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loader pushing hail pellets in the ditch-es from off the road before the county came to clear it,” Dean said. The next morning, the Kleins were able to assess their crop land and dis-covered the damage to their alfalfa fields. “It was not too good. A lot of it was cut right up,” Dean said about the 4-inch stubble that was left. Lois added, “It doesn’t even really look like hay fields.” About 50 of the 300 acres of alfalfa is 85 percent salvageable. The rest can-not be used. “I’m disappointed because we had some really nice hay fields. They got hit the worst. That’s the most depress-ing part,” Dean said. The Kleins said they would try to take as much off the fields as they could before molds or diseases set in. “Maybe we’ll wet bale it and feed it to heifers or beef cows this winter,” Dean said. The Marx family near Wabasha also saw the effects of the hail on their alfalfa fields. They lost all 124 acres of their first crop hay. “All we can do is cut it off and fer-tilize it,” said John Marx, who milks 60 cows with his wife, Carol, and brother, Gene.

Hail damages fields in Wabasha County

photo submittedEric Klein stands next to a pile of hail that built up on the bottom of a hill next to a fence at their 380-cow farm near Lake City, Minn. The Kleins received quarter-sized hail the evening of May 2.

Dairy farmers deal with alfalfa field lossesBy krista m. sheehan

Staff writer

photo submittedAbout 50 of the 300 acres of alfalfa the Kleins have can be harvested. The rest is too damaged to use. The alfalfa fields are left with 4-inch stubble, the Kleins said.

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BERTHA, Minn. – To say cous-ins Daniel and Thomas Harren are at the top of their class is no understate-ment. They are, literally. Daniel and Thomas, both 18-year-old dairy kids and seniors at Bertha-Hewitt High School in Bertha, Minn., have landed the top two spots in their graduating class – Daniel first and Thomas second. It’s an accomplish-ment neither sought but both are proud of. “It hasn’t been a goal, I just try to do the best I can,” Daniel said. This philosophy is shared by the cousins, not only in school but in ev-erything they do, from farm work to

extra-curricular activities. Daniel and Thomas grew up on dairy farms less than two miles apart near Eagle Bend, Minn. Daniel is the youngest of four kids. His parents, Dave and Kathy Harren, milk 180 cows. Thomas is the fourth child out of five boys. His parents, Greg and Nancy Harren, milk 60 cows. While they attended elementary school to-gether in Eagle Valley, Minn., Daniel switched to Bertha-Hewitt when they were in fifth grade. He was joined by Thomas in 11th grade. “At the end of last year people pointed out that we were at the top of

our class,” Daniel said. “Everyone has had fun watch-ing the cousin competition,” Thomas said, smiling. The joking, friendly competition has made each strive to do their very best, they said, and it’s been easy to compete as they are taking many of the same classes and are involved in activities together. But make no mis-take – their schedules are anything but light. Senior slack-off is a foreign concept to these two. “If you take harder classes in high school, you’ll be more prepared for college,” Thomas said.

That’s the goal of both students. Their current class schedules include physics, pre-calculus, band and choir. Daniel is also taking French II, anat-omy and physiology, college medical terminology and is a teacher’s assis-tant for the music teacher. His sched-ule reflects his goal of being a family physician. Thomas’s schedule reflects his interest in computers, as he is tak-ing advanced computer drafting as well as Spanish II, composition and economics. “I’ve always been good at and enjoyed math and science,” Thomas said. “I picked computer science [as

a potential college major] because computers have always been an inter-est to me.” With this class load it’s easy to think the Harren cousins would shy away from other activities, but that’s simply not so. Both are heavily in-volved in music, including several choir and band groups and the school musical. They extend their musical talents to their church as well, where Thomas sings and lectors, and Dan-iel serves as a pianist and vocalist. Thomas is also involved in speech

At the top of their classHarren cousins find balance between chores, school and extra-curricular activities

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mark klaphake/ dairy starThomas Harren and Daniel Harren, both 18-year-old seniors at Bertha-Hewitt High School, have swept the top spots in their graduating class, with Daniel ranking first and Thomas second. The cousins grew up on their parents’ dairy farms – less than two miles apart – near Eagle Bend, Minn.

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The loss will probably affect their feed supply, Marx said. “We’ll have to wait until this fall to see where we stand on feed. We might have to cut back on a few cows,” he said. Alfalfa wasn’t the only crop af-fected by the hail. In the corn fields, the Kleins and Marxes found kernels lying on the ground. “We'll have to watch it when the corn comes up and probably do some replanting,” Marx said. On the Kleins’ farm, the low spots had about five inches of soil that washed away from other fields. “I don’t think the corn will grow there,” Dean said. The soil erosion and field debris is a major concern from the storm, which hit an area with hills and valleys. Ditch-es have been carved in fields on the side hills and dirt and debris filled field bot-toms. “We got a lot of rain with the hail so the rain washed the hail downstream to the ditches. All the debris went with it,” Lois said. At the Kleins’ farmsite, the hail washed down the hill and piled along a fence, creating a seven-foot tall wall of hail mixed with debris. “It’s basically like a mini gla-cier because it’s hail pellets that have packed and melted together,” Lois said. Along with working with their crop insurance agent and doing as much as

they can in their damaged fields, the Kleins have also been recovering their bunkers and sealing holes in their silage bags. “The hail really did some damage to the bags,” Dean said. “If we’re not going to get this next crop of hay we have to preserve what

we do have,” Lois said. Both families have damage to the roofs of their houses, a few windows and all the flowers in their yards. “That’s the least of our worries, but it’s disappointing,” Lois said about the yard and flowers. “We still have a roof over our heads, and the barn and the cattle are ok.” Both families said they’re thankful the storm wasn’t worse. “You can’t do anything about Mother Nature,” Marx said.

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photo submittedThe heavy rain from the evening of May 2 washed the hail pellets and debris into ditches around the Lake City area. The Kleins said the hail storm lasted about 20 minutes.

“We got a lot of rain with the hail so the rain washed the hail downstream to the ditches. All the debris went with it.” – Lois kLein


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fourth month in a row in its World Ag-ricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report (WASDE). The report also stated that “High feed prices and weakening milk prices during 2012 are expected to pressure producer returns, leading to de-clines in 2013 cow numbers. However, improvements in returns during 2013 will moderate the rate of decline,” USDA said, but cautioned, “Milk per cow is ex-pected to continue to grow supporting increased milk production.” The 2012 production estimate, at 201.9 billion pounds, was up 800 million pounds from last month’s estimate and “reflects a slower decline in cow num-bers and slightly faster growth in milk per cow,” said USDA. The 2012 estimate is 202.6 billion. 2011 output totaled 196.2 billion, up from 192.8 billion in 2010. Commercial exports were forecast to increase as the global economy improves and milk production increases. Imports will be slightly lower as domestic sup-plies increase. With improving demand and only modest increases in production, 2013 cheese, butter, and nonfat dry milk (NDM) prices were forecast higher but whey is expected to average near 2012 levels. Class III and Class IV prices for 2013 were thus forecast higher. In the mean time, cheese, butter and NDM prices were reduced from last month on weaker-than-expected de-mand but whey demand has been stron-ger than expected and the price forecast was raised. Class price forecasts were reduced. The benchmark Class III milk price was projected to average $15.80-$16.30 per hundredweight (cwt.), according to USDA, down from the $16.10-$16.60 projected a month ago, and compares to $18.37 in 2011 and $14.41 in 2010. The 2013 range was put at $16.20-$17.20. The 2013 Class IV price was pro-jected at $14.50-$15.10, down from $15.35-$15.95 expected last month, and compares to $19.04 in 2011 and $15.09 in 2010. The 2013 average was projected at $15.40-$16.50 per cwt. FC Stone’s May 10 eDairy Insider Opening Bell adds that the WASDE showed 2011-12 corn ending stocks were raised by an unexpected 50 million bush-els to 851 million bushels, well above the average estimate of 758 million. Corn ending stocks for the 2012-13 crop year also came in higher than expected at 1.881 billion bushels, compared with an average estimate of 1.704 billion bush-els. Soybean stocks were lower than an-ticipated with old-crop ending stocks at 210 million bushels, compared with an average estimate of 221 million. New-crop bean stocks of 145 million bushels were lower than the expected 170 mil-lion. The Mamas and the Papas sang, “The darkest hour is just before dawn,” in Dedicated to the One I Love. FC Stone dairy economist Dave Kurzawski re-ported in Tuesday’s DairyLine that, “We might have seen the low for cheese this

