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Concert in an alfalfa eld
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MARSHALL, Wis. – Five lucky farmers were treated to a night to remember Sept. 9 in a hay eld not far from Madison. As the winners of tickets to the Luke Bryan Farm Tour concert held at Statz Bros. Farm near Marshall, these dairy producers enjoyed being among the 15,000 fans who came to see the country superstar in person. The tickets were supplied by the Farm Tour Team and
distributed by Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin. Then, DFW hosted a drawing to give away ve pairs of concert tickets and parking passes. “I’m so glad I won the tickets and was able to go,” said Tammy Voegeli, who farms with her mom near Arlington. “I haven’t been to a concert in years, and I couldn’t have asked for more fun. I was surprised and excited when I got the call because I don’t win a lot of stuff. I think it’s cool Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin did that to reward the farmers.” It was the rst night of the 2021 Luke Bryan Farm Tour, which would stop at six farms in the Midwest. The weather was perfect for an outdoor concert which began at 6 p.m. with
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Country music star Luke Bryan performs Sept. 9 at Statz Bros. Farm near Marshall, Wisconsin. The concert started at 6 p.m. with Bryan taking the stage around 9 p.m.
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The 2021 Luke Bryan Farm Tour kicked off Sept. 9 with a concert at the Statz Bros. Farm near Marshall, Wisconsin. Approximately 15,000 people came to see the country superstar perform in one of the farm’s hay elds.
Bryan taking the stage around 9 p.m. “Ten tickets were given to Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin, and we felt the right thing to do was to share those with dairy farmers,” said Liz Fitzsimmons, director of local market communications. “One of the ve farmers who won could
not go, but rather than selling or giving the tickets to someone else, this person was adamant his tickets be given to the farmer who was next on the list. I thought that was really cool.” DFW led the charge to put a Wisconsin dairy farm on Luke Bryan’s Farm Tour con-
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people, and when we saw Luke Bryan was holding concerts on farms to highlight the importance of agriculture but had never brought a concert to Wisconsin, we reached out to the organizers and encouraged them to have a concert in America’s Dairyland,” Fitzsimmons said. “It would be a chance to pay homage to Wisconsin dairy farmers.” Monica Schwittay and her husband, Jeremy, got a rare opportunity to spend the evening off the farm after winning tickets to the concert as well. Schwittay was surprised she won since her mom entered the drawing on Schwittay’s behalf. “My mom said we needed to get the heck out of dodge once in a while and was hoping we would win because it would force us to go somewhere,” Schwittay said. “With all the work we have going on between our two farms, and my full-time job off the farm, my husband and I don’t get to see each other very often so we welcomed the time away.” The Schwittays farm near Peshtigo, where they milk 400 cows and custom raise over 3,000 heifers.
“It was a unique experience and a whole different atmosphere for a concert,” Schwittay said. “We weren’t in a stadium or an arena, but rather, we were in the middle of a farm eld. It was really humbling knowing what you come from and the work this farm family put into it to allow people to enjoy that atmosphere. I found myself thinking, ‘How much damage will this cause to their alfalfa eld?’” The concert was also an ideal venue for promoting Wisconsin dairy products. DFW worked with Curds of Wisconsin to highlight Wisconsin cheese and ensure dairy was represented. The food truck sold over 1,050 orders of curds and was the busiest stand at the concert. “I was next to the cheese curd trailer all night and had a good view of the concert,” Voegeli said. “I made the comment we needed to go get curds when the line was short, but the line was never short. As a dairy producer, I thought it was great the line was always longer than the beer line. I was re-
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ally happy to see people supporting that side of things.” ‘Support Wisconsin Dairy Farms’ signs were placed strategically for all to see as they came and went, and Bryan’s team acknowledged DFW on its social media channels. Like in 2019, the musicians once again wore DFW-supplied T-shirts on stage that said, ‘I support Wisconsin dairy farmers.’ “We’re creating positive perceptions of dairy farmers among Luke Bryan’s followers,” Fitzsimmons said. “They trust him, so this is a great opportunity to connect farmers and consumers and continue building and maintaining trust in dairy farmers. We got the message about supporting local farmers in front of 15,000 people plus Luke’s online followers.” In addition, Schwittay and the other winners were given a ‘Proud to be a Wisconsin dairy farmer T-shirt’ from DFW to wear that night. “Many people stopped to thank us,” Schwittay said. “Being there and wearing that shirt put us in a position to share our story.” Voegeli also felt the evening was perfect for promoting dairy. “I was proud to be there representing dairy farmers,” she said. “And I think Luke was very sincere and appreciative of the farming community and being able to perform for us. The purpose of his tour is really cool.” This country music lover has downloaded most of Bryan’s songs to a playlist she listens to while working around the farm. “I haven’t heard a song of his I don’t like,” Voegeli said. “I’ve always liked Luke Bryan, and since he was coming that close, I didn’t want to miss him again. Luke knows how to put on a show. He did not disappoint at all.” Voegeli milks 70 cows and runs about 230 acres. Her mom and a woman who helps on the farm took care of chores that night, so Voegeli and her boyfriend, Allyn Paulson, could attend the concert. The couple also met up
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Tammy Voegeli (leŌ) meets up with her co-worker and friend, Haƫe Weissmann, at the Luke Bryan concert Sept. 9 near Marshall, Wisconsin. Voegeli was one of ve dairy farmers who won Ɵckets to the concert from Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin. with another group of people they show cattle with. “It was nice to get away from my farm for the night and have some fun,” she said. “And what’s better than listening to great country music in a hay eld? It was awesome. There’s something about being outside underneath the stars. To me, it was the best night to have a concert. The acoustics were great, and the whole atmosphere was friendly and relaxed.” Even though Schwittay and her husband made the nearly three-hour trip each way to the concert in the same day, she felt the experience was well worth it. “We had a great time,” she said. “The whole thing was phenomenal from beginning to end.”
