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Over 1.1 million scored

DeBruin retires from Holstein Association USA holding classication record

By Danielle Nauman danielle.n@dairystar.com

LAKE MILLS, Wis. –

The year was 1985. Michael Jordan won the Rookie of the Year title, Ronald Reagan was sworn in for his second term, the movie “Back to the Future” debuted as did the “Calvin and Hobbes” comic strip, and Maureen DeBruin embarked on a 38-year journey as a Holstein Association USA Inc. classier.

DeBruin, of Lake Mills, retired last month, closing a career that allowed her to travel to nearly every state, create lasting connections with the breeders she encountered and evaluate over 1.1 million cows.

When she started her career, DeBruin was only the second female to work in that capacity for the Holstein Association USA, starting six months after the rst.

“In those early days, there were always some people who didn’t think classifying was a job a woman should be doing, but it was rarely the farmers that expressed that concern,” DeBruin said.

Being hired as a classi-

er was not the rst time in her dairy career that DeBruin had been among the female pioneers.

As a dairy science student studying at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, she was one of very few female students in the department, and she was an early member of the campus organization that became known as the Association of Women in Agriculture.

After graduation, she took a job mating cows with what was then known as Tri-State Breeders in Westby and then spent four years as an agriculture teacher at a time when she was one of only ve female ag teachers in the state.

“I had always wanted to classify cows,” DeBruin said. “It was a natural t for me with my passion for judging and studying dairy science, but when I graduated, Holstein (Association USA) didn’t hire females in that capacity.”

DeBruin was raised on her family’s registered Brown Swiss and grade Holstein farm, and it was there that her interest in evaluating dairy cattle was born.

PHOTO COURTESY OF HOLSTEIN ASSOCIATION USA

Amy Fletcher (right), senior manager of Holstein Associa on USA’s classica on opera ons, presents Maureen DeBruin with a plaque May 4 for the garden bench she was given, commemora ng her service to Holstein Associa on USA. Over her long career as a classier, DeBruin evaluated over 1.1 million cows.

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“My family was always very competitive as far as evaluating dairy cattle,” DeBruin said. “There was never a shortage of good discussion among us when it came to cows and what they should look like, and my parents never treated us girls any differently in that aspect from our brothers.”

DeBruin was on a team that won the National 4-H Dairy Cattle Judging Contest and traveled to Europe to compete. She also spent many years coaching youth dairy judging teams.

That background as a Brown Swiss breeder laid the foundation for how DeBruin looked at dairy cattle.

“I was always known as being very critical of feet and legs,” DeBruin said.

Over the years of evaluating cows, DeBruin has watched as the industry shifted toward efciency.

“Now we score as many cows as we did back then with less than half the staff we had back then,” DeBruin said. “When I started, it was pretty standard that you would only do two or three smaller tiestall herds a day. Now you might only do one farm a day, but herd sizes have grown so that you’re looking at so many more cows.”

DeBruin said that 38 years ago, classication was more of a social event for the farmers. Cows were clipped and washed, the neighbors would come over, and the visit typically ended in the farmhouse, eating a lunch while stamping scores onto registration papers.

“Times have changed; people don’t spend as much time preparing cattle any more, and roughly less than 5% of the cows we see are clipped and tted, and that is ne,” DeBruin said. “Although that is nice, it is important to be able to evaluate cows in their working environment.”

DeBruin said her biggest advice is to put any preparation efforts into doing things that might change how the classier sees a cow, such as trimming feet.

“If a cow’s toes are long and she’s sitting back on her heels, I have to evaluate her that way, and that will affect her nal score,” she said. “We ask that the udders are clipped in the winter and that you have all of your paperwork prepared.”

DeBruin’s greatest memories involve families that were just launching their interest in improving the functional type in their herds, typically because the next generation was expressing an interest in showing, breeding and developing their own herds and cow families.

“I always liked having a good discussion with the farmers about their cows and what I saw and how they could potentially improve their herd,”

DeBruin said. “I never minded when the kids stayed home from school and asked questions. That is how we all learn.”

As a classication staff, continuing education and self-evaluation were important parts of the position. Classiers met for trainings on a regular basis and received quarterly reports breaking down their work in statistical terms.

“You would be able to use those reports to see how you were seeing each linear breakdown and if your scores and ranges were consistent with the other classiers,” DeBruin said. “Having consistency among classiers in the program is important. We all have a certain kind of cow we like, but you really need to let the linear lead you to the score.”

Having scored over 1.1 million cows makes DeBruin the association’s all-time leading classier for number of cows evaluated. DeBruin said she had guessed she was somewhere around the million mark but was surprised to hear the nal total.

“I never minded ying and going to California and Texas,” DeBruin said. “Some of the classiers didn’t like to y, so I have been doing those large herds for a long time.”

DeBruin scored cows in every state except Alabama, New Jersey, Alaska and Hawaii.

“One area I always loved going to was Lynden, Washington,” she said. “It was one of the prettiest places on earth, and there were so many fabulous cows there. Now most of the area is devoted to raspberry and blueberry farming.”

One of the most treacherous experiences was scoring cows in North Dakota during the Halloween blizzard of 1991. DeBruin said she has also scored cattle on several prison farms where she has been escorted by armed guards.

Having seen so many cows, DeBruin said she has many she has admired that she has a difcult time picking out a favorite.

“I put Snow-N Denises Dellia up for 95; she was such a tremendous cow,” DeBruin said. “My rst committee cow was Queen N-Rosa-Line G-V Tidy owned by Gil-Tex Holsteins in California.”

As for what the future holds, DeBruin said for the time being, her garden is holding her attention, and she will continue to serve as the superintendent of the International Post-Secondary Dairy Cattle Judging Contest at World Dairy Expo.

“I really love to garden, so I’m enjoying that right now,” DeBruin said. “But, my family gives me until about the end of June before I’m going stir crazy and looking for some type of part-time job.”

PHOTO COURTESY OF HOLSTEIN ASSOCIATION USA

Maureen DeBruin works on evalua�ng a cow during a 2021 classica�on staff training mee�ng in Iowa. DeBruin re�red a�er serving as a classier with the associa�on for 38 years.

Capturing colors, memories on canvas

Carlson brings her love of dairy to art

By Amy Kyllo amy.k@star-pub.com

PINE ISLAND, Minn. –

From the grass underfoot to a winning moment in the show ring to a portrait of a favorite cow, Danielle Carlson can tell a story with paint on canvas.

“I’m trying to get people to be able to see it and feel … the moment or the place,” Carlson said.

Carlson is an artist and member of the dairy community. She works part time as a relief herdsman at Sheeknoll Farms near Rochester while being a stay-at-home mom for her and her husband Dave’s toddler, Joey, at their home in Pine Island.

Carlson grew up on her family’s dairy farm and worked there until they sold their cows in 2019.

“Without a dairy farm, (art) is the only thing I have that’s uniquely me,” Carlson said.

Through her art, Carlson helps preserve memories for herself and others.

“It’s like you connect yourself to that moment and place again, even though it’s gone,” Carlson said.

Carlson draws on her ex-

perience for authentic details.

“When you’re painting a eld of grass, … in reality it’s not perfect,” she said. “There are weeds, there are thistles, there are spots where the cows peed and the grass grew twice as tall as it did elsewhere. … Because I know that, I’m able to … tell a story with a brush.”

Recently, Carlson was commissioned by Jeannette Sheehan for an original painting. The painting is based off of a photo by Axel Hartmann. The pastoral scene depicts a large shade tree with a herd of cows at rest underneath in the grass. Carlson has done this scene several times, but this time, Sheehan had an idea for a twist: Instead of placing random cows in the painting, she asked Carlson to add famous show cows.

Carlson’s endeavor to add the limelight to the pasture was not without challenges, including trying to gure out what one particular cow actually looked like.

“I saw on one cow sometimes the tters had spray painted over a white spot,” Carlson said. “In some pictures she had this little white spot on the shoulder, and then in some pictures, she didn’t.”

Sheehan will be donat-

ing the nished painting to be auctioned off at the National Holstein Convention in June during the annual women’s scholarship fundraiser.

Carlson’s work is char-

acterized by vibrant tones, whether the colors are standing alone big and bold or shining out of the shadows of a white hue on an animal’s coat.

“You see colors if you start

paying attention,” Carlson said. “You’ll look at the snow; there are purples and greens and blues and pinks and yel-

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Danielle Carlson holds a watercolor pain ng of Jersey cows May 18 at her home in Pine Island, Minnesota. Behind Carlson is the professionally tanned hide of her favorite show cow, Rockstar.

DAIRY CALENDAR

A Dairy and Ag Outlook Seminar: Understanding a changing industry is from 9:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. June 14 at the Ridgeway Community Center, 690 County St., Ridgeway, Iowa. This seminar is sponsored by Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, the University of Minnesota Extension and the University of Wisconsin Extension.

For more information, contact Jennifer Bentley or Allie McIntyre at the ISU Extension and Outreach Winneshiek County ofce at 563-382-2949 or jbentley@iastate.edu and alliemc@iastate.edu.

The Southeast Minnesota All Breeds Youth Dairy Show will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 17 at the Winona County Fairgrounds in St. Charles, Minnesota. In celebration of our 20th year, we will be auctioning off three handmade T-shirt quilts featuring T-shirts from past years at the beginning of the show. Come out to support our youth and see the best animals across all dairy breeds. The event is free to the public. For more information or to volunteer, contact Jeannette Sheehan at 507-251-8053 or check out our Facebook page, @ SE MN All-Breeds Youth Dairy Show, for information and show results.

The Precision Dairy Conference is June 20-21 in Bloomington, Minnesota. This in-person event will be a neutral space where many technologies come together to be discussed. Come and join us to learn from short talks and producer panels on how tech can help farmers improve environmental sustainability, labor management, animal health and welfare, and data integration for better decision making. For further information, visit precisiondairy.org.

Soil Health Academy: Transforming Your Dairy will be held June 20-22 in Cold Spring, Minnesota. Farmers will develop an understanding of regenerative agricultural principles and how they relate to their farm. Through a time- tested combination of hands-on and classroom programming, dairy farmers will learn how to apply the principles of regenerative agriculture to build soil, crop, forage, herd and nancial health to their farms. The event will be held at 25113 County Road 50, Cold Spring, Minnesota. Call 256-996-8742 or email info@soilhealthacademy.org for more information or visit https:// soilhealthacademy.org/schools/transforming-your-dairy.

The Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Dairy Team’s dairy webinar series continues from noon to 1 p.m. June 21. The webinar will focus on guidelines for selecting an ideal corn silage hybrid and be presented by Dr. Adam Krull, a dairy veterinarian and nutritionist.

For more information, contact the ISU Extension and Outreach dairy eld specialist in your area: in northwest Iowa, Fred M. Hall, 712-737-4230 or fredhall@iastate. edu; in northeast Iowa, Jennifer Bentley, 563-382-2949 or jbentley@iastate.edu; in east central Iowa, Larry Tranel, 563-583-6496 or tranel@iastate.edu.

The West Central Research and Outreach Center will be hosting an organic dairy and swine day from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. June 22 in Morris, Minnesota. Topics include substituting hybrid rye in a traditional corn-soy swine diet, organic hybrid rye production, feeding and grazing organic dairy cows, and pasture walks. Regis-

tration begins at 10:30 a.m. and lunch will be provided. The event is free of charge, but RSVP is requested. Participants can register by calling 320-589-1711 or emailing Brad Heins at hein0106@umn.edu.

