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and dairy project bowl. The application and scoring for the awards also includes a leadership prole in which the 4-H’er explains their successes and impact on others, both in 4-H and in life.
Achen won third place in the 2022 Minnesota 4-H Dairy Showcase, which distributed close to $50,000 to 4-H members who exhibited at this year’s Minnesota State Fair in St. Paul. The showcase, in its 14th year, honors accomplishments during the 4-H dairy show at the state fair along with participation and top placings in dairy judging
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ST. PAUL, Minn. – Joseph Achen has shown dairy cattle in 4-H at four state fairs, but only one sent him home with $3,200 in recognition of his accomplishments in the dairy project throughout the year.
Achen said he is thinking of using his award money to ush the heifer, creating potential future 4-H projects. Achen’s 4-H goals include being on a winning Benton County dairy judging team, an effort he began working toward this year by helping motivate others from the county.
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Thirty-ve Minnesota 4-H dairy project members received honors in the Minnesota 4-H Dairy Showcase Aug. 28 at the Minnesota State Fair in St. Paul, Minnesota. (front, from le�), 11th through 25th in the showcase; Natalie Clemenson, Goodhue County; Jacy Saemrow, Rice County; Tyler Ratka, Stearns County; Calvin Benrud, Goodhue County; Ava Kieffer, Winona County; Brea Kieffer, Winona County; Shelby Swanson, McLeod County; Karlie DeGrood, Rice County; Mason Glessing, Wright County; Josephine Sutherland, Pipestone County; Lauren Ro�, Olmsted County; Elizabeth Thyen, Meeker County; Evelyn Scheffler, Goodhue County; Tarik Gavranovic, Nicollet County; and Marcus Kajer, Le Sueur County. (middle, from le�; Rising Stars Lindsey Gibbs, Winona County; Monika Frericks, Stearns County; Emily Mellgren, Wabasha County; Ashley Mellgren, Wabasha County; Ma�ea Quigley, Dakota County; Hannah Visser, McLeod County; and Lillian West, Fillmore County; (back, from le�) Kamrie Mauer, McLeod County, Rising Star; Madylan Wingert, Fillmore County, Rising Star; Emily Annexstad, emcee; rst through 10th in the showcase, respec�vely: Megan Ratka, Stearns County; Garre� Waldenberger, Houston County; Joseph Achen, Benton County; Hailey Frericks, Stearns County; Dan Frericks, Stearns County; Rachel Visser, McLeod County; Alexis Hoefs, Le Sueur County; Clara Thompson, Olmsted County; Kallie Frericks, Stearns County; Megan Meyer, Winona County; Eric Houdek, emcee; and Anna Ro County,
While his family moved from Minnesota to Indiana, then South Dakota and Kansas, developing multiple dairy farm enterprises before returning to Minnesota, Achen experienced different 4-H dairy programs.
“But, there were none like this,” Achen said. “I just really enjoy being here with my county.”
Dairy showcase honors 35 dairy project members
The 17-year-old senior at Royalton High School was among 11 dairy project members from Benton County who earned state fair trips with their cattle.
Rising Star. 1. Megan Ratka, Stearns County 2. Garre� Waldenberger, Houston County 3. Joseph Achen, Benton County 4. Hailey Frericks, Stearns County 5. Dan Frericks, Stearns County 6. Rachel Visser, McLeod County 7. Alexis Hoefs, Le Sueur County 8. Clara Thompson, Olmsted County 9. Kallie Frericks, Stearns County 10. Megan Meyer, Winona County 11. Natalie Clemenson, Goodhue County 12. Jacy Saemrow, Rice County Minnesota 4-H Dairy Showcase Minnesota 4-H Dairy Showcase Rising Stars 13. Tyler Ratka, Stearns County 14. Calvin Benrud, Goodhue County 15. Ava Kieffer, Winona County 16. Brea Kieffer, Winona County 17. Shelby Swanson, McLeod County 18. Karlie DeGrood, Rice County 19. Mason Glessing, Wright County 20. Josephine Sutherland, Pipestone County 21. Lauren Ro�, Olmsted County 22. Elizabeth Thyen, Meeker County 23. Evelyn Scheffler, Goodhue County 24. Tarik Gavranovic, Nicollet County 25. Marcus Kajer, Le Sueur County • Monika Frericks, Stearns County • Lindsey Gibbs, Winona County • Kamrie Mauer, McLeod County • Ashley Mellgren, Wabasha County • Emily Mellgren, Wabasha County • Ma�ea Quigley, Dakota County • Anna Ro�, Olmsted County • Hannah Visser, McLeod County • Lillian West, Fillmore County • Madylan Wingert, Fillmore County
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Achen showed a Milking Shorthorn spring yearling in 4-H at the Minnesota State Fair, a heifer that earned him a junior champion rosette and helped him place third in senior showmanship. Showmanship success also helped propel Megan Ratka of Stearns County to the top of the showcase, which she won for the second time. Ratka ended her nal year of 4-H by not only collecting $4,000 to apply to her University of Minnesota-St. Paul tuition, but also by being part of the winning senior dairy judging team that will advance to World Dairy Expo in October in Madison,ThisWisconsin.spring, Ratka and her Stearns County teammates earned a trip to the North American International Livestock Exposition 4-H dairy quiz bowl competition in Louisville, Kentucky. One of those teammates, Hailey Frericks, placed fourth in the showcase with a $2,800 award she plans to apply toward South Dakota State University tuition. She has been recognized in the showcase three times previously.
“There you really combine it all,” he said. “You can never be involved enough in dairy.”
“I wasn’t expecting (to be in the top ve) because it’s just a privilege to be there to round out my 4-H career,” Frericks said.
His favorite 4-H activity is the dairy project bowl.
“But, I don’t know if my parents will be on board with that,” he said.
Frericks is at the end of her 4-H career.“It’s something special to have the kid recognized and not just the animal,” Frericks said. “It’s nice to know you made an Second-placeimpact.” showcase winner Garrett Waldenberger, of Houston County, would like to apply his $3,600 award to buying a small square baler with hopes of starting a small business.
Waldenberger was recognized as one of the showcase’s 10 rising stars. He and his sister, Kendra, own 10 Brown Swiss that are housed with the Steve Klug herd, from which they began leasing 4-H Waldenbergercattle.works regularly at the Klug farm, scraping and hauling bales and hoping to learn how to mix feed.“I’ve learned patience and a hard work ethic,” Waldenberger said.
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Those blonde girls had been enlisted by Heidi to help.
They were Teryn Close, a junior; Natalie Schueller, a senior; Emily Kragness, a junior; and Shianne Hunt, an eighth grader.“Emily and Shianne are
“I grew up here with my family, milking cows,” Jason said. “When I was a kid, I was at a conference and someone told me that dairy goats were the future. That always kind of stuck in my head.”
DANIELLE NAUMAN/DAIRY STAR Jason and Heidi Benson (middle) milk 160 dairy goats on their Colfax, Wisconsin. The Bensons are pictured with four 4-H youth workers (from le ) Teryn Close, Natalie Schueller, Heidi and Jason Benson, Emily Kragness and Shianne Hunt.
COLFAX, Wis. – For Jason Benson, operating a goat dairy is a way he can continue with his family’s heritage of dairy farming and production agriculture. And, being a dairyman was a way to follow that dream while procuring off-farm employment as a maintenance worker for the city of Menomonie.
