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13-year-old Holstein wins Star of the Breed

Type, production, longevity make Subliminal the complete package

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LOMIRA, Wis. – At 97 points, over 310,000 pounds of lifetime milk and grand champion titles to her name, the 2021 Star of the Breed has it all. Blondin Goldwyn SubliminalETS EX97-4E is a household name with doting fans around the globe.

And at age 13, she is the oldest cow to ever win Star of the Breed.

Subliminal is owned by Budjon Farms Lomira and Peter and Lyn Vail of Englewood, Florida. The Canadian-born cow was bred by Ferme Blondin in St. Placide, Quebec, and purchased when she was 3 years old.

Subliminal resides at Budjon Farms where the Tom and Kelli Cull milk 60 cows and farm 500 acres.

“I was interested in Subliminal because she was a young cow with great potential,” Tom said. “During herd visits to Blondin, I saw other family members with great potential that had gone on to do great things and believed she could do the same.”

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Trevor Tuman leads Blondin Goldwyn Subliminal-ETS EX97-4E at World Dairy Expo in 2014 when she won supreme champion honors of the junior show. Subliminal is Holstein AssociaƟon USA’s 2021 Star of the Breed.

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Subliminal comes from the renowned Supra family which contains more than one 97-point cow.

She is the daughter of Blondin Red-Marker Sublime EX-93 and the granddaughter of Blondin James Supra-ET EX-90.

“The Supra family contains strong-pedigreed, high-prole cows,” Kelli said.

Excelling in type, production and longevity, Subliminal meets all the criteria for the Star of the Breed award and then some. Last year, she joined an elite group of cows when she scored EX-97 at the age of 12.

Also in 2021, she was rst-place 150,000-pound cow and grand champion at the Midwest Spring National show. That fall, at 18 months fresh and in her eighth lactation, Subliminal was second-place 150,000-pound cow at World Dairy Expo. And just when they thought the cow could do no more, she won Star of the Breed.

The Star of the Breed award was introduced in 2007 to annually recognize one registered Holstein cow that exemplies outstanding production combined with exceptional type. It is the highest honor a registered Holstein can receive. Subliminal will be recognized during Holstein Association USA’s 136th annual meeting at the National Holstein Convention in

Sioux Falls, South Dakota, this summer.

Well respected in the industry, Subliminal is a star of the show ring and a production powerhouse. Her lifetime production record looks like this: 310,707 pounds of milk, 12,360 pounds of butterfat and 9,869 pounds of protein. Her best record occurred at 11 years of age when she made 44,740 pounds of milk, 1,921 pounds of butterfat and 1,366 pounds of protein in 365 days.

This high-class Holstein who the Culls call “Sub” for short made her WDE debut as a junior 3-yearold with Budjon Farms and nished seventh in her class. Subliminal was named honorable mention all-American junior 3-year-old that year and reserve all-Canadian junior 3-yearold.

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As a young cow, she took a devastating fall, surviving an accident few animals would ever have the tenacity to come back from. Subliminal dislocated her right hip, so the Culls sent her to the University of Wisconsin-Madison Veterinary Care where surgery was performed to put her hip back in place. She stayed at the vet Turn to SUBLIMINAL | Page 5

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Subliminal is named grand champion of the Midwest Spring NaƟonal Holstein show in 2021. At age 13, she is the oldest cow to ever win Star of the Breed.

hospital for three months in a sling. When she returned home, she was housed in a sand pen built just for her, which is where she spent another nine months in hobbles. It took Subliminal a year to heal completely, but she made a miraculous recovery.

“I don’t know many cows that survive splitting their rear legs, but Subliminal healed perfectly and is mobile and trouble-free to this day,” Kelli said. “She is the true denition of a Cinderella story.”

Subliminal made an epic comeback on the tanbark trail the year after her accident when she received supreme champion honors of the junior show at WDE in 2014. She would proceed to rack up wins in the years that followed, being named junior all-American aged cow and honorable mention all-American aged cow in 2015 and all-Canadian mature cow in 2016. In 2017, she won the lifetime production class at WDE and all-American honors. She took the year off in 2018, and in 2019, she took third place in the 150,000-pound production cow class at WDE after being sick and hooked up to IVs all week.

“Sub is a cow that’s real aware of her surroundings,” Kelli said. “She knows when she’s hurt, sick or injured and stays calm. She knows how to take care of herself with our management and knows when to lay low. She’s a cool cow that doesn’t overdo it if she doesn’t need to.”

Kelli’s favorite memory of Subliminal is when she took grand champion at last year’s Midwest Spring National show.

“Seeing her tapped for grand champion, 12 months fresh, knowing this was probably her last show, was extremely emotional,” Kelli said. “I cried like a baby.”

The Culls thought that would be Subliminal’s last show, but Kelli said she looked so good they decided to show her at WDE too. Since then, Subliminal’s show halter has been hung up for good, and she has also retired from milking. However, she is not done producing offspring. Subliminal has 71 daughters with more calves to come. Her embryos have been sold worldwide, and the Culls continue to ush her.

“We continue to have national and international interest in Subliminal’s daughters and embryos,” Kelli said. “It is amazing how the cow resonates for so many people for so many different reasons – her longevity, show ring accolades and strong pedigree are certainly highlights of what make Subliminal the complete package with a rockstar status.”

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ROCKLAND, Wis. – Amish greenhouses are a popular shopping destination in western Wisconsin, but Eddie and Mattie Schrock have taken the destination experience and made it convenient.

Located only a half mile out of Rockland, the Schrocks built a greenhouse last fall as a way to supplement income for their growing family and goat herd.

“I am a carpenter by trade,” Eddie Schrock said.

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The animals are loose-housed on the farm and milked by hand twice a day in a 15-stall parlor.

Schrock grew up on a farm and wanted to give his kids the same lifestyle. With 11 acres, he did not think milking cows was a viable option.

“We have a smaller farm,” Schrock said. “So, we have a smaller animal. Plus, the price for goat milk is usually better.”

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Flower arrangements hang in Eddie and Maƫe Schrock’s greenhouse on their farm near Rockland, Wisconsin. The Schrocks put up a greenhouse and started growing owers and vegetables as a way to diversify income on their 90-goat dairy farm.

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Milking does are housed in loose housing and bedded with cornstalks at Eddie and Maƫe Schrock’s farm near Rockland, Wisconsin. The does are milked twice a day in a 15-stall parlor.

farm is shipped to Saputo Fluid Milk Co. There is a small hay eld on the property but not enough to use for pasture or enough to provide feed for 90 goats. The Schrocks purchase western hay and an 18% pellet feed to supplement the feed they buy from other local farms.

