Country Acres South - February 18, 2023

Hooves of rarity

Preservation breeder Heise continues Nokota legacy

BY AMY KYLLO | STAFF WRITER

LAKE CITY –

For some, owning a historical piece means an antique, but for Kathy Heise, her pieces of history trotted onto her farm and stole her heart.

Heise owns nine Nokota horses on the nine-acre ranch she owns with her husband Don near Lake City. Nokotas are rare, feral horses whose recent ancestors came out of Theodore Roosevelt National Park. There are believed to be around 1,000 of them still in existence.

“That’s why we wanted to be preservation breeders,” Heise said. “We wanted to make sure that this herd didn’t go away. That this is living history … they are historic animals. They are really something special.”

In 1993 the legislative assembly named the Nokota horse as the honorary equine of North Dakota. Nokota horses, according to the State Historical Society of North Dakota, are believed to be descendants of Sitting Bull’s horses.

Today, Heise owns nine Nokotas and she works to continue the pure Nokota bloodlines in her herd.

The recent history of the Nokota starts when Theodore Roosevelt National Park was fenced in, accidentally trapping the horses inside. The National

Park System would sometimes round up and auction off these horses. Brothers Frank and Leo Kuntz appreciated the breed and began trying to buy as many of the horses as possible at these auctions. The Kuntz’ were the ones to coin the name Nokota.

Heise purchased two from the Nokota Horse Conservancy and several from Frank and Leo Kuntz’ herd, and the rest are offspring.

Her very first Nokota, named Cali, came from Frank Kuntz when she attended a horse clinic in Linton, North Dakota.

The horses, she said, connect with people on a different level. At the clinic, the participants created a human corral around a group of 20 mares and each person walked through the middle of the herd.

“You greet who looks at you and acknowledge them,” she said.

“This little filly, she was two, came out and stood right next to me and there she stayed and she let me pet her all over. We created a bond and I kind of lobbied to work with her in that clinic.”

At the end of the clinic, after lengthy

lobbying with Kuntz, she bought Cali and brought her back to her new home.

For the first years of ownership, Heise took her mares back to Lin-ton,

North Dakota to breed them with one of the wild stallions, but now she has her own stallion.

The Nokota breed have big feet and big bones with feathers on their feet and can be divided into two different types: ranch and traditional. The ranch style Nokotas are larger

(16 hands and taller) and the traditional style is smaller (14.3 hands). Heise owns both styles. The breed also has great color variation, their dominant color is blue roan but colorations also include white, red roan, bays, grays, orange and black. They have excellent stamina and a lot of versatility. People use them for dressage, western pleasure, endurance riding, trail riding, therapy, polo ponies and shooting sports.

Heise said the Nokota horses take distinct roles within the herd.

“Everybody in the herd has a job,” Heise said. “Jewel is the sentry, if she senses danger out in the pasture, she makes sure everybody else is behind her.”

We wanted to make sure that this herd didn’t go away. That this is living history … they are historic animals. They are really something special.

- Kathy Heise

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Nokota horses graze on the North Dakota prairie near Linton. There are fewer than 1,000 Nokotas in the world.

PHOTO BY AMY KYLLO Kathy Heise smiles beside Sweet Gem Feb. 7 on her ranch near Lake City. Heise says that Nokota horses will steal your heart.

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Heise from front

She sees Jewel teaching her daughter Gem the role of sentry. Cali takes a practical role.

“She’s the muscle,” Heise said. “She’s also the aunt who doesn’t put up with a lot of nonsense. So, if you’re going to misbehave around me, you’re going to be in trouble.”

Cali has had to use her mus-

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Nokota horses gather on the prairie in Linton, North Dakota. Kathy Heise said she visits Linton once or twice a year.

Smoke Run (from left), Style and Rose share a moment after Style’s birth. Style is the newest member of Heise’s herd.

cle to protect herself before. One summer in North Dakota when Cali was there to be bred, she was attacked by a mountain lion. Cali prevailed, although Heise said she was affected by the encounter.

Growing up on the North Dakota prairie, Nokotas like to be outside.

Heise said that she has seen her stallion, Smoke Run, get pelted with tennis ball-sized hail without moving or being injured. Due to their natural instincts, Heise also allows the herd to self-trim their hooves, a difference in management between Nokotas and other breeds. She said

that some Nokota owners trim their horses’ hooves, but that she feels it is unnecessary since the horses know how to do it themselves.

