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Greg Palmer of Waukon lives up to his awarding of Pioneer

Dairyman honors in many different aspects
by David M. Johnson
Pioneer: to open or prepare
for others to follow. This
definition of what a pioneer
is and represents does not
really give justice to what a
pioneer has accomplished
and the influence these
accomplishments achieved.
A pioneer usually has been
tested in his or her endeavors,
overcoming conflict and the
negatives that might arise.
After confronting the many
challenges, success becomes
the norm instead of the
exception.
Greg Palmer of rural Waukon
was recently honored with
the title of Pioneer Dairyman
as selected by the Allamakee
County Dairy Promotion Board.
This 68-year-old dairyman has
steadily built a resum that is
fitting for someone who has
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I have always wanted to
farm and milk, reflected Greg
on his life and career. I would
watch my dad milk, starting
when I was two or three years
old, having that passion, so
there was not even really any
question what I wanted to do.
Greg did the chores on
the family farm while going
to school, was an active 4-H
and FFA member, and after
graduating from Waukon High
School, he planned on going to
college. His dad, Lee, broke his
leg, so Greg chose to stay and
manage the farm for a year.
Greg was drafted by the Army
during the Vietnam War, but he
failed the required physical so
remained on the farm. Greg Palmer of Waukon stands with an array of his familys farming operation evident in the photo
background. Palmer has remained on the same farm he grew up on, making the adjustments he
Palmer has deemed necessary throughout the last four decades since he gained full ownership of the
Continued on page 6 farmstead. For his efforts and accomplishments as a dairy farmer, Palmer was honored with the
Pioneer Dairyman Award by the Allamakee County Dairy Promotion Board in March of this year.
Photo by David Johnson.
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Tom Baxter of Calhoun Creamery
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over Tom Baxters 42 years
working in the dairy industry,
but one thing that has remained
consistent is the quality of the
people.
Early on someone told me
if you want yourself and your
business to succeed, you
surround yourself with good
people. I was fortunate to do
just that, he said.
Baxter retired in April 2017
from his manager position
at Calhoun Creamery in
Churchtown, rural Lansing.
He started working at the
creamery in March of 1975 after
getting out of the military and
serving in Vietnam. He hauled
canned milk, which was not a
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rotated, so Tom moved many,
many cans during those years.
It was difficult to find help for
that job, he recalls.
He was chosen to be
manager in 1981 upon the
retirement of Emery Spohn,
and the creamery stopped
picking up canned milk in 1978.
It was a nice improvement for
us when we got rid of the cans,
Baxter recalls.
Baxter says dairy farming
has changed a lot during his
tenure, most noticeably the
number of farms going down
and the size of the dairies
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For one, he said it became
much easier to track down
farmers to talk with them
over the years. There was
tremendous change during
that time, but I think the biggest
change was the way we
communicate, he says.
Early on, he said, they
had to deal with party phone
lines and busy signals, not to
mention the task of figuring out
which farmers are likely to be
in the house at what time. In
the 1980s when many farmers
faced financial crisis, farm
wives began to work in town
so there was often no one in
the house to answer the phone
during the day. In recent times
before retirement, Baxter said
dairy producers would often
call or email from their smart
phones while in the field.
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Tom Baxter stands on the front porch of his home near the West
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spring day. Following a 42-year career, Baxter retired in April of
this year from his position as manager of Calhoun Creamery in
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sunshine from his front porch and reflecting on the many aspects
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Palmer
Continued from page 2

