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One of the greatest pleasures of country livingis the incomparable aroma of freshly-cut hay.Harvest of the rst cutting is currently underway.
Discussion makes farming work for Von Wahldes
Melrose Jerome VonWahlde and son, Mike, have hadtheir fair share of round balediscussions during their years ofa father-son partnership at VonWahlde Dairy.
Its those discussions thatmake family farming work ona farm Jerome and Elvera, hiswife of almost 55 years, rsthomesteaded in 1960, and Mikeand wife, Rachel, moved ontoafter they married in 2005.
I never left, said a smiling,31-year-old Mike the afternoonof Tuesday, June 4, when askedhow long hes lived on this farm
northwest of Melrose; his par-ents, wife and oldest daughter,Madisyn, 5, sitting around thekitchen table with him. Mike and
Father-sonpartnership keeps
next generationon the farm
Madisyn Von Wahlde enjoys playing with Freckles, oneof the ve farm cats. One recently had baby kittens.
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By CAROL MOORMANStaff writer
By LIZ VOSStaff writer
Bringing them backKoronis Manor Tractor Show plows open felds o
memories and emotion or residents
Paynesville On an overcast and
breezy June morning, a ood of mem-ories brought tears of mixed emotionfor residents at Koronis Manor inPaynesville.
The bittersweet feelings bubbledto the surface at the rst annual Ko-ronis Manor Tractor Show, organizedby Eddie Gottwald of Paynesville.
Many retired farmers are nowresidents at the nursing home. Farm-ers who plowed elds, tended theirlivestock and raised families alongthe countryside in Paynesville, Broo-
Rachel are also raising 3-year-old Greta and 8-month-old Lukeon the farm, their children doingsome of the same things Mikedid growing up. In fact, Madisynsearches on the cell phone fora photo of her driving her pink4-wheeler.
The other day I took her tosee the new baby kittens, saidMike, asking Madisyn to name
the ve adult cats on the farmand she does, Mittens, Freck-les, Midnight, Snickers andFlames. Jerome and Elveras era
Jerome, son of Henry andColette Von Wahlde, grew up ontheir farm with siblings, Deloresand Bob, less than a mile fromVon Wahlde Dairy.
Jerome married ElveraBeuning in 1958. Raised on afarm between St. Francis andSt. Rosa, Elvera had farmingin her blood. Jerome worked atFranklin in St. Cloud and for ashort time they owned a caf in
Freeport before purchasing their160-acre farm in 1960.
Jerome smiles when talk-ing about how they heeded the
advice of his parents when pur-chasing this farm, at the timeowned by Paul Mathias. Hisparents suggested they buy afarm that had an alley in the barnwide enough that they coulddrive a tractor through to makemanaging the manure easier.
There were three buildingson the farm site at the time: abarn, granary and house.
We had two bedrooms foreight kids, said Elvera, withMike adding, Now we havethree kids and three or four bed-rooms.
Jerome and Elvers eightchildren and spouses includeDave (Cathy) of Sauk Cen-tre, Judy (Jim) Pundsack of St.Rosa, Gail (Ken) Hommerdingof Little Birch Lake, John (San-dy) of Birch Lake, Mary Beth(Kenny) Scherping of Freeport,Dan (Brenda) of Avon, Gary(Tammi) of Melrose, and Mike(Rachel) on the farm. They have24 grandchildren and 11 great-
grandchildren.
ten, St. Martin and beyond, now livea very different life off the farm.
Before they came to KoronisManor, they built their legacy with
blood, sweat and tears.Years after passing their farmsalong to family or to strangers, farm-ing still runs deep through their veinsand thoughts of years gone by areclear and cherished.
But the years have brought onnew challenges. As a volunteer dur-ing social hour at Koronis Manor,Eddie Gottwald started hearing ofresidents being challenged by their
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Living the good life at Bakers' AcresLisa Baker leaves corporate America behind and reconnects with nature on her 15-acre sustainable farm
Avon - After spend-
ing so many of her adultdays in an ofce in the bigcity, Lisa Baker noticedsomething was missingin her life. Somewherealong the way she had be-comedisconnected.
A product of StearnsCounty where she wasa member of 4-H clubsand FFA, Baker was liv-ing the big city dream asa marketing consultant,yet she longed for thedays of old. The land sheonce loved was calling
her name, and eventuallyit called her back home.We live lives sur-
rounded by manmadethings from buildings,to systems to societies easily disconnected fromanything natural, shesaid from her 15-acresustainable farm locatedin Avon near St. Anna.
Baker gave up her bigcity life and purchased 15acres of farmland nearwhere she grew up andcame to know the rurallife, where dairy and cropfarm families blanketedthe area in her grandpar-ents generation.
I had vague ideasof returning to my child-hood stomping grounds,she said. But it didntbecome a destination forme until I started lookingfor land around the metroarea, looking for the pur-pose I was really earningan income for.
