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Area wide associationalways on the lookoutor additional members

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Several local faces continue torepresent Jackson County as part ofthe Cottonwood Cattle Producers

Association.Ed Yonker Jr. was recently elected

secretary, and Rhonda Nelson alsoserves as a board member of theorganization that claims about one-third of its 80 producers and associ-ate members from Jackson County,Yonker said.

The cattlemen have long countedmembers from outside their name-sake county, but a few years ago

voted to retain that part of the name

because of its established statewide

Local cattlemen represent Jackson Countyreputation.The highest concentration of Jack-son Countys members hail from theBergen area and around Lakefield,

with a couple south of Lakefield.Were trying to get more people

involved from our county, Nelsonadded, and among the ways theyredoing that is through one of the mostrecognizable faces of the cattlemen:Curt Chergosky.

The griller extraordinaire travelsthe area grilling for grooms suppers,graduation parties and benefits.

You name it, weve done it, hesaid.

Hes often found grilling hamburg-ers or barbecues, or providing thebeef for them, at Thrivent Financialfor Lutherans benefits.

We gladly do that, he said, add-ing the association also helps 4-H inJackson and Cottonwood counties

with steaks and provides burgers for

Relay for Life.

We do a lot of donating, and itspromotion for us. It helps us in thelong run, he said.

For its members, the associationkeeps people informed about whatis happening in the beef industry both beef cattle and dairy beef as

well as up-t o-date on relat ed pro-grams or clinics, Nelson said.

People are very involved up at thestate level too, she said.

The cattlemen also have a pres-ence at the Windom and Jacksonfarm shows, a June summer picnic,the annual Beef Royale near West-brook and an awards banquet.

The Beef Royale, nearing its 50thyear, is the areas only live carcassshow, Chergosky said.

Its a one-of-a-kind event. Its astep back in time, he said, notingthe historic horse equipment and rus-tic office setting of the MM Ranch,

where neighbors bring 60 to 70 of

their best fat cattle and, in the rela-

tively newer feeder cattle division, atleast 40 a year.

We recognize the beef producersthat are having the quality out there,Nelson added.

The event features a big spread onthe grill, with judging all afternoon,including a spectator judging contest,and placings at night.

Its good for producers to seewhat their cattle are doing, saidYonker, who has been with the cattle-men since the mid- to late-80s whenhe finished school and whose dad isalso a member. Its interesting,he said, and its fun to meet a lotof people.

Though limited by available pas-ture and feed, Yonker has a herdof about 40 Shorthorns, Limousins,Maines and Simmental crosses thathe raises northeast of Bergen for 4-Hand open shows his two boys, Aus-tin and Braden, like to show and

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New labels and simplernames to debut in June

by MARIE ZIMMERMAN

Staff Writer

Beef arrives at Sunshine Foodsin Jackson in huge chunks weighingabout 20 pounds.

Greg Appel takes these primal cutsand breaks them down into steaksand roasts to line the stores meatcases, attaching a label to each. Soonthose labels will look different.

The Uniform Retail Meat IdentityStandards program, which is whatsbeing updated, provides a numericalretail meat cut identification systemand standardized names for everyretail red meat (beef, veal, lamb andpork), meaning shoppers can buy thesame cut of meat by name across theUnited States.

The National Pork Board, the BeefCheckoff and federal agriculture of-ficials have worked together to up-date URMIS, and those changes areset to premiere in June. New labelsare aimed at adding more helpfulcooking information and simplifyingnames of cuts.

The problem is, consumers didnt

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really understand the names thatwere being used, and still dont,Patrick Fleming, director of retailmarketing for the Pork Board, toldthe Associated Press. The namesconfused consumers to the point

where theyd go, You know, the in-formation doesnt help me know how

to use it, so Im going to stop usingit. That was a wake-up call for boththe beef industry and pork industry.

For example, pork butt, which infact comes from the front of a pig,

will be label ed Boston roast anddescribed as bone-in pork shoulder.

Both Sunshine Foods in Jack-son and Maynards Food Center inLakefield use URMIS. Appel andMaynards meat department manag-er Tami Ysker have heard the changeis coming, but havent received anyspecifics.

Theyve changed it a couple timessince I started, so it doesnt matter,

Appel said of the move.Ysker learned how to divide pri-

mal cuts and label from the CEOof Maynards and from the previousmeat cutter at the store. Shes notsure a new way of doing things isnecessary.

I label them pretty good so they

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Lie hectic or buddingbee entrepreneur JonHussong; he wouldnthave it any other way

by MARIE ZIMMERMAN

Staff Writer

For a farmer, Jon Hussongspends a lot of time away fromthe barn.

Luckily, he only has 10 head

SCHOOL, SPORTS, CHORES, REPEATof beef cattle to manage, which ismore than enough for a high schoolsophomore.