Heise doesn’t ride anymore but still likes

to train.

“I don’t bounce anymore if I get tossed off,” Heise said. “But I totally enjoy the groundwork and in teaching them to be solid citizens.”

Heise waits one year to begin training to allow them to learn how to be hors-

es, and know who they are, before beginning their tutelage under her. She stresses natural horsemanship in training her horses, she doesn’t have an agenda or timeline for train-ing.

“Every day I spend with my horses is a gift and the training will take as long as it needs to,” she said.

Heise has Nokota horse connections in Switzerland, France and the United States. She recently sold one of her horses to a buyer in Switzerland who saw the mare on Facebook and fell in love with her.

Heise is very selective about who she sells to, asking lots of questions to make sure that they are a good fit. It’s a challenge for Heise to sell the horses because while she wants to keep her personal herd numbers low, many people don’t know about the breed or her specific herd.

Heise said she is ready to share her Nokotas with the world.

“People are welcome to come out here and

love on them,” Heise said. Heise warns though of the effect that the Nokotas have on people.

Heise has experienced the intelligence that Nokota horses have.

“These horses are extremely intuitive and are very good at reading human emotions,” she said. “This is why they make wonderful therapy horses.”

Heise shares her Nokotas on her Facebook page Beacon Trail Ranch. Besides horses, the Heise’s also raise hay, beef cattle and purebred Border Collies.

The Nokotas though, are her passion.

“They will steal your heart,” she said.

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Kathy Heise points to the registration paper for her first Nokota horse, Cali, Feb. 7 on her ranch near Lake City. Heise purchased Cali from Frank Kuntz in 2017.

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Nokota horses relax on the prairie. Frank and Leo Kuntz began buying Nokota horses in the 1970s from National Park Service auctions out of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

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FFA WEEK

Ellie Sauder

Tell us about your FFA program and your involvement in it: I joined the Pine Island FFA Chapter in ninth grade, mainly because of my family’s involvement inFFA, and because I live on a farm. My grandpa, mom and sisters all gained a lot from being inFFA, so that really influenced me to join.

Ellie Sauder

Grade: 12

Parents: Stan and Amy Sauder

When I joined FFA, the leadership opportunities reallystood out to me, so I decided to run for chapter office and have served in different positions for the last three years, currently as president. My freshman year, I also joined the poultryevaluation team, which was something completely different from anything I had done before andway out of my comfort zone, but I ended up really liking it. I think FFA really opens the door tonew opportunities.

Alex Gulbranson

Tell us about your FFA program and your involvement in it: I am on the crops CDE team and I also actively help with the yearly corn drive. I go to every activity possible.

Alex Gulbranson

Grade: 10

Parent: Matthew Gulbranson

What new skills have you learned in the last year in FFA? I have learned how to be a leader and how to lead a community. I have learned many skills like soil identification and basic agronomy skills. FFA has also taught me how to be a leader in the classroom.

Overall, what is the greatest benefit you have received from being involved in FFA? The leadership skills and communication. These two things cannot be overlooked; they are extremely important.

FFA Chapter: Pine Island FFA

What new skills have you learned in the last year in FFA? I have learned a lot this past year from FFA including leadership. As president, I have learned how to run meetings,improved my time management skills and strengthened my teamwork skills. As we’ve come out ofCOVID, some of the ways our FFA chapter functions have changed, and it’s been a challengeand learning experience to adapt our chapter to meet the needs of our members.

Overall, what is the greatest benefit you have received from being involved in FFA? Out of so many benefits from my experience in FFA, I think the greatest has been theconnections I’ve made. Through experiences like the national and state FFA conventions,camps and regional events, I’ve been able to connect with others interested in agriculture aswell as make college and career connections.

What other hobbies and interests do you have outside of FFA? Outside of FFA, I am involved in Dodge County 4-H, and choir. I am involved in my church and Ienjoy writing and baking. I also work at Camp Victory in Zumbro Falls and Area 57 CoffeeCafe inWanamingo.

What are your plans for the future? Attend the University of Wisconsin-River Falls for Agricultural Business or Journalism/Communications.

Marlee Musty

Tell us about your FFA program and your involvement in it: Chatfield FFA is very inclusive and fun. I participate in general livestock, agriscience and many other CDE’s. I have been involved in FFA since I was in seventh grade and encourage everyone to try it.