The I-29 Moo University dairy webinar series continues from noon to 1 p.m. June 22 with a focus on milk pricing reform insights and other federal policy updates. The program will be presented by Luca Sjostrom and Karen Gefvert from Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative. There is no fee to participate in the webinar; however, preregistration is required at least one hour before the webinar. Preregister online at https://go.iastate.edu/ GXKBSQ. For more information, contact: in Iowa, Fred M. Hall, 712- 737-4230; in Minnesota, Jim Salfer, 320203-6093; or in South Dakota, Patricia Villamediana, 605-688-4116.

4-H and FFA are hosting Ag Academy: Passion to Career June 22-24, a three-day, two-night camp for youth in grades 7-11 at Ridgewater College in Willmar, Minnesota. Youth will explore careers in agricultural and natural resource systems while experiencing a college campus and touring local industries. College professors and industry leaders will provide hands-on learning experiences on animals, communications, agronomy and more.

The North American Manure Expo is the premier event in nutrient management research, innovation and solutions. This year, the expo returns Aug. 9-10 in Arlington, Wisconsin.

This two-day show features equipment from manufacturers and service providers across North America. The rst day focuses on industry tours and manure agitation demos. The second day features educational sessions and time and space to meet with vendors, chat with colleagues and view demos. New this year is our on-site, interactive safety and operations knowledge tour allowing attendees and industry experts to review and discuss key safety topics seen during transport or in-eld. Register at www.manureexpo.com.

lows. … Otherwise, if you just color it white and gray, it’s just going to look nasty. But, if you’d put all these reections in there, all of a sudden, it’s got life.”

One of Carlson’s most treasured paintings is of her favorite cow, Rockstar. Rockstar was born a week late, and Carlson said she was worried the lateness meant it would be a bull calf. She remembers being sad at the birth, thinking the large calf lying beside its mother was probably a bull calf. To her surprise, the calf was a heifer.

Rockstar excelled in the show ring and became dear to Carlson’s heart. Today, her living room features a large painted portrait of Rockstar on one wall and Rockstar’s custom-tanned hide on the other.

Carlson has a lifetime passion for art.

“When most kids quit scribbling things, I kept doing it,” she said.

Some of her paintings capture memories while most are simply beautiful animals such as horses, which she enjoys painting, or nature. She has also dabbled in customizing Breyer horses and doing taxidermy.

In college, Carlson, pursued a dairy science major and took art classes as electives. After college, she took a break from art for around a decade. Farming full time alongside her dad and grandpa on their 75-cow dairy consumed much of her energy.

“You don’t need an outlet for all of that creativity because you have to apply it when you (have to) gure out how to x things and make things work (on the farm),” she said.

When they sold their cows in 2019, she began to give time to art again besides working on other dairy farms.

Carlson uses watercolors when she needs her art to be portable. For most of her pieces, she uses a combination of acrylic and oil paints. She has developed a system of quickly making a background painting using fast-

drying acrylics. Then, she comes in with oil paint and uses her artistry to create the ne detail, rich colors, shadows and variation on top of the acrylic.

“With oils, you can change the tint on something and have it be so thin that you can just totally change the color without losing any of the shadows and everything that you’ve put on,” she said. “I could turn that cow purple in ve minutes if I wanted to.”

Carlson uses an image projector to help sketch the outline for many of her paintings or to replicate a piece she likes.

Currently, Carlson is interested in painting commissioned work. Her own walls are getting full, so she has slowed down the amount of painting she is doing. She charges a at rate by the square inch.

In the future, Carlson wants to simply keep making art. She has a special understanding of the transitory nature of physical ability. Her mom, who also enjoys art, has carpal tunnel syndrome and is unable to hold a pencil. Her brother was in a serious car accident and now cannot use his right hand.

“My only goal is to still be able to do it,” she said.

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Danielle Carlson works on a detail of an oil pain ng May 18 at her home in Pine Island, Minnesota. Carlson’s technique is to use oil paint over a quickly done, acrylic background pain ng.

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Danielle Carlson painted her favorite show cow, Rockstar. When her family sold their dairy farm in 2019, Carlson devoted more me to her art.

Biding their time

Michigan farm begins transition plan

By Abby Wiedmeyer abby.w@dairystar.com

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.

– Each day the team at E-D Farms works through chores using their 43-year-old trigon parlor, they know they are one step closer to an upgrade.

Andrew and Cassandra Eadie are in the planning stages of transitioning to become 50-50 partners with Andrew’s parents. They hope to begin building a new facility in three years to accommodate a robotic milking system.

For now, they are learning and growing while paying down debt.

“In the next ve years, we will be transitioned fully,” Cassandra Eadie said. “That’s the game plan.”

The team milks 525 cows near Grand Rapids. Eadie serves as the dairy facilitator while her husband manages the agronomy and eldwork. Her brother-in-law, Norman, is a full-time employee and handles the mechanical side of the business. Her father-inlaw helps full time, and her mother-in-law helps facilitate meetings among the team and assists with child care.

A crew of non-family

members is on staff to get milking and other daily chores done. This includes a full-time herdsman who does all the breeding and a full-time feeder.

Eadie said they work hard to provide an inclusive culture at the farm. It has paid off by maintaining a loyal relationship with their employees. Some employees have worked there as long as 22 years.

“Our core values are faith, family, farming, honesty and integrity,” Eadie said. “We just try to make it appropriate for everyone to t in and not feel left out or uncomfortable.”

Cows are milked in two 12-hour shifts. There are seven groups, and four of those groups get milked three times a day. The milking employees have helped design the schedule so they achieve the desired amount of work hours and the cows are able to reach their full potential.

The herd of Holsteins is averaging 90 pounds per day with a 4.5% butterfat and 3.6% protein test. The team has been working hard to achieve such results by making selective breeding decisions not only for quality milk but also for udder composition to prepare for a robotic transition.

“I’m still learning and growing,” Eadie said. “If you don’t, you can’t improve your herd.”

The trigon parlor is a set of 15 stanchions in a triangle. Cows enter from two corners

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and exit from the third. Eadie said it is not very efcient but has been held together and updated as much as possible with relevant milk machines to last as long as it has.

Cows are housed in

freestall barns bedded with sand from the farm’s own sand pit. When robots are added, they plan to expand to 600 cows and construct another

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Cassandra and Andrew Eadie take a break at their farm where they milk 525 cows in a trigon parlor near Grand Rapids, Michigan. The couple is working into a partnership with Andrew’s parents and expanding their farm to include a robo c milking system in the next ve years.

facility to accommodate the growing herd.

Heifers are housed off-site. Area concentrated animal feeding operation regulations prohibit more than 700 animals on one site, so the team is diligent about complying.

“With the price of labor, it’s either go bigger or stop milking,” Eadie said. “This parlor is not going to last forever.”

The farm has four locations: one for the milking setup and cows, one for feed, one for heifers and one for calves. They also raise approximately 240 head of Simmental-Angus-Holstein cattle for beef each year.

Eadie married into the operation and has been full time for two years. She has taken courses through their local nancial institution to educate herself on the business and human resource aspect of the farm. She is currently in a mentorship program through Greenstone Farm Credit. The program is 18 months long, and education comes from an older farmer who shares their experience with farm transition, business plans and personal growth. Upon

completion of the program, participants receive a percentage off of their rst beginning farm loan.

“I have an amazing Christian mentor, and I have learned a lot,” Eadie said.

Eadie also uses a separate farm coach to help with the transition process, and she said the extra knowledge has helped her better communicate with employees and the entire team to understand each other better.

The team is currently working on planting corn. They farm a total of 1,600 acres of corn, alfalfa, heifer hay, soybeans and wheat. All of their crops are used for feed. An additional 200 acres is rented to a squash farmer nearby, and her in-laws have a 17-acre blueberry patch with 11 varieties of berries as well.

With all the diversity in the operation, Eadie makes it a point to focus on the people involved in the work and promoting a healthy culture.

“We’re just a family-oriented farm,” Eadie said. “Employees come rst and then the cows; if you take care of your employees, they will take good care of your cows.”

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Cows are milked in a trigon parlor on E-D Farms near Grand Rapids, Michigan. The parlor, in which the Eadie family milks 525 cows, is in the shape of a triangle where cows enter on two corners and exit out of one corner.

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News and Dairy Views from across the region

USDA offers assistance to organic dairy producers

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announces assistance for dairy producers with the new Organic Dairy Marketing Assistance Program. OD-MAP is established to help mitigate market volatility, higher input and transportation costs, and unstable feed supply and prices that have created unique hardships in the organic dairy industry. Specically, under the ODMAP, USDA’s Farm Service Agency is making $104 million available to organic dairy operations to assist with projected marketing costs in 2023, calculated using their marketing costs in 2022.

FSA is providing nancial assistance for a producer’s projected marketing costs in 2023 based on their 2022 costs. ODMAP provides a one-time cost-share payment based on marketing costs on pounds of organic milk marketed in the 2022 calendar year.

ODMAP provides nancial assistance that will immediately support certied organic dairy operations during 2023 keeping organic dairy operations sustainable until markets return to more normal conditions.

FSA is accepting applications until July 24. To apply, producers should contact FSA at their local USDA Service Center. To complete the ODMAP application, producers must certify to pounds of 2022 milk production, show documentation of their organic certication, and submit a completed application form.

Organic dairy operations are required to provide their USDA certication of organic status conrming operation as an organic dairy in 2023 and 2022 along with the certication of 2022 milk production in hundredweight.

ODMAP complements other assistance available to dairy producers, including Dairy Margin Coverage and Supplemental DMC, with more than $300 million in benets paid for the 2023 program year to date. Learn more on the FSA dairy programs webpage.

Registration for Precision Dairy Conference is open

Registration is open for the 2023 Precision Dairy Conference, a boots-on-theground event where attendees can learn from dairy producer panelists on how tech has affected their bottom line. In addition, the conference features short talks from industry leaders and student researchers on precision dairy topics and a showcase of startup companies.

The event is June 20-21 at the Hyatt Regency in Bloomington, Minnesota. Join us to learn from short talks and producer panels on how tech can help farmers improve environmental sustainability, labor management, animal health and welfare, and data integration for better decision making.

Register at z.umn.edu/PDCreg for this unique learning and networking event on dairy technology. For more information, visit https://precisiondairy.org or contact Marcia Endres at miendres@umn.edu.

Interactive virtual farm website expands access to dairy sustainability topics

A new interactive carbon calculator tool can help dairy farmers see sustainability principles in action and improve farm management decisions related to climate change.

The carbon calculator expands on the existing virtual farm website – www. virtualfarm.psu.edu – developed by researchers in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences and Penn State Extension, in partnership with several universities, including the University of Wisconsin-Madison, an industry partner, the Dairy Innovation Center, and the creative services team at WPSU.

Website users can tour two virtual farms. One is a model of a 1,500-cow facility, while the other is a smaller-scale operation of 150 animals. Users can click on a particular aspect of the farms – such as pastures, housing, manure storage facilities, feed silos, milking facilities and more – and information related to that specic area will pop up, allowing for further exploration. Sustainability topics focus on milk production, herd and nutrient management, crops and soils, and greenhouse gases.

Another enhancement involves simplied fast facts about how dairy cows are managed on modern dairy farms. Topics include the cow life cycle, crop production, feed and energy on the farm, and manure management.

Mulhern to retire as NMPF president and CEO

NMPF President and CEO Jim Mulhern announced he will retire from his position at the end of this year, concluding a decade of service leading the organization and capping a 45-year career in U.S. agricultural and dairy policy.

Mulhern leaves NMPF in a commanding position, with the organization spearheading a once-a-generation update of federal milk marketing orders and advancing both a fairer economic and regulatory environment for dairy farmers and a more transparent marketplace for consumers amid the proliferation of plant-based dairy imposters. Through its partnerships with the U.S. Dairy Export Council and others, NMPF has supported policy changes to boost dairy exports, which are reaching records; and through its stewardship of the National Dairy FARM Program, it is enhancing dairy’s leadership agricultural sustainability and animal care.

