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Jerry Seitzer, St. Peter, Minn. (Nicollet County)50 cows; plus work full time as a sales rep for a seed companyHow did you get into farming? I took over my dads farm in 1981.What is the biggest challenge you have faced since you started dairying and how did you overcome it? I expanded from 30 cows to 100 during the high interest rates in the early 1980s. I worked a lot of long hours. I did it without hired help for a few years I tried to do everything myself until I could afford to hire help. Then, I hired students from the U of M, Waseca and from the vo-tech. Herdsman Pat Conroy has been here about 17 years.What advice would you give other dairy farmers? Be persistent; try to think of better ways to do things for your dairy, to improve cow comfort and work-er comfort. Think outside the box. The things that specialists and magazine articles suggest wont always work for you. What is the biggest investment you ever made in your dairy? Building the freestall barn and parlor.What do you like about dairy farming? There are different challenges every day.What is your favorite thing to do on the dairy farm? Milk.Tell us something unique about your dairy farm. We started using controlled lighting, 16-hour days, in 1998. We started tunnel ventilation in the freestall barn ve or six years before it became popular; it works well there arent any ies. We opened up the heifer barns for air movement. We start heifers in freestalls at about six months of age.What is your favorite dairy product? Ice cream there are so many delicious avors.What is your favorite tool? The crop processor on the chopper. When we did that in 2004, our herd average jumped 2,000 pounds.What are your plans for the dairy in the next ve years? To continue milking, probably for about 10 years; the kids may come back. I have a nice herd; its fun to work with them.Tell us about a skill you possess that has made dairy farming easier for you. Im good at guring out better, more ef cient ways of doing things. Ive nally found slatted rubber mats that can be installed on top of the slats to add cow comfort and safety.What do you enjoy doing in your free time? My wife, Carol, and I like to travel. We visit our daughter, Erica, in Washington, D.C.; son, Jamie, in Illinois and Carols sister in Oregon. Weve also been to the Panama Canal.

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all that or not is going to be part of thediscussion.Water quality to get attention earlyin the session In her rst hearing as chair of theMinnesota House Environment, Natu-ral Resources and Agriculture Com-mittee, Representative Jean Wageniussaid water quality and other issues per-taining to the Minnesota Pollution Con-trol Agency would be addressed early in the session. Wagenius also told com-mittee members they can expect a busy session with a lot of hearings. Time to work together and pass aFarm Bill Minnesota Farm Bureau Federa-tion president Kevin Paap said passage of a comprehensive ve-year farm bill is a necessity. Speaking at the Ameri-can Farm Bureau Federation AnnualMeeting, Paap seemed optimistic aboutgetting a farm bill done this session. Hopefully, everyone in this Congressis in a little better mood, will work to-gether a little better and get some thingsdone, because there are a lot of big is-sues besides farm policy; weve got alot of scal issues that also have to beaddressed. Paap has been re-elected tothe AFBF board of directors.

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Kay ZwaldHammond, Wis. St. Croix County600 cowsA) As a member of the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board, I attend all the meetings. I have been a member of the board for the past seven years. B) Both my husband and I work on the farm. I dont work off the farm so we feel its important for us to be active in promoting our products. Thats why I wanted to be on the board. Many folks are becoming further

removed from the farm. Its important to give people the chance to visit farms and teach people, especially children, about how we care for our cows and the nutri-tious dairy products available.C) At the local level, St. Croix County plans a Farm City Day every year on a different dairy farm in the county. People come to the farm for a tour, to see the crops, have a free lunch, go to the petting barnyard and look at the agricultural exhibits. Its a fun and educational event. We also have other events such as read-ing in school, promotions at grocery stores and we have a booth at the county fair. D) The Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board meetings inspire me to go back to my county and promote dairy and vice versa. E) We are always open in our county to take more people who want to volunteer their time. The best thing to do would be to nd an area of promotion that you like best and jump right in. F) Our farm is big enough where we can hire people to do my chores when I am gone. I take care of the youngstock. It also helps that one of our sons, a daughter and a son-in-law now work on the farm. G) I farm with my husband, Bob. We have ve children. Our son, Tom, and daugh-ter and son-in-law, Annette and Steve Schalla, work on the farm with us. Another son, Nate, works for Alta Genetics. Our two daughters, Sarah and Amy, and their families do not work on the farm. Along with the cows we raise all our own young-stock. We plan to add 150 cows to the herd this year. Its nice having the younger generation back on the farm. They bring excitement and want to try new ideas.

