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Recipes provided by Wilfert Farms. Sweet Sour Cabbage

Ingredients

• 1 medium head cabbage, shredded • 2 Tbsp. butter • ½ c. cold water • 1 tsp. salt • ½ c. vinegar • 3 Tbsp. sugar

Directions

Mix all ingredients together and cabbage is tender. cook about 15 to 20 minutes until Recipe supplied by Mrs. Robert Wilfert, Dave's mom.

Amish Broccoli-Cauliflower Salad

Ingredients

• 1 head cauliflower, chopped • 1 head broccoli, chopped • 1 c. mayonnaise • 1 c. sour cream

Directions

1. Combine chopped broccoli and cauliflower in large bowl. 2. In a separate bowl, combine the mayonnaise, sour cream, sugar and salt to make a dressing. 3. Add the dressing to the broccoli and cauliflower mix, stirring to • ½ c. sugar • ½ tsp. salt • ½ lb. bacon • 1 c. cheddar cheese, shredded

evenly coat the veggies. 4. Stir in the bacon and cheese, reserving a small amount to sprinkle on top of salad before serving. 5. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

Rhubarb-Jell-O Torte

Ingredients - Crust

• 2 c. flour • 2 tsp. baking powder • 1/2 tsp. salt • 4 Tbsp. Crisco • 2 eggs, beaten

Ingredients - Toppings

• 2 c. sugar • 1 c. flour

Directions

1. For crust, mix first four ingredients together like pie crust. 2. Add eggs and milk. Mix. 3. Pack in 9 by 13 inch pan. Add cut up rhubarb on top of crust. • 2 Tbsp. milk • 5-6 c. rhubarb • 6 oz. Jell-O (strawberry or raspberry)

• ½ c. butter, softened

Sprinkle with dry Jello-O. 4. Mix topping ingredients together and sprinkle on top of rhubarb. 5. Bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes or until rhubarb is tender.

LEADERSHIP

Addressing a Local Need By Cassie Sonnentag

District 8 Leaders Host Livestock Handling Field Day, Create Agricultural Emergency Incident Guide

Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation's local affairs program was created as a resource to help with local policy events, questions and concerns. Since its inception in 2017, the program has aided county Farm Bureaus in making connections with local elected officials and authorities to address agricultural needs in their local communities.

During its 2018 county Farm Bureau annual meeting, Taylor County Farm Bureau welcomed candidates for the local sheriff's election. The meeting opened the eyes of the membership to the opportunities available to connect. "The candidates expressed an interest in working with the agriculture community," WFBF District 8 Coordinator Ashleigh Calaway said. "The members recognized the disconnect they had with the local sheriff's department and wanted to bridge that gap."

Members across District 8 also saw the opportunity to connect with local law enforcement. A committee was formed to develop the "Agricultural Emergency Incident Guide," a resource guide for law enforcement, emergency responders and county emergency coordinators.

Marathon County Farm Bureau member, Don Radtke, served as the chair of the committee. "The membership did their homework," Radtke said. "They talked to local sheriffs' departments and the state patrol to see if this was a resource they would have an interest in and would be a beneficial tool."

The 150-page, comprehensive guide was a year-long project compiled by Marathon and Taylor County Extensions along with Clark, Marathon, Taylor and Wood County Farm Bureaus. The guide includes a wealth of on-farm safety information on topics including fence law, Implements of Husbandry law, onfarm risks, biosecurity, animal movement and euthanasia. It also includes basic animal identification information, local county resources and information on the Wisconsin Farm Center.

After completing an initial draft of the Agricultural Emergency Incident Guide, a mixture of firefighters, sheriff deputies and emergency coordinators gathered to participate in a Livestock Handling Field Day on Sept. 25, 2019. The event offered local emergency personnel the opportunity to participate in a hands-on livestock emergency handling demonstration at the Marshfield Area Research Station in Stratford. "It offered a great hands-on training opportunity in

a controlled environment," Radtke said.

The training allowed attendees to gain hands-on experience moving cattle, catching loose cattle and learning how to capture and build temporary fencing or housing for horses and livestock. Those in attendance were also given information on the requirements for IOH on the road.

Presenters for the day included: Cheryl Skjolaas, UW-Extension Health and Safety Specialist; Heather Schlessler, UW-Extension Marathon County Dairy Agent; Dr. Sandy Stuttgen, UW-Extension Taylor County Agriculture Agent; Marian Bendixan, owner of Cowculations Consulting; and Danny Meyer, a farmer and industry leader.

Following the training, the committee surveyed the participants to make improvements and updates to the Agricultural Emergency Incident Guide. "The committee reworked what they had and improved it to make it better," Radtke said. "The final PDF is available online, so local law enforcement can download the guide onto squad car computers so it can quickly be pulled up when they are on a scene."

Radtke said completing the project was a collaborative effort. "This isn't my accomplishment or even the committee's," Radtke said. "It was a concerted effort between Farm Bureau, county UW-Extensions and county sheriff's departments to educate people who normally do not handle livestock."