Wisconsin State Fair volunteers

The Wisconsin State Fair Dairy Promotion Board is seeking volunteers for the Real Wisconsin Cheese Grill and for the interactive Dairy Lane at the 2023 Wisconsin State Fair, Aug. 3-13.

Seeking volunteers to serve grilled cheese with a smile at the Real Wisconsin Cheese Grill located in the Wisconsin Products Pavilion.

Dairy Lane features new displays using the latest technologies to educate people of all ages about the importance of the dairy industry in Wisconsin. Individuals who have a passion for talking with people about dairying and Wisconsin are encouraged to volunteer with Dairy Lane.

Sign up on our website, WSFDairyPromo.org. Click on the volunteer box on the home page. It will take you to an online form showing shift availability. Click on the desired shift and complete the questionnaire. Volunteers receive a free shirt, fair admission, grilled cheese sandwich and a shake. There are also some paid positions still available for Dairy Lane. For more information on the paid positions, email programassistant@wsfdairypromo.org.

National Dairy FARM Program opens nominations for annual FARM Excellence awards

The National Dairy Farmers Assuring Responsible Management Program Excellence Awards recognize farms and evaluators who demonstrate excellence in their engagement with the FARM Program. Awards are presented in four categories: Animal Care & Antibiotic Stewardship, Environmental Stewardship, Workforce Development and FARM Evaluator.

“We are so proud of the farms that participate in our program areas and our dedicated evaluators, and we believe it is important to publicly recognize the people that make the FARM Program so successful,” said Emily Yeiser Stepp, executive director of the FARM Program. “These awards are given to dairies and evaluators who exemplify on-farm social responsibility principles every day and each year I am blown away by the outpouring of support for the nominees from their peers.”

Farms or FARM evaluators can be nominated by fellow dairy farmers, members of their communities, extension, cooperative or processor staff, veterinarians, themselves or others. Nominations are open until 11:59 p.m. PDT Aug. 1 and should be submitted on the FARM website.

Nominated farms must have a current FARM Program evaluation in the respective category area and must be in good standing with the program. Evaluators who are nominated must be FARM Program certied in any of the program areas as of June 1. The awards are judged by a committee of FARM Farmer Advisory Council members and other subject matter experts.

Winners in each category will receive a hotel room and travel for two individuals to attend the Dairy Joint Annual Meeting Nov. 13-15 in Orlando, Florida, where the winners will be celebrated during a luncheon. Visit the FARM Excellence Awards page for more details.

When do you do chores and what chores do you do? I help with chores morning and night when there is no school. I milk cows, wash the parlor down, scrape with the skid loader and help feed calves. I feed and water the weaned calves every afternoon all year long. I also help drive grain cart and help wean pigs at my grandparents.

What is your favorite and least favorite chore? My favorite is feeding calves because they are cute little babies. My least favorite is bedding cows because it gets dusty.

Do you have a favorite animal on your farm? My beef heifer that I won through our FFA chapter. I named her Phoenix. She is red, and I like her because she is very docile.

What do you want to be when you grow up? I’m not sure, but I know it will be in the agriculture eld.

If you had your own farm, what would it look like? I would have a dairy farm. I would have robots because I like the work but not having to be in the barn every morning and night. Then I could harvest my own crops and do my own eldwork.

What is your favorite dairy treat? Chocolate mint ice cream.

What is your favorite thing to do on the farm during the summer? I like to show my friends around our farm because they don’t live on farms.

What is your favorite memory of working or playing on the farm? When we get to go outside and have water ghts when it’s really hot out.

The Zimmermann family – Tina (front, from le ) and Holly; (back, from le ) Joe, Daisy, Bethany, Lori and Mike – milk 110 cows on their farm near Sauk Centre, Minnesota. Mike and Lori are the rst genera on on their farm.

15 years old Sophomore

When do you do chores and what chores do you do? I do chores morning and night when there is no school. I milk cows and feed calves.

What is your favorite and least favorite chore? My favorite is feeding calves because I like them, and my least favorite is milking.

Do you have a favorite animal on your farm? The cats because we have a lot of them, and it is fun watching them play. I like animals a lot.

What do you want to be when you grow up? A zoologist because I like all kinds of animals, birds and everything.

If you had your own farm, what would it look like? I would have lots of animals in different barns and fences so they could be outside.

What is your favorite dairy treat? Cheese.

What is your favorite thing to do on the farm during the summer? I like to sit in my room where it’s cool and quiet between chores and stuff.

What is your favorite memory of working or playing on the farm? Showing heifers and winning new clippers and brushes years in a row at the dairy show.

11 years old Seventh grade

What do you want to be when you grow up? A famous singer because I like singing a lot. It is fun.

If you had your own farm, what would it look like? I would have a medium-sized barn with a couple of cows to milk and calves to feed. I would have a big chicken coop with a door and stool for me to sit inside and watch them eat.

What is your favorite dairy treat? DQ Blizzards.

What is your favorite thing to do on the farm during the summer? Going for fourwheeler rides.

When do you do chores and what chores do you do? Some mornings and some nights. I help mix milk replacer, set up calf pails and bring cows into the parlor. I help scrape and wash the parlor some.

What is your favorite and least favorite chore? My favorite is feeding bottle calves that are on milk replacer. My

least favorite is setting up calf pails because they are hungry and lick me. I don’t like that.

Do you have a favorite animal on your farm?

Sugar is my favorite. She is a cow. She is nice and lets me pet her. She is a Red and White Holstein.

What do you want to be when you grow up?

I don’t want to be anything. Just free and to have a horse.

If you had your own farm, what would it look like? It would have a huge pen for my horse and a pretty sign with the horse on it with a barn for him.

What is your favorite dairy treat? Cheese sticks.

What is your favorite thing to do on the farm during the summer? I like petting the baby calves and running through the sprinklers.

What is your favorite memory of working or playing on the farm? We get our own root beer after working for a really long time.

When do you do chores and what chores do you do? Morning and night when there is no school. I wash the parlor down after milking. I feed and water the cats.

What is your favorite and least favorite chore? My favorite is giving water. My least favorite is milking because some of the cows will kick a little, and the dip will splash on my face.

Do you have a favorite animal on your farm? The cats. They are soft and playful. They make me happy when I feel stressed.

What is your favorite memory of working or playing on the farm? When me, Holly and Tina were having a water ght. I ran around the corner of the shed and got Holly wet but made a U-turn and shoved Tina out so Holly thought Tina hit her with the water. Then, I soaked them both.

Joe Zimmermann 13 years old Freshman

Holly Zimmermann 8 years old Third grade

Bethany Zimmermann

Tina Zimmermann

When do you do chores and what chores do you do? I do chores when the other kids are gone. Sometimes I help at night. I bring cows in for Mom, and I wash the bulk tank as high as I can reach. I carry bottles for the baby calves.

What is your favorite and least favorite chore? My favorite is carrying the bottles. My least favorite is

feeding the calves because they follow me around and suck on me. I don’t like their teeth.

Do you have a favorite animal on your farm? Sylvie is my favorite cat. She keeps having kittens. Betty is my favorite cow. She is Red and White and really big.

What do you want to be when you grow up? A farmer.

If you had your own farm, what would it look like? It would have an electrical fence like Sam’s with pigs. It would be close to Grandma’s house.

What is your favorite dairy treat? Milk.

What is your favorite thing to do on the farm during the summer? Making sure the owers and the garden has water.

What is your favorite memory of working or playing on the farm? Playing outside in the sand pile and on the trampoline.

5 years old Kindergarten

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EARLY CONSIGNMENTS:

2012 JD 7200R MFWD, 4000hrs, pre def, second owner, front/rear pto, duals all the way around; 2022 NH Workmaster 75, only 73hrs, cab, loader, power shuttle, NICE; 2008 215 Magnum Case, MFWD, cab, PS trans, 7792hrs, NICE; Case Magnum 290;Case MX 200, 2wd, cab, powershift, 16k hrs; Case 2096 2wd, 8434hrs, cab; Case IH JX100U, MFWD, 24sp, power shuttle, 4876hrs, one owner; 2004 JD 8420, MFWD, cab, duals, powershift, 1000pto, 8100hrs - estate; Challenger 45 18’’ tracks, 15,125 hrs; NH T7-260, MFWD, 4 scv’s, diesel, 19,999hrs; 2000 NH TM165, MFWD, 8895hrs, cab, super steer, front weights, 4 scv’s, 18sp powershift, duals; JD 7920 MWFD, IVT, ILS front suspension; White 170, MFWD, diesel; 1992 6105 White, MFWD, cab, 12,884hrs; 2016 JD 6130M, MWFD, 24sp PQ, cab, 3 scv’s; JD 6320L MFWD, 8580hrs; JD 6300 MFWD, 5972hrs; 2015 JD 6125M MFWD, cab, 16sp power quad, 3scv’s, 3933hrs; JD 5250, 2wd, diesel, w/loader; JD 4850 MWFD, disel, 8581hrs, oatation tires, 15sp powershift, front fenders; JD 4640, 2wd, diesel, cab, ukn hrs.; JD 4520, 2wd, 2 svc’s, quick hitch; JD 4455 MFWD, cab, 6196hrs, 15sp powershift - estate; 2008 JD 5425, MFWD, no cab, sync, 2003hrs; 1987 JD 4450, MFWD, 15 shift trans, new tires, shows 6226hrs NICE; JD 4240, 2wd, cab, diesel, powershift, 8sp, diff lock, 6640hrs; 1983 JD 4250 MFWD, cab, 7430hrs, 15sp powershift - estate; JD 4230, 2wd, diesel, no cab, synch trans, 6754 hrs; 1970 JD 4020 2wd, w/148 loader, diesel-estate; 1970 JD 3020, no cab, 2wd, diesel, 5074hrs - estate; 1967 JD 3020, gas, syncho trans, 2785hrs; JD 2840, 2wd, diesel; JD 2510, diesel, 2wd - estate; JD 2550, 2wd, new tires, 9890hrs, good running machine; JD 2440 2wd, 2 sp shuttle, hi/ low trans, rear weights; 1992 Case IH, 5130, MFWD, diesel cab, 10,000hrs; Case 1030, scv, 3pt, diesel, 2wd, ukn hrs; MF 1155, 2wd, cab, diesel, quick attach; Ford 4600, MFWD, diesel, no cab, syncho; Ford 4000, loader, 1593 hrs; Ford 3000, 4757hrs, 2wd, diesel; IH 656, 2wd, gas; Case 580C, 2wd, diesel, shuttle shift, 4 sp, w/loader; Case 44494 Articulating Tractor; Massey Ferguson 255, gas, hi/lo trans, 3pt, reads 2279hrs; Massey Ferguson 165, das, 2wd, 3pt, hi/low trans, ukn hrs; Allis Chalmers 185, 3297hrs, diesel, on steel wheels; 1970 Allis Chalmers B, gas, syncho shift, no cab; 1964 Allis Chalmers D15 II;1952 Allis Chalmers CA synchro narrow front, one owner; 1950 Oliver 88, gas; 1947 Farm All M, not running, gas, Hestler 9sp; Allis Chalmers D15, parts tractor; 1931 McCormick 10-20, 22hp; 1930 McCormick Deering 1020, not running, project tractor; COMPACT TRACTORS:2022 Branson

2505H, MFWD, one owner; 2012 NH Boomer 25, 4wd, diesel 54’’ mower deck, 560hrs; NH Boomer 35, MFWD, bucket, hydr trans, diesel, 1260hrs; SKID LOADERS