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MILBANK, S.D. – For John Fonder, organic dairy farming is part of a tradition that involves doing his utmost to care for his family, land and cattle. Fonder and his family – his wife, Sandra, their children, Nicholas, 16, Veronica, 15, and Elizabeth, 5 – milk 40 Holsteins on their farm north of Milbank. The Fonders have also served as foster parents over the past several years. They currently have two foster children at home. “When I was growing up on our family farm, Dad did everything he could to take care of the soil,” Fonder said. “He employed conservation till-
age practices and used as few chemicals as possible.” In 1992, Fonder moved onto the farm where he and his family now live. He threw himself into the process of remodeling the farm’s 1940s-era gambrel roof barn. This included building an addition to house a milk room and lengthening the barn to increase its capacity to 40 tie stalls. Fonder was able to start selling milk in 1993. “The barn originally had six tie stalls and an assortment of small pens,” Fonder said. “But that’s how they did things back in the day.” In 2006, Fonder decided to make the switch to both organic crop farming and milk production. “I was tired of the price volatility that we constantly had to deal with when we were selling conventional milk,” Fonder said. “The folks at Organic Valley told me that the price for organic milk was stable.” Fonder’s brothers, Rick, Bill, and Matt, all live nearby. They saw the op-
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CaƩle graze in a pasture located south of the Fonder farmstead near Milbank, South Dakota. The Fonders have about 100 acres of pasture that are grazed on a rotaƟonal basis.
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John and Elizabeth Fonder visit Elizabeth’s favorite cow, Spot, in the Fonders’ 40-cow Ɵestall barn on their farm near Milbank, South Dakota. Fonder said spending Ɵme together as a family is one of the intangible benets of operaƟng a small organic dairy farm. portunities organic dairy farming offered and made the switch to organic milk production for their dairies, too. Fonder’s nephew, Samuel Fonder, and Fonder’s cousins, Paul and Steve Fonder, all live in the neighborhood, and they also opted to switch to organic dairy farming. Fonder has about 100 acres of pasture where his cattle graze on a rotational basis. He has converted some of his cropland to pasture over the years, bucking the trend of breaking up pastureland and putting it into crop production. “I get just as much, if not more, out
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es that come with operating an organic dairy farm. “Cultivating and weed control is always an issue,” Fonder said. “And the labor requirements can be pretty intense at times. There are days when it seems like I need to be in six places all at once.” Careful record-keeping is a must for organic dairy producers. “There’s a lot of paperwork and certications that are part of being an organic dairy farmer,” Fonder said. But organic dairy farming has some big advantages. “Our milk prices have remained stable,” Fonder said. “Over the past few years, (our cooperative) has put a quota on how much milk we can produce, but I can see why they had to do that. It’s all part of
their marketing strategy.” Fonder said that organic dairy farming also generates intangible benets that cannot be quantied in terms of dollars and cents. “I enjoy being able to work hand in hand with Mother Nature every day,” he said. “If you watch carefully, you will notice that wildlife seem to prefer organic crop residue over conventional crop residue.” Plus, it has also been good for his family. “There is no better place to raise a family than on a small dairy farm,” Fonder said. “Our kids and our foster children all love it here. We have truly been blessed. We are doing everything that we can to be good stewards of all that has been entrusted to us.”
The Fonder family – (from leŌ) Veronica, John, Sandra, Elizabeth and Nicholas – milks 40 Holsteins on their organic farm near Milbank, South Dakota. They have been organic milk producers since 2006. June, Fonder planted it to corn. After a month of no rain, he seeded the eld to teff grass in early July. “I had heard that teff grass is drought resistant, and we wanted to get some sort of forage from that eld,” Fonder said. “It began to rain and the corn seeds that had lain in the ground all that time started to sprout. We knew that the corn would never make a crop, so we windrowed and bagged the teff grass/corn combination in late August. Thanks to the re-
cent rains, it looks like we will get a second cutting from the teff grass.” Nicholas, a sophomore at Milbank High School, helps as much as he can with the eld work. “There isn’t anything that Nicholas can’t do regarding eld work,” Fonder said. “He windrows hay, drives the chopper and helps with the planting.” Veronica, a freshman at Milbank High School, helps with the milking in the eve-
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Keller is next generation on family’s dairy By Krista Kuzma
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GOODHUE, Minn. – Jeremy Keller knew from a young age what his profession would be – a dairy farmer. “It was everything I always knew – tractors, calves, cows, auctions,” Jeremy said. “I like a good full day’s work.” The 23-year-old farms with his parents, Ted and Lora Keller, on their 222-cow dairy near Goodhue. “We tried to talk Jeremy into anything else but farming and he wouldn’t,” Lora said. “He was here to stay, and he wasn’t going to get any other education.” While his love for farming started younger than he can remember, Jeremy really started taking responsibility and gaining more experience in third grade after the Kellers built their double-16 parlor. That is when Jeremy started milking twice a day. “I had to start milking on a 6-gallon pail because I was so short,” Jeremy said. “Then I moved up to a 2.5-gallon pail after awhile.”
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the weekends. Another younger sister, Elizabeth, works three jobs as a senior in high school. Jeremy’s youngest siblings – Zachary and Daniel – work on the farm when not in high school or middle school, respectively. “Everyone has their own niche, what they’re good at on and off the farm,” Lora said. “All ve girls have used their work ethic from the farm to waitress at a local restaurant and pay their own way through college.” Jeremy does a lot of maintenance, orders supplies and takes care of nding replacement parts among so many other day-to-day chores. “Even the chores I don’t partake in, I have to make sure my siblings are doing a good job, because my dad asks me if it’s done,” Jeremy said. “I have to still check on their work.” Lora said it is how they teach their children responsibility. “If they don’t do their part, then he has to do it and then it doesn’t get done as fast because he has his own responsibilities, too,” she said. Farming is also their family time. “It’s just nice to be together with everyone,” Ted said. “And when I see them standing next to me, I have a lot less stress – unless someone forgot to close a gate.” At the age of 13 in 2011 when Jeremy was interviewed for Dairy Star’s Kids Corner feature, he said he wanted to be an efcient farmer. Efciency is still one of his farming philosophies today, along with working hard and having fun. “They’re always laughing and joking,” Lora said. “Jeremy is a comedian.” In 2011, Jeremy also described wanting a farm with freestalls, a parlor, pasture available and young Holstein cows with a low somatic cell count. Those early goals are all part of his farm today. Typically, the farm has an average SCC around 90,000 and will run as low as 60,000. “They’ve won many awards for SCC, and they always want it lower,” Lora said. While the farm does not have piles of feed, which Jeremy mentioned in 2011, he did purchase a bagger to be able to ll bags on his own farm and