Merna FremstadWestby, Wis. Vernon County600 cowsA) Throughout my years of involvement on the Vernon County Dairy Promotion Committee, I have attended two annual meetings of the WMMB. I just recently at-tended the meeting held Nov. 14. We try to rotate the attendance to this meeting each year, as its always an informative, fun day of learning.B) WMMB supports local dairy promotion groups -

nancially as a means of helping promote the dairy industry around the state. To ob-tain these dairy promotion funds and get the most up-to-date information for pro-motion, we send at least two people from our Vernon County group to the annual meeting each year. You always come away from it feeling refreshed and energized about the industry. As a nurse, I am always interested in new nutritional informa-tion, and WMMB is an expert at promoting the health bene ts of dairy products.C) Vernon County has an active dairy promotion group that meets regularly to plan dairy promotion activities, but the information I nd to be of additional bene t comes from the professional dairy organizations that my husband and I try to stay active in, such as PDPW and DBA. We are also active in our state and national Jersey associations. These groups help keep us informed about our industry, and speci cally our Jersey breed, and the positive bene ts they have on our economy, our local communities, and most importantly, our food supply.D) As dairy producers, were very busy just getting chores and business done each day. Anytime we have a chance to get away to connect with other people who are enthusiastic about our industry, it rejuvenates us and has a positive impact at home. Being involved in county dairy promotion activities gives me a chance to connect with friends that have the same interests and makes it fun to support an industry thats very important to Vernon County.E) Our dairy promotion meetings are always held at noon and limited to an hour or less, so, like me, other people can attend on their lunch break. This makes it easier, as our schedules are all busy enough outside of work. We usually have pizza for our meetings, which also makes it enjoyable. There are many ways people can get involved in dairy promotion activities. We plan events throughout the year that allow for outside participation. Our dairy breakfast on the farm is a big suc-cess and requires hundreds to plan and work at. Our dairy ambassador, Hannah Lobeck, does several dairy product tasting events at local grocery stores and meat markets throughout the year. They encourage consumers to try products, and they get coupons to purchase them. An annual dairy princess contest is held at our local nursing home so residents or visitors can watch and ask questions of the candi-dates. Many of them are former dairy farmers, so they often have very good ques-tions. The Vernon County Fair is a good time for our committee to promote milk. Cookies and milk are given out as a way of promoting avored milk. There is also a table of recipes, dairy information, and items like key chains to be given away. One of our favorite events is our dairy co-op banquet. Its is held in October, so we can partner with our co-op association to celebrate Co-op Month. We start the evening with a wine-and-cheese social, move to a nice meal, and nish with our awards ceremony. Our friend of the dairy industry and dairy restaurant of the year are recognized, as well as two friends of the co-op. F) You just do it! Ive worked full-time off the farm as a registered nurse for 35 years and have still maintained an active presence on the farm. They are two in-dustries that Im passionate about, so its easy to nd time to promote them. Also, having meetings that are convenient to attend helps.

A) How often have you attended Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board meetings?

B) Why do you attend?C) What other types of meetings do you attend to help your county?D) How have you bene ted from attending these meetings?E) What are some ways other people can get involved in the dairy

promotional meetings?F) How do you make time for promotion in your busy dairy life?G) Tell us about your farm and plans for your dairy in 2013.

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G) Our farm, Norse Star Jerseys, is a family dairy at Westby, Wisconsin. Reg-istered Jerseys have been part of the Fremstad family since 1917. My husband, Mike, is the manager, and our sons, Jason and Jory, work full-time on the dairy. Jason is our herdsman and Jory manages feeding and cropping of about 600 acres. Our daughter, Jeana, works full-time off the farm for the USDA, but continues to help a great deal with calf raising. I also help with calf raising and bookkeep-ing. The rest of the family includes Jasons wife, Heidi; Jeanas husband, Brad; and ve grandchildren that can be found at the farm often. We are expanding our milking parlor to a double-12, to accommodate the expanding herd. By spring, we expect to be milking 650 cows. Our plans for 2013 include getting settled in the new parlor and ne tuning operations with the larger herd. We attend several cattle shows each year, so Jason will keep us busy getting ready for the next show. In 2012, we had our rst production sale, the Norse Star Summer Hummer. It was very successful, and well decide in 2013 if well try another sale in 2014.


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Charlene and George DubanLonsdale, Minn.Rice County375 cowsA) We have attended the district meet-ing for at least the last 40 years. B) We come because were dairy pro-ducers and we pay for it. We get to nd out how our checkoff money is being used. C) Our county has a day on the farm where people in the area can visit the farm and see what we (dairy farmers) do. We also have a malt stand, which goes to many events throughout the county. We also have dairy princesses.D) It allows us to get together with neighbors and talk. Even though I (Charlene) read the e-mails about our checkoff dollars, I can hear about it from a Midwest Dairy Association rep-resentative. E) We think we need to look into how to stop soy-based and other products from calling their drinks milk, when they clearly are not. They should be called juice. F) We host several farm tours and we have hosted the countys day on the farm three times. We have also volun-teered in the malt wagon in the past. G) We have enough employees to get away for a few hours. Its our product were promoting so we need to make time for it. H) We have 12 employees to help us on our farm. We own 460 acres and rent an additional 100. We used to raise pigs and chickens. We raise our youngstock until about four to ve months of age when they go to a heifer grower. They return to the farm about two months before calving. This year we plan to do roof repairs that are needed. Beyond that, we just plan to keep milking.