Fate intervened on Benson’s behalf; he was asked to raise youngstock for a nearby dairy goat farmer whose facilities were overcrowded. For his efforts, Benson was able to procure some goats that became the foundation of his current Thisherd. year marks Jason’s
seventh season of milking dairy goats. Jason and his wife, Heidi, who works as a 4-H program educator in Chippewa County, are developing the best herd they can while sharing their passion with interested youth.Today, the Bensons are milking 160 goats in a double-15 parlor on the Chippewa County farm near Colfax that Jason grew up on. They ship their milk to LaClare Creamery inTheMalone.Bensons had meshed milking and caring for their goats with their full-time jobs until earlier this summer. An unexpected shift occurred in Jason’s work schedule that interfered with caring for the goats.“I wasn’t really sure what exactly we were going to do,” Jason said. “It was going to be really difcult to keep the goat herd going with my new work schedule.”Notto be deterred, Heidi enlisted neighbors and 4-H members who had expressed interest in the dairy goat project.
“The rst night, I called my nephew and enlisted him to come milk and do chores,” Jason said. “He got here and said there were all sorts of blonde girls running around doing everything and there was nothing for him to do.”
we had some dance parties doing it and just had a lot of fun,” Close said. “It was all worth it.”
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neighbors and go to our church, and Natalie and Teryn are 4-H members,” Heidi said. “They had all expressed an interest in the dairy goat project, and we are happy to be able to work with them on that. The dairy goat project here in Chippewa County is very small. Not everyone has access to the animals or the ability to house them. Our goal is to help with that.”
Each show goat was clipped and had its feet trimmed; however, unlike cattle, goats are not washed before the show.“The best part of getting involved with the 4-H dairy goat project is we have a whole new community of people to work with,” Kragness said. “We each have new friends we might not have met Forotherwise.”theBensons, the rewards of working with the girls have been multifaceted. In addition to growing the 4-H dairy goat project in Chippewa Falls, the Bensons are working to breed goats they can send to the Wisconsin State Fair for the 4-H’ers to exhibit .
“WeSchuellerthem.”agreed.havewhatwe call some teachable moments with the fresh ones,” Natalie said. “The most important part is that we are having fun while we are working.”When Hunt arrives at the farm, she pasteurizes milk to feed the kids, which takes about an hour. During that time, she feeds and waters the kids and feeds milk after the pasteurization is complete.“Right now, I have 15 on milk and have had as many as 30,” Hunt said. “I wean them when they reach 25 pounds.”With the effort the four invested into the farm, they teamed up to take 13 goats to the fair earlier this summer. “We put in some long nights right before fair, doing a lot of clipping, but
Natalie Schueller exhibits a dairy goat in the 4-H dairy goat show at the Northern Wisconsin State Fair.
Heidi planned for each 4-H’er to put in eight hours of farm work and an additional eight hours working with the goats they would exhibit at the Northern Wisconsin State Fair in Chippewa Falls.For the four students, those eight hours grew into something much deeper, a fondness for dairy goats.
“We move the milkers from the sanitizing station to the parlor, and then we bring the girls into the holding pen,” Close said. “Natalie and I each milk run one side of the parlor. When one shift is done, we send them out, restock feed and bring in the next shift and do it all Kragnessagain.”istypically in charge of cleaning up the parlor and milkhouse after milking is “Sometimescompleted.itisagood anger management class,” Kragness said. “Sometimes the goats don’t do what you want them to do, and you just have to smile and keep trying. You can’t get angry with
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“It has been great to be able to rely on these kids,” Jason said. “We can trust they will be here when they are scheduled to be here, and they do a great job. We know things get done right, and they care. I’m not sure where we would be without these girls.”
“I really like working with the goats, and helping out here has been so much fun,” Schueller said. “And, we have really become just one big, happy family.”The three older girls help handle evening milking and doe chores, while Hunt oversees the kids. The girls typically arrive around 5 p.m. to begin chores by setting up the parlor.
The July national average corn price slipped to $7.25 per bushel, down 12 cents from June, but was $1.13 above July 2021.
Soybeans, after hitting a record $16.40 per bushel in June, fell 90 cents in July to $15.50 but are still $1.40 per bushel above July 2021.
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The August Class IV price is $24.81, down 98 cents from July, $8.89 above a year ago, and the lowest it has been since February. Its eight-month average sits at $24.83, up from $15.12 a year ago and $13.62 in Dairy2020.farmers got a small break on corn and soybean prices in July but a big jump in hay and a drop in the all milk price pulled the month’s milk feed ratio lower for the sixth month in a row. The latest Ag Prices report shows the July ratio at 1.79, down from 1.93 in June, but compares to 1.52 in July 2021.The index is based on the current milk price in relationship to feed prices for a ration consisting of 51% corn, 8% soybean and 41% alfalfa hay. In other words, 1 pound of milk would only purchase 1.79 pounds of dairy feed of that blend.
Dairy economist Bill Brooks, of Stoneheart Consulting in Dearborn, Missouri, said the ratio’s feed value came in at $14.33, driven primarily by the higher hay price. Adding salt to the wound, Brooks said revisions in the alfalfa hay price in previous months “lowered what we thought we had for protability.”July’s drop in the income over feed calculation was the fourth decline the past 11 months. July’s income over feed costs dropped below $12 for the rst time since December 2021 but was above $8 per cwt for the 10th month running.
Dairy producer protability for 2021 in the form of milk income over feed costs was $7.79 per cwt, according to Brooks. The protability was $2.44 below 2020 and $1.87 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. 2021 income over feed was close to the level needed to maintain or grow milk Forproduction.2022,milk income over feed costs (using Aug. 31 CME settling futures prices for milk, corn and soybean plus the Stoneheart forecast for alfalfa hay) are expected to be $11.69 per cwt, a loss of 66 cents versus the previous month’s estimate. 2022 income over feed would be above the level needed to maintain or grow milk production and $3.90 per cwt above the 2021 level.
Meanwhile, the latest Margin Watch from Chicago-based Commodity and Ingredient Hedging LLC says dairy margins were weaker over the second half of August as increasing feed costs offset mixed milk prices with Class III largely steady while Class IV advanced.
What goes up, does come down, and dairy farmers know the drill all too well unfortunately. The United States Agriculture Department announced the August Federal Order Class III milk price at $20.10 per hundredweight, down $2.42 from July, after losing $1.81 in July, but is $4.15 above August 2021.
California’s all milk price fell to $26.60 per cwt, down 90 cents from June but $9.10 above a year ago. Wisconsin’s, at $24.30, was down $1.90 from June, but is $6.40 above a year ago.
Alfalfa hay averaged a record $276 per ton, up a whopping $31 from June, and a budget busting $70 per ton above a year ago.
Looking at the cow side of the ledger; the July cull price for beef and dairy combined averaged $90.60 per cwt, up 40 cents from June, $15 above July 2021 and $19 above the 2011 base average.
least break even for most producers, he concluded, and maybe even be protable for some as well.
We did see some relief in July corn and soybean prices, he said, and we are looking at a fairly large crop for both. But it is not as large as we thought earlier and were hoping for, and we still have forage issues. With the economy where it is right now, disposable income for consumers is narrowing with these higher energy prices and other costs going up, so it looks like a tight situation with narrowing profitability as we go through the rest of 2022 on into 2023. Hopefully, it stays above the level needed to at
Late Friday morning Class III futures portended a September price at $19.67; October, $20.01; November, $20.99; and December at $20.83.
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The all milk price average fell to $25.70 cwt, down $1.20 from June, after dropping 40 cents the previous month, but is $7.90 above July 2021.
Checking soybeans; 91% were setting pods, up 7% from the previous week, 1% behind a year ago and 1% behind the ve-year average. 57% of the crop was rated good to excellent, 1% ahead of a year ago.The Daily Dairy Report’s Sarina Sharp warned in the Aug. 26 Milk Producers Council newsletter
Class III futures hovering around $20
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It’s the third monthly decline after peaking at $25.21 in May and is the lowest Class III price since December 2021. The eight-month 2022 average stands at $22.54, up from $16.78 at this time in 2021 and $17.61 in 2020.