2021 CAT 242 D3, cab, view camera, 2sp, 1746hrs, NICE; 2020 JCB 3TS-8T Tele skid, 3982hrs, 2 sp, no DEF, pilot controls, transferable warranty, diesel; 2020 JD

333G Skid Loader, 1300hrs, pilot controls, diesel, NICE!; 2019 NH L220, hand controls, cab, 2 sp, like new tires, 3500hrs NICE; 2019 JCB 3TS-8T, 3620hrs, 2sp, 17’’ tracks, no def, pilot controls; 2014 JD 320E cab, diesel, 370hrs, pilot controls, NICE!; 2010 JCB 190 Skid Loader, 2900hrs, pilot control, power quick attach, 1 owner; 2009 Bobcat T-190, track, 5857hrs; JD CT 322 Skid Loader, tracks; JD 317 Skidloader, 3000hrs, with fresh engine rebuilt; Case SR 210B Skidloader, 2250hrs, cab, pilot controls, 2sp, rear view cam; NH L565, cab, ukn. hrs; Gehl 3825, open station, single speed, 5’ bucket; Case 450 Skid Loader, diesel, pilot control, hrs. unk; Bobcat 642 B Skid loader, foot control,no cab, 2567hrs, needs engine work; Loegering Steel Tracks, off of JD 7775;

BOOMS/FORK LIFTS

1998 JLG H40 High Lift, diesel, 9’ basket, 40’ high; (2) White Fork Lift, propane, 3500# lift; JF 40 articulating loader, diesel, with bucket, forks angle blade, new battery installed; BORING DRILL:Case 200TX Boring Drill, 8’’ tracks, diesel; COMBINES

2002 JD 9650 Walker, 2wd, 6153hrs NICE!; JD 9500

Combine, rear chopper, ag leader 2000 monitor, 5287 hrs. diesel, 2wd; 1998 JD 9510, 4wd, 30.5 tires, chopper, contour master, 4600 engine hrs, 3900 sep hrs - estate; JD -30 Pull Combine; COMBINE HEADS:2008 JD

630Flex Bean Head; JD 643 Corn Head, manual deck plates, LL drives- estate; 1998 JD 925 Bean Head, off of 9510 combine, side hill drives-estate; 1998 JD 914 Pick Up Head, 14’; 1990 JD 915 Bean Head, off of 9510 combine, LL drives-estate; 2 Head Carts, 25’-estate; 20’ Header Cart-estate; JD 600 Pick Up Head, 10’ LL drives-estate; JD 643 Corn Head, 6 row, LL drives; TILLAGE

JD 714 Chisel Plow, 9 shank - estate; Great Plains

V5300 Deep Ripper, ex cond!; 512 Disc Ripper, 17’6’’

nice; Glenco Disk Ripper, 5 shank, nice!; Kent 24’ Soil Finisher; Kewanne Disc, 18’; JD 220 Bi-Fold Disk, 20’ scraper; JD Disc, 10’ - estate; JD Disc; JD 315 Disc, 15’; JD 210 Disc, tandem; IH 4500 Vibra Shank, 18’; Krause Field Cultivator, 6 row, 3pt, danish teeth; JD 400 Rotary Cultivator, 3pt, 20’; Horning Culitpacker, land roller, 28’-estate; Versatile 3pt Cultivator, 28’; Miller Cultivator; Allis Chalmers Cultivator, one owner; Allis Chalmers

Disk, 10’; Brillion Packer, 12’ ; Brillion 10’ Packer; KMN

TS 450, 3pt, rolling basket, 14’-estate; 24’ Cart Drag; 5’ Drag; Rock Rake, home made, pull behind; PLOWS: IH 710 5 bottom Plow; JD 1450 Plow, 6 bottom; IH 414 Trailer Plow, 4 bottom; Kverneland BB on land Plow, 6 bottom; IH Plow, 5 bottom; Allis Chalmers 3 bottom plow; Allis Chalmers CA pick up Plow, one owner; PLANTING

JD 7240 Planter, 9 row, bean meters, seed boxes, dry fert; JD 7240 Bean Planter, vacuum, 3bu boxes, spring down force - estate; JD 7200 12 row, liquid, vacuum,

1.6 boxes, row cleaners - estate; JD 7000 Planter, 6 row, dry fertilizer, 1.6 boxes - estate; JD 7200 Corn Planter, 30’’ no till, dry fert; Case IH 900 Corn Planter, 6 row, markers; JD 7000 Bean Planter, 7 row, markers, 1.6 boxes, pick up; JD Grain Drill, 10; Brillion PT 10 Seeder, 12’; Grande dry inoculant applicator; GRAIN DRILLS

Case IH 5100 Grain Drill, Soybean special, 12’; IH 5100 Drill, soybean special, 15’; JD 8250 Grain Drill, grass seed, 13’; JD 450 Grain Drill, grass seed, cultipacker rolling basket, 13’- estate; IH 5100 Grain Drill, grass seed, 12’ double disc; CHOPPERS

2011 NH 790, 7’ hay head, new knives, elec. start; NH FP230, 7’ hay head, elec. controls; Gehl 865 Chopper, 6’ hay head; JD 5820 Chopper, 4wd, diesel, processor, 8435hrs; NH FP240, 29P hay head, metal alert, new knives, shear bar 2022; NH 770 Chopper, w/hay head, new knives and cutter bar; NH 782 Chopper, 2 row corn head, no KP; Gehl 1075 Chopper, Horning Processor, hay head, metal alert; Gehl 1085 Chopper, 3 row corn head, metal alert; 1991 NH 38 Flail Chopper, 100 acres on it, one owner!; JD 15 Flail Chopper, hay lift; JD RCI 96A Hay Head, 9’; JD Hay Head, 7’ for pull type chopper; JD 3 Row Corn Head; NH 824 Corn Head, 2 row

HAY/FORAGE

MOWERS:NH 1945H Self Propelled Hay bine, 2100hrs, 14’ sickle, rubber rolls, gas; Kuhn GMD 700 GII Disc Mower, 9’; Tav River BDR 135 3pt Disc Mower; Case IH

DCX-161 Discbine, 16’ rubber rolls; Gehl Disc Cutter 2345, rubber rolls, rotary disc; JD 930 Moco, Haybine Impellor, hyd swing, 11’-estate; Owatonna 206 Hay Master Haybine; NH 499 Haybine, new cutter bars, rubber rolls; Gehl 1090 Haybine, 9’, rubber & steel rolls; JD Haybine, sickle, rubber rolls, 9’; MERGERS/TEDDERS/ RAKES:RA 6069 Dion Hay Merger; Gehl 2109 Merger, 9’ nice; 7916 Miller Pro Merger, single; NH 166 Merger, single pick up-estate; NH 166 Merger; 2015 NH H5410, low acres, one owner!; New Idea 4210 Tedder; NH 4 pod Tedder; H&S 8’ Hay Tedder; Pequea HT 4102 4 Basket Tedder 18’ 2’’ new hyd lift; H&S 7’ Tedder, nice!; Pequea HT 26x2 Basket Tedder 9’ new 2 pod; H&S 16 Wheel Rake, hyd fold, high capacity; H&S 12 Wheel Rake; Kuhn GA 7302 DL, 23’; M&W SR380, tandem, 9’; H&S 11 bar Rake; H&S 12 wheel Rake, hdy fold; Sitrex

12 Wheel Rake; Sitrex 8 Wheel Rake; Sitrex 4 Basket Tedder; Pequea 26x 2 basket Tedder -NEW; H&S AR

10 Action Rake, like new!; Miller Pro 1100 Rake, 11’; Minnesota Hay Rake, 16’; Kuhn Rotary Rake; Pequea HR939 Rotary Rake, new hyd. lift; Pequea HR1140 Rotary Rake, new hyd. lift; NH 258 9’ Rake; JD 22 Hay Crusher; Cummins Hay Crusher; BALERS:CIH LB333 2041 bales, one owner; 2016 Kuhn 2260 Round Baler, roto cut, hyd drop oor, 11k bales; NH BR740 Crop Cutter Round Baler, bale ramp, net wrap; NH 7060 Round Baler, crop cutter, 3554 bales; NH 648 Silage Special, net wrap and twine, bale command plus monitor, bale ramp; Gehl Round Baler, electric tie, twine, bale ramp, gather wheels; JD 510 Round Baler, twine, manual pick up; JD 510 Round Baler, manual pick up; JD 330 Round Baler, twine, 4x4 bale; M&W

1500 Round Baler, dual twine, less than 2000 bales, monitor, 1 owner; JD 336 Sm Sq Baler, kicker; NH 310 Sm Sq Baler, kicker, nice; NH Sm Sq Baler, kicker; NH Sm Sq Baler, twine, kicker; NH 269 Sm Sq Baler, kicker, twine, quick hitch; JD 327 Sq Baler, w/kicker; JD 328 Sq Baler, kicker, twine; IH McCormick 46 Sq Baler, twine; H&S Bale Thrower Rack; JD Kicker off of 336; BALE

WRAPPERS:2021 Anderson Hybrid X Tractor, square & round bales, 20hp motor; Pequea BW Pro Bale Wrapper, new demo unit, Honda 390 engine; Farm King 150 Bale Wrapper, 3pt, hyd. driven, NEW!; BALE

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MOVERS:Cattlemen HD 14 bale Bale Hauler, like new! Only used 1 time!; Notch Round Bale Mover, 8 bale; Swather Trailer, moveable baskets, rear wheels; Pioneer liquid applicator; CHOPPER BOXES:H&S Chopper Box, 7+4 19’, 14t gear; H&S Chopper Boxes, 20’ on 17t gear, nice!; H&S Chopper Box, 3 beaterestate; H&S Super 7+4side extensions; H&S Super 7+4, otation tires, EZ trail gear, 16’; H&S Chopper Box, 18’ good wood oor-estate; H&S 4+7 HD 18’; Miller Pro 5200 18’ Front unload, side extensions, tandem, 18t gear; Miller Pro 5200 18’ Front/Rear unload, on 15t gear; Miller Pro 5100, 16’ 3 beaters; Meyers Chopper Boxes; Gehl 970 Chopper Boxes, 16’; Gehl 980 Chopper Boxes; HAY WAGONS:Meyer Bale Racks, thrower; Meyer Hay Rack, 18’; 16’ Kicker Rack; 18’ Kicker Rack; H&S Kicker Wagon, 18’; H&S 9x18 Wagon, stel oor, wide tires; (3)Kicker Wagons; 9x13 Kicker Wagon; Forage King Bale Rack, all steel; Assorted Hay Rack Wagons; 9x20 Steel Wagon, on JD gear; Knowles 10t running gear; Meyer 9x18 on 8t Kory gear; Meyer 14t gear, trails good; Meyer 1304 running gear; 18 x 8.5 Flatbed, 12t tandem gear; Minnesota Kicker Wagons, 18’ 16’; Farm Made 9x16 Wagon, 7t gear; 953 JD Running Gear; BLOWERS: Massey 7515 Blower, high out put, one owner; Case IH 600 Blower, 540pro; Badger BN 2060 EX cond, used 4 times; NH 60 Blowers; NH 40 Blower; NH 28 Blower, Whirl-A-Feed; MF Blower; H&S FB860 Blower-estate; Kools KB 54 Blower-estate; NH Kuhl Blower-estate; Gehl 1540 Blower; IH 40 Silo Blower; Assorted Blower Pipes; F62B NH Blower-parts only; BEDDING CHOPPER: 2009 Kuhn Primor 2060, chops rounds and squares, silage bales, spreads 60’; GRAIN HANDLING