A) How many years have you attended the district ADA Meetings?B) Why do you attend?C) What do you do in your county to promote dairy?D) How have you bene ted from attending these meetings?E) Do you have any ideas for promotions you could do in the future?F) Are there any individual ways you promote dairy throughout the

year?G) How do you make time for promotion in your busy dairy life?H) Tell us about your farm and plans for your dairy in 2013.

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Gail DemmerEllendale, Minn.Steele County53 cowsA) I have attended the district ADA meetings for approximatelythe last 15 years since becoming more active and involved withour local ADA board.B) I attend the district ADA meetings to see how our dairy check-off dollars are being used for dairy promotion. Information is pre-sented about how our money has been used, how effective themarketing efforts have been, and about new programs to promoteour product. Although we get much of this information in newslet-ters, it is helpful to hear the representatives from Midwest Dairy

Association talk about the programs and have the opportunity to ask questions. It is also a timeto talk to dairy farmers and ADA board members from other counties to see what they are do-ing for promotional activities in their counties.C) I feel we have a very active ADA board in Steele County. I have been on the board formore than 12 years and currently serve as chair of the board. Along with our dairy princesses,we have dairy ambassadors (for male youth with the same age requirements as the dairy prin-cesses) and junior dairy ambassadors (for both male and female youth in grades six to 11). Thejunior dairy ambassadors do not need to live on a dairy farm, but must have an interest in dairy.We have about 10 to 15 junior dairy ambassadors each year. We participate at school familyfestivals, at the Owatonna Library Summer Kick-Off program and are in two to three paradesduring the year. At these events we hand out string cheese and trading cards, which have dairyfacts on them. The dairy princesses and ambassadors visit many daycares and schools. Weparticipate in a number of activities during the Steele County Free Fair. This year we had freemilk at every dairy show and displayed a butterhead from a previous Princess Kay Finalist.Our malt wagon is present at many community events during the summer. We have malts,milk and string cheese available. This year the malt stand won the Best Value Award at thecounty fair. During June Dairy Month, we do promotions with local radio stations. Our biggestevent is Breakfast on the Farm, which is held at a local dairy farm during June. This event hasgrown each year with over 1,200 people attending last year. My favorite promotional activityis Breakfast on the Farm, which we work to make bigger and better every year.D) I feel I get a lot of bene cial information and ideas from the meetings, which I can take backto our local ADA board and incorporate into our dairy promotion activities during the year.E) Our board is working on putting together a Milk Maid/Milk Lad program for even youngeryouth in our county. We look for more events we can be present at in the local communities topromote the dairy industry and our dairy products. We educate our dairy princesses, dairy am-bassadors and junior dairy ambassadors so they give correct information when asked questionsat different events. Our ADA board feels we do a good job educating youth about the value ofdairy products, but we need to look at more ways to inform and educate adults. We are lookingat some promotional ideas and activities in local grocery stores.F) One of the individual ways I promote dairy is to have kindergarten and preschool farm toursat our farm from Owatonna and Blooming Prairie. We try to make it a fun, but educationalday. A number of informational sheets are posted around the farm for the teachers, parents andchaperones to read to the students. We do a scavenger hunt where the students nd and do dif-ferent things on the farm. They learn how a cow is milked and see the milk in the milk tank.Feed stations are set up. They see all ages of dairy animals and get to feed a baby calf. At theend of the tour, they get a snack of a cookie and milk and get to take home the dairy coloringpad and crayons along with the "I Met a Dairy Farmer" sticker.G) I work part-time off the farm teaching nursing classes at a local community college. On thefarm, I help with chores, eldwork, bookwork for both the farm and dairy operation, yardworkand housework. I learn to multi-task so I can do other activities such as dairy promotionalactivities. Our county ADA board works well together and we each take ownership of certainactivities and events we do during the year so we are not pulled in so many directions.H) My husband, Rick, and I have a mixed herd of registered Holsteins and Jerseys, with Hol-steins being the predominant breed. We also farm 1,000 acres, which our son, Scott, is primar-ily in charge of. Our daughter Lisa, who is currently in vet school, and her boyfriend Kevin,who is an engineer, come home to help as much as possible on the weekends. Our other daugh-ter, Amy, is a teacher and helps when she is able. Lisa, Amy and Kevin all own some of thedairy animals on the farm. We continue to work on improving both breeds in our herd throughcareful selective breeding, focusing on both type and production. Exhibiting both breeds atlocal, state and national shows will continue to be a big priority in the year 2013 and we hopefor another successful year in the showring.

