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Dairy Star • Second Section • Saturday, December 24, 2011 •

Obviously, for dairy farmers, the very idea of banning chocolate milk in schools seems ludicrous. For those with a mission to de-crease obesity rates in children, cutting calories everywhere possible, including those in flavored milk, it makes sense. A national spokesperson in the na-tional school healthy lunch campaign named Anne Cooper, director of Food Services at the Boulder Valley School District in Colorado, (known in the media as The Renegade Lunch Lady) recently called chocolate milk “soda in drag” in a national news article. Others locally claim that the nutritional con-tent of chocolate milk is somehow dif-ferent than white milk. Several schools in Northeast Iowa limit the amount of chocolate milk students can have. Some schools only offered white milk at breakfast, oth-ers only offer chocolate milk at lunch, and some have no limit at all. The Iowa Food and Fitness Coalition School Wellness team reported at their June 2011 meeting that North Winneshiek, Decorah and MFL MarMac have all decreased the availability of chocolate milk. The Midwest Dairy Association has many resources available for those interested in promoting flavored milk in schools.

Melissa Young of MDA said they have been actively offering educational material to producers and others who want to promote the product. “All the handouts we offer feature USDA approved and science-based facts,” she said. “For example, all milk has nine essential nutrients, whether it is flavored or not.” There are more calories and more grams of sugar in flavored milk, but the nutritional content does not change otherwise. The chocolate milk distrib-uted by Prairie Farms served at Water-ville Elementary (part of the Allamakee Community School District) has 30 cal-ories (100 versus 130) more than white milk. If a young student drank three chocolate milks instead of white milk he or she would get 90 additional calo-ries a day (compare that to one pack-age of Reeses Peanut Butter cups at 210 calories, or approximately 160 calories in one ounce of sour cream and onion potato chips). According to midwestdairy.com, “Leading health and nutrition organiza-tions – including the American Acad-emy of Family Physicians, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Di-etetic Association, American Heart As-sociation, National Hispanic Medical Association, National Medical Asso-ciation and School Nutrition Associa-tion – recognize the valuable role that low-fat or fat-free milk, including fla-vored milk, can play in meeting daily

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nutrient needs, and helping kids get the daily servings of milk recommended by the Dietary Guidelines.” They also state, “Flavored milk ac-counts for less than 3.5 percent of added sugar intake in children ages 6-12 and less than 2 percent in teens. Removing flavored milk hardly moves the needle on added sugar intake but what it does remove are critical nutrients for growth and development.” It was facts such as these that were presented to the administration and school board of the North Fayette School District this fall. During fair week, the North Fayette school newsletter came out. There was a sentence mixed in with a lot of other information that got a lot of people in action quickly. It stated that chocolate milk will no longer be available. The school administration appar-ently eliminated chocolate milk based on the recommendation of the school wellness committee, according to Todd Wolverton, North Fayette High School Principal. Area dairy producers sprang into action. They contacted State Repre-sentative Andrew Wentley, other dairy producers, school board members, and due to good timing of a fair visit, they even were able to have Secretary of Ag-riculture Bill Northey speak up on their behalf. The Iowa Dairy Association was contacted, and they contacted the Midwest Dairy Association. Before school started, due to the efforts of the local dairy producers, the decision to drop flavored milk was re-versed. “I’m glad it ended when it did be-cause it really could have turned into a

showdown,” said dairy producer Ryan Sparrgrove. “We really encourage producers to stay proactive,” said Young. The American Heart Association states that “when sugars are added to otherwise nutrient-rich foods, such as sugar –sweetened dairy products like flavored milk and yogurt and sugar-sweetened cereals, the quality of chil-dren’s and adolescents’ diets improves, and in the case of flavored milks, no adverse effects on weight status were found.” A study released in the April 2008 Journal of the American Dietetic Asso-ciation found that children who drink flavored or plain milk consume more nutrients and have a lower or compa-rable body mass index (BMI, a mea-sure of body fatness) than children who don't drink milk. Prairie Farms and Anderson Er-ickson, both large suppliers of school milk programs, offer low-fat and no-fat varieties. Anderson Erickson is proud to quickly point out they haven’t had to reformulate their chocolate milk to meet consumer demands; it’s been a low sugar formula since they first of-fered it many years ago. “The chocolate milk we sell in the stores is the same as what we serve in schools,” said Kim Peters, Director of Marketing for AE. “We get love letters about our milk. It’s made with gourmet chocolate. There is talk about lowering the sugar content, but we have always had low sugar content.” The Midwest Dairy Association, Anderson Erickson and Prairie Farms all have resources available on their Web sites.

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Tell us about your family. Bruce and I have been married and farming to-gether for 34 years. We raised four children: Katy, Rebecca, Daniel and Mac. Katy and her husband, Dana Blume, farm near Herman, Minn., and have four children: Kilee (10), Cole (7), Addison (5) and Charlie (2). Rebecca and her husband, Josh Joerger, have a son, Jerome (4). Rebecca is a partner in our farm, along with Dan and Mac, and is in charge of calf raising and helping Dan with the dairy. Dan and his wife, Emily, are the parents of an 8-month-old daughter, Clare. Dan is our herdsman. Mac works at BNSF (Burlington Northern Santa Fe) in Brainerd, Minn., and is our farm mechanic. Bruce man-ages the youngstock and the crops. I am the public relations person and do the bookwork.

Tell us about your farm. Our farm, B & C Dairy Farms, consists of 65 reg-istered Holstein cows, 170 beef cows and all the youngstock. We farm about 1,500 acres and raise corn, soybeans, alfalfa, oats and rye.

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ST. CLOUD, Minn. – When employees are involved in any business, their safety should be a top priority. “Most of us are very con-cerned about the welfare of our employees and those working with us,” Mike Knisley said. Knisley presented the seminar “Ready or Not Get Ready for OSHA” on Nov. 28 during the Midwest Dairy Expo’s pre-conference execu-tive workshop. Knisley is a safety consultant for OSH Inc., which focuses on occupational safety and health consulting and training, in addition to being a 20-year firefighter in his Kansas hometown and the Division Chief of Fire Rescue Operations for the Internation-al Speedway Corporation in Dayton, Fla. Since the early 1960s, the federal government has been creating organizations to help businesses create a safe envi-ronment for their employees. These organizations have in-cluded the Environmental Pro-tection Agency (EPA), Depart-ment of Transportation (DOT) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). “They came into existence because we had irresponsible companies that weren’t look-ing out for employee safety. These organizations were put in place after significant acci-dents and loss of life,” Knisley said. Although there are many federal regulations to follow, Knisley said they’re simple rules.

Keeping employees safeKnisley presents seminar at Midwest Dairy Expo about being OSHA compliant

“When you look at OSHA regulations, they’re basically common sense just written in government language,” Knis-ley said. But Knisley knows it’s a

big task to follow each regu-lation. As long as businesses are do-ing their best to follow all the rules, O S H A shouldn’t

be a problem. “The federal government knows there are a lot of regu-lations. They’re looking at if people are willful serious vio-lators – those are the people they want to crack down on,” Knisley said. There are also three other times when OSHA will show up at a business: when there is an employee complaint, a fatal-ity or three or more employees injured in the same accident. “It’s a bunch of the basics that get us in trouble. These lit-tle things lead to big things and lead to bigger things,” Knisley said. Knisley explained some of the safety basics, including hazard communication. This includes identifying hazardous materials, using product warn-ing labels, knowing the Materi-al Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) and training employees. “People need to under-stand the chemicals around them. We’re not all HazMat chemists, but if we have the right resources it allows us to

determine a course of action and do the right thing,” Knis-ley said. Product warning labels include the name of the prod-uct and list all the physical and health hazards associated with it. Having MSDS sheets is a very important aspect in hazard communication. They provide information for: emer-gency phone numbers in case of a spill, how long people can be around the product before it will be harmful, at what points it turns into a gas and becomes more hazardous and how to ex-tinguish the product. Addition-ally, the MSDS sheets explain how to transport the material, what to do if someone is ex-posed to the product, what to wear around the product and how to dispose of it in case of a spill. “You can’t just wash it down the drain and expect to get away with it,” Knisley said. People also need to know how to respond to a problem if a delivery truck that comes onto their property is leaking. “If you have anything de-livered, you need to know how to respond … you can’t just send it down the road. It’s your problem,” Knisley said. Businesses also need to have plans when emergencies, such as bad weather, arise. Emergency plans should in-clude evacuation routes and meeting places, in-shelter pro-cedures and spill control. “None of this stuff has to be 10 pages long, but a little preparation can go a long way,” Knisley said. Recognizing lockout/ta-gout safety is also important.

“When you deal with ma-chines for work you forget how powerful these machines can be,” Knisley said. “We don’t shut down because it’s incon-venient, but we need to deener-gize.” Employers also need to make sure they have the cor-rect personal protective equip-ment and make sure the em-ployees are trained on how to wear it. Back strains and other similar injuries are frequent for employers that require heavy lifting. “Soft tissue injuries are the ones that are eating our bottom line,” Knisley said. “We need to teach good lifting habits and make sure there is enough

tread on shoes.” One suggestion is to have a set time in the morning and af-ternoon for everyone to stretch. “It reminds you of what you’ll be doing – that you’re going to lift something heavy,” Knisley said. When using powered in-dustrial vehicles such as fork-lifts or skidloaders, OSHA re-quires employees to be trained once every three years.