year.” He said buying interest is out there and believes the low might have been hit “as long as we can maintain the $1.45 to $1.55 price through May,” but he ad-mitted it’s a “big request this early on as the butter and powder markets remain weak.” “There is still room to go to the downside for cheese and Class III,” he said. “I’m not saying that is not going to happen,” but warned that dairy produc-ers may have to make some drastic farm level decisions sooner rather than later as the profit margin on the farm is akin to the second quarter of 2009. “There are good times to put hedges on and not so good times. Right now we are in that no so good time to be putting a hedge on,” he said. Even with $14-$15 prices out there, “The market has just taken a severe decline over the past three to four weeks and markets don’t typically go straight down.” He advised listeners, “If you are looking to put some hedges in place, monitor the grain and feed costs, which also could show some weakness mov-ing forward.” “The market is making it real easy for you,” he said. “As a pro-ducer it’s real difficult to put any hedges of any worth on at this point and time.” He advised dairy producers to sit back and be concerned with other aspects of the business rather than hedging. Hope-fully a Class III rally in May will change the tune and producers can start to look at places to mitigate some risk. For more details, call Kurzawski at 1-800-231-3089. Looking “back to the futures:” af-ter factoring in the announced Class III milk prices and the remaining futures, the average Class III milk price for the first six months of 2012 stood at $15.65 on March 2 and $15.83 on April 6. The last half of 2012 was averaging $16.20 on March 2, $16.52 on April 5, $16.26 on April 13, $15.95 on April 20, $15.61 on April 27 and $15.08 on May 4. Speaking of milk prices, California’s June Class I milk price for the north was announced this week at $16.81 per cwt. The southern price is $17.08. Both are down for the sixth month in a row, down 13 cents from May and $4.60 below June 2011. The northern price average now stands at $17.83, down from $19.42 at this time a year ago and $16.09 in 2010. The southern average is now $18.10, down from $19.69 a year ago and $16.36 in 2010. The June Federal order Class I base is announced by USDA on May 23. Meanwhile, cash cheese prices got into closer balance the week of May 9. The lagging AMS-surveyed block average gained 1.4 cents, hitting $1.5169, while the barrels averaged $1.4835, down 0.7 cent. Cheese plants are being offered sur-plus milk as butter/powder plants are operating at near capacity, according to USDA’s Dairy Market News. Cheese manufacturers are cautious about build-ing excess inventories as overall produc-tion is up. Cheese demand is less than hoped for as retailers are not featuring cheese as heavily as a few weeks ago. Export demand is being assisted through the CWT program. Cash butter continued to lose ground from a year ago when the price crashed

14 1/2-cents, to $1.95, however rebounded 23 cents the following two weeks and stayed above $2 till early September. The latest AMS-surveyed butter averaged $1.4133, down 1.4 cents. Churning schedules across the country remain

very active as cream supplies are readily available. As has been the case for past weeks, churning continues to outpace demand, thus inventories are building. Overall butter demand is fair. Buyers are hesitant and cautious with their orders as the cash price declines. Retail butter feature activity has slowed following the recent holiday but butter continues to be advertised in print ads. AMS-surveyed nonfat averaged $1.2169, down 0.1 cent, and dry whey averaged 56.97 cents, up 0.1 cent. Fluid milk supplies across the United States remain heavy. The southernmost milk producing states are moving past peak yearly production. Heat and humid-ity is increasing and slowing production. The northern states are still approaching peak production with pastures greening and planting on the minds of many dairy farmers. Western states are dealing with excess supplies in many cases and milk is being moved to find production facilities. Class I demand is mostly flat as the end of the school year approaches. Inter-est from ice cream manufacturers is in-creasing and helping to clear some cream volumes from butter churns. Commercial disappearance of dairy products for December 2011 to February 2012 totaled 48 billion pounds, down 6.1 percent from a year earlier. Butter was down 22.2 percent; American cheese, down 3.5 percent; other cheese, down 5.3 percent; Nonfat dry milk was up 17.7 percent, and fluid milk products were off 3.1 percent. Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) accepted 10 requests for export assistance this week to sell a total of 749,572 pounds of cheese and 518,086 pounds of butter to customers in North Africa, Asia and the Middle East. The product will be delivered through July 2012 and raised CWT’s 2012 cheese exports to 47.6 million pounds and 41.3 million of butter to 26 countries. On a butterfat basis, the milk equivalent of these exports is 1.340 billion pounds, or the annual milk production of 63,800 cows, according to CWT. By the way, the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) reports that global dairy prices are off 20-30 percent from their spring 2011 peaks as swelling milk production worldwide has turned supply deficits into surpluses. As a re-

sult, rising inventories are expected to keep downward pressure on international dairy markets in the second half of 2012 according to presenters at USDEC’s spring Board of Directors and Member-ship Meeting May 2 in Chicago. Current soft conditions are “a pain-ful re-affirmation that market cycles will continue, even as demand, over time, outstrips supply,” said USDEC presi-dent Tom Suber. “In fact, it’s this period of temporary retrenchment that many of our work programs are intended to ad-dress.” USDEC marketing, technical and research activities are supported by U.S. dairy producers through their checkoff program. Suber urged U.S. suppliers to protect volume and market share gains accrued in 2010-11. “We can’t take the hit and balance the world market through our own inventories every time supply and demand run into an imbalance,” he said. Speakers emphasized that although chal-lenges to U.S. global dairy growth re-main, ongoing USDEC trade policy and market access efforts continue to bear fruit. In another important front, Dairy Profit Weekly (DPW) reports that corn and soybean planting is running well ahead of last year and the five-year aver-age, according to USDA’s weekly Crop Progress report. About 71 percent of U.S. intended corn acreage in 18 major states was plant-ed as of May 6, compared to 32 percent on the same date last year and 47 percent for the five-year average. More than 90 percent of the corn acreage in Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, and Tennessee is already planted this year. About 32 percent of the planted corn had emerged by May 6, compared to six percent a year ago and the five-year aver-age of 13 percent. The 18 surveyed states represent about 92 percent of U.S. corn acreage. About 24 percent of U.S. intended soybean acreage in 18 major states (rep-resenting 95 percent of the U.S. total) was planted as of May 6, compared to six percent on the same date last year and 11percent for the five-year average. More than 50 percent of the soybean acreage in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi is already planted this year, according to DPW.

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May 7-Corn Progress Way Ahead of Schedule

USDA estimates that 71% of the national crop is planted, compared to 32% on the same date a year ago and a five-year average of 47%. The corn corp is 32% emerged, compared to 6% last year and 13% on average. There is no reliable cor-relation between early corn crops and above-average yields. However, late-planted crops often pollinate during the hottest days of the summer, leading to below-trend yields. While early crops may not be any larger than those that are planted on time, farmers are rushing to get the crop in and to avoid the dangers of a late crop. The wheat crop is also devel-oping quickly. It is 63% headed, compared to 39% last year and 34% on average. If Plains farmers are able to harvest wheat early, they will have

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Butter Futures (Cash Settle)MonthMayJulyAug

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an opportunity to plant soybeans on their winter wheat land, which will allow the United States to poten-tially replace crop losses in South America.

May 8-FAO Projects Greater Production &

Trade in 2012The United Nations Food and Agri-culture Organization (FAO) fore-casts 2012 global milk production growth at 2.7% vs. 2011 according to its recently released semi-annual outlook for milk and milk products. The report also projects world dairy product trade for 2012 at 52.7 mil-lion tons milk equivalent. That is up 4.0%, or 4.4 billion lbs., over 2011. While the forecast does imply lower prices at the farm level, much of that price decline has already been felt

in the U.S. as the All-Milk price has declined nearly 13.8% in April 2012 versus 2011.

May 9-Dairy Product Prices Mixed

The USDA released the latest National Dairy Product Sales Report (NDPSR) prices this afternoon. Price changes were small but mixed for dairy product sales for the week ending May 5. As expected, the Cheddar block price increased $1.39 to $1.5169/lb. A bit more of a surprise was the 0.11¢ gain in the dry whey price to 56.97¢ vs. the prior week, which pushed dry whey futures higher. Butter posted the largest weekly price decline of 1.35¢ to $1.4133/lb. followed by Cheddar barrels with a 0.71¢ decrease and NDM was 0.60¢ lower at $1.2169/lb.