Vivian and Reynold DittbennerSleepy Eye, Minn.Brown County165 cows A) Thirty years or more.B) To get updates on promotion and use of our dollars.C) We both manage the malt stand at the Brown County Fairthats our favorite. Weve been doing that since about 1990. We also help with the booth at the New Ulm Home and Self Improvement Show. Along with KNUJ Radio, we help serve ice cream oats at the Glockenspiel, during KNUJs dairy promotion. Weve been on the ADA board and its treasurer since the early 1990s, starting the year after our daughter, Darial, was Region 9 Dairy Princess. D) Weve bene tted by keeping up on new ideas, promotions, and information from the state ADA.E) People Behind the Product is a good way to put dairy and dairy products in front of con-sumers, and to tell our story.F) We promote dairy by using dairy prod-uctsmilk, butter, and cheese, by encourag-ing others to use dairy, and by participating in the People Behind the Product program.G) We have to promote our products to stay in business for the next generation. You have to make time. Having hired help gives us a chance to do some extra promotions.H) Our Spring-Creek Dairy is a family cor-poration with Reynold, Vivian, and Craig Dittbenner as owners. We milk 165 cows year roundmostly Holsteins with some Jerseys and a few Brown Swiss crosses. We have a free stall barn and milk in a double four auto- ow parlor. Calving is done in a separate barn. The bull calves are sold at two to three weeks of age. The heifer calves are raised here un-til about seven months, then taken to a heifer grower until about two months before calving. We raise corn, alfalfa, barley, and soybeans on 500 acres of owned and rented land. Updates and changes in 2013 will depend on the milk price. Were looking at retiring and are work-ing at having our son take over.


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Bryant and Jamie JohnsonHutchinson, Minn.McLeod County75 cowsHow much have you dropped your SCC the last few years? A couple hundred thousand. We were in the 200-400,000 a few years ago. The last three months, weve been under 100,000.Why was it important for you to low-er your somatic cell count? Money. Especially with Jerseys, the lower your somatic cell count is, the better protein premiums you receive. When you buy a lot of feed, the margins are tighter than ever this year.What are three changes youve made that assisted you in achieving a lower SCC? We purchased this facility over a year ago. We were overcrowded for about two months after we moved in. We added 25 more stalls and new wa-terers. The extra stalls and sand bed-ding helped a lot. We breed for sound udders with good silky texture. I really wish the United States would use udder texture in the linear evaluations like Canada does. Its a great tool, even when a cow gets mastitis they milk out cleaner and bounce back faster. We started using a J5 vaccine at dry off and a booster two weeks before calv-

ing. Also, the fresh cows are all tested with a CMT paddle four milkings after calving. We also switched in ations.Do you have any advice for someone who is trying to lower their SCC? Do the basics right. Theres no reason to do the fancy things like culturing unless the foundation is solid. Let your wife milk.What type of barn do you have and what kind of bedding do you use? We have 73 freestalls that are 4 ft-by-6 ft with sand bedding.How do you groom your stalls and how often do you do it? All the stalls

are scraped down twice a day when the cows are pushed up. The stalls are typi-cally bedded once every two weeks.If a cow comes down with mastitis,how do you treat her? For typicalmastitis, we use Ameri Mast tubes fortreatment. When we have a case of wa-tery mastitis, we use a mastitis tube, IV 500 cc of dexmethasone, 90 cc of oxy-tet , a bottle of Hypertonic and 10cc of banamine.What does your milking procedureconsist of? Do you use a quartermilker or bucket? At what point do

Extra stalls, sand bedding help lower Johnsons herd SCC

MISSY MUSSMAN/ DAIRY STARBryant and Jamie Johnson of Hutchinson, Minn., have been working to bring their SCC levels down to 100,000 in theirherd of 75 Jerseys.

MISSY MUSSMAN/ DAIRY STARThe Johnsons were overcrowded when they moved onto the farm. Since then,they have added 25 sand bedded stalls and new waterers.

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... best thing we ever did.

We use quite a bit of Udder Comfort and we use it mostly before calving, says Jim Meyer, who admits he grew up on an all-Holstein dairy, then fell in love with a Guernsey girl.

Jim and his wife Ann account for one of four families at Erdman Dairy, home to Myown Guernseys, owned by Anns father Myron and brother Mark Erdman. They milk 450 Holsteins, Jerseys and Guernseys, near Chenoa, Illinois.

A couple years ago, somatic cell counts were around 350,000, and Jim recalls how they tried a lot of different things.

Udder Comfort is the best product we ever used. Applying it prefresh is one of the strategies we used to bring our counts down to 180,000. It gets the extra swelling out of the udders and makes them soft and pliable.

We put it on the whole udder once a day, starting 2 weeks before calving. As they get closer, we apply it twice a day.

Weve been doing this for over 2 years. The swelling is gone fast. The udders have less congestion. SCC is lowered tremendously, plus the fresh animals come into the tank quicker and with softer udders. Best thing we ever did.

For external application to the udder only after milking, as an essential component of udder management. Always wash and dry teats thoroughly before milking.

