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Robots a life-changer for Ainsworth family Shawland Dairy nds many benets in new facility By Stacey Smart Staff Writer
SHAWANO, Wis. – Life is good at Shawland Dairy. The cows take care of milking and are producing more milk than they ever have. Cow health is also on the up and up, and the Ainsworths are enjoying a more laid-back lifestyle. “Since we switched to robots, we haven’t looked back,” Matt Ainsworth said. “We don’t miss our old facility or how we used to do things. This is relaxing, and we have a lot more time off.” Shawland Dairy was a stop on the Professional Dairy Producers Dairy Robotics Tour July 15. The event gave dairy farmers and other industry professionals the opportunity to see robots in action at three dairy farms in Shawano County. Shawland Dairy is operated by brothers Kevin and Jim Ainsworth, and Kevin’s son, Matt. The Ainsworths milk 120 cows with two Lely A5 robots and farm 400 acres near Shawano. The family built a new barn and switched to robots in 2019 – the same
year Ainsworth came aboard – and is loving the benets of their robotic facility, which includes better cow comfort, higher production and labor efciency. “We weren’t able to get help so we gured robots might not be a bad deal,” Ainsworth said. “I laughed at the idea early on when visiting another robot farm. I said, ‘We’ll never do that,’ but here we are.” The Ainsworths were milking 115 cows housed in a freestall facility built in the mid-1980s when they decided it was time for a change. “Our old barn was about toast,” Ainsworth said. “It was time to move out.” Milk production increased substantially in the new barn – jumping from between 75 and 80 pounds of milk per cow per day to 100 pounds. The farm averages 8.7 pounds of milk per minute, and cows are visiting the robots 2.6 times per day. However, Ainsworth would like to see that number at 2.7. The Ainsworths have found that some cows milk on the same schedule as the parlor.
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Milk quality is another area that benetted from the transition to robots. Somatic cell count dropped signicantly which Ainsworth attributes to better teat ends and more frequent milking. Cow health has improved as well. “Activity monitors changed the game for cow health,” Ainsworth said. Cows rest on deep-bedded sand stalls, which Ainsworth said is an improvement over their old barn where sand was poured over concrete stalls. “I would never do anything but deep-bedded sand,” he said. Previously housed in a tiestall barn with no fans, dry cows are now located under the same roof as the milking herd. One side of the barn contains 116 stalls for milk cows, and the other side of the barn is designated for closeup and dry cows. “Housing dry cows here was a smart move,” Ainsworth said. “The dry cow area is a huge improvement over what we had before. It’s better for the cows and makes our life easier. We can have a fresh cow in the robot within 10 minutes. I believe this area is to thank for our increase in milk.” Ainsworth said cows do not seem to age as much either. “Since moving into the new barn, we haven’t gotten rid of a cow for being old,” Ainsworth said. “That was a problem in our old barn. I still have a couple cows with stiff legs, but they do well in here.” Instead of feeding a pellet in the robot, the Ainsworths use ground feed similar to a protein mix, with some cows receive up to 18 pounds per day. “We’re milking 120 cows right now which is a little less than normal,” Ainsworth said. “We’ve been up to 141
in this barn, but that made me nervous. Heifers don’t like busy robots.” The dairy usually has to fetch three or four cows morning and night, and heifers are kept separate from the rest of the herd for 14 days to allow for quicker training. “Robots are completely different than milking in a parlor, and a fetch pen is essential,” Ainsworth said. “Our cows are not used to being chased anymore. You can’t take parlor habits and turn them into robot habits. It isn’t going to work. You have to let cows be cows.” The Ainsworths also created a separate pen for late-lactation cows. Here, cows are fed dry hay, and visits to the robots are limited. “We try to disturb cows as little as possible,” Ainsworth said. “We aim to do herd checks, add sand and run the footbath all at once to minimize disruptions. We try to be hands-off but not absent.” Adding an outside alley to keep out rain and incorporating more space on the ends of the barn are items the Ainsworths would have done in hindsight. Ainsworth also wishes they would have put in more man passes for people to get in and out of pens more quickly. “There are none in the dry cow pen, and that’s a pain,” he said. The healthy, happy, highproducing cows at Shawland Dairy seem to be enjoying the robots as much as the Ainsworths, who built the barn with expansion in mind. They are also working on building a manure pit. “I didn’t want to build myself into a corner,” Ainsworth said. “We’re set up to expand in the future if we want.”
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REPORTS
Crop and Weather
Crop and weather conditions in Dairy Star country
Manawa, WI
Waterloo, IA
(Waupaca County)
(Blackhawk County)
CRAIG FIETZER
DICK BLOUGH
We are going to have to have periodical rains to keep everything going. The rains have been spotty. The corn looks good. The earlier RAINFALL planted corn is tasseled and over head high. The TOTALS soybeans are all canopied Last 2 Weeks except the ones we planted late. There are all in 7.5-inch rows that keeps the weeds down. The third crop hay looks good since we had the rain. We had to spray half of our fields for leafhoppers. Since April 1 The oats in in the area are 8.8” getting close. Our corn and BMR sorghum field is canopied We sprayed that field this afternoon. We plan to haul some second crop round bales to a hay sale; we have extra.