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Felton Beef Strs. 1108 $118.75 Dent Beef Strs. 1363 $117.75 Brandon Beef Strs. 1297 $117.00 Carlos Beef Strs. 1303 $116.25 Sauk Centre Beef Hfrs. 1300 $116.25 Staples Beef Strs. 1475 $116.00 Osakis Beef Strs. 1370 $115.25 Carlos Beef Strs. 1495 $114.50 Osakis Beef Strs. 1511 $114.50 Browerville Beef Hfrs. 1210 $113.75 Osakis Beef Hfrs. 1378 $112.75 Parkers Prairie Beef Hfrs. 1273 $111.25

HOL. FATSBrandon Hol. Strs. 1505 $110.00 Perham Hol. Strs. 1636 $109.75 Osakis Hol. Strs. 1604 $107.25 Brandon Hol. Strs. 1644 $106.50 Brandon Hol. Strs. 1395 $105.75 Alexandria Hol. Strs. 1551 $104.50

Ogema Hol. Strs. 1505 $104.25 Brandon Hol. Strs. 1550 $103.00 FF Hol. Strs. 1415 $102.50 Paynesville Hol. Strs. 1605 $101.00

HOLSTEIN FEEDERSRothsay Hol. Strs. 288 $156.25 Dalton Hol. Strs. 583 $147.50 Evansville Hol. Strs. 473 $145.00 Pelican Rapids Hol. Strs. 487 $140.00 FF Hol. Strs. 471 $137.50 Rothsay Hol. Strs. 398 $137.50 Abercrombie Hol. Strs. 597 $132.50 Watkins Hol. Strs. 576 $132.50 FF Hol. Strs. 606 $132.50 Rothsay Hol. Strs. 502 $132.50 Farwell Hol. Strs. 530 $132.50 Wyndmere ND Hol. Strs. 539 $132.50 Watkins Hol. Strs. 661 $115.00 Wyndmere ND Hol. Strs. 704 $111.00 Watkins Hol. Strs. 804 $105.25

Abercrombie Hol. Strs. 713 $105.00 Vergas Hol. Strs. 702 $102.00 Watkins Hol. Strs. 843 $101.00 Osakis Hol. Strs. 873 $100.00

BEEF FEEDERSFF Beef Strs. 475 $188.00 Hawley Beef Bulls 485 $183.00 FF Beef Strs. 578 $172.00 Menahga Beef Hfrs. 455 $170.00 Menahga Beef Strs. 613 $166.00 Freeport Beef Strs. 614 $164.00 FF Beef Hfrs. 375 $163.00 Freeport Beef Hfrs. 510 $161.00 Clitherall Beef Hfrs. 485 $161.00 Menahga Beef Hfrs. 546 $157.00 Menahga Beef Strs. 694 $156.00 Carlos Beef Strs. 753 $150.00 Hawley Beef Strs. 595 $150.00 FF Beef Hfrs. 568 $148.00 Freeport Beef Strs. 728 $147.75

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BULLSFF Beef Bulls 1858 $110.00 Carlos Beef Bull 1785 $107.50 Rothsay Beef Bulls 2305 $99.00 Rothsay Hol. Bull 1535 $97.00

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Large SquaresPremium $190/tonGood $140-155/tonFair $92.50-135/tonStraw $30/baleMixed $190/ton

RoundsGood $120-135/tonFair $100-110/tonUtility $55-90/ton

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May 9, 90 loadsSmall Squares

1st crop $115/ton 1 load2nd crop $100-145/ton 2 loads3rd crop $135-145/ton 2 loads4th crop $150-155/ton 2 loads

Large Squares1st crop $90-100/ton 5 loads2nd crop $85-135/ton 8 loads3rd crop $130-160/ton 6 loads

Rounds1st crop $50-120/ton 21 loads2nd crop $70-105/ton 16 loads3rd crop $75-145/ton 13 loads4th crop $90-125/ton 4 loadsNew seeding $45-70/ton 4 loadsGrass $45-85/ton 3 loadsCorn stalks $15-30/ton 2 loads

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May 10, 47 loadsSmall Squares

3rd crop $170/tonGrass $210/tonMixed $180/ton

Large Squares1st crop $135-1402nd crop $190/ton3rd crop $155-185/tonGrass $120/tonMixed $130/tonBean straw $15/bale

Large Rounds1st crop $150/ton2nd crop $130-170/ton3rd crop $190/tonGrass $72.50-205/tonMixed $70/ton

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BALE FEEDERSSkirted $265.00 $239.00Unskirted $243.00 $221.00Goat hay feeder $150.00 $115.00

WIREHi Tensile Wire, 170,000 PSI 4000’ $124.95 $109.9514 ga. wire $105.25 $89.75

5x8 Utility Trailer $917.62 $860.007x12 Utility Trailer $1,791.43 $1,710.00165 bu. creep feeder (red) $3,550.68 $3,420.0010000# red calf creeper $875.00 $820.008’ blue gate $79.80 $69.9010’ blue gate $89.64 $77.9012’ blue gate $99.50 $86.80Walk thru gate, 4’ $109.95 $100.00Walk thru gate, 6’ $119.95 $110.00

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MAY 8TH SALE539 HEAD SOLD

Belgrade 1,225 1 118.00Belgrade 1,223 2 118.00Fort Ripley 1,330 2 115.00Grey Eagle 1,255 1 115.00Rice 1,350 7 115.00Swanville 1,355 3 115.00Swanville 1,374 4 115.00Fort Ripley 1,397 3 114.00Little Falls 1,285 1 114.00Rice 1,230 1 114.00Belgrade 1,380 1 113.00St. Joseph 1,675 1 113.00Holdingford 1,215 1 112.00Little Falls 1,150 1 112.00Paynesville 1,420 1 112.00Richmond 1,198 2 112.00St. Stephen 1,260 1 112.00SLAUGHTER COWS Sauk Centre 1,440 1 96.00Little Falls 1,365 1 94.00Richmond 1,685 1 94.00Richmond 1,205 1 94.00St Cloud 1,315 1 94.00Howard Lake 1,380 1 93.00Long Prairie 1,525 1 93.00Sauk Rapids 1,270 1 93.00St Joseph 1,195 1 93.00Melrose 1,295 1 92.50Richmond 1,395 1 92.50St Joseph 1,450 1 92.50Avon 1,755 1 92.00Howard Lake 1,870 2 92.00Osakis 1,445 1 92.00Sauk Centre 1,245 1 92.00Howard Lake 1,700 1 91.50Osakis 1,175 1 91.50South Haven 1,610 1 91.50St Joseph 1,650 1 91.50Clearwater 1,340 1 91.00Freeport 1,580 1 91.00Sauk Centre 1,460 1 90.50Brooten 1,395 1 90.00Hinckley 1,335 1 90.00Sauk Rapids 1,345 1 90.00Sauk Rapids 2,035 1 89.50Avon 1,600 1 89.00Avon 1,110 1 89.00Belgrade 1,600 2 89.00Brooten 1,380 1 89.00

HOLSTEIN FINISHED STEERS Freeport 1,565 4 112.00Grey Eagle 1,568 3 111.25Sauk Centre 1,577 6 111.00Albany 1,533 3 110.50Rice 1,290 2 110.50St. Joseph 1,526 14 110.30Belgrade 1,395 5 110.00Foley 1,557 8 110.00Foley 1,546 8 109.75Richmond 1,376 7 109.75Albany 1,491 7 109.50Belgrade 1,520 1 109.50Darwin 1,608 4 109.50Farwell 1,493 20 109.50Princeton 1,370 1 109.50Sebeka 1,520 1 109.50Belle Plaine 1,439 8 109.00

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Brooten 1,513 6 109.00Kimball 1,478 4 109.00Paynesville 1,556 6 109.00Richmond 1,536 5 109.00Fort Ripley 1,610 4 108.75Sauk Centre 1,482 6 108.75Atwater 1,560 1 108.50Belgrade 1,578 4 108.50Clearwater 1,545 7 108.50Cold Spring 1,522 3 108.50Fort Ripley 1,420 1 108.50Sauk Rapids 1,463 3 108.50Watkins 1,388 4 108.50Kimball 1,481 8 108.25Richmond 1,410 10 108.25

MAY 9TH FEEDER SALE

1183 HEAD SOLDCOLORED FEEDER

HEIFERSAlbany 460 1 171.00Elk River 550 1 165.00St Joseph 360 1 163.00Melrose 603 2 160.00Monticello 585 1 156.00Kerkoven 600 4 145.00Hawick 445 2 143.00St Joseph 310 1 142.00Albany 685 1 139.00Elk River 713 2 136.00Lafayette 645 1 133.00Freeport 350 1 132.50Elk River 760 3 130.00Melrose 655 1 130.00Long Prairie 595 1 129.00Albany 750 1 128.00Long Prairie 685 1 128.00Randall 841 4 127.50Albany 725 1 127.00Rice 563 2 125.00Sauk Centre 713 2 120.00Long Prairie 670 1 119.00Inver Grove 558 6 117.00Randall 915 2 115.00COLORED FEEDER

STEERSKerkoven 440 1 192.00Elk River 510 1 184.00Albany 520 1 182.00Cambridge 560 4 178.00Foley 525 1 178.00Hawick 525 1 175.00Albany 543 2 156.00Kerkoven 625 1 150.00Paynesville 500 1 150.00Albany 838 4 148.00Melrose 275 1 148.00Milaca 767 3 148.00Randall 730 1 143.00Sauk Centre 740 2 143.00

Albany 673 4 141.00Sauk Centre 735 1 136.00Melrose 450 1 135.00Lafayette 955 1 132.00Lafayette 980 1 132.00Long Prairie 295 1 132.00Lafayette 835 2 131.00HOLSTEIN FEEDER