Quality Udders Make Quality Milk

Jim Meyer

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ERDMAN DAIRY & MYOWN GUERNSEYS, Five generations (Erdman, Meyer, Langel, Roady, and Freed)Chenoa, Illinois Milking 450 cows: 86 lbs/cow/day SCC 180,000

Jim Meyer at the 2012 World Dairy Expo


UTILITY TRACTORS UTILITY TRACTORS UTILITY TRACTORS 3 - Case IH 84 Hydro , 4,800 hrs, 80 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 12,500 6 - CASE 5120 , 2wd, w/ 2250 ldr, 5,450 hrs, 92 . $ 23,500 1 - JD 5510 , MFWD, w/ 540 ldr, 4,324 hrs, 98 . . . . $ 20,500 9 - JD 5425 , 2wd, 385 hrs, 07 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 25,000 6 - JD 5093E , MFWD, 338 hrs, 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 44,900 8 - JD 5101E , MFWD, 241 hrs, 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 47,900 4 - JD 5075M , MFWD, 500 hrs, 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 32,500 5 - JD 5085M , MFWD, w/ 563 ldr, 2,100 hrs, 11 . $ 40,500 5 - JD 5525 , MFWD, 1,100 hrs, 05 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 38,500 5 - JD 5603 , MFWD, w/ 542 ldr, 2,320 hrs, 08 . . . . $ 42,500 6 - JD 6603 , MFWD, 6,000 hrs, 07 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 42,500 9 - JD 6330 , MFWD, w/ 673 ldr, 212 hrs, 11 . . . . . . . $ 87,500 4 - JD 6330 , MFWD, w/ 673 ldr, 600 hrs, 12 . . . . . . . $ 91,000 8 - JD 6430 , MFWD, w/673 ldr, 1,800 hrs, 08 . . . . . $ 59,900

COMBINES COMBINES COMBINES 2 - JD 6620 , 3150 hrs, 80 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 11,850 3 - JD 6620 , 4820 hrs, 83 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 14,000 9 - JD 7720 , 4332 hrs, 83 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 11,000 5 - JD 7720 , 3108 hrs, 88 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 16,000 3 - JD 7720 , 4731 hrs, 84 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 18,500 4 - JD 8820 , 5164 hrs, 85 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 15,500 5 - JD 8820 , 1300 hrs, 81 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 16,500 2 - Case 1660 , 2153 hrs, 92 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 27,000 5 - Case 1680 , 2500 sep hrs, 92 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 38,000 2 - JD 9400 , 3792 sep hrs, 92 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 36,900 3 - JD 9400 , 1624 sep hrs, 93 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 53,900 5 - JD 9500 , 3400 sep hrs, 90 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 35,000 6 - JD 9500 , 2450 sep hrs, 91 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 42,500 4 - JD 9510 , 2631 sep hrs, 97 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 55,000 9 - JD 9600 , 3965 sep hrs, 89 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 29,000 6 - JD 9600 , 6328 sep hrs, 95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 36,000 1 - JD 9600 , 3340/2183 sep hrs, 95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 47,500 1 - JD 9560 , 1693 sep hrs, 04 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 129,500 6 - JD 9560 , 1535 sep hrs, 05 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 130,000 1 - JD 9650 , 1822 sep hrs, 00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 95,900 5 - Case 2188 , RWA, 2963 sep hrs, 96 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 63,000 5 - Case 2366 , 1599 sep hrs, 01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 110,000 5 - Case 2388 , 2252 sep hrs, 01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 98,000 7 - Case 2388 , 1790 sep hrs, 02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 109,000 2 - Case 2588 , 1112 sep hrs, 08 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 190,000 2 - JD 9570STS , 1005 sep hrs, RWA, 08 . . . . . . . . . $ 189,000 9 - JD 9650STS , 1595 sep hrs, RWA, 02 . . . . . . . . . $ 127,000 2 - JD 9660STS , RWA, 553 sep hrs, 06 . . . . . . . . . . . $ 194,900 8 - JD 9670STS , 789 sep hrs, 08 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 198,000 9 - JD 9670STS , RWA, 1020 sep hrs, 09 . . . . . . . . . $ 199,000 9 - JD 9670STS , 680 sep hrs, 09 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 205,000 5 - JD 9750STS , 3250 sep hrs, 01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 79,000 6 - JD 9750STS , RWA, 3034 sep hrs, 00 . . . . . . . . . $ 102,000 2 - JD 9750STS , RWA, 1599 sep hrs, 03 . . . . . . . . . $ 127,500 7 - JD 9760STS , 2065 sep hrs, 05 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 129,000