She realized if shewanted to have her ownsustainable farm, she
would need to be closeto her parents, who sharecarpentry and agriculture
Lisa Baker, owner of Bakers Acres, stands in Field 1 at her produce farm outside of Avon.PHOTOS BY LIZ VOS
skills that would come inhandy if her vision wouldbe a reality. And thenwhen her mother under-went a bout of health is-sues that led her to a dietof mostly organic prod-ucts, the decision becameeven easier.
Lisa Baker headedback to Bakers Acres.The 15 acres she boughtis 10 miles from whereshe grew up, a eld onwhich she has made grad-ual improvements since2010.
Bakers Acres hasbeen a family slogan forgenerations. Where shegrew up near Colleg-
eville, there was a signthat read Bakers Acresat the front of their drive-
way. When her parentsmoved from their seven-acre lot to their currenthalf-acre ve miles away,the sign went with them.
I thought theyhad discarded it, butfor Christmas in 2011 Iopened up a big heavygift from under the tree,she said. It was thesign!
The sign now sits atthe end of the drivewayleading to her farm. Andher farm operation hascreated a path down tothe metro area where sheprovides 25 customersand several restaurantswith vegetables, fruit and
herbs.Baker practices
Community Supported
Agriculture (CSA),which is a distributionmodel for buying directlyfrom your farmer thatpays the farmer up frontin the spring when opera-tional costs are high. Inreturn, members receivea box of farm-fresh pro-duce each week or everyother week throughoutthe growing season de-livered to a pick-up loca-tion near their home. TheCSA model is thought tohave originated in Japanin the 1960s and 70s andis now used for a varietyof things such as meat,art and even shared ve-hicles.
Bakers productsshipped to members inSartell, St. Cloud and
the Twin Cities include:rhubarb, radishes, straw-berries and arugula in theearly season; broccoli,beans, cabbages mid-sea-son; then peppers, toma-toes, basil, cilantro andeggplant later on. Even-tually potatoes, onions,squash and pumpkinscome in the nal boxesof the season. Succes-sion plantings also allowBaker to provide lettuce,kale, spinach and othercold-hardy crops in Sep-tember and October.
This year we aregrowing specialty Asiangreens such as Tatsoi,Tokyo Bekana and Red
Komatsuna to give ourcustomers some fun vari-ety to try, she said.
Baker said eatingorganic foods can helppeople feel better and livelonger.
Choosing organicfood is an opportunityto eliminate pesticidesand herbicides from yourdiet. Organic growers areregulated, from the typeof seeds we purchase untreated and non-GMO to the kinds and timings
of fertilizer applications.The food grown is as nat-ural as possible.
But Baker doesntpoint ngers at peoplewho dont eat healthy.She is more concernedwith the social repercus-sions of where consum-ers choose to spend theirfood dollars.
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After leaving her corporate job, Lisa Baker shifted allher energy to manage Bakers Acres. She, her parents,extended family members, interns and volunteers helpsupport the farm work.
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from corporations we areencouraging an industri-alized food system ratherthan a sustainable one,she said. We are sendingmoney out of our commu-nities to a bank accountin a different state whichwill probably never comeback to our state, and wearent teaching our chil-dren that growing their
own food is a valued skilland a noble undertaking.
Baker winces when-ever she hears of a smallfarmer selling their landto corporate farms andhopes that there is moresupport for smaller farmsin rural communities.
If you want to growfood there is a marketfor it, she said. Small
farms are protable.Baker said the
standard is $10,000 to$15,000 in prot per acre.She encourages peopleto know their farmer be-cause if they know theirfarmer, they will knowtheir food.
Bakers Acres is stillin its infancy, and Lisahas plans for improve-ments. This year she willbe implementing a foodsafety plan to fulll theMinnesota Department ofAgricultures grant-fund-ing requirements. Thiswill include installinga bathroom, cooler andwashing/packing areawhere produce can becleaned, sanitized, storedand packaged accordingto food safety standards.She will also be installinga hoop house so she cangrow earlier in the seasonand extend harvest later
in the fall.In the process she
will continue to value hernew life away from thebig city and back homewhere her heart has beenall along. She values endsabove means.
Its been the mostentertaining three yearsof my life, she said.Living wisely and agree-ably with the intention tomake positive contribu-tions to my communitiescan happen anywhere,
but I think its one of themost rewarding accom-plishments if you can do
so in a rural communitylike mine.
Its a move she isglad she made, leavingthe corporate world fora chance to reconnect toher past in order to have abetter future.
I wanted to changethe trajectory I was on,she said. I didnt wantto still be in a cubicle an-other 30 years and I knewthere was a way I couldcontribute to making theworld a better place.
Abundance of wealthis not a factor in LisaBakers pursuit of happi-ness.
The good life, shesaid, is a simple one.
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Mike Von Wahlde places a milking unit on a cow in theparlor during evening milking on June 6.
Jerome and Elvera Von Wahlde feed calves everymorning on the family farm. Above, Jerome puts downhay for the calves to eat.
