 356 401
% Milk Sold 102 102
950 973 956
750 778 775
$4,294 $4,412 $4,361
Daryl Hook Tyler, MN 40 years 507-530-5472
Brd HO HO HO HO HO
Current Rolling Average Milk Fat Prot 26,607 26,835 25,678 29,606 24,160
1,127 1,020 1,090 1,105 938
844 847 810 860 731
$Value $4,946 $4,733 $4,757 $5,004 $4,216
Darcy Freohlich Kerkhoven, MN 5 years 320-905-5609
Kandiyohi DHIA Representative Producer Name
Current Rolling Average Milk Fat Prot 25,506 966 780 25,627 1,081 803 29,860 1,245 978 25,071 1,033 820 23,204 949 732 25,028 1,039 817 30,934 1,291 1,020 29,656 1,140 962 23,588 984 764 25,140 988 753 27,283 1,109 853
Brd
Cheryl Hook Tyler, MN 25 years 507-530-5261
3X
# Cows 48 58
Brd HO HO
Current Rolling Average Milk Fat Prot 23,853 23,053
885 866
726 745
$Value
$4,083 $4,080
Tracie Vikla Lonsdale, MN 6 years 507-581-2205
Le Sueur DHIA Representative
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X
# Cows 105 79 134 78 82 273 215 168 58 54 854
Houston County
Producer Name
#654 MARSHFIELD AREA/MARATHON COUNTY 40 acre Heifer raising facility, conveniently located on north side of Marshfield, close to town. 400 head capacity. Excellent outbuildings, steel machine shed and home......................................................................... Listed price $599,000
3X
Ray Scherber Maple Grove, MN 62 years 763-428-2172
Jackson/Nobles/ Cottonwood DHIA Representatives
CHRISTENSEN SALES CORP.
#648 209 ACRE FREESTALL DAIRY FARM IN THE TOWNS OF DAY AND GREEN VALLEY, MARATHON COUNTY Farm amenities include a 124 stall freestall barn, 35 tiestall barn 2nd 44 freestall barn addition and double 8 step-up parlor with rapid exit, 4 bedroom 2 story house, 4 stall garage, 5 silos, manure pit and machine shed. 2nd location amenities include a 1991 Marshfield 14 ft x 80 ft mobile home with 3 bedrooms and 2 baths,2 machine sheds , heifer barn and 3 grain bins................... Reduced Price $1,300,000 Stocked and equipped with Herd of Holstein Cattle and machinery ....................................................................................$2,050,000
% Milk Sold 101 99 101 99 102 100 106 100 102 104 101
City PINE ISLAND WELCH KENYON GOODHUE WANAMINGO BELLECHESTER PINE ISLAND WANAMINGO ZUMBROTA KENYON GOODHUE
Hennepin DHIA Representative
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Brandon Novey Kasson, MN 2 years 507-696-6161
% Milk Sold 99 104 101 102 100 104
3X
X
# Cows
62 287 73 127 45 333
Brd HO HO HO HO HO HO
Current Rolling Average Milk Fat Prot 24,876 26,992 22,739 24,929 26,460 24,991
1,043 1,132 919 954 1,151 992
819 876 741 822 844 795
$Value
$4,672 $5,069 $4,151 $4,515 $5,009 $4,499
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Wood
McLeod/ Renville/Sibley DHIA Representative Producer Name
BENSON DAIRY INC. CHRISTENSEN, JON DONNAY, JOHN AND CONNIE HOWE HOLSTEINS JER-LEY HOLSTEINS KURTH, MICHAEL & KACIE KURTHKINE HOLSTEINS SCOTT & JACOLYN RICKEMAN SUNSHINE DAIRY LLC
City
STEWART HUTCHINSON GLENCOE HUTCHINSON HUTCHINSON STEWART COSMOS HUTCHINSON ARLINGTON
% Milk Sold 103 100 104 102 105 102 104 101 100
3X X
# Cows
244 193 58 93 49 98 154 92 94
City DASSEL ATWATER LITCHFIELD PAYNESVILLE WATKINS
% Milk Sold 103 102 101 104 101
3X
HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO
Mille Lacs DHIA Representative Producer Name CANC FLYINGCOW DAIRY
Morrison DHIA Representatives Producer Name HOURSCHT DAIRY WALCHESKI FARMS
# Cows 24 79 32 96 140
Brd HO HO HO HO HO
23,337 23,909 22,973 23,284 24,674 26,532 26,158 28,536 26,220
% Milk Sold 104 100
3X X
# Cows 68 173
John Kelzer Randall, MN 26 years 320-749-2805
City LITTLE FALLS FOLEY
Brd HO XX
BAG
929 897 884 893 944 1,023 1,159 1,123 1,095
774 742 716 736 783 837 800 868 832
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$4,251 $4,168 $4,066 $4,112 $4,372 $4,715 $4,902 $5,037 $4,851
$Value $4,256 $4,325 $4,277 $4,606 $4,657
Terri Krotzer Foley, MN 2 years 320-362-1375
City ELK RIVER PRINCETON
OR
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Current Rolling Average Milk Fat Prot 23,494 909 773 24,278 963 764 22,910 995 707 25,862 1,000 825 25,611 1,044 808
Current Rolling Average Milk Fat Prot 28,805 1,088 893 22,196 1,026 759
$Value $5,036 $4,449
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% Milk Sold 99 101
3X
# Cows 78 83
Current Rolling Average Brd Milk Fat Prot HO 26,749 1,106 844 HO 23,345 939 738
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Current Rolling Average Milk Fat Prot
Brd
Meeker County Producer Name DONALD + PETER SETTERGREN GRATZ, BERNARD HEUER, STEVE&DEB HOLKER DAIRY WARREN, JOHN & MIKE
Shavings
Andrew Alsleben Glencoe, MN 60 years 320-864-4884