2”
Jackson, WI
We cut third-crop hay July 17-18 and started chopping that night and the next day. We can make hay in two days because we’re still dry. Alfalfa was over knee high at about 28 inches. It was almost as tall RAINFALL as first crop but not as thick. TOTALS It’s going to be a really good Last 2 Weeks crop with a lot of tonnage. Many guys in the area started cutting the July 15-16 and were baling hard July 19-20. Beans are waterlogged. I’m expecting an average to poor crop this year. Corn is looking really good and just starting Since April 1 to shoot tassels. We planted 11.54” 105-day corn which is a little later maturing for corn silage. We have northern corn leaf blight coming on a little bit on the edges of the field. Wheat and oats are mature in the area and were coming off the week of July 19. We’ll be planting alfalfa into our wheat ground the first week of August to establish a stand.
3.5”
Ridgeway, WI
(Washington County)
(Iowa County)
EVAN JONES
JOHN SAGER
70 cows, 230 acres
70 cows, 330 acres All the crops look very good. I sprayed new alfalfa seeding for bugs a couple weeks ago. We’ve been chopping second-crop hay and then also baling hay for one of my RAINFALL landlords who we exchange TOTALS land rent for hay. A neighbor I Last 2 Weeks buy wheat straw from started combining so we’ve been chopping wheat straw in between making hay. There are some farms in the area baling second-crop hay and a few guys are combining Since April 1 wheat. The oats have some 7.7” green spots yet, so we’re still a week or two from those coming off. The co-op is going to spray my beans with a fungicide – something I’m going to try for the first time this year
1.2”
We have had just about an inch of rain in the past two weeks. It was just enough to help keep things RAINFALL going and everything TOTALS has greened up again, Last 2 Weeks but we still definitely need rain. We will be starting third crop 1” this coming weekend. It is looking like a lot better growth than Since April 1 4.6” the second crop. The beans all look pretty good. The corn isn’t really tall but the roots are definitely deep. The early corn is all tasseled.
(Marathon County)
(Rock County)
STEVE CASE
420 cows, 663 acres
350 cows, 1,300 acres
Dorchester, WI
Janesville, WI 155 cows, 350 acres The crops are looking great. Some of our corn is still on the short side – the later corn that was planted is only about 5.5 to 6 feet tall. We RAINFALL need more rain. Everybody TOTALS in the area sprayed their Last 2 Weeks volunteer corn, and now it’s all cleaned up and the fields look good. The soybeans look tremendous. They are almost waist tall, blossoming and setting pods. Everything is moving Since April 1 along as scheduled. Third6.9” crop hay looks good, and we started cutting it around July 20 as we had 40 acres ready. We sprayed it for bugs, which helps it get a lot taller. It’s almost knee high. Everyone in the area is starting on third crop.
1.4”
Kendall, WI
(Monroe County)
BRUCE GUMZ
180 cows, 1,000 acres We have had about an inch of rain in the last two weeks, and things are starting to get a bit dry again. We are finished with our second crop, RAINFALL which was very good, TOTALS almost as good as the Last 2 Weeks first crop was. The corn is looking pretty good, although there is some that is getting a little wavy from compaction. Most of the corn tasseled last Since April 1 week. The beans are also 10.4” showing some signs of compaction. Overall, they could look a little better. Some fields are pretty good, some are just kind of average; none are really terrible though. They flowered a bit ago.
1”
Wolsey, SD
(Beadle County) RUSSELL JUNGEMANN
BRIAN FISKE
55 cows, 365 acres
Overall things around here are looking pretty good. Most of the corn is tasseling and reaching the silk stage, RAINFALL and the beans are TOTALS flowering. I am almost Last 2 Weeks done with second crop, which is turning out to be beautiful. I have 2.3” been having a hard time this past week Since April 1 getting hay dry enough 13.2” to bale, though.
880 cows, 2,350 acres We finally baled our second cutting of dryland alfalfa. The quality is low, so we will use it as heifer hay. We just chopped RAINFALL the third cutting on our TOTALS irrigated ground, and it Last 2 Weeks yielded better than the second irrigated cutting. The corn looks fairly good, but it’s tasseling unevenly. We’ve gotten enough rain to make silage corn and that’s a huge Since April 1 stress reliever. We are 5.4” purchasing winter wheat straw from a neighbor who said that the wheat yielded better than 70 bushels per acre. Our cows are doing well despite the consistently hot weather.