The Palmers milked 50 Lee passed away in 1977, the
cows, managed a 50-cow beef partnership was 50/50. Greg
herd, and raised 700 hogs, chose to gain full ownership the
farrow to finish, on the 300- next year, purchasing the other
plus acre farming operation. half from his mother.
Father and son had a good This Jefferson Township
working relationship, which farmer had a plan for the family
led to forming a partnership farm and slowly developed it
where Greg was awarded a by expanding. He purchased
percentage of the gross, and another three farms, not huge
the establishment where Gregs acreages but enough to grow
share was one-third. Before the farm by adding 80, then 140
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some 30 years of planning and
upsizing.
The involvement in hogs was
dissipated in 1993 and the beef
herd was gone earlier. In return,
the dairy herd, all Holsteins,
grew to 185 cows. When Greg
was in high school, the dairy
part of the farm had buckets
and a pipeline in the original
barn, that set-up evolving to tie-
stalls in 1989 after tearing out
the milking stanchions. In the
year 1993 there was another
addition, with a manure pit and
auto gutter plus parlor in 2011
all becoming elements of the
milking operation.
The farming operation
welcomed Gregs son, Eric, in
1995, becoming part of another
Palmer partnership. Eric and
his wife, Stephanie, became
more and more involved
financially, evolving into the
primary managing element of
the dairy. They oversaw the
herd health, breeding and the
milking. Their youth element
introduced the technology that
is demanded today by the dairy
industry.
While expanding and
improving on the Palmer farm,
Greg was also involved in
influencing and assisting not
only his son, Eric, but also
being integral in the operations
of two brothers and another
son. Providing another example
of Gregs pioneer spirit is his
willingness to help others so
they too may experience the
pleasure that this Allamakee
County farmer experiences
from being a farmer, especially
a dairy farmer.
Besides a livestock
operation, the Palmer farming
operation also includes 500
acres of cropland that demands
time and interest so there is
food for those cows and calves.
There are more and more crop
farmers making a living in
Allamakee County, but this farm
operator is a strong proponent
of crop rotation, incorporating
alfalfa along with oats and corn.
Greg believes the land is
living and breathing, something
that this owner is a caretaker
of to ensure that the land is
given the same attention and
concern as his cows. So,
instead of planting corn, some
of the acres are seeded down
for alfalfa. From the hay fields
the alfalfa is cut and baled as
dry hay for the heifers and
calves, but primarily the alfalfa
is harvested as bailage and
haylage. With the crops grown
on the farm, a total mixed ration
(TMR) feeding program was
established in 1996 where a
combination of straw, haylage,
corn silage, snaplage and a
mixture of mineral/protein and
cotton seed became part of the
TMR feeding ration.
Day after day, week after
week, month after month,
year after year, Greg said he
Palmer
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Palmer At left: Cows in the

Continued from page 6 milking rotation of
the Greg Palmer
has worked without regret on family dairy operation
something he loves to do. When
await their turn in
asked how one gets up at 4:00
in the morning and continues the milking parlor
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replied that, You have to have upgrade to the
a true passion to farm; you Palmer farmstead.
make it work and have to have Greg Palmer grew
the drive and ambition so it can up milking 50 cows,
be done. along with raising
He loves to work with beef cows and
his family, noting that his hogs, but has made
wife, Marlene, and children, adjustments over
Christine, Beth, John, Aaron,
time to his familys
Eric and Ross have all been
instrumental in making the farming operation to
farm a success. Besides love focus on the dairy
for family, Greg loves planting operation and crop
his fields each year, developing farming.
the crops and working with the At right: A young calf
calves. The fall is his favorite looks on in curiosity
time of year, harvesting the at the new visitors
crops and tucking everything to the farm. The
in so everything is ready for young stock plays an
winter. integral role in the
There is the strong motivation
maintenance of the
to get up every morning
because a decision not to do Palmer dairy herd.
so means the crops or animals Photos by David
Johnson.
Palmer
Continued on page 8
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Palmer
Continued from page 7