Marlee Musty

Grade: 12

Parents: Mary and Chris Musty FFA Chapter: Chatfield FFA

What new skills have you learned in the last year in FFA? I have learned how to communicate and organize practices.

Overall, what is the greatest benefit you have received from being involved in FFA? FFA has taught me to never second guess myself and have fun.

What other hobbies and interests do you have outside of FFA? I love to play softball and I am a wrestling manager. I have a small business where I make all sorts of things like fun ag shirts and trinkets, I also do sports photography in my spare time.

What are your plans for the future? I plan to attend Ridgewater College in Willmar to pursue a degree in agriculture and play softball.

FFA Chapter: Fillmore Central FFA

What other hobbies and interests do you have outside of FFA? I play basketball, football, I sing in the choir and tapestry, I play in the band and jazz band. I coach fourth grade youth basketball; I love the outdoors and writing.

What are your plans for the future? I want to be a farmer, agronomist or a teacher. I do not know which one yet but I would love to pursue one of them.

Anika Reiland

Tell us about your FFA program and your involvement in it: My FFA chapter is at Kingsland High School. We have a large chapter for a small school. I am currently the president but have been the treasurer in the past.

Anika Reiland

Grade: 12

Parents: Matt and Sarah Reiland

FFA Chapter: Spring Valley –Wykoff FFA

What new skills have you learned in the last year in FFA? I have expanded my leadership skills.

Overall, what is the greatest benefit you have received from being involved in FFA? I have been able to interact with other FFA members and also members of the community.

What other hobbies and interests do you have outside of FFA? I like sports, crafts, and hanging out with other people.

What are your plans for the future? I plan to go to college at University of Wisconsin - La Crosse or Gustavus Adolphus for elementary education, pre-occupational therapy or the physician assistant route.

Farmer’s five love languages

Valentine’s Day is the holiday that for centuries has been posed as a day of appreciation for those dearest to us.

In a community of agriculturists, it might be helpful to discuss the five love languages as they apply to a farmer. Traditionally, the five love languages are physical touch, quality time, acts of service, gift giving and words of affirmation.

These concepts might be misinterpreted by an unseasoned farm spouse, so let’s spell it out.

We’ll start with physical touch. For farmers, this could be a hug and a kiss at the door before they are off to spend the day in the field. Then, upon coming in from evening chores, a nice foot rub or back massage will make them feel most appreciated.

Say you’re riding to the feed store with your spouse and the old farm truck bench seat makes you feel miles apart. Scoot next to your partner and remember to turn the radio to the daily market report.

Now clear your calendar for some quality time primarily between April and October. Whether your spouse is running grain to town or cultivating the next field, there’s always room on the fender, in the passenger seat or in the hayloft, stacking bales in 100-degree heat.

This particular love language can accompany acts of service like butter on bread. Say your spouse needs to take a bale of hay to the farthest pasture; ride along and open the gate. Could they do it themselves? Probably, but it’s the effort and time that can make their day.

Don’t get me wrong, quality time and acts of service can certainly have a not-so-happy effect on your partner – for example, sorting cattle and letting the wrong black calf run past you into the opposing lot. This tends to test the strength of your partnership.

This is a great time to incorporate the fourth love language, words of affirmation. Saying things like “I let that calf slip past because I was distracted by how straight your corn rows are” might help avoid conflict.

Last, but not least, is gift giving. Even though when Christmas rolls around many farmers can’t think of anything they might like as a present, a trip with them to the implement dealership or sales barn with someone else’s checkbook will certainly make their day.

Now this is all said in good humor, but take time to appreciate the special bond you and your spouse may have. Though life can get tough and cattle can go into the wrong pen, it’s how we handle those situations that make moments with that special someone worthwhile.

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Raising sheep while improving ecosystems

BY SARAH COLBURN STAFF WRITER

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to the land where she’s grazing her Katahdin sheep. As her grass-fed sheep roam the pasture, they are reducing the population of invasive

wild parsnip and increasing the fertility of the soil.

Through nutrient cycling, Eger, who oversees Radicle Heart Farm, is restoring pieces of land that aren’t at their most productive back to healthy habitats.

“With intensive, managed grazing, and moving the sheep a lot, I’m hoping we can bring back the Bobolinks,” she said.