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The ongoing shipping crisis is raising concern in the dairy industry. The Sept. 10 Dairy and Food Market Analyst (DFMA) reported that “conditions are worsening signicantly.” “Current anchorage time has risen to 8.5 days outside Southern California ports. Prior to the pandemic, wait times were near zero. There were 47 container ships waiting at anchor, which is near a record high. Other ports are also experiencing congestion with a growing number of ships waiting outside of Oakland, in the Gulf, and near Savannah, Georgia.” Congestion in China has showed no signicant signs of easing either, according to the DFMA, with the top-three ports in the country still backed up. “Costs also continue to climb. Shipping from Los Angeles to Shanghai were about $1,448 per 40 foot container this week, up 1% from last week and up 180% year over year.” DFMA analyst and editor, Matt Gould, speaking in the Sept. 20 “Dairy Radio Now” said “The problems peaked in February or March and then improved somewhat but now that we’re headed into the holiday season, they’re worsening again.” Our premier port for dairy exports is off the coast of California, according to Gould, and not only is there a record number of ships waiting to be unloaded, it’s taking a record amount of time to do so. That limits the amount of cargo that can be loaded on those ships, he said, because they want to get back to China or whatever they’re from as fast as possible. That is hampering U.S. exports. “Our current market needs exports to balance,” he warned, and manufacturers are trying to adjust. A record amount of cheese is being exported out of Gulf Coast ports, which traditionally have not been major ports for cheese. Gould said this is not going to be resolved this year and perhaps not until after second, well after the Chinese lunar New Year. The situation prompted the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) and the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) to join 75 other organizations to call on the Biden administration to take additional steps to alleviate the ports crisis. A joint letter stated that “Since early 2021, dairy and other agriculture exporters have been facing unprecedented challenges in securing shipping container space on ocean vessels while contending with an accumulation of exorbitant detention and demurrage fees. Foreign owned and operated ocean carriers have been driving this crisis by providing unpredictable and unreasonable timelines for exporters to load agricultural goods and by exac-
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erbating pressure on supply chains by opting to return empty containers rather than allowing time for them to be loaded with Asian-bound goods for the vessel’s return journey.” Over 70% of containers are leaving West Coast ports empty, an all-time record, according to the letter. “Delays and an intentional lack of transparency and exibility from ocean carriers have cost American dairy exporters over $300 million dollars through just the rst half of the year, or 12% of total export value. In addition to this added cost, continued delays put at risk critical trading relationships with Asian importers as the U.S. increasingly risks becoming viewed as an unreliable supplier,” the joint letter stated. Dairy prices didn’t see a lot of change the week of Sept. 13, as traders anticipated Monday’s August Milk Production report and Tuesday’s GDT. Block Cheddar started the week gaining 2.50 cents but headed south from there to a Friday nish at $1.7925 per pound, a quarter-cent higher but 83.50 cents below a year ago when they pole vaulted 46.25 cents to $2.6275. The surge was 1.25 cents shy of the record week to week gain recorded the week of May 11, 2020 when Uncle Sam was meddling in the market because of COVID. The barrels closed Friday at $1.51, up 3.25 cents on the week, 12 cents below a year ago, and 28.25 cents below the blocks. 4 cars of block and 19 of barrel sold. Restaurant employment dropped 41,500 jobs last month, ending a six-month growth streak amid the rise in new COVID-19 cases, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics and published in the Sept. 3 “Restaurant Business.” “Restaurants added about 1.03 million new jobs in the six months through July and the industry is still down about 1 million positions from pre-pandemic levels.” Meanwhile, cheesemakers told Dairy Market News that their operations remain strained by employee and trucker shortages. Workers are getting all the overtime they want and hiring bonuses and incentives are not yet lling the void. Spot milk was slightly pricier this week, with the holiday weekend in the rearview mirror, with some cheesemakers saying there were no spot milk offers this week. Prices were near or at $1.00 over Class III. But milk availability is expected to increase as Class I pipelines near lling, weather cools, and expected hearty amounts of high quality forage support milk output. Curd and barrel producers say demand is fairly strong, particularly due to fairs and outdoor events. Cheese sales are reportedly healthy, says DMN, though market tones are uncertain.
Retail cheese sales are holding steady in the West, while demand for cheese in food service slid lower this week. International demand remains strong but loads are continuing to back up in warehouses, as they face delays due to a shortage of truck drivers and limited available shipping supplies, and port congestion. Spot purchasers found less cheese available this week, according to DMN. Milk production has decreased, seasonally, though cheese inventories remain high. Spot butter shot up to $1.8275 per pound Tuesday, highest since May 21, but closed Friday at $1.79, up a half-cent on the week and 19.25 cents above a year ago, with 22 sales reported on the week. Reports on the impacts of stafng shortages are increasing, according to DMN, and butter producers are providing notable percentage decreases regarding inventories versus being fully staffed. Prices were generally steeper but some mid to later week cream deals were at a bargain. Food service sales remain healthy, while retail demand is beginning to pick up. Fall demand increases are expected to affect retail sales in a more matter-of-fact way this year than last. Still, butter market tones are noted as “steady to slightly bullish,” says DMN. Cream is tighter in the West and butter production schedules are mixed. Inventories are ample. Food service orders are steady overall, but some contacts note that demand is beginning to falter in areas with COVID-related temporary school closures or where increasing case numbers or stringent public health precautions may be contributing to lower dine-in numbers at restaurants. Retail sales are fairly level but some grocers are placing larger orders in anticipation of strong customer demand for holiday cooking and baking later this year. Grade A nonfat dry milk ended the week at $1.35 per pound, 0.75 cents lower than the previous Friday but 28 cents above a year ago, on 9 cars were sold. The Daily Dairy Report’s Sarina Sharp wrote in the Sept. 10 Milk Producers Council newsletter that “In the absence of cheap spot milk, cheesemakers are fortifying vats with NDM. Despite the snarls in the global supply chain, exporters are moving big volumes of powder to Mexico and Asia. The fundamentals are friendly, but it may take something more to lift NDM prices. The last time U.S. prices were this high, powder stocks were much lower than they are today.” CME dry whey closed at 53.50 cents per pound, up a half-cent on the week and 18 cents above a year ago on 2 sales for the week. Dairy product commercial disappearance remains strong. The latest data shows July total cheese disappearance at 1.16 billion pounds, up 0.8% from a year ago following a small June decline. Disappearance was supported on stronger export demand that overcame subtly weaker domestic disappearance, according to HighGround Dairy. Butter disappearance, at 177.1 million pounds, Turn to MIELKE | Page 11 CLIP AND SAVE