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“It’s a little tough to not get the milk check for those months,” Schrock said. “Some people will dry up half the herd at a time so they always have a check, but we do not have the facilities to do that.”

In the interim, Schrock does more work off the farm to earn income. He takes on more

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Flower arrangements are available for purchase at the Schrocks’ greenhouse near Rockland, Wisconsin. This Schrocks built the greenhouse last fall. impatiens, dahlia, calla lily and canna lily.

Vegetable plants are started from seeds and those varieties include tomato, cucumber, eggplant, green pepper, lettuce, cabbage and muskmelon. Vegetable seeds are available for purchase as well.

April 23 was opening day for Whistling Pines Greenhouse, and the family is happy with the business so far. They believe their location is an advantage with being close to town.

Back in the barn, nanny goats born on the farm are kept for replacements while billies are fed to approximately 40 pounds. Schrock generally sells the billies at the Easter sale in Fennimore.

This year, the group of billies were too small for the Easter sale so they are being fed to 65 pounds and will be sold privately.

Goats are bred with bucks that are purchased from other herds to keep fresh genetics coming into the herd.

Goats at the Schrock farm are producing around 6.5 pounds of milk per day, Schrock said. They produce less as

they get closer to drying off and in the warmer summer months.

“We enjoy it,” Schrock said.

“Sometimes it feels like a chore, but we like the goats.”

Daily chores are handled by the family members. When barns need to be cleaned, the Schrocks hire a local outt with a skid loader and a dump wagon to haul the manure.

The Schrocks are hoping to update their goat barn by building a hay mow in the next couple years. This will provide the Schrocks with a different place for hay storage and more room for the goats in the barn.

“We wanted to add on to the barn, and we also wanted a greenhouse,” Schrock said. “We thought we’d build the greenhouse rst to hopefully cash ow the update to the barn.”

Schrock said the variety of milking goats and running a greenhouse keeps him and his family busy.

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May Class III prices reach record high at $25.21

Happy June Dairy Month.

While it is indeed a happier one for dairy farmers looking at milk prices, the luster fades considering rising production costs.

The May Federal order Class III milk price was announced at $25.21 per hundredweight, up 79 cents from April, $6.25 above May 2021, and a new record high, besting $24.60 in Sept. 2014 by 61 cents. The 2022 average now stands at $22.67, up from $16.91 a year ago, $15.10 in 2020, and $15.05 in 2019.

Late Friday morning futures portend a June price at $24.34; July, $24.55; Aug., $24.45; Sept., $24.34; Oct., $24.17; Nov., $23.83; and Dec. at $23.25 per cwt.

The May Class IV price is $24.99, down 32 cents from April, but $8.83 above a year ago. The vemonth average is at $24.44, up from $14.54 a year ago, $13.96 in 2020, and $15.81 in 2019.

The April All Milk Price also set another record high. The USDA’s latest Ag Prices report has the April milk feed price ratio at 2.00, down from 2.06 in March, but compares to 1.75 in Apr. 2021.

The index is based on the current milk price in relationship to feed prices for a ration consisting of 51% corn, 8% soybeans and 41% alfalfa hay. In other words, one pound of milk would only purchase 2.0 pounds of dairy feed of that blend.

The All Milk Price averaged a record high $27.10 per cwt., up $1.20 from March, eighth consecutive increase, and was $8.80 above Apr. 2021.

Speaking in the June 6 Dairy Radio Now broadcast, dairy economist Bill Brooks, of Stoneheart Consulting in Dearborn, Missouri, said the increase in the All Milk Price was enough to offset all three input commodities, as the income over feed calculation increased for the seventh time in the past eight months.

He reported the April income over feed cost moved above $13.50 for the rst time since Nov. 2014 and was above $8 per cwt. for the seventh month running.

“Dairy producer protability for 2021, in the form of milk income over feed costs, was $7.87 per cwt.,” according to Brooks. “The protability was $2.37 below 2020 and $1.79 lower than the 2016-20 average.

In 2021, the decrease in milk income over feed costs was a result of the milk price increasing less than feed prices rose, he said, and income over feed was close to the level needed to maintain or grow milk production.”

April’s national average corn price jumped to $7.08 per bushel, up 52 cents from March, after jumping 46 cents the previous month, and was $1.77 per

bushel above Apr. 2021.

Soybeans averaged $15.80 per bushel, up 40 cents from March and $1.90 per bushel above Apr. 2021.

Alfalfa hay shot up to a record high average of $243 per ton, up $22 from March, highest since May 2014, and a budget busting $58 per ton above a year ago.

Looking at the cow side of the ledger; the April cull price for beef and dairy combined averaged $88.10 per cwt., up $3.40 from March, $17.00 above Apr. 2021, and $16.50 above the 2011 base average.

Brooks predicts 2023 milk income over feed costs, using May 31 CME settling futures prices for milk, corn, and soybeans plus the Stoneheart forecast for alfalfa hay, are expected to be $9.74 per cwt., a loss of $3.45 per cwt. versus the 2022 estimate. 2023 income over feed would be above the level needed to maintain or grow milk production,” according to Brooks.

The rise in corn and bean prices has slowed, he admitted, but “A lot of what’s going on in the marketplace right now is not fundamental.” Delayed plantings and other factors prompt fears of $10 corn and beans approaching $20, he said, and those conditions, plus what’s happening in Ukraine, could bring that about.

This week’s Crop Progress report shows 86% of U.S. corn is planted, as of the week ending May 29, up from 72% the previous week, 8% behind a year ago, but only 1% behind the most recent ve year average. The report shows 61% emerged, down from 79% a year ago, and 7% behind the ve year average.

Soybean planting was at 66%, up from 50% the previous week, but 17% behind a year ago, and 1% behind the ve year average. The report adds that 39% have emerged, 20% behind a year ago, and 4% behind the ve year average.

Dairy margins improved over the second half of May, particularly in deferred production periods, as a combination of higher milk prices and lower feed costs increased forward protability, according to the latest Margin Watch (MW) from Chicago-based Commodity and Ingredient Hedging LLC. “Milk futures prices were supported by both the monthly Milk Production and Cold Storage reports,” according to the MW. The MW stated that “Most of the 24 major dairy states reported lower milk production in April, compared to last year, as high feed costs, scarce heifers and regional supply management programs discouraged expansion and complement a trend of declining global milk output.”

“Strong spring holiday sales and increased ex-

ports likely drew down butter inventories, according to Dairy Market News, with cream supplies tight in northeastern states in April,” the MW stated. While cheese stocks were record high in April, like butter, the monthly build in cheese from March to April was only half the most recent ve-year average,” the MW concluded.