may not survive, as there is of agriculture from the past

the mindset that everything
depends on this dairyman.
Dwelling on the daily routine
of chores and other work that
makes this a successful farming
operation, Greg stated, It is
hard for others to understand,
unless you live it.
Over the years as the
landscape changes in the arena
of agriculture, the philosophy
and definition of farming has
taken a turn from farming as
a way of life to the idea that it
is a business. Greg still firmly
believes that this is a way of
life and, if done right, a good
one for not only the farmer
but the family as well. There is
the conviction that being ones
own boss and doing ones own
work has proven successful in
the past and can still be the
formula to make it work in the
future. He believes economics
has changed the progression
to where it is today, but he
doesnt necessarily agree with
the idea that larger and larger
operations are the answer.
Greg does not want
anyone to believe that he is
against progress; he knows
it is important to integrate the
positive elements of progress
into the operation to make
it successful. He would look
at how his dad and his uncle
farmed and took from that the
good things, tweaking here
and there so as to improve on
something that was already
showing good results.
Not cutting corners always
stuck with me, added Greg, as
he would not only look at the
farmers and their operations
within the family, but would take
the time to look at operations
Palmer
Continued on page 9 Greg Palmer of rural Waukon stands by his John Deere self-propelled chopper he uses to help
harvest the nearly 500 acres of cropland that also make up part of his familys farming operation.
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Palmer
Continued from page 8
of other farmers, either in or
outside the neighborhood. That
is why his farm underwent the
progression from milking with
cows in stanchions to milking
cows in a parlor.
There has also been the
improvement from using one
generation of machinery
and agronomy to another
generation of machinery and
how to work and plant ones
fields. Animal husbandry has
changed and the positive
aspects were also integrated
as the care of the livestock was
taken into consideration.
That is what pioneers do;
they move on, not remaining
stagnant and using the common
sense that is part of the make-
up of each individual. When
one blazes new trails, they tend
to always remember their roots
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There are roadblocks and feeding time in the free stall barn that is an
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been battling health issues, Photo by David Johnson.
Palmer
Continued on page 10
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Palmer
Continued from page 9
but the family, neighbors and
friends have pitched in to
overcome instead of being
overwhelmed. A little of what
Eric is experiencing and how
certain things are to be dealt
with may be attributed to a
father who has established a
rock solid attitude on how to
live life and how to run a farm.
One may continue to observe
the fingerprints of this pioneer
dairyman as others in his
family were assisted and have
moved on in their own farming
operations.
Whether one is a pioneer in
medicine, business, opening
new frontiers or milking cows,
there is the common trait that
wisdom, stubbornness when
called for and perseverance
is what makes and defines a
pioneer. Greg Palmer fits that
mold.
The Palmer dairy herd numbers just below 200 and the cows are fed a total mixed ration consisting
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Allamakee County Cattlemens Association awards scholarships

The Allamakee County Cattlemens Association
recently awarded scholarships which have been
given annually to area graduating seniors who
answer three essay questions on beef, along with
financial support to local college students who
take part in Postsecondary Agricultural Students
(PAS) Conference events. These students are
pictured in the surrounding photos. Funding for
the scholarships and financial support comes
from a variety of events sponsored by the
Cattlemen throughout the year. The Cattlemen
host several grillings in downtown Waukon,
and at the Allamakee County Fair and Waukon
Power Sports. In the fall, the Cattlemen host a
Club Calf Auction at Northeast Iowa Equity Sales
Commission in Waukon, where they sell 30-40
calves to buyers throughout the country, some as
far away as Texas. In the spring, the Cattlemen
conduct a Breeding Soundness Exam (Semen
Check) for area producers. The Cattlemen have
been strong supporters of 4-H and FFA youth
and have also donated money to several local
organizations, including the Veterans Memorial
Healthcare Foundation Christmas Fantasy and
area churches. Pictured above in a photo taken during a recent grilling event sponsored by the Allamakee County Cattlemens
The Allamakee County Cattlemens Association Association are members of the Association with the two area graduating high school seniors who were each
consists of area beef producers who care awarded scholarships by the Association in 2017. Pictured, left to right, are: Front row - 2017 Waukon High
about beef and they would like to express their School graduate and scholarship recipient Elizabeth Blake, who also serves as this years Allamakee County
appreciation to all who have patronized them in Beef Queen; Allamakee County Cattlemens Association member Tate Ryan; 2017 Allamakee County Beef
their activities. Any beef producer who would like Princess Danielle Stock; 2017 Waukon High School graduate and scholarship recipient Christa Heffern; and
to become a member of the Association is invited Allamakee County Cattlemens Association members Jack Heffern and Jim Trappe. Back row - Allamakee
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Allamakee County Cattlemens Association offers financial support to local college students
The Allamakee County Cattlemens
Association awarded the six Northeast Iowa
Community College (NICC) students from
Allamakee County pictured at right financial
support in recognition of their achievements at
the Iowa Postsecondary Agricultural Students
(PAS) Conference and advancement to the
National PAS Conference. Pictured at right, left
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the Iowa team that placed third at the National
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Iowa PAS Conference, and Ryan and Bieber
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member of the third-place Livestock Specialist
team at the Iowa PSA Conference, and Hagen
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in that competition, at the Iowa PAS Conference.
The financial support presented to the students
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as part of their trip to the PAS Conferences.
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Wallesers mix traditional practices with