STEERSAlbany 339 9 150.00Albany 426 5 147.00Barnesville 308 8 146.00Cold Spring 423 3 146.00Sauk Centre 311 21 145.00Sauk Centre 316 22 145.00Milaca 302 8 143.00Cold Spring 425 11 139.00Veblen 483 20 139.00Osakis 387 5 136.00Albany 414 8 134.00Avon 322 3 134.00Veblen 499 20 134.00Pierz 318 3 133.00Barnesville 393 6 132.00Veblen 493 27 132.00Avon 507 7 131.00Melrose 366 27 131.00Clarissa 485 7 130.00Inver Grove 287 10 130.00Long Prairie 388 6 130.00Melrose 358 6 130.00Inver Grove 448 19 129.00Long Prairie 473 6 129.00Paynesville 431 27 128.50Browerville 470 2 128.00Little Falls 390 1 128.00New London 433 8 128.00Paynesville 517 26 127.50

MAY 10TH SALE468 HEAD SOLDBABY CALVES

Albany 145 1 300.00Albany 150 2 285.00Sunburg, 166 4 280.00Freeport 123 3 275.00Freeport 105 1 260.00Paynesville 140 1 260.00Albany 88 2 250.00Freeport 103 2 250.00Freeport 100 2 250.00Freeport 110 1 250.00Melrose 100 1 250.00Freeport 110 1 240.00Grey EAgle 118 5 240.00Little Falls 107 3 240.00Sartell 123 3 240.00Sauk Centre 101 5 240.00Albany 90 1 235.00Alexandria 100 2 235.00Clearwater 120 1 235.00Foley 100 1 235.00

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Limited Partnerships: The three types of limited partnerships are – limited part-nership (LP), limited liability limited part-nership (LLLP) and limited liability com-pany (LLC). LPs and LLLPs involve two or more people whereas an LLC involves

one or more people. In an LP, general partners are liable for assets and limited partners are not. In a LLP, liability protec-tion is vamped up, extending to the lim-ited partners. LLCs are similar to corpo-rations in that they have members, a manager and a board of director. While

they are flexible and (in Minnesota) offer more protection than other limited part-nerships, great liability protection can be gained by registering in a “protective state” such as South Dakota and Wyoming. Other protective states include Alaska, Arizona, Delaware, Nevada, New Jersey, Texas and Virginia. Corporations: A corporation is a dis-tinct entity, separate from the individual (or individuals) involved. There are two types of corporations: S corporations and C corporations. In either type, while operat-ing assets can go into the corporation, land should never be included. When compared to the other types of strategies, corporations offer continuation and longevity, as well as liability protection, on a level that the oth-ers do not. “[A corporation] is like a living and breathing entity. People enter and exit and it keeps on going,” Hachfeld said.

Financial considerations Entering farmers can encounter huge financial burdens, but what about retiring farmers? Retiring farmers need to consider their financial situation as much or more than the entering farmer. As a rule of thumb, retirees will need 80 percent of their current income to main-tain their lifestyle after retirement, said Hachfeld. Prior to retiring, one needs to determine how much money they will need in retirement, what their expenses will be and what their sources of income will be. Traditional sources of retirement income include land and equipment rent or sales, crops and livestock, pension plans, IRA’s, investments and Social Security. “Social Security started in 1935 with a life expectancy of 61, so if you are 55 or younger, I don’t think you can plan on So-cial Security as an income source because it is financially flawed,” Hachfeld said. Hachfeld recommended that everyone fill out a balance sheet, listing assets, lia-bilities, deferred tax liability and net worth. This balance sheet can be a valuable tool in the farm transfer and estate planning pro-cess. For the entering farmer, it is impor-tant to determine if the desire to transfer into the farm is realistic, not only from a management standpoint but financially. To determine the financial feasibility, a FIN-LRB Analysis – a long-range budgeting tool – can be helpful. It looks at the base plan as well as up to 20 different scenarios to help determine which situation would be the most realistic for both the entering and exiting farmers. “Do it,” Hachfeld said of FINLRB Analysis. “Find out what works for you because you don’t want to be in negative

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Treatment of heirs: Fair is not always equal When it comes to treatment of farming and non-farming heirs, fair may not mean equal, Hachfeld said. “I think this is the most difficult part of [goal setting],” he said. Hachfeld suggested including a pur-chase agreement or buy-out provisions in a transition plan to protect the farming heir. When determining the best way to treat all heirs fairly, Hachfeld said to consider that non-farm heirs have usually already left the farm to pursue off-the-farm goals and may have already received a portion of their inheritance through college tuition or a down payment on a house, etc. Also, farm heirs typically help create the final estate of the parents and often tend to their parents’ needs later in life. Using the parents’ life insurance poli-cy as inheritance for non-farm heirs (farm heirs inherit farm assets) can be an effective strategy. “Whatever you do, do it in writing,” Hachfeld said. “… [Non-farm heirs] may still be upset but they will probably take it better than if they are surprised upon death.”

Financial assistance for entering farmers There is financial assistance available to help entering farmers hedge the financial burden of transferring into a farm. Minne-sota Rural Finance Authority (RFA) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) each have programs available specifically for beginning farmers. Local lenders, Hachfeld said, are also generally good resources.

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861 Medium Squares 11.9 19.68 82.57 2 6.45 $110.00 849 Medium Squares 19.11 21.62 105.15 2 7.02 $85.00 869 Medium Squares 15.71 25.74 140.6 2 23.1 $185.00 850 Medium Squares 14.93 20.12 106.77 2 9.83 $95.00 843 Medium Squares 15.07 20.17 97.07 2 21.89 $145.00 874 Medium Squares 14.74 14.5 102.69 2 9.17 $105.00 875 Medium Squares 14.78 13.15 95.26 2 26.57 $80.00 834 Medium Squares 11.97 22.41 163.12 2 25.56 $240.00 793 Medium Squares 15.01 21.85 116.45 2 22.44 $120.00 791 Medium Squares 13.89 19.18 151.24 2&3 22.55 $200.00 828 Medium Squares 14.09 23.78 119.53 3 21.71 $150.00 832 Medium Squares 11.25 19.76 151.85 3 23.76 $240.00 833 Medium Squares 12.37 20.7 168.62 3 23.91 $250.00 835 Medium Squares 13.85 24.47 135.17 3 9.57 $125.00 840 Medium Squares 12.69 25.12 231.95 3 22.16 $220.00 862 Medium Squares 15.56 23.71 149.57 3 26.99 $150.00 865 Medium Squares 9.33 23.56 128.79 3 25.79 $190.00 810 Medium Squares 16.33 19.63 110.19 3 8.93 $125.00 830 Medium Squares 13.86 21.25 182.07 4 20.51 $250.00 842 Medium Squares 11.07 20.65 166.95 4 26.09 $225.00 817 Medium Squares 15.48 26.37 166.62 4 23.58 $140.00 826 16.23 23.88 139.96 1&4 21.28 $125.00 796 Large Rounds STRAW 34 $18.00 794 Medium Squares STRAW 78 $16.00 800 Medium Squares STRAW 78 $22.50 811 Medium Squares STRAW 32 $22.50 816 Medium Squares STRAW 78 $25.00 846 Medium Squares STRAW 72 $35.00 847 Medium Squares STRAW 72 $29.00 790 Medium Squares STRAW 68 $25.00 818 Medium Squares STRAW 54 $17.50 820 Medium Squares STRAW 56 $25.00 821 Medium Squares STRAW 68 $19.00 825 Medium Squares STRAW 54 $15.00 838 Medium Squares CHOPPED SOY BEAN STRAW 79 $15.00 845 Large Rounds CORN STALKS 38 $10.00

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Meech receives award as Minnesota FFA Star in Production Placement

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vaccination protocols are, dry cow care and calf care. She also trims hooves; however, milking is her favor-ite task. “I know all the cows and I can tell who they are just by their udders,” Meech said. On her family’s farm, Meech has been exposed to a number of different dairy technologies – an auto-matic calf feeder, a pasteurizer and soon she will also be familiar with robotic milkers. One of the biggest lessons Meech has learned working on the farm has been teamwork. “You have to work together as a family. There are so many jobs to do and they all have to get done,” Meech said. When Meech started filling out her state degree, she realized she wanted to try for the star award. “I wasn’t dead set on being a star, but as I filled out my paper work, I got more and more into it,” Meech said. To receive the award, Meech had to keep records of her cattle, what they’re worth, how much she paid for feed and what has become of each animal. She had a lot of encouragement from her advisor, Jake Oyster, who also helped her fill out the application for the award. “I asked my advisor what he would do if I won it. He told me he would take me out to lunch. I said I would make him proud and I did it. He took me to Applebee’s after the convention,” Meech said. In addition to being involved on her family’s dairy, Meech has been a leader in her chapter, cur-rently serving as the vice president. She is also a member of the Dairy Foods team, which took first at the convention and will be competing at the national contest. Meech plans to slowly grow her own herd with the goal to start A.I. breeding them. She and her brother recently took an A.I. class to learn how to breed cows. “Growing up we always bred with bulls, but I want to start using A.I. on my cows. Once we get good at it we can start adding sexed semen so we get more heifer calves,” Meech said. This fall, Meech plans to attend Ridgewater Col-lege, majoring in dairy management with the intent to return to her family’s farm.