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The “Mielke” Market Weekly
By Lee Mielke
USDA projects 2021 Class III average at $16.80
The Agriculture Department lowered its 2021 milk production estimate in its World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE), as slower-than-expected growth in milk per cow more than offset higher forecast cow numbers. The 2022 production estimate was raised however, based on higher expected cow numbers. The WASDE stated that USDA’s Cattle report, to be released on July 23rd, will provide a mid-year estimate of the cow inventory and producer intentions regarding retention of heifers for dairy cow replacement. 2021 production and marketings were estimated at 228.2 and 227.2 billion pounds respectively, down 300 million pounds on production from last month’s estimates and 200 million pounds less on marketings. If realized, 2021 production would still be up 5 billion pounds or 2.2% from 2020. 2022 production and marketings were estimated at 231.6 and 230.5 billion pounds respectively, up 500 million pounds on both. If realized, 2022 production would be up 3.4 billion pounds or 1.5% from 2021. Cheese, butter, nonfat dry milk (NDM), and whey price forecasts for 2021 were lowered from last month on relatively high stocks and weaker-than-previouslyexpected demand. As a result, Class III and Class IV prices were lowered. USDA analysts project a 2021 Class III average of $16.80 per hundredweight (cwt.), down 65 cents from last month’s projection, and compares to $18.16 in 2020 and $16.96 in 2019. Thursday’s futures settlements, added to the already announced Class III prices, would portend a $17.23 average for 2021. The 2022 average was estimated at $16.75, down 40 cents from last month’s estimate. The 2021 Class IV average was estimated at $15.40, down 45 cents from last month, and compares to $13.49 in 2020 and $16.30 in 2019. The 2022 Class IV average was projected at $15.75, down 20 cents from a month ago. Price forecasts for cheese and butter in 2022 were lowered on larger expected stocks and higher production, but forecasts for NDM and whey were unchanged. The U.S. corn outlook was for larger supplies, greater feed and residual use, increased exports, and higher ending stocks. Beginning stocks were lowered 25 million bushels, based on greater feed and residual use as indicated in the June 30 Grain Stocks report. Corn production was forecast 175 million bushels higher, based on greater planted and harvested area from the Acreage report. The national average corn yield was unchanged at 179.5 bushels per acre. High temperatures and draught
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may change that. Total corn use was forecast 75 million bushels higher, with increases for feed and residual use and exports. Feed and residual use was raised reecting a larger crop. Exports were raised 50 million bushels, with sharply lower exports expected for Brazil. With supply rising more than use, ending stocks were up 75 million bushels. The season-average farm price received by producers was lowered 10 cents to $5.60 per bushel. Soybean production was projected at 4.4 billion bushels, unchanged from last month, despite widespread drought. Harvested area, forecast at 86.7 million acres, was unchanged from last month, but up 4.4 million from last year. The soybean yield forecast was unchanged at 50.8 bushels per acre. Soybean supply and use forecasts were also unchanged. Ending stocks were unchanged at 135 million bushels. The season-average soybean price was forecast at $11.05 per bushel, down 20 cents, and soybean meal was projected at $395.00 per short ton, down $10.00. Dairy economist and principal Bill Brooks, of Missouri-based Stoneheart Consulting, reported in the July 19 Dairy Radio Now broadcast that dairy farm protability this year will be about $1.81 per cwt. below that of a year ago, based on July 12 futures prices, and $1.17 below the ve year average. On a brighter note, he said protability looks a little more promising next year. This week’s Crop Progress report showed 26% of the U.S. corn crop is silking, as of the week ending July 11, mirroring that of a year ago, but 4% behind the ve year average. 65% of the corn crop was rated good to excellent, up 1% from the previous week, but 4% below a year ago. Looking to soybeans, 46% were blooming, up from 29% the previous week, dead even with a year ago, and 6% ahead of the ve year average. 59% were rated good to excellent, unchanged from the previous week but 9% below a year ago. In the week ending July 3, 52,900 dairy cows were sent to slaughter, down 2,900 from the previous week but 6,500 or 14.0% above that week a year ago. Dairy demand remains good, according to USDA’s latest data. May total cheese demand was down 4.7% from the record set in April, but was 1.7% above May 2020, the fth consecutive month to top a year ago, and up 6.1% year to date Butter disappearance was up 4.5% from April but 1.0% below a year ago, though year to date is up 4.4%. There was lots of red ink on the powder. Nonfat dry milk and skim milk powder was down 15.4% from April and 21.4% below a year ago. HighGround Dairy