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awardees are fourth generation on the Walleser family farm
by Lissa Blake

When Tom Walleser and

sons Tanner and Trent were Left to right:
searching for ways to keep Tom Walleser
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they looked for ways to add sons, Trent
value to what they had. and Tanner
We were looking for ways Walleser, work
to grow, but decided to do together on the
something so we wouldnt Walleser family
have to keep expanding to stay farm in rural
alive, said Tom, who works Lansing. That
on the same farm his father, combination
Edwin, and his grandfather, JJ, shares the
called home as well. responsibilities
Today, Tom, along with his of the
two sons, Tanner and Trent, run 150-Holstein
a busy dairy and beef operation. dairy operation
Two or three days a week, in addition to
their milk is shipped to WW managing a
Homestead Dairy in Waukon, beef herd as
which the family helped start well. Photo by
in 2012. The rest of the time Lissa Blake.
their milk is shipped to Calhoun
Creamery in Churchtown.
The Wallesers own WW
Homestead with Tom and Paul
Weighner, who also provide
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dairy.
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Below: Brothers Tanner and Trent Walleser (left to right) stand in

Walleser the new calf barn recently constructed on the Walleser farm in rural
Continued from page 17 Lansing. They have followed in the footsteps of their father, Tom
Walleser, in working the family farm. Photo by Lissa Blake.
Trent, a 2013 Kee High School
graduate, went to Northeast
Iowa Community College for
about a year before farming
with his family full time.
The young farmers live on
the home place and work side
by side with their father and
their cousin, Evan Bottorff.
I lived here for 55 years
and recently built a house
down the road. I made my first
move off the farm two years
ago My brother, who lives in
Milwaukee, always complains
about his commute to work. I
called him recently and told him Above: The
now I have to drive a mile and Harvestore silo
a quarter, quipped Tom about on the Walleser
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its rural Lansing
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The Wallesers milk 150 Tanner and Trent
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twice a day. We can milk 14 now become the
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hour, said Tom. of their family to
work that family
Walleser farm. Photo by
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Walleser
Continued from page 18
They also run about 200
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completed a new calf barn.
Everything here is raised
up and finished out. Our dairy
heifers go into the milking herd
and we finish out all the steers.
We keep the beef heifers, said
Trent.
All cows on the farm are
artificially inseminated, but they
do run a clean-up bull with the
older cows.
In addition to cattle, they
crop around 1,400 acres of
corn, hay, soybeans and oats.
Everything we feed, we grow
ourselves. The bulk of that
is corn. The soybeans are
roasted for protein for the milk
cows, said Tanner.
We never use BST (Bovine
somatotropin) on the farm and
we use all our own feeds,
added Tom.
Tanner Walleser feeds calves in the new calf barn on his
OLD WITH THE NEW fourth-generation family farm in rural Lansing. Tanner and
Tom said he is happy the his brother, Trent, have become the fourth generation of the
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and beef operation. Photo by Lissa Blake.
Walleser
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The maternity pen on the Walleser farm in rural Lansing was recently occupied in an effort to build and maintain the Walleser dairy herd.
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The many health benefits of dairy