Thankfully, dairy product disappearance remains strong although we wonder how long that will last, considering the rising prices. The May 27 Dairy and Food Market Analyst stated; “Average retail dairy prices are currently up a whopping 19%, according to scanner data rm IRI’s Ination Tracker. This is a serious acceleration. Compare to early March when retail dairy prices were up an average of 10%. The increase in dairy prices is outpacing the rest of grocery with all prices up just 11%,”according to the Analyst.

The Analyst adds that “USDA again raised its estimated ination predictions for food from 5%-6% to 6.5% -7.5%, according to the May Food Price Outlook. The year-on-year increase in food costs is at the highest level in more than 40 years. Average prices of food-at-home are up 11% YoY while prices of food away from home were only up 7.2%.”

The good news is that Foodservice sales appear to be holding up. Data from tech rm OpenTable showed sales were up 4.9% versus 2019 levels during the last week, according to the Analyst.

March U.S. total cheese disappearance topped that of a year ago for the sixth consecutive month, driven by higher performance in both domestic and export categories, according to Chicago-based HighGround Dairy.

Butter disappearance was below a year ago however for the second consecutive month, negatively impacted by weaker domestic disappearance, according to HGD, even as export shipments persisted at multi-year highs.

Dairy prices started June Dairy Month divided but StoneX Dairy Group stated in its May 31 Early Morning Update; “There are valid concerns over a lack of fresh milk as we move into summer and Class IV milk strength.”

The Cheddar blocks, after dropping a dime the previous week, fell to $2.2475 per pound Tuesday following the Memorial Day-holiday, but closed Friday at $2.27, down just a penny on the week, but 77 cents above a year ago, as traders anticipated Friday afternoon’s April Dairy Products report and Tuesday’s GDT. The barrels nished the week 5 cents lower at $2.2450, lowest since Mar. 31, 63 cents above a year ago and a more typical 2.50 cents below the blocks.

Sales totaled 5 cars of block on the week and 34 for the month of May, up 1 from April. Barrels totaled 15 for the week and 61 for the month, down from 75 in April.

Cheese production is steady despite continuing staff shortages, says Dairy Market News. Most milk prices were at discounts from $1.50 or more at midweek. Cheddar producers say inventories, in some cases, are building a little more quickly than earlier in the year. Curd and process cheesemakers are trying to keep up with demand, and or shifting production to meet strengthening and seasonal demands. Market tones continue to wobble, says DMN. International cheese demand is strong in the West, as purchasing continues for export to Asia in rst quarter. Domestic demand is steady from both retail and food service. Port congestion and truck driver shortages continue to cause delays. Cheese makers are running busy schedules as milk is ample. Some Turn to MIELKE | Page 9

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Sales totaled 27 for the week and 116 for May, up from 57 in April.

Butter churning remains active, as more cream owed into Class IV channels due to the holiday. Plant managers are more commonly reporting short staffing and, depending on the plant, total output declines based on limited plant hands have been estimated as high as 15 to 20%. Butter demand is seasonally quiet but market tones remain quite rm. Fall demand expectations, along with limited supply forecasts, have created a “bullish stirring of the market pot,” says DMN. Strong demand for cream is present in the West, as contacts reported steady to higher interest following the holiday weekend. Ice cream makers are pulling heavily on cream supplies. Churns are active, though labor shortages continue to prevent some from running full schedules. Food service butter demand is steady to lower, as some restaurateurs are reducing hours due to labor shortages. Retail demand is unchanged, though high prices continue to affect consumer buying.

Grade A nonfat dry milk got to $1.87 per pound Thursday, highest since Mar. 24, but closed Friday at $1.8625, up 0.25 cents on the week and 60.25 above a year ago. There were 10 sales on the week and 57 for the month, up 2 from April.

Dry whey climbed to a Friday nish at 55.75 cents per pound, up 3.50 cents on the week but 4.50 cents below a year ago. Sales totaled 2 for the week and 47 for the month of May, up from 33 in April.

Global prices may be adding support to CME prices. The May 27 Dairy and Food Market Analyst says “International prices are rising again, helped by constrained European milk production and betterthan-expected demand out of China.”

Uncertainty about the U.S. milk supply is also contributing strength to the CME, according to the Daily Dairy Report’s Sarina Sharp. Writing in the May 27 Milk Producers Council newsletter, Sharp states; “The mercury is rising in the Southwest and the cows in Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona are suffering triple digit temperatures. But in the rest of the nation, the weather is pleasant, and milk is owing.”

She adds that the spring ush has not overwhelmed and “Cheesemakers in the Midwest are able to buy quite a bit of spot milk at around $2 below Class III, but in some areas, they’re paying as much as 75 cents over the market, unusual to see premiums at this time of year and raising concern about milk supplies. If driers and cheese vats aren’t full to the brim amid mild May temperatures, how much will output slow in the July and August heat?” she asks.

In other news; the Global Dairy Trade Auction Events Oversight Board has approved the hosting of weekly auctions instead of the current bi-monthly events and will be branded “GDT Pulse.” No start date was given by the GDT. Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) member cooperatives accepted three offers of export assis-

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tance this week that helped capture sales of 185,000 pounds of American-type cheese. The product is going to customers in Asia and Central America and will be delivered through August.

CWT’s year-to-date exports total 45.8 million pounds of American-type cheeses, 95,000 pounds of butter (82% milkfat), 28.5 million pounds of whole milk powder, and 4.4 million pounds of cream cheese.

The products are going to 18 countries and are the equivalent of 667 billion pounds of milk on a milkfat basis.

In politics, Green Bay-based American Dairy Coalition called on Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack in a letter “seeking answers, dairy farmer representation, working group formation, and action on a national federal milk pricing hearing,” and addressed industry discussion of make allowance adjustments.

“Farmers experience the same areas of input cost increases as processors,” the ADC board stated. “We believe any move to increase make allowance cred-

its for processors should be linked to achieving adequate, transparent milk pricing for farmers. The linkage helps ensure farmer representation.”

An ADC press release stated that, during a Wisconsin dairy farm visit in December 2021, the Secretary said the dairy industry must reach a consensus before USDA will consider a national hearing on federal milk pricing changes.

“We ask you to provide us with the specic requirements that will meet your expectations,” the ADC letter requests, noting there is an industry-wide consensus that the Class I milk pricing change made in the 2018 Farm Bill needs amending, though there are differences in how this should be accomplished.

“This change was made legislatively without a vetted hearing process,” the ADC charged. “Our voice was pre-empted in the last Farm Bill and our dairy farmer members paid the price. We do not want to see this happen again.”