5 - JD 9760STS , RWA, 2447 sep hrs, 06 . . . . . . . . . $ 139,000 6 - JD 9760STS , RWA, 1656 sep hrs, 04 . . . . . . . . . $ 159,000 3 - JD 9770STS , RWA, 1188 sep hrs, 08 . . . . . . . . . $ 207,000 1 - JD 9770STS , 837 sep hrs, 09 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 209,000 4 - JD 9770STS , 570 sep hrs, 09 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 220,000 2 - JD 9770STS , RWA, 732 sep hrs, 10 . . . . . . . . . . . $ 239,000 5 - JD 9770STS , RWA, 535 sep hrs, 11 . . . . . . . . . . . $ 274,000 9 - JD 9770STS , RWA, 252 sep hrs, 11 . . . . . . . . . . . $ 284,000 8 - JD 9770STS , RWA, 522 sep hrs, 11 . . . . . . . . . . . $ 290,000 6 - JD 9860STS , 1556 sep hrs, AutoTrac, 04 . . . $ 137,500 6 - JD 9870STS , RWA, 965 sep hrs, 08 . . . . . . . . . . . $ 219,000 5 - JD 9870STS , RWA, 673 sep hrs, 08 . . . . . . . . . . . $ 235,000 3 - JD 9870STS , RWA, 720 sep hrs, 09 . . . . . . . . . . . $ 249,000 1 - JD 9870STS , RWA, 449 sep hrs, 11 . . . . . . . . . . . $ 305,000 9 - JD 9870STS , RWA, 184 sep hrs, 11 . . . . . . . . . . . $ 319,000 5 - JD S660 , RWA, 208 sep hrs, 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 298,000 9 - JD S660 , RWA, 182 sep hrs, 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 305,000 6 - JD S660 , RWA, 182 sep hrs, 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 310,000 8 - JD S670 , RWA, 121 sep hrs, 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 339,000 6 - JD S670 , RWA, 138 sep hrs, 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 339,000 1 - JD S680 , 232 sep hrs, 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 336,000 2 - JD S680 , 175 sep hrs, 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 365,000 6 - JD S680 , 273 sep hrs, 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 370,000 2 - JD S680 , 260 sep hrs, 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 370,000 3 - JD S690 , RWA, 358 sep hrs, 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 369,000 3 - JD S690 , RWA, 480 sep hrs, 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 369,000

PLANTERS PLANTERS PLANTERS 9 - JD 1750 , 8R30, 3.0 bu, 06 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 34,500 3 - JD 1760 , 12R30, 3.0 bu, rigid, 98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 37,500 3 - JD 1760 , 12R30, 3.0 bu, rigid, 00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 43,500 1 - JD 1760 , 12R30, 3.0 bu, 02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 43,900 3 - JD 1760 , 12R30, 3.0 bu, 03 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 44,500 8 - JD 1760 , 12R30, 3.0 bu, flex, 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 69,000 4 - JD 1770 , 12R30, 3.0 bu, 06 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 56,000 4 - JD 1780 , 12R30, 3.0 bu, 97 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 30,000 7 - Case 955 , 16R22, 98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 23,900 7 - JD 7000 , 16R30, 1.6 bu, front fold, 80 . . . . . . . . . $ 13,900 6 - JD 1720 , 16R30, 3.0 bu, VRD, 03 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 38,500 6 - JD 1720 , 16R30, CCS, 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 110,000 2 - JD 1770 , 16R30, 3 bu, 00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 68,500 8 - JD 1780 , 16R30, 1.6 bu, VRD, 97 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 42,000 5 - JD 1780 , 16R31, 3 bu, 00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 42,000 3 - JD 1770NT , 16R30, 1.6 bu, 02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 64,000 7 - JD 1770NT , 16R30, CCS, 04 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 81,900 3 - JD 1770NT , 16R30, CCS, 09 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 92,000 9 - JD 1770NT , 16R30, CCS, 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 108,000 5 - JD 1770NT , 16R30, CCS, 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 112,500 5 - JD 1770NT , 16R30, CCS, 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 117,000 1 - JD 1770NT , 16R30, CCS, 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 118,900 2 - JD 1770NT , 16R30, 1.6 bu, 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 119,000 1 - JD 1770NT , 16R30, CCS, 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 123,900

9 - JD 1770NT , 16R30, CCS, 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 125,000 9 - JD 1770NT , 16R30, CCS, 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 127,000 7 - JD 1790 , 16R32, CCS, 03 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 79,900 5 - JD 1790 , 24R20 CCS, 04 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 82,000 7 - KM 24/22 , 24R22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 41,900 6 - JD 1770NT , 24R30, 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 167,000 6 - JD 1770NT , 24R30 CCS, 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 165,900 3 - JD 1770NT , 24R30 CCS, 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 169,900 5 - Kinze 2600 , 16/31 split-row . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 42,000 9 - JD 1780 , 12/23 split-row, 96 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 37,500 5 - JD 1790 , 16/31 split-row, 09 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 112,000 3 - JD DB60 , 24R30 CCS, VRD, 09 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 169,000 1 - JD DB60 , 24R30 CCS, VRD, 09 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 170,000 6 - JD DB60 , 24R30 CCS, VRD, 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 215,000