The Von Wahldes stand inside a building on their Melrose farm, next to cows waitingto be milked, just before 4:30 p.m. on June 6. Pictured are (from right) Jerome andElvera Von Wahlde, their son Mike holding daughter Greta, his wife Rachel holdingson Luke and oldest daughter Madisyn standing in front of them.
At rst, they had norunning water, pumpingwater from an outsidepump. A big cistern in thebasement held rainwaterused to wash clothes andfor taking baths.
We put water in awash boiler, carried it up-stairs and heated it on thestove, said Elvera.
They talk about howbaths were not a daily oc-currence like they are to-day.
Once a week, wedgive the kids a bath, saidElvera, asking Jerome ifhe remembers their claw-foot tub.
Those rst yearsof married life, Je-rome would come homefrom Franklin around 2oclock in the morningand Elvera would get upto help with chores and
milking and they would
VON WAHLDEScontinued from front
milk again at 2 oclockin the afternoon. Thank-fully, they only milked 10cows.
Eventually, Jeromequit his job and theyfarmed full-time, expand-ing to a milking herd ofaround 50.
At rst, milk was
stored in milk cans and
Jerome would transporthis and his parents milkto the creamery in Mel-rose, until milk trucksstarted coming to thefarms.
Elvera still hassome of those early milkchecks, when they werepaid $2.75 per hundred-
weight, compared to nowwhen milk checks aver-age around $21 per hun-dred-weight.
They built buildingsand added on to the barn,often family projects.
Grandma (Colette)and I troweled the barnoor (cement) when weadded on, Elvera recalls.
Their sons and sons-in-law helped with build-ing projects, includingbuilding the car shed andputting steel roong onthe barn.
All of their children,including the girls, took
turns helping in the barn.Id feed the calves
before school, saidMike.
Theyd milk thecows, go into the housefor breakfast and thenhead back to the barn tonish chores.
Elvera and Jerome
have fond memories oflife on their farm.The kids would pick
rocks like crazy, so whenthey were done at nightwe could go to the UpsalaCaf, where wed meetJeromes sister and hus-band and their kids. Wedhave supper for a dollar aplate, said Elvera, add-ing, They still talk aboutthat today.
At night, Elvera andJerome would sit on thefront steps watching theirchildren and the neighborchildren compete in sackraces and three-legged
races.The Fuechtmann
boys would come overand play ball, said El-vera.
Jerome and Elveraenjoyed going to dances;this coming from a cou-ple who rst met at theNew Munich Ballroom,when the girls wouldstand by the bathroomsand the guys stood be-hind the booths and we
hoped they would ask usto dance, said Elvera.Eventually, Jerome
asked her, Elvera kid-dingly saying, I was theonly one left standing,
but in reality she wastalking to Jeromes sister.
Even after they mar-ried, the New MunichBallroom was the hotdancing spot.
Remember, duringthe intermission wedgo into New Munich forhot beefs, said Jerome.They were really goodhot beefs.
They loved to snow-mobile with friends,
traveling to places likethe Sheep Shed, nearLake Sylvia, where
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Elvera Von Wahlde carries milk to the calves.
Pictured above is the Von Wahlde farmsite in the 1970s.
VON WAHLDEScontinued from page 4
theyd roast hot dogsand marshmallows. Dur-ing the summer the VonWahldes and the Kathyand Rich Hellermannfamily would spend aweek at the Rosina Hell-ermann cabin, just a fewmiles from the farm.
Wed go to Ro-sinas cabin and sh and
play volleyball, and thengo back to the farm forchores and go back tothe cabin at night, saidElvera.
It was their weekaway from the farm, butnot really.
Jerome also took theboys pheasant huntingin their woods and duckhunting on HartnetteLake nearby. Mike and Rachels
eraOne by one the Von
Wahlde children lefthome and started theirown family. Born tenyears after their secondyoungest child, Gary,it was a natural t thatsome day Mike wouldhelp run the farm.
We were highschool sweethearts,Mike said, with a smileon his face, when askedhow he met Rachel, whowas raised in Freeport,the daughter of Mary andJerry Mayers.
A farm partnership
was formed in 2001,which led to incorpora-
tion in 2008. In-between,Mike and Rachel marriedin 2005 and moved ontothe farm, while Jeromeand Elvera moved into anew home just down theroad.
Jerome and Mikesaid the farm operation isrun more like a businesstoday, unlike when Mikewas raised on the farm.
You have to decidewhat kind of corn is bestto put in and things likehow to manage the ma-nure, said Jerome.
Everything has to bedocumented, like whenyou give a cow a shot fortreatment or vaccination.Years ago, dad didnt givecows shots, said Mike.
In 2010, they upgrad-
ed to a double 10 swingparlor system and cur-
rently milk around 148head of both Holsteinsand Red and White Hol-steins; 20 cows go intothe parlor at one time,with 10 being milked at atime.