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CME Group dairy futures have been performing quite well with deferred 2023 months seeing the best gains.

Both Class III and Class IV futures have pushed into life of contract high territory once again with some contract months making new all-time highs.

U.S. dairy product demand is being reported as constrained in the domestic retail market with export trends remaining active. The international landscape of milk supply and demand has a lot of complexities at the moment. Supply is perceived as tight if demand functions near normal across the globe. The cost to produce milk is keeping milk prices supported to encourage production at levels needed to meet international demand, but these higher prices are starting to negatively impact demand.

As the market attempts to get this balancing act adjusted properly look for increasing price volatility.

It appears that the block and barrel cheese market are consolidating in the $2.15-2.45 price range. What this says is that as long as buyers feel they are able to attain their cheese volume purchases, $2.45 cheese is all the higher they want to bid prices up. To break through the $2.45 barrier, fear of increasing cheese shortages will be needed. Using current whey prices, these cheese prices

reflect a Class III value of $22.40-24.96. Front month dairy futures have been tracking cash markets pretty closely.

The highlight of the dairy complex has been the butter and powder markets. Butter prices are fast approaching $3.00 with nonfat dry milk trading in the mid $1.80’s.

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T hank you, farmers

Editor’s note: The following are thank you letters and pictures submitted from elementaryaged students expressing their gratitude for dairy farmers as we celebrate June Dairy Month.

Dear dairy farm, I appreciate that dairy farmers make the best food in the world. My favorites are cheese, ice cream, yogert, butter.

These foods make all foods better. P.S. butter is one letter different than better because butter makes everything taste better.

From, Hadley

Dear dairy farmers, I appreciate your hard work so we can have our cheese, eggs and milk. If it weren’t for you farmers’ cheese for cheese curds they would be just breading. If it weren’t for cows and farmers to milk cows, there wouldn’t be milk for ice cream and if there weren’t milk for ice cream what would make taste buds happy?

Thank you for your hard work, Everlyn

I appreciate all the work you do, as in take care of animals and clean their pens.

I love the milk, meat, ice cream and wipped cream.

I also like the smell of manure.

F r o m Lincoln

Dear dariy farmers, I appreciate all of the hard work you do for our state. Some of my favorite dariy foods are ice cream, milk and cheese.

Also I think it is SO C O O L how you take care of all different kinds of animals. Me and my family enjoy lot’s of dairy food’s like ice cream, cheese, milk, yogurt, cottage cheese and whipped cream and thank you again for being so great!

Sincerley, Olivia

Dear all our dairy farmers, I appreciate all the hard work you do for us. I love the cheese mostly my favorite is colby jack but all is good. Me and my family ussaly make cake with whipped cream thank you! We also eat ice cream on hot summer days. Me and my friend’s and family love you guys.

Sincerly, Khloe

Dear Dairy Farmers, Thank you for waking up in the morning really early all the dairy foods are my favorite, especially the ice cream!

From, Oliviah Dear Dairy Farmers, Thank you so much for working so hard to keep cows happy and healthy.

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A day in the life of the Kohls family Do-n-Joy Genetics hosts breakfast amid chores, hay June 3

By Grace Jeurissen grace.j@star-pub.com

ARLINGTON, Minn. – The smell of fresh pine shavings and pancakes lled the crisp morning air at Do-nJoy Genetics in Arlington. While a few employees pushed through milking the Kohlses’ herd, the other farm site was winding up for a busy community breakfast.

Tony Kohls and his brother and business partner, Jeff, milk 310 cows and hosted Arlington’s Breakfast on the Farm June 3.

Jeff took advantage of the prime weather that morning and made hay from dawn to dusk. He missed the activities of the breakfast, which left his brother to man the farm and navigate the day.

Jeff runs a trucking business on top of doing eldwork and helping with a variety of other chores around the farm.

Kohls started the day by feeding cows at 5 a.m. while their employees milked cows in the double-5 herringbone parlor.

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“I mix four batches in the summer versus the three in winter just to keep the feed fresher and to keep the cows eating,” Kohls said.

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Tony and Katherine Kohl and their children – (from le�) Brooklyn, Bryce and Blakely – host Arlington’s breakfast on the farm event June 3 at their dairy near Arlington, Minnesota. The Kohls along with Tony’s brother Jeff (not pictured) milk 310 cows on their main farm site a few miles from where the breakfast took place.

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Nicolas Hernandez Wauizo prepares a cow for milking on the Kohls family’s farm June 3 near Arlington, Minnesota. The cows are milked in a double-5 herringbone parlor.

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Guests grab a plate while aƩending the Arlington Breakfast of the Farm June 3 at the Kohls family’s farm near Arlington, Minnesota. The menu for the morning was pancakes, French toast, sausage, scrambled, eggs, cookies, ice cream and beverages. working relationships with over the last 23 years. Hay is harvested by the Kohlses.

“It works for us,” Kohls said. “We don’t need the extra corn harvesting equipment and can focus more of our time on maintaining the cattle and putting up quality hay.”

Kohls and his family work with the genetics side of the farm and have exhibited at World Dairy Expo among other shows.

From the farm, Kohls headed to the show barn to set up for the guests that would soon arrive for the breakfast, which was scheduled to start at 6:30 a.m.

While Kohls helped at the breakfast, his crew at the farm continued to milk the herd, bed stalls with sawdust, watch over the dry cows and feed the calves.

They were able to take a few minutes toward the end of the breakfast to visit the other farm and grab a bite to eat.

“We try to keep a simple routine; it makes it easier for the cows and employees,” Kohls said.

All morning, volunteers from the Arlington Chamber of Commerce helped pull together the event by making food, serving guests, helping with parking and coordinating volunteers. In previous years, the breakfast was held at the fairgrounds in Arlington.

This was the 34th year that the Arlington Chamber planned and funded the event.

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Derek Hahn made pancakes for breakfast on the farm June 3 near Arlington, Minnesota. Chamber members and volunteers took turns preparing food for approximately 500 people that aƩended the event.

“My wife and I grew up on dairy farms, and we wanted to show our support to the community, so we lent our farm site for the event,” Kohls said.

“The overall camaraderie of people who aren’t involved in agriculture on a daily basis that came out to experience a taste of our life was great.”

Kohls was grateful to talk with visitors and provide them a hands-on experience to learn about life on a farm.

“My brother and I grew up doing a lot of farm work,” Kohls said. “I’m grateful to have seen the farm passed from my grandpa to my dad to my brother and I. Now my kids can help out and experience it.”

While Kohls is caring for livestock at the main farm, his kids – Brooklyn, Bryce and Blakely – are usually busy walking show calves, watering and feeding them. The show calves are walked twice a day.