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ConƟnued from MIELKE | Page 10 was up 17.7%, strongest year over year gain since February, according to HGD, highest July disappearance on record and the highest disappearance of any month since February. Nonfat dry milk totaled 236.9 million pounds, up 21.4%, following two months of decline. Exports were slightly weaker, offset by good domestic disappearance. Dry whey disappearance amounted to 75.5 million pounds, down 6.6%, due to weaker domestic and weaker export disappearance, according to HGD. The USDA’s latest Crop Progress report shows 58% of U.S. corn was rated good to excellent, as of the week ending Sept. 12, down 1% from the previous week, and 3% below a year ago. 57% of the soybeans had a good to excellent rating, unchanged from the previous week, but 6% below a year ago. In the week ending Sept. 4, 58,800 dairy cows were sent to slaughter, down 3,600 from the previous week, but 3,500 or 6.3% above that week a year ago. High beef prices are prompting dairy producers to take a second look at their low-production cows, says the DDR’s Sarina Sharp. In politics; dairy farmers testied this week on Capitol Hill at a hearing called by Senate Agriculture Committee dairy subcommittee chair Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY). Senators were examining potential improvements to the Federal Milk Marketing Orders (FMMOs) in the wake of negative producer price differentials that cut into many farmers’ revenue last year during the pandemic. Wisconsin-based Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative reported that one of its members told the panel that reform is needed for a “distorted system that is now coming unglued.” Christina Zuiderveen, who farms in Iowa and South Dakota, focused among other things on disparities in the prices farmers are paid, the negative impact of pricing factors on farmers’ ability to utilize risk management tools, and the potential benets of pricing transparency. “This system was put in place decades ago to prevent dairy processors from making one dairy farmer bid against the other. In other words, FMMOs promise dairy producers that if their milk is as good as their neighbor’s, they will be paid the same price,” she said. “But, after decades of decline in sales of uid milk, that promise now seems to be broken.” She said that although her business beneted under the system last year, she was advocating for change “because I want a fair system where everyone can compete on a level playing eld.” A leader of Vermont-based Agri-Mark Cooperative and a member of NMPF’s Economic Policy Committee, charged that “Congress must do additional work to ensure dairy farmers are fairly compensated for losses rooted in a change to the pricing formula for Class I milk.” Catherine H. de Ronde, vice president for economic and legislative affairs for Agri-Mark, said “The pandemic has created an even greater urgency to revisit orders. Negative PPDs had milk checks looking incredibly bizarre, de-pooling at a level never-before seen became a new phenomenon for many. The change to the underlying Class I mover was a key catalyst of these outcomes.” NMPF says “The 2018 Farm Bill changed the Class I mover, which determines the price of uid milk under the Federal Milk Marketing Order system, at the urging of dairy processors who sought greater price predictability. The change contributed to substantial market volatility last year and has led to an estimated $750 million in losses for farmers compared to the previous Class I formula. Without a x, dairy farmers will permanently bear unfair and unnecessary price risk compared to processors during times of un-
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DARLINGTON, Wis. – Like the Energizer Bunny, Random Luck B Tea Rose 3E-95 just keeps on ticking, collecting more accolades to add to her already impressive resume. To celebrate her career thus far, Tea Rose will be honored at World Dairy Expo in Madison, as the 2021 Wisconsin Cow of the Year. Tea Rose is owned by Matthew and Allison Thompson, and was bred on their family’s Random Luck Farm, operated by their father, Rick Thompson, who milks 52 cows on their dairy near Darlington. Tea Rose was originally selected as the 2020 Wisconsin Cow of the Year by the Wisconsin Brown Swiss Breeders, in anticipation of the World Brown Swiss Conference being held in the state in conjunction with World Dairy Expo. When COVID-19 struck, both events were cancelled for 2020; causing Tea Rose’s honor to be delayed to the 2021 show. “It is very attering and humbling for Tea Rose to be selected by the Wisconsin Brown Swiss Breeders,” Rick said. “The Wisconsin Brown Swiss membership voted and
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Rick (leŌ) and MaƩhew Thompson pose with the Wisconsin Cow of the Year Random Luck B Tea Rose 3E95, at the 2018 World Dairy Expo, where MaƩhew exhibited her to be the rst junior owned entry in the aged cow class. she is 10 years old and she still continues to get better with each calving.” Not a new name to Brown Swiss enthusiasts, Tea Rose is in her seventh lactation, having calved just before Christmas last year. She has spent the 2021 show season adding a few more banners to her already impressive collection, being selected as the grand champion Brown Swiss and the eventual reserve supreme champion of both the Wisconsin State Fair and the Youth Classic Dairy Show. Her previous accolades include six all-American nominations, which have netted her three reserve all-American titles: in 2019 and 2017 as an aged cow and in 2016 as a 5-year-old. Her name is one frequently heard read off by the announcer at World Dairy Expo, as she has placed in the Top 10 in her class six times in milking form, including three times placing second. Throughout her showring career, Tea Rose has won several championship banners in both the open and junior divisions of the Wisconsin State Fair, including being a two-time supreme champion, and claiming several reserve and honorable mention supreme ban-
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Chopping, hosting a dairy judging practice take up Sept. 17 By Krista Kuzma
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ROCHESTER, Minn. – A small line of rain approaching the Sheehans’ farm on the morning of Sept. 17 threatened to disrupt their plans for the day; but, the line of storms dissipated before arriving at the southeast Minnesota dairy. It meant the Sheehans could continue chopping corn and hold an outdoor dairy judging practice for the University of Minnesota team on their twosite dairy, Sheeknoll Farms, where they milk a total of 310 registered Holsteins near Rochester. “Our days are always go, go, go – especially in the fall,”
Jeannette Sheehan said. Sept. 17 was no exception. Jeannette and her husband, Robert, operate the dairy’s tiestall barn where they milk 60 cows. Two miles away is the dairy’s freestall barn and double-12 parallel parlor where Robert’s two brothers and their wives – Jerome and Karen; and Jim and Mary – along with two of Jim and Mary’s sons, Steve and Ben, and Jerome and Karen’s daughter, Ellen, take care of the day-to-day chores for 250 cows. All eldwork and many other chores are done together. Turn to DAY IN THE LIFE | Page 18
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The Sheehan family – (from leŌ) Jerome, Ellen, Steve, Ben, JeanneƩe and Robert – milk 310 cows on their two-site dairy near Rochester, Minnesota. Not pictured are Karen, Jim and Mary Sheehan.