A meter registerstemperature of the animaland milk and how muchmilk is given per min-ute, said Mike.
Today, on average,one of their cows willproduce 82 pounds ofmilk in one milking.
Jerome, Elvera andMike smile when remem-bering those rst milk-ings, getting the cowsused to walking into theparlor.
It took about a weekfor them to get used to it,
said Mike.Today, Jerome and
Elvera tend to the calveseach morning and Jeromehelps with other odd jobsduring the day, especiallyeld work. Mike doesmost of the milking andmixing of feed, tradingoff with their three part-time employees.
Elvera, who baked afresh rhubarb cake on thisday to share with theirfamily, on a regular basisbakes homemade cookies
for their employees andno doubt Mike and Je-rome.
The other day Madi-syn came looking forsome cookies, she said.
Rachel, who is anurse at CentraCareHealth-Melrose, does thefarm bookkeeping.
Humor plays an im-portant part in this part-nership. Mike teases hisdad about a fondness hehas for the farm cats.
When he should beworking, hes playingwith the cats, said Mike,knowing thats just ne.
He pulls out his cellphone, ipping throughphotos, locating one thatshows a recent predica-ment his dad got himselfinto.
He buried the bigtractor, said Mike, look-ing over at his dad, askingthe question, So, whydid you drive through thewater?
They worked togeth-er to get the tractor out,
much like they do in allaspects of farming.
Many discussionstake place during thecourse of one day.
It might be whatshould we do with thiscow? said Jerome.
Its about what doyou think, dad? saidMike, who gures he willdraw on his dads farm-ing experience as long ashe can.
Discussion - thatsthe biggest part of this
whole thing, said Je-rome.At age 76, semi-
retired from farming,Jerome gures hes gota few more years left inhim to pitch in on thefarm. Mike is thankful forthat.
But, I dont want towear dad out, he said.
Chances are Elverawont let that happen.After all, they have moremiles to put on dancing atballrooms in Spring Hill
and Little Falls, and witha still growing familythere is always a birth-day, anniversary, or thistime of the year, a gradu-ation to celebrate.
Mike and Racheltreasure the memoriesthey are making on thefamily farm, much likeJerome and Elvera did.
Like watchingthings you raise grow,said Mike.
That includes theiryoung children.Its a good feeling
raising our family on thefarm I was raised on,said Mike, Rachel nod-ding her head in agree-ment, adding, And thefreedom to let the kidsrun and explore.
Jerome and Elveraknow just how they feel.
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rule was to leave space forwheelchair accessibilitybetween the tractors, hesaid.
This is our rst year.I will be happy to get ahandful of tractors outthere for these folks tosee, he said, prior to theevent.
What he got was aparking lot lled with 13tractors ranging from the1930s to 2013. The trac-tors served as a key to un-lock memories of yester-year for all in attendance.
Among the brigadeof tractors was a 1950Farmall 350. On top of the
KORONIScontinued from front
Virgil Kulzer brought his 1938 Farmall F20 to show residents at Koronis Manor.
Delbert Spanier sits with his 1938 Farmall 350
tractor sat its proud owner,Delbert Spanier. A residentof Koronis Manor, Spanieronce farmed 240 acres justwest of St. Martin. He andhis wife raised six children
on the farm, which is nowrun by their eldest son.This sure brings back
a lot, said SpanierAfter having help get-
ting down from his tractor,Spanier took a seat nearby.He wiped his eyes, sad-dened that his time in thedrivers seat had passed.
Too overcome byemotion, he could onlysmile and nod about hav-ing had good times andhard times on the farm.
Those were the goodold days, he said, wipinghis eyes again.
Nearby, John Remersat in his wheelchair, gaz-
ing at the lineup of ma-chinery. Remer, too, wasovercome by the emotionof memories brought on byseeing the tractors. He hadfarmed near Brooten for
more years than he couldrecall.This is quite a sight,
I tell ya, Remer said, withtears in his eyes.
If I were still farm-ing, Remer said as hepointed across the lot toa 2013 John Deere 4020belonging to Midwest Ma-chinery, thats the one Iwould have.
That would be myprize! said Remer, with agrin.
Lost and foundOne contributor to
the show was Virgil Kul-zer. Kulzer lives outside ofPaynesville and happened
to notice Gottwald bring-ing a tractor to the nursinghome on June 1. I waivedhim down to see what hewas up to, Kulzer said.
He told me what he
was doing for these folks,so I ran home to bringmore, he explained.
Kulzer brought backhis 1938 Farmall F20 and1952 Ford 8N, along withgreat tractor stories toshare with the residents.
That was my dadsFord, said Kulzer. Itsback in the family after a32-year search.
After his father passedaway in 1957, the trac-tor was auctioned off for$380, Kulzer explained.He spent years keeping aneye out for the little trac-tor, which represented aconnection to his dad.