He makes sure to give the kids experience on the farm and responsibility over some of the tasks. Kohls said he wants his children to see how rewarding farm life can be while giving them free time to enjoy being a kid.

Following clean up at the GRACE JEURISSEN/DAIRY STAR breakfast Kohls and his family Paul Hentges loosens the hose used for pumping milk from the bulk tank into his milk truck June 3. He picks up milk from the Kohls family’s farm Turn to KOHLS | Page 17 once a day.

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Edgar Alonso DeLeon Borrego brings an alfalfa bale to be wrapped June 3. The Kohls family uses baleage as a main forage source for their cows.

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took a cat nap before heading back to the farm to nish feeding and starting evening milking around 4 p.m.

Once evening chores were well underway, Kohls headed to the eld to haul bales back to the farm for wrapping while the evening milking crew nished up chores at the farm.

Most days Kohls is back at home by 7 p.m. to milk his show cows, but because of the activities that morning, he sacriced some shut eye to get the hay Jeff was making back home.

“I usually go home and milk my few show cows, which takes a while, but I enjoy it because it helps me unwind from the day,” Kohls said.

After all was said and done Kohls went home to relax after a full day.

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Miguel Hernandez Lozano leads show cows to the barn for milking June 3 at the Do-N-Joy GeneƟcs farm site near Arlington, Minnesota.

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Goodbye Holsteins, hello Jerseys

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RANDOM LAKE, Wis. – When the Strack family bought its rst purebred Jersey four years ago, little did they know it would be the start of a complete changeover in breeds. They lled a pen with Jerseys by the winter of 2018 and, after seeing the benets, thought seriously about replacing their Holsteins with the colored cow.

“We noticed how much more feed efcient the Jerseys were, and we also spent less money on vet expenses,” said Kenny Strack Jr., who farms with his wife, Jenny, and his parents, Ken Sr. and Margie. “Conception rates are so much higher, so we spend less money on semen as well.”

The Stracks liked the economics of Jerseys and that less inputs were required – benets that have resulted in greater protability for the family that milks 470 cows and farms 1,200 acres near Random Lake.

Ken started farming 50 years ago and bought the farm in 1977. Starting

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The Strack family – (from leŌ) Kenny Jr., Jenny, Margie and Ken Sr. – milk 470 cows and farm 1,200 acres near Random Lake, Wisconsin. The Stracks switched from Holsteins to Jerseys a few years ago, resulƟng in greater protability for the farm. out with 13 springing Jersey heifers and 13 Holstein heifers, it was a foreshadowing of the future. But as time went on, Holsteins overtook the Jerseys, and Ken chose to go with the black and white breed. He and Margie raised six kids on the farm, and their son, Dustin, also works with them serving as the farm’s mechanic and doing trucking for

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“The transition went way faster than we ever thought it would,” Kenny said. “We thought it would take years, not months. Going in, we handpicked our genetics and the quality we wanted.”

The farm’s rolling herd average is 19,000 pounds of milk with a 5.3% butterfat and 3.7% protein content. Cows average 66 pounds of milk per day, but the herd also contains nearly 40 cows milking over 100 pounds. The Stracks also classify twice a year and have 21 Excellent cows in the herd.

“The Jerseys have higher components by far than our Holsteins had,” Kenny said. “We’re really happy with what the Jerseys are doing for us. We have a little less milk volume but better premiums than we had with Holsteins.”

The Stracks milk twice a day in a double-12 parallel parlor. They revamped their double-10 parabone parlor the Holsteins were milked in to accommodate the smaller Jersey and gained two stalls on each side. In the barn, they moved the brisket and neck rail back on the stall but kept the width the same.

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The 100% registered Jersey herd has a rolling herd average of 19,000 pounds of milk, 5.3% buƩerfat, and 3.7% protein at Strack-View Farms near Random Lake, Wisconsin. The herd contains nearly 40 cows milking over 100 pounds per day and 21 Excellent cows.

Jerseys eat less and have less manure.

Our feed inventory lasts longer.”

The Stracks nd their cows do well on a diet of corn silage and grass and are planting a variety of forage grasses, including Italian ryegrass, orchard grass, meadow fescue, red clover, white clover, festulolium, birdsfoot trefoil, chicory and plantain.

“Jerseys really like this mix which also contains a little alfalfa,” Kenny said. “We feed a lot of grass and do a lot of green chopping. We make grass nice and young which really cuts down on the amount of protein and corn that we feed. As long as we make the grass early, the sugar level is higher, so we don’t need as much corn.”

The Stracks try to cut their grass every 18 to 25 days, and last year, they cut their elds an average of seven times.

The next transition that occurred at Strack-View Farms was breeding for solid A2 cows in their 100% registered Jersey herd. Currently, 70% of the milking herd is A2A2, producing milk free of the A1 casein, and about 90% of the farm’s heifers are A2A2. Animals that are A1A2 or A1A1 are bred to Angus.

The Stracks genomic test every animal and keep only the highest genomic calves. Higher genetic value cows, which make up the top 25%-30% of the herd, are bred to sexed Jersey semen.

The Stracks use only A2 bulls with Chrome being one of their favorites.

The rest of the herd is crossed with Angus or implanted with Angus embryos.

“Jersey bull calves are not worth much since they’re so light, so when we crossbreed or put embryos in, it adds value to the calf,” Kenny said.

In March, the Stracks launched Jersey Valley Cheese when they began making cheese from the milk of their A2 cows. The Stracks are specializing in cheddar cheese curds and blocks which are custom made by Gibbsville Cheese in Sheboygan Falls every two weeks.

“We weren’t sure if we could have a market for A2 milk at rst, so then we decided to make cheese,” Ken said.

“It’s another niche to try and stay protable. Selling A2 milk is still a potential goal, but we haven’t found an A2 processor to sell to yet.”

The pen of 130 A2 cows is milked rst on cheese day with their milk traveling to a separate bulk tank the Stracks installed in February.

“A2 milk is supposed to be easier on digestion and offers other health benets,” Kenny said. “When we made our rst cheese curds, we had people coming back to us saying they can eat cheese again. Jenny and I also feel less discomfort when we consume our A2 milk and cheese.”

Mild cheddars are aged for 90 days, and the Stracks are almost to the point of offering their rst batch of aged cheese.

“We have a lot of interest in our aged mild cheddar, and in time, we want to offer medium and sharp aged cheeses also,” Kenny said.

The Stracks have contacted local gas stations and cheese stores about carrying Jersey Valley Cheese and are also working on a website with hopes of doing online cheese orders in the future. The Stracks are hosting the Sheboygan County Breakfast on the Farm June 18 and will be handing out samples of their cheese with help from the local FFA chapter.