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The MW detailed the July Milk Production and Cold Storage reports, which I previously reported. It added that the corn market has been rising as Pro Farmer’s annual crop tour indicated a lower yield projection of 168.1 bushels per acre versus 175.4 in the August WASDE, with production pegged at 13.759 billion bushels compared to the current USDA estimate of 14.359 billion. For additional details, visit Speakingwww.cihmarginwatch.com.ofthosecrops;86%of U.S. corn was at the dough stage, as of the week ending Aug. 28, according to the latest Crop Progress report, up 11% from the previous week, 4% behind a year ago and 2% behind the ve-year average. 54% was rated good to excellent, 6% behind a year ago.
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Scorching temperatures and drought conditions continue to push back on European milk production, according to the Aug. 29 Daily Dairy Report. Combined data from Eurostat, consulting rm CLAL, and the UK’s Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board indicate that collective output among the 26 reporting countries of the EU and the UK fell by 0.7% year over year during June. While still signicant, this represents the smallest decline seen since CooperativesFebruary.Working Together members accepted 17 offers of export assistance this week from CWT that helped them capture sales of 3.5 million pounds of American-type cheese, 1.1 million pounds of whole milk powder and 520,000 pounds of cream cheese.The product is going to customers in Asia, Middle East-North Africa, Oceania and South America through January 2023 and raised 2022 CWT exports to 66.8 million pounds of American-type cheeses, 459,000 pounds of butter, 29.8 million pounds of whole milk powder and 7.1 million pounds of cream cheese. The products are going to 18 countries and are the equivalent of 900 million pounds of milk on a milkfat basis, according to the CWT.
Dry whey gained 1.50 cents Monday, hitting 48.50 cents per pound, highest since July 11, then fell backward, closing the week at 46.50 cents per pound, down a half-cent and 2 cents below a year ago. There were two sales of whey on the week and 10 for August, down ve from July.
$10 perChiefkg.executive Miles Hurrell said the revision would be disappointing for the co-op’s farmers but reected several factors, including the recent downward trend in global dairy prices driven by some short-term softening in global demand, and the general impact of ination on purchasing behavior.
$2,150 Barry Richardson, Milladore. Many good
In the week ending Aug. 20, 59,100 dairy cows were sent to slaughter, up 1,500 head from the previous week and 100 head, or 0.2%, above a year ago.
Cream production is declining in the West, but availability was steady to higher this week. Contacts reported that some Class II facilities were going to run shorter schedules Labor Day weekend, enabling butter makers to utilize the additional cream and increase output. Plants continue to run below capacity due to limited tanker availability and labor shortages, according to DMN. Butter inventories are tight and demand from food service and retail is steady.
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The DFMA says there has been rumblings that Chinese buyers are somewhat back in the market. Mexican buyers have also returned after a twomonth hiatus. And after a couple months of quiet activity, the tones of both nonfat dry milk and dry whey markets have rmed. We’ll learn more after the Sept. 6 GDT.
CME cheddar block cheese saw some ups and downs but closed Friday at $1.7650 per pound, up 2.50 cents on the week, and 3 cents above a year ago, as traders awaited the afternoon’s July Dairy Products report.Thebarrels nished the week at $1.8575 per pound, 2.50 cents lower, 46.25 cents above a year ago and an inverted 9.25 cents above the blocks. There was only one sale of block on the week at the CME and 19 for August, down from 23 in July. Barrel sales totaled nine for the week and 64 for the month, up from 29 in July.
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Midwestern cheesemakers reported a tighter spot milk market this week. Mid-week spot prices ranged from Class to $1 under and processors say offers “noticeably quieted down,” says DMN. In a typical week, this would not necessarily be of circumstance but ahead of a holiday weekend it does eschew the more common trend of increasing milk
that dairy producers will need milk prices to stay high to keep up with rising feed costs. The trade has grown increasingly concerned about global grain supplies amid worsening drought in Europe and in China’s rice belt.
Cash dairy prices started September mixed as high temperatures and drought takes a toll on the west, especially California where wildres caused evacuations and the governor to declare a state of emergency.Thespotlight was on butter this week which, after jumping 14.25 cents the previous week, hit the second highest level on record. First, it fell to $3.05 per pound Tuesday, but headed back up from there, closing the Friday before Labor Day at $3.10, up 1.75 cents on the week, highest since Sept. 24, 2015, and 3.50 cents shy of the record $3.1350 on Sept. 25, 2015. It is also $1.3025 above a year ago. Sales totaled 19 for the week and 144 for the month, down from 216 in July.
availability at discounted offer prices. Cheese sales were mixed, but some producers say business is picking up. Some pizza cheese and retail cheddar producers report having to limit customers’ orders to ensure all other orders are being met.
The Aug. 26 Dairy and Food Market Analyst reported that butter retailers were being put on allocation because of a lack of available supply.
Demand for cheese is mixed in the West. Some contacts noted an uptick in food service sales, particularly for mozzarella cheese from pizza makers. This is contrasted by recent declines in food service demand, as restauranteurs reduce hours and menu offerings. Retail demand was unchanged while export demand remains strong due to competitive prices. Cheese output is steady in the region, with some plants continuing to report labor shortages and delayed deliveries of supplies, preventing them from running closer to capacity, according to DMN.
Grade A nonfat dry milk climbed to $1.57 per pound Monday, highest since Aug. 4, but headed south from there and closed 4 cents lower on the week at $1.52, 18 cents above a year ago. The powder saw 18 trades on the week and 70 for the month, up from 49 in July.
Speaking of the GDT, the third Pulse auction was held Aug. 30 with 2.2 million pounds of Fonterra whole milk powder offered, same as Aug. 23. The resulting price averaged $3,415 U.S. per metric ton after 23 minutes of trading, up $30, or 0.9%, from Aug. 23. There were 35 participating bidders, with 15 winning bidders, down from 20 the previous week.HighGround Dairy reports that Fonterra has cut its milk price forecast for the current year due to falling global dairy prices. The forecast was revised from $8.75-$10.25 per kg of milk solids to $8.50-
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Cream availability held steady in the Midwest this week, according to Dairy Market News, but the amount of offers had not increased signicantly. Churning and micro-xing were reportedly somewhat even most days. Employee hiring and retention has improved, but the challenge is getting new hires trained. Butter demand is steady to slightly underperforming for this time of the year, but near-term expectations are more bullish. Demand is expected to pick up in late summer/early fall, but the limited butter stocks are and have been a concern for months. Still, as domestic butter prices maintain a stronger position than those of Oceania, an unanswered question is how buyers, particularly industrial confectioners, plan to proceed in regards to their purchasing, says DMN.
Finally, a hats off to the American Beef Labeling Act, S. 2716 and H.R. 7291. The legislation would put a mandatory country of origin label on beef at the grocery store and is co-authored by Sens. Jon Tester (D-MT) and John Thune (R-SD).
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Butter stocks remain tight enough that price has to remain high. This is allowing CME Group spot butter to remain over $3.00. EU butter is trading similar values with NZ below $2.40. That is a significant price difference and
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The dairy market saw good margins in early 2022 but is now struggling with a cheese price that will not support profitability for most producers. Spot cheddar blocks have once again traded into the low $1.70’s, with barrels in the mid $1.80’s. If barrel cheddar softens to block prices, Class III futures will start pricing in the low to mid $18’s. There could be a lot of reasons as to why this is happening, with the primary driver likely a strengthening dollar and growing monetary concerns and pricing impacts to demand sectors.