OSHA also requires cor-rect usage of ladders, making sure it’s the correct height and is able to hold the weight. An annual inspection done by the employer is required. “We have a failure to throw things away, especially when it comes to ladders. If it’s broken, throw it out,” Knisley said. In agricultural communi-ties, Knisley said the rate for grain elevator accidents is the highest it has ever been, which is a concern. Some of the ac-cidents and fatalities have been people under the age of 18. “I was taken by how dan-gerous these grain elevators are. We need to step back and say, ‘What are we doing wrong?’” Knisley said. He said the proposed child labor law partly came into af-fect because of the increase of these accidents. In confined spaces such as grain elevators and silos, employers need to be cautious about checking for oxygen and making sure its safe before en-tering. If businesses are not fol-lowing these safety proce-dures, OSHA could fine them thousands of dollars. “For a small business, a fine from OSHA would be devastating. Do you want to bet your livelihood that OHSA will understand?” Knisley said. He encouraged everyone to look at their own business, make plans and be prepared. “Forget about the fine. The impact of losing someone is a significant thing,” he said. “We don’t want that to happen.”

By Krista m. sheehanStaff writer

Mike KnisleySafety consultant

“When you look at OSHA regulations, they’re basically common sense just written in government language.” – mike knisley


The “Mielke” Market Weekly By Lee Mielke

Not the holiday “dip” we’d like to see

CATTLE REPORTS FOR TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2011FAT BEEF

Waubun Beef Strs. 1407 $121.75 Sauk Centre Beef Strs. 1308 $121.50 Parkers Prairie Beef Strs. 1403 $120.50 Halstad Beef Strs. 1434 $119.75 Verndale Beef Strs. 1370 $119.50 Barnesville Beef Strs. 1350 $119.25 FF Beef Strs. 1255 $117.00 Hewitt Beef Strs. 1457 $117.00 Carlos Beef Strs. 1380 $117.00 FF Beef Strs. 1410 $116.50 Glenwood Beef Strs. 1391 $116.50 Waubun Beef Hfrs. 1231 $116.50

HOL. FATSParkers Prairie Hol. Strs. 1554 $115.00 NYM Hol. Strs. 1749 $115.00 Vining Hol. Strs. 1857 $115.00 Brandon Hol. Strs. 1326 $113.50 Ulen Hol. Strs. 1425 $113.50 RLF Hol. Strs. 1450 $112.00 Evansville Hol. Strs. 1645 $111.50 Brandon Hol. Strs. 1413 $109.50 Hewitt Hol. Strs. 1425 $109.00 Evansville Hol. Strs. 1853 $109.00

HOLSTEIN FEEDERSLowry Hol. Strs. 468 $104.00

Forman ND Hol. Strs. 679 $77.50BULLS

Deer Creek Beef Bull 1800 $82.50 Menahga Beef Bull 1620 $82.00 Hawley Beef Bull 1960 $82.00 Vining Beef Bull 1650 $79.00 Vining Beef Bull 1605 $76.50

BEEF FEEDERSFreeport Beef Bull 498 $165.00 Osakis Beef Strs. 526 $160.00 Erhard Beef Bull 458 $152.00 Underwood Beef Bull 565 $148.00 Freeport Beef Hfrs. 383 $147.00

Our sales will start at 8 a.m. • 218-998-0561Ulen Beef Hfrs. 473 $146.00 FF Beef Hfrs. 455 $145.00 Dalton Beef Strs. 644 $145.00 FF Beef Strs. 593 $144.00 Ulen Beef Hfrs. 385 $142.00 Ulen Beef Strs. 686 $141.00 Hawley Beef Hfrs. 435 $140.00 Freeport Beef Hfrs. 509 $140.00 Rothsay Beef Strs. 691 $138.50 Ulen Beef Hfrs. 609 $138.00 Ulen Beef Hfrs. 609 $138.00 Grey Eagle Beef Strs. 614 $137.00

COWSFreeport Beef Cow 1620 $73.00

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Ada Beef Cow 1310 $73.00 Pelican Rapids Hol. Cow 1730 $72.00 Hoffman Beef Cow 1655 $72.00 Underwood Beef Cow 1320 $72.00 Hoffman Beef Cow 1665 $71.50 RLF Hol. Cow 1635 $71.00 Lake Park Hol. Cow 1670 $70.00 Ada Beef Cow 1385 $70.00 Ada Beef Cow 1555 $69.50 Lake Park Hol. Cow 1895 $69.00 Freeport Beef Cow 1630 $68.50 Walcott ND Beef Cow 1345 $68.50 Brandon Beef Cow 1250 $68.50 Kensington Beef Cow 1470 $68.50

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Tues., Dec. 27thSpecial Feeder Sale- Along with our regular auction

Cash cheese prices declined for the fifth consecutive week. The blocks closed December 16 at $1.5625 per pound, down 9 1/4-cents on the week but still 24

cents above a year ago. The barrels dropped to $1.5350, down 3 3/4-cents on the week, and 17 cents above a year ago. Seven cars of block traded hands on the week and 22 of barrel. The NASS-surveyed U.S. average block price lost 2 cents, averaging $1.8606. The barrels averaged $1.8325, down 8 cents. Stewart Peterson’s Matt Mattke speculated in Tues-day’s DairyLine that cheese prices might remain close to current levels, pointing out that $1.58-$1.60 is a “key range of support” and “pretty important level to stay above,” be-cause, if we don’t, he warned that we could see the market test $1.54 and possibly as low as $1.48. He quickly added that, if cheese prices stay at current levels, it doesn’t neces-sarily mean prices will take off and move higher either. He also contrasted the trading activity and pointed to the large volume of butter particularly that changed hands the last week of November and first week of December and reminded us that the first couple weeks of December are typically not seasonally strong for cheese prices. Some-times the first week of December is positive, he said, but the second, third, fourth, and whenever we have a fifth week, they’re typically down weeks so “we’re kind of in the seasonal doldrums.” He pointed out that, historically, if cheese finishes De-cember on a down note we have seen some pretty decent rebound in January so, “perhaps there’s a little bit of a sil-ver lining here.” Butter reversed two weeks of small gains despite a small uptick on Thursday and finished Friday at $1.6025, down 3 3/4-cents on the week, and a nickel below a year ago. Fifteen cars were sold. The NASS average inched 0.4 cent lower, to $1.6245. NASS powder averaged $1.4418, down fractionally, and dry whey averaged 65.37 cents, up 0.7 cent. California’s Milk Producers Council (MPC) reported in its December 9 newsletter that butter production contin-ues to increase in line with higher seasonal milk produc-tion and butterfat content. It quoted USDA’s Dairy Mar-ket News saying that retail and food service sales leading into and over the holiday weekend have been good to very good, helped greatly by retailers’ ads and promotions. Buyers who have not already placed orders for the next big wave of expected consumer demand are now tak-ing advantage of the current lower prices to place those or-ders. All aspects of the butter manufacturing and marketing channel are very active, producing, shipping, converting and packaging. MPC said price increasing two weeks in a row “may be a possible indication that the long, but unsteady, fall which began the last week in August may be at an end,” and added that “DMN hears from butter exporters of possible growing interest as U.S. prices are super competitive with Europe’s but major competition for those sales continues to be Oceania, where milk production is booming. Mattke praised the whey market which “has had a phe-nomenal year,” rallying from the 32 cent level to the mid 60s and “we haven’t seen much of a setback this year.” “It’s been a pretty quiet, pretty steady and controlled rise,” he said, but recalled that, in 2007, whey got to the mid 70s. He advised that we keep an eye on that market because every penny movement in whey translates into 6 cents on the milk price though he warned “we could see a setback at any point.” Meanwhile; schools are or will be closing for the Christmas/New Year’s holidays sending more milk to the cheese vat and pressure prices. Hopefully, Super Bowl will keep cheese demand strong. I have to mention that my fa-vorite team is the Green Bay Packers and I think it a safe bet they will be in the Super Bowl again so it’s so appropri-