Jenny is proud of their creations.

“Our cheese is really good on grilled cheese sandwiches,” Jenny said.

“We’re going to enter it into a contest next year.”

Kenny agreed.

“The cheese has such a different avor and vivid color too,” he said.

“The curds are very dense, and at 2-3 weeks old, they still taste very cheddar and have the squeak at room temperature.”

Tightly focused on genetics and breeding for the A2 gene, the Stracks embraced a new breed and are having great success. Their herd of Jerseys took off, excelling in production, performance and health, and the family has no regrets about making the switch.

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DAVE THEILER 40 cows, 340 acres

We finished planting the Friday before Memorial Day. We cut hay Saturday and Sunday (June 4-5) RAINFALL and we plan to start TOTALS baling tomorrow (June Last 2 Weeks 8). We plan to wrap 40 acres and then dry bale the rest. Most of it looks really good. 1.95” I had one sand piece that didn’t turn out good so I plan to plow Since April 1 9.4” it and plant corn there.

We are picking rocks and are getting ready to spray the corn. There is a lot of hay down and a lot of people planting corn and soybeans. Most of our corn is 2-3 inches tall.

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It’s been cool and wet; we could use a shot of heat to help the hay and corn grow.

We did have a pretty RAINFALL good window for TOTALS haying last week. We Last 2 Weeks put up our first crop of hay which was at average or a little below average. All of 2.25” our corn is out of the ground and coming Since April 1 up nicely. We are a 8.8” little behind right now and had one bad rain, but the last rain was really nice and not too hard.

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300 cows, 650 acres

We have 40 acres of rye down and it looks really good. We cut Saturday night (June 4) and plan to bale and wrap it RAINFALL today (June 7). Then, TOTALS we plan to plant corn Last 2 Weeks on one field and alfalfa on the other one. We have everything in the ground. We finished corn 10 days ago and the oats and alfalfa three days ago. The alfalfa Since April 1 looks really good; there 8.45” is a lot of hay out there.

We’ll start cutting tomorrow and plan to wrap it all. There are soybeans and edible beans still being planted around here. We plan to go back and reseed the alfalfa and oat’s holes.

(Winona County)

The hay is done. We cut Thursday (June 2) and bagged it on Friday.

It was an average of 2-3 tons per acre. We did rye Saturday and RAINFALL finished it yesterday. TOTALS It was starting to Last 2 Weeks head out. We will haul manure on that the next couple days and then 3” plant it on Thursday.

The corn planted early is in the 4-5 leaf stage Since April 1 and shorter 2-3 leaf 7.8” on the wetter ground.

The soybeans have been planted and rolled but there isn’t anything up yet.

The guys that have smaller planters redid the holes.

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Altura, MN

We finished our first cutting alfalfa on Monday (June 6). We cut June 1-3 and bagged it all. It RAINFALL averaged 1.8 tons of TOTALS dry matter. It was a Last 2 Weeks good first cutting. The majority of the corn is at the 3-5 leaf stage.

The soybeans are up. 1.5” We are chopping and bagging 50 acres of Since April 1 7” triticale. Then, we will pump manure tomorrow and plan on planting soybeans in those fields on Friday.

The field conditions are really good right now.

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RICHARD SCHWEER 41 cows, 205 acres

Tornados damaged several area farms on Memorial Day. The storm brought a gully washer that pelted us RAINFALL with 3.1 inches of rain. TOTALS We’ve planted corn Last 2 Weeks on our high ground and are still working on our lower ground.

We haven’t been able to haul much manure, but the pasture looks nice. We hope to start Since April 1 9.4” cutting alfalfa this week.

There’s been a fair amount of winterkill in our alfalfa. We will have to interseed the field that we planted last spring. We’re looking at hiring our neighbor to chop our alfalfa instead of putting it up as dry hay.

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We took the rye off a couple weeks ago and we got three round bales per acre; it was a good stand. RAINFALL We planted silage TOTALS corn in it May 29. Last 2 Weeks The corn is 5 leaf and some is even taller than that. We 1.8” sprayed all our corn.

The soybeans are all out but the size Since April 1 5.6” varies. You can row them all. There is a lot of first crop hay that hasn’t been made.

The hay and grass are a little lighter than last year.

We’ve been getting some nice rains and are in a good position for moisture.

There has been a fair RAINFALL amount of soybean TOTALS replanting in my Last 2 Weeks area due to crusting and hail. The first crop of alfalfa has all been harvested. The 2” alfalfa was a bit thin and had a surprising amount of winterkill. Since April 1 5.9” Corn planting is all wrapped up. I’m very pleased with my corn’s emergence and its stand; we just need some warmer temperatures to make it pop. We’ve had wonderful weather for the cows, with no heat stress and good repro rates.

We could use a little RAINFALL shot of rain, but we TOTALS are not necessarily Last 2 Weeks dry by any means. We started our first crop alfalfa and rye on May 31 and had it finished 0.9” up by June 3. It was maybe just a bit above average compared to Since April 1 5.45” other years, but it was nice and leafy. We were pretty happy with it, and hope the second crop can do just as good.

We got our fertilizer on, now a bit of rain would be good to get it growing.

We took about 5 acres of grass and put in some late season silage corn yesterday for heifer silage.

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The weather is warm and a little humid. We have all 250 acres of corn in. A few people around me have all RAINFALL theirs in too unless TOTALS they are putting it in Last 2 Weeks after first crop. We have 75 acres of first crop hay done and 125 to go yet. We are 1.25” about 40% done with the first crop of hay. Since April 1 Some of my smaller 7” farm friends are done because they hire it chopped. We do some custom baling and have done a few acres for local people as well.

We are getting the corn sprayed this week.

We got our first crop hay all done and it turned out really well. We averaged 2.4 to 4 tons per RAINFALL acre. The second TOTALS crop is looking good Last 2 Weeks so far. We took about 80 acres of grass out and planted the 1.7” last of our corn in there on June 4, so Since April 1 everything is planted 7.25” now. We are helping a neighbor do about 130 acres of triticale and should be finished soon.

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We were able to finish planting corn on Sunday. There are still some beans to no till into standing RAINFALL rye. We hope to get TOTALS that done in the next Last 2 Weeks couple days. First crop hay is finished as of yesterday. Our goal is 2” usually to have that done by June 1, but with the cool spring Since April 1 5.8” it seemed to be a later crop this year. It was a good quality crop and the quantity was there too. I am going to rotary hoe and cultivate corn, finish planting beans and crimp rye for no-till beans in the next couple weeks.

