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Tourists
Approximately 35 area residents visited the Steve and Mary Brand farm east of Ellsworth Wednesday for one of three dairy modernization tours organized by Pierce and St. Croix County UW-Extension offices last week. The Brand family has added new dairy replacement facilities to their operation. They were the second area dairy to invest in automated calf-feeding equipment. Other tours were at the Mike and Amanda Rohl farm southeast of Ellsworth and at the Wayne and Beverly Alverman farm near Deer Park.
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Heifers
Steve and Mary Brand’s heifers were moved into a 250-head capacity, multi-age heifer facility last fall. The 100-by-250-foot facility includes Jenn-Aire thermostatically controlled curtain sidewalls to provide natural ventilation for the heifers. The Brands’ 900-cow operation was featured on a UWEX dairy modernization tour Wednesday.
-- Photos by Bill Kirk
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