ate that the “cheese heads” will be driving cheese demand. The Agriculture Department’s latest Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook said that an improved feed price out-look is balanced by lower milk prices in 2012. Production in 2012 is forecast to rise slightly based on higher milk output per cow. Exports are likely to decline next year compared with 2011, contributing further to the lower milk price outlook. Cow numbers were virtually unchanged from the No-vember forecast and dairy cow slaughter for the January to October 2011 period was about 4 percent above the cor-responding 2010 period, and replacement heifer prices are steady. This suggests no major liquidation is in the offing, according to the Outlook, but cow numbers are expected to decline slightly next year. Output per cow continues to rise, and lower expected feed prices are the basis for the increase in the December projected output per cow to 21,315 pounds this year and 21,610 pounds next year. Looking “back to the futures;” the Class III average for the first six months of 2012 stood at $16.63 on Novem-ber 4, $16.72 on November 11, $16.78 on November 18, $17.16 on December 2, $16.84 on December 9, and was around $17.02 late morning December 16. California starts 2012 with a 79 cent drop in its Janu-ary Class I milk price. The Northern price was announced at $19.88 per hundredweight. The Southern price is $20.15. Both are up $3.43 from January 2011 however. The Federal order Class I base price is announced by the USDA on De-cember 23. Like a broken record, U.S. fluid milk demand contin-ues to slip. USDA reports that sales in the August to Octo-ber period were estimated at 13.62 billion pounds, down a half percent from the same period a year ago, based on Federal Order and California state data. Year-to-date sales were off 1.4 percent. Class I demand is settling into non-holiday week norms, according to USDA. Cream demand is on the rise as production of various butterfat-based products such as dips, whipping cream, and sour cream pushes higher to reach store shelves before holiday grocery shopping be-gins. Demand for condensed skim is also increasing prior to the holiday. As winter weather envelopes much of the northern tier of states, dairy farmers in those areas are turn-ing their attention to feed crop yields and feed input costs. Recent opportunities to buy feed grains at lower prices have helped, but forage prices and availability remain chal-lenging. In the Utah/Idaho milk shed, announcement of a new yogurt manufacturing facility scheduled to open in mid 2012 has milk processors recalculating milk supply and demand, according to USDA. The milk production season in Oceania has passed the peak in both New Zealand and Australia and the decline is gradual. USDA says manufacturers and handlers indicate that milk volumes are generally sufficient to maintain near capacity production schedules. Producers and handlers be-lieve the positive close of last season which carried over to the spring of the current season is a contributing factor for good milk volumes at this time. Spring and early summer weather patterns have generally been good in both coun-tries. In other international news; the December 9 CME Daily Dairy Report said that October U.S. dairy export vol-umes of milk powders, whey, lactose, cheese and butterfat totaled 281 million pounds, down 2 percent from Septem-ber (daily-average basis) and down 9.1 percent from a year ago. Shipments of skim milk powder and nonfat dry milk, the largest U.S. export category, totaled 76.1 million pounds in October, down 13.6 percent from September, and down 30.1 percent from the record-high levels of a year ago. Cheese exports, on the other hand, amounted to 37.3 million pounds, up 8.5 percent from September, and

up 22.2 percent from a year ago. In the first 10 months of the year, U.S. dairy exports were valued at $3.96 billion, 29 percent higher than last year, according to USDA. This is already a record-high fig-ure for a full year, even with two months to go in 2011. The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) gave a thumbs-down on a 4b milk price hearing petition. In a letter to Western United Dairymen (WUD) CEO Michael Marsh, CDFA director Kevin Masuhara, de-nied a request for a public hearing on the California Class 4b milk pricing formula. Masuhara said CDFA would review the issue in mid-2012 to determine if a hearing was necessary at that time, according to Dairy Profit Weekly. The current dry whey sliding scale in the Class 4b formula has been in effect since September 1 and Masuhara said the three-month pe-riod was not long enough to determine how the formula will perform. As the result of a June 30-July 1 hearing on the issue, CDFA raised the whey factor paid to California dairy farm-ers, from a permanent 25 cents per hundredweight, to an adjustable rate between 25 and 65 cents. In its December 2 petition, WUD called for the new hearing, proposing changes to the Class 4b formula to more closely reflect the whey value generated by the federal or-der Class III formula. The 4b price in the California order and the Class III federal order price reflect minimum prices paid to dairy farmers for milk used in cheese processing. WUD was joined by other dairy farmer groups in call-ing for the hearing, including the Milk Producers Council, Dairy Farmers of America and California Dairy Campaign but several processing groups and companies asked CDFA to deny the request. They argued that further adjustments would negatively impact their ability to expand and inno-vate at a time when California milk production is growing and more manufacturing capacity was needed. In another political arena; the consuming public con-tinues to demand integrity in the food it consumes and ani-mal traceability is an important part of that demand. Jamie Jonker, National Milk’s vice president of Scientific and Regulatory Affairs, discussed a letter he authored to USDA regarding animal identification and traceability standards in Thursday’s DairyLine broadcast. He said that USDA has for a number of years been contemplating how it might revise U.S. animal traceability and National Milk communicated its support for manda-tory animal identification and how it “fits with animal dis-ease traceability,” Jonker said. The Federation reaffirmed its support of RFID tags being the official identification for dairy cattle. The current USDA identification proposal doesn’t go far enough, according to Jonker. Occasionally a tag will fall out of an animal’s ear by getting snagged on something, he argued, and the tags the Federation is recommending is being used by dairy producers within their own manage-ment system and it would be nice if USDA had an allow-ance where you could replace the tag with the exact same number so that it can continue to be used in identifying that animal in that management system. The tags are also used in breed associations, he argued, so keeping that number the same with the animal during its lifetime, even if it happens to lose a tag so that it can be replaced with the exact same one. When animals cross state lines, they’re required to have an interstate certificate of veterinary inspection (ICVI) meaning that they have been reviewed by a veterinarian to insure that they meet the animal health standards moving from one state to an-other. National Milk supports this concept and believes it should continue but want USDA to move from the paper ICVIs currently used to an electronic ICVI. The paper base version has many drawbacks, he said, including the length of time required to search volumes of records and the qual-ity of the data that’s actually entered on the forms such as legibility.


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Dec 19-November 50-state milk production: +1.8%

Milk production in November in the 50 states was estimated at 15.775 billion lbs., up 1.8% from last year, according to USDA’s latest “Milk Production” report. The report should be neutral to the market - roughly in-line with expectations and with the long-term trend. Cow numbers decreased 1,000 head to 9.216 mil-lion, the rst decline since the nal CWT cull in August 2010. Produc-tion-per-cow was 57.1 lbs. per day, up 0.5 lbs. (0.8%) from a year ago. Weather was conducive for milk production during the month, but

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Butter Futures (Cash Settle)MonthDecJanMar

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CME Spot Cheddar Cheese & Butter Market Summary

Dec 21BlocksBarrelsButter

Settle1.56251.55001.5950

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Class III Milk Options(CME closing prices Dec 21, 2011)

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Class III Milk Futures(CME closing prices Dec 21, 2011)

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18.4917.2217.1317.0216.8816.9816.9817.0917.2017.2116.9516.90

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feed quality is lacking. Compared with a year ago, the largest produc-tion growth occurred in California (+77 million lbs. vs. last Novem-ber), Texas (+61 million lbs.), New Mexico (+40 million lbs.) and Wis-consin (+32 million lbs.). The only states to register signi cant losses were Pennsylvania (-17 million lbs.) and New York (-13 million lbs.).

Dec 20-On-farm expan-sion slowed since mid-

yearCow numbers have attened since mid-year. In the June-November period, 50-state cow numbers were

up just 8,000 head after expanding by 7,000 head per month for the previous year-and-a-half, according to USDA’s latest “ Milk Production” report.

CME Group dairy trading will be closed Monday, Dec. 26, in ovbservance of Christmas.

Alan Levitt’sDaily Dairy Report-Summary

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Class III Price: $19.07 (+$1.04)Class IV Price: $17.87 (-$0.54)

USDA Announcement of Milk Class Prices

NOVEMBER 2011

Sanborn, MNADM

5.97 11.11

Litch eld, MNCargill

5.83 10.96

Pipestone, MNCargill

5.88 11.05

Elrosa, MNElrosa Feed & Grain

5.86 10.85 3.75 Barley 4.40

Garretson, SDEastern Frmrs Co-op

5.91 11.00

Ostrander, MN Ostrander Frmrs Co-op

5.81 10.88

Gar eld, MNPro-Ag Frmrs Co-op

5.77 10.84 3.40 S. Wheat 8.69

Monona, IAUnited Co-op Assoc.

5.66 10.92

Winona, MNCenex Harvest States

5.62 11.00

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at $8,338, an increase of $1,983 (31.2 percent) from 2010. “This rate of increase in 2011 has led to concerns that farmland may be the next spec-ulative bubble,” said Duffy. “Some people feel farmers are setting themselves up for a fall similar to the 1980s. Without a doubt, it’s an interesting time and something to watch, but it isn’t a time to panic.”

Why Iowa farmland values are increasing Duffy said that examining some of the causes for the cur-rent increase in farmland values and the reactions is helpful in assessing the situation. Farm-land values are highly corre-lated with gross farm income. As gross farm income increases, so will land values. In 2005, corn prices averaged $1.94 per bushel in Iowa. The preliminary estimated price for November 2011 is $6.05. Soybean prices changed from $5.54 to $11.40 over the same period. There has been considerable variation in commodity prices over the past few years, but net farm income has increased sub-stantially and is projected to in-crease even more for 2011. The Iowa State economist goes on to say, this increase in income has been the primary cause for the increase in farmland values, but not the only one. “There are other causes for the increase,” Duffy said. “Inter-est rates are at the lowest level in recent memory. Farmland pur-chased by investors went from 18 percent in 1989 to 39 percent of purchases in 2005, but in-vestor purchases decreased this year to 22 percent.”

Duffy pointed out another factor that should be consid-ered, the relatively dismal per-formance of the stock market – people want to buy farmland or are not selling it because they don’t know where else to put their money. The increase in farm income, the changes in in-vestor demand and the changes in investment alternatives have all led to a volatile market. One area where the volatility is re-vealed is in the number of sales. Land value survey respondents have shown considerable varia-tion over the past few years when queried about the number of sales. Sales decreased consid-erably in 2009. They improved somewhat in 2010 and based on the results reported in 2011, most people are seeing more sales or at least similar sales in 2011 relative to 2010.