points out that while nonfat dry milk exports jumped to another record high into May, it was not enough to overcome a steep decline in domestic disappearance. Dry whey was down 11.5% from April, weakest May volume on record due to weak domestic demand, according to HGD, and was 4.6% below a year ago. Fluid milk sales continue to falter. May sales totaled 3.6 billion pounds of packaged uid products, down 4.3% from May 2020. Conventional product sales totaled 3.4 billion pounds, down 3.9% from a year ago. Organic products, at 225 million, were down 10.6%, and represented 6.2% of total sales for May. Whole milk sales totaled 1.2 billion pounds, down 9.7% from a year ago, with year to date consumption down 8.3% from a year ago. Whole milk represented 32.4% of total milk sales for the ve month period. May skim milk sales, at 203 million pounds, were down 15.3% from a year ago and down 14.7% year to date. Total packaged uid milk sales for the ve months amounted to 18.7 billion pounds, down 4.8% from 2020. Conventional product sales totaled 17.5 billion pounds, down 5.1%. Organic products, at 1.2 billion pounds, were down 0.4%, and represented 6.4% of total milk sales for the period. The gures represent consumption in Federal milk marketing order areas, which account for approximately 92% of total uid milk sales in the U.S. Checking CME dairy prices; the 40 pound Cheddar blocks climbed to $1.7525 per pound Tuesday, highest since May 13, but then came Wednesday and prices retreated from there. They closed the third Friday of the month at $1.6150, down 11 cents on the week and $1.0450 below a year ago when they plunged 25.50 cents, after setting a new record high of $3.00 per pound on July 13. The 500 pound barrels got to $1.6475 Tuesday, highest since June 15, but saw their Friday close at $1.44, down 14 cents, 99 cents below a year ago, and 17.50 cents below the blocks. 7 cars of block were sold on the week and 27 of barrel. Spot milk remains widely available in the Midwest, according to Dairy Market News. Cheese production is busy, but a growing number of cheesemakers are staying clear of the spot milk market as they already have plenty. Stafng and labor shortages are becoming more problematic. Cheese demand is steady to busy. Food service orders from the Eastern region, namely pizza cheese buyers, are keeping Midwestern producers busy, says DMN. Western retail and food service cheese demand held steady this week and export demand was strong due to competitive prices. Limited available vessel space and port congestion continues to cause delays to exports and domestic transportation is not faring much better as contacts report delays and rising prices due to a shortage of truck drivers and difculties obtaining shipping supplies. That’s also limiting warehouse space. Milk continues to be available in the region though output has passed its peak. Cheese output remains busy. The continuing shortage of containers for 640-pound cheese is raising concern on the effect on prices. StoneX speculates; “It would seem if we have an issue with 640’s, production will ip to 40’s and that would mean more lots available to come to spot but it also likely means that the blocks will remain a bit tighter. That could shift some production to the barrels as well, leaving them a bit over supplied, and could result in a wider block/barrel spread for a period of time.” Turn to MIELKE | Page 11
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ConƟnued from MIELKE | Page 10 StoneX adds that; “One area we believe may be underestimated by the trade is schools opening up this August and September. And not just schools, but the expected bump in food service as people cover their grills and eat out more. In fact the conuence of both of these factors is normally known and priced in. But this year it’s worth asking if the supply chains have what they need.” CME butter jumped the rst two days of the week and hit $1.71 per pound but then reversed gears. It closed Friday at $1.6775, up 0.25 cents on the week and 1.25 cents below a year ago, with 15 sales reported on the week. Midwest butter plant managers continue to say cream is available but offers are not as hearty as they were before and during the July 4th weekend. Bulk butter offers are slowing too, but demand is not viewed as robust. Retail demand remains seasonally quiet, but food service continues to keep plants busy. Cream availability in the west is constricting to varying degrees. Northwestern contacts say cream is tight after weeks of hotter than usual weather. Fluid haulers are in short supply; when spot loads of cream can be sourced. Tanker and driver shortages can make for unpredictable delivery timelines. Some butter plants are running reduced schedules due to lighter cream supplies. Further south, cream is in better balance. Yields are decreasing seasonally but some handlers report California cream is outpacing local needs. Butter inventories are stable to heavier though much is under contract. Retail sales are seasonally softer while food service demand is stable, according to DMN. Grade A nonfat dry milk saw some ups and downs but ended Friday at $1.2525, 0.25 cents higher on the week and 25.25 cents above a year ago, with 13 trades. Exports are still helping to keep this market above $1.20, says StoneX, with Mexico holding a large role in keeping demand strong. Dry whey closed at 53.75 cents per pound, up 3 cents on the week and 20.25 cents above a year ago, on 5 sales. In politics; the Food and Drug Administration announced a nal rule on the standards of identity for yogurt. The National Milk Producers Federation says the new rule denes what is and isn’t yogurt and “has much broader, and potentially very positive, implications in one of the most contested consumer issues of the day, the proper labeling of milk and dairy products.” The new rule is modernized to t changes in yogurtmaking technology, according to NMPF, and revokes the previous individual standards of identity for lowfat and nonfat yogurt. Compliance is expected by Jan. 1, 2024. “The new rule is rooted in a response to a citizen’s petition from the National Yogurt Association led in February 2000,” NMPF stated. “The slow pace isn’t unusual, unfortunately, and undoubtedly there will be quibbles with some details of the 22-page document.” NMPF says “FDA’s decision is important: It defends principles that support transparent food labeling and protects consumers. And those principles matter well beyond yogurt, with the FDA promising a review of a much larger issue, the labeling of plant-based milk alternatives by next June.” Dairy processors don’t agree however and have led a formal objection to the rule. Dr. Joseph Scime-
