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Calf care all under one roof O & S Dairy improves management with new facility BY JENNIFER COYNE STAFF WRITER
RICE – As Missy Schreindl looks across the pens of young calves, a smile reaches both corners of her face as she explains the structure of the housing facility for youngstock. Her husband, Troy’s, pride is just as evident. “We should’ve done this earlier,” Troy said. The Schreindls and their children, Tanner and Emily, work in a partnership with Missy’s parents, Bruce and Linda Olson, where they milk 250 cows at O & S Dairy near Rice. Last January, the families finished construction on a facility that houses the calves. Inside a 52- by 180-foot, forced-ventilated barn are eight group pens that house heifers – from newborn to 8 months of age. Feeder steers are also housed in the same pens. A center wall separates the weaned calves from the
growing ones. Newborn calves enter the facility on the south side and are placed in individual calf hutches until 5 days of age. “We bring the newborns in from our maternity pen and keep them separate from the other calves so there’s PHOTOS BY JENNIFER COYNE no contact and reduce Troy and Missy the risk of becoming Schreindl house their sick,” Missy said. calves – from newborn “At 5 days, we try to 8 months of age – in and start them on a newly constructed the feeder. When facility on their farm near they move to the Rice. The Schreindls and group pen all deMissy’s parents, Bruce pends when they are and Linda Olson, operate able to get a good, O & S Dairy, where they strong suck.” milk 250 cows. In front of the row of hutches, and 80 feet of the barn’s total length, are four pens centered around two au- percent powder supplement. tomatic calf feeders. The first A 300-gallon bulk tank feeder’s nipples are washed holds the milk and then is after each visit to eliminate transferred to the two autobacteria transfer in the sus- matic feeders through a pipeceptible immune systems. line system driven by a variThe feeders contain milk able frequency drive. consisting of 70 percent pasThe calves in these pens teurized waste milk and 30 also get free-choice grain.
“We keep calves in the first group pen until they’re about 15 days old, then we start moving them on up throughout the other pens,” Missy said. Up until the calves are weaned, both steers and heifers are monitored with RFID
tags. They are also housed together until a change in ration is needed. “All of the heifers have permanent tags for DHIA records, but the bull calves each have collars with the tags. That way we can delete their data when they’re done
receiving milk and reuse the tags,” Missy said. “I thought this was a simple way to save money.” Once the calves are weaned, they are moved to the growing pens, where Tan-
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we’re cleaning up dead and the larger bases are Schmiesing, Arnold keep trees; stuff,” Arnold said. “We don’t used for Arnold’s outdoor even cut standing dead trees wood heater. Oftentimes, hydraulically-operated unless there is a danger out a busy chopping wood there. In other words, we splitter, which attaches to a BY NATASHA BARBER STAFF WRITER
basically clean up wood that has already fallen, already tipped over.” The wood never runs out. Each year the men choose a section of woods to clear — cutting the wood and removing the invasive buckthorn as best they can. The following year they move on, but may return to a prior section if necessary. “You clean one little area, and you look around. It’s unbelievable how much dead wood is out there,” Arnold said. “…We can go back into the section we just cleared and cut wood there again because of all the trees that were dead and standing fall over.” When Schmiesing and Arnold locate the tree they want to cut, which more often than not chooses them by dropping across their path, they cut the tree in sections. The top portion of the tree with smaller limbs is sawed and split for camp fire sales
skid loader, is used to split and stack the largest pieces. Collectively, the woodcutters chop between 20-30 cords of wood each year. Arnold uses about 12 cords for heating his home and the rest is sold to residents within the county; cabin owners residing in the Briggs Lake Chain have found the split wood to be a useful commodity. “The majority of the wood goes to cabin residents in the area that live along Briggs, Julia and Rush Lakes; they buy the wood for their campfires,” Arnold said. “Red and white oak are probably two of your best hardwoods for burning. It coals nice, it holds a lot of heat and it’s not a fast burning wood like pine or some of your softer woods. It’s good firewood.” The two men are careful to inform buyers
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keeps us out of our wives’ ways,” said Arnold, who is coowner of Arnold’s Equipment but retired in 2015. “We have a little more time on our hands and we decided we have all this dead wood. …We’re just kind of cleaning up Felix’s woods is what we’re doing.” Schmiesing’s woods are a mixture of white and red oak. Much of the red oak has died due to maturity or oak wilt that was detected in the area 20 years ago. Despite trying to stop the spread of the disease, Schmiesing was unsuccessful and the fungus affected many of his trees. “It was one of those battles that you aren’t going to win, but you try and slow it as much as possible,” said Schmiesing, a current Sherburne County Commissioner. The dead oaks have left plenty of dried wood to harvest. “We’re not cutting live