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Inflation was a good thing for agriculture in 2022. Most producers had lower input costs locked in allowing them to see better profit margins as their sellable commodities inflated in value. Looking ahead into 2023 that is not the case. A normal price ratio between urea fertilizer and corn futures projects that corn futures should be trading at $10.61, but they are only trading in the mid $6’s. Although balance sheets are looking better, inflation is having a significant impact on forward looking Ag profitability.
Feed prices remain stubbornly high. In the week prior to this being printed, river basis for soybeans at the gulf jumped 40 cents in a couple of days. New crop supplies can’t get here fast enough from some markets. Most crush facilities and corn processors have their old crop time slots covered now, which is causing basis to fade. Exporters may need to push basis on new demand for old crop supplies. The new crop basis battle between buyers and sellers is just beginning.
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with the sports schedule.
“It’s amazing if everybody takes a day off; they come back refreshed,”
Breunig said. “It’s hard. We spend our whole week trying to get there.”
Breunig balances broadcasting with running his dairy farm near Sauk City.The 450-cow Holstein herd is milked three times a day. Some heifers are raised on site while others are sent to a grower nearby.
After watching other parents livestream hockey games, Breunig decided to start broadcasting his daughter’s soccer games last year. Since the team played so many away games, the idea was that it would allow more people to watch the kids play. After getting permission from the athletic director and coaches, Breunig planned to livestream the soccer games via Facebook. The broadcast is streamed through a private Facebook group that Breunig admits people to.
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Breunig broadcasts high school games
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Sharing the love of sports
During the week preceding the game, more and more people were added to the watch group. By the time game day arrived, there were more than 350 members in the group. After a successful broadcast, Breunig said many were grateful.
When the team reached sectionals in Rhinelander, Breunig was determined to broadcast the game because it was more than three hours away. The only caveat was he had to let the opposing team into the private group so they could watch as well.
Mitch Breunig broadcasts his daughter’s soccer game from the sidelines. Breunig is broadcas ng high school football games this year for radio, television and social media.
For equipment, Breunig used his smartphone, a tripod, portable battery charger and a lapel microphone. Breunig sat in the press box or at eld level.After a few games, the group developed a following, and each game had up to 30 live views and even more
Mitch Breunig stands in his freestall barn Aug. 24 on his farm near Sauk City, Wisconsin. Breunig milks 450 cows and also broadcasts the local high school sports.
SAUK CITY, Wis. – Mitch Breunig has loved sports all his life. He even taught himself to read by looking over the Brewers box scores in the sports section of the newspaper. Now that he is grown up with kids of his own, he is sharing his passion for sports by broadcasting games for Sauk Prairie High School in Prairie du Sac.“I’ve always liked sports,” Breunig said. “I do this because I want the kids to have an opportunity to have fun and enjoy sports.”
Breunig is a third-generation dairyman who relies on help from a team of employees to manage the workload and make sure everyone gets a day off. He said it can be difcult to navigate everyone’s days off
“It just kept growing,” Breunig said. “I had a lot of parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles and former players start to follow along.”
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“I do this because I want the kids to have an opportunity to have fun and enjoy sports.”
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This year, Breunig has been asked to broadcast the football games for the local television channel. He has one game under his belt so far and is optimistic about another season. The games are broadcast on radio, television and Facebook.
“I’ve got to be good at getting the schedule and communicating with employees,” Breunig said. “Employees are kind of like a team, too, so I think it probably makes me a better communicator.”
Breunig said he hopes the broadcast will help bring the community together beyond high school sports. The Sauk Prairie High School community has adopted a kindness movement in the wake of three teen suicides in the last 12 months. He plans to promote the kindness movement using his platform as a broadcaster and a football coach.
“Youth mental health is a really big deal,” Breunig said. “I coach football for my son, and all we talk about is being a good teammate, being kind to one another and if something isn’t right to come talk to Breunigus.” is sharing his passion for sports to bring the community together and lift up the athletes while doing so. He plans to end his broadcasts with, “Thank you for watching and be kind, Sauk Prairie.”
“It was the coolest thing,” Breunig said. “One of the player’s grandparents told me, ‘Thank you for doing the broadcast. I wouldn’t have been able to see my granddaughter play at all otherwise, and you do such a good job. I really appreciate it.’”
Breunig said it can be a challenge to balance his broadcasting hobby with his farming career.
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The two were blessed because they had the hard working hands of their boys to help them with their busy day which included making hay on their 120-cow dairy near Sauk Centre. But unfortunately, the next day, Aug. 31, all ve boys would return back to school in Sauk“ICentre.amgoing to miss them a lot,” Joel said. “It takes a lot longer when they aren’t here. The extra help is alwaysJoshhandy.”and his wife, Stacy, have two boys, Blake and Hayden, and Joel and his wife, Crystal, have three boys, Clayton, Logan and Jack. During the summer months, the boys run side-by-side with their dads, assisting with a variety of chores and work on their robotic dairy where they farm 800 acres and raise bulls. Both wives work full time off the farm.
The Groetsch families (front, from le ) Jack, Logan, Clayton, Florence, Stacy and Hayden; (back, from le ) Crystal, Joel, Ken, Josh and Blake worked together to get a lot done on their 120-cow dairy Aug. 30 near Sauk Centre, Minnesota.
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Aug. 30 a busy day of haying before school starts again
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A day in the life of the Groetsch familiesA in the life of the Groetsch families
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Well before the work began and the stars were illuminating from the sky at 2 a.m., Josh got a call from one of the robots and had to go down to the barn to do some maintenance. They have been milking with two robotic milking systems since Sept. 11, 2012.
Ken Groetsch checks over the self-propelled Discbine a er cu ng a couple elds of alfalfa during the a ernoon of Aug. 30.
Joel and Josh are the second generation on the farm. They started working with their parents, Florence and Ken, right out of high school and now own the farm.Onthis Tuesday, the seven Groetsches had big plans. They were hoping to chop a 25-acre eld of hay, possibly start chopping on a different eld of alfalfa and give some guidance on a tiling project being done near the manure pit.
By 6:30 a.m., all seven headed to their freestall barn to handle a varying array of chores.
The rest of the morning consisted of getting their haying equipment, which includes a self-propelled chopper and three boxes, greased and ready for chopping hay sometime in the afternoon. The boys played around on the farm and helped when needed.
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A couple of the boys, Hayden and Logan, swept mattresses in the barn. Clayton helped Joel with mixing feed and cleaning out some heifer lots. Blake helped fetch cows for the robot, and Jack went into the chicken pen to feed the chickens and pick up eggs. Josh stayed in the barn and did some A.I. Then, with the help of Logan, Josh bedded the herd.
Shortly after 9 a.m., the families had breakfast at their respective houses before coming back to the farm, where Josh and his family live.
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“It’s handy having them here all day even if it’s just to open the gates,” Joel said.
Blake Groetsch merges several rows of hay together a er lunch. The Groetsches were able to chop around 25 acres.
“They are all brothers, and they ght like it,” Josh said.
Clayton, (from le ) Jack and Joel Groetsch talk about their a ernoon plans while si ng on the 4-wheeler Aug. 30.
hard-work ethic and chosing right from wrong,” Joel said.
“Working on the farm teaches the kids important life lessons such as a
“During the summer time, we take the boys to Padua to eat lunch,” Joel said. “It’s quicker than trying to prepare something ourselves.”
In the early afternoon, Josh checked the hay while Joel made an order of four loads of canola for the herd’s ration. Shortly after dinner, Blake was merging ve rows into one to accelerate their chopping plans. The boys all know the importance of pitching in.
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For lunch, the Groetsches took their sons to eat dinner at the Padua Pub. The restaurant is a popular place for the Groetsches to eat, especially when they have a busy afternoon planned.
