Central Plains Dairy Expo 2013

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Dairy Star Special Edition Saturday, March 9, 2013


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Dairy farm families will again partner with First Bank & Trust, Hy-Vee and Lewis Drug to raise money for Feeding South Dakota. For the third year, dairy farmers will invite the public to Be Our Guest at a concert at the annual Central Plains Dairy Expo. For a $10 donation to Feed-ing South Dakota, people will receive a pass to country music artist Phil Vassars concert on March 26. Donations will be used to purchase dairy foods to stock food banks across the state. In 2012, the Be Our Guest concert event raised more than $12,000 to purchase dairy foods for Feeding South Dakota. We are excited to again host the Be Our Guest concert event, said Allen Merrill, dairy farmer from Parker, South Dakota. This is a great opportunity to enjoy a top-notch concert and raise money for Feeding South Dakota to purchase nutritious dairy products. The program will kick-off with a special event on February 16 at the Hy-Vee location at 57th and Cliff in Sioux Falls. From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., representatives of Feeding South Dakota and area dairy farmers will accept donations. A second donation event will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on March 16 at the Lewis Drug location at 41st and Minnesota in Sioux Falls. From February 16 through the March 26 concert, donations will be accepted at First Bank & Trust locations in Sioux Falls and Canton, Lewis Drug Store loca-tions in Sioux Falls, Brandon, Brookings, Huron and Madison, and Hy-Vee stores in Sioux Falls. Feeding South Dakota (feedingsouthdakota.org) is a hunger relief organiza-tion that serves approximately 460 nonpro t hunger relief and emergency food distribution agencies throughout the state. These agencies received more than 12.5 million pounds of food and grocery items from Feeding South Dakota in 2012, providing over 10 million meals to hungry individuals in need. Feeding South Dakota now operates distribution centers in Sioux Falls, Pierre, and Rapid City, and food pantries in Sioux Falls and Rapid City. Dairy foods help make healthy eating easy. Three daily servings of dairy milk, cheese or yogurt provide excellent nutrition, value and taste. Few foods deliver dairys powerhouse of nutrients in such an affordable, appealing and con-venient way. You can nd dairy recipes, nutrition information and more informa-tion on dairy farm families at www.DairyMakesSense.com.

Dairy farm families partner to bene t Feeding South DakotaBe Our Guest concert event will raise money to purchase dairy foods

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FARM SYSTEMS

www.northlandfarmsystems.com

2250 Austin Rd.Owatonna, MN 55060

507-451-3131or 800-385-3911

SEE US AT BOOTHS 3- 4

DAVES REPAIRHILLS, MN 507-962-3631

Located 2 miles north & 1/3 mile east of Hills or I-90 Exit 5, 3-1/2 miles south & 1/3 mile east

DRDAVES REPAIR

Brillion Seeders

Brillion Pulverizers

Booth #D4 at the Central Plains

Dairy Expo!

Londa and Grant BoogerdHull, Iowa

Sioux County500 cows

How many years have you attend-ed the Central Plains Dairy Expo? We have attended the tradeshow most years. The years that the weather is not real conducive to getting outside work done at home is when we have spent more time at the expo. Why do you like attending the Cen-tral Plains Dairy Expo? We really enjoy the trade show at the expo. It is always interesting to see what new products are out. It is also very enjoy-able talking to others in the industry and getting their views and perspectives. What are three things that you are looking forward to most with the 2013 Central Plains Dairy Expo? We are looking forward to talking to oth-ers and seeing what products are at the tradeshow. This year, if time permits, I would like to attend the seminar on em-ployee management.What have you learned from a pre-vious CPDE that youve taken back and incorporated into your farm? We always like going to the booths that deal with parlor management and glean some information from them. I like to see if we can put any of those ideas to work in our parlor to continue to strive for quality milk harvested ef ciently.

We enjoy talking to others in the industry and getting their views.

Why do you go to CPDE?

Tell us about a favorite memory from the CPDE. We usually try to take one or two of our children along and it is always great to see them go through the tradeshow. Seeing something different always impresses them, but the free ice cream is equally impressive to all of them.