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products. While most animals
wean off of their mothers
milk after infancy, humans
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As farming replaced hunting
and gathering in many areas
of the world, its surmised that
the human body slowly evolved
to tolerate milk into adulthood,
especially if it was fermented,
such as in cheese or yogurt.
Several thousand years later,
its believed that a genetic with sufficient potassium may
mutation spread through
Europe that gave people the
ability to produce lactase - the
enzyme necessary to digest
the lactose sugar in dairy -
and drink milk. Many people
who retain the ability to digest
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Persistence in the early Cultural
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South Asia.
Dairys present-day benefits
potassium, and vitamins A, D,
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Wild Farm
Wilds
Continued from page 5 Todd Wild
with his son,
nights or whatever, we could do two-year-old
our school work ahead of time Kasen, who
and get out early to help dad is named for
with the fieldwork or feeding the Case IH
calves. We would do that all the tractor. After
time, said Todd. growing up
Although all Todd ever on the family
wanted to do was farm, on farm himself,
the advice of his parents, Todd has
Todd decided he should a goal of
learn something to fall back establishing
on and obtained his master his own farm
electricians license from and building
Northeast Iowa Community it for the next
College (NICC). After college, generation of
he worked for Mauss Electric in the family he
New Albin. and his wife,
Ive tried to work some the former
other places, but whenever Im Brianne
somewhere else, I would much Bjerke, have
rather farm than do anything started.
else You get to raise your Photo by
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calves out Watching them
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Wilds
Continued from page 27
When the Wild brothers
bought the farm, they started
with just 11 cattle. Today, they
run a herd of around 100 Black
Angus, raising them and selling
everything as feeders around
900 pounds.
We keep some replacement
heifers to build the herd and we
have some bulls that run with
them, he said.
The Wilds have 280 acres
where they grow oats, alfalfa
and corn. Anything left over
from feeding their own animals
gets sold to Innovative Ag.
Left to right: Kasen, Todd,
Faith and Brianne Wild
stand next to one of their
tractors on their farm in
rural Waukon. Todd and
his brother, Steve, along
with their dad, Richard, and
their two uncles, Randy
and Robert Wild, all kind
of farm together, according
to Todd, with him being the
farms full-time mechanic.
Photo by Lissa Blake.

NOT WITHOUT
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Todd said the biggest
challenges he faced when
starting out revolved around
cost and experience, knowing
what the right choices were
just starting out and being
able to afford land at the high
prices. Its also very hard to
find pasture because of high
crop rental rates in our area,

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Wilds
Continued from page 28
he shared.
He admitted that other
challenges include the hours
put in during calving season
to ensure the cows dont have
trouble calving and that the
calves are born and get a
good start. It is very helpful
getting started when you have
a family member, such as a
parent or grandparent, who is
willing to help get started, Todd
explained.
His advice to anyone getting
started with a beef herd is that
it can be done but one has to
be willing to put in the time and
money needed to make the
operation successful.