ca, Senior Vice President of Regulatory and Scientic Affairs for the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), stated “After 40 years of waiting since FDA rst issued standards for yogurt, the FDA dropped a new nal rule on the standard of identity for yogurt in late June, underscoring a lack of transparency in the FDA rulemaking process. Because the rulemaking process has been so severely delayed and because the agency has consulted very little with yogurt makers, the nal rule is already out of date before it takes effect. For the most part, FDA relied on comments submitted 12 or more years ago to formulate its nal rule, as if technology has not progressed or as if the yogurt making process itself has been trapped in amber like a prehistoric fossil.” “Although the IDFA, which represents the nation’s yogurt makers, has been offering feedback or assistance to the FDA since it released its initial proposed rule in 2009, the agency has largely ignored our comments and suggested revisions to ensure a modernized standard. The result is a yogurt standard that is woeful-
ly behind the times and doesn’t match the reality of today’s food processing environment or the expectations of consumers. Unfortunately, IDFA has been left with no reasonable options except ling a formal objection to this nal rule and imploring the agency to revisit the nal rule to amend and truly modernize the standard of identity for yogurt.” Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) member cooperatives accepted 17 offers of export assistance this week from CWT that helped them capture sales contracts for 2.1 million pounds of Cheddar, Gouda, and Monterey Jack cheese. The product is going to customers in Asia, South America and Oceania, and will be delivered through December. CWT’s 2021sales now total 27.6 million pounds of American-type cheeses, 11.2 million pounds of butter (82% milkfat), 7.3 million pounds of anhydrous milkfat, 17.2 million pounds of whole milk powder, and 7.9 million pounds of cream cheese. The products are going to 26 countries and are the equivalent of 892.2 million pounds of milk on a milkfat basis.
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HELPING GOOD MANAGERS MAKE BETTER TRADING DECISIONS Hopefully by the time this is published the spot CME Group cheese markets have turned positive. Prices have been weaker with block cheddar trading in the low $1.60’s and barrels into the mid $1.40’s. Dairy Market News reporters are stating that fresh cheese is tight, which should be supportive to the spot cheese trading. If that is the case, why isn’t the cash market performing better? As recently as mid-June, barrel cheddar was trading 17 cents premium to blocks. In only 30 days, that spread has flipped with blocks trading 17 cents over barrels and firming. These wild spread swings are likely affecting milk plants ability to pay producers. The severity of this is dependent on the type of cheese manufactured, and how each plant is exposed to FMMO blending calculations. Spot loads of milk have been trading $5-6/cwt under class. Some regions report tightening supply seasonally, but milk flows remain more than adequate to cover manufacture needs. Price premiums or discounts on spot surplus loads is a good indicator of how well balanced the milk supply is. Many in the trade are wondering when milk flows will slow. The weekly dairy cow slaughter report reflects
an uptick in the number of cows moving to market over the past month. This is the first indication of any sort of herd contraction since the spring of 2020. Like it or not, government money given to dairy producers as Covid stimulus is playing a big part in the current herd expansion phase. More than likely the milk market is entering a phase where this “artificial” financial incentive has to be counterbalanced by reducing margins to slow milk production growth. In my opinion, this is another example of poor economic policies of our government. Think about it. First the Federal government borrows money it can’t pay back, gives it to the same people that will eventually be taxed to try and pay off the debt, justifies it by saying the short term gain is worth the long term pain, and then expects the artificial distortions this tax and spend policy creates to not affect the economic balance of U.S. businesses. What is the definition of insanity? Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results! I am thinking I had better add this to my daily prayer list. God protect us from the economic insanity of politics.
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High school friendship blossoms into dairy partnership Two-year anniversary approaches for organic farmers By Jennifer Coyne jenn@dairystar.com
LONG PRAIRIE, Minn. – The stars could not have been in any more alignment when friends Houston Berscheit and Nick Pesta decided to dairy farm, and organically, nonetheless. “This really all fell together so perfectly,” Pesta said. “I don’t know how it got to be so great.”
Pesta and Berscheit milk 47 cows in a 50-50 partnership on a rented farm site in Todd County near Long Prairie. The organic dairy farmers will celebrate two years milking cows Aug. 22. The friends’ partnership is relatively simple. Both the herd and land – a total of 230 acres all rented – is equally managed between the 25-year-olds, but they each own machinery separately. Days begin at 6 a.m. in the barn with Berscheit milking MARK KLAPHAKE/DAIRY STAR
Nick Pesta (leŌ) and Houston Berscheit milk 47 cows on a rented farm site in Todd County near Long Prairie, Minnesota. The friends started dairy farming organically in 2019.