As Eger works to restore land, she’s providing lamb and mutton to her customers. She has a herd that’s 30-sheep strong and allows customers to reserve whole lambs each spring for processing in the fall.

“I think, at the core, my motivation is I’m really interested in habitat restoration, and I’m interested in food, so farming was a beautiful way to do both of those,” she said. “I’m madly in love with sheep. They’re so funny, and they’re so sweet.”

Eger’s farming prac-

tices are in line with her focus on improving ecosystems. She allows her sheep to tend to themselves for the most part. Her biggest concern with the breed in the beginning was how fast they move. She said Katahdin are instinct-driven, prefer to be in a flock, have

strong mothering skills and are calm and steady, but, when startled, they are extremely athletic and fast, making them difficult to catch.

Eger said she is able to work with the sheep for health checks, but, outside of regular checks, she aims to let

them be sheep. She said the breed is sturdy, and the sheep have some natural smarts about them. They lamb on pasture, and Eger said she rarely has to assist with a birth.

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Sheep stand in the Oct 2022 sunset on Radicle Heart Farm near Caton. Heidi Eger raises Katahdin sheep.

Heidi Eger holds a newborn lamb May 2021 after a rare assisted birth. Eger is using sheep to restore pieces of land back to healthy habitats.

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Heidi Eger is waiting for the Bobolinks to return

A Texel ram waits on Heidi Eger's back porch Aug. of 2022 near Canton. The Texel ram usually comes to say hello to Eger when he escapes from his fencing.

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“My whole farming journey is a beautiful example of how community is such an essential part of farming,” Eger said.

Eger didn’t grow up on a farm but had parents who enjoyed the outdoors. She grew up in Woodbury and studied environmental science in college. Once in college, she realized she wanted to work around other people and find her passion.

“Farming is community, and we aren’t self-sufficient,” she said. “We are production farmers who need our neighbors and want to support our neighbors as well.”

are the key to me being here. I would not be farming without that.”

Eger sees the value in diversified farming and her long-term goal is to open an incubator farm to assist others who want to return to the land.

But, for now, she’s happy connecting with her customers. She has a number of customers in the Twin Cities and said she’s hoping to grow her base more locally.

“Lamb is tricky,” she said.

Because the animals are smaller, the price per pound for processing is more expensive, and that impacts the end cost to the consumer.

is sold as stew meat, ground meat, brats and summer sausage.

Though she said people often shy away from mutton, it’s very different when it’s Katahdin.

“Grass fed mutton is a lot milder than corn fed because it’s leaner,” she said. “They have a really nice flavor; some say it’s milder and sweeter.”

She offers a 100 percent money-back guarantee on all her mutton to encourage customers to give it a try.

Eger enjoys not only providing food for people, but reconnecting with the land.

Eger is in her fifth year of raising a flock for meat and her second year renting the land she’s currently grazing. She and other farmers help one another with herd health days, and through the years she said her landlords and neighbors have made all the difference in her sustainability.

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“They’re endlessly generous with what they know and their time and their advice,” she said. “There are so many barriers to farming, and it feels like my neighbors and Nick and Dayna

“Everybody deserves good quality, delicious food,” she said. “I don’t want to be a luxury item.”

“We’ve learned a lot as a society and as a species about how powerful we are when it comes to natural spaces, for good and bad,” she said. “I wanted to build a relationship with a piece of land and try and make it as hospitable for as many different creatures as I could. To live in a world where there is less and less diversity, if I can increase diversity on one little patch of land, and produce food for people, that feels like time well spent.” V6750

Eger offers three different meat packages to her customers: leg roast, shoulder roast, rack of ribs and loin cuts or a chop package with shoulder chops, rib chops, loin cuts and stew and ground meat. Customers can also do half of each option, and every package comes with shanks, which Eger said are the best cut.

PHOTOS SUBMITTED Katahdin ewes graze in August 2019 at Heidi Eger’s farm near Canton. Being grazed on lush pastures gives ewes proper nutrition during lambing when their energy needs are highest.

Ewes wander newly-rented pasture

2021. The sheep are over wintered in a barn at Nettle Valley Farm.

Ground mutton from Radicle Heart Farm serves as the main dish during meal prep, January 2021.

Schafers from page 12

can fit a variety of producer’s needs.