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Steve Sheehan unloads corn silage the aŌernoon of Sept. 17 at his family’s dairy, Sheeknoll Farms, near Rochester, Minnesota. “I like working together with my family,” Ellen said of her favorite part of farming. “I get to hang out with my parents and cousins. Not many 20-somethings get to say they get to spend every day with their family like that.” Ellen is the most recent addition to the farm, joining in 2018 after she graduated from the University of Minnesota. “I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do,” she said. “Coming home temporarily seemed like a good idea, only six months turned into three years.” Chores on both farms started in the 5 a.m. hour with typical twice-a-day tasks. Everyone has their jobs. Robert and the tiestall barn herdsman, Steven Nelson, did the milking and feed mixing for the tiestall barn. Jeannette fed calves and cared for other youngstock at that site during that time. Jeannette and Robert joined the dairy in 1984 after working away from the farm a few years, following their graduations from the University of Minnesota. They built their tiestall barn in 1984 as an addition to the farm. “People thought we were crazy for getting into dairying at that time,” Jeannette said. “But it was exciting to us.” At the other farm site, Ben was in the parlor milking with one of two employees while Jerome brought up cows
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The University of Minnesota dairy judging team evaluates a class of heifers while pracƟcing the aŌernoon of Sept. 17 at the Ɵestall barn site at Sheeknoll Farms near Rochester, Minnesota. Robert Sheehan (leŌ) is at the halter of heifer No. 1 with help from (from leŌ) nephew, Cooper Tate; family friend, Henry Langven talking to JeanneƩe Sheehan; and brother-in-law, John Hupf.
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The program will be modeled after the successful Wisconsin Farm Support Program, implemented by the Evers Administration in 2020. The 2021 program is funded by the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. National Dairy Council’s new product competition focuses on gamers The 10th annual National Dairy Council (NDC) New Product Competition seeks the next innovative dairy product from U.S. college students. Undergraduate and graduate students are eligible to compete by developing innovative dairy-based products for gamers. Successful entries will meet competition criteria, demonstrate innovation and provide value to consumers. This competition is an opportunity for students to develop products that are in line with industry and consumer insights to uncover innovative dairy-based products for gamers: 94% of young people play video games in some capacity; 60% of gamers say video games help them be social; 90% of gamers ages 21-35 regularly eat food and drink while gaming The judging panel includes experts from across the dairy industry. Winning teams will be recognized at the American Dairy Science Association’s annual meeting in Kansas City on June 19-22, 2022. A combined $16,000 in cash prizes will be awarded, including, $8,000 (rst place), $5,000 (second place) and $3,000 (third place). The deadline for submissions is Jan. 17, 2022. Full contest details can be found at www.usdairy.com/research-resources/new-product-competition. For more information, contact NDC’s Rohit Kapoor at rohit.kapoor@dairy.org. NMPF joins agricultural leaders in urging farmers, rural communities to get vaccinated NMPF and several of its member cooperatives are among the more than 30 state and national agricultural organizations representing farm, commodity and agribusiness communities that have joined together to promote vaccination among farmers and other rural Americans, sending an open letter to association members to add another voice to the call to get vaccinated. “With a presence in all 50 states, dairy farmers know well the impacts vaccinations have on communities and how important it is for businesses and the economy to move beyond the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Jim Mulhern, president and CEO of the National Milk Producers Federation. “We’re proud of dairy’s leadership in the agricultural community on this crucial issue and pledge to do what we can to help make our communities safe.” NMPF Chairman Randy Mooney, along with Zippy Duvall, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, co-bylined an editorial published in the Des Moines Register last week to share a message about the important connection between agriculture, science, and health. “The key to defeating coronavirus, like it was for polio, measles, and other diseases that left their mark across the countryside, is the vaccine,” the two wrote. “Success will only be achieved one decision — and one person — at a time.” The effort is in response to the continued challenge of the COVID-19 Delta variant cases increasing precipitously among the unvaccinated populations across the country. Many rural communities have been hit hard by the Delta variant, which has stressed healthcare systems and threatens to greatly impact those we depend on for a safe food system. Agricultural leaders in the letter are asking farmers to protect their health and their communities by getting vaccinated saying, “Farmers make science-based decisions every day to protect their farms and their communities - they should make these same decisions to protect their health as well.” Funds available to update livestock operations Minnesota livestock farmers and ranchers seeking to improve their livestock operation are encouraged to apply for the Agricultural Growth, Research, and Innovation (AGRI) Livestock Investment Grant program. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) anticipates awarding up to $1.3 million using a competitive review process. There will be two rounds of funding. Interested applicants are encouraged to apply during the Fall 2021 round. In Winter/Spring 2022, we will issue a second RFP for any remaining funds. The AGRI Program’s Livestock Investment Grants encourage long-term industry development in Minnesota’s $7 billion livestock industry through investment in facilities, infrastructure, and equipment. Funding for the grants comes through the AGRI Program to advance Minnesota’s agricultural and renewable energy industries. Applicants may apply for up to 10% of their project’s total cost. Grant awards can range in size from $400 to $25,000. Each livestock operation is eligible to receive a lifetime maximum of $50,000 from this grant program. To be eligible for reimbursement by this grant, you must be invoiced and pay for all project materials and services after January 1, 2022. We must receive your proposal no later than 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021 for it to be considered. More information about the grant can be found on the AGRI Livestock Investment Grant website.
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Food Adventure Camp for grades K-3 will investigate favorite fall foods with some Halloween fun mixed in. Students will be taken on a fun journey through the food production process from seed to table! The Dyersville, Iowa, camp will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Oct. 4 at the Dyersville Social Center. A local lunch will be provided by Project Rooted. Registration is required by Sept. 24 for the Dyersville camp or until registration lls. On Oct. 29, another Food Adventure Camp for grades K-3 will held at the Dubuque County Extension Ofce with the same activities, start time and cost. Once again, a local lunch will be provided by Project Rooted. You may register online for either camp at bit.ly/foodadventurecamp or by calling the Dubuque County Extension Ofce at 563-583-6496. Registration is required by Oct. 21 for the Dubuque County Extension Ofce camp or until registration lls.