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ner is responsible for feeding them a mixture of grain and hay. At 8 months old, heifers are moved to a nearby lean-to until confirmed pregnant. The steers, too, are relocated to an outdoor pen. In a year, the Schreindls and Olsons finish 140 steers. “The steers used to struggle with respiratory issues, but now, they’re doing awesome,” Troy said. “Hopefully, we’ll see the same results with the heifers when they start calving back in.” During the winter of 2015-2016, the families began discussing options for new calf facilities. Their former setup was individual hutches for calves on milk and group pens in an old barn for postweaned calves. “The nursery end of the new barn was really the main reason for this whole building,” Missy said. “I was tired of caring for 56 hutches in the elements. It was just too much labor and it wasn’t going to be suitable for much longer.” Troy agreed. “We were actually thinking about updating our milk-
ing facility and then converting the current milking barn to where the calves would be, but then milk prices went down and we still had to do something for the calves,” he said. After discussing several ideas, the Schreindls and Olsons came up with this setup – everything under one roof, including the milk room. “This plan was developed on the tailgate of our truck,” Troy said. Missy agreed. “We were looking for something a little easier,” she said. “I don’t know if it’s actually any easier, but it’s a different kind of labor. The key is to keep up with cleanliness in the group pens.” By November last year, construction began and weaned calves were moved in Jan. 27. Less than a month later, all of the calves were moved into the new facility. In any given month, the Schreindls and Olsons calve in 20 animals. “When we built this, we thought there was going to be so much extra room,” said Troy, laughing. “It’s crazy
how fast it fills up. You can’t build anything big enough.” With the new facility, the families have also adjusted their management protocols. Rather than vaccinating, dehorning and castrating all in the same pen post weaning, the calves now undergo the same procedures over the course of time. “When we did it all at once, they became really stressed and would get sick,” Missy said. Now, calves are dehorned while in pen two, the bull calves are banded in pen three, and all calves are vaccinated in pen four. Emily helps her mom complete these practices. “Nobody is stressed from those processes. The only issue we have is a small respiratory problem in the first pen; but those calves are like kindergartners, always curious to touch things,” Missy said. Troy agreed. “Everyone else transitions really well,” he said. Bull calves wear collars with RFID tags to monitor their milk consumption. Once the calves “From the milk to the feed, are weaned, Missy Schreindl removes the collars and clears the calf ’s information in the they don’t miss a beat.” system to reuse the tags. With nearly one year under their belt, the Schreindls and Olsons are pleased with how the new facility has benefited their operation – from improving calf health to maximizing labor efficiencies – and only having to work through a few minor hiccups. “In the dead of winter, we learned the milk has to be continuously flowing through the line otherwise it freezes. And we also plan on adding a water trough to the first group pen,” Missy said. The Schreindls and Olsons have larger goals in mind for O & S Dairy, and completAt the south end of the calf barn, the Schreindls and Olsons ing this modern calf facility have a milk room that includes a bulk tank for pasteurized has them moving in the right waste milk and one of two automatic calf feeders. A pipeline direction. The barn includes eight group pens for both pre-weaned and growing calves. A wall and side from the pasteurizer carries milk to the second feeder, located door separates the calves on milk from the weaned calves. elsewhere in the barn.
Vegans The Business of Farming by Roger Strom Ag Columnist__________ posted an annual trade surplus, which reached $21.3 billion, up almost 30 percent from last year’s $16.6 billion. Those are a lot of numbers to digest, with a whole lot of zeros, but it gives you an idea of how big and important farming is for all of us. On a completely different subject: Some folks at Virginia Tech decided to do a study of veganism to determine how not eating meat might affect agricultural emissions and food production. (Apparently the researchers there have a lot of time and money to spend on studies.) They specifically wanted to measure the impact if all Americans became vegans. The study found “agricultural” green house gas (GHG) emissions would drop by 28 percent. However, when you break
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What have been two of the biggest changes in the lumber industry in the past 20 years? Changing products and the amount of products to choose from has been one of the biggest challenges. Customers have access to many more products than in the past making it challenging to be an expert on every product out there. Technology has changed the way we’ve done business over the years. Keeping up with the trends and software’s to best help us do business has been an ongoing challenge as well.
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Nick Kotsmith is the account manager Foley Lumber. Kotsmith is the fourth generation to be a part of the family-owned business.