Hayden Groetsch sweeps off cow mats early in the morning of Aug. 30. The Groetsches started chores around 6:30 a.m.
Josh Groetsch beds the cows with rye straw in the freestall barn during morning chores Aug. 30.
Jack and Logan Groetsch bring a couple newborn calves to their huts during the a�ernoon of Aug. 30. During the summer, the boys help their dad and uncle on their farm.
By 2 p.m., the boys were heading to the eld to chop haylage. Logan rode with Joel in the chopper, and Blake and Clayton hauled loads while Josh stayed in the yard to run the blower and unload into the 20-by-70 silo. Josh and Joel’s dad, Ken, showed up around 3 p.m. to knock down a couple more elds of hay.Several loads into the harvest, things went awry; two of the belts on a box snapped, and Stacy, who had the day off from her job, had to run to get
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Then they had supper, and the families put the nishing touches on getting everything ready for the rst day of school.
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“Farming makes more sense to me [than school],” ClaytonDuringsaid.the school year, the boys enjoy helping on the farm at night and during the weekend. As each gets older, Josh and Joel hope some of them will take an interest in the farm.
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on the box and unload the last load of haylage. Josh and the boys, minus Hayden, who was at football practice, headed to the barn to get chores done. They also had to feed the newborn calves bottles of milk.
When they checked their other eld of alfalfa, they deemed it was too wet for harvesting.Just before 7 p.m., they had a good handle on the day’s work and had just a few minor
“Today was one of those days when something went wrong, it went wrong twice,” JoshAsaid.short time later, Logan discovered two calves had been born in the maternity pen, and he helped get them out in the yard near their huts.
“I like the feeling of done when you start a project and get it done,” Josh said.
Josh was also sidelined by some needed conversations with a tiling company and the manure pit project. By 5:30 p.m., the 25-acre eld was chopped, and Joel returned to the yard to place new belts
Josh Groetsch unloads a wagon of hay Aug. 30. The Groetsches wanted to nish hay before all of the kids went back to school.
parts. The Groetsches proceeded to haul with just two boxes.
“That’s your goal in life... to have kids to take over the farm,” Josh said.
Blake Groetsch bo le feeds a calf during morning chores Aug. 30 on Groetsch dairy near Sauk Centre, Minnesota.
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Cows with fans operating at a speed over 400 feet per minute averaged 14.3 hours of resting time per day, and cows with fans operating at a speed of 200 to 400 feet per minute averaged 13.9 hours of daily lying time. The control group had a lying time of 13.2 hours per day. Cook said that, glob-
workshop entitled, “Assessing Adult Cow Barn Ventilation” at Rosy-Lane Holsteins near Watertown Aug. 24. The workshop was one of three held on Wisconsin farms this summer by Cook and his colleagues.
Workshop provides details of what to look for when designing a system
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A cow’s body temperature goes up when she lies down. But when she stands, her body temperature decreases. According to Cook, cows gain about one degree per hour when lying down. When standing, they cool by about half of a degree per hour.
The afternoon session offered hands-on activities for attendees, who had the opportunity to measure airow in the barns.Poor ventilation can cause problems in both summer and winter. Subpar air quality during cold weather can create an elevated risk for pneumonia, while heat stress during the summer can impact feed intake, milk production, fertility and health. Systems should be designed to keep animals healthy and productive through all seasons.Heataffects a cow’s ability to rest. Cows lose approximately three hours per day of lying time when the temperature is between 70 and 82 de-
Cow groups with fans produced 4 pounds more milk per cow per day versus the control group, and they also rested longer.
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grees.“That loss is like going from a sand-bedded stall to concrete,” Cook said. “That is how much comfort they’re losing. Three hours is a lot.”
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“My philosophy is to build from the cow up,” said Dr. Nigel Cook, DVM, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine. “Whatever we do needs to impact the cow space not just the barn space. When ventilating a barn, you need to think about that. You must ventilate the pen and the space where cows live and lie down, which is at the stall level.” The Dairyland Initiative at the University of Wisconsin-Madison put on a
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The stall is considered the cow’s microenvironment – the place where she spends most of her day resting. By measuring air speeds in the resting space as well as cow respiration rates, farms can determine if their heat abatement systems are doing their intended job.
ally, the industry averages 10.5 hours of resting time per cow daily. Cook did note these were small sand-bedded freestall pens that were not overstocked, and cows were only out of the pen milking for about 20 minutes per “Cowsday.are very sensitive to air speed, and these results indicate the need to provide a minimum cooling air speed in
Ventilating with cow microenvironment in mind
Looking at the big picture of overall airow throughout a barn is deceiving. Rather, farms need to bring their analysis down to the stall level. How much air is a cow receiving in her microenvironment or resting space? This is where the true effectiveness of a ventilation system is revealed.
A study at UW-Madison showed that air speed at cow resting height positively inuenced daily lying time, body temperature and milk yield under conditions of heat stress.
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Thesaid.minimum cooling airspeed is dened as a minimum of 200 feet per minute or 2.25 mph measured at a resting height of 18 inches.
According to Cook, the wind does not blow 20% of the time in Wisconsin in July. Furthermore, as farms get bigger and expand, they block the airow needed for a natural ventilation system to be“Naturalsuccessful.ventilation is still a good option in many situations and an economically viable choice under variable climatic conditions,” Cook said. “But if you have to build in a north-south orientation, don’t build a natural ventilated barn as most wind comes from the south or southwest.”
minimal. However, air exchange is not always a given in natural ventilated barns.“When the wind blows, it’s great,” Cook said. “But when it doesn’t, natural ventilation doesn’t achieve the air exchange rates needed in the summer.”
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There are six common ventilation choices – natural ventilation with fans over stalls, positive pressure hybrid ventilation with fans pushing air into the barn from the side walls, tunnel ventilation with fans over stalls, tunnel hybrid ventilation with cupola fans and curtains, cross ventilation with bafes over stalls, and cross ventilation with fans over stalls. Positive pressure is the newest approach and a practice done commonly in buildings designed for people. However, negative pressure is more common in agricultural facilities.
Natural ventilation is designed for six rows of free stalls or less. Electrical cost is low, and fan maintenance is
Practical design recommendations suggest a sufcient air change per hour of 4-8 in the winter and 40-60 in the summer with tunnels being on the lower end at around 40 and cross vents being around 50. Air should be moved at a minimum of 1,500 cubic feet per minute per adult cow.
To ensure effective ventilation, barns should be designed to include sufcient air exchange to remove heat, dust, noxious gases and moisture. The system must also be economical, considering what the cost per cow is per year to run the system and deciding
“That’sdrive.ano-brainer to me and one of the biggest and best choices a farm can make,” he said. “Variable frequency drives are an absolute win for our industry. These fans are able to operate at less than full speed, giving the farmer exibility.”
“Sufcient air exchange per unit of body weight in the summer is absolutely crucial because we have stocking rates of 1.5 cows per stall,” Cook said. “Air change doesn’t get it done. It just adds all that heat. You need air exchange per animal.”
In a mixed climate like that of Wisconsin, where it is hot in summer and cold in winter, the costs per cow for natural ventilation are between $20-$25 per year. It is double that for most mechanical ventilation systems, with cross bafes being the cheapest and hybrid systems the most expensive to run of the mechanical options. The study was based on an electricity cost of $0.10 per kilowatt-hour in an 800-cow barn.
“The benets of these ventilation systems more than outweigh the cost,” Cook said.
Each type of ventilation system has pros and cons. But when systems are designed from the cow up, the likelihood for success is much higher.
In Madison, there are 77 days where the temperature is greater than 68 degrees Fahrenheit. The calculated marginal cost of heat stress is $123 per cow per year factored on a $19 milk price.