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The Great River Graziers and Kickapoo Grazing Initiative are releasing the 2021 Pasture Walk Schedule. We’re partnering with Grassworks, Inc and many of our walks will feature operations that are involved with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service EQIP program. This year’s walks feature some of our long-time graziers updating us on new projects as well as several new operations that are just beginning to graze dairy or beef cattle. Pasture walks are free to the public and begin at 10:30 a.m. Visit http://www.kickapoograzinginitiative. com/events.html for more information. – Oct. 5, Don Boland’s farm at 18732 Hwy 27 Gays Mills, Wisconsin Join the Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council (DCRC) for its next webinar – “Importance of Dietary Methionine and Selenomethionine on Health and Reproduction” on Oct. 14, starting at 2 p.m. Central time (USA/Canada). Phil Cardoso, University of Illinois, and Darren T. Juniper (retired), University of Reading, England, will lead the free, one-hour webinar. To register for this webinar, go to: https://bit.ly/DietaryMethionine and follow the prompts. If you are a DCRC member and cannot attend the live program, you may access the webinar at: www.dcrcouncil.org after Oct. 28. “Building the Case for Change: Can Our Federal Checkoff Dollars Catch Up?” That’s the newly arrived perspective and advocacy topic for a special in-person and virtual event hosted by the American Dairy Coalition (ADC) on Thursday, Sept. 30 in the Monona Room at the Alliant Energy Center, and by Zoom, during the 2021 World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wisconsin. Set aside Nov. 2 and 3, to attend the Central Plains Dairy Expo (CPDE) Women’s Conference at the Hilton Garden Inn Sioux Falls Downtown. This year’s conference brings together women in dairy to network, learn and energize one another in the work being done to improve the dairy industry. The conference’s goal is to ensure attendees have fun, feel empowered by the knowledge and information shared, and depart feeling elevated. Go to: https:// www.centralplainsdairy.com/womens-conference to register for the CPDE Women’s Conference. Join us at The 52nd Annual Dairy Practices Council Annual Conference Nov. 2-5, 2021 DoubleTree by Hilton, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. For more information and to register, visit https://www.dairypc.org/dpc-conferences. Mike Pompeo, former director of the Central Intelligence Agency and secretary of state, will be among featured speakers at Dairy Strong, one of the Midwest’s premiere conferences for the dairy community. The Dairy Business Association (DBA) announced today the dates, speakers and programs for its largest annual event, which will be held Jan. 19-20 at the Monona Terrace in Madison, Wisconsin. A virtual option will also be available.
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Attention to detail paramount to IVF success Farmers share strategies for breeding program By Danielle Nauman danielle.n@dairystar.com
Paying strict attention to detail, along with collecting, tracking and evaluating results, can make the use of genetic tools such as an in-vitro fertilization a great way to help grow the genetic base of your herd. “IVF is not for the faint of heart,” California dairyman Steve Maddox said. “But if you do it right, you will be very happy with the results.” Maddox was one of several presenters during a recent BoviNews webinar, “Making In-Vitro Fertilization Work for You.” Maddox’s family operates RuAnn Dairy in Riverdale, California, where they milk 4,500 cows and produce between 7,000 to 10,000 embryos each year in their in-house IVF lab. Besides using the lab for their own embryo production, the internationally accredited facility is available for others to bring their animals for IVF work. “It is really important to treat your donor like a donor,” said Tanner Schmaling, the owner and operator of Maple Leigh Futures. “A donor is like an athlete, and you need to treat her as such for her to perform her best, ensuring the best care and nutrition possible. You need to really listen to what she tells you. Each animals is treated as an individual, with the ration for each tailored to their needs.”
Maple Leigh Futures is located in Elkhorn, Wisconsin, and serves as an IVF ovum pick-up site for Boviteq, an IVF company in Madison, Wisconsin. Schmaling’s focus is placed on housing high genomic donors and show animals. Schmaling works closely with Dr. Dan Gander of Stateline Veterinary Service in Darien, Wisconsin, to provide IVF services at the farm. To help ensure the health, and ultimately the performance of the donor, Schmaling and Gander pay close attention to the condition of each donor, tracking average daily gain and working with the farm’s nutritionist to monitor body condition on a monthly basis. “When a donor arrives at the farm, she is weighed and then her weight is checked monthly,” Gander said. “Each donor is required to have up-to-date vaccinations and a certicate of veterinary inspection prior to arrival. Then, we put our hands on each donor and perform physical and reproductive examinations.” For Maddox, the goals of his farm’s program are simple: to create the greatest genetic improvement in their herd, while using IVF as a reproductive tool to help increase pregnancy rates in their lactating cows, particularly during their hot summer and fall weather. “You can improve reproductive efciency because you are starting with a pregnancy,” Maddox said. “You do not have to worry about if the cow will release an egg during her estrus.” When determining what animals they wish to capitalize on the genetics of, Maddox uses genomic indicators to help make his selections, focusing on the top 1% of their animals for both Total Performance Index and Net Merit, as well as factoring in type and pedigree. “I do have the show bug,” Maddox
said. “So, we work some high-type show cows that many commercial dairymen wouldn’t consider using in an IVF program.” Maddox looks to his program as a way of increasing the sale of genetics from his breeding program, and ultimately adding revenue to the farm, in terms of selling embryos both in the United States and internationally, and selling both live females and males for breeding purposes. In addition, the IVF lab at RuAnn is involved in a project to create sexed Angus embryos that Jersey breeders in their area are using as another option for adding value to calves born in their herd. “IVF is really all about creating the best economic return you can,” Maddox said. “You just need to decide how to do that based on the goals you have for your herd.” Once the donor has been selected and matings are considered, Dr. Shantille Kruse, Boviteq’s Director of U.S. Business Development, encourages producers to not fall short on their diligence to detail when selecting sires. “Submit your mating selections early so that you have time to ask your practitioner and lab for feedback on previous results for those bulls,” Kruse said. “Be exible on your sire selection, and maybe make changes instead of using poorly performing bulls.” In the ever-changing world of genomics and dairy bull proofs, Kruse cautioned producers to introduce new young bulls into their IVF programs slowly to test their performance. She noted that a bull needs to be used at least three times before enough data on his performance can be collected to establish a pattern. When setting the donor up for ovum collection, Gander is a believer in practicing dominant follicle removal and stimu-
lating the donor with follicle stimulating hormone, noting that on average stimulating the donor with FSH will result in roughly twice the number of oocytes collected and embryos created, with more uniform quality. The nal piece of the puzzle when it comes to successfully using IVF technology in a herd is ensuring the recipients are in the best condition to take an IVF pregnancy. Maddox uses heifers as IVF recipients for the rst and second service on natural heats, as well as rst and second lactation cows using a pre-synch and ovsynch protocol. He focuses on putting IVF eggs in Holstein recipients over 75 days in milk and Jersey recipients over 60 days in milk. “Only the recipients that have a good CL will receive an embryo,” Maddox said. “We have found that our best results come with implanting embryos at days 7 and 8 after estrus, and have had pretty good luck with day 9, allowing us to implant our weekend heats on Mondays.” Heifers at RuAnn Dairy are checked for pregnancy via ultrasound at 40 to 47 days post-estrus (not implantation). Lactating cows are checked via blood sample at 28 to 34 days following estrus, potentially helping to decrease the number of days in milk for each lactation. Maddox warned that IVF will not turn a poor reproductive program into a good one, but that it can take a good reproductive program to the next level, creating great benets within the herd. “A live, healthy calf is the ultimate goal,” Maddox said. “Better quality embryos create more pregnancies. Attention to detail at every level is the key to making IVF work to better your herd.”