During the school year, Hussongheads to classes at Southwest StarConcept High School near his homesouth of Okabena. After school, hehas practice for sports basketballor football. Then its time to take careof his commercial beef cattle, part ofthe beef entrepreneurship project for

which he won a proficiency award atthis years SSC FFA Banquet.

I raise my own livestock. My par-

ents own it and I work for them,Hussong said.

This is his first year in the beefentrepreneurship project, in which astudent owns the enterprise or busi-ness and uses the best managementpractices available to efficiently pro-duce and market beef.

Its really time-consuming, Hus-song said of raising the animals,

which share his familys farm with40 goats.

Some days chores take two hours,which is pretty much the minimum.

Other times Hussong spends all dayworking on tasks relat ed to cattle,ranging from cleaning pens to ad-ministering vaccinations.

Among his five cows, four heifersand one bull there is a mix of Maine-

Anjou, Shorthorn and Simmental,which gives his herd the commer-cial title.

Three calves arrived this spring,but one didnt make it, the hardestpart of the project so far, Hussongsaid. The calf got stuck during labor

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Jon Hussong gets a lick from one of his beef heifers, part of a 10-head heard of with a mix of Maine-Anjou, Shorthorn and Simmental breeds. Hussongwon a proficiency award for his beef entrepreneurship project at this years SSC FFA Banquet.

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Nelson spends her daysworking at AGCO and alsooperates a Delafield Town-ship cow-calf operation

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She mainly sells to local4-H families, but has alsosent some as far as Indianaand Oklahoma.

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cess of depopulating and re-populating his herd, whichis down to about 35 froma normal of 50 to 80. Heusually feeds out 80 to 100head on land he rotationallygrazes meaning he takes

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An unusual amountof winter injury and

winterkill of alfalfa standsoccurred in south centraland southern Minnesota.While reports do notrepresent a detailedanalysis of where injury

to alfalfa has occurredacross Minnesota, theydo suggest a need forproducers to check onstands and evaluate themfor potential winter injury.

Several environmentalfactors likely interactedto stress alfalfa andcause winter damage.These include: 1) a verydry fall and early winterthat may have preventedalfalfa from accumulatingadequate root reserves tosurvive the unusually longdormant period; 2) periodsduring the winter withoutsnow cover, which typicallyprovides insulation againstlow air temperatures; 3)ice sheeting due to snowmelting and rainfall inJanuary and February;and 4) the long periodsof snow cover andlow temperature thatprevented spring alfalfare-growth when reserves

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in all or portions of thefield. It is intuitive that ifplants are dead, there will

II, he now concentrates onSimmental-Red Angus bred

with Black Angus.Though it tastes the same,

anything with black hide isin demand, he said. Wehave very good producers of

heart-healthy products inbeef cuts. Theres nothingwrong with a good steak,roast or hamburger, and

were trying to get them totaste consistent so (custom-ers) have a good experienceevery time. I think throughgenetics well be able to dothat.

People have the stigma

that red meat is not the bestfor health, Nelson added,but we have really goodquality cuts of beef that are

just as lean as chicken andpork.

Another challenge is the

amount of pastureland.With government pro-grams, people are farminginstead and feed costs areextremely high because ofthe drought, Yonker noted.

Nevertheless, the indus-try around here is alwaysgoing to be good, he said.We probably should havemore feeders around here

Maximizing forage in winterinjured and killed stands

be no re-growth. Theremay be regions of thefield that are green whileother areas remain brown.

Alfalfa is a perennial thathibernates during the

winter. In the fall, energyreserves are stored in the

roots and crown budsare formed. The reservesprovide energy duringthe winter and in thespring shoots grow fromthe crown buds. Injurycan destroy the roots andcrowns, but often somecrown buds survive andslowly re-grow; however,this may be limited toonly a few per plant andthese may be stunted orchlorotic.

Uneven re-growth.Damage to several of thecrown buds during the

winter will create unevenre-growth. The plant haspotential to regeneratenew crown buds, but thisre-growth is typicallydelayed. Plants lookscraggly. I f the plantroot has been damaged,some shoots may die.

Root damage.Healthy roots are firmand white. Injured rootsare spongy, grey and iftwisted water can beexpressed. Over time,injured roots will becomediseased, rot and turn darkbrown. A damaged rootcannot sustain crown bud

growth.We recommend the

following:1. First make sure

dead spots are actuallydead and not just delayed.Stands can be slow torecover when injured. So

dont be in too much ofa hurry to till up a standuntil youve looked atsome roots to determinehealth.

Dig up a few plants andcheck the top 4 inchesof the tap root for colorand turgor. Split the rootand crown. The tap rootshould be an off-white andturgid.