One of the differences is in the use of auctions; respondents noted what appears to be a rapid increase in the use of this meth-od of sale. Preliminary analysis of 2011 sales data shows an in-crease in price by using an auc-tion. As one respondent said, economics may get the person to the auction but emotion often leads to the purchase. Duffy believes farmland values should remain strong for the next several months at least. Beyond that, there is a fair degree of uncertainty with respect to whether land values can maintain their current lev-els. The economist said there are several key components to watch: • The amount of debt in-curred with land acquisition • Government policies – es-pecially policies related to en-

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ergy • What happens to input costs – land being the residual claimant to any excess profits in agriculture • The performance of the overall economy, especially with respect to income • Government monetary policies as they relate to infla-tion and interest rates • The performance of the U.S. economy and economies throughout the world – which impact commodity prices, which in turn impact land values • Weather related problems – both here and around the world

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Large Rounds1st crop $60-150/ton 15 loads2nd crop $105-165/ton 20 loads3rd crop $100-160/ton 8 loads4th crop $135-150/ton 2 loadsNew seeding $125/ton 1 loadGrass $100-135/ton 5 loadsCornstalks $50/ton 1 load

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Large Rounds1st crop $140-190/ton2nd crop $175-190/ton3rd crop $195/ton4th crop $190/tonGrass $90-135/tonMixed hay $100-120/tonStraw $90/tonCornstalks $37.50/ton

Dec. 14, 440 tonsSmall Squares

Large SquaresPremium $195-220/tonGood $150-190/tonFair $120-140/tonUtility $135-145/tonStraw (3x3) $27-35/baleMixed hay $195-205/ton

RoundsGood $120-130/tonFair $90-105/tonUtility/wet hay $70-100/tonPrairie grass (fair) $90/tonCornstalks $30-33/bale

DEC. 13 SALE757 HEAD SOLDHOL. FINISHED

STEERSMaple Lake 1,556 5 118.00Glenwood 1,635 2 116.50Glenwood 1,576 7 116.50 Grey Eagle 1,602 3 116.50Little Falls 1,521 4 116.50Kimball 1,467 8 116.00Paynesville 1,484 4 116.00Albany 1,553 2 115.50Browerville 1,520 4 115.50Buffalo 1,460 2 115.50Grey Eagle 1,505 3 115.50Melrose 1,493 4 115.50Sauk Centre 1,493 14 115.50Buffalo 1,482 8 115.50Clearwater 1,596 7 115.50New Ulm 1,524 7 115.50Sauk Centre 1,543 7 115.50Belgrade 1,397 5 114.50Brooten 1,330 1 114.50Brooten 1,517 3 114.50Rice 1,517 10 114.50South Haven 1,572 15 114.50Gibbon 1,483 10 114.25Little Falls 1,611 4 114.00Richmond 1,448 5 114.00St. Joseph 1,542 10 114.00Watkins 1,331 8 114.00Albany 1,730 1 113.50Buffalo 1,285 1 113.00Holdingford 1,367 6 113.00Paynesvile 1,470 5 113.00SLAUGHTER COWS

Clearwater 1,425 1 78.00Melrose 1,670 1 78.00Clearwater 1,355 1 77.50Sauk Centre 1,600 1 77.00Watkins 1,645 1 77.00Brainerd 1,494 5 75.50Sauk Centre 1,675 1 75.50Sauk Centre 1,735 1 75.50Freeport 1,435 1 75.00Freeport 1,495 1 75.00Sauk Centre 1,875 1 75.00Sauk Centre 2,090 1 75.00Rice 1,325 1 74.50Elk River 1,815 1 74.00Freeport 1,785 1 74.00Paynesville 1,364 4 74.00Rice 1,421 5 73.00Sauk Centre 1,770 1 73.00Sauk Centre 1,575 2 73.00Albertville 1,720 1 72.50Belgrade 1,525 2 72.50Melrose 1,660 1 72.00Rice 1,290 4 72.00Rice 1,230 3 72.00Freeport 1,560 1 71.00Melrose 1,400 1 71.00Sauk Centre 1,390 1 71.00Albany 1,460 2 70.50Albany 1,460 1 70.50Silver Lake 1,800 1 70.50

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South Haven 1,460 3 70.50Richmond 1,340 1 69.00Sauk Centre 1,745 1 69.00Silver Lake 1,680 1 69.00Albertville 1,525 1 68.50Sauk Centre 1,215 1 68.50Brooten 1,395 1 68.00Clearwater 1,398 2 68.00Freeport 1,305 1 68.00Hamel 1,760 1 68.00Melrose 1,575 1 67.00Silver Lake 1,770 1 67.00

DEC. 14 FEEDER SALE

1625 HEAD SOLDHOL. FEEDER

STEERSSauk Centre 232 25 156.00Sauk Centre 208 10 156.00Sauk Centre 208 15 156.00Sauk Centre 232 25 156.00Sauk Centre 223 25 156.00Holdingford 365 1 147.00Buffalo Lake 293 13 132.00Melrose 372 21 132.00Melrose 376 24 132.00Sauk Centre 324 23 130.00Sauk Centre 340 25 130.00Paynesville 288 9 124.00Albany 323 31 123.00Paynesville 443 8 123.00Albany 189 4 122.00Bowlus 372 5 122.00Swanville 279 9 121.00Paynesville 450 1 120.00Bowlus 463 10 116.00Bowlus 447 20 116.00Osakis 350 10 116.00Buffalo Lake 376 5 115.00Spicer 449 14 115.00New London 380 8 113.00Clarissa 424 5 111.00Grove City 416 5 110.00Spicer 568 25 109.50Sunburg 305 1 109.00Swanville 377 3 109.00St. Cloud 706 18 107.25Bertha 373 10 107.00Freeport 819 61 107.00Osakis 639 6 107.00Sacred Heart 656 11 107.00COLORED FEEDER

HEIFERSHoward Lake 414 5 155.00Eden Valley 377 3 152.00Staples 403 2 147.00Holdingford 325 1 146.00Paynesville 285 2 146.00Sauk Centre 465 3 143.00Princeton 370 1 142.00Foley 413 2 141.00Long Prairie 413 3 141.00Sauk Rapids 433 2 141.00Staples 493 10 141.00

Grove City 416 1 140.00Howard Lake 506 6 140.00Sauk Centre 420 1 140.00Sauk Centre 372 3 140.00Sauk Centre 292 5 139.00Sauk Centre 523 5 139.00Sauk Centre 460 1 138.00Clearwater 563 4 137.00Paynesville 196 2 137.00Cold Spring 521 4 136.00Foley 527 3 136.00Grove City 414 4 136.00Holdingford 368 3 135.00Watkins 532 3 135.00Princeton 440 1 132.00Sauk Centre 545 2 132.00Sauk Rapids 367 3 131.00COLORED FEEDER

STEERSHoward Lake 353 2 176.00Eden Valley 345 2 172.00Paynesville 300 1 169.00Long Prairie 365 3 165.00Buffalo 529 5 159.00Howard Lake 503 2 159.00Eden Valley 424 5 157.00Hawick 485 1 157.00Long Prairie 525 1 156.00Long Prairie 443 3 156.00Sauk Rapids 440 3 143.00Albany 340 4 142.00Swanville 588 2 142.00Paynesville 535 1 141.00Sauk Centre 295 1 140.00Holdingford 237 5 137.00Belgrade 370 3 136.00Clearwater 631 6 136.00Cold Spring 664 7 136.00Avon 537 3 134.00Avon 600 1 131.00Avon 312 9 130.00Sauk Rapids 383 2 130.00Swanville 577 3 130.00

DEC. 15 SALE576 HEAD SOLDBABY CALVES

Freeport 103 2 155.00Albany 115 1 150.00Albertville 146 1 150.00Melrose 135 1 150.00Albany 95 1 145.00Freeport 95 4 145.00Melrose 129 5 145.00Sauk Centre 95 1 145.00Avon 135 1 135.00Freeport 135 2 135.00Villard 124 6 135.00Albany 110 1 125.00Cokato 145 2 125.00Randall 135 4 125.00Sauk Centre 125 4 125.00Melrose 98 2 120.00Albany 110 1 110.00Holdingford 85 1 110.00Melrose 102 3 110.00Sauk Centre 113 2 110.00

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Battling stray voltage

Dreier optimistic about future of his dairyBy Jennifer Burggraff

Staff writer

JEnnIfEr BUrggraff / DaIry StarDebbie and Larry Dreier own and operate Dreier Farm near Norwood Young America, Minn. They have been battling stray voltage on their farm for many years. Recent changes, however, have them on the path to recovery.

JEnnIfEr BUrggraff / DaIry StarThis 150-foot stretch was replaced with new wires in March 2010. Fol-lowing that, the Dreiers saw a brief improvement in their dairy herd.