One day in conversa-tion, he found out the trac-tor belonged to someonenear Greenwald. It tookme a few tries to get him tolet it go, but his wife toldhim, just sell it already!and now I have it back,Kulzer said, smiling.
Getting the little Fordback in the family costKulzer $1,050 but itsworth in memories andsentiment goes far beyond
a dollar amount.Central Minnesotabeams with pride in ag-riculture and hard work.Kulzer and Gottwald werehappy to be part of what ishoped to be a tradition atKoronis Manor.
People dont alwaysrealize what an impact ag-riculture has on a commu-nity, Gottwald said. This
is important for thesefolks. I am glad we couldbring the show to them.
Gottwald wanted togive the residents a changeof pace and some enter-tainment when he orga-nized this special day. Itis apparent that he accom-plished this goal and thensome.
The ood of memoriesand the exchange of storiesbrought vibrancy to what
would have been just anordinary day. A farmer gotto get on his tractor againand feel the glory of sittinghigh atop his pride and joy.
Silent smiles and bit-tersweet tears were proofthat the emotion of a farmlife is a powerful one, longafter the tractors leave theeld.
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When you live and work atthe same place, it affects every-one aroundyou and in-stead of be-ing a job,
your workcan becomea way of life for every-one. That cancertainly besaid for dairyfarming. Inhonor of June Dairy Month, Illhighlight a few of the ways liv-ing on a dairy farm affected thekids in my family while I wasgrowing up.
We always had access to atleast one parent. Twice a day,seven days a week, if we need-ed mom, we knew where to ndher in the milking parlor. Ifwe needed dad, hed either bein the barn, out in the eld orin the shop. I can only wonderhow many times little bare feetbeat a path to the barn. As wegot older, that changed to rid-ing bikes. There were actuallya few casualties with our bikesfor a while. If we left our bikeslaying in front of the barn,one of our milk truck driverswould just drive over them.We learned quickly to put themoff to the side, but every oncein awhile we forgot. We didnt
get much sympathy and thank-fully (probably for that reason)
by DianeSchmiesing
we never spent much on goodbikes.
Later on, we had accessto three-wheelers probablyat too young of an age, butthey were so much fun. Youcould become so dependenton them, sometimes you for-got you could actually walk. Ilaugh every time I think of oneof my little sisters who did justthat. Both of our showers inthe house were being used onenight and she had to use the
bathroom badly. She was toldto go out and use the one in thebarn. About fteen minutes lat-er she came back in the houserather frantic, dancing aroundand said, I cant get the three-wheeler started! The look onher face was priceless.
The inspector was alwaysa factor on the farm. We regu-larly had inspectors that cameand checked to make sure ev-erything was up to par on thedairy. You never knew exactlywhen he would be coming.Getting ready for the inspectoron a dairy was kind of like withyour house you always try tokeep it clean, but when you areexpecting company, you putin a little more effort. We allhelped and though it was extrawork, I loved the extra sparkleon the stainless steel. Its agood thing to regularly havecompany.
Veterinarians didnt comeout to our farm all that often,but they were all unique anddistinct in their ways. Most ofthe time it was an interestingsituation for kids, like watch-ing them help with a difcult
calving. Im not sure if they allliked having an audience, but
Here is a photo taken from our kitchen window of the yard. Thefarthest white building is the barn/parlor. The gray shed is one of
those that we cleaned every spring and fall, and the indiscriminateobject in the middle of the yard is a bike. Oops!
Life on our farm involved three-wheelers. Once you learned howto drive one, it just didnt seem right to walk anymore. (Hint: this
younger sister of mine, at about the age in the photo, is the subjectof the bathroom story...)
they usually had one. One ofmy favorite vets was old DocBrown. I loved it when heshowed up. I was intrigued thathe came from a ranch out westand knew how to rope cattle.
As we got a little older,we learned to drive tractor.On our farm, there were largepole sheds with loose housingthat by fall, after the harvest,would need to be cleaned out.Back then, a lot of the guys inmy grade got out of school togo deer hunting while I stayedhome to haul manure. I doubtthat would still be an excusedabsence. It was one of my fa-vorite jobs. Why? I loved be-ing outside all day and I foundit fascinating looking at theclouds while I drove. Mybrothers used to tease me aboutthat. Whats wrong with havingan appreciation for nature?
Speaking of nature dairyfarmers are proud of the natu-
ral food they produce. Wedrank fresh milk right out ofthe tank, ate lots of ice creamand always had a large block
of American cheese on hand.To this day, I think I couldcount on one hand the numberof times Ive eaten margarine.Neither of my parents wouldhave considered buying any. Ihave a friend whose argumentfor butter vs. margarine is sim-ply, read the ingredients. Itslike that with most dairy sub-stitutes. The ingredient listscan be quite interesting. Mysystem no longer allows me todrink milk, but I do have a new
dairy favorite Greek yogurt. Icould eat it every day...I salute the dairy industry
today, in all the ways it affectsour communities. I also salutethe many farm families outthere whose living not only al-lows them to produce a healthyfood product for the masses,but also generations of childrenwho are positively shaped bytheir way of life.