Check plants that areputting out small shoots.Sometimes the dyingplants will produce shoots1 to 2 inches tall and thendie. Again, dig a few plantsand look for offwhite andturgid taproots. Re-growthshould also be scoutedfollowing first cutting assometimes plants have theability to put on growthinitially but die after beingharvested.

2. Determine thepercentage of fieldaffected and manage tomeet your goals. Thereare several alternativesapproaches.

If a small or moderatepercentage of the field isaffected and you want to

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And for tho se whohave an interest in theopportunity of raisingbeef or supporting

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You cant hardly godowntown and get emfor that, Yonker said.

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and died, but the heifer sur-vived barely.

She almost was actuallyparalyzed from labor anddelivery, Hussong said.

Hus s o ng s gr and p aowned a cattle farm, andHussong always liked theanimals. Once he startedparticipating in beef showsfor 4-H, he liked them evenmore and hopes to have asmany as I can have withoutrunning out of room.

The first heifer Hussongpurchased was from DaveHansen, who lives nearLakefield. It quickly snow-balled.

There were two froma club calf sale, two froma sale in Albert Lea and,

while in Nebraska for a rela-tives funeral, three more.

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ping and ended up bringingthree home from Nebras-ka, Hussong said.

His original heifers werebred last year, and an at-tempt at artificial insemina-

tion only worked for three,and the other two got bredlate with a more recentlyacquired bull.

Hussong has been keep-ing feed and inventory re-cords for his FFA projectand admits he should bekeeping an eye on the mar-kets, but hasnt been watch-ing closely since he hasntsold any calves yet.

This summer, the Hus-songs including dadDave and mom Bev

will have a new cattle shedput up on their farmstead.Theres also hay to makefor the animals, plus thecorn, soybeans and alfalfaDave Hussong grows inaddition to his job at FastDistributing in Mt. Lake.Bev Hussong works forCottonwood-Jackson Com-munity Health.

Dad and Mom havehelped me out a lot on thefunding, but Ill eventuallypay them back, Hussongsaid.

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harvest forage from theexisting stand, go over theaffected areas with a drillseeding with a 50/50 mixof Italian ryegrass andperennial ryegrass to amaximum depth of to inch.

If a moderatepercentage of the fieldis affected, you can

immediately inter-seedItalian ryegrass and takethe first cutting for forage.Corn or soybeans can thenbe planted into the killedforage. An alternative tothis approach is to taketwo forage harvests andseed oats for fall forage.

If a moderate or largeamount of the field isaffected, seed oats andpeas for haylage harvest.In some regions, corn orsorghum-sudangrass canbe planted following theoat-pea harvest.

If a large percentage ofthe field is affected, seedcorn or BMR sorghumsudangrass before July1. These crops can usethe nitrogen from alfalfa.Corn will likely producethe most tonnage of

any forage. Sorghumsudangrass is a goodchoice if you expect dryconditions and/or aboveaverage temperatures.

Alfalfa can be seeded intoa different field at 10 to12 pounds per acre eitheralone or in mixture withgrass.

Once a stand ofalfalfa is killed from a

winterkill event, auto-toxiccompounds are releasedinto the soil environment.How long they remainand what effect they haveon a new alfalfa seedingis a function of soil type,temperature, amount ofrainfall and time fromtillage to reseeding.Directly reseeding isrisky, but the minimumrisk of autoxicity occurs

if you till the old standand incorporate theresidue, wait one monthfrom tillage to reseedingand the old stand is one

year old. Risk is alsoless on sandy soils. TheUniversity of Minnesota

Agronomy Departmenthas developed analfalfa autotoxicity riskspreadsheet tohelp growersdetermine therisk of re-seeding alfalfain existingalfalfa stands

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In situations whereproducers are makingdecisions for the longterm, they shoulduse stem counts toestimate current yieldpotential and assess rootand crown health to

determine future yieldpotential. Stand healthbased on stem densitiesper square foot can beassessed in the followingmanner:

Greater than 55stems indicates density

will not be a limitingfactor,

Between 40 and55 stems is understoodto represent somereduction in yield butprobably more thanadequate in years of lowinventories and high

value, and Fewer than 40 stems

indicate a poor standand consideration fortermination.

Stands can be slow torecover when injured.So dont be in too much

of a hurry to tear it upuntil youve looked atsome roots to determinehealth. If survivingplants are injured, buthave adequate stemdensity to maintainthe stand, its probablybest to plan to pushthe stand with annualforages to get the mostout of it this year than toplan to terminate afterthis growing season. Ifmost surviving plantslook reasonably healthy,

you might considerinter-seeding perennialsto stretch the standbeyond this year. Notethat legume creditsfrom winterkilled alfalfafields are the same asif the stand had beenterminated last fall.

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Nicolai and Doug Holenare forage experts at theUniversity of Minnesota.