1969 International Grain Truck 345, 2wd, 350bu, gas; M&W Grain Cart 7500, tarp, light kit, 750bu; Kill Bros Gravity Box, 350bu, 8t Cory gear; Kill Bros Gravity Box, 350 on JD 740 gear; Kill Bros Gravity Box, 350bu, w/fertilizer auger; Parker 2600 Gravity Box, steel auger; DMI Gravity Wagon, 300bu, center dump; DMI Gravity Box, 450bu, side rails-estate; Bush-Nell Gravity Box, 200bu, on JD running gear; (3) Derco Gravity Boxes, center chain, 300bu -estate; Dakon Gravity Box, 350bu, fertilizer auger; Dakon Gravity Wagon 300bu; Kory Gravity Box, 285bu, high extensions-estate; J&M Gravity Boxes, 250bu, 8t H&S gear; Assorted Gravity Boxes; Ficklin 185 Gravity Box, 185bu; EZ Flow Gravity Box; Henke Roller Mill; (2)Neco

SIA Grain Cleaner, soybean cleaner, in take and trash auger-estate; GSI LP Grain Bin heater, like new; Farm Fan, Bin Burner dryer fan; 2020 West eld 10x73 Auger, swing hopper, hdy. lift; West eld W80-56 Grain Auger-estate; West eld 8x60 Grain Auger, swing out hopper; 16’ Grain Auger w/motor; 3)Fertilizer/Bean Augers - estate; Speed King Hay & Grain Elevator, 66’; Fertilizer/Soybean Auger, 14’ hyd drive; DMC 54’’ Grain Cleaner screens, elec 220; PICK UP HEADS JD Pick Up Head, off 6600 or 7720, nice!; Gehl TR 3038 Corn head; NH 2 row Corn head; Gehl Corn head, 3 row, rubber belts;

MANURE HANDLING

2016 Houle 6300gal Tanker, NICE!; Calumet S/R 3250gal, tandem-estate; Calumet 3250gal, good tires-estate; Badger Manure Spreader, 3200gal; Husky 3000 Tanker; 2017 Badger-Hoover 3000; Honey Wagon 2250 Manure Tank; Knight 8030 Dry Spreader, side slinger; 2016 H&S 3127 Spreader, 270bu, poly sides, end gate, NICE; Meyer 225 Spreader; NH 185 Spreader; NH 185 Spreader, end gate, tandem, poly oor; NH Box Spreader; Meyer Manure Spreader, tandem, end gate-estate; 2003 J-Star Manure Pump, 42’x6’’; Badger 185, hyd. lift-estate; Badger 184, w/extension pipe-estate; Wick Manure Pump; 120’ 6’’ Lay Flat Hose; SPRAYING/FERTILIZER

Case IH Patriot SPX3185 Self Propelled Sprayer, 90’ booms, poly 800 gal, diesel, foam markers, 3834hrs; Rogator 664 Self Propelled Sprayer, 65’ booms, 600 gal, foam markers; Top Aire T-550 Sprayer, 60’ boom, NICE!; Top Aire TA 800 Sprayer, 60’ boom, Raven controls, foamer; Top Aire 1100 Sprayer, 60’ boom; Dry Fertilizer Spreader, center conveyor, spinnersestate; Hardi Navigator 1000 Sprayer, 60’boom; Spray Coup Melroe 220, 60’ boom, 3150 hrs; 900gal. liquid Fertilizer Cart, w/gas pump-estate; WillMar 600 Fertilizer Spreader; Rawson Portable Nitrogen Cart, 900gal - estate; 80 gal Poly Fertilizer Tank, w/brackets; Blue Jet 13 knife Anhydrous Bar; TMR MIXERS

Knight 3125 TMR Mixer, scale; Kuhn Knight 4142, w/ scale, 4 auger; Patz 380 Mixer; NH 355 Feed Grinder, 9’ unload-estate; Farmhand F89 Grinder Blower w/ elevator; Farmhand Grinder/Blower w/elevator; Gehl

100 Grinder Mixer, elec. scale, hyd. augers; 1995 Holaras 1200 Feed Cart, 3pt; FEEDER WAGONS Reid Feeder Wagon, good cond!; Meyer 20’ Feeder Wagon, poly sides; Meyer 20’ Bunk Feeder; (2)Meyer Feeder Wagons, 20’ steel oor, NICE; 16’ Feeder Wagon; H&S Portable Feed Bin, nice-estate; Tuff Built Feed Bunks; Skid Feeder, 5x16 headlock feeder; VEHICLES

1981 Fiat Spyder Convertible-55,467 miles; 2013 GMC CR1500, gas, 4wd, runs & drives; 2008 F350 Lariat 4wd, gas, 234k, newer trans, 47,000k on new motor, 6’ box, leather, nice!; 2006 GMC Sierra 2500, 4wd, diesel, 398,390 miles; 2005 Dodge, 2500 Laramie, 4wd, leather; 2005 Chevy Silverado, 4wd, gas, 187K new trans w/25k; 2004 Dodge 2500, 5.9 Cummins, project truck, no trans, motor in box, buying as is; 2003 GMC Sierra 1500, 4wd, gas, 242,175 miles; 2003 Chevy Express Van, 214k, rebuilt trans @210K; 2002 Chevy 5500 Cube Van, diesel, 255,979 miles; 2001 Dodge Dakota, 4wd, ext cab,163,000 miles; 2000

Ford F350, 4wd, 7.3 diesel, new turbo, 258,521 miles;

SEMIS:2014 Peterbilt 388, 13sp Eaton, 3.25 gear ratio, sleeper, 48’’ at top, no def; 2004 Mack Granite (355hp) 10sp, 427motor, 712k miles, NICE!;

TRAILERS

2022 PJ Trailer, 20’ w/5’ ramp, pindle hitch, disk brakes, 12k axels, mega ramps; New 2021 Corn Pro Carhauler, 16’, 7k gvw; New 2021 Corn Pro 22’ 10k gvw; New 2022 Golden 16’ Deckover Dump Trailer, 14k gvw; New 2021 Corn Pro GN Flatbed, 20+5, 14k gvw; New 2021 Corn Pro GN Flatbed, 25+5, 20k gvw; 2021 Lamar 40’ Tri Axle, Flatbed Trailer, like new; 2013 SS Dura Line 20’ GN Cattle Trailer; 2008 PJ Flatbed Trailer, 36’ rear ramps; 2008 Friesen Welding Flatbed Trailer, 32’; 2006 Feather Lite 8200 aluminum Livestock Trailer, 34’ dividers, nice!; 2005 Dakota Cargo Trailer, 8x24; 28’ PJ Trailer, tandem; Diamond C GN Flatbed, 32’ ramps, hyd. brakes; H&S Cattle Trailer; Travel Long 16’ Cattle Trailer, tandem, steel; Hillsboro GN, 34’ Cattle Trailer, 2 dividers; 1991 East 45’ Trailer, alum, air ride; 1993 M&J Trailer, 16’; Jet Co Dump Wagon, hyd. 18’; Hyd. Dump Wagon; Dump Wagon, hyd. good shape; Stealth Liberty enclosed trailer, 22’ tandem axle; 6x10 Utility Trailer, 24’’ sides; 5x10 Trailer, single axle; 8x14 Heavy Duty Dump Wagon, 12t gear;

RECREATIONAL

CAMPERS:2009 Heartland Big County 2950 5th wheel, 38’ 2 slides, shower, toilet, power jack; ATVS: 2017 Polaris Sportsman 570 Big Boss 6x6 EFI, gas, 4wd, manual box; 2011 Honda Rancher 420 AT, 950hrs. 4wd, elec shift; JD Buck 4-wheeler, 500cc, 4wdestate; 2005 Yamaha 660, w/ramps, 2wd, gas; 1991 Polaris, runs good, owner upgraded; 1990 Polaris, runs good, owner upgraded; 18’ ATV/Snowmobile Trailer, brakes; BOATS:2003 Alumacraft Trophy 175 Boat, 2002 Yamaha 115hp motor, 24v trolling motor, hummin bird sh nder, nice; 1989 Forester Boat, 90hp; Aluminum boat & trailer, 12’; Forester Boat, 16’ w/trailer; 18’ Pontoon;

LAWN MOWERS

(6) ZT3000 Bobcat Zero Turn Lawn Mowers, 52-61’’ decks-BRAND NEW!!!; Dixon Zero Turn 60’’; Jacobson Mower; Yard Man 36’’ runs, drives, cuts good; Homemade Zero Turn Mower, 45’’deck, 14hp WI motor;

ATTACHMENTS

8’ Back Blade w/new cutting edge; JD Graiter 115

8’ blade, hyd-estate; MX 10’ Brush Cutter, hyd lift; Degel Man Push Blade, 16-46/57, 4 way, nice!; Red Devil Snow blower, 9945A 3pt, hyd spout & tilt-estate; JD M6 Brush Hog; 5’ Brush cutter, 540pto; Rhino Brush Cutter, 6’; Woods BB84 Brush Mower, extreme duty!; 6’ Snowblower;Sickle Mower, 3pt, 6’; McCormick 27v 7’ Sickle Mower; NH 450 Sickle Mower, 6’ 540pto; Assorted Pallet Forks;Bale Spears;Landpride 72’’ Mower, 3pt; 3pt Loader Forks; 3 pt Speedco Auger; 3 pt Post Hole Digger; Fork Lift Boom; Baltomatic spin spreader, 3pt; IH 3pt back blade; 3pt Seed Spreader; SKID LOADER ATTACHMENTS:Bellonmit Front Sweeper, 6’; Loftness 73AXH Timber Axe, skid loader attach, 73’’ cut; Woodchuck Sawdust Thrower; Grapple Forks, skid loader mount, 6’; JCT 72’’ Brush Cutter; Wolverine Brush Hog, 6’ like new; Wolverine Brush Hog, 5’; Skid loader buckets, 6’ & 7’; 72’’ Land Honor Power Rake, like new!; Berlon 66’’ Rock Bucket; 48’’ Pallet Forks; NEW TopCat Rock Rake Bucket; Rock Rake - New; Step thru frame pallet forks, quick attach; Hoover Pallet Forks; GENERAL FARM

Shop items from estate. Many general farm items not listed, see our website for general farm and misc. items selling!

Jacob Wiechman cuts hay June 5 on his farm near St. Rosa, Minnesota. The Wiechmans, who milk 80 cows, were planning on square baling the hay in this eld that day as long as weather permi ed.

USED HAY TOOLS Vermeer 605 Super J Baler, twine only, 1992 model, BAU1605G ........$2,500/obo

Case IH RS561 baler, Twine only, Low bales ....................................................Call

Vermeer 605N Cornstalk Special, 2017, Approx 7,663 bales, Very Good Condition ..............................................................................$45,000

2015 Vermeer 605N Cornstalk Special, 21,435 bales, new monitor, belts last year, real good cond .......................................................................Call

2017 Vermeer 605N Cornstalk Special approx. 28,201 bales, many parts replaced recently ........................................................................Call

2003 Vermeer 605XL baler, good condition ....................................................Call

2007 Vermeer 605M Baler, 14,782 bales .........................................................Call

2011 John Deere 568 baler, approx. 14,700 bales............................................Call

Used New Holland BR780 Baler .................................................................$6,500

Used Kubota BV5160 Silage Baler ...................................................................Call

‘22 Kubota 1024 Disc mower ...........................................................................Call

2014 Vermeer M6040 Disc Mower .............................................................$6,000

2013 Vermeer M6040 Disc Mower ...................................................................Call

Kuhn GA4220TH Rotary Rake ....................................................................$8,500

Krone Swatto 900 Rotary Rake ........................................................Coming Soon

USED FORAGE BOXES:

Badger 1055 forage boxes, tandem axle, FWU 1702G ............................PENDING

H&S 500 Forage box, good condition, 14 ft .....................................................Call

USED MANURE PUMPS

2015 Houle 6” 3pt super pump 9ft, 2 agitation nozzles, 2 available .....$9,250 ea.

Houle PTO 6” Super Pump, 2004, w/ 2 agitation nozzles, 12ft long, MPU1704.................................................................................................$8,500

Used Houle 60” cable scraper drive, good shape ........................................$3,000

8ft x 4” electric Houle Agi pump with twin 20HP motors, USED, MPU1501G$4,300

8ft x 4” electric Houle Agi pump with 30HP motor, USED, MPU1505G .......$4,000

10ft x 4” electric Houle Agi pump with twin 20HP motors, used, MPU1507G .......................................................................................$4,300

8ft x 4” electric Houle Agi pump with no motors set up for twin motors, USED, MPU1508G ......................................................................................$3,500

2) 8” manure loadstands .....................................................................$2,000 ea.