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WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH
Recipes that resonate Cookbook success surprises Iowa dairy farm woman By Sherry Newell Contributing writer
LUANA, Iowa – Publishing a cookbook was always on Leslie Henkes’ bucket list. She thought printing 200 books might be reasonable, but her daughter, Leah Lange, said that was too many. So, the Luana dairy farm woman ordered 175. “Three hundred books later, I’m ordering 50 more,” Henkes said. “It’s really been unbelievable. I’ve already had people requesting a second edition. I never dreamed it would be like this.” Henkes and her husband, Trent, live on a sixth-generation dairy farm managed with their son, Matt. Their farm name, Henkeseen, represents the registered Holsteins and Milking Shorthorns for which the family has become well recognized. But the sales of her cookbook show how Henkes is respected for a reason that goes beyond cows. “Through the years, different people have asked me for recipes, and I’m always very honored when someone does this,” Henkes said. She worked with her husband on the farm for 21 years before taking on a career at MFL MarMac High School in 2009. “People at school would say, ‘That’s a good recipe,” she said. “ I always brought treats to National Honor Society and student council, and when we had active FFA members, I helped the advisor with meals.” Henkes also regularly provided food for lunch stands at various
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Leslie and Trent Henkes enjoy a holiday baking session with grandchildren – (from leŌ) Owen, Leigh and Shane Lange – at their home near Luana, Iowa. Leslie has sold more than 300 cookbooks featuring recipes from her huge collecƟon used to feed her dairy farm family and community over the years.
places. After semi-retiring from her school role last May, Henkes knew if she did not sit down to gather her recipes, she never would. “I started in October typing and typed until I was cross-eyed,” Henkes said. “I wasn’t going to go through a cookbook company; I did it all myself.” The result is a collection of 278 recipes. The cookbook has more than 100 pages and 24 sections ranging from sandwiches to soup to pie along with one on preservation and canning. She chose recipes from her four recipe boxes, noting where each originated if she knew. Some are from other cookbooks or food packages, and some are handed down through her family. The introducto-
ry pages tell the story of Thanksgiving meals on the registered Guernsey farm in northwest Illinois where Henkes grew up. Notes accompany many of the recipes. Cooking and baking for the needs of the dairy farm and the family was one way Henkes perfected her method of using ingredients always available in the cupboard. “I think one thing (making the cookbook popular) is that it’s recipes you don’t have to go to the store for,” Henkes said. “We’re an hour and a half from a store with unusual ingredients. A lot of my (recipes) are quick. Trent was always saying he was bringing four or ve guys to dinner in an hour or two.” But long before she met her husband, when they both studied
dairy science at Iowa State University, Henkes was involved with food preparation. Her grandfather ran a meat route and butchered for people during the Great Depression. Both he and Henkes’ father were good cooks, she said. Her mother was a dietitian and her aunt was food editor for the Gary, Indiana newspaper. In the introduction to her cookbook, Henkes explained her philosophy on cooking. “Good food and good memories go hand-in-hand,” she said. Not surprisingly, the recipe collection is heavy on dairy. “It’s not in every recipe, but when it’s there, it’s real,” she said. “There’s no substitute for butter. Never margarine. Never no-fat cream cheese.” As she envisioned her cookbook, Henkes asked for suggestions from the owner of a bookstore in McGregor where she often buys children’s books. To her surprise, she was invited to do a book signing event . She signed and sold about 30 books during the event. “I thought, ‘Are you kidding me?’” Henkes said, A fellow dairy farmer, Heather Moore, hosted Henkes for an open house at the cheese, coffee and gift shop she owns in Maquoketa. “Since then, (Heather) has sold maybe 20 (books), which is crazy,” Henkes said. “Nobody there knows who I am.” A fellow Holstein breeder bought cookbooks for Christmas gifts. A man from Cedar Rapids read the local newspaper and called to order one. She has donated a cookbook to a few causes. If interest continues, Henkes may need to order more.
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