Tell us about your farm. We have 500 cows in our herd, that we farm with Grants parents and our children along with some hired help. Grants parents are 81 and 76 years old and in excel-lent health. They have been a great help for us. They continue to come out every day to help run errands and run kids to where they need to be; except for the

summers when they take some week-ends to do some camping. We raise our own heifers and steers and also buy bull calves from another dairy of similar size. We are able to raise most of our own forages. We have nine chil-dren who range in ages 6 to 13. As they are getting older, it is very enjoyable to watch them develop into very capable help.

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Three renewable energy projects will move one step closer to commercializa-tion through proof-of-concept funding from the North Central Regional Sun Grant Center. South Dakota State University re-searchers, Lin Wei and ZhengRong Gu, assistant professors in agricultural and biosystems engineering, and Qi Hua Fan, associate professor of electrical engi-neering, will use their six-month grants for work that began March 1. Sun Grant committed more than $107,000 to these projects, and each researcher provided a 25 percent match from a private source. The Sun Grant Initiative, funded through the departments of Agriculture, Defense, Energy and Transportation, pro-motes collaboration among researchers from land-grant institutions, government agencies and the private sector to develop and commercialize renewable, bio-based energy technologies. The proof-of-con-cept grants allow researchers to take their basic, exploratory work to the next level by proving their ideas work. Wei will work on improving the ef- ciency of his patent-pending fast pyroly-sis reactor, which converts plant materi-als, such as cornstalks and sawdust, into bio-oil. Wei estimated that his reactor produces 30 to 40 gallons of fuel from one ton of plant material; however, his goal is to increase that to 50 gallons of fuel per ton. In addition, he will experiment with a number of chemicals called catalysts that are used to remove oxygen from the bio-oil to convert it into a hydrocarbon mix-ture that is close to gasoline. Through this work, Wei said he can improve the quality and the amount of the drop-in fuel that this process produces. Wei and his co-investigator, profes-sor Jim Julson in agricultural and biosys-tems engineering, have received $13,201 support from Thermo-Ag LLC, with the remainder of the nearly $53,000 in funds coming from Sun Grant. One doctoral student and one postdoc will be working on the project. Thermo-Ag works with thermo-chemical processing of agricul-tural residue to produce high value prod-

ucts, including bio-oil. Speaking on behalf of Thermo-Ag, Mary Beth Fishback, operations director for South Dakota Innovation Partners, said, Given our regions abundance of corn stover feedstock and global interest in an economically feasible process, we are excited about the technology develop-ment milestones outlined for this partner-ship. In another proof-of-concept project, Gu will work on a technique that will ef -ciently harvest biofuels while minimizing the repercussions for the fuel-producing cell cultures. Current technologies use a chemical to extract the biofuel that damages the bacteria or yeast used to produce the fuel. The project includes professor Wil-liam Gibbons and associate professor Ruanbao Zhou, of the biology and micro-biology department, who work with blue-green algae called cyanobacteria, which have been genetically engineered to pro-duce drop-in fuel using only sunlight, carbon dioxide and water. According to Zhou, cyanobacteria factories can be built as additions to ethanol plants because they utilize the carbon dioxide emitted as a byproduct of ethanol production, an es-timated 12.5 tons per second just in South Dakota. Gus new alcohol-harvesting tech-nique will work with both ethanol and cyanobacteria. Were trying to keep the cell at a stable stage so biofuel continues to be re-leased, he explained. Recycling will reduce the cost of production, Gu said, because they dont need to expend more nutrients to grow the cell again. Professor Kasiviswanathan Muthu-kumarappan from agricultural and bio-processing engineering will help integrate the separation unit into a bioreactor. Two doctoral students will work on Gus proj-ect. South Dakota Innovation Partners provided the 25 percent match for the grant that totals nearly $40,000. One of its portfolio companies, Cyanosun Energy, works with cyanobacteria and can bene t