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jerry nelson/ dairy starThe Neels family began making goat milk soap four years ago. They are, from left, Karisa, 14, Monica, Ron, and Tricia, 20. Their herd of goats consists of eight Toggenburg nannies.

jerry nelson/ dairy starTricia Neels performs the evening milking on one of her nannies. The Neels family owns eight Toggenburg nannies, but only one of them has kidded this spring. The Neels have a Surge belly bucket and vacuum pump setup for when there are more goats to milk.

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SHERMAN, S.D. – Soap has been around for thousands of years. Once a handcrafted, homemade item, soap is now largely an industrial product. The Neels family is resurrecting the art of crafting soap in small batches, in a farm kitchen. This burgeoning soap-making enterprise began with the pur-chase of a single goat. “I got my first goat in 2005,” said Tricia Neels. “I was walking around at the county fair when I saw some baby goats. I asked Dad if I could buy one and he said ok, but I would have to take really good care of it. And if I did a good job, we could breed her so that she could have her own babies.” Tricia chose a Toggenburg, a dairy breed and the oldest registered goat breed in the world. Tricia, 20, and her sister, Karisa, 14, live with their parents, Ron and Monica, on a farm acreage located a few miles north of Sherman, S.D. Ron owns and operates a trucking business and Moni-ca works for a cardboard manufacturer. True to her word, Tricia took ex-

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jerry nelson/ dairy starTricia and Karisa Neels display the soap mold that was created from an old knickknack rack, along with a homemade jig for cutting their soap into bars. The Neels family has been making and selling goat milk soap for the past four years.

learn much about dairying, but I did make some contacts that were useful.” A problem arose when the milk pro-duction from Tricia’s goats exceeded the needs of their kids. “I didn’t want to throw the milk away after going through all that work to get it,” said Tricia. “So I began to freeze it until we could figure some-thing out.” Their refrigerator’s freezer soon filled with goat milk. Two additional chest freezers were obtained and also filled with bags of frozen goat milk. “I couldn’t buy groceries because there was goat milk everywhere,” Mon-ica said. An epiphany came to the Neels family a few years ago when Ron was at home recovering from back surgery. “We had to do something with the milk and I suggested to Tricia that she could use it to make soap,” said Ron. “I didn’t know the first thing about making soap,” said Tricia, who is cur-rently pursuing a LPN degree at South-east Tech in Sioux Falls, S.D. “I did some research and was intrigued. So I ordered some soap-making supplies and we began to experiment.” Their first efforts at soap-making yielded mixed results. “We went through a lot of trial and error,” said Tricia. “One recipe we tried was supposed to smell like honey, but it came out smelling like bacon. Then we thought our soap was too soft, so we began to add more palm oil. Then it wouldn’t lather very well, so we added glycerin.” Besides goat’s milk, the Neelses’ soap contains various kinds of vegeta-ble fat, along with oatmeal. “We use essential oils instead of fra-grances in our soap,” said Tricia. “Fra-grances contain alcohol, which dries the skin.” After they had perfected their reci-pes, there was the matter of forming the soap into bars. “We tried pouring the soap into an enamel cookie sheet, but it took the enamel right off,” said Tricia. “We fi-nally took an old knickknack rack that Mom wasn’t using and nailed 1- by 4-inch dividers in it to make trays. Then we lined it with nonstick plastic sheet-ing.” Once the soap has cured into a sol-id, it’s cut into bars with a homemade jig built from used lumber. The theme of reusing old items can be seen throughout the Neelses’ op-eration. An ancient hog house has been converted into a goat stable and milking facility. Steel bathroom doors and parti-tions were saved from the dumpster and

used as walls for goat pens. Cups sal-vaged from an worn-out grain leg were repurposed as grain troughs. “We got a used vacuum pump and a Surge belly bucket to milk our goats last year,” said Tricia. “That really cut down on our milking time.” Once the Neelses had perfected their selection of soaps, they launched a marketing effort. Tricia moved this pro-cess along by using her goats and soap as an FFA project when she was a high school senior. “I created brochures as part of my FFA project,” Tricia said. “I was very shy, so giving my presentation was dif-ficult for me. But it helped me learn how to speak to the public.” For the past four years, the Neelses have been selling their soap at local craft fairs and flea markets. They have received numerous positive comments about their product. “Goat milk soap is great for your skin,” said Tricia. “We have a customer who had eczema on his face for many years. He began using our soap and the eczema cleared up. It’s wonderful to know that we’ve made a positive differ-ence in someone’s life.” After their soap has been cut into bars, Tricia and Karisa shave off the corners. “It makes the bars so that they’ll fit in your hand better,” said Karisa. The soap shavings are then put into small cloth bags that can be used as air fresheners. “I always have one on the air vent in my truck and people can’t believe how nice it smells in there,” Ron said. Tricia and Karisa have won numer-ous 4-H awards for their goats and their soap. “Karisa took some soap to the Rock County Fair,” Monica said. “But we found out that there wasn’t a category for soap. So Karisa carved a flower into a bar of soap and entered it as an art project and got first place!” “Last year, the girls’ goats earned a trip to the Minnesota State Fair,” said Ron. “That was quite an experience for our family. We didn’t realize there were so many breeds of goats.” Tricia and Karisa’s goals include earning enough money to support a Web site where they can promote their soap. “I’ve learned a lot from this expe-rience,” said Tricia. “I’ve learned pa-tience and the value of hard work. But above all, I’ve learned how important my family is to me.” You can view the Neelses’ Facebook page at: www.facebook.com/pages/Neels-Goats-N-Soaps/187108422374.


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Scott Average: $Value: # Cows: 2,719 116 Milk: Fat: Prot: 20,155 782 622

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BEUCH, FRANCIS JORDAN 110 73 HO 21,355 798 651 2,812CASEY ACRES INC PRIOR LAKE 99 98 HO 27,862 1,025 847 3,660DAN CHLAN ELKO 108 78 HO 22,055 824 678 2,918ENTINGER, BRIAN & DON BELLE PLAINE 99 63 HO 23,995 878 735 3,173H&J POPPLER ROY MARSCHALL WAVERLY 106 3X 194 HO 31,596 1,151 923 4,059KEN AND LINDA GLISCZINSKI NEW PRAGUE 105 212 HO 20,335 789 623 2,720KLEHR, MARK BELLE PLAINE 103 56 HO 21,649 757 616 2,725KOEPP, WAYNE BELLE PLAINE 103 139 HO 26,310 988 814 3,539LAMBRECHT, RICHARD BELLE PLAINE 104 96 HO 25,945 933 767 3,348LENZMEIER, LEO SHAKOPEE 103 66 XX 21,864 862 671 2,955MARSCHALL, RICK SHAKOPEE 101 157 HO 23,026 871 696 3,067METOGGA LAKES DAIRY LLC NEW PRAGUE 98 379 HO 23,664 910 734 3,216OLOUGHLIN, STEVE & JOHN SHAKOPEE 101 3X 354 HO 24,072 918 753 3,244PAUL AND TIM KRUEGER JORDAN 100 188 HO 26,578 1,008 810 3,558SCHOENBAUER DAIRY NEW PRAGUE 104 150 HO 22,440 872 706 3,047SCHOENBAUER, CARL JORDAN 106 78 HO 21,155 860 646 2,878STOCKER, RICK JORDAN 101 79 XX 24,510 980 770 3,394WAGNER, RANDY AND LUANN WEBSTER 101 160 HO 25,181 967 779 3,385

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SD Malcom Dirksen Average: $Value: # Cows: 2,593 101 Milk: Fat: Prot: 19,584 729 611

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HOLSCHER, LOREN TWIN BROOKS 100 111 HO 20,456 780 623 2,691MUELLER, BILL BIG STONE CITY 98 61 HO 21,332 800 678 2,879WIETING, LOREN MILBANK 107 3X 61 HO 23,436 815 733 2,991


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BODE DAIRY + FEEDLOT GIBBON 105 479 HO 26,764 970 825 3,513

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GROOTERS DAIRY VERDI 100 59 HO 20,335 817 633 2,800GUNNINK, TOM & MARY LAKE BENTON 102 76 HO 22,419 802 701 2,967JOHNSON, BRAD RUSSELL 104 75 HO 22,539 782 686 2,880KALLEMEYN DAIRY LAKE BENTON 102 112 HO 25,956 974 821 3,502MAPLE GROVE FARMS TYLER 101 121 HO 20,928 775 668 2,788PETERS, ROGER TYLER 104 271 HO 25,258 954 782 3,382RYBINSKI DAIRY FARM HENDRICKS 101 3X 93 HO 22,392 829 721 3,026TDB FARMS COTTONWOOD 99 177 HO 22,179 760 667 2,787


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Ron GruberFreeport, MN

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Stearns Average: $ Value # Cows 2,705 114 Milk Fat Protein 20,890 797 645