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We finished chopping and bagging our corn silage. The silage yield was a little below average, but the corn we RAINFALL chopped had some TOTALS nitrogen deficiency Last 2 Weeks issues and was less than desirable for harvest as grain. The corn is drying down 0.75” nicely, and it looks like we will be able to start Since April 1 chopping our earlage 17” soon. It will be busy here the next couple of weeks as we are going to plant rye on the silage ground and get started with the soybean harvest.
We are working on finishing up corn silage this morning (Sept. 21). We will have chopped close to 400 acres and RAINFALL filled 12 silos and a TOTALS made a couple piles. Last 2 Weeks We have three retired guys that come and help us with chopping. It took us about two 2” weeks to get it done. The corn silage in the area is wrapping up. We Since April 1 made fourth crop hay 12.65” about 10 days ago and it averaged a bale and a half an acre. It really started to grow when we got that moisture. We plan to haul out our manure pits in the next few days.
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Crop and Weather Waterloo, IA
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Manawa, WI
(Waupaca County) CRAIG FIETZER
DICK BLOUGH
(Rock County)
155 cows, 350 acres
We custom chopped some silage Sept. 11 and we started on our own Sept. 18-19. We did around 40 acres and the moisture was around 58%. The field RAINFALL adjuster said it should run TOTALS 248 bushels to the acre. We started mowing our Last 2 Weeks sorghum sudangrass Sept. 13 and started chopping it Sept. 20. The army worms were really bad. It stood 5 to 5.5 feet tall and is yielding 8-10 ton an acre with 78% moisture. We sprayed our Since April 1 160 acres of alfalfa for army 12.5” worms today. We plan to start high moisture corn early next week. Our earlier planted soybeans should go next week. Our late planted soybeans are green. A neighbor took out some soybeans and it ran 50-55 bushels an acre and was at 10-11% moisture.
We did the corn silage bunker Sept. 14-16 and ran 30-31 tons per acre. That’s the most I ever remember it being. Last year, we had 18-19 tons per acre. RAINFALL Moisture was at 65-68% TOTALS for the bunker and 60-64% for the silo we filled, so Last 2 Weeks right where we need it. We still have to fill one more silo with corn silage and should be done by the last weekend in September. We need it a little drier for the Harvestores. Everyone in Since April 1 the area started doing corn 21.24” silage not long after us. We took off fifth crop hay Sept. 19-20. It was about 27 inches tall and a little thinner, so not yielding as much as other crops but still fairly decent. It was comparable to second crop. Soybean leaves have pretty much all changed. One guy started harvesting in our area already, but that’s not the norm.
Everyone around here has pretty much finished corn silage already. The tonnage is all over the board – anywhere from 15-17 tons per acre. We should be 26- RAINFALL 27 tons per acre, so we’re TOTALS down about 10 tons from last year. I did seven 9-foot Last 2 Weeks by 200-foot bags this year from 91 acres. Even though we have less tonnage, the yield is very good at over 200 bushels per acre. That’s amazing considering we kind of had a drought Since April 1 situation. It’s a richer silage 12.5” corn containing more energy for the cows because of the higher grain levels. So, we’re going to have to be careful feeding that. Everyone in the area is doing soybeans now. One neighbor had 55 bushels per acre while some are pushing 60 per acre. I planted 70 acres of rye Sept. 19, and a couple neighbors put some rye in too.
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(Washington County) JOHN SAGER
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We’re just about done with fourth-crop hay and it looks incredible. It’s a tremendous crop. I’m waiting for my RAINFALL neighbor to come open TOTALS up the fields so we can Last 2 Weeks start corn silage. He has a self-propelled chopper and I have a pull-type chopper. I’m 1.3” hoping we can start the weekend of Sept. 25. Probably 75% of the Since April 1 19.3” farmers in my area are working on corn silage. No soybeans are started in our area, but they are turning yellow and dropping leaves.
0.1”
(Iowa County)
EVAN JONES
We almost doubled our year’s rainfall in the past two weeks, getting 3 inches; 2 inches last week and another inch last night (Sept. 20). Our corn silage RAINFALL is done. We started it last Thursday and finished up TOTALS over the weekend. The Last 2 Weeks early corn was pretty much on track yield-wise, but anything we put in after we did our rye was about twothirds of what it should have been. The ears all filled out, but they just weren’t very Since April 1 big. Our corn we plan to 9.8” shell is drying down pretty well. I would guess that will be at least three weeks or so until we start. The beans around here have been changing color but not dropping leaves yet. We have some fourth and fifth crop hay we are hoping to make yet too.
3”
Russ Pierson
(Monroe County)
180 cows, 1,000 acres We missed the rain last night (Sept. 20) and two pretty torrential rains last week, where guys about 30 miles from here got soaked. Things are looking good RAINFALL around here. I think we TOTALS will be ready to start Last 2 Weeks chopping corn by the end of the week. A lot of the neighbors are going at it hard, but with the silos I like to be down around 58 to 60% for moisture. The fields around here are Since April 1 in awesome shape. The 21.9” winter wheat we put in is looks great. The beans will be ready to start soon. A neighbor was talking about starting his high moisture corn soon. It is getting to be where everything is ready to go and things are getting busy.
0.5”
Wolsey, SD
(Beadle County) RUSSELL JUNGEMANN
55 cows, 365 acres We had a lot of wind with the storm Sept. 20. My corn silage is done, I started Sept. 14. I also have two bags filled for another guy and one more to do tomorrow (Sept. 22). RAINFALL I got my combine out this TOTALS morning (Sept. 21) and got Last 2 Weeks the head on and ready, and everything else is ready to go for that. I have a neighbor that I combine dry corn for and his moisture tested at 17% and 18%, so he’s ready to get that off. I’m hoping to get my high moisture corn Since April 1 done before I do that; I like 23.7” that to be about 30 to 35% for the silo. If I get the one silo fixed, I have some fourth crop I would like to put in that. The beans are starting to turn yellow and are dropping some leaves. I have about 500 acres of beans, all custom work, to do.
0.5”
880 cows, 2,350 acres We are done with our silage chopping except for the 200 acres of corn that we planted following winter wheat. RAINFALL That corn currently TOTALS has roasting ears, so Last 2 Weeks we may not chop it until after it freezes. Our silage corn yielded from 10 to 17 tons per acre on the dryland and up to 32 tons per acre on the irrigated ground. Since April 1 Our soybeans still have 11.05” some green leaves, so it will be a while before they are ready to harvest. We plan to chop the fifth crop of alfalfa this week.