Used Houle Maxi Pump, Great condition .........................................................Call

USED MIXERS

Cloverdale 1300 Cu FtTwin screw vertical mixer..............................................Call

USED MANURE SPREADERS

Nuhn Magnum 6750 manure tank, Hydraulic drive, flow meter, VTI units$50,000/OBO

Houle 4800 Gallon manure tank, 4 disc rig toolbar, pump rebuilt ...................Call

Meyer’s M390 Manure spreader, Good Condition....................................$14,000

2018 Meyer’s VB560 vertical beater spreader with Scale system .....Coming Soon

MISC USED EQUIPMENT

3) Used RU600 Corn heads for Chopper, good condition ...........................$17,500 ea.

NEW & USED BARN EQUIPMENT

New 8ft. Patz barn cleaner chute for 16” gutter, PA16151, retails for $992 .......$800 Patz barn cleaner 12” tapered flights, never used, but weathered, not painted, $18.95 New......................................................................$12.25ea

New Schuur and Lely cow brushes- In stock ....................................................Call

Used squirrel cage style fan, 42” diameter, w/ 3 phase motor .........................Call

Used WIC model 300 grain cart, OTH1803G .....................................................Call

New 2 bath automated footbath assy, stainless baths & control, ½ priced-never used, DEN1402G .............................................................$7,000

Dayton Blower Fan, like new, 24.5” Wheel, 12000 CFM #3C010, $3,437 retail New ....................................................................................$2,500

Dayton Blower Fan, used 2 mos., #2C799, 18.25” whl, $1,982 retail new .$1,100

Used Dasilveira headlocks, 22 sections @ 10ft w/7 openings for young stock up to 600lbs, OTH1902 ..............................................................Call

ALEX CHRISTEN/DAIRY STAR

Livestock - FOR SALE

DAIRY GOAT DOES, out of Hostetler breeding; also breeding bucks available. Call 319-350-5819.

24-TFN-F

SPRINGING HFRS., B&W, R&W, Holstein, Linebacks and Normandies; also open Normandies, A2 tested, ready to breed soon. Call 920-4071987. 7-3-F

LARGE SELECTION

REGISTERED HOL-

STEIN BULLS from multi-gen EX, VG cows, 28,500 RHA. Call Olmar Farms 507-220-0730.

20-TFN-B

SERVICEABLE AGE

BREEDING BULLS, 40 yrs. AI breeding, Sauk Centre, MN. Call 320-7612526 or 320-293-5607.

6-TFN-F

(4) ORGANIC HFRS., between 400-600 lbs. Call 715-875-4438. 8-3-F

SPRINGERS/YOUNG COWS, barn is full, all DHIA tested, long lines of production records, top AI sires used, low SCC, Johnnes free, closed herd. Call Mark 320-247-9543 or Austin 320-345-0549. 8-1-F

REGISTERED CALVING EASE HOLSTEIN & ANGUS BULLS, various sizes, delivery avail. Call or text Brian 715-6139206. 2-TFN-F

REGISTERED HOLSTEIN HFRS. & COWS, 28,000 milk, 1200 fat, 920 protein, Norwood, MN. Call 612-202-7944. 3-6-F

TOP COWS from herd as they freshen, low SCC, high production. Call 608778-5770. 6-4-F

BROWN SWISS SPRINGING HEIFERS & COWS. Call 651-3809530. 7-TFN-F

REGISTERED, home-bred Holstein bulls, located 15 mi. north of Rochester, MN. Call Dave Alberts at 507269-3084 or 507-356-8625.

14-TFN-B

HEIFERS OF ALL AGES, baby calves to springers, central, MN. Call 320-333-5906.

19-TFN-F

(35) JERSEY DAIRY COWS, all lactation, hfrs. avail., retiring, NW, WI. Call 715-781-2446. 8-3-F

ROAN MILKING SHORTHORN COW, 4 yrs. old, due to calf October, $1,500. Call 701-490-2432. 6-TFN-F

(11) LARGE HOLSTEIN SPRINGER HFRS., (3) just fresh, would consider nancing. Call 320-630-9924. 8-1F

Your skills are

valued at

the auction. View online at midamericanauctioninc.com or phone (320)760-2979. Prior inspection welcome by appointment beginning Wednesday, June 14 & Thursday, June 15. Please phone Kennard at (320)630-8601. Thank you!

A

.I. A.I.

Genetics and reproduction are key performance indicators on farms; so, your expertise in herd reproduction and productivity as an A.I. Specialist is valuable to our producers.

DHI Laborator y Laboratory

Vast information impacting herd productivity can be revealed with a simple milk sample. As a DHI Specialist, you’ll advise customers on testing services and collect and process milk samples to support an efficient, healthy, and profitable cow herd.

Laboratory Technicians are valuable in CentralStar’s efforts to provide customers with all the information they need to make accurate management decisions.

You’ll work as a team in a state-of-the-art laboratory to carefully view and analyze milk samples for a variety of data points.

For details and to apply: www.mycentralstar.com.

Other CentralStar careers: consultants, sales, beef specialists, product specialists, communication, inventory, administration, research, and internships.

OUTSTANDING RAYMOND-CLARA CITY, MN AREA LIVE ONSITE WITH ONLINE BIDDING FARM RETIREMENT

THURS., JUNE 29, 2023 • 10 AM

AUCTION

SHARP LOW HOUR JOHN DEERE TRACTORS, COMBINE & HEADS

2014 JD 6140R MFWD, P QUAD, LH REVERSER, 34” RUBBER,

OWNER, EXC. UNIT; JD 3710 7 BOTTOM VARIABLE WIDTH PT ON LAND PLOW; 12 JD 1760 MAX EMERGE XP 12 R X 30 PLANTER, LIQUID, ROW CLEANERS, JD 350 MONITOR, ONE OWNER, HAS PLANTED LESS THAN 2000 ACRES; FRIESEN 2 BOX TITAN 2 SEED TENDER, POLY CUP AUGER; 09 HARDI MODEL 2200 - 600 GALLON SPRAYER, 60 FT. BOOMS; JD 12 R X 20 BEAN SPECIAL PLANTER, 7000 UNITS, 3 BU. BOXES; JD 2700 7 SHANK DISC RIPPER, 24 INC. SPACINGS; JD 12 R X 20 CROP CULTIVATOR; PLUS MORE GENRAL FARM EQUIPMENT & BINS

(2) EZ TRAIL 3400 GRAVITY BOXES ON EZ TRAIL HD GEARS, EXT. POLES, 22.5 RUBBER; JD # 200 7FT.

3 PT. DISC MOWER, ONE OWNER; 13 WOODS 8 FT. SNOW BLOWER; WESTFIELD 10 X 61 AND 8 X 51 SWING HOPPER AUGERS; 6 MOSTLY SIOUX GRAIN BINS FROM 3200 TO 15,000 BUSHEL, SIOUX

10,000 BUSEL DRYING BIN, UNLOADING AUGERS, SWEEPS AND BIN ACCESSORIES; FLAT RACKS, WAGONS, TANKS, LARGE AMOUNT OF GOOD TOOLS, SHOP EQUIPMENT AND MISC. ITEMS TRUCKS, ATV’S, GPS EQUIPMENT

86 GMC TWIN SCREW W/ 20 FT. STEEL BOX & HOIST, 27,452 MILES SHOWING; 75 FORD F 880 TWIN SCREW, 20 FT. STEEL BOX & HOIST, 72,501 MILES SHOWING; IH F 2010 TWIN SCREW, 16 FT. FLAT BED, (2) 1200 GALLON POLY TANKS, TRANSFER PUMP; BIG TEX 83 IN. X 16 FT. TANDEM FLAT BED, RAMPS; 2022 JD STARFIRE 6000 GLOBE, SF3, PRUCHASED

Mid-American Auction Co.

50+ YEARS

CARL & LAVONNE MEYER, OWNERS

Ph. 320-405-0218 • 3040 160th Ave. SE, Raymond, MN

MID-AMERICAN AUCTION CO. INC.

PH. 320-760-2979, KEVIN WINTER 320-760-1593

AL WESSEL LIC # 77-60

FRANK ROERING 320-290-8490, SCOTT TWARDOWSKI, JASON MUELLER

Our Summer Pre-Planting Consignment Auction will be held Online at www.WiemanBid2Buy.com. All items will be located at the Wieman Auction Facility – 44628 SD Highway 44, Marion, SD or from Marion, SD, 1-mile South and ½ mile West on Highway 44 on:

A Large Assortment of Tractors (3 – 4x4’s, 10+ MFD’s, 30+ 2 WD), 20+ Combines, Large Assortment of Corn Heads, Bean Heads, Dummy Heads, Head Transports, Grain Carts, Gravity Boxes, Augers, Planters, Tillage, Haying & Forage Equipment, Skid Loader Attachments, Trucks, Trailers, Fencing and more!

FOR FULL AUCTION AD, VISIT OUR WEBSITE: ** WWW.WIEMANAUCTION.COM **

AUCTIONEERS NOTE: This is another large and interesting auction of consignments by Area Farmers & Dealers. You are welcome to watch the auction on the big screen at the Wieman Auction Facility. We will have multiple representatives available to place bids for you! For more details/pictures, please call our office or visit us online at WiemanAuction.com. South Dakota sales tax will be charged. This ad is subject to additions and deletions. All consignments must have been approved by the Wiemans! We have excellent loading and unloading equipment. Financing and trucking are available. We are in our 74th year of selling. We offer honest and fair treatment to all because we appreciate your business! Bring a friend and come prepared to buy! If you are driving a good distance – please call to make sure the item is here. Welcome to the “Machinery Mall of South Dakota!” Our next consignment auction is July 26.