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Positive pressure hybrid systems are ideal for 4-row barns and offer seasonal exibility combined with low electrical cost. However, fan maintenance is hefty, and install cost is high.
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“You run them at a real low speed in winter just to move air around,” Cook said. “In one year or two years tops, you will have it paid for.”
“The use of bafes to create the required air speed in the resting area creates an operational advantage for a cross-ventilated barn, but they need to be retractable in the winter,” Cook said.
Operating at 60%, fans with a VFD can cut electrical costs in half.
This is an example of a tunnel hybrid ven lated barn which uses a combina on of mechanical and natural ven la on. The tunnel hybrid system can be installed in barns with eight rows or less.
tunnel system is great for predictability of airow, whereas a naturally ventilated barn can be challenging because it does not have predictable air speed. A tunnel system or tunnel hybrid system can be installed in barns with eight rows or less but comes at a high electrical cost and requires considerable fan maintenance. This type of system can be challenging in the winter at low air speeds, and barn length is a restricting“Tunnelfactor.barns are great in the summer but can freeze manure in the winter,” Cook said. “Moving small volumes of air through very big buildings and avoiding freezing can create a challenge.”
A hybrid system is a combination of mechanical and natural ventilation. An example would be using exhaust fans with curtains. In summer, the farm would close the curtains and the ridge and turn on the fans.A
In barns containing more than 10 rows, a crossventilated system with fans might be considered. However, this system comes with a high electrical price tag and a lot of fan maintenance and is preferred for wider body cross-ventilated barns.
if that number is compatible with the losses incurred from the heat.
Cook recommends installing fans with a variable frequency
Barns with eight to 10 rows may consider a cross bafe system. This is attractive, offering low electrical cost and low fan maintenance, but retractable bafes are a must to avoid trapping air between the bafes at low air speeds in the winter. Cross-ventilated barns without bafes use fans to create the air speed in the stalls, but this increases costs.
We tested the corn this morning and it was 71%. West of us there are a few people chopping. Hopefully we can start chopping this weekend. We got all the fourth crop hay done. We cut Aug. 29-31 and we round baled it Sept. 2-3. It was probably ¾ a normal crop. We had close to a ton an acre. Our second crop new seeding was really nice. We are seeing some late coming weeds in the soybean fields. On the ridge the soybeans are starting to turn but around here they are all green.
DAVE THEILER
250 cows, 320 acres
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CHUCK HILL
300 cows, 430 acres
(MahnomenWaubun,MNCounty)
41 cows, 205 acres
We finished 4th crop and quality wise it was better than 3rd crop because we finally got a little more rain. We actually started corn silage on Monday Sept. 5. Moisture is 65 -70% and maturity is all over the board so we are taking it slow because it is not all ready yet. I feel like we are sitting in pretty good shape overall.
A lot of the cover crops have been chopped or baled. Our Japanese millet was amazing and produced a lot of feed. Some farmers in the neighborhood have started chopping corn, but it looks like it will be about another two weeks before we begin chopping. We just finished our third cutting of alfalfa and harvested 77 big round bales from 45 acres. The days have been warm but it cools off at night, so the cows are doing well. SD (Grant County)
RICHARD SCHWEER
TRAVIS BLY
Melrose, MN (Stearns County)
Altura, MN (Winona County)
BRENT ZIEGLER
I am cutting second crop meadow hay. The meadow is dry, we can drive in places where we usually don’t. We’ve been baling for neighbors. We plan to cut our fourth crop hay this week. It looks like it will be as good as third crop. Most farmers are doing 3rd or 4th crop hay. We are probably a week away from chopping. There are people in the area starting. I think the cob is further along than people think.
I think we are a couple weeks away from doing silage. We made a bunch of wheat straw off neighbors’ fields. We round baled 450 4x5 bales. We plan to use it for our calves, dry cows and heifers. We are doing 12-acres of second crop sorghum sedan this week. We cut it yesterday (Sept. 6) and plan to wet bale it later this week. The majority of it was chest high. I don’t see the soybeans turning but the edible beans are starting to turn. We are seeding rye into an old alfalfa field.
300 cows, 650 acres
Lake Wilson, MN (Murray County)
Green Isle, MN (Sibley County)
Milbank,
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Crops are looking really good. We continue to get adequate rain, everything is nice and green. We finished 4th crop and was able to cut some grass hay from some water ways. Cover crops are in the ground and now we are waiting for corn and beans to dry down. I have not checked moisture because I know it will be about 2 weeks yet. Beans are starting to turn as well, but again it will be a couple weeks yet.
100 cows, 540 acres
ROSS NELSON
0.8”
Independence, IA
We cut new seeding and made baleage for the second time. We have not chopped corn yet that’s a few weeks off. The rain kept the corn alive and progressing. The rain greened up the hay and got it growing now. Pastures are growing nicely with the rain. Cows are loving the cool mornings and have been able to spend more time in the pasture now. We still have not planted rye yet. We’ll get the chopper going today to get ready for corn silage since we have about 10 days of silage left to feed.
400 cows, 1,675 acres
Kewaunee, WI (Kewaunee County)
140 cows, 160 acres
Taylor, WI (Jackson County)
RICK MILLER
130 cows, 269 acres
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We have had 6.1 inches of rain in the last two weeks, with 4.5 inches on Aug. 24. That was very scattered, the city of Barron had 7 inches, and if you went another 10 to 15 miles they didn’t even have an inch. We started our fourth crop alfalfa Aug. 29 and finished up on Sept. 1. We had wanted to start a little earlier but we were too wet. The corn is quite green yet so no silage is being made around here yet. The beans are quite green, too, and just starting to turn in spots.
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Brodhead, WI (Green County)
We finished combining oats Aug. 24 and got the straw picked up. Yield was fair. Oats like rain early, but we had a dry spring. We finished fourth crop hay Aug. 25. We had really good yields for fourth crop compared to other years and have an abundance of haylage on hand. We do some custom work and started harvesting corn silage for a neighbor Sept. 6. We’re planning to start ours Sept. 9. We want to put cover crops in on our oat field and hope to plant that by the end of this week as well. The sorghum that we planted after wheat is looking nice.
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Reedsburg, WI (Sauk County)
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DUANE DUCAT
NATHAN KLING 530 cows, 1,700 acres
Wausaukee, WI (Marinette County)
The fourth crop of alfalfa has been harvested with yields at ¼ ton to ½ ton per acre.
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240 Cows, 750 acres
CLAYTON&KURTWOHLK
220 cows, 520 acres
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60 330cows,acres Almena, WI (Barron County)
But if we get some really hot, dry, windy weather, that might bring it up some. Our late-planted corn is doing excellent. We planted cover crops into our wheat ground, and some of the hay we took out, we are planting cover crops into right now.
We have had 1.6 inches of rainfall in the last two weeks. It was amazing what that did for our fourth crop. We finished up our fourth crop and second cutting of new seeding and the pile we made from that was bigger than the third crop. The corn looks pretty good. The stuff on sandier ground is pretty short. I checked a couple of ears of a corn silage variety and it is starting to dent, which is encouraging, but we won’t be ready to start until the end of September. We should be able to have enough feed. I had planted some extra corn acres in hopes of having some to sell, but I don’t think there will be any extra to sell.
1,600 cows, 2,500 acres
We finished fourth crop hay Sept. 2. We averaged 0.8 tons dry matter per acre which was a little better than third crop. We probably will not start corn silage until at least Sept. 15.