Tell us about your business: Foley Lumber is a family-owned business that started in 1932. It is in its fourth generation of ownership. We are a retail lumber yard, supplying building materials for homes, pole building, decks, additions, windows, siding, roofing, light commercial and more.
the night before. We start our day on a specific path, but often times get pulled from that path by contractors and homeowners. They come first, so we do whatever it takes to service them. A typical day for the sales staff includes working directly with home owners and contractors, setting up deliveries, ordering mateWhat are your roles with- rial and estimating projects. in the company? I am an account manager. I work What do you like about with customers and con- the lumber industry? The tractors on a one-on-one lumber industry is a fun, basis, helping them with fast-paced environment the building process by that is always changing. estimating, drawing, coor- Products and construction dinating loads, picking out codes are always changing, product, ordering product so keeping up with that is or performing other duties. always a fun challenge. Tell us about a typical day. We get an early start every morning, knowing exactly where we left off
completion, watching their dream come true. Building that friendship with homeowners and contractors through the building process.
buildings like you used to see to all colored buildings. The colors customers choose vary depending on preference, but we seldom sell galvanized anymore.
What is the most popular piece of lumber you sell? Commodity items are sold the most – dimensional lumber, sheathing, plywood, shingles. No matter the project you will always What trends are you see- need some or all of the ing in buildings that items listed. farmers are constructing? Farmers have been going Describe the most unique away from traditional barns building project your and going to large pole company has been a part buildings. These pole build- of. Each custom home is ings can be used for differ- unique in its own way. We ent things such as, milking have had several unique parlors, hay storage, loaf- church builds in the past ing barns, equipment stor- few years that have turned age, manure pits, etc. Each out great. There is a lot of building will accommodate detail that go into them and equipment a farmer may when all the dust settles they turn our very nice. Take us through a typi- use on a daily basis. cal building process for customers you work with. Where do you see the What is the biggest regret Houses: starts with a plan price of lumber and steel people have after they – picking products – esti- going for 2018? It’s hard finish a building? I don’t mating the material cost – to say at this point, lumber think regret is the right ordering material – sched- and steel has been going word, but after building a uling deliveries – picking up up all year (steel for 2 years larger project there is often returns – filling in anything now) and we are hoping things a homeowner would in between that happens the ceiling is near. The ma- have done differently or with the project. jor forest fires in Canada, changed if they could go Canadian Tariffs, and hur- back and do it over. Many of Are there any current ricane relief in the south these things are minor, but color trends in agricul- has affected lumber prices it does happen. They say it’s tural buildings? There are tremendously. Once that impossible to build the per25-30 steel colors from any settles down we hope the fect house. There’s always given steel manufacture to see prices creep back to something you’d do different next time. choose from. The trend has normal. gone away from galvanized
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As I share meeting information, I am reminded of the importance of connecting with neighbors who have common interests, learning, maintaining a healthy perspective on things, and citizenship work. Somewhere, years ago, I started learning that our government is meant to be of the people, by the people and for the people. I think most of us still think it should work better that way. That’s not always easy; and we don’t always get it right. We work on some things together through governments; and some things through other community organizations, churches, etc. We could probably go back to our sixth grade American history class for a refresher course occasionally. DNR Little Rock Creek Ground Water Plan Meeting Saturday, Dec. 9, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Little Falls Middle School Commons, 1000 First Ave. NE. This is citizenship work. This is the last of series of meetings to give people an opportunity to learn about the DNR plan for monitoring and working with concerns and goals for taking care of an important aquifer area in our community. Time will be used as follows: 11 a.m. to noon An open house style opportunity to view information, ask questions, share discussion with people who are working on the process. Noon to 2 p.m. A brief presentation about the process and action plan followed by
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public input. 2-3 p.m. An open house style opportunity for further discussions. Hopefully citizens will continue to be involved in looking together at things that continue to be learned over time. Corn growers, irrigators Meet Jan. 4 in Duelm The annual meetings of the East Central Irrigation Association and Benton Sherburne Corn Growers will be held on Thursday Jan. 4, 2018 at Jack and Jim’s Entertainment Center in Duelm. The agenda will be approximately like this: 8:30 a.m. Registration, coffee, and exhibits open. 9-9:15 a.m. East Central Irrigators annual business meeting. 9:30-10:30 a.m. DronesHow to apply this technology on farms, Mike Dunn, Anez Consulting. 10:45- 11:45 a.m. – Managing Stress during tough times, Ted Matthews, ag counselling specialist. Noon-12:45 p.m. Lunch 12:45-1:15 p.m. Nitrogen Fertilizer Rule, Jennifer Gallus, MDA 1:30-2 p.m. Benton Sher-
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