To Radtke, that is the heart of Farm Bureau's mission and why he is proud of the project's success. "That's what Farm Bureau is all about: coming up with an idea, action or activity that Farm Bureau can do to help educate people on a subject they want to learn more about in order to become a better citizen, law enforcement, EMT or local service," Radtke said.

The guide and training program were funded through grants obtained by the 2018 Wood County Farm Technology Days Show and the UW-Extension Safety Grant programs. To access and download the Agricultural Emergency Incident Guide, please visit bit.ly/AgEmergencyGuide. Groups interested in hosting a Livestock Handling Field Day are encouraged to email District 8 Coordinator Ashleigh Calaway, at acalaway@wfbf.com.

Boot Camp to Focus on Legislative Advocacy By Lynn Leahy

As a member of Wisconsin Farm Bureau’s Promotion and Education Committee, I am recruiting you for our fourth annual Leadership Boot Camp on Saturday, Nov. 14 at Heartland Farms in Hancock. Boot Camp was designed by the Promotion and Education Committee to serve as a fast-paced, challenging, one-day training session based on topics the WFBF Leadership Institute covers. Boot Camp allows individuals to get leadership development training but only commit a few hours of their day. The committee recognizes that not all individuals have the time to be involved in the WFBF Leadership Institute class. Plus, with more than 10 completed classes of the WFBF Leadership Institute, this event can serve as a refresher for those graduates on certain topics. This year’s event will focus on engaging in legislative advocacy and will be led by WFBF’s government relations team. A large portion of the training will focus on how to engage with your legislators at the local level and in your local government. It is critical for us as farmers and agriculturists to have a deep understanding and receive adequate training in the legislative process and policy development. We must be able to advocate for ourselves to our local, state and national political representatives as farmers only make up less than 2 percent of the U.S. population. Many of our elected officials have no background or knowledge of farming or agriculture and do not understand its importance to our local, state and national economies. This training will help attendees identify their state and federal legislators. You will be provided resources on specific state and national committees as well as legislation at the state and national levels. The training will include tips for interacting with your elected officials and information about the additional staff that works for and with your elected officials.

As farmers and agriculturists, we must have the tools and training to provide our elected officials with pertinent information about agriculture when they are writing new bills and policies. We must be sharing our stories with our legislators and helping them understand how important agriculture is to Wisconsin and the U.S. We need to be prepared to speak for our industry and attending this Leadership Boot Camp can prepare you to do just that. Please plan to attend our Leadership Boot Camp on Saturday, Nov. 14. The training will begin at 10 a.m. and wrap up by 3 p.m. A short tour (optional) of Heartland Farms will be offered at 9 a.m. Additional event information will be available soon including the registration form and Facebook event page. If you have questions about the Leadership Boot Camp please reach out to your district representative on the WFBF Promotion and Education committee.

We hope to see you there!

Katie Liban, Whitefish Bay

Miranda Leis, Cashton

Patti Christianson, Lily

Ryan Klussendorf, Medford

Melissa Eron, Stevens Point

Paiser Family Dairy, Shawano

Gloria Regan, New Holstein

Krista Dolan, Dodgeville

Send us YOUR Photos

Wisconsin Farm Bureau members live and work with beautiful landscapes and livestock. On this page we highlight those sights and special moments. Please email your best photos (high resolution jpgs, 4x6 inches at 300 dpi) to Lsiekmann@wfbf.com. Due to the high volume of photos we receive, we are unable to publish every photo. Photos sent in may be used in other WFBF publications.

County Kernels

Green Lake County - Food Pantry Donation Sauk County - Book Reading

Green Lake County Farm Bureau board director Steve Kutz volunteered at the Green Lake Food Pantry. The county Farm Bureau donated $500 to the pantry that was matched by Webster’s Marketplace in Ripon. The donation was used to purchase dairy products.

Racine County - Cream Puff Sales

In March, Sauk County Ag in the Classroom chair Nancy Liegel read to Mrs. Markley's second-grade class at Tower Rock School in the Sauk Prairie School District. Nancy read “Hooray for Dairy Farming,” by Bobbie Kalman. The book featured a banana milkshake recipe that the students made.

Superior Shores - Cheese Donation

On Saturdays in July, Racine County Farm Bureau hosted cream puff fundraisers. The first one on July 11 was a huge success; 240 cream puffs, 120 Eclairs, 30 flavored milk chugs and a variety of other bakery and coffee items from host Cafe B's in Burlington were sold. Duplicate events were held on July 18 and July 25.

Dane County - Safety Training

In July, Superior Shores Farm Bureau delivered a $500 check to Benoit Cheese. The donation will be used to purchase cheese and other dairy products for the BRICK Food Pantry. Superior Shores Farm Bureau president, Gregg Johnson, dropped off a donation with Jill of Benoit Cheese.

On March 14, Dane County Farm Bureau had its annual safety class for first responders at Cross Plains Fire Department. Cross Plains, Dane, Maple Bluff, Mount Horeb, Waunakee and Sun Prairie Fire Departments participated. There were 19 first responders who participated with a total of 25 people at the class. Thank you to the following sponsors: Darlene Cathman, Kalscheur Implement, Miller and Sons Supermarket and Rural Mutual Insurance agents Jared Nelson, Randy Adler and Brad Damon.