PASSING IT ON
The Wilds have two children.
Their son, Kasen, is two years
old and their daughter, Faith,
was born this past December
and is five months old.
Todd said he would someday Feeding time brings the Black Angus herd running on the Todd and Brianne Wild farm in rural Waukon. The Wilds have about 280
love to be able to farm full-time.
acres on their farm, where they grow oats, alfalfa and corn, selling to Innovative Ag whatever is left over after feeding their own
If Dad or the uncles retire,
I would love to not have any animals. Photo by Lissa Blake.
other jobs Its kind of my goal
in life to get the farm built up for
the next generation, he said. We are proud to partner with
local Beef & Dairy Farmers!
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Baxter
Continued from page 3
Although the employees of
Calhoun Creamery certainly
prided themselves on solid
relationships with dairy
producers and their families,
Baxter says that was another
thing that changed over the
years. He said that farms
saw an increase in hired help
on farms and more recently,
robotic milkers.
Baxter says, looking back,
he wishes he would have taken
Spanish in high school. I had
no idea it would become such
an important tool down the
road, he explained.
Baxter says milk quality
has increased tremendously
over the past 40 years, due to
education, improved milking
equipment, and creameries
and dairy producers working
together. He said the industry
standard for somatic cell count
requirements are 40 percent
of what they used to be and
bacteria count limits are a mere
fraction of what they were just a
few decades ago.
Dairymen take great pride
in having great quality milk
and they strive for the quality
awards the creamery gives
out, Baxter shared.
Another change he has seen
is the much stricter rules for
antibiotics in milk. He explained
that the limits used to be ten
parts per million, now the limit
is eight parts per billion. He also
said the testing used to require
about three and a half hours;
now it is done in eight minutes.
Each load of milk is tested
before it is mixed with other
milk in larger tanker trucks, and
if that test shows the milk has
antibiotics in it the entire load of
milk is dumped and not mixed
in with the larger load.
Baxter explained that dairy
producers keep very close
tabs on the milk from sick cows
that are being treated with
antibiotics. It had been several
years since we have had any
milk test positive for antibiotics
due to the attention to detail by
the dairymen, he said.
Calhoun Creamery does not
process milk, rather the facility
hauls it in, tests it, loads it into
semi tankers and ships 11 or
more loads per day to up to
seven milk processing facilities
operated by Foremost Farms.
Milk collected by the Calhoun
facility was shipped to Beatrice
Cheese in Fredericksburg in
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the early years, and they have
been working with Foremost for
20 years. Calhoun Creamery
celebrated its 100th anniversary
in 1996.
When Baxter started at
Calhoun, they hauled milk from
286 farms, and now that number
is down to about 60 farms in
Allamakee and Winneshiek
counties in Iowa, and Houston
and Fillmore counties in
Minnesota. Although
number of farms has dropped,
Baxter says the amount of milk
shipped has more than doubled
during his career.
We have had an extremely
loyal farmer base over the
years, he said. I was working
with the third generation on
some of these farms. I love
watching how the younger
generation integrates their
ideas and new technologies.
I had a wonderful career,
he says. Its a great place
and I worked with many great
people. When I retired, just
about everyone I worked with
was a friend.
In the early years of his
career, Baxter and his wife,
Beth, lived just across the
pavement from the creamery,
and their four children were
able to frequently spend time
with dad at his work. We raised
our kids while at this job, said
Baxter.
All four of their adult children
still live in the Waukon area,
and Baxter is looking forward
to spending more time with his
five grandchildren.
The facility has typically
operated with someone at the
creamery from early morning
until evening seven days a
week, operating the creamery
and taking care of the cheese
store. Baxters job sometimes
required him to take action at
all hours of the day and night,
a part of the job he does not
miss.
The new manager of
Calhoun Creamery is Michelle
Donahue. Baxter says she has
worked there for 26 years and
is extremely capable.
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June is
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the and their families on a
job well done throughout
the year.
We are pleased to
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major award winners from
Allamakee County.
High Herd for Fat & Jersey
Protein Arlyn & Kevin Fossum
Tom Baxter Steve & Paula Enyart Red & White Holstein
Brian & Monica Enyart
42 Years of Service Junior Dairy
Mixed Breed
Ambassadors
Bradley Enyart Steve & Paula Enyart
Dairy Princess Outstanding Young Matt & Michelle Byrnes
Victoria Waters, daughter Dairy Farmers Mariesa Gibbs
Cael Rethwisch Scott & Barb Melcher
of Kim & Chad Waters. Tanner & Trent Walleser
Olivia Enyart Ribbon Winners for
Sponsored by Nancy, Distinguished Service
Mike, Mark & Brenda Wyatt Baxter Production
to Industry Award
Hartley Elizabeth Fossum Steve & Paula Enyart
Jeff Sommer Thomas Fossum Schwartzhoff Dairy
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Carmen Wille, daughter Agriculture Ethan Gibbs Gav-N-View Farms
of Carl Wille & KaLynne Mary Kerndt Kiersten Gibbs Arlyn & Kevin Fossum
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Nancy Hartley Family Arlyn & Kevin Fossum Curtis & Bruce Anderson
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Graduates Elizabeth Blake and Christa Heffern awarded scholarships

Waukon High School 2017 and 4-H. I was the Allamakee but also skittish and get scared are organizations that are also
graduates Elizabeth Blake County Beef Queen last year very easily. What I most enjoy aimed toward new farmers that
and Christa Heffern were and used that title to promote about beef is the bond that can I would utilize.
recently awarded scholarships beef and travel to schools be formed between a cow and
by the Allamakee County educating children about beef its owner. When I am working 3) What steps should be
Cattlemens Association. The cattle. with my steer for the fair, I taken by the USDA to keep
two scholarship applicants had I have a great passion for usually become very close to U.S. beef safe?
to answer each of the following agriculture and want to do my cattle and form a special There are more guidelines
questions: everything in my power to bond with them. I love when we about beef and how the meat
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Graduates
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