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Milk production continued to drop and SCC hovered right around 500,000. “We had continued death loss and sick cows, and there were never-ending vet bills,” he said. Labor cost was also get-ting to be an issue. The cows were defecating so much dur-ing milking that the parlor had to be cleaned between each group, and cow treatment time was adding up to a couple of hours each day. “We were down to the tail end. We seriously thought about selling out of the dairy,” Dreier said. “... We continued to bring in people [to test for stray voltage] but they would never say that’s what it was, and we didn’t know how to ad-dress it.” It wasn’t until July 2009 when things finally took a turn. Dreier brought in a team of people – consultants, his elec-trician and nutritionist, and representatives from the power company – and they started at-tacking the issues, he said, test-ing throughout that summer, fall and winter. While there were minor problems on the positive wires, they discovered the neutral wires weren’t large enough to bring ground current off the farm. They also found an excess of milliamps running through the property, including the Dreiers’ house, which, he believes, directly affected his family’s health. Two main changes were

made on the Dreier Farm by March 2010: the variable speed drive on the milker pump was replaced with a new one in July 2009, which was then replaced with a standard drive in Febru-ary 2010, and in March 2010, the power company replaced the 150-foot stretch of wires from their primary line to the Dreiers’ secondary line. “We saw an immediate substantial increase in milk production,” Dreier said after the lines were replaced. “The cows seemed to look better. SCC never went down, but the cows were eating and drinking better.” That trend, however, didn’t last, and before long produc-tion had again dropped to mar-ginal, at best. In January 2011, another step was taken when 18 ground rods were put in across the rail-road tracks that run parallel to the Dreiers’ driveway, with another nine rods put in along the driveway. These tempo-rary grounds took much of the neutral current away from the farm, Dreier said, proving the need for new power lines to be run from the Dreier Farm to town. The 77-year-old lines were replaced in April and the temporary grounds were re-moved. The latest changes came this November, when the pow-er company replaced the Drei-ers’ two transformers with one large transformer and replaced the old blocker with a new Dairyland blocker.

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JEnnIfEr BUrggraff / DaIry StarWhile stray voltage directly affected his dairy herd, Larry Dreier believes it also affected his calves indirectly. His dry cows, he said, were in poor health and so their colostrum was likely not the best quality. With that, pneumonia be-came a problem.

“Since January things have slowly gotten better,” Dreier said. In the last 45 days, the Dreiers cows have increased the tank average from 57 to 67 pounds of milk. Butterfat and protein are up as well, and for

the first time in a long time the SCC has remained consistently lower for a six-week period. Pregnancy rate is also getting back on track. At the low point, it was at nine percent; the Drei-er herd’s current pregnancy

rate is 16 percent. While things are not yet where Dreier hopes they will be – Dreier’s goals are for a tank average of 85 to 90 pounds of milk with SCC un-der 200,000 – it’s a step in the right direction. “I’ve had more optimism in the last month than I’ve had in a long time,” Dreier said. “I think we are close to being cleaned up.” It was the team approach that Dreier said has gotten them to where they are today in their battle against stray voltage. “The team work to get this solved was really critical,” he said. “It’s not been a fun road, but we are getting there.” For getting through the stress and financial strain this ordeal has put he and his fam-ily through, Dreier relied on his faith. “This has actually made us stronger as a family,” Dreier said. “We are very sound in our faith. If it wasn’t for our faith in God, I don’t know how we would have gotten through it.” Defeating stray voltage on his own farm as well as oth-ers has become somewhat of a New Year’s resolution for Dreier. “I’m on a mission. We need to get this cleaned up,” he said. “I know farmers are hurt-ing and they don’t know where to go, where to start ... Part of my mission is to take the con-troversy out of (stray voltage). This is for real.”


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LAKEFIELD, Minn. – There is nothing simple about stray voltage. Even the name itself is misleading, according to nationally known consultant, Chuck Untiedt. “It’s misnamed,” Untiedt said. “It’s the current going through the cows that bothers the cows.” Stray voltage is peak to peak current – similar to a shock from an electric fencer – that is pushed through cows or other animals by the voltage. The animal’s level of resistance de-termines the amount of current flow a given voltage will push through the animal. Resistance within cows varies greatly, and cows are thought to be 10 times more sensitive than humans. “Resistance in cows is less than in humans, so it takes less voltage to affect cows,” Untiedt said. There are really only two contributing sources of stray voltage: on-farm sources and off-farm sources. Problems can also be caused by a combination of both, which is often the case. The most common on-farm sources are due to improper wiring or poorly installed electric fencers and cow trainers. Off-farm problems can be due to a number of electrical issues, includ-ing the utility neutral current. When consulting a farm on stray voltage, there are a number of things Untiedt looks at. “The first thing I ask is, ‘Are the cows responsive to normal treatments?’” he said. Untiedt also asks if the nutritionist feels the cows are responsive to ration changes. From there, many of his answers come from watching the cows. He observes if there are places the cows don’t want to walk, or if there are certain areas where cows consistently stop. Other signs of stray voltage include little to no barrel fill on cows, dull hair coats, listless eyes, cows that are not eating or drinking right, and poor fermentation of the ration found through observing the manure. If a producer feels they have stray voltage, Untiedt urged them to look into it right away and not leave it as a last resort. Find someone to consult and test for stray voltage – such as a good electrician. “If you have a volt meter, don’t be afraid to use it because sitting on a shelf, it won’t do you any good,” he said. Additionally, working with the utility company is a key to successfully diagnosing and solving the problem, he said. Untiedt also recommended talking to others who have dealt with stray voltage and learning all you can about the subject.

About Chuck Untiedt Chuck Untiedt knows the devastation of stray voltage, as he dealt with it on his own dairy farm, with milk production dropping to 39 pounds. He eventually lost hundreds of animals through the ordeal. After rebuilding their herd, Untiedt’s family continues to milk around 200 cows on their farm near Lakefield, Minn. Over the last six years, Untiedt has become an independent stray voltage consultant. He now travels throughout the United States, and has been invited to travel internationally, helping livestock producers work through their stray voltage problems.

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farms using managed grazing; the northeast had 97; and the southeast had 54.

Lower production cost One reason for using managed grazing that farmers often cite is that it’s a cheaper way to produce milk. The report agreed. Farmers using managed grazing reported an average per-cow produc-tion cost of $2,370. Farms not graz-ing had a cost that was $386 higher, at $3,116 per cow. “Hired labor accounted for the most significant cost difference, $439 versus $635 for MIG and non-MIG, respectively,” the grazing specialist said. “Of the 11 categories surveyed, MIG farms had lower costs by 10 per-cent or more in five categories. Fuel and repair costs were slightly lower. Utility and fertilizer costs averaged slightly higher – four and six percent, respectively.”

Crossbreeding popular Nearly half – 48 percent – of managed grazing farmers reported using crossbreeding, and 27 percent said crossbreds were their “primary” breed. Holsteins were well represented, with 62 percent of the survey’s respondents saying that breed was their base. Jersey-based herds accounted for 12 percent of the total. Guernseys, Brown Swiss and Milking Shorthorns each made up less than five percent of the cows on all the graz-ing farms. Other breeds farmers mentioned using are Red and Whites, Ayrshires, Normandes, and Dutch Belteds. For all breeds, grazing dairy farms had average milk pro-duction of 15,430 pounds per cow. Those with predominantly Holsteins had the highest production: 16,476 pounds per cow. Per-cow milk production rose as herds grew larger. Those made up of more than 100 cows averaged 17,042 pounds year-ly per cow. Farms with 50 to 99 cows had 15,217 pounds per cow, while those with one to 49 cows had production of 14,040 pounds per cow. Just 36 percent of the survey respondents said they used DHIA testing. Farmers using managed grazing reported that they kept cows in their herds an average of 6.4 years. That, ac-cording to Paine and Gildersleeve, is “significantly higher than the national average of 1.8 lactations.” Another tidbit from the report: 14 percent of managed grazing farms used organic production practices. That com-pares to less than one percent using organic practices among farms that don’t graze their dairy cattle. The smallest grazing farms had nearly three acres of pas-ture for each cow. Those with 26 to 100 cows averaged one to 1.3 acres per cow, while the five largest grazing herds had “significantly less than the recommended acreage per cow,” according to the report. On both grazing and nongrazing farms, the average age of the operator was 51 years. And, farmers in both categories said they averaged 35 days worked off the farm each year, and that

Managed grazing used by 22 percent of Wisconsin dairy farms

By ron JohnsonStaff writer

rOn JOHnSOn / DaIry StarA recent survey found that 22 percent – or more than 3,000 – of Wis-consin dairy farms used managed intensive grazing. Farmers cited higher profitability, less labor and more free time as reasons.

75 percent of their household income came from farming.

Why grazing? Dairy graziers were also asked why they adopted the prac-tice. Improving animal health was selected as an answer by 80 percent of the respondents. Seventy-nine percent said reducing production costs and increasing net income were primary rea-sons. Reducing labor and having more time for family was cho-sen by 71 percent. Forty-six percent cited improving environ-mental performance. In all, 89 percent said they were satisfied or very satisfied with their grazing systems.

More work ahead While the survey pointed out how many dairy farmers use managed grazing, and why, it also showed more educational efforts are needed, according to Paine. “Among the 3,070 dairy producers using managed graz-ing, about half reported using less-intensive rotations of three days to more than seven days on a paddock. These producers could easily step up their management (move the cows more often) and see significant increases in forage production and quality,” Paine said. More money is needed to keep grazing’s momentum go-ing and encourage other farmers to adopt the practice, Paine said. She said, “A lot of the gains we’ve seen in the use of man-aged grazing in Wisconsin have been made possible through grant-funded grazing education and technical assistance pro-grams. As agency budgets tighten, grazing organizations such as GrassWorks and the Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative (GLCI) steering committee are working with state and federal agencies to maintain our capacity to help producers wishing to utilize managed grazing on their operations.”