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A Jackson County teenand his burgeoning beefherd are featured in thelatest edition of the FarmMarket News, a regional agpublication reaching morethan 18,000 householdsacross the tri-state area.

Mar cus Hinkeld ey ,a sophomore at Jack-

son County Central HighSchool in Jackson, is thesubject of the May 6 FarmMarket News cover story.

The article tells the

Local teen, beef herd featured in regional ag publicationstory of the young cattle-man who was raised ona dairy farm in a second-generation dairy family,but who has always had apassion for beef cattle.

I started raising beefseven years ago, Hinkeldeyis quoted as saying in thearticle. I grew up helping

my dad, my uncle and mygrandpa on our HinkeldeyDairy Farms, but I wantedto try raising beef and haveraised several breeds.

Hinkeldey is a memberof the Delafield Diggers4-H Club and has for yearstaken dairy cows and tur-keys to the Jackson Coun-ty Fair; but his interestin raising beef to showstarted seven years ago.

I showed dairy beforethat, he said. I start-ed showing all species,but have stuck with theones I liked. Last yearI took four animals tothe Jackson CountyFair and went on to theMinnesota State Fair,where I won reserve

champion with my Red An-gus cow/calf pair.

Hinkeldey still showsdairy and has taken hisdairy cows to state as well.Last year he also won grandchampion breeding pen

with his turkeys at the coun-ty level.

Ive been to the Minne-

sota State Fair three years ina row the first year withdairy and the last two years

wit h bee f, inc ludi ng myShorthorns, Maine Anjouand, this last year, my Red

Angus.Hinkeldey has gotten

a lot of help with his beefprojects from Rhonda Nel-son and his dad, JamesHinkeldey, who has a largedairy operation in JacksonCounty.

Hinkeldey has shownhis cattle at the SpencerCounty Fair in Spencer,Iowa; Ak-Sar-Ben in Oma-ha, Neb.; the Martin andCottonwood county fairs insouthwest Minnesota; theBeef Expo in Sioux Falls,S.D.; and at other shows in

Austin and Preston.I ended up about the

middle of the class at mostof those events, he said.Now Ive kind of got a herdI started over two years ago.My one cow I started withRhonda had, and I started

with that as a calf and Ibought a cow and the main

ones I have in Iowa. So far,I have Shorthorns, MainAnjou and Red Angus. Istarted with Red Angus two

years ago too.When choosing his beef

animals, Hinkeldey hascertain things he looks for.

I look at their depth ofbody, make sure they walkgood on all fours and arenot short-strided, he said.I also make sure they allhave good bloodlines be-hind them.

Hinkeldey really enjoysraising beef and the entireprocess from start to finish.

I like being able to seehow my beef project and allmy projects do, from startto finish, he said. And

with my cows, I really liketo see them have calves oftheir own.

The only downside to hisbeef project in his mind cen-ters around the time com-mitment it takes to raiseand show them.

Trying to find the timeto do this is challenging,Hinkeldey said. I come outin the mornings until 9 or 10oclock and work with them.Then I do dairy and do dairyagain at night. During thesummer, I work at NewFashion Pork in Jackson outin their warehouse. Im alsoinvolved in Jackson CountyCentrals FFA program.

As for the anim als heraises, Hinkeldey keepsthe heifers to breed back ortries to sell them if he feelsthey wont work for him, buthe sells the steers.

I keep the steers ascalves, but after I showthem, I get them sold, hesaid. One nice steer I soldto a guy from Indiana endedup being in the top-thirdtier at a show in Indiana.

Hinkeldeys family back-ground may be dairy, butthat has not stopped himfrom becoming more in-

volved in beef.I hope to have my own

beef herd started by thetime I graduate from highschool, Hinkeldey said. Idont want it to get too big,and I hopefully will be ableto farm some land too.

For now, Hinkeldey keepshis heifers at Nelsons placein north Jackson Countyand has his cows at Nelsonsmothers place about a milenorth of her farm.

At pres ent, Hink elde yhas nine beef cattle in total.

Marcus is a good kid,Rhonda Nelson said. He isfun to work with. Last year

we had to sell off a coupleto keep things going here.But it has been fun.

I still plan to show dairyand turkey at the fairs,Hinkeldey said. But I likeshowing beef.

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Marcus Hinkeldey works with one of his Red Angus cattle at Rhonda Nelsons farm in north Jackson County.

Marcus Hinkeldey at Iowas Clay County Fair in 2011 with his trophy-winningShorthorn.

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Marcus Hinkeldey gets some help from his cousin, Autumn, showing his reserve cham-pion cow/calf pair at the Minnesota State Fair last year. At left is Jackson County 4-HProgram Coordinator Jennifer Schoenfeld.

Marcus Hinkeldey shows a Maine Anjou at the JacksonCounty Fair last summer.

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