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Groundwater fees looming in legislatureProposed bills would require armers to pay to irrigate land
Clear Lake Because of the severe2012 drought that gripped nearly everycorner of cropland across the U.S., AlanPeterson believes farmers who irrigatein Minnesota have a very large target on
their backs.Environmental groups and some
legislators keep pointing their nger atirrigation saying were pumping the statedry, said Peterson, current president ofthe Irrigators Association of Minnesotaand a Clear Lake-area farmer.
They claim that when lake levelsdrop, it must be farmers irrigators caus-ing the problem, Peterson said.
What has Peterson and other farm-ers up in arms are bills introduced in the2013 Minnesota legislative session thatwould have brought huge increases toannual groundwater fees farmers pay forthe right to irrigate their cropland.
House File 3502 and Senate File
3138, both with similar language, hadproposed increases of fees up to an $8per one-million gallon fee for water useover 500 million gallons.
Language in the bills would havenearly quadrupled what farmers current-ly pay, and thats just out of line, Peter-son said. Farmers simply cannot passalong these burdensome costs becausefuture market prices wont reect the ex-tra expenses.
What makes it worse for farmers isthat the proposed fee increases were tosupport a new program to study the en-vironmental effects on non-stressed sys-tems, even though lawmakers failed todescribe or give detail on what such a
system is or why it needed further study,according to Peterson.
A Valley irrigator pivot stands alongside County Road 18 near Padua. The irrigatoralso has a well pump and a control panel, the panel regulates water output andtracking speed. PHOTOS BY RANDY OLSON
HF 3502 was authored by Rep. JeanWagenius (DFL-Minneapolis) and co-authored by Rep. Mary Murphy (DFL-Hermantown). SF 3138 was co-authoredby Sen. Sandy Rummel (DFL-WhiteBear Lake), Sen. Ellen Anderson (DFL-
St. Paul) and Sen. Satveer Chaudhary(DFL-Fridley).
Peterson was pleased to report thatthe bills died in conference committeein the nal three days of the session, buttroublesome permitting language wasleft in the agriculture omnibus bill.
A permit is now required before an
irrigation well is drilled, Peterson said.Just the well can cost about $25,000
to drill and once thats done, farmers haveto add pumping and irrigating equipmentplus pay the associated government fees.
The permitting will slow thingsdown for farmers. I know the Depart-ment of Natural Resources (DNR) willuse that as their mechanism to force atest hole to get preliminary data, Peter-
son said.Starting this summer, farmers can use
an online program to ll out an applica-tion. The DNR claims responses will begiven within days granting permission todrill a well.
The catch, according to Peterson, isthat the DNR can use their discretion onwhether a farmer is drilling in an areawith water problems. Monitoring drillsare then required, and beyond that, a sev-en-day pump test for the aquifer is alsoused to garner more data.
You know going into this, it willadd $25,000 to $30,000 per irrigatorwell, Peterson said. Were arguing thatthe costs to the environment and water
supply of these added test wells will beharmful. I believe theyll do more harmto the aquifer than an irrigator could doin a growing season.
The Irrigator Associations sugges-tion is to allow farmers to gather data onexisting irrigators.
Farmers already monitor the wateruse closely. Its a big expense for them,Peterson said. I know a farmer nearMahnomen who drilled six irrigationwells. They required a 30-day pump teston two of them, and the bid to do thatwas $95,000. Its totally ridiculous.
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A Reinke VRI electronic board hastouch-screen technology and a USB portthat allows a farmer to upload data thatcan adjust the water output based on soilconditions across a eld. Software that operates VRI technology can dissect an irrigated eld into multiple
zones that can all receive different amounts of water.percent of total water used compared to23.5 percent for public supply and in-dustrial processing.
Corn, soybeans, alfalfa, sweet corn,potatoes, green beans, kidney beans andseed corn are some of the many cropsgrown under irrigation in Minnesota.Many processing companies seek out ir-rigated acres to produce their crops, suchas what happens with Lakeside Foods inBrooten.
The revenue generated from irri-gated production is vital to the health ofmany rural areas of Minnesota, Peter-son added.
Modern irrigation techniques havebeen around since the 1950s, andthrough the years, farmers have continu-ously made strides in conserving water,according to Peterson.
He listed a few techniques, includinglow-pressure irrigation systems requir-ing lower-horsepower pumps to save
electricity, drop nozzles that spray watercloser to the crop to minimize evapora-tion as well as Variable-Rate Irrigation(VRI) that changes the amount of waterapplied over different parts of the eld.
We want to be good stewards of theland and water resources, as well as keepproduction costs down, he added.Variable-Rate Irrigation
Mike Bushard, owner and managerof Modern Farm Equipment in SaukCentre, echoed what Peterson said about
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Modern Farm Equipment sells Re-inke Precision Management (RPM)technology with VRI that can dramati-cally lower the water usage of an irriga-tor based on unique changes within eacheld.