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mid-american hay auction results for December 15Lot no. Desc. moisture protein RFV cut. Ld. size price634 Large Rounds 15.36 19.77 149.81 1 16.44 $120.00 687 Large Rounds 35.76 17.75 112.08 1 21.63 $50.00 690 Large Rounds 15.6 14.48 84.18 1 17.39 $75.00 596 Large Rounds 12.43 17.41 91.43 1 11.01 $100.00 659 Large Rounds 16.45 11.03 76.35 1 21.56 $45.00 660 Large Rounds 15.03 10.13 74.86 1 21.21 $45.00 650 Large Rounds 16.36 20.47 111.45 1 13.81 $110.00 637 Large Rounds 14.81 8.72 79.71 1 10.33 $45.00 638 Large Rounds 10.74 22.91 171.59 1 14.28 $210.00 639 Large Rounds 15.48 9.96 65.81 1 17.39 $30.00 617 Large Rounds 13.84 11.55 83.64 1 18.92 $70.00 674 Large Rounds 16.71 12.16 72.8 1 13.54 $85.00 618 Large Rounds 12.96 13.21 90.69 1 21.5 $50.00 692 Large Rounds 14.95 14.32 85.75 1 17.26 $85.00 587 Large Rounds 14.23 12.71 89.55 1 13.78 $45.00 589 Large Rounds 15.6 19.44 91.05 1 13.34 $75.00 582 Large Rounds 12.79 13.24 75.69 1 20.58 $70.00 697 Large Rounds 14.21 16.46 109.15 2 6.49 $100.00 594 Large Rounds 12.96 18.26 129.72 2 23.18 $130.00 619 Large Rounds 11.9 17.57 99.13 2 21.31 $130.00 695 Large Rounds 14.24 18.93 92.85 2 11.42 $130.00 681 Large Rounds 14.18 18.6 104.3 2 9.76 $107.50 616 Large Rounds 11.36 17.19 107.15 2 21.44 $130.00 640 Large Rounds 17.27 15.32 98.64 2 8.96 $70.00 679 Large Rounds 16.64 21.42 97.83 2 26.6 $115.00 608 Large Rounds 13.05 13.63 95.24 2 9.02 $70.00 583 Large Rounds 12.31 17.2 91.07 2 18.82 $95.00 591 Large Rounds 14.58 22.58 146.5 3 25.57 $190.00 628 Large Rounds 16.41 7.98 79.37 8.22 $50.00 689 Large Rounds 17.89 9.64 68.46 17.84 $30.00 636 Large Rounds 12.74 8.3 86.72 8.53 $50.00 624 Large Rounds 16.28 5.03 66.75 16.33 $40.00 593 Large Squares 12.95 19.42 82.57 2 17.18 $105.00 630 Large Squares 11.01 13.87 99.78 2 18.81 $95.00 595 Large Squares 13.67 18.57 94.95 2 17.67 $115.00 599 Medium Rounds 38.87 19.96 143.84 1 10.6 $80.00 635 Medium Squares 13.06 19.19 125.66 1 8.85 $105.00 643 Medium Squares 12.8 16 85.72 1 23.8 $120.00 669 Medium Squares 14.34 18.8 125.99 1 25.38 $145.00 644 Medium Squares 14.94 19.48 95.61 1 6.96 $110.00 621 Medium Squares 12.61 11.79 95.81 1 21.96 $110.00 622 Medium Squares 11.04 12.14 99.06 1 23.07 $105.00 676 Medium Squares 14.89 18.22 94.23 1 20.94 $115.00 665 Medium Squares 15.88 14.43 90.17 1 24.25 $100.00 601 Medium Rounds 15.44 19.27 108.96 1 14 $85.00 586 Medium Squares 14.68 12.59 101.2 1 15.24 $45.00 584 Medium Squares 14.67 20.54 118.69 2 21.38 $145.00 598 Medium Squares 12.79 19.83 135.7 2 18.68 $170.00 611 Medium Squares 13.57 17.94 98.53 2 15.39 $110.00 612 Medium Squares 15.25 17.63 91.94 2 19.54 $95.00 625 Medium Squares 21.02 21.7 118.56 2 9.97 $115.00 626 Medium Squares 12.59 18.85 101.48 2 7.23 $115.00 600 Medium Squares 19.72 21.19 151.52 2 22.02 $140.00 641 Medium Squares 13.53 18.89 98.57 2 22.4 $135.00 629 Medium Squares 15.73 20.23 106.12 2 8.72 $120.00 649 Medium Squares 14.17 13.01 91.86 2 8.3 $115.00 651 Medium Squares 13.71 20.88 120.72 2 23.57 $150.00 645 Medium Squares 12.24 19.83 95.88 2 15.65 $135.00 603 Medium Squares 13.44 18.84 100.91 2 18.68 $135.00 580 Medium Squares 15.92 21.02 120.86 2 24.28 $150.00 656 Medium Squares 16.12 15.65 95.02 2 10.05 $120.00 657 Medium Squares 14.33 19.59 137.49 2 8.5 $110.00 683 Medium Squares 13.58 20.71 132.09 2 23.45 $135.00 684 Medium Squares 14.97 21.15 95.09 2 21.39 $125.00 694 Medium Squares 16.08 14.11 88.12 2 8.88 $80.00 685 Medium Squares 14.27 11.66 91.58 2 23.02 $90.00 700 Medium Squares 15.48 9.55 82.82 2 9.75 $130.00 686 Medium Squares 15.12 14.24 93.46 2 22.18 $95.00 677 Medium Squares 14.34 21.81 95.69 2 19.03 $120.00 673 Medium Squares 12.6 17.92 108.46 2 22.12 $130.00 605 Medium Squares 11.74 18.84 111.26 2 15.71 $115.00 666 Medium Squares 15.23 23.23 113.21 2&3 24.21 $140.00 620 Medium Squares 20.51 128.81 13.22 2&3 24.93 $130.00 623 Medium Squares 13.35 20.99 108.85 3 16.6 $110.00 610 Medium Squares 12.83 19.13 122.74 3 22.94 $95.00

648 Medium Squares 15.57 25.32 125.23 3 20.04 $160.00 652 Medium Squares 16.34 23.7 155.65 3 24.05 $195.00 670 Medium Rounds 16.28 23.33 117.12 3 21.5 $130.00 642 Medium Squares 11.96 23.47 159.81 3 25.37 $200.00 682 Medium Squares 19.49 22.26 125.06 3 9.13 $105.00 688 Medium Squares 14.04 24.54 129.3 3 20.84 $130.00 661 Medium Squares 15.42 24.87 161.35 3 21.9 $185.00 678 Medium Squares 14.26 20.84 142.38 3 21.83 $170.00 675 Medium Squares 19.08 28.18 175.42 3 26.23 $225.00 633 Medium Squares 15.62 23.91 166.21 3 23.47 $215.00 604 Medium Squares 12 21.78 161.84 3 24.34 $200.00 691 Medium Squares 14.94 24.2 175.69 4 24.26 $250.00 701 Medium Squares 14.32 8.54 89.63 10.05 $85.00 607 Medium Squares 13.52 8.91 80.88 15.27 $75.00 704 Small Rounds NO TEST 2 6.49 $65.00 588 Large Rounds GRASS 1 12.8 $40.00 698 Large Rounds GRASS 1 6.59 $30.00 592 Large Rounds GRASS 1 21.27 $30.00 680 Large Rounds GRASS 9.72 $45.00 664 Large Rounds GRASS 16.78 $40.00 663 Large Rounds GRASS 16.8 $35.00 631 Medium Squares GRASS 1 7.62 $110.00 654 Large Rounds GRASS 1 21.6 $45.00 597 Large Squares STRAW 15.09 $85.00 667 Large Squares STRAW 74 $23.00 702 Large Squares STRAW 21.06 $70.00 672 Large Rounds STRAW 34 $30.00 602 Large Rounds STRAW 34 $26.00 662 Large Rounds STRAW 30 $27.50 655 Large Rounds STRAW 34 $35.00 614 Large Squares STRAW 16.43 $85.00 696 Medium Squares STRAW 76 $25.00 703 Medium Squares STRAW 63 $20.00 581 Medium Squares STRAW 82 $20.00 699 Medium Squares STRAW 72 $22.50 671 Medium Squares STRAW 78 $22.50 646 Medium Squares STRAW 74 $29.00 590 Medium Squares STRAW 72 $25.00 632 Medium Squares STRAW 70 $24.00 613 Medium Squares STRAW 76 $24.00 658 Large Rounds WHEAT STRAW 34 $39.00 668 Medium Squares CORN STALKS 48 $14.00 609 Medium Squares CORN STALKS 48 $12.50 647 Medium Squares CORN STALKS 72 $15.00

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UPCOMING SALES

BULL CALVESRoyalton 1 Blk 250 370.00Fergus Falls 2 R/W 185 285.00Frazee 5 Hol 191 270.00Audubon 1 R/W 225 270.00Parkers Prairie 3 Hol 155 240.00Vergas 1 Hol 95 170.00Perham 1 Hol 100 165.00Perham 1 R/W 90 165.00Sebeka 1 Hol 85 165.00Dent 1 Hol 125 165.00Frazee 1 R/W 130 150.00Sebeka 1 Hol 85 150.00Frazee 1 Hol 90 150.00Sebeka 1 Hol 110 150.00Dent 1 Hol 110 140.00Parkers Prairie 1 Hol 125 140.00Frazee 1 Hol 90 130.00Perham 1 Hol 85 125.00Frazee 1 Hol 95 125.00Vergas 1 Hol 90 125.00Dent 1 Hol 90 120.00Dent 1 Hol 90 120.00Perham 2 Hol 85 120.00Dent 1 Hol 110 115.00Perham 1 Hol 90 115.00Bluff ton 1 Hol 80 115.00Wadena 1 Hol 115 115.00Wadena 1 Hol 100 115.00Perham 1 Hol 105 110.00Frazee 1 Hol 80 110.00