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AINALI, MARK FREEPORT 99 71 XX 21,894 836 688 2,947AUSTING, DALE FREEPORT 104 112 HO 25,662 999 825 3,535BECHTOLD BRO.’S FARM #2 FREEPORT 110 71 XX 23,841 890 724 3,162BECHTOLD BROS ST JOSEPH 99 74 XX 23,652 895 715 3,154BEUTZ, RAY & JEAN ALBANY 102 106 HO 26,089 957 807 3,431BILLY EURELE OSAKIS 104 68 HO 23,404 838 721 3,072BINIEK, JERRY & SUE AVON 101 103 HO 22,874 924 745 3,202BLENKER, JEFF ALBANY 100 41 HO 22,114 792 691 2,924BLONIGEN, WILFRED&JUDY FREEPORT 102 70 HO 20,769 802 612 2,732BLUE LAKE DAIRY SAUK CENTRE 103 72 HO 21,010 796 650 2,821BRINKMAN, MARC GREY EAGLE 103 40 HO 23,039 846 712 3,019BRUCE AND DEB WALDVOGEL OSAKIS 101 117 HO 25,825 919 764 3,305BRUCE+ROSE ASFELD OSAKIS 101 98 HO 21,647 795 702 2,877BURG, GERALD & LISA FREEPORT 101 41 HO 26,763 926 770 3,364CHAD & KARI FIEDLER ALBANY 101 68 HO 23,333 878 737 3,156CHUCK KLAPHAKEJARRETTBORG SAUK CENTRE 102 99 HO 24,631 873 742 3,194DALE AHRENS GREY EAGLE 106 83 HO 23,748 793 696 2,935DAVID WALTER SAUK CENTRE 101 52 HO 23,916 891 734 3,158DOBIS FARMS LLC AVON 102 96 HO 20,428 785 635 2,743DOLL, RICHARD&DEBRA ALBANY 102 74 HO 20,858 835 648 2,829DONALD MAUS OSAKIS 106 47 HO 24,483 968 746 3,306DUNN, LEVI AND DARLA OSAKIS 102 78 HO 21,705 792 632 2,802ENGELMEYER, JOE MELROSE 102 100 HO 22,167 828 663 2,918ERTL FARMS AVON 103 68 HO 21,894 935 699 3,088FAWNLAND FARM INC ROCKVILLE 106 161 HO 22,837 819 680 2,951FELLING, EARL & DARLENE ALBANY 100 79 HO 26,115 995 799 3,510FISCHER, BRUCE KIMBALL 108 196 HO 24,863 903 740 3,211FRERICKS, GLEN & SADIE MELROSE 95 69 XX 21,128 730 634 2,700FRITZ + SHARON DIDIER OSAKIS 104 3X 65 HO 28,232 1,022 851 3,664GATHJE, SCOTT RICHMOND 98 76 HO 24,581 890 736 3,197GERADS, TIM ALBANY 99 54 XX 20,076 756 636 2,694GLEN CHRISTEN SAUK CENTRE 102 45 HO 25,266 896 781 3,314GOEBELS DAIRY FARM ALBANY 108 57 HO 26,159 1,087 795 3,592GOEBELS DAIRY TRIO ALBANY 103 45 HO 25,651 1,052 781 3,501GREGORY DAIRY LLC BELGRADE 102 92 HO 24,878 934 755 3,317GROETSCH BROS. DAIRY SAUK CENTRE 106 102 HO 23,367 874 706 3,096HEIEIE, TODD BROOTEN 102 3X 125 HO 26,388 986 792 3,465HELLMANN, STEVE & LORRIE HOLDINGFORD 101 45 HO 21,054 870 640 2,906HEMMESCH DAIRY INC. MELROSE 105 115 HO 23,457 922 728 3,214HEMMESCH, ROGER PAYNESVILLE 101 53 HO 20,615 755 624 2,702HERDERING, STEVE & PAM FREEPORT 102 112 HO 22,741 870 721 3,083HERKENHOFF, BERNIE FREEPORT 104 161 HO 24,863 926 756 3,279HIESERICH FARM BELGRADE 104 85 HO 25,398 973 766 3,410HOLTHAUS, JEREMY RICHMOND 103 69 HO 21,786 844 665 2,900HUNSTIGER HILLCREST FARM ST CLOUD 103 94 HO 22,826 947 725 3,222IMAGINARY DAIRY BROOTEN 101 77 JE 17,419 811 632 2,719JEFF + KAREN DETERS OSAKIS 101 536 HO 21,972 779 674 2,855JENNISSEN, GERARD AND LINDA BROOTEN 100 174 HO 22,405 886 726 3,092JEROME SALZER ST JOSEPH 103 114 HO 20,050 816 630 2,755JOKELAND FARMS HOLDINGFORD 102 39 HO 24,093 896 749 3,162KLAVERKAMP, DEAN ST CLOUD 101 66 HO 23,529 901 725 3,139KNISLEY, RYAN PAYNESVILLE 104 60 HO 23,818 914 740 3,238KOLB DAIRY PAYNESVILLE 102 360 HO 25,249 896 791 3,290KOLTES DAIRY LLC ST. CLOUD 104 96 HO 23,989 853 738 3,118KONZ, ALLY KIMBALL 108 40 HO 21,426 800 655 2,845KUECHLE DAIRY WATKINS 102 214 HO 23,326 821 680 2,972KUEFLER, LEON + JOAN BELGRADE 103 67 HO 21,670 810 667 2,892KULZER, MIKE + JULIE MELROSE 102 93 HO 21,272 811 663 2,830LIESER, GARY BELGRADE 99 51 HO 22,436 856 678 3,004LINN DAIRY FARM RICHMOND 106 118 HO 28,969 1,105 888 3,837LUX-URY HOLSTEINS INC. EDEN VALLEY 101 124 HO 23,094 856 696 3,042LYLE, TOM PAYNESVILLE 102 61 HO 22,760 865 708 3,069LYON DAIRY INC. VILLARD 99 72 HO 23,794 905 751 3,216MALECHA DAIRY INC. VILLARD 98 3X 968 XX 23,985 837 744 3,111MARTHALER, DAVID SAUK CENTRE 100 55 HO 21,338 879 678 2,961MARTIN, KELVIN BROOTEN 101 73 HO 25,287 895 774 3,296MAUS, DARREL&LISA FREEPORT 103 63 HO 24,313 926 740 3,258MAUS, JAMES OSAKIS 100 102 HO 24,061 901 739 3,211MCANDREWS DAIRY SAUK CENTRE 101 3X 291 HO 24,432 843 751 3,135MEADOW BROOK DAIRY SARTELL 102 96 XX 23,092 885 720 3,092MERDAN DAIRY AVON 105 86 HO 21,756 880 707 3,080MEYER, DAN&LINDA BELGRADE 99 97 HO 24,884 969 791 3,403MEYER, MARK + LISA BROOTEN 99 93 HO 20,356 784 635 2,736MEYER, NICK AND TARA SAUK CENTRE 102 208 HO 24,103 860 737 3,140MIDDENDORF, BOB SAUK CENTRE 102 85 HO 23,865 889 752 3,187MIDDENDORF, DALE SAUK CENTRE 99 85 HO 23,629 841 722 3,075MIDDENDORF, DONNIE LONG PRAIRIE 103 64 HO 21,860 815 668 2,882MIDDENDORF, JOEL SAUK CENTRE 104 124 HO 20,889 774 627 2,703MIDDENDORF, PATRICK GREY EAGLE 104 78 HO 22,324 811 701 2,935MILL CREEK DAIRY KIMBALL 101 391 HO 25,302 911 801 3,347MILLER, CLETUS & LINDA ALBANY 100 28 HO 21,328 795 638 2,801MOLITOR, RON WATKINS 104 135 HO 24,165 881 735 3,163MOLL, STEVE&JACKIE FREEPORT 102 76 HO 24,454 929 776 3,314MUELLNER, DENNIS SAUK CENTRE 102 79 HO 20,455 817 632 2,793NATHE, JERON MELROSE 100 324 HO 23,261 886 719 3,146NELSON, DWAIN & BARB RICE 100 48 HO 23,403 884 740 3,169