EVENINGS:

Kevin Wieman 605-660-1587

Nathan Timmermans 605-351-1273

Wieman 605-660-2135

Rich Wieman 605-660-0341

Ryan Wieman 605-366-3369

Livestock - FOR SALE

REG. HOLSTEIN BULLS, from three or more generations of EX 30,000 lbs. dams, Brookings, SD. Call 605-690-6393. TFN-F

HOLSTEIN BULLS, red or black, serviceable age, north of Rochester, MN, delivery avail. Call 507-7325930. 8-1-F

TOP QUALITY SPRINGER HFRS., due Jan., $1,900/obo. Call 320-2931432 or 320-260-2213. 20-TFN-F

REG. BROWN SWISS BULLS, all ages, exc. pedigrees; also Holstein bulls. Call 320-587-6384 or 320583-0336. 12-TFN-B

HOLSTEIN BULLS, springing hfrs., Freeport, MN area. Call 612-2707453. 23-TFN-F

REGISTERED HOL-

STEIN BULLS, polled, genomic tested, deep pedigreed high producing cow families. Call 507-8200452. 22-TFN-F

Livestock - WANTED

COMPLETE HERDS OF DAIRY CATTLE; also buying all classes of livestock, including cull cows, steers, hfrs. and calves. Call 715-216-1897. 7-TFN-B

WANTING TO BUY

SLOW & LAME CAT-

TLE, lump-jaws and bad eyes and all blemished cattle, $200-$600; also, good cull cows and bulls, $600$1,200. Call 612-860-8774 or 651-480-1900. 4-TFN-B

BUTCHER COWS, bulls, & fats; also thin, lame, lazy, & lump jaw. Call 320-8947175. 11-TFN-B

WE HAVE BUYERS for tiestall and freestall dairy herds of all qualities and quantities. Also herds for sale at all times, Call 715721-0079. 2-TFN-B

ALL CLASSES OF SPRINGER DAIRY COWS. No jockeys. Call 320-760-6050. 20-TFN-F

RED HOLSTEIN BULLS, serviceable age, north of Zumbrota, MN, delivery avail. Call 507259-7591. 8-1-F

BROWN SWISS BULLS, home raised, registered, genomic tested, A2A2 tested, delivery available. Call 563-419-2137 or visit www.hilltopacresfarmcalmaria.com 24-TFN-F

REG. HOLSTEIN BULLS, exc. type and production. Call Scott Rickeman 320-552-0284.

16-TFN-F

REGISTERED HOLSTEIN COWS, all stages of lactation, 26,000 RHA, 100,000 SCC. Call Sheeknoll Farms 507-2593477. 2-TFN-F

HOLSTEIN BULLS, red or black, closed herd, Johnes & Leukosis test negative, guaranteed breeders, delivery available. Call 507-920-5859. 7-TFN-B

GUERNSEY SPRINGERS, reg. Brown Swiss cows & breeding age registered bulls, Brown Swiss bulls, Guernsey w/high type & production. Call 563-590-5369. 11-TFN-F

SERVICEABLE AGE

HOLSTEIN BULLS, from great type and production families. Raised on outside lots, good vigor, Glencoe, MN. Call 320-864-6555.

2-TFN-F

SERVICEABLE AGE

BLACK & WHITE & RED & WHITE BULLS, sires Unstopabull, Genie, & Late Night-P, dams EX and VG, over 30,000 milk, 4% test. Call 320-583-6564.

10-TFN-F

REGISTERED HOLSTEIN BULLS, red or black, dams over 40,000 milk, 4.0 test, Analyst Renegrade, King, Doc. Call Greg 608-326-2668.

20-TFN-F

YEARLING PUREBRED

DAIRY FLECKVIEH BULLS, some A2A2 & genomic tested. Call 715-2202572. 9-TFN-F

MILKING SHORTHORN BULL, A2A2, polled & roan; IH 616 trailer-type moldboard plow; 16KW generator on whls., power takeoff, pto driven; Super H Farmall. Call 218385-3471. 6-TFN-F

DAIRY HFR. CALVES, 2-6 months old, 28K herd avg., Norwood, MN. Call 612-202-7944. 18-TFN-F

Hay, Straw, Feed & Bedding

FOR SALE

HIGH QUALITY FORAGES: corn silage (conventional and BMR), alfalfa haylage, fescue grass silage, Triticale silage and oatlage. Forages can be delivered and made into TMR. Call 920-371-7737.

22-20-B

OCIA CERTIFIED YELLOW CORN, 8.52 crude protein. Call 641-751-8382.

12-TFN-B

STRAW, NET WRAPPED ROUND BALES & BIG SQUARES, clean, dry, stored inside, delivery available. Call 320-8088336. 15-TFN-F

ALFALFA BALEAGE, 1st-4th crop, 175 RFQ. Call 715-896-1418. 3-TFN-F

KILN DRIED WOOD SHAVINGS for bedding, by the semi load. Call 608479-2039. 19-TFN-F

ERNMOREORGANICS. COM, certied organic alfalfa, wrapped in 8 layers of lm, 3x4x6 bales, RFQ 140280, Springeld, SD. Call ERNmore Organics 605286-3873 or 605-999-2010 or 605-251-1143.Ernmoreorganics.com. 16-TFN-B

DAIRY FEED QUALITY

ALFALFA, 1st-3rd crop cutting avail., 5x6 large rounds. Call 701-840-1856. 6-4-F

CERTIFIED ORGANIC

HAY, 1st cut rd., 2nd cut med. large sq., good quality mixed hay. Call 218-5874672. 22-TFN-F

This position will pick up milk from local dairy farms in Northwestern Minnesota and haul to local creameries. Applicants must have a valid Class A driver’s license with tanker endorsement. Paid hourly with overtime pay. Benefits on date of hire which include health, dental, life and vision insurance, health savings account, short-term and long-term disability, vacation pay, and 401k retirement with company match. Submit your resume to C2@firstdistrict.com.

Increase

TMR Feedcarts

Stationary TMR Mixers

Round Bale Unrollers

Free Brochures! 1.800.436.5623

AUTHORIZED DEALERS:

Hanson Silo Lake Lillian, MN 320-664-4171

Hartung Sales & Service Freeport, MN 320-836-2697

Melrose Imp. Melrose, MN 320-256-4253

Anibas Silo & Eq. Arkansaw, WI 715-285-5317

Brubacker Ag Equipment LLC Curtiss, WI Edgar, WI Bagley, WI 715-613-7308

MILLER N CO AUCTION UPDATES

Friday June 16, 2023 11 a.m. Allenton, WI

ESTATE OF RICHARD AMERLING

Selling for SANDRA AMERLING

Sale held onsite-6101 Hwy 28, Allenton, WI

Directions: 3 miles east of I-41 or west of Hwy 45, on Hwy 28, Driveway at the intersection of Rolling Drive & Hwy. 28

JD 4020 PS & small farm equipment line, 14 JD Snowmobiles & lawn mowers from the 70’s & 80’s. Lots of items found at an old estate auction. Bonus…2nd Estate Enclosed Trailer Load of good auction items, some primitives, & antiques. Check it all out at www.millernco.com

June 20th, 2023 10 a.m. @ W757 Kiel Rd., New Holstein, WI

Dave’s Equipment Annual Farm Equipment and more Auction

A large inventory already on site with a big selection of Hay & Forage featured, to join (10) small square balers, (8) pull-type forage choppers, all types of hay rakes, (2) real clean grain carts; A sweet IH 856 w/1256 motor; Kuhn VB3190 Round Baler; IH 4300 Roll-back truck; Lots of 3-pt., including plows from 1X -5X, QT Skidsteer Rotary Mowers & Clam Buckets; with much more of each. Other equip. includes a range of spreaders, a nice Henke 159 roller-blower mill, Various tillage and even more hay equipment.

Well over 100 pieces of equip. in and more coming daily. Call Dave today @ (920)948-0133 to consign & for best coverage. A selection of equipment will be offered simulcast live & online @ www.equipmentfacts.com

See full listing & watch for updates @ www.millernco.com

THE COLLINS COMBO is back for FRIDAY JUNE 23, 2023 11:00 a.m. Several nice partial lines from retired area dairymen & other nice Estate and Farm Additions

Starters…JD 9430 4x4 w/Grouser 14’ 6-way blade, 18/6 PS, HD Gudgeon Bearing., Power DL front & rear, Duals all around, Beacon, Weights, LED Lighting upgrade w/2 front Zion’s, 3pt., QR, and more --from an excellent home-watch for more details.

From the Past…JD 60, A, and MT Tractors; IH M & 350; Estate White 2-70 w/Loader Highline Bale Pro CFR 650 Self-loading big bale chopper; More Hay & Forage. A great enclosed trailer load of Dairy & Shop Related Equipment, all nice quality & usable items from retired dairyman that has sold the dairy. Special Estate Caribou Fleetwood RV-- A nice truck camper, cab over, slider, awning, limited lifetime use & stored. More Great Equipment Listings Next Week! Online simulcast live bidding at www.equipmentfacts.com Visit www.millernco.com for the latest updates & listings! Held at the Rockland Town Hall, 615 Milwaukee St., Collins, WI 54207 WE HOPE TO SEE YOU AUCTION DAY!

Specials on Butter &

throughout the

served by theMorrison County Dairy Princess

Monday, June

LITTLE ROCK, MN

320-584-5147

LASTRUP, MN 320-468-2543

Hay, Straw, Feed & Bedding - FOR SALE

WRAPPED ROUND BALES, Winona, MN, $70, discount for quantity, 4x5, tritical/IT rye. Call 612-751-5775. 8-1-VM

ALFALFA HAY & GRASS HAY, med. square or round bales, delivery available. Thief River Falls, MN. Call or text LeRoy Ose 218-689-6675.

10-TFN-B

DAIRY QUALITY ALFALFA, 4x5 round bales, $80 ea. Call 320-304-2311.

3-TFN-F

Services

SILO REMOVAL, take down & clean up, specializing in but not limited to silos in congested areas, mobile concrete crushing, fully insured. Call 507236-9446. 23-12-VM

CUSTOM CHOPPING, We are looking to add a few customers to our custom chopping business. We offer a newer JD 9800 chopper, 5 trucks, merger & blade tractor. We do travel. Call Ben with any questions 715-495-0481.

3-TFN-B

- WANTED

FARM BULK MILK COOLERS, all sizes. Call 319-330-2286. 10-24-P

2-3 DELAVAL MILK

Help Wanted

HERDSMAN FOR 1500 COW FAMILY DAIRY, Egan, SD, duties include: herd health, relief breeding/feeding, machinery operation/maintenance. Call 605-864-7998. 8-3-F

50-COW DAIRY LOOKING FOR KNOWLEDGEABLE PERSON for farm work; must know equipment and cows. Call 715-662-5053. 23-TFN-F

1900 COW DAIRY looking for bilingual parlor manager. Call 507-9515597. 8-TFN-F

SPRING TEETH for IHC C cultivator; wheel hub for IHC 56 corn planter, right side. Call 715-822-2678. 14-TFN-F

MULTIMAX HUTCH WANTED. Call 608-7232049. 1-TFN-F

PIERZ, MN

320-468-2168

BUCKMAN, MN

320-468-6433

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PUSH PAST BROKEN CHAINS

LID FOR KNIGHT 8132 SLINGER SPREADER. Call 507-459-5201. 19-TFN-F

MASTER AUTOMATIC TAKE-OFFS; Also Fleckvieh dairy hfrs of any size, Wadena, MN. Call 574527-4382. 7-2-F

STUD SERVICE FOR

FEMALE SAINT BERNARD. Call 320-5575514, no texts or messages. 23-TFN-F

GOLF CART OR SIDEBY-SIDE. Call 320-2504600, no texts or messages. 14-TFN-F

HP 144 Hydraulic-Push Manure Spreader

FAST UNLOADING & THOROUGH CLEANOUT

The KUHN Knight HP 144 ProPush® hydraulic-push manure spreader, with a heaped capacity of 365 ft³, is designed to haul and spread solid materials from dairies and feedlots, including gutter manure, yard scrapings, bedding pack and feedlot manure. The hydraulic push-type design means no apron chains, fewer moving parts and dependable service life.

Blue Hilltop, Inc.

800-821-7092

Box 116, Lake Wilson, MN 56151

www.bluehilltop.com

10’X10’ PORTABLE DRIVE OVER SCALE. Call 605-881-7247. 6-10-F

MEYER 4516 CHOPPER BOX, VG cond., on Meyer tandem running gear, asking $9,500/omo. Call 715-897-8940. 5-4-F

JD 3940 CHOPPER w/ HH & 2R CH, make offer; Miller Pro 4R cultivator w/28% liq. nitrogen attachment. Call 608-341-9588.