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We got all of our corn and beans planted by May 31 and finished first crop hay June 1.

We had tremendous RAINFALL yield on our hay. It TOTALS was probably the best Last 2 Weeks first crop we ever had.

Our RFV was 163 and protein was 23%.

Pretty much everyone 2.4” in the area is done putting crops in. The majority of people have Since April 1 hay done too. There’s 9.2” only a field here and there that haven’t been cut yet. The crops that are in are looking pretty good. We’ll probably start putting anhydrous on our tilled fields of corn early the week of June 12.

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The stronger land prices of late 2021 continued higher through the rst half of 2022. After a calm period at the start of the year in which the land market remained steady, sales prices took another jump up as a result of the outbreak of war in Ukraine and ongoing ination fears. Farmers saw stronger commodity prices and investors wanted a low-risk ination hedging investment, which together propelled the competition for good cropland.

“Prices for good quality cropland are up 20 percent in some areas since the rst of the year. Recent Farmers National Company auction sales demonstrate the strength in the land market so far in 2022. Good land that was selling for around $16,000 last fall sold for $19,000 to $21,500 per acre at company auctions in March. This increase in prices is on top of a 15 to 30 percent jump in value across most Grain Belt states in 2021,” said Randy Dickhut, senior vice president for Farmers National Company.

Growing world demand for grains and meats along with uncertain weather conditions brought good commodity price strength in the New Year, which generated a positive view for net farm income in 2022 and the next several years. The Russian invasion of Ukraine thrust food and ag into the spotlight, which in turn added to the world’s need for good cropland.

Uncertainties grew from disruptions in input supply chains and the world food and grain trade.

With a return to a normal supply of cropland for sale, farmers who are looking forward to several years of higher grain prices have continued to aggressively bid for the land that did come up for sale during the past few months. Individual investors also stepped into the market as they looked at farmland as a safe, long-term ination hedging investment. This combined heightened demand propelled land prices higher in 2022.

The question of the moment is, will land prices go even higher?

“Farmers, landowners and the agricultural industry are facing more uncertainty at this moment

than almost any other time. The Ukrainian invasion has thrown in a multitude of short and long-term unknowns in the food and ag world,” Dickhut said.

Inputs like fuel and fertilizer are vastly more expensive, raising the cost to produce a crop while feed costs are much higher for livestock producers. Grain prices are at historic levels, but will these go higher or lower? Will farmer buyers become more cautious in their outlook to bid up land if input costs and supply chain issues escalate?

Ination and stability concerns have come to the forefront when making investment decisions. These concerns increase the demand for land right now as it is generally accepted that farmland is a safe, secure, long-term investment during periods of ination. Rising interest rates will increase the cost of land mortgages, which will have some damping effect on land prices. How far and how soon rates go up will determine the extent of the interest rate inuence.

“The importance of secure and adequate food, ber and fuel supplies has taken center stage throughout the world. United States agriculture, as the world’s most productive and secure grain and livestock supplier, comes to the forefront of world trade now and will continue in the future. Farmers realize the potential and are therefore willing to bid up land prices in order to control more acres for the years to come. Individual and fund investors are realizing this too and are stepping more into the farmland market,” Dickhut said.

Anything can change at a moment’s notice with the weather, commodity markets, world events and government actions. All will affect agriculture and therefore, the price of farmland, Dickhut noted. The supply of land for sale and how demand holds up over the next months also will be determining factors on land prices.

“With current land prices at heightened levels, most of the supporting factors remain in place at this time to keep values steady to rmer for the next six months. This outlook could be altered at any moment

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due to unexpected changes in a multitude of factors,” Dickhut added.

Corn Belt: Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota Farmland prices continued to rise in 2022 after signicant increases in 2021.

“During the past few months, we have seen prices paid for quality cropland go above $20,000 per acre in Iowa, $15,000 per acre in South Dakota and one farm in North Dakota brought $12,000 per acre. A lot of land sells for less than these prices, but the high ones are catching everyone’s attention,” said Brian Mohr, area sales manager for Farmers National Company.

Increased amounts of land came on the market at the end of 2021 due to concerns about possible tax law changes along with the lure of higher sales prices.

Demand from farmers and investors more than offset the additional farms on the market to drive land prices up signicantly. Sales slowed down in early 2022, but demand remained strong.

Iowa led the market activity in late 2021 with more sales and higher prices.

“The amount of land sold by Farmers National Company in Iowa last year was up 152 percent over the previous year, with auction sales up 129 percent year over year. Our company auctioned ve times more land in the last part of 2021 than in the last quarter of 2020,” noted Tom Schutter, assistant sales manager for Farmers National Company.

“The best way to sell cropland right now is to employ a competitive bidding process in order to see what the market is willing to pay at any given time.

Farmers National Company has had great success using simulcast and online bidding to get the best price for our clients,” Schutter continued.

“This summer, we expect strong prices to continue. This is contingent on world events, grain production and how rising interest rates and higher input costs will impact buyer demand for farmland,” Mohr added.

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During Dairy Month, we’d like to thank the men and women of our dairy industry for their hard work and commitment to quality and sustainability. We appreciate all that you bring to the table!

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The Iowa State University Dairy Farm will host the in-season manure application eld day on June 14. Solving nutrient water quality issues originating from agriculture requires the development of innovative strategies that are climate smart. Iowa State researchers are teaming up with industry partners for developing and demonstrating inseason manure and nutrient management strategy. Registration is required. Call the ISU Extension and Outreach Story County ofce at 515-337-1601 or email xstory@iastate.edu.

University of Minnesota Extension and Minnesota Dairy Initiative is hosting Farmers Night Out: Stocking Density 7:30 p.m. June 16 at the Greenwald Pub in Greenwald, Minnesota. Dinner is sponsored by Stearns County Farm Bureau. Register through the link (http://z.umn.edu/FNOsd). Information about the program in the yer and press release attached. Questions can be directed to Dana Adams.

Mark your calendars for the 2022 Midwest Farm Energy Conference, which will be held on June 15-16 at the West Central Research and Outreach Center, Morris, Minnesota. More conference details available at https://z.umn.edu/mfec2022.

The 2022 Gopher Dairy Camp will be held June 23-25, 2022 and will ofcially be held in-person once more. The Gopher Dairy Camp is open to youth who have completed grades six through nine but haven’t yet started grade ten. It is hosted by the University of Minnesota’s Gopher Dairy Club in cooperation with the Minnesota 4-H Dairy Project Committee and Minnesota Livestock Breeders’ Association. The intention is to host camp primarily on the St. Paul campus, with accommodations at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds.