HENRY BAUER
JAMIE HAAG
ZACH WENGER
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We’ve received no rain over the past two weeks and are pretty dry. Nobody in our neighborhood is chopping silage yet. Our corn is still green as grass, and I would guess that we are two to three weeks away from chopping. Our agronomist did a yield check on our corn and reported that we had some pollination problems on the higher ground. The corn will still be good, just not as good as we had hoped.
Third crop is done. Excited about that for us. Cutting fourth crop today hopefully. Our corn that was planted later is not dented yet. I was told by Sauk a couple people have pulled the chopper out for corn. Around here the corn is not quite ready yet. We got the cover crops ordered so when the corn comes off that can get planted. We are going to plant a mix of peas, triticale, rye, barley, oats. We may add some crimson clover with the mix too. We will also plant some regular rye.
We are supposed to start chopping corn Thursday (Sept. 8) or Friday. Everybody is just starting around here. We plan to fill 10 9x200 bags. We want the moisture to be around 67%. Most people are doing their 3rd or 4th crop hay but we haven’t had much sunshine the past couple weeks. The soybeans are turning and the earlier planted corn is black layered. We have seen a little sudden death in the soybeans. My son-in-law did his 3rd cutting and it was better than 2nd. There is nice grow back as well. (Buchanan County)
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Here are the important deadlines to take into account:
MDA partnerships assist transitioning farmers
Oct. 31: Ballots mailed to members
Sept. 30: Nominating petitions must be received by Holstein Association USA
With questions about Holstein Association USA’s delegate process, contact Jodi Hoynoski at 800.952.5200, ext. 4261
Farmers in Minnesota looking to enter or exit farming have two new resources available, through a partnership between the Minnesota Department of Agriculture and the Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation and Minnesota Dairy Initiative.
Areas such as property law, property transfer, establishment and dissolution of partnerships, leases and other contracts, accounting, lending, psychological or spiritual support, and other types of support are available.
The MFBF team can work with all Minnesota farmers, regardless of membership status with the Farm Bureau. Contact Paul Lanoue at 651-768-2100 or paul.lanoue@ fbmn.org for more information.
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Continuing to build on the initial mailing of pre-lled applications in May, the USDA will continue using existing information in USDA and crop insurance les to send additional pre-lled applications starting this week for potentially eligible Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program participants. Once applications from eligible NAP producers are returned, these producers are expected to receive about $105 million in ERP payments for eligible losses from 2020 and 2021 disasters.
2023 Holstein USA delegate election underway
Oct. 14: Deadline for nominees to withdraw names from the ballot
This service is available on a rst-come, rst-served basis until funding for the scal year runs out. Assistance is provided until farmers are comfortable continuing on theirMinnesotaown.
farmers can also use the MDA’s FarmLink program at any time to connect farmers looking to exit farming with prospective buyers or renters looking to enter farming, and experienced farmers with beginning farmers.
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News and Dairy Views from across the region
USDA estimates that phase one ERP benets will reach more than 5,200 producers with NAP coverage for eligible 2020 and 2021 crop losses. This emergency relief complements ERP assistance recently provided to more than 162,000 producers who had received crop insurance indemnities for qualifying losses. Nearly 13,000 additional crop insurance customers are pre-lled applications in August to cover eligible 2020 losses described above and for producers with more complex policies where indemnities could not be calculated for 2021 previously.
Feb. 1, 2023: Delegate election nalized
Holstein Association USA’s 2023 delegate election process is currently underway. Each year, members have the opportunity to nominate members from their state to serve as voting delegates at the following year’s Holstein Association USA Annual Meeting, held in conjunction with the National Holstein Convention. The 2023 annual meeting will be held in Lexington, Kentucky, June 26-27.
funded by the Extending Government Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance Act, which President Biden signed into law in 2021. The law provided $10 billion to help agricultural producers impacted by wildres, droughts, hurricanes, winter storms and other eligible disasters experienced during calendar years 2020 and 2021. Overall, USDA has already quickly disbursed over $6 billion dollars under ERP and ELRP with reduced paperwork for the producer and eld ofces.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that it will indenitely extend the deadline for producers to return the pre-lled applications for Phase One of the Emergency Relief Program. A new deadline will be announced after the last phase one applications are mailed and provide at least 30 days following the mailing.
While most crop insurance customers that may be eligible for ERP Phase One received the pre-lled applications in May, there are some who should expect to receive a form in August including: Producers who had an eligible loss in 2020 that had been recorded in the crop insurance records as a 2019 loss (e.g., prevented planting claims); and producers with policies that required additional information before being able to calculate an indemnity for 2021 losses (producers with 2020 losses would have already received that application). Policies that required additional information include Supplemental Coverage Option, Enhanced Coverage Option, Stacked Income Protection Plan, Margin Protection Plan or Area Risk Protection Insurance.Producers without risk management coverage through crop insurance or NAP and those with shallow losses may be covered by the forthcoming Phase Two of ERP.
USDA’s Farm Service Agency is now mailing pre-lled applications to NAP producers through ERP to offset crop yield and value losses. To receive a relief payment, producers should complete and return the applications by announced deadlines.Producers are expected to receive assistance direct deposited into their bank account within three business days after they sign and return the prelled application to the FSA county ofce and the county ofces enters the application into the system.
Dec. 30: Ballots must be received by Holstein Association USA
Minnesota dairy farmers can work with the MDI. Contact Emily Mollenhauer 651-764-0309 or emmollenhauer@gmail.com for more information.
Deadline extended, more pre-lled forms for 2020, 2021 disasters on the way
Typically, members become ineligible to serve as a delegate after serving as a delegate at three consecutive Annual Meetings. With the cancellation of the 2020 annual meeting, the clock re-set and all members are eligible to be nominated as a delegate for 2023.
Both can work with farmers to put together “kitchen table” on-farm teams to help farmers navigate their way through farm transition and succession planning.
ERP and the previously announced Emergency Livestock Relief Program are
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State Extension recently launched an online course focused on the basics of bovine reproduction and safe, efcient reproductive management practices andOneprotocols.ofseveral dairy skills courses scheduled to launch within the next month, “Dairy Skills: Reproductive Management” is designed for dairy farm workers inexperienced with reproductive management and dairy farms that want to provide introductory video training to entry-level workers.
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— Identify important parts of the female cow reproductive system.
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— Describe the estrous cycle.
— Perform reproductive protocols safely.
The course includes six short section quizzes. Learners will need to achieve a score greater than 80% on the quizzes to pass this course and receive a certicate of completion. The course will take approximately four hours to complete.
— Recognize and interpret estrus, or “heat,” behavior.—Describe the articial insemination process.— Work with estrous synchronization and timed articial insemination protocols.
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The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection has announced that Walworth County will host the 76th Alice in Dairyland Finals May 11-13,Walworth2023.
The DGN Forward Under 40 award is presented biennially at the Forward TogetHER National Conference. For 2022 only, women aged 44 and under are eligible to be nominated for the DGN Forward Under 40 (+4) award. Because the 2020 Forward TogetHER National Conference was held virtually, award recipients were not honored. Therefore, the award criteria is temporally modied to Forward Under 40 (+4), opening the door for women who may have missed the opportunity in 2020.Applications
Nominees for both awards can be a dairy farmer, industry representative, educator and/or have multiple dairy-related roles. The ideal candidate will have contributed success towards dairy farming, is a leader within the agricultural industry and their community and be paving the way for future generations.
The DGN Forward Under 40 (+4) award, sponsored by Compeer Financial, recognizes four passionate dairywomen working to better the dairy industry today. New this year, the DGN Leading Impact award, sponsored by Beck’s, will honor a distinguished dairywoman with involvement and leadership achievements positively impacting the dairy industry.