8-3-F

USED

CALF-TEL PENS. Call 320-995-6216.

16-TFN-F

JD 7000 6 OR 8 ROW PLANTER & 6620 or 7720 combine. Call 320760-6050. 22-TFN-F

Miscellaneous - FOR SALE

IH 786 TRACTOR, very clean, nice chores tractor. Call 320-310-2221. 5-4-F

CIH 183 12-ROW CULTIVATOR, $4,200. Call 320-249-8556. 8-1-F

GEHL 970 16’ BOX; Also, JD 337 baler w/ kicker. Call 763-477-2114.

8-1-F

CIH 900 6R PLANTER; Also, 17 ½’ 1020 head & 820 20’ head. Call 320905-6594. 8-1-F

THERMOSTORE

HEAT RECOVERY UNIT, #TS-11-120T. Call 612-202-7944, Norwood, MN. 8-3-F

NH 311 BALER with kicker; Also, Meyer baler throw rack. Call 320-4933394. 8-1-F

FORD 6610 SERIES II, 2WD, 72 hp, CAH, 4528 hrs., clean. Call 715-8234501. 8-1-F

CIH RB564 RD. BALER, twine & net, 1800 total bales; CIH 1830 6R cultivator, like new; 18.4-38 clamp-on duals. Call 815947-2266. 8-2-P

ITEMS SELL AT 11 AM. JOHN DEERE TRACTORS, COMBINE & HEADS, GPS EQUIPMENT 08 JD 9430 4WD, 42” RUBBER, DUALS, 18/2 PS., AUTO TRAC READY, 4 HYD., SHOWS 2838 HOURS; 02 JD 8120 MFWD, PS, AUTO STEER READY, 50 INCH REAR RUBBER, DUALS, SHOWS 3484 HOURS; 1990 JOHN DEERE 4555 2 WHL. DR. SG BODY, 3 HYD., QUAD, SHOWING 7065 HOURS; SHARP 2004 JD 9660 STS COMBINE, RWA, CONTOUR MASTER, JD-ATU, BROWN BOX, SHOWING 3131 ENGINE & 2090 SEPARATOR HOURS; JD 630-F FLEX HEAD, SINGLE POINT HOOK UP; JD 893 CH W/CONVERSION TO 8 R X 22 ROWS, OIL BATH, KNIFE ROLLS; JD STARFIRE 6000 GLOBE SF1 & SF3; JD 2600 DISPLAY, BASIC AND AUTO TRAC; JD STARFIRE 3000 GLOBE, JD BROWN BOX WITH KEY CARD, AUTO STEER READY TRUCKS, TRAILERS 05 IH 9200-I TWIN SCREW SEMI TRACTOR, DAY CAB, CUNNINS ISX, 10 SPEED, SHOWS 624,851 MI.; 85

IH S-1900 TWIN SCREW GRAIN TRUCK, FRONT AX AIR UP AND DOWN, ALLISON

AUTO., 22 FT. STEEL GRAIN BOX, HOIST, SHOWS 136,328 MI.; 96 TIMPTE SUPER HOPPER 40 FT. GRAIN TRAILER; 18 FT. TANDEM AXLE UTILITY TRAILER PLANTING AND TILLAGE 2011 JD DB 44 24 R X 22 INCH CORN PLANTER, CCS SEED DELIVERS, LIQUID, PRO-MAX PLATES, ONE OWNER, PLANTED APPROX. 8,000 ACRES; JD 980 44.5 FT.

DOUBLE FOLD FIELD CULTIVATOR; JD 2700 9 SHANK DISC RIPPER; JD # 200 45

FT. HYD. FOLD CRUMBLER;

Miscellaneous - FOR SALE

‘08 35 TON SEMI TRAILER, beaver tail & ramps, 51’ total length. Call 320-760-6942. 12-TFN-F

NH 38 FLAIL CHOPPER, bought new in ‘04, always shedded, exc. cond. Call 715-314-0977. 10-TFN-F

‘00 18’ MILLER PRO 5200 FORAGE BOX, F&R unload, 2’ ext., 18T running gear, never used, $28,000. Call 612-6855984. 6-3-F

PSI POWER WASHERS, Power Washers Hot/ Cold, Cabinet Parts Washers, Chemicals, Presoaks, Degreasers, Large Parts Inventory Shipped Same Day, On Site Service. Industrial, Commercial, Farm, Sales, Repair, and Rental. “The Guys That Work Great Under Pressure” 1-800-5551677. Serving you from 3 locations: West Central MN Region – Pennock, MN Location SW MN Region – Wilmont, MN Location NW IA Region –Harrisburg, SD Location & Wilmont, MN Location SE SD Region – Harrisburg, SD Location. 23-TFN-B

5,000 GAL. MUELLER TANK, 5 hp compressor, 2 wand washer, non-leaker. Call 701-220-7006. 5-10-F

JD 7000 8R30 PLANTER, Osage, MN. Call 218841-4248. 1-TFN-F

SILO DOORS, wood or steel doors shipped promptly to your farm, hardware available including S.S. fasteners. Call 800-222-5726, Landwood Sales LLC.

7-10-B

NH 1905 CHOPPER, 4WD, quick hitch, camera, LEDs, 6’ HH, processor, 3400 hrs. Call 715-2677288. 6-3-F

GEHL 980 SILAGE

BOX, immaculate shape; also couple of Badger tandem silage boxes. Call 605868-2902. 8-3-F

WEAVERLINE FEED

CARTS, new, rebuilt used, parts, service. Call Hobert Sales Inc., Cokato, MN 320-286-6284. 19-TFN-B

ALFA-DELAVAL LATE

MODEL BULK TANK, 1,250 gal., complete as new, MN. Call 480-3138460. 5-TFN-F

FREE TO GOOD FARM

FAMILY, purebred Border Collie, female, 2 yrs. old. Call 218-251-5180 or 218251-5181. 8-1-F

HAY RACK, platforms on side, 9x18’, $2,500; Kewanee elevator, 56’, pto lift. Call 320-247-2657.

7-TFN-F

H&S 3137 MANURE

SPDR.; Gehl 100 grinder mixer; DeLaval automatic takeoffs. Call 320-2484045. 8-2-F

(30) USED RUBBER

COW MATS. Call 563568-1177. 7-2-F

USED LEESON 5 HP MOTOR, works great. Call 320-845-4690. 8-2-F

KRAUSE LANDSMAN 7430 SOIL FINISHER. Wanted: irrigation system. Call 320-250-4600, no texts or messages. 3-TFNF

INLINE ANDERSON

HYBRID WRAPPER w/ extractor. Call 715-7738670. 5-4-F

MUELLER 4,000 GAL. TANK, Sentry III controller, (1) 5hp compressor, great shape, $20,000. Call 320-304-1668. 6-4-F

CALF STAR MILK

FEEDING SYSTEM, 120 gal. unit, mounts in side by side, have one new unit and one used unit. Call 605-881-4576. 6-10-F

JD 2700 PLOW, semi mounted. Call 320-5101055. 13-TFN-F

GREAT PYRENEES

PUPPIES, need new homes, ready to go, 5 left, awesome dogs w/kids and livestock. Call 218-2346597. 6-4-F

J&D BRISKET BOARD, 242’ of tube; 56 hangers, B.O. Call 507-766-4220. 6-5-F

TORO GROUNDSMAN DSL. CAB LAWN MOWER & SNOWBLOWER. Call 320-2504600. 13-TFN-F

AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERD PUPPIES, ready Jan. 22, red tri & red Merle, tails docked, dew claws, 1st round shots & wormer. Call Travis 507-259-5173. 22-TFN-F

WESTGO 2010 12R ROW CULTIVATOR, great for corn or beans, $900. Call 320-224-9891. 8-2-F

Miscellaneous - FOR SALE

NH BR770 ROUND BALER, crop cutter; Case 2188 combine, RWA. Call 218-841-8723. 24-TFN-F

KATOLIGHT BACKUP GENERATOR, model G3400, 55KW, 165 amps, LP gas, $5,000/obo. Call 262-305-7284. 8-1-F

(4) DEMCO 365 & 450 GRAVITY BOXES, (2) w/tarps, like new; tricycle feeder; big round bale wagon. Call 320-5576558. 18-TFN-F

KUHN GA7501 PLUS RAKE, like new, $27,500; ‘07 Houle EL48-5250 manure tanker, steerable, agitation; (4) new Galaxy 725/65x26 tires, $8,000; Houle 6”x10’ Super Pump w/agitation on trailer, $10,000; like new Houle 8”x30’ load stand on trailer, 2 yr. old tube $3,000; Houle 24’ 3 pt. agitator, good, $7,500. Call 608558-3020. 8-1-VM

PUREBRED AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERD PUPPIES, born 3/27/23. Text 608-386-2035 for pics and info. 6-4-F

IH 1586, mechanically sound, 540/1000 pto, rears 20%, air doesn’t work, $10,000. Call 608-4152401. 7-2-P

SMALLER SIZE GOLDEN DOODLES, dew clawed, wormed, vaccinated & vet checked, multi color, born May 6, Freeport, MN. Call 320248-7954. 7-2-F

AVAILABLE TO HAUL ALL AG COMMODITIES

• Wetcake • Grains • Lime • Fertilizer • Haylage

‘12 KELLY RYAN 12’ BAGGER, 300’ cables, 90 bags through it, $40,000/ obo. Call 507-829-8508.

7-12-F

GREAT PYRENEES

6 WEEK MALE PUPPIES, parents good guard/ family dogs, WI. Call 608617-1595. 8-1-F

CIH 30’ TIGERMATE

II FIELD CULTIVATOR w/rolling baskets and bolton shovels, nice clean machine. Call 320-980-1300.

6-3-F

(4) 3-PHASE 5HP BULK MILK TANK COMPRESSORS, reasonable. Call 480-313-8460.

9-TFN-F

BARN CLEANER CHAIN, 400’, brand new w/16” high rise paddles. Call 920-960-5452. 8-1-F

PATZ BARN CLEANER, $1,000. Call 563-5681177. 7-3-F

PAIR OF GOOD, USED 18.4-34 TRACTOR TIRES. Call 218-7385020. 8-1-F

NH FX28 SP CHOPPER, 6R, 10’ HH; 23’ manure application bar, 30” spacing, 4” swing pipe, ow meter. Call 320-293-5607. 4-TFN-F

VALMETAL (DION)

V59 FORAGE BLOWER, 540 pto, like new, used very little over 2 yrs., $10,500/obo. Call 715773-2888. 8-1-VM

500 GAL. CHEESE VAT, $15,000; various sizes SS kettles and cheese molds. Call Blaine 701-471-4011. 8-1-F

JD 4020 DSL., PS, solid tractor w/(2) remotes & turbo, $14,500/obo. Call 641-982-4266. 4-5-F

BRILLION 9 SHANK DISC CHISEL, $4,000. Call 320-491-0316. 8-1-F

HELP WANTED: Service Technician

Dairyland Supply in Sauk Centre has an opening in our service department. Some service experience is preferred but not required. We have highly qualified servicemen with the ability to train as needed. Duties include setting up new equipment, repairing equipment in shop or on the farm and installing equipment on the farm. Some welding, washing, moving, loading and unloading equipment with a forklift. Dairyland Supply has a modern facility with up to date equipment.

If interested in joining our team, please stop in at Dairyland Supply for an application or contact Gordon or Roxane at 320-352-3987.