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Cows in Nick Pesta and Houston Berscheit’s herd graze on the dairy they rent near Long Prairie, Minnesota. The partners like the Fleckvieh breed for its health traits.
the herd and Pesta mixing and feeding. Together, they complete other tasks around the farm and do eldwork. “We both take things as they come up and really balance each other out,” said Berscheit of the partnership. “We’re fortunate because so few partnerships like this really work out well.” Pesta agreed. “So far, so good,” he said. The milking herd,
comprised mostly of Fleckvieh, have access to one of two pastures during the day. Dry cows and heifers are housed on rented pasture near the farm. The young farmers are no strangers to the agriculture industry. Berscheit grew up on his family’s conventional dairy farm near Grey Eagle. And, he and Pesta spent their high school careers working for nearby farmers, Al and Ann Middendorf and Donnie and
Carolyn Middendorf. In 2014, Berscheit and Pesta decided to rent land together. “We’ve been running land since we graduated high school, and it’s always been certied organic,” Berscheit said. “We think alike, so it works pretty good for us.” While the two enjoyed crop Turn to ORGANIC | Page 11
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Nick Pesta washes the skidloader aŌer evening chores July 19 on the dairy he rents near Long Prairie, Minnesota. farming and helping the Middendorfs on their dairies, they never imagined a time would come for them to be milking their own cows. That thought quickly dissipated when their current rented farm site became available for use and there was one organic dairy farmer dispersing his herd in southern Stearns County. “We didn’t mind buying the cows,” Pesta said. “We just thought we’d give it a shot and see where it takes us. That rst milking was intimidating, but the cows settled in right away.” Berscheit and Pesta purchased the dairy herd and then nished lling the barn with cows purchased from a couple other farmers. “Everything fell together,” Berscheit said. “(Paul Reinbold) sold the cows that spring, and we were able to bring back animals to the farm soon after. The barn only sat empty for that summer.” The friends built their herd with the Fleckvieh breed – a decision they plan to continue as the breed is known for its grazing ability and hardiness. Having the organic land and purchasing organic cattle, there was no transition period the farmers had to go through. They were even readily accepted on a milk route for their cooperative, Green Acres Cooperative formerly known as Smoky Hills Farmers Cooperative. “We were really happy to nd out we had a place we could send milk,” Berscheit said. But the transition from raising
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Alan (leŌ) and Bill Miller check over equipment before heading out to the eld July 13 on their dairy near Theilman, Minnesota. and machinery. “My dad is slowly stepping back,” Alan said. “But he can’t step away fully yet. I need him. He’s the best help I’ve got.” In 2016, Alan and Emily were married, and they moved to the farm in the year following. In 2018, the couple found a semi-trailer for sale that had been turned into a cheese processing facility. After purchasing it, they started their venture in cheesemaking. “It’s more work and it’s another challenge, but you can have more control on your pay price for the month,” Alan said. “I think it’s the way to go.” The Millers saw it as a way to expand their dairy without having to add more cows. “We had to do something,” Alan said. “I wish we could milk 30 cows and call it good, but that doesn’t work as well now.” Later in the morning, Emily continued making the cheese while her mom, LuAnn Moechnig, came over to watch the kids. This summer, Emily has learned the process of cheesemaking to help during the busy season. “By Labor Day our sales will slow down and almost come to a screeching halt,” she said. This year, Little Red Dairy picked up a large concession vendor that visits county fairs and town festivals. Now the creamery makes between 1,600 to 2,000 pounds of cheese every week. This equates up to 17,000 pounds of milk. Since the cheese vat can only make 200 pounds at a time, it means the Millers have to make cheese several times to produce the amount needed each week. The majority of the cheese is made into curds; however, the Millers also make cheddar blocks for gift
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ConƟnued from MILLER | Page 15 “I used to cook for 20 years so this ts in with what I’ve done before,” said Zomok, who has been working for the Millers for three years. Within the next week, their business may slightly change as the Millers are getting ready to open their on-farm store right next to the cheesemaking facility. It will allow customers one more way to purchase their product and see the farm at the same time. After the cheese was made July 13, Carlie Meyer arrived to help Emily and Zomok cut and package the cheese. Meyer will be a high school sophomore in the fall and started working at Little Red Dairy this summer. After Emily was done with the morning batch of cheese, she went back to her mom duties and took care of the kids for the rest of the morning and afternoon. Meanwhile, Alan and Bill went to a few of the elds they rent where they were chopping Sudangrass they will use for heifer feed. “We have been trying it the last few years and it has been working pretty well,” Alan said. It also helps them with their limited manure storage. After chopping the Sudangrass, the Millers will haul their bedded packs on the land. “It allows us to clean them out and restart those packs
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Alan Miller cleans freestalls during morning milking July 13 on his family’s 200-cow dairy near Theilman, Minnesota. without having to wait all summer,” Alan said. The Millers manage a total of 500 acres, 250 of which is hay. While many people in the area have received timely rain, the weather patterns always seem to shift away from the Miller’ farm.
