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Supper in a skillet

Monday, November 12, 2018 10:43 AM

Just the thought of making supper in a single pan is intriguing. As the dishwasher, I appreciate fewer pots and pans to wash.

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Strong domestic demand for cheese, butter

Monday, November 12, 2018 10:40 AM

The Agriculture Department announced the October Federal order Class III benchmark milk price at $15.53 per hundredweight (cwt.), down 56 cents from September, $1.16 below October 2017, and equates to $1.34 per gallon, down from $1.38 in September and $1.44 a year ago.

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Grateful for you

Monday, November 12, 2018 10:05 AM

Thanksgiving is special for so many. After all, it is not every Thursday we can eat unlimited amounts of food without judgement and sit on the couch watching football in our baggiest clothing.

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Butterfat makes butter

Monday, November 12, 2018 10:02 AM

My family likes butter. When I order a 36-pound case of butter from the creamery, my wife distributes it among our four married children and also some to my 94-year-old mother.

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Every dairy needs a Doug

Monday, November 12, 2018 10:02 AM

The harvest is almost completed at Annexstad Dairy Farms. The major items left in the first few days of November are hauling corn stalk bales from the field back to the farm, hauling manure (endless as it is) and tillage.

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Red cow, black cow

Monday, November 12, 2018 10:01 AM

Stated simply, cow 2178 was ugly. She was one of those three-way Holstein, Monteliarde and a red breed cross.

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The red-headed kid

Monday, November 12, 2018 10:00 AM

The fingernail of my left pinky grows out in a series of ripples. It is a constant reminder of an industrial mishap that occurred when I was 8, a veritable scar made of cuticle.

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Remembering Kaleb

Monday, November 12, 2018 10:00 AM

The goal of every parent should be to teach your children how to survive in this world and along the way prepare them for the next.

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Elections for the 2018 county committee

Monday, November 12, 2018 9:59 AM

The United States Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency County Committee elections are underway in Stearns County and throughout the state.

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Progressing on the robot barn

Monday, November 12, 2018 9:53 AM

I have been writing about the expansion of our farm. From the moment I saw my first robotic milking system, I knew this would be something we wanted in the future.

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