According to the University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension, Walworth County’s 941 farms manage more than 192,000 acres, or 54% of the county total. The county’s agriculture industry provides more than 4,900 jobs and $1.1 billion in economic activity, and ranks fth in the state for the production of sheep and goats. Producing grain, milk, cattle, hogs, and nursery and greenhouse products, the county’s agriculture industry is extremely diverse. As one of the state’s top tourist destinations, the pastoral landscape is a valuable asset to the county. Walworth County will host the 76th Alice in Dairyland Finals and DATCP is currently accepting applications for host counties through the 80th Alice in Dairyland Finals in 2027.75th Alice in Dairyland Taylor Schaefer will visit Walworth County more than 10 times prior to the nals. Her appearances will include stops at the Walworth County Dairy Breakfast, Pearce’s Farm to Table event, ofcial rst Christmas tree cutting event, and the Walworth County Fair. Each visit will bring an increased visibility to the many agri-tourism events and offerings in Walworth County.
The selection of the 76th Alice in Dairyland will take place on May 13, 2023. The Alice in Dairyland interview process includes the three-day nals event each May, as well as a two-day brieng event several weeks earlier. These events include press conferences, agribusiness tours, interviews with local media, and speeches. Some of the nale events are open to the public and include opportunities to showcase the host county’s local businesses and products.
County is uniquely positioned to host the Alice in Dairyland Finals in 2023 as the county hosted the 73rd Alice in Dairyland Finals virtually in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 76th Alice in Dairyland Finals planning committee invites individuals from Walworth County and surrounding communities with an interest in donating their time or resources to contact 76th Alice in Dairyland Finals Committee Chairperson Susan Earle at alicewalworthcounty2023@gmail.com.
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Walworth County to host 2023 Alice in Dairyland Finals
will be judged by an outside panel made of anonymous industry professionals and dairy farmers. Winners will be notied in October. The nominee must be able to attend the Forward TogetHER National Conference. More information about the awards and nomination forms are available on DairyGirlNetwork.com. Nominations will close Sept. 15 at midnight CST. Anyone can nominate a deserving dairywoman for recognition of her achievements. Self-nominations will not be accepted. All nominees should be an ofcial member of the Dairy Girl Network. If they receive DGN emails, they are a member. If not a member, or if they need to register, it is quick, easy and free at DairyGirlNetwork.com/Join.
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641 Large Rounds 10.84 10.96 90.51 2 21.9 $100.00 643 Large Rounds 12.72 12.11 100.94 2 18.49 $125.00 644 Large Rounds 10.84 10.96 90.51 2 27.16 $110.00 649 Large Rounds 14.61 19.43 103.75 2 26.37 $125.00 626 Large Rounds 13.06 21.54 154.49 3 28.87 $160.00 629 Large Rounds 13.76 18.8 141.16 3 28.7 $120.00 659 Large Rounds 10.62 8.21 76.55 19.88 $95.00 632 Large Squares 9.44 16.1 121.24 1 25.55 $150.00 636 Large Squares 13.61 18.9 112.2 2 22.56 $145.00 Squares 13.61 18.9 112.2 23.9 $145.00 Squares 19.29 103.32 27.02 $140.00 Squares 25.41 187.33 4.83 $220.00 Squares 25.41 187.33 24.17 $260.00 Squares 23.74 $120.00 Squares 24.05 $120.00
645
615 Large Rounds 12.83 18.48 118.32 2 18.62 $125.00
2
619 Large Rounds 12.67 11.87 91.76 2 23.58 $105.00
657
631
Mid-American Hay Auction results for Sept. 1
Lot no. Desc. moisture protein RFV cut. Ld. size price For more information, contact Kevin Winter 320-352-3803, (c) 320-760-1593 or Al Wessel at 320-547-2206, (c) 320-760-2979 Hay sales start at 12:30 p.m. and are the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of the months of September through May. September 15 October 6
646 Large
2
13.79
661 Large Rounds 12.18 9.21 100.98 1 18.32 $100.00
656 Large
621 Large Rounds 34.9 18.2 85.37 1 7 $50.00 Large Rounds NO TEST 1 28 $30.00
635
622 Medium Squares 13.49 20.27 143.02 1 26.01 $130.00 Medium Squares 13.49 20.27 143.02 1 26 $130.00 Medium Squares 12.71 18.63 115.47 1 26.01 $110.00 Medium Squares 14.5 16.67 107.97 1 23.71 $130.00 Medium Squares 12.71 18.63 115.47 1 25.69 $135.00 Medium Squares 9.59 17.85 117.58 1 25.75 $175.00 Medium Squares 20.47 20.47 112.97 2 22.76 $135.00 Medium Squares 10.78 1825 121.49 2 22.99 $160.00 Medium Squares 11.51 23.23 207.6 3 28.34 $260.00 Medium Squares 16.36 23.66 159.26 3 28.39 $170.00 Medium Squares 15.91 23.7 144.15 3 24.03 $140.00 Large Rounds STRAW 20.66 $125.00 Large Squares STRAW 23.44 $140.00 Large Squares STRAW 23.55 $145.00 Large Squares STRAW 25.81 $135.00 Medium Squares STRAW $45.00 Squares 25.38 $140.00 Squares $45.00
612 Large
STRAW
613 Large
1
630
13.64 14.53 71.6
634
637
616 Medium
638 Large
642 Large Rounds 11.14 8.3 86.4 1 24.77 $110.00
617 Large Rounds 15.39 18.35 136.61 2 18.29 $135.00
611
658 Large Rounds 11.2 14.34 97.53 1 14 $40.00 660 Large Rounds 12.87 10.4 103.39 1 15.91 $115.00
13.63
650 Large
653
no. Desc. moisture protein RFV cut. Ld. size price
652 Large Rounds 16.53 11.36 64.25 1 17.29 $95.00
655
STRAW 30
654
639
72
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13.64 14.53 71.6
614 Large Rounds NO TEST 7.4 $50.00
647
13.63
620 Large Rounds 15.56 17.59 89.22 2 25.97 $130.00
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Salt and pepper to taste
1 medium onion, chopped
1 pound hamburger
Cheesy hashbrowns
1 cup sliced carrots
Creamy potato soup
1 can cream of chicken soup
2 pounds shredded hash browns
Mix all the ingredients together. Stir in hash browns. Hash browns should be thawed overnight in fridge. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes. Can be made ahead of time and refrigerated.
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
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2 cups mixture celery, carrots and onions, chopped
1 stick of butter, softened
1/2 cup corn
Dair y Recipes
Cook bacon and crumble into pieces. Melt butter in soup pot. Add veggies, garlic and salt until soft. Add flour and stir everything for a few minutes. Add milk just a little bit at a time; stir after each addition until smooth (soup will start out thick but thin out as milk is added). Add potatoes, ham and chicken broth (for thicker soup use less broth). Let soup simmer 30 to 40 minutes. Cook until potatoes are soft. Before removing from heat, crumble the bacon and stir into soup. Add cheese.
Ham, carrot, corn and potato casserole
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a skillet, brown hamburger with onion; drain off any grease. In a baking dish, combine potatoes, carrots, corn, hamburger and onion. Mix soup, salt, pepper and milk together. Add to casserole and stir together. Bake for two hours or until vegetables are done.
10 ounces cream of mushroom soup
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 cups whole milk
6 slices bacon
1 cup cubed ham
1 cup cheddar cheese
Salt and pepper, to taste
2 russet potatoes, peeled and cubed
1 pint sour cream
3 cloves garlic, chopped
1 cup milk
2 cups shredded cheddar
4 tablespoons butter
1-2 cups chicken broth
1/2 cup onion, chopped
Dairy Star • Second Section • Saturday, September 10, 2022 • Page 31
From the kitchen of Emily Heeg of Marshfield, Wisconsin
6 cups sliced potatoes
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