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A renewed Kunde Jerseys Family hosts second convention tour 32 years later By Sherry Newell
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MANCHESTER, Iowa – David and Donna Kunde’s original dairy farm was purchased with the proceeds from the sale of a famous all-American Jersey cow, Sleeping Rosanna. Today, the farm near Manchester boasts 250 milking cows, a double-12 rapid-exit parlor and three Kunde children who have returned to the dairy. Each received a gift of an animal from that cow family when they began 4-H dairy projects. But getting from that beginning in 1974 to the Kunde Jerseys seen by participants in the National Jersey Convention this summer was anything but easy. U.S. Jersey breeders and supporters last visited the Kunde family’s dairy during the convention in 1989, when the family was recovering from a re in which a year’s worth of heifers died. Soon after, a purchase of animals to help a fellow dairyman led to the Kundes spending the better part of 20 years
recovering from Johne’s disease. “At the time (of the 1989 convention), we had 38 Excellent cows with 120 milking, but 48 of those cows had records over 20,000 pounds,” David said. “We had one of the top herds in the nation.” Five years later, the herd numbered 50 with an average of 10,000 pounds of milk. Then began years of not only vaccinating for the disease to eradicate it from the dairy, but his own campaign to push the industry toward better solutions to the Johne’s disease problem. “We lost a lot of really good genetics,” said Jennifer Zumbach, who works on the farm with her parents and two brothers, Michael and Daniel. “Both Michael and I purchased groups of cows to help rebuild,” Jennifer said. “I think our accomplishment is in the rebuilding and being to a point where we don’t have any Johne’s. We’re now able to say production and type and genetics are back.” Jennifer manages recordkeeping and calves at Kunde Jerseys. She also helps her
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The Kunde family and helpers – (front, from leŌ) Anna, Neal, Karl, Will Zumbach and Seth Steele; (back, from leŌ) Donna, David and Jennifer Zumbach, David, Michael, Daniel, Lucas OrcuƩ and Carrie Steele – receive a portrait aŌer hosƟng one of the NaƟonal Jersey ConvenƟon tours June 24 at their farm near Manchester, Iowa.
husband and his family raise steers and crops. Visitors to the farm during the convention tours saw the results of pasture breeding all heifers with young bulls both from the Kundes’ best cows and from another Jersey farm with outstanding genetics. Those with interest were provided a list of animals sorted by sires
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Building a plethora of knowledge Chippewa Falls FFA wins state agricultural technology contest By Danielle Nauman danielle.n@dairystar.com
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. – Four Chippewa Falls High School FFA members achieved a goal they were unsure was possible. They came out on top of a 53-team Wisconsin state FFA competition in the Agricultural Technology and Mechanical Systems Career Development Event. “The contest really covers a lot of area,” said coach Greg Raymond, who operates Chippewa Farm Service. “There is a lot of information they have to know and be comfortable working with. It is all really good life skills things to know.” Parker Olson, Michelle Asselin, Eric Kragness and Jacob Raymond won the contest in April by seven points. In addition to their team success, Kragness placed fth overall and Jacob placed 10th. “This was our rst time competing because all the CDEs were canceled last year because of (the coronavirus pandemic),” Olson said. “We really didn’t know what to expect going into it, and we weren’t really sure how we did, because everything is so different from anything anyone else has ever
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Olson, a 2021 graduate, said the will enter her senior year this fall. CDE was tailored to his own abilities “I chose this CDE because and interests. Since his graduation, of the practical knowledge,” she he has been working at Chippewa said. “Someday if I want to build a Valley Starter and Alternator Service. house, I will know a lot about the “This just caught my eye. I’ve process, the wiring, the construction, always been better with hands- everything.” on things,” he said. “I would say I While each of the students has a am strongest in the area of electric strong point, all agree one of the most motors and things like that.” challenging aspects of preparing for So far, the work the group has the contest has been learning about invested has paid off with great land surveying. dividends for them, but they are not “I have no experience or ready to sit back and simply enjoy background with that,” Kragness the ride. said. “That has been the hardest part “We aren’t just going to go,” said to learn.” Kragness, an incoming senior, of the For Jacob, the farm machinery national competition. “We want to aspects are where he brings the most show up and really compete. We will background knowledge. never get another chance.” “That is what I am most As part of the membership in interested in, and I’ve always helped the Chippewa Falls FFA chapter, my dad with stuff,” Jacob said. the students are required by advisor For Greg, watching the four Jeanna Burgan to take part in a CDE. individuals come together as a team, Once a student has won the state gaining condence, learning to work level and competed at the national together and building problemcompetition, they are unable to take solving skills is the ultimate reward. part in that CDE again. “When we started, they came in “Ms. Burgan is a great advisor, not knowing a whole lot about many and we are lucky to have her. She has of the areas we are covering,” Greg developed a great ag program for the said. “They have learned so much. school,” said Greg, who has served They can weld, wire and take apart as the president of the Chippewa machinery. Watching them grow as Falls FFA Alumni for nearly 25 people has been amazing.” years. “She goes above and beyond getting these kids involved, giving them opportunities to do things like this. None of this would be possible if not for her.” In addition to their involvement in the CDEs, the chapter is active in community s e r v i c e projects and participates in leadership development activities and conferences. “ S h e really makes us want to be involved,” said DANIELLE NAUMAN/DAIRY STAR Jacob, who Coach Greg Raymond (leŌ) instructs Parker Olson, Michelle will begin his Asselin and Jacob Raymond on measuring while squaring junior year in up a building site. ConstrucƟon is one of the many areas the fall. the team needs to learn about to prepare for the naƟonal A s s e l i n compeƟƟon.