SKID STEERS SKID STEERS SKID STEERS 8 - Mustang 2054 , 1460 hrs, 05 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 17,500 6 - JD 240 , 100 hrs, 00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 19,500 2 - JD 250 , 3154 hrs, 01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 14,800 1 - JD 260 , 1458 hrs, 00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 14,500 4 - JD 317 , 2685 hrs, 05 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 16,900 2 - JD 320 , 2845 hrs, 05 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 14,900 4 - JD 320 , 1880 hrs, 05 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 19,000 7 - JD 325 , 2458 hrs, 09 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 21,900 4 - JD 325 , 1875 hrs, 07 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 22,900 6 - JD 325 , 1206 hrs, 07 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 23,900 4 - JD 318D , 611 hrs, 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 26,900 6 - JD 318D , 74 hrs, 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 32,900 9 - JD 318D , 360 hrs, 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 33,900 8 - JD 320D , 974 hrs, 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 25,900 5 - JD 320D , 454 hrs, 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 26,900 2 - JD 320D , 320 hrs, 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 32,900 6 - JD 320D , 129 hrs, 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 34,000 4 - JD 320D , 241 hrs, 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 34,900 3 - JD 320D , 390 hrs, 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 35,900 8 - JD 326D , 2850 hrs, 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 27,900 6 - JD 326D , 250 hrs, 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 33,500 7 - JD 326D , 563 hrs, 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 33,900 2 - JD 326D , 221 hrs, 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 38,500 4 - JD 326D , 40 hrs, 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 40,900 9 - JD 326D , 152 hrs, 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 41,500 1 - JD 328D , 1217 hrs, 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 36,900 1 - JD 332D , 1157 hrs, 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 39,750 8 - JD 332D , 247 hrs, 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 44,500 4 - JD CT322 , track loader, 885 hrs, 06 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 24,000 4 - JD 319D , track loader, 573 hrs, 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 35,900 7 - JD 319D , track loader, 30 hrs, 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 41,500 6 - JD 323D , track loader, 225 hrs, 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 44,900 4 - JD 323D , track loader, 79 hrs, 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 49,500 5 - JD 50D , compact excavator, 26 hrs, 12 . . . . . . . . $ 55,900

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12 Case IH AF 7230 combine. #11928669 .........................$422,89111 Case IH 7120, #13159 ...................................................$254,00001 Case IH 2366, #13027 .....................................................$71,00010 Case IH 5088, #13170 ...................................................$199,99509 Case IH 5088, #12469 ...................................................$191,00004 Case IH 2388, #13508 ...................................................$126,00003 Case IH 2388, #8914 .....................................................$134,37510 Case IH 6088, #13638 ...................................................$235,50098 Case IH 2388, #12686 .....................................................$72,50006 Case IH 8010, #13990 ...................................................$189,90000 Case IH 2366, #13796 .....................................................$96,80009 Case IH 7120, #13988 ...................................................$227,18012 Case IH AF 8230, #11928670 ............................................... Call 10 Case IH 7120, #13632 ...................................................$240,00088 Case IH 1660, #13642 .....................................................$19,99596 Case IH 2188, #13584 .....................................................$69,90007 Case IH 2577, #13626 ...................................................$178,00012 Case IH AF 6130, #12701 ..................................................... Call 09 Case IH 5088, #13634 ...................................................$196,85095 Case IH 2188, #10848 .....................................................$52,99503 Case IH 2388, #13874 ...................................................$112,000

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Getting Kerryd Away

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Its been an amazing time on the farm this past week. One of my absolute favorite Jersey cows had her baby calf, and it was a girl. Most of you may have already met the cow that has brought me great joy - Pickles. She may not win any contests, but shes the tam-est animal I know and she lets kids sit on her and pet her. I actually let little kids come into the stall and in-teract with her. Pickles is Joeys cow. He purchased her mother Pinky and every subse-quent calf in that family line is rightfully owned by him. Pinky did have another girl calf a few years ago, which Joey named Haf, (Welsh for summer) because she was born while we were on vacation in Wales. Haf was amazing too, but Steve and I neglected to give her the proper vaccinations, therefore, she con-tracted a terrible case of mastitis. She was sickened by the Klebsiella germ that causes cows to become so ill, they may die. Even if they do recover, they are never the same. Talk about feeling like bad parents. It was ter-rible. Steve and I caused the death of Joeys cow. I will never forget how heartbreaking it was when I had to go out to the barn with Joey for him to say his nal good bye. (Sheesh, my eyes are lling with tears just thinking about it again.) The following year, Pinky gave birth to Pick-les! We were so ecstatic. I was just tickled that Joey would have another cow in his herd, and she was from his very rst cow Pinky. Sadly, Pinky passed away shortly after giving birth from an irregular heart beat. Again, we had to make the trek out to the hospital barn to say our last good byes. Joe does own other cows, but none of them have as much meaning to him as Pinky did. So Pickles, at approximately two-years of age, calved Sunday afternoon. When Brandon called the house to tell us, we all jumped to our feet put on our warmest clothing and ran outside to enjoy the new-est Jersey to enter our herd. The rst thing I did was call Joey to tell him I would send him a picture, via a text message, if it was a girl. (You would be surprised at how many dairy farm moms I know that do actually call their children at any time to share this type of news.) Then, we began the process of naming the calf. I like to keep the rst two letters of the moth-ers name in the calfs name for easy identi cation should I ever need to know the name of the mother. So, we had a rambling of names...Pimple, Pinto, Pie, Pit, Pike, etc. Joey, after being bombarded by a dozen text messages, nally called me and said, It only has to start with a p and thats enough texting.