HOLSTEIN STEERSWadena 25 Hol 293 120.00Sebeka 4 Hol 331 118.00Sebeka 1 Hol 331 118.00New York Mills 9 Hol 413 117.00Wadena 6 Hol 312 116.00Wadena 15 Hol 401 114.50Fergus Falls 8 Hol 380 114.00

St. Joseph 1 Hol 1725 1,385.00St. Joseph 1 RW 1590 1,385.00Sebeka 1 Hol 1505 1,385.00Greenbush 1 Hol 1225 1,375.00St. Joseph 1 RW 1350 1,375.00Sebeka 1 Hol 1430 1,375.00St. Joseph 1 RW 1605 1,350.00St. Joseph 1 Hol 1035 1,350.00Sebeka 1 Hol 1520 1,335.00Wadena 1 Hol 1160 1,335.00Sebeka 1 Hol 1075 1,325.00Sebeka 1 Hol 1315 1,325.00St. Joseph 1 RW 1420 1,325.00St. Joseph 1 RW 1265 1,325.00St. Joseph 1 Hol 1050 1,310.00St. Joseph 1 Hol 1530 1,310.00Sebeka 1 Hol 1335 1,300.00Sebeka 1 Hol 1070 1,300.00Wadena 1 Hol 1795 1,300.00Greenbush 1 Hol 1100 1,300.00St. Joseph 1 Hol 1740 1,285.00Sebeka 1 Hol 1245 1,285.00St. Joseph 1 Hol 1235 1,275.00Fergus Falls 1 Hol 1180 1,275.00Fergus Falls 1 Hol 1125 1,275.00Sebeka 1 Hol 1630 1,275.00Sebeka 1 Hol 1075 1,275.00Sebeka 1 Hol 1215 1,275.00Sebeka 1 Hol 1380 1,275.00Sebeka 1 Hol 1030 1,250.00Fergus Falls 1 Hol 1110 1,250.00St. Joseph 1 Hol 1135 1,250.00St. Joseph 1 Hol 1565 1,250.00Sebeka 1 Hol 1240 1,235.00Fergus Falls 1 Hol 1105 1,225.00Greenbush 1 Hol 1015 1,220.00Greenbush 1 Hol 1295 1,210.00Fergus Falls 1 Hol 1285 1,210.00St. Joseph 1 RW 1500 1,210.00St. Joseph 1 Hol 1330 1,200.00

Deer Creek 1 Hol 1085 1,050.00Twin Brooks 1 Hol 1040 1,050.00Twin Brooks 1 Hol 985 1,050.00Wadena 1 Hol 1135 1,050.00Frazee 1 Hol 1030 1,000.00Greenbush 1 Hol 1060 975.00Waubun 1 Hol 1085 950.00New York Mills 1 Hol 1125 900.00

SLAUGHTER COWSGreenbush 1 Hol 1015 79.00Pine River 1 Hol 1910 76.50Perham 1 Blk 1135 75.50Gary 1 Grey 1505 75.25Menahga 1 Hol 1680 75.00Hawley 1 Jer 1435 75.00New York Mills 1 Mix 925 75.00New York Mills 1 Red 1410 75.00Pequot Lakes 1 Hol 1140 74.50Verndale 1 BWF 1445 74.50Pelican Rapids 1 Hol 1615 74.50Hewitt 1 Hol 1585 74.00Verndale 1 Grey 1700 74.00Fergus Falls 1 Red 1115 74.00Menahga 1 Hol 1585 73.50Sebeka 1 Swis 1670 73.50Waubun 1 RWF 1100 73.25Fergus Falls 1 Hol 905 73.00Pequot Lakes 1 Hol 1085 73.00Sebeka 1 Hol 1660 73.00Frazee 1 Blk 1245 73.00Pillager 1 Grey 1440 72.50Frazee 1 Hol 1560 72.50Verndale 1 1555 72.50Perham 1 Blk 1365 72.25Motley 1 Hol 1220 72.25Park Rapids 1 Hol 1070 72.00Pelican Rapids 1 Hol 1815 72.00Pelican Rapids 1 Hol 1375 72.00Wadena 1 Hol 1590 72.00

Sebeka 1 BWF 1090 72.00Detroit Lakes 1 Hol 995 72.00Menahga 1 Hol 1680 72.00Sebeka 1 Hol 1510 72.00Sauk Centre 1 Hol 1580 72.00Wadena 1 Hol 1495 71.75Pequot Lakes 1 Hol 1285 71.50Wadena 1 Hol 1395 71.50St. Joseph 1 Hol 1540 71.50Perham 1 Hol 1570 71.50Greenbush 1 Hol 1150 71.00Greenbush 1 Hol 1450 71.00Pequot Lakes 1 Hol 1195 71.00Perham 1 Red 1430 71.00Battle Lake 1 Hol 1510 71.00Perham 1 Hol 1365 71.00Fergus Falls 1 Char 1250 71.00Perham 1 Hol 1245 71.00Pelican Rapids 1 Hol 1450 71.00New York Mills 1 Hol 2160 70.75Fergus Falls 1 Char 1120 70.75Perham 1 Hol 1555 70.75Ottertail 1 Hol 1830 70.50Sebeka 1 Hol 1050 70.50Verndale 1 Blk 1540 70.50Perham 1 Hol 1200 70.50 Verndale 1 Hol 1145 70.50Wadena 1 Hol 1275 70.25Fergus Falls 1 Hol 1205 70.25

SLAUGHTER BULLSPerham 1 Hol 1710 85.50Frazee 1 Hol 1635 79.00Menahga 1 Blk 1970 79.00Fergus Falls 1 Char 1600 78.50Foley 1 Hol 1620 78.50Park Rapids 1 RWF 1455 78.25Pelican Rapids 1 Hol 1505 77.50

Sebeka 1 Hol 455 107.00Sebeka 2 Hol 455 107.00Wadena 3 Hol 458 97.00Parkers Prairie 5 Hol 490 97.00Verndale 2 Hol 477 93.00Parkers Prairie 4 Hol 960 88.00

DAIRY COWSTop cow sold by

Don C. Meech for $1,850Sebeka 1 Hol 1505 1,850.00Sebeka 1 Hol 1505 1,850.00Sebeka 1 Hol 1375 1,800.00Sebeka 1 Hol 1170 1,800.00Sebeka 1 Hol 1340 1,785.00Sebeka 1 Hol 1340 1,740.00Sebeka 1 Hol 1230 1,700.00St. Joseph 1 RW 1310 1,670.00St. Joseph 1 Hol 1405 1,650.00Gary 1 Hol 1150 1,650.00St. Joseph 1 Hol 1465 1,610.00Sebeka 1 Hol 1270 1,600.00St. Joseph 1 Hol 1760 1,560.00St. Joseph 1 Hol 1430 1,525.00Sebeka 1 Hol 1285 1,525.00Fergus Falls 1 Hol 1200 1,525.00Sebeka 1 Hol 1565 1,510.00St. Joseph 1 RW 1540 1,500.00Sebeka 1 Hol 1300 1,500.00Sebeka 1 Hol 1165 1,475.00Sebeka 1 Hol 1270 1,475.00Sebeka 1 Hol 1040 1,460.00St. Joseph 1 Hol 1375 1,460.00St. Joseph 1 Hol 1585 1,435.00Sebeka 1 Hol 1450 1,435.00Sebeka 1 Hol 1420 1,425.00Sebeka 1 Hol 1310 1,400.00Fergus Falls 1 Hol 1290 1,400.00St. Joseph 1 Hol 1220 1,400.00Sebeka 1 Hol 1225 1,390.00

Sebeka 1 Hol 1030 1,200.00Wadena 1 Hol 1340 1,200.00Greenbush 1 Hol 1225 1,200.00Farwell 1 Hol 990 1,200.00Fergus Falls 1 Hol 1310 1,185.00Farwell 1 Hol 1090 1,185.00Greenbush 1 Hol 840 1,160.00Greenbush 1 Hol 1250 1,160.00Farwell 1 Hol 1035 1,150.00St. Joseph 1 Hol 1385 1,150.00Wadena 1 Hol 1530 1,135.00Sebeka 1 Hol 1410 1,135.00St. Joseph 1 Hol 1390 1,125.00St. Joseph 1 Hol 1320 1,125.00

BRED HEIFERSHawley 1 Hol 1665 1,600.00Hawley 1 Hol 1520 1,490.00St. Joseph 1 Hol 1300 1,400.00Clitherall 1 Hol 1365 1,385.00Frazee 1 Hol 1430 1,375.00Wadena 1 Hol 1215 1,325.00St. Joseph 1 Hol 1285 1,325.00Hawley 1 Hol 1445 1,300.00Hawley 1 Hol 1450 1,300.00Twin Brooks 1 Hol 1180 1,285.00Twin Brooks 1 Hol 1225 1,275.00Hawley 1 Hol 1260 1,260.00Twin Brooks 1 Hol 1140 1,225.00Twin Brooks 1 Hol 1150 1,220.00Greenbush 1 Hol 1105 1,220.00Wadena 1 Hol 1130 1,210.00Twin Brooks 1 Hol 1080 1,200.00St. Joseph 1 Hol 1580 1,200.00Twin Brooks 1 Hol 1120 1,175.00Wadena 1 Hol 1190 1,160.00Kelliher 1 Hol 1175 1,150.00Twin Brooks 1 Hol 1020 1,150.00Twin Brooks 1 Hol 1075 1,110.00Clarissa 1 HoJo1335 1,100.00

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Jan. 2 Feeder & Bred Cow SaleHAPPY NEW YEAR!

