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Just Thinking Out LoudPage 32
The Next Generation
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FIRST SECTION Pages 1, 5 Hartwig making hybrid dairy farm
workPage 12 Dairy LettersPage 13 Better cow management leads to
higher fertility ratePages 15 - 16 From Our Side of the FencePages
22 - 25 Dairy CalendarPage 26 Meeting on new farm equipment road
regulations Page 28 Update on dairy barn tube systemsPage 29 Is 150
RFV good enough today?Page 30 On the MarkPage 35 Northeast Iowa
Community College adopts 100 percent no-till, cover-crop
practicesPages 38 - 39 Best-yielding corn varieties tested in four
Wisconsin regionsSECOND SECTION Page 10 The Mielke Market
Weekly
Page 11 Dairy MarketsPage 12 Area Hay Auction resultsPage 13
Dairy in the SuburbsPage 18 Dorcey stresses importance of starting
calves rightPage 20 A different approach to treating diseasesPage
23 Mid-American Hay Auction resultsPages 26 - 27 A new whey to
boost healthPages 30 - 31 Dairy RecipesTHIRD SECTIONPages 4, 7
Wickstrom brothers milk 8,600 cows on three Calif. farmsPages 10 -
11 Dairy steers could be a good t on more farmsPage 18 September
mailbox prices higher again in all reporting areasPages 19 - 21
Some Udder StuffPages 22 - 26Classi eds
Contents
Melrose
Arlington
Mabel
Maquoketa
Lindstrom
Kuhns build new calf barn with automatic
feedersPages 3, 8
Second Section
Pronschinskes bring in goats as another source of milk income on
dairy
Pages 6 - 7Second Section
Dairying Across America:California
Pages 14 - 15Second Section
Engelmeyers eliminate stray voltage, keep stalls clean for a
85,000 SCCPages 18, 20
Whitten retires after 30 years as a veterinarianPages 2 -3Third
Section
Dairys Star Youth: Vanessa Ponterio
Page 16Third Section
Heiman family works together
to improve family farm
Page 10 - 11
Mlsna family builds new
facilities, boosts cow
numbersPage 1, 6 - 7
Kids Corner: The Lindahl Family Pages 14 - 15Third Section
Kvamme retires from Midwest Dairy Beef Quality Assurance, MN
BeefPages 8 - 9Third Section
High incidence of ketosis can be controlledPage 19Second
Section
Women in Jeans:Heather MoorePage 37
Alexandria
Rushford Cashton
Melrose
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Associated Milk Producers, Incorporated has named Donn DeVelder
and Sheryl Meshke as co-presidents and CEOs. The pair has been in
that role since former CEO Ed Welch unexpectedly retired in
December. AMPI Board Chairman Steve Schlangensays a team approach
makes sense for the dairy cooperative. This only works if you have
the right people and you cant have either one of them with an ego,
said Schlangen. These two complement each other in so many ways and
its not about either one of those two, its all about the co-op.
DeVelder and Meshke were executive senior vice presidents at AMPI
before being named acting co-presidents and CEOs. DeVelder has been
with AMPI for more than 30 years and has been responsible for uid
marketing and member services. Meshke has been with AMPI for 25
years and has served as the vice president of public affairs and
strategic planning.
Many dairy farmers take higher level of MPP coverage More than
half of the dairy farmers enrolled in the new Margin Protection
Program chose a higher level of coverage. In Wisconsin, 54 percent
of dairy farmers enrolled in MPP. From that total, 55 percent are
enrolled in a higher level than the basic coverage. For Minnesota,
69 percent of dairy farmers enrolled in MPP. From that total, 73
percent elected to buy a higher level of coverage. Sixty-nine
percent of California dairy farms are enrolled. From that group, 35
percent bought up their coverage. Peterson surprised House
Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Collin Peterson is somewhat
surprised more dairy farmers didnt buy a higher level of Margin
Protection Program coverage. Whenever you have a new program it
takes a while, but the other thing was they
had such good prices and there were projections that they would
have $17.50 milk in 2015 and I think some
people looked at it and saidtheyd do the $100 (basic) level and
I wont buy up; Ithink that was a mistake.Peterson said the dairy
market is very dependenton exports, making dairy farmers vulnerable
to acollapse in milk prices. Peterson, who advocatedfor the
programs inclusionin the 2014 Farm Bill, saidhe hopes that USDA
will continue their outreach andeducation efforts so moreproducers
can learn aboutthe program. USDA said
more than 23,000 operations have signed up for therisk
management program.Milk production rises In the 23 major dairy
states, milk productiontotaled 16.2 billion pounds. Thats up 3.2
percentfrom December 2013. Wisconsin milk productionincreased just
over three percent. In Minnesota, milkoutput was up 2.3 percent.
California milk production decreased less than one percent.
Selenium in milk may reduce tumor progression University of Guelph
researchers have discoveredthat dairy cows fed diets including
selenium produce milk that may help reduce the progression of
humanbreast cancer tumors. Selenium is an antioxidantand plays a
critical role in metabolism, reproductivehealth, DNA synthesis and
the bodys natural defensesystem. Ag has a part in cutting methane
emissions The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed plans to
cut methane emissions from theoil and gas industries by 40 to 45
percent in thenext ten years. Agriculture is not included in
thisannouncement, but remains part of the overall climate change
plan. Dan Utech, who is a special advisor tothe President, said
agriculture has a role in this issue. The Department of
Agriculture, along with the EPAand the Department of Energy in
partnership withthe dairy industry, released a biogas opportunities
roadmap highlighting voluntary actions and potentialnew submissions
through greater use of biodigesters.DBA elects new of cer team
Gordon Speirs, who operates a dairy farm atBrillion, Wis., is
the new president of the DairyBusiness Association. Speirs is a
Saskatchewan, Canada native who built a new dairy in Brillion in
2003. Mike North of Commodity Risk Management Group was elected
vice president. North is one ofthree corporate members of the DBA
board and the rst to serve as DBA vice president. Tom Crave of
Waterloo, Paul Fetzer of Elmwood, and Jennifer Keuning of Green Bay
were also elected to the board.DBA honors Brooks The Dairy Business
Association has honoredState Representative Ed Brooks with its
Legislative Excellence Award. Brooks, a Republican, is a four-time
representative from Reedsburg. DBMMC re-elects Pagel Kewaunee, Wis.
dairy farmer John Pagel has been re-elected as the president of the
Dairy Business Milk Marketing Cooperative. Pagel is a founding
AMPI names co-presidents, CEOs
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