I really like Pimple, I said. Her name is going to be Pontiac, he said. Boring. Well, I guess he does drive a Pontiac Grand Prix. What happens if we ever name another cow Pope or Poochie? Come to think of it we do have another cow here named Poochie, because she sits like a dog. Shes a Holstein, and I would hope that I would realize they are not related. Pickles, the mother cow, has been doing awesome in the milking parlor. Although she tends to get a bit confused as to where she is supposed to put her head. I think its funny when she puts her head in the wrong

way; Steve thinks shes just stupid. Its so exciting to bring another cow into the par-

lor that comes from Pinky. Its going to be a fun ride. For questions, or comments, e-mail me at [email protected]. Kerry and her hus-band, Steve, along withtheir teenage sons, Joey and

Russell, operate a 100-cow dairy farm south of New Ulm, Minn. In her spare time, she likes to read, read and read some more. They have three dogs, one gecko,one guinea pig and one house cat that is insane. The 11 barn cats are normal except for Mitch. Theressomething wrong with that cat.

From Pizza to Pickles to PontiacJoey does own other cows, but none of them have so much meaning to him as Pinky did.

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As Extension Educators, we get asked a wide variety of ques-tions about everything from livestock production, plant diseases to agricultural drain tile. One general topic, which I eld a lot of questions is agricultural business management. Many farm-ers have questions relating to how they run their business in-

cluding recordkeeping, pricing, and even estate planning. A great resource for crop and livestock farmers alike is Extensions Agricultural Business Management web-site. Id like to give a brief overview of what resources can be found on this very helpful website. The University of Minnesota Extension Agricultural Business Management website can be found at: www.extension.umn.edu/AgBusiness In the center of the page on this site, you can search for upcoming workshops. The

workshops offered are presented by members of the Ag Business Management team and address speci c topics of interest to Min-nesota farmers. Farther down the center of the page youll nd a link to their most-used and most-popular resources, which are separated into the topic of general Agricultural Business Management, Crops, and Livestock resources. On the Ag Business Management website, youll also nd a link to information on 15 different topics in their legal series including topics such as marketing contracts, bankruptcy, and mortgage contracts. This website also offers important tax up-dates, and of course, the latest education offerings around the state. The educational offerings include information on such top-ics as the Farm Bill and farm policy, information for farm mili-tary families, and Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) Insurance. Exploring the links on the right-hand side of the Agricultural Business Management website can be helpful for a wide variety of farmers, and these are links and publications I use often. Have you ever wondered what a reasonable price is to pay for custom harvesting, drain tiling, or custom baling? Do you provide custom planting to a neighbor and wonder what is a fair price to charge? The Iowa Custom Rate Survey, published by Iowa State University Extension, is a go-to resource to nd the range of prices being paid for a wide variety of custom farm work. The link to this publication is at the top of the list on the Agricultural Business Management website, and this publication gets updated annually. Below the link to the Iowa Custom Rate Survey is a link

entitled CFFM Farm Management Publications. CFFM stands for the Center for Farm Financial Management at the Universityof Minnesota. This link includes resources to answer commonly asked questions. Topics of some publications found here include: Transferring the farm series Estate planning series Machinery cost estimates Rental rates for Minnesota counties The rental rates for Minnesota counties document includesthe average land rent paid on agricultural land per county in Min-nesota. Anyone can look up the county they live in and nd theaverage rent paid for the previous year. This information can be great to compare and see where the land you rent from yourneighbor ts into that county average. This answers one of the most common questions I am asked as an Extension Educator: What is the average land rent in my county? The Agricultural Business Management website also haslinks to related websites including Minnesota land economies,FINBIN, Winning the game, and the applied economics depart-ment. I encourage everyone to explore these websites as well,where there is a wealth of information on a lot of different agri-cultural business topics. One last website I want to mention is managed by the NorthCentral Farm Management Extension Committee. The informa-tion on this website is put together by University and Extension Educators and attorneys from North and South Dakota, Nebras-ka, Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Oklahoma, Wisconsin,Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. This team has put together a web-site with fantastic resources that educate about xed and exible land rental arrangements, crop sharing land rental arrangements, and pasture rental arrangements. If you would like to learn more about these topics, visit www.aglease101.org. If you have a question about any of the above mentionedtypes of rental arrangements, click on a publication on that topicto read more about it. If you want an example of how to actuallywrite a lease contract, click on the lease form for the type you arelooking for. There is a wealth of information in these publications for those who want more information or may just be exploring their options with their rental leases. The next time you have a question relating to the businessaspect of how you run your farm, check out the resources Exten-sion has to offer. Always remember, if you have more questions about a topic that you nd on the Extension website, contact us by phone or email. We are here to help give you the research-based information you need and want to make your farm business successful.

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By Julie SievertExtension Educator


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