• Vining - (100) Blk Steers & Heifers, Fancy, Green, Vac & Weaned• Villard - (50) Hol Steers, 275-375 lbs., Vac & Weaned• NYM - COMPLETE DISPERSAL - (9) Bred Cows (5 Purebred Angus - 3rd Calvers, 1 F1 Baldy-3rd Calver, 2 Herefords-2nd Calvers) Fancy, Vac, Due May

Jan. 9 Feeder, Bred Cow & Dairy Sale• Underwood - (1-3) Jersey Steers, 700-900 lbs., Knife Cut, Dehorned• Wahpeton - (17) Hol Steers, 350-450 lbs., Fancy, Vac, Knife Cut• Thief River Falls - (3) Hol Heifers, Due March-April, (2) Open Hol Heifers, 1 Jersey Heifers Due June• Sebeka - 20 Hol Steers, 275-400lbs Vac, Dehorned, Knife Cut• Park Rapids 12 BWF Steers, 550-600 lbs., SelectVAC program

Jan. 16 Feeder & Bred Cow Sale• Belgrade - (20) Blk Calves, 500-600 lbs., Weaned-45days, Knife Cut, Poured, Angus Sired on Hay & Grain

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Morgan Paulson, 12Seventh grade

When do you do chores and what chores do you do? Friday night through Monday night I feed and water calves, bed the calves, clean the barn, throw out feed, feed hay, grind feed, wash the pipeline, finish up in the milk room and open gates for feeding hay. I also feed calves at other farms.What’s your favorite and least favorite chores? My favorite is washing the pipeline because I know we are almost done. My least is grinding feed because we have to climb into the corn crib and push down the corn and you get very tired.Do you have a favorite animal on your farm? Jasmine and Jacy – Jasmine because she has had all girls and Jacy because I won overall Junior Champion at the Minnesota State Fair in 2011.What do you want to be when you grow up? A vet.What is your favorite winter activity (work or play) to do on the farm? Tubing behind the GatorWhat’s your favorite Christmas food or treat? French silk pie.What’s on your Christmas wish list this year? A red and white Holstein calf.

Matt Paulson, 9Third grade

When do you do chores and what chores do you do? Saturday, Sunday and Monday morning and night I feed the bottle calves, throw down hay, put out feed and feed calves at other farms.What’s your favorite and least favorite chores? My favorite is putting out feed because I like the smell. My least favorite is feeding bottle calves because there are spiders in the calf shed.Do you have a favorite animal on your farm? Kendall is my favorite calf from the Kandiyohi County Fair. I like her best because I did an open showmanship class and I won a trophy.What do you want to be when you grow up? I want to be a carpenter so I don’t have to do chores.What is your favorite winter activity (work or play) to do on the farm? Getting pulled on the inner tube behind the Gator.What’s your favorite Christmas food or treat? Christmas cookiesWhat’s on your Christmas wish list this year? A .22 caliber gun.

mark klapHakE/ DaIry StarThe Paulson children, Matt (9) and Morgan (12), are pictured with a calf on their family’s dairy farm near Atwater, Minn.

mark klapHakE/ DaIry StarJeff and Tammie Paulson milk 50 cows on their farm in Kandi-yohi County near Atwater, Minn.


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corn, growers must focus their manage-ment on factors that have the greatest potential to increase yield. Prerequisites for high-yield corn include favorable weather and adequate levels of drain-age, soil fertility and pest management. Recent research by University of Minnesota Extension has focused on discovering how additional agronomic factors could be modified to narrow the gap between actual and potential corn yields. This research found that deci-sions related to hybrid selection are among the most important. In corn hybrid trials from 2007 to 2010 near Rochester, Minn., with 98 to 153 hybrids evaluated each year, the highest yielding hybrid yielded 37 to 64 percent more than the lowest yield-ing hybrid. Hybrid relative maturity was less important in these trials, with hybrids of 98- to 102-day relative ma-turity yielding just 2 percent more than those in the 93- to 97-day range. Another important factor influ-encing corn yield is crop rotation. In long-term experiments conducted by land-grant universities in Wisconsin and Indiana, corn yielded 5 to 19 per-cent higher when following soybean or alfalfa rather than corn, with the smallest yield increases occurring in years with favorable weather and high yields. In these trials, conservation till-

age systems such as strip-till and disk-till worked well on silt loam soils when corn followed soybean or alfalfa, but a more aggressive tillage system was needed to optimize yield of corn fol-lowing corn, especially on heavy soils. Uniform stand establishment is also critical for corn, as research at Lamber-ton, Minn. found that a plant just one leaf stage behind early in the season yielded 20 percent less. Additional re-search by University of Minnesota Ex-tension that was funded by the Minne-sota Corn Growers Association found that a delay in planting from late April to mid-May reduced corn yield by 2 percent. However, planting in late May rather than late April reduced yield by 15 percent. In these trials, increasing the final stand from 30,000 to 34,000 plants/acre increased corn yield by 1 to 2 per-cent, while planting in narrow or twin rows increased yield by 0 to 3 percent. In northwestern Minnesota, however, yield increases with high plant popula-tions and narrow rows have been much greater. These results demonstrate that the easiest options for increasing corn yield are related to hybrid selection, crop ro-tation, tillage system and uniform emer-gence. For more educational resources on corn production in Minnesota, visit University of Minnesota Extension’s corn website at www.extension.umn.edu/corn.

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The information in this article was compiled from surveys of forage and feeding pro-grams from selected Wisconsin high-producing dairy herds. For this summary, data from 2004, 2007 and 2010 were combined when six, three and five herds, respectively, were surveyed. Of the 14 herds surveyed, 10 were located in south-central Wisconsin with the remaining herds located in north-central or north-west Wisconsin. Surveys were a single snapshot taken at the same time across herds within each survey year. Milking cow herd size ranged as follows: 280-570 (2004), 60-331 (2007) and 85-2274 (2010). The DHI rolling herd average for milk ranged as follows: 29,000-31,000 pounds (2004), 30,000-33,000 pounds (2007) and 32,000-37,000 pounds (2010). Across all survey years, herds were fed a mixture of corn silage and alfalfa silage in total mixed rations (TMR). Most of the herds included some (two to four pounds per cow per day) high-quality dry alfalfa hay in their TMR, but usually only for early-lacta-tion cows. Herd level dry matter intakes (DMI) were 55-60 pounds per cow per day and feed conversions were 1.6-1.8 pounds fat-corrected milk per pounds of dry matter intake (DMI). Forage comprised 50-60 percent of TMR dry matter (DM) with up to 24 percent neutral detergent fiber (NDF) from forage in the TMR DM. Corn silage comprised 40-70 percent of the forage DM. The corn silage starch content (DM basis) ranged as follows: 25-32 percent (2004), 29-38 percent (2007) and 33- 36 percent (2010). The alfalfa silage

NDF content (DM basis) ranged as follows: 35-42 percent (2004), 37-38 percent (2007) and 34-47 percent (2010). It was calculated that the following percentages of dietary nutrients were pro-vided by forage: NDF (75 percent), phys-ically-effective NDF (peNDF; 85 percent), crude protein (CP) (45 percent), starch (40 percent), non-fiber carbohydrates (55 per-cent) and energy (50 percent). Corn silage

contributed more than alfalfa with regard to diet starch, while alfalfa contributed more than corn silage with regard to diet CP. Both contributions are important for reducing feed costs at this time as both corn grain and protein supplements are relatively expensive. The rest of the dietary peNDF was provided by whole cottonseed which was an ingredient in TMR of all survey herds. Most survey herds in 2004 and 2007, and all survey herds in 2010, were fed high-moisture corn (HMC). The HMC in 2007 and 2010 surveys averaged 30 percent moisture. The estimated milk from forage (corn silage, alfalfa silage, and alfalfa hay) was approximately 60 pounds per cow per day on a dietary energy basis after apportioning the cow’s energy needs to support maintenance and body weight gain to forage or concentrate, according to dietary forage to concentrate ratio. On a dietary protein basis, the estimated milk from forage was approximately 50 pounds per cow per day. On average, the estimated milk per ton of forage DM was approximately 3,000 pounds, or $600 of gross milk revenue per ton of forage DM consumed by cows in these survey herds at a $20 per cwt milk price. Although high milk production is often attributed to high concentrate feeding, clearly these top-producing Wis-consin dairy herds rely heavily upon forages not only for fiber, but also for protein, starch, and energy contributions which have become more important during this period of high concentrate prices. Furthermore, the amount of milk produced from forage in these top-producing herds contrib-utes significantly to their total production resulting in high milk revenue being generated per ton of forage DM, which underscores the importance of managing the forage pro-duction, harvest and storage process to achieve high forage quality. From the December 2011 issue of the Midwest Forage Association's Forage Focus publication.

Top producing dairy herds feed more forage than you may think

By ranDy shaver & BoB KaiserUniversity of Wisconsin

Detailed survey data can be found at: http://www.uwex.edu/ces/ dairynutrition/documents/2010wihigh-producingherdsppt.pdf.

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