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elected to serve on the seven-person Executive Committee are Stacy Eberle, (Monroe, District 25) Chair, Communications Committee; David Bangart, (Greenwood, District 7) Chair, Channel Management Committee; and Kay Zwald, (Hammond, District 5) Chair, Policy/Bylaw Committee. Additionally, the Board selected Mark Leder (Gleason, District 3) to serve as Chair of the Center for Dairy Research liaison committee. DFW continues to support the efforts of the internationally recognized dairy research center through funding, research, collaboration and technical support. Before the election of ofcers, newly elected directors were ofcially seated on the board. Daniel Hinz, Pickett, represents District 11, Outagamie and Winnebago counties; and Kyle Levetzow, Dodgeville, represents District 23, Iowa and Lafayette counties. Trent Dado receives Robert H. Rumler MBA Scholarship from Holstein Association USA Trent Dado, Fitchburg, Wisconsin, is the recipient of the 2021 Robert H. Rumler MBA Scholarship. Dado is a self-employed member of GPS Dairy Consulting and works as an independent nutrition and management consultant for dairy farms in the upper Midwest. He is currently pursuing his MBA from the University of Wisconsin Parkside. Dado has a bachelor’s degree in Animal Science and a master’s degree in Ruminant Nutrition from the University of Minnesota. While in college he was involved in the Animal Science Graduate Student Club, FarmHouse Fraternity, Gopher Dairy Club, National Agri-Marketing Association, Gopher Crops and Soils Club, and Dairy Judging team. Dado serves on the Dairy Strong Sustainability Alliance Committee for the Dairy Business Association and is a member of the Whole Cottonseed Advisory Council. He also enjoys staying involved on his family’s farm, Four Hands Holsteins. “Another key work and life experience that has greatly impacted my career and character was growing up on my family’s dairy,” Dado said. “As for most with a similar upbringing, it provided the skills of hard work, teamwork, perseverance, and getting my hands dirty.” The $3,000 scholarship was established in 1984 by Holstein Association USA, Inc. to encourage deserving and qualied individuals with a bachelor’s degree in dairy production to obtain a master’s degree in business administration. The scholarship program honors former Executive Secretary Rober H. Rumler. He led the Association for 25 years and believed U.S. agribusiness needs and deserves the best trained, most highly qualied leaders the nation’s educational system and practical experiences can provide. For more information about the Robert H. Rumler MBA Scholarship, visit www.holsteinusa.com and click on Awards. FSA accepting nominations for county comittees until Aug. 2 The USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) is accepting nominations for county committees now through Aug. 2, 2021. Elections will take place starting in November. County committees are unique to FSA and serve as a direct link between agricultural communities across the country and USDA. For more information on FSA county committees, visit fsa.usda.gov/elections.
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15 Kuhn FC283RTG, 11L-15 tires, 9’ cut, rubber conditioner - $14,900
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Handlair 560, Self Contained Hydraulics - $12,500 Farm King 960, 8’ Snowblower, Hyd. Spout Rotation, 3 pt ...............$2,000 Snow Push, 10’ wide ...............$1,800 Edge HB3 Breaker, skid loader mnts, Hyd breaker, 1pt .....................$4,500 ‘19 Edge BP210 post hole digger, Hyd, 24”bit .............................$2,900 Loftness 962HHH7 Snowblower, 8’ Width, Double Auger, Hyd Chute ..............................$6,500 Virnig Pallet Forks .....................$650 4 in 1 Bucket, 84” ....................$2,300 ‘18 Notch 6TLL, 6’, Hyd Lift, Hyd Tilt...................................$1,595 MDS 6ft Pusher .......................$1,050 ‘18 Grouser Tracks, 18 Pads, Fits JD 320G or Loader with a 44.2” Whl base, All new bushings and pins ..........$2,300 Woodchuck 68ST1, 68” Spreader. $3,100 Mustang M56A Broom, 6’, Polly Brush ................................. $3,200 ‘17 Erskine 2420XL, 85” Hig-Flow Snow Blower, 24” Fan, Univ. Controller $6,600 Bobcat 60” Manure Grapple, manure tines 30”, single grapple ............$1,050