An entire eld can be mapped viasatellite imagery or with electromagneticsurvey to determine soil texture and how
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Irrigation technologies can utilizeboth Sector (speed) and Zone VRI, withthe latter utilized by Reinke being ableto cut the 180 sectors of Sector VRI intomuch smaller, precisely-managed zones.
Practically speaking, VRI technol-ogy can save 30 to 40 percent of a farm-ers water use. That can bring signicantsavings to the farmer while conserving atthe same time, Bushard said.
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Owners Steve and Lisa Groetschgave over 2,500 people that opportu-nity on June 1, when they hosted the
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Over a year ago, the Groetschfamily, which includes Steve and Li-sas three childrenJennifer, Matthewand Katelynagreed to host this yearsevent. They were able to attend lastyears breakfast to get a better under-standing of what they could expect attheir farm.
There are a small percentage ofdairy farmers who can host and an even
Lisa and Steve Groetsch hosted more than 2,500 visitors at the 6th Annual StearnsCounty Breakfast On The Farm event held this year at their 240-cow dairy farm northof Albany. PHOTO BY MARK KLAPHAKE
Breakfast on the farmsmaller percentage of dairy farmerswho are willing to host it. We knew weneeded to step up, Lisa said.
From that point on, the Groetsch-es have been preparing their farm forhosting the event, which last year drewover 2,000 people.
We knew there were a lot of thingswe needed to get done and we just putit in the back of our minds, Steve said.
[Hosting] is something big to con-sider, but our committee is so good towork with. The biggest thing to checkis to make sure your building site is bigenough, Lisa said.
The Groetsches worked with theStearns County Breakfast on the Farmcommittee on promotion of the event,yard setup and organizing tours of thefarm, food preparation, childrens ac-tivities, a petting zoo and countless vol-unteers. There were also many specialguests who attended the breakfast, in-cluding Princess Kay of the Milky WayChristine Reitsma and two MinnesotaVikings Cheerleaders.
The hard work and countless hoursall came to fruition on June 1, when a
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The kids get to know the relation-ship between the cows and the milk. Wemake it into a eld trip. They can learna few things, Kumpula said.
Both of the Kumpulas, who haveno farm background, said it was also alearning opportunity for them.
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The tour of the Groetsches dairyand calf barns showcased some of thelatest technology in farming.
Two milking robots are at workday and night. Another robot dubbedJuno passes up and down the feedingaisle of the dairy barn, nudging the feedback within reach of the cows noses.Sensors raise and lower curtains on thebarns outer walls, letting cool air in orkeeping hot air out. Sprinklers over-head mist the backs of the animals ifthe barn gets too warm. Scrapers keepthe cows standing room clean and sandpiled feet deep beds the stalls. Thesecows even have access to state-of-the-art back scratchers.This year, Kumpula was especially in-trigued by the four robots that milk the240 cows on the Groetsches farm.
The cows can be milked whenthey want to be. Thats an interestingconcept, he said.
Another visitor who was equallyoverwhelmed with the farm technologywas Shane Cuperus, who attended withhis wife, Sara, and their children, Claire(3) and Cora (3 months).
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I would recommend it to anyoneto see the technology changes. Its alsoa great place to see how animals areraised and where milk comes from,said Cuperus, who now lives in Sar-tell, but grew up having neighbors whowere dairy farmers.
I was amazed by the technologyand how it has changed in 20 years.Youre not kneeling down anymore.Where was this technology 20 yearsago? The robots blew my mind, hesaid.
Although Cuperus has no ties tofarming anymore, he understands howimportant it is for his children to be fa-miliar with the farm.
We wanted our 3-year-old to expe-rience the farm. We didnt have a cluewhat we would see. We went with anopen mind. It denitely was worth it togo, said Cuperus, who was a rst-timeBreakfast on the Farm attendee.
A main reason the Groetscheswanted to host the breakfast on the farmwas for the educational aspect of it.
Were hoping to send the messagethat farmers are important, said Jen-nifer Groetsch, who will graduate fromUniversity of Wisconsin River Fallsnext year.
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The more you can expose peopleto what we do and where their foodcomes from the better it just doesntshow up in Cash Wise (grocery store),Lisa said.
This year over 2,300 people en-joyed breakfast and over 2,500 attend-ed the event.
You know they want to under-stand or they wouldnt be here, Lisasaid. The magnitude of people sur-prised us.
The Groetsches fully enjoyed theday and their main role of acting ashost and hostess.
The committee was really goodabout letting us just be hosts. They took
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Steve agreed.It makes me feel good that we
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Come to this area for baseballhow many amateur teams were based outof the Melrose Area Public School Dis-trict and the Paynesville Public SchoolDistrict. The answer was nine.