Their biggest project is their sale of replacement females to other farms. Brandon Schafer said they raise replacements which can be management intensive by handling replacement heifers to first calf weaning. Every female sold off the farm is confirmed, safe in calf, by a veterinarian.

The Schafer family brings those replacements to a point in maturity where their risk is drastically decreased. The females are proven to have good udders, disposition and feet and legs so they can withstand the test of time while in production.

“We work with a variety of producers, many of which have jobs in town that during calving season can’t take additional

time to watch young heifers calve,” he said. “Our program offers peace of mind to customers.”

The cattle feeding program uses grasses on pasture to help reduce environmental impacts and carbon footprint of the the farm. Raising cattle in pastures allows the farm the opportunity to utilize challenging topography of the southeast Minnesota area to feed their livestock while also being stewards of the land.

“Our cattle are great land management tools and we utilize them to their full capacity.” Schafer said.

Similar to their beef enterprise, Schafer Farms focuses on high quality females and efficiency in their pig enterprise. Year round they are farrowing sows to provide the pork industry with a steady source of gilts for breed-

ing focusing on multiplying top-tier genetics for Topigs Norsvin and market pigs.

“The hogs are raised to various ages on our farm then sold to various markets across the Midwest for replacement gilts and consumer demanded products,” Schafer said. “We do retain females as replacements.”

The hog industry is

well-known for its biosecurity standards and protocols between sites. Being the hogs are raised in confined housing systems, farmers and employees are required to take sanitary measures before and after entering facilities, as well as san-

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The Schafer family – Lowell Schafer holding Scott Hokanson (front, from left), Pat Schafer and Louis Schafer (back, from left), Maddie and Erick holding Brent Hokanson, Brandon, Monica, Max holding Waylon, and Hollie Schafer – run 280 cow and calf pairs and 2,100 sows near Goodhue. They also employ 15 non-family full-time employees.

A piglet wanders the nursery pen at Schafer Farms Inc. near Goodhue. The Schafers raise pigs for a variety of markets.

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itizing the barns and trailers between groups.

Sows are brought in and situated for farrowing within a week’s time the sows in the barn have farrowed, and two to three weeks following the piglets, are weaned and the barn is properly sanitized for the next group of sows due to give birth.

Each farrowing barn sees 13 groups per year pass through the doors. The farm excitedly has a continuous rotation of new life and the family, along with the employees, uphold standards of practice throughout the life cycle of the pigs.

Raising pigs can be a rewarding yet a challenging opportunity. Schafer said he enjoys the hog side of the operation because of the camaraderie among the other producers. He has held positions on various pork advocacy boards and is currently on the board of directors for Minnesota Pork.

“There is competition in the industry no different than any other,” Schafer said. “But I see pork producers gather at a round table and have constructive conversations about pressing issues in the industry, from biosecurity and land management to

consumer concerns. Everyone has a common goal and that’s to provide a high-quality source of protein for consumers to have trust in and enjoy.”

The production cycle of hogs moves at the speed of business. Schafer said the pigs take 10 months from conception to market, which gives producers the ability to adjust

more quickly to consumer demands, which is an advantageous aspect of the pork enterprise on their farm.

The benefits of the pork and beef industry for Schafer Farms Inc., doesn’t fall short of consumer trends. Now more than ever, consumers are looking to know the how and why behind the food

they are eating. Consumers want to see that farmers are being stewards of the land and are ethically raising livestock for market.

“I feel it is important for farmers to communicate what they are doing and to challenge themselves to do better,” Schafer said. “It’s our responsibility to inform them of the ‘why’ behind what we are doing on our farm.”

Schafer said he has been blessed to work alongside the former generation of Schafers and to see the next generation of Schafers being raised on the farm with a sense of respect for what they are doing.

He grew up on the family farm as did his kids and now grandchildren. The family continues to keep their eye on the horizon to be progressive in their farming practices so the next generation of Schafers can share in the lifestyle that is farming.

“Every challenge is laced with opportunity, don’t ever side step a chance to get involved in the industry,” Schafer said. “As the industry changes the newest generation of producers will need to find collaborative ways to work with each industry so we can meet consumers’ demand for our services.”

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Max (from left), Waylon, Louis and Brandon Schafer are the sixth, seventh and eighth generations of Schafers to grow up on the family farm. The Schafers like to be progressive in their farming to ensure the next generation can have the same opportunity to farm.

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