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NIEHAUS DAIRY OSAKIS 101 125 XX 20,110 770 624 2,714NORBERT JOHNSON OSAKIS 102 84 HO 20,929 784 637 2,749PANEK DAIRY GREY EAGLE 101 67 HO 22,968 857 734 3,110PATRICK, FRANK & IONE RICE 103 59 HO 24,581 909 737 3,240PELKA, DOUG ALBANY 103 53 HO 23,627 875 746 3,170PETERMEIER, JEFF MELROSE 100 25 XX 22,340 829 707 3,022PRAMANN, NICK CLEARWATER 103 59 HO 20,790 815 633 2,804RADEMACHER, JOHN&MARY MELROSE 103 3X 256 HO 29,598 1,045 904 3,839RADEMACHER, MARVIN BELGRADE 104 62 HO 20,057 806 616 2,763REIT-WAY INC. SAUK CENTRE 99 111 HO 24,096 941 741 3,261ROHE DAIRY LLC. FREEPORT 100 293 HO 26,389 917 796 3,381RON KLAPHAKE SAUK CENTER 103 46 HO 21,300 796 643 2,823ROSEWOOD DAIRY VILLARD 103 3X 428 HO 28,318 992 870 3,654ROSINGER DAIRY AVON 103 83 HO 23,797 909 754 3,239SALZL BLUE POWER FARM INC ALBANY 99 91 HO 22,375 862 697 2,990SCHAEFER, JEFF RENEE MELROSE 100 122 HO 19,852 814 626 2,769SCHEFERS BROTHERS PAYNESVILLE 99 79 HO 27,591 1,052 830 3,695SCHERER FAMILY FARM INC FREEPORT 100 316 HO 23,888 874 718 3,123SCHERPING FARM FREEPORT 99 99 HO 23,981 897 706 3,136SCHILLER, MIKE & KAREN FREEPORT 105 48 HO 24,130 850 744 3,126SCHLANGEN, DAN &JOLENE EDEN VALLEY 101 66 XX 20,505 762 621 2,728SCHROEDER, DALE & LINDA RICHMOND 104 70 HO 23,429 907 737 3,175SCHROEDER, JAMES RICHMOND 104 53 HO 21,958 800 655 2,841SCHUMER, JIM & MARILYN ST STEPHEN 103 51 HO 22,096 1,000 690 3,197SCHWING-D FARM CORP ALBANY 97 299 HO 21,743 841 689 2,933SKAJ, PETER & GAIL ST JOSEPH 107 72 HO 23,673 900 708 3,127SLIVNIK, ROBERT & RANDY RICE 104 48 HO 22,841 971 722 3,239SMITH, JEREMIAH ALBANY 101 42 HO 22,977 854 720 3,083STOCK, STEVE ST JOSEPH 103 34 HO 19,572 782 617 2,714STOMMES, REUBEN& JANICE RICHMOND 103 63 HO 22,662 845 671 2,984TIM MARION RUEGEMER VILLARD 100 69 HO 27,016 998 842 3,608TOM AND JOYCE SEDGEMAN SAUK CENTRE 101 212 HO 22,421 808 705 2,931TRAUT, JOHN & CARL SARTELL 100 104 HO 24,396 925 726 3,232VOGT DAIRY SAUK CENTRE 102 215 HO 25,064 888 766 3,270WALZ, GREG & SANDY RICHMOND 102 41 HO 20,282 785 618 2,726WARGA, BRUCE & CHERYL HOLDINGFORD 99 43 HO 22,304 848 697 2,991WASNER DAIRY RICE 102 25 HO 23,976 938 744 3,280WEIR, RICK & SHARI VILLARD 103 93 HO 23,135 842 682 2,994WELLER, JAMES & JACULIN BROOTEN 102 3X 57 HO 26,432 981 817 3,496WIENER, AARON&AMANDA SAUK CENTRE 102 92 HO 22,613 799 664 2,894WILWERDING DAIRY INC. FREEPORT 102 3X 1,578 HO 28,240 958 899 3,653YOUNG DAIRY INC HOLDINGFORD 103 80 HO 22,597 804 681 2,880ZIMMERMAN, CARLTON BROOTEN 99 64 HO 21,545 819 650 2,847ZIMMERMAN, JOHN BELGRADE 101 150 HO 25,232 901 749 3,248ZIMMERMAN, PAUL & MARY BROOTEN 101 71 HO 21,906 808 664 2,873

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Over the past several months, this article series has looked at ways that dairy farmers can improve energy ef-ficiency on their farms, with options for lighting, milk systems, refrigeration and good maintenance. In this final ar-

ticle, I’ll try to of-fer some answers to what might be a burning question: How do you af-ford to make these upgrades? Fortu-nately, there are a number of options that dairy farmers can consider.

Utility rebates You may recall from the first article of the series that the all of the electric utilities in Minnesota are required to have energy efficiency programs. These rebate programs are one of the best fund-ing options for dairy farmers and nearly every utility in the state offers rebates on a range of dairy equipment including lighting improvements, high efficiency electric motors, fans, plate coolers, heat exchangers, refrigeration systems, vari-able speed drives for vacuum and/or milk pumps, and even building insula-tion improvements. Some utilities do a better job of publicizing their rebates than others, so you’ll need to get in touch with the mem-ber services representative at your utility for a full idea of what they offer. Contact your utility before making any equip-ment purchases in order to ensure that your upgrade qualifies for their program. Rebates are generally provided based on calculating the total energy saved by an improvement. As you can imagine, this calculation is often determined case by case on the energy use of a given farm. The amount of the rebate will vary by equipment and program type but can range from $4 per CFL bulb to $1,500 for a plate cooler. As an example of the funding available, last year Stearns Elec-tric Association budgeted about half a million dollars for rebates and incentives

to residential, business and agricultural members for energy efficiency improve-ments.

USDA REAP Administered through the USDA’s Rural Development offices, the Rural Energy for American Program (REAP) offers strong support to farms and rural businesses with grants as well as loans. According to its website, the REAP Grants Program “provides funds to ag-ricultural producers and rural small busi-nesses to purchase and install renewable energy systems and make energy effi-ciency improvements.” Up to 25 percent of the total eligible project costs can be covered by the grants, which are limited to $250,000 for energy efficiency im-provements. Requests as low as $1,500 are considered. In 2011, Minnesota pro-ducers obtained $292,000 in grants for both energy efficiency and renewable energy projects. The REAP Guaranteed Loan pro-gram, meanwhile, helps encourage com-mercial financing of energy efficiency projects, along with renewable energy projects, by having individuals in need of financing work with their local lend-ers, who in turn apply to USDA Rural Development for a loan guarantee. The program guarantees up to 85 percent of the loan amount on loans up to $25 mil-lion but can go as low as the minimum of $5,000. Unfortunately the deadline for grant funding this year passed on March 30, but the deadline for loan funding is June 29, 2012. To apply for either of the REAP programs, contact Ron Omann at 651-602-7796 or a local Rural Develop-ment staff member, if your local USDA office has one. You can also learn more at http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/MN-RBS-REAP.html

Natural Resource Conservation Ser-vice: EQIP and AgEMP NRCS has several programs in its Environmental Quality Incentives Pro-gram (EQIP) that dairy farmers may find useful. Through the EQIP program, the

Funding for energy efficiency upgrades

NRCS offers the Agricultural Energy Management Plan (Ag EMP), which is meant to help agricultural producers transition to more energy efficient opera-tions and help fund on-farm energy au-dits. Two types of audits are offered – a Headquarters Energy Audit and a Land-scape Energy Audit. For the most part, dairy farmers will want the first option, which would help them create a Head-quarters Ag EMP. This Ag EMP will give an overview of your farm’s energy use, while also listing recommended efficien-cy improvements. After establishing an Ag EMP, farmers will eventually be eli-gible to have the recommended improve-ments cost shared through an additional EQIP conservation activity. For more information talk to your

local USDA-NRCS EQIP officer. This conservation activity is fairly new to Minnesota, so you’ll likely have to be direct with your local officer concern-ing your interest in this opportunity. Like other EQIP practices you need to register with the local office and then you’ll be given a period of time to complete the activity. While the first two application deadlines for this year have passed, there is one more opportunity to apply by June 1, 2012. Applications submitted after-ward will still be evaluated and consid-ered for later funding opportunities.

Minnesota Department of Agriculture MDA created the Sustainable Ag-riculture Loan Program to promote in-novative management practices that enhance farms’ profitability and benefit the rural environment. The program of-fers up to $40,000 per family (or up to $160,000 for a joint project) at a 3 per-cent interest rate up to seven years for capital purchases that enhance a farm’s environmental and economic viability. Applications are accepted and reviewed throughout the year. You can find the application and program information at http://www.mda.state.mn.us/grants/loans/esaploan.aspx For more informa-tion contact Wayne Monsen with the Minnesota Department of Ag at [email protected] or call 651-201-6260. For more information on funding programs and other energy efficiency ideas for your dairy, please visit our brand new Dairy Energy Efficiency Ini-tiative page at www.dairyefficiency.org or give us a call at 651-789-3330. The Minnesota Project champions programs for the sustainable produc-tion and equitable distribution of energy and food in communities across Minne-sota. In response to economic difficulties faced by Minnesota’s dairy farms, The Minnesota Project was awarded funding from the Otto Bremer Foundation to pro-vide dairymen and electric cooperatives with the resources they need to make dairy operations more sustainable, cost effective and profitable.