What is interesting is that almost allthose teams and parks are found in thesmall towns and villages in the area. It isthe local farmers and rural residents whomake up the bulk of the teams. As oneperson put it, where else can you nd aball diamond where about ten percent of
the town population is sitting in a dugouton a Sunday afternoon?To me, those diamonds are some of
the best places to spend a few hours ev-ery week. They may also be one of theleast promoted of the rural areas manyattractions.
Listening to the call-in radio shows,one can be sure to hear the complaintsthat baseball games are too expensiveto go to, and more frequently, cost toomuch for what one gets.
Some of those arguments are valid.
With a can of beer at $10, snacks be-tween $2 and $7.50 (depending on loca-tion, size and type) and a hot dog and popcosting between $8 and $10, taking thefamily to a Major League baseball gamecan be pricey.
In this area, however, the fans arelucky. Baseball on the amateur level is
just that, baseball. There are seldom theentertainment interruptions that haveproliferated among some minor league
and collegiate summer circuits. The fanscoming to the games are there to seebaseball being played.
For the most part, it is usually a goodbrand of baseball, and just as importantto the game, it carries a sense of tradi-tion.
When a double play is being turned,at least one or two fans will be ready totell you that the turn was almostalmostmind youas good as the one turned bya different combination 20 years ago.Those fans, of course, will be reminded
that it was not as good as a double playturned by the team 40 years ago. Thiswill, of course, bring up the debate ofwhether or not any of todays playerswould have made the team years ago.
Families and memories are as mucha part of the local games as are the pitch-ers, batters and umpires.
More than one team has a playerwho can boast of being a third, or bynow fourth, generation player with the
team. Most teams have at least one setof brothers playing for it. Batteries ofbrothers and shortstop/second base com-binations of cousins are not unheard of.Almost every team can nd one time inits history when they had at least threebrothers starting.
Sometimes, however, those ties canbe a mixed blessing.
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Hes got nothing, nothing, theplayer said as his team could not mustera decent offensive attack against the vet-eran.
Late in the game he was placed intothe line, went to the plate, and came backto the dugout after three straight pitches.
Only his brother said anything tohim.Hard to hit nothing. Isnt it?
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a pitcher, throwing a no-hitter, faced hisbrother four times in the game (includingthe nal out).
The amateur games can be more funto watch than the Major League Base-ball brand. It is generally quicker paced.Major League Baseball seems obsessedwith increasing offensive production(home runs) and revenues. The formerhas resulted in some small parks and asense that nobody cares for the small ball
game; the latter in mandated time peri-ods between innings.On the amateur level, the pace of
the game picked up a bit when teamsreturned to wood bats. While safetywas the primary reason, another wasthat there were too many home runs andfans were getting tired of the home rungame. It was a good choice to return to
the wood bats as they brought back theneed for players to be a bit more roundedas athletes.
The mandated breaks between in-nings on the Major League level comesprimarily because TV, radio and baseballwants to sell commercial airtime. Lo-cally, players are encouraged to hustle inand out between innings.
The amateur games are rarely tele-vised, which has the attraction of not
having to t the play of the game aroundcommercials. This tends to result in fast-er games so that players and ofcials areable to get home for jobs, farm chores orfamily obligations. Most games are con-cluded in less than three hours, leavinga bit of time for before- and after-gamechat and replay of the game.
With admission at about $3 per
adult, and often less for minors, gamesare affordable. Concessions also come ina lot cheaper. It is rare that a hot dog andpop combination is $4.
There are a lot of things to do in thesummer in the local area, but those whowant to nd baseball games, whether el-ementary, teenage or adult levels, reallydont have to look far to nd that enter-tainment.
Generally, the distinction between
a professional and amateur is the pro-fessional is paid and the amateur is not.The root of the word amateur is the Latinword, amare, meaning to love.
The players in the local game areplaying because they love to play thegame, and play it in their home areas.
That makes the games just a bit bet-ter.
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Plant soybeans on the land in-tended for corn before June 25 withfull insurance coverage for the soy-beans (but no prevented planting pay-ment for corn).
Not plant a crop and receive aprevented planting payment, subject toFederal Crop Insurance assessment ofplanting opportunities.
Plant a cover crop and receive aprevented planting payment.
After the late planting periodends, plant the acreage to another crop(second crop) and receive a reducedprevented planting payment for thecorn. Ask about approved crop options.
Soybeans: If a farmer is unable toplant soybeans on or before June 10in Minnesota because of an insurableloss, farmers have a similar set of op-tions. They may:
Plant soybeans during the 25-daylate planting period with the produc-tion guarantee being reduced one per-cent per day for each day planting isdelayed after the nal planting date.
Plant soybeans after the lateplanting period, that is after July 5. Theinsurance guarantee will be 60%--thesame as the insurance guarantee pro-vided for prevented planting coverage.
Not plant a crop and receive aprevented planting payment.
Plant a cover crop and receive a
prevented planting payment. After the late planting period
ends, plant the acreage to another crop(second crop