SDSU renewable energy projects get proof-of-concept funding

from Gus separation technologies. On the electrical engineering side, Fan will use his expertise with electronic materials and devices to develop a more cost-effective means of storing renewable energy. Supercapacitors, an advanced means of storing electric energy, use expensive activated carbon as the elec-trodes. Fan will use biochar, a byprod-uct of Weis reactor, in place of activated carbon to reduce the cost of these storage devices. Fan has developed a patent-pending method for depositing carbon lm, which has been licensed to Applied Nano lms LLC. The companys lead research and development engineer, Braden Bills, said his rm invested in Fans project as part of its work to develop a platform technol-ogy for depositing nanoparticles on thin lms for many applications. The amount of charge stored in a ca-pacitor depends on the surface area, Fan explained, and the biochar nanoparticles

can create an extremely large surface area which can then hold more charge. Thebiochar coatings form the electrodes inthe supercapacitor. Once this work is completed, Fanand Gu will determine the energy-storingcapacity of the resulting supercapacitor.Though the biochar device may not com-pete with other carbon materials in terms of storage capacity, its decreased cost willmake it competitive in the marketplace,Gu explained. By using biochar for energy storage,Fan said, Were trying to reduce car-bon emission into the atmosphere. One masters degree student will work on this project. These proof-of-concept grants willallow the researchers to show that their bio-based technologies have potential andmerit a greater investment on the part ofcommercial entities to bring them to the marketplace.

Agriculture ranks third in the total number of fatal work injuries, behind construction and transportation/warehousing. It ranks rst in the rate of non-fatal injuries per thousand workers, which is more than double the rate of the next two highest industries, mining and transportation/warehousing. Agriculture can potentially be a dangerous business. Agricul-tural professionals not only do work in it, but many involved live in it as well. University of Minnesota Extension in cooperation with the Center for Dairy Farm Safety is offering a series of Farm Safety Short Course. The purpose of these courses is to help dairy farmers develop an engaged understanding of these hazards, be able to identify those that exist around their farms, and accordingly be able to develop plans to make their farms a safer place to live and work. These courses also are aimed toward helping farms meet OSHA standards should they be audited. The two-day short courses will address the following topics: Introduction to OSHA; Injury Trends; Hazard Identi cation and Risk Assessment; Hazard Communications; Trac-tors and Farm Machinery; Hazards with Animal Handling; Hazards in Farm Structures; Personal Protective Equipment While these topics my often be overlooked in day to day farming operations and pro-cedures, they are taken into consideration by those auditing farms. During the course, farmers will be developing appropriate outlines for the implementa-tion of a safety plan on their own farms. Tools will be offered to comply with OSHA stan-dards, in an effort to make their farm a safer environment. Short courses will be offered on March 12-13 at Pipestone County EMS Bldg., 811 5th St SE, Pipestone, Minn. and at State Bank of Belle Plaine in Belle Plaine, Minn. on April 5 and April 12. All the course locations take both days for completion. We will start at 10 a.m. and conclude by 4 p.m. Lunch is included in the registration. Registration can be done on line at www.uwrf.edu/CenterForDairyFarmSafety/. You may also call 715-425-3240. This is a jointly sponsored program of University of Minnesota Extension, the Center for Dairy Farm Safety, the North Central Risk Management Education Center and a Susan Harwood Training grant.

Farm Safety Short course scheduled in Pipestone


PINE ISLAND, MN 800-233-8937BEATRICE, NE 888-342-5657

SIOUX FALLS, SD 800-705-1447MENOMONIE, WI 715-235-5144

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Leroy EgginkSibley, Iowa

Osceola County 60 cows

How many years have you attended the Central Plains Dairy Expo? I think I have missed two times and once because of weather.Why do you like attending the Cen-tral Plains Dairy Expo? I like to see certain vendors.What are three things you are look-ing forward to most with the 2013 Central Plains Dairy Expo? Visiting with all the people who attend, seeing new products and picking up items I know will be there.What have you learned from a pre-vious CPDE that youve taken back and incorporated into your farm? I spent a lot of time looking at new prod-ucts that could help with concerns I am dealing with. I also have the opportu-nity to see some of the things that work for other farmsTell us about a favorite memory from the CPDE. Having dinner with old friends that we had not seen for a num-ber of yearsTell us about your farm. We milk 46 registered Holsteins, farm around 400 acres and raise most of our feed supply with only part-time seasonal help plus family.

I like to see certain vendors.Why do you go to CPDE?

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