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BRED HEIFERSSwanville 1 Hol 1145 1,650.00 Middle River 1 Hol 1220 1,575.00 Sebeka 1 Hol 1315 1,500.00

BULL CALVESOttertail 2 Hol 170 290.00Frazee 2 Hol 135 240.00Carlos 1 Hol 130 240.00Ottertail 1 Hol 130 230.00Menahga 1 Hol 130 220.00Menahga 1 Hol 95 210.00Ottertail 1 Hol 110 210.00Frazee 3 Hol 111 200.00Browerville 1 Hol 115 200.00Menahga 1 Hol 90 195.00Menahga 1 Hol 115 190.00Ottertail 3 Hol 93 185.00Menahga 1 Hol 120 180.00Perham 1 Hol 110 180.00Perham 1 Blk 65 180.00Frazee 2 Hol 105 180.00Bluff ton 1 Hol 90 180.00Bluff ton 1 Hol 100 180.00Sebeka 1 Hol 105 175.00 Sebeka 1 Hol 100 170.00 Browerville 1 Hol 100 170.00 Pelican Rapids 2 Hol 90 170.00 Perham 2 Hol 95 170.00Frazee 1 Hol 100 165.00 Frazee 1 Hol 110 165.00 Frazee 2 Hol 87 160.00 Ottertail 2 Hol 100 160.00Browerville 1 Hol 90 155.00Sebeka 1 Hol 100 155.00 Menahga 2 Hol 85 155.00 Wadena 1 Hol 75 150.00 Sebeka 1 Hol 95 150.00 Sebeka 1 Hol 90 150.00

Pelican Rapids 1 Sws 1070 975.00Pelican Rapids 1 HoJo 985 925.00Pelican Rapids 1 HoJo 905 890.00Pelican Rapids 1 Hol 890 870.00Pelican Rapids 1 HoJo 830 835.00Pelican Rapids 1 SwsX 865 810.00Pelican Rapids 1 Shrt 880 780.00Pelican Rapids 1 RW 895 770.00Pelican Rapids 1 SwsX 835 770.00

DAIRY COWSWest Fargo 1 Hol 1455 1,375.00Sebeka 2 Hol 1152 1,325.00Hewitt 1 Hol 1245 1,200.00Perham 1 Hol 1350 1,200.00Fergus Falls 1 Hol 1240 1,170.00Melrose 1 Hol 1155 1,150.00 West Fargo 1 Hol 1095 1,150.00 Bluff ton 1 Hol 1170 1,025.00 Frazee 1 Hol 1130 1,000.00 Hewitt 1 Hol 1140 1,000.00

SLAUGHTER COWSElbow Lake 1 Blk 1270 96.50Hawley 1 Blk 1470 93.00 Frazee 1 Blk 1105 92.50 Bagley 1 Herf 1325 92.00 Ulen 1 Hol 1260 91.00 Fergus Falls 1 Hol 1230 90.00 Hawley 1 Red 1395 89.50 Wadena 1 Hol 1485 89.50 Fergus Falls 1 Hol 1515 89.00

STEERSGlyndon 6 Red 343 218.00Glyndon 15 Blk 403 214.00Sebeka 1 Red 330 206.00New York Mills 2 Blk 352 198.00 Eagle Bend 3 Blk 451 196.50 Sebeka 21 Red 488 196.00 Clarissa 4 Blk 466 192.50 Glyndon 3 Red 498 190.00 Lake Park 1 BWF 460 189.00 Battle Lake 1 Blk 420 187.00 Eagle Bend 2 Blk 327 185.00 Clarissa 4 Blk 545 183.00 Eagle Bend 4 Blk 557 173.75 New York Mills 2 Blk 497 173.00 Sebeka 3 Red 606 169.00Clitherall 1 BWF 590 165.00 Lake Park 2 Blk 565 165.00Eagle Bend 5 Blk 619 161.00Clinton 5 Blk 653 160.00Lake Park 1 RWF 625 159.00Park Rapids 4 Blk 651 157.00Eagle Bend 6 Blk 728 155.25Elbow Lake 7 Red 651 154.50New York Mills 1 Grey 660 150.00 Battle Lake 1 Red 625 146.00Twin Valley 4 Blk 736 144.50Perham 7 Blk 762 144.00Clarissa 3 Blk 770 139.75Park Rapids 4 Red 750 139.25Clinton 3 Grey 785 137.00Clarissa 1 BWF 695 133.00 Eagle Bend 6 Blk 776 131.50

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SLAUGHTER BULLSElbow Lake 1 Red 2025 109.50New York Mills 1 Blk 1945 103.25Frazee 1 Hol 1725 100.00Wadena 1 Blk 1445 99.50Swanville 1 Hol 1420 93.75Elbow Lake 1 Hol 1380 93.50

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Swanville 1 Hol 1260 1,485.00 Sebeka 1 Hol 1260 1,480.00Swanville 1 Hol 1290 1,460.00 Swanville 1 Hol 1215 1,450.00 Swanville 1 Hol 1185 1,450.00 Swanville 1 Hol 1220 1,425.00 Perham 1 Hol 1530 1,425.00 Melrose 1 Hol 1215 1,425.00 Swanville 1 Hol 1180 1,410.00 Swanville 1 Hol 1145 1,400.00 Perham 1 Hol 1385 1,400.00 Hawley 1 Hol 1315 1,380.00 Swanville 1 Hol 1050 1,350.00 Melrose 1 Hol 1115 1,325.00 Hawley 1 Hol 1315 1,325.00 Swanville 1 Hol 1115 1,310.00 Hawley 1 Hol 1425 1,285.00 West Fargo 1 Hol 1080 1,285.00Sebeka 1 Hol 1270 1,250.00 Melrose 1 Hol 1015 1,230.00 Hawley 1 Hol 1330 1,225.00 Rothsay 1 Jer 765 1,200.00 Hawley 1 Hol 1220 1,185.00 Sebeka 1 Hol 1110 1,180.00 Melrose 1 Hol 1080 1,175.00 Melrose 1 Hol 1040 1,150.00 Melrose 1 Hol 995 1,125.00 Sebeka 1 Hol 1295 1,110.00 Pelican Rapids 1 Swed 1095 1,040.00 Pelican Rapids 1 Hol 930 985.00

HOLSTEIN STEERSClarissa 2 Hol 382 141.00Detroit Lakes 8 Hol 311 133.00Clarissa 6 Hol 287 132.50Hewitt 9 Hol 375 127.50Clarissa 1 Hol 390 124.00Eagle Bend 3 Hol 310 124.00Park Rapids 7 Hol 527 121.00Wadena 2 Hol 497 120.50Wadena 2 Hol 515 119.50Wadena 4 Hol 613 119.00New York Mills 6 Hol 595 119.00Clitherall 3 Hol 510 118.50Hewitt 3 Hol 666 115.00 New York Mills 11 Hol 682 113.00Wadena 2 Hol 630 113.00 New York Mills 3 Hol 408 111.00 Hewitt 4 Hol 716 110.00 Park Rapids 3 Hol 721 110.00 Clinton 52 Hol 1088 110.00 Clinton 53 Hol 1111 110.00 Rothsay 5 Hol 747 109.00 Wadena 3 Hol 693 108.00 Hewitt 3 Hol 873 106.00Clinton 29 Hol 931 106.00 Rothsay 3 Hol 893 102.50 arkers Prairie 6 Hol 970 99.00 Henning 1 Hol 930 98.50 Henning 4 Hol 1240 97.00 Wadena 2 Hol 927 96.50 Sebeka 1 Hol 1015 94.00 Parkers Prairie 1 Hol 1095 92.00

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TUESDAY

Plenty of sunshine

77/8148/52

WEDNESDAY

Bright sunshine and warm

77/8155/59

THURSDAY

Partly sunny and very warm

78/8256/60

FRIDAY

Partly sunny

77/8156/60

SATURDAY

Times of clouds and sun

67/7339/45

SUNDAY

Partly sunny

69/7542/48

MONDAY

Partly sunny and nice

74/8046/52

TUESDAY

Very warm with a full day of

sunshine

78/8449/55

WEDNESDAY

Very warm with sunshine

76/8249/55

THURSDAY

Mostly sunny and remaining

warm

77/8352/58

FRIDAY

Mostly cloudy

75/8152/58

SATURDAY

Times of clouds and sun

66/7042/46

SUNDAY

Partly sunny and pleasant

68/7243/47

MONDAY

Partly sunny and pleasant

73/7748/52

TUESDAY

Bright and sunny

75/7951/55

WEDNESDAY

Sun and some clouds

72/7654/58

THURSDAY

Bright and sunny

76/8053/57

FRIDAY

More clouds than sunshine

73/7753/57 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2012

The � rst half of the period will be dominated by a ridge of high pressure that will slowly build in from the west and bring dry conditions along with plenty of sunshine through at least Thursday of next week. As the ridge builds, temperatures will start slightly below normal on Saturday, but warm to above-normal values by the middle of next week. A cold front will bring showers and thunderstorms by Friday of next week and help to cool things off. Looking ahead toward next weekend and the following week, temperatures are expected to be above normal with near-normal precipitation amounts. Looking farther ahead over the next 30 days, temperatures are expected to be slightly above normal. Precipitation amounts are expected to be close to normal.

May 12 - May 18

May 12 - May 18


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