The camp offers unique workshops, which will allow attendees of all skill levels to improve their skills for cattle grooming skills, showmanship, and industry knowledge. The camp rounds out with a showmanship show using animals provided to the campers. Registration will open in March of 2022. Now that the event can be held in-person, attendance is limited to the rst 100 youth who register for the event. Any potential changes or updates to the structure of camp will be communicated as soon as possible. For further information about Gopher Dairy Camp, please visit http://z.umn.edu/gdcamp.

The West Central Dairy Days Cattle Show will be Friday, June 24 at 10:30 a.m. at the Kandiyohi County Fairgrounds. Ages 5 - 21 (as of January 1st) can exhibit. There are classes for all six dairy breeds, Junior and Grand Champion Overall, plus Junior, Intermediate and Senior Showmanship. For entry forms contact your local 4-H extension educator, local high school Ag education instructor, Mary Swart, rmswart@tds.net, 320-220-0904 or Lane Johnson, 320-815-1276.

Dairy producers and advisors working with all types, sizes, and breeds of dairy herds are invited to the rst of its kind Data and Innovations Summit (DIS) held in conjunction with the National Holstein Convention. The summit will be an in-person (only) event June 30, 2022 at the Sioux Falls Convention Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. For more information, https://www.2022nationalholsteinconvention.com/data-innovation-summit.

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Lot no.

356 349 373 375 354 362 366 347 385 380 382 383 350 342 346 363 364 369 381 357 376 378 379 343 351 367 360 370 374 344

Mid-American Hay Auction results for June 2, 2022

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Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Med. Sq/Lg Sq. Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Squares

moisture protein RFV 12.52 12.94 76.16 17.45 19.93 156.8 NO TEST 15.87 13.34 92.63 12.9 19.72 160.18 13.66 18.65 138.2 13.75 21.32 182.51 11.02 20.44 167.28 8.76 18.27 159.19 9.83 22.75 148.59 11.43 20.65 133.62 12.57 20.38 137.95 13.06 19.67 174.54 12.93 19.29 181.2 12.12 20 190.29 14.25 16.53 130.96 13.05 18.32 94.46 14.89 21.55 163.18 12.62 20.07 155.07 13.55 21.33 142.95 12.1 20.07 169.27 11.41 20.58 170.86 11.42 23.56 190.55 11.6 20.27 173.96 12.07 20.25 153.81 15.7 21.33 150.77 STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW

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Ld. size 18.19 16.84 16.4 20.8 17.76 25.84 16.34 25.37 24.34 25.75 24.67 24.63 25.22 26.81 26.35 23.81 8.62 24.96 17.69 26.09 26.14 26.4 25.31 25.85 25.85 10.21 20 20 21.69 25.48

price $185.00 $200.00 $225.00 $190.00 $210.00 $185.00 $275.00 $240.00 $220.00 $215.00 $200.00 $190.00 $250.00 $225.00 $245.00 $200.00 $195.00 $240.00 $210.00 $210.00 $240.00 $230.00 $225.00 $220.00 $210.00 $225.00 $32.50 $35.00 $120.00 $160.00

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price

$150.00 $155.00 $150.00 $150.00 $140.00 $130.00 $120.00 $30.00 $32.50 $30.00 $37.50 $35.00 $35.00 $22.50

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We turned the bred heifers and dry cows out on the summer pastures this past week. It has nally warmed up enough for the grasses to take off. I love seeing the cattle grazing with their heads buried in the lush grasses as they ip their tails at a pesky insect. It is kind of how we eat during the summer too. We enjoy grazing on chips and dips with friends and family after all the work is done and we want to relax.

Here are a few of our family favorite dip recipes. We request my daughter-in-law Libby to bring the cheesy spinach artichoke dip to every family function. It is the perfect June Dairy Month recipe too. My niece whips up a fresh guacamole dip to serve with tacos outside on the deck on a warm summer evening. Of course, Mom is always trying to nd clever ways to sneak more vegetables in our diets. Her veggie dip makes eating vegetables very easy. Mark’s favorite dips are jams.

With rhubarb growing rampant, here is a quick, sweet way to save the taste of spring. Enjoy.

Cheesy spinach artichoke dip by Libby Schmitt 8 ounces cream cheese, softened 1/4 cup sour cream 1/4 cup mayo or Miracle Whip 1 teaspoon minced garlic (1 clove) 2/3 cup shredded parmesan cheese 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese Pepper to taste 1 (14 ounce) jar quartered artichoke hearts, drained, squeezed and chopped 6 ounces frozen spinach, thawed, squeezed and drained Mix the rst seven ingredients together. Stir in artichokes and spinach. Pour into a greased 1-quart baking dish. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes

2 medium tomatoes, remove juicy parts, chop 2 jalapenos, remove seeds, chop nely 1/4 cup cilantro leaves, chopped Juice of 1 lime Mix all ingredients, except lime juice; add last. This will help to keep it fresh. Put in serving bowl. Cover with plastic wrap pressed down on top of guacamole and then secure with lid. This will help it from turning brown. Chill and serve.

Veggie dip by Becky Dowell 1/2 cup Miracle Whip 8 ounces cream cheese, softened Mix well and add: 1/2 cup chopped parsley 1 hard-boiled egg, chopped 2 tablespoons onion, nely chopped 1 garlic clove, chopped Pepper to taste Refrigerate and serve with any veggies.

Food columnist, Natalie Schmitt until heated through and melty. Serve with tortilla chips, crackers or toasted baguette slices.

Great guacamole by Carly Thompson 5-6 avocados, mashed up and slightly chunky 1 medium onion (red, yellow or white), nely chopped

Rhubarb cherry freezer jam 5 cups cut up rhubarb 1 cup water 5 cups sugar 1 can cherry pie lling 2 (3-ounce) packages cherry Jell-o Dash of almond extract Cook rhubarb in water until tender. Add sugar and cook 10 minutes. Add pie lling and cook 10 minutes. Remove from heat. Add Jell-o and almond extract. Cool. Pour in jars. Freeze once set.

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SPECIAL MONTHLY DAIRY HEIFER AUCTION Tuesday, June 28, 2022 at 11:00 am

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Great buyer support! Always a great selection of dairy heifers at Premier Livestock and Auctions!

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ESCH HAY EQUIPMENT 6032

ESCH HAY EQUIPMENT 2018

6 star tedder, 32’ working width, 540 PTO

18’6” working width, 10’11” transport

$8,950

$25,500 2009 VERMEER 605SM

2020 NH L318

HOLSTEIN SPECIAL SALE Friday, June 17 11 a.m.

Cab, Heat/Air, 14 hrs.

8396 Bales, Net Wrap Only, 540 PTO

$45,500

$21,500

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