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Mid-American Hay Auction results for September 16, 2021
Lot no. 360 368 369 373 374 375 403 339 342 345 347 357 362 363 366 367 372 378 384 400 348 354 356 364 394 380 398 332 382 391 399 329 331 336 337 341 344 352 377 386 405 361 404 340 330 335
Desc. Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Large Squares Medium Rounds Medium Squares Medium Squares
moisture protein RFV 10.84 4.22 68.16 10.87 5.92 76.98 9.66 3.53 71.76 18.1 10.07 132.56 13.85 6.13 84.67 10.13 15.5 120.89 10.35 3.49 63.04 11.35 20.61 169.79 12.38 21.57 180.7 12.78 19.91 140.38 12.04 6.57 102.45 14.1 21.9 168.58 18.5 7.75 69.36 8.91 19.7 161.41 14.33 22.29 208.69 18 10.85 136.46 10.55 20.04 200.24 13.13 19.75 152.19 11.73 22.8 175.57 11.7 19.98 174.26 14.47 19.79 160.59 13.36 21.01 184.17 NO TEST 13.31 18.79 146.18 16.78 26.75 218.37 14.13 5.1 66.97 11.82 20.59 171.36 12.42 22.44 157.92 21.45 20.12 160.2 14.25 21.97 160.13 12.01 22.75 161.84 14.29 25.09 212.89 13.42 22.76 170.3 13.77 24.4 180.38 10.99 24.78 221.72 12.74 24.99 239.05 11.1 20.81 157.31 10.12 23.25 233.08 14.75 24.61 161.59 11.11 23.52 205.46 15.78 23.87 196.53 10.42 25.09 207.07 15.12 23.23 177.15 10.98 20.38 185.07 10.95 20.42 162.89 9.92 18.16 142.74
cut. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 2&3 2 1 1
Ld. size 12.58 22.91 22.95 23.15 23.05 17.18 42 17.5 25.88 18 23.07 26.2 12.92 10.4 24.48 24.06 26.11 28.2 26.35 5.86 23.46 25.37 11.28 21.81 25.41 27.58 25.64 27 6.62 26.06 22 28.25 26.24 24.58 25.44 25.74 26.53 26.05 27.05 27.6 25.52 24.18 25.45 16.82 23.39 23.35
price $150.00 $85.00 $80.00 $75.00 $75.00 $165.00 $50.00 $200.00 $160.00 $170.00 $170.00 $160.00 $100.00 $220.00 $170.00 $80.00 $150.00 $150.00 $170.00 $175.00 $185.00 $160.00 $190.00 $175.00 $210.00 $85.00 $160.00 $210.00 $95.00 $170.00 $165.00 $200.00 $200.00 $200.00 $210.00 $210.00 $200.00 $220.00 $165.00 $210.00 $175.00 $200.00 $165.00 $170.00 $200.00 $160.00
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351 381 349 355 370 383 393 343 353 358 359 379 392 395 396 397 333 334 346 350 390 401 385 406 371 387 338 376 365 389 402 388
Desc.
Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Med. Sq.&Lg Sq. Large Rounds Large Rounds Large Squares Large Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Medium Squares Large Rounds
moisture protein
20.97 11.44 13.53 14.94 16.68 10.84 12.54 9.54 10.94 13.68 15.61 14.06 9.7 15.61 9.3 9.76 13.16 15.77 15.99 17.05 14.39 15.65 14.12 14.27
RFV
10.71 80.55 17.55 120.37 24.73 130.19 23.69 159.41 22.62 170.37 21.95 172.06 17.53 163 17.18 137.44 21.92 209.85 16.81 140.17 20.01 162.83 25.54 215.9 19.81 209.22 19.93 179.08 18.59 192.87 18.69 194.24 20.45 153.25 21.51 149.95 22.24 186.77 24.66 209.5 22.13 181.92 24.62 217.71 22.16 165.98 16.61 117.72 STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW STRAW WHEAT STRAW
cut.
Ld. size
1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 2&3 2&3
23.73 23.45 21.8 22.23 9.21 25.12 27.88 24.89 29.76 23.94 8.26 27.27 27.31 29.02 10.58 10.56 25.04 21.91 22.56 22.29 25.14 9.2 23.18 22.53 34 38 25.47 24.51 22.3 45 68 34
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Dairy Star • Second Section • Saturday, September 25, 2021 • Page 27
From the kitchen of Angela Peirick of Watertown, Wisconsin
Oven baked pork chops and potatoes Rub 1 teaspoon Worcestershire Sauce 2 Tablespoon ketchup 1 Tablespoon soy sauce 2 Tablespoon brown sugar (or white) 1 Tablespoon olive oil (or vegetable or canola oil) 1 clove garlic, minced 2 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
Pork chops 4 pork chops or cutlets, around 200250 g/7-8 oz each including bone 1.6 pounds of baby potatoes, larger ones cut in half 1 Tablespoon olive oil Salt and pepper Parsley, optional
Preheat oven to 430 F on a standard oven; 390 F for convection. Toss potatoes in oil, sprinkle with salt and pepper. Scatter on baking tray. Place in oven for 15 minutes (giving them a head start). Meanwhile, mix the rub ingredients together in a small bowl. Slather the pork on both sides with the rub, reserving some rub for basting. Take the tray out of the oven. Toss potatoes then push them to the edge. Place pork on tray. Bake for 15 minutes.Remove tray from oven, flick to broiler/grill on high (shelf about 8 inches from heat source). Flip pork, spoon over reserved rub and dab on sides. Broil 7-10 minutes until pretty well caramelised. Remove from oven. Use a brush to get the golden juices off the tray and dab it onto the pork – this is key for flavour and colour. Pop it back under the broiler for a couple of minutes to finish off. Serve, scraping the juices on the tray onto the pork, then garnish with parsley if desired.
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Preheat oven to 375°F. Place a 12×12 inch sheet of tinfoil on a work surface. Spoon about 1 teaspoon of the barbeque sauce in the center of the foil. Place one chicken breast half over barbeque sauce and spread another teaspoon of sauce over chicken. Top with quarter of the potato, bell pepper and onion. Sprinkle with a little of the salt and pepper. Fold foil in half to cover contents; make narrow folds along edges to seal. Repeat with remaining ingredients to assemble three more packets. Place the four packets on a baking sheet and bake for 35 minutes. Open foil packets with scissors and carefully pull back edges, as contents may be very hot. Sprinkle a quarter of the cheese over the top of each chicken breast and return to oven, leaving packets unsealed, for two minutes or until cheese is melted. With a spatula, transfer the contents of each packet onto individual serving plates.
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