October 20, 2015 • Page 4 shop online at www.missourivalleyshopper.com Five Easy Fall 1-29 Dairy Outreach Home Décor Projects Consortium Dairy Tours BROOKINGS, S.D. - Dairy producers and heifer growers are invited to attend a dairy tour sponsored by the • Take your centerpiece to new heights by painting a 1-29 Dairy Outreach Consordecorative stripe or pattern tium Oct. 29. Registration for the tour around the bowl. is due by Oct. 26, 2015.Total 4. Keep Cocoa Warm with cost per person is $85 or $35 if you are a student. The DIY Chalkboard Mugs Serve guests in style with cost includes transportation, lunch, and refreshments on customizable chalkboard vans. Vans will be filled on a mugs -- here’s how: first come, first served basis when registration is received • Tape around the top of a porcelain mug and handle, for Van-carpooling. A $60 per person registration fee is creating a straight line to available to those who travel paint beneath, using painton their own. er’s tape, such as FrogTape. To register, visit the Paint the taped-off area with iGrow Dairy community porcelain chalkboard paint. page. Remove the tape when you “Here’s your opportunity finish painting and allow the to see excellent heifer-growmug to dry for 24 hours. ing facilities firsthand and • Bake your mug accord- learn what has worked, as well as what producers have ing to your paint’s direcchanged along the way,” said tions. Allow it to cool. The Tracey Erickson, SDSU Extenpaint will be as permanent as baked enamel -- and dish- sion Dairy Field Specialist. Tour Details: washer and microwave safe. Newalta Dairy Farm (1125 71st St. Pipestone, Minn., • Personalize the mug 56164) with festive phrases for 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. John and visitors. Berlinda VanderWal own and operate Newalta Dairy. 5. Personalize Pumpkins The drive to improve their with Paint Easily amplify your pump- dairy farm and provide betkins with glam -- here’s how: ter opportunities for their family led the VanderWal Family from the Netherlands • Buy a few different to Canada and to Pipestone, shaped gourds and pumpkins from your local farmer’s Minn., in 2005 where they built their current operation market or grocery store. and milk 1,600 cows. With each move or new • Spray paint them with project they implemented a metallic finish, white, lacnew management practices quer or a textured paint. or technologies to be more • Protect areas you don’t productive and provide betwant painted (like the stems) ter care for their herd. They currently raise their own with painter’s tape. You can pre-weaned calves. also use the tape to create They utilize Urban Autodesigns on the pumpkins matic Calf Feeding systems prior to painting. in group housing which can handle up to 300 of the For more home décor dairy’s heifer calves. inspiration, visit frogtape. VanEss Dairy, LLC (2996 com. Sorrel Ave, Sanborn, Iowa With simple projects, you 51248) 10:45 - 11:45 a.m. After can elevate your home with relocating from Washington custom character just in to Idaho and then to Iowa, time for fall. Harvey and Lisa VanEss and their sons, Joshua, Jeremy, small apples, cranberries or coffee beans. (StatePoint) As you shift from outdoor barbecues to indoor feasts and gatherings, make sure your home is in tip-top shape with these five simple updates. 1. Picture Perfect Gallery Wall Show love to your favorite seasons by showcasing them on a featured gallery wall, which is a top design trend in 2015: • Gather a series of picture frames. Use ones that vary in size to create an eclectic look. • Using burlap, white paper, newspaper, or even pages from an old wallpaper book, place the material on the frame’s backing to create a unique backdrop. • Next, customize the gallery for fall by placing real or faux foliage in the frames. Since the frames are already hung, you can easily swap out décor for different seasons. O 2. Painted Accent Wall Take your living area from lifeless to lovely with a pop of color. Paint an accent wall in a deep, rich hue to set the autumn scene in your home. Darker paint colors tend show more imperfections, so ensure a flawless finish by using painter’s tape to achieve sharp paint lines on trim, baseboards, crown molding and around doors and windows. You can prevent paint bleed with FrogTape brand painter’s tape, which is treated with patented PaintBlock Technology to leave you with a top-notch paint job. 3. Curb Appetites in Style with an Edible Centerpiece Create a palatable centerpiece as a practical, yet pretty addition to the table with these steps: • Wrap the base of a candle with plastic wrap to prevent direct contact with your filler material. • Nestle the candle into a bowl and surround it with Chad, Tyler and Todd are successfully milking 4,000 cows at their Sanborn Dairy. The VanEss Dairy operation is a cross-ventilated, sand-bedded free stall barn which spans 9.8 acres. In 2014, they built a new on site calf raising facility. This unique group housing and headlock feeding system supports 650 heifers from birth to weaning. VanEss Dairy embraces change and encourages other dairy farmers to do the same - especially on multigeneration farms. 11:50 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Lunch Jay’s Restaurant and Lounge - Buffet Lunch (120 W 7th St. Sanborn, Iowa 51248) City View Farms (4135 Yellow Ave, Sutherland, Iowa 51058) 1- 2 p.m. Ken and Vickie Franken operate City View Farms of Sutherland and Sioux Center, Iowa. They have specialized in the heifer growing business for more than 30 years. The Franken’s heifer raising facilities consists of two sites which they operate with their children: Jody, Jamie, Jake, and Jess. They raise dairy heifers from post-weaning age to prefreshening for as many as 12 different dairies locally and across the Midwest. Their facilities hold up to 16,000 head. City View works closely with dairy producers, veterinarians, and AI technicians to effectively manage the heifers. Franken’s belong to the Professional Dairy Heifer Growers Association (PDHGA) which helps them learn and network with other dairy heifer growers across the nation making them the successful operation they are today. Dykstra Dairy (40671 110th St., Remsen, Iowa 51050) 3:15 - 4:15 p.m. Darin and Linda Dykstra Dairy began milking cows at their current location near Maurice, Iowa in February 2003 after moving their dairy from Chino, California. They milk 3,000 cows on the dairy in Maurice along with growing their own heifer calves at a facility off-site from the dairy in Ramsen, Iowa. The calf raising facility has 14 GEA WestfaliaSurge Automatic Calf Feeding Systems, which raise all of the dairy’s replacement heifers through weaning 4:15 pm Return Home Transportation Details: Vans are provided for transportation. Below are pick-up details. Location and times from which you will depart from: North Dakota: Departure Location: NDSU Dairy Unit - Fargo, N.D. Departing Wednesday Oct. 28 at 4 p.m. to stay overnight in Brookings. Contact is J.W. Schroeder, email. South Dakota: Departure Location: Brookings & Sioux Falls, SD. Departing Thursday Oct. 29 at 6:45 a.m. Contact is Tracey Erickson, email. Minnesota: Departure Locations: St. Joseph Park & Ride (I-94 & Cty Rd 2, Minn.) Contact is Jim Salfer, email. Along I-90 (please contact Jim Paulson) Departing from both locations, Thursday Oct. 29 at 5 a.m. Contact is Jim Paulson, email or 507.251.4694. Iowa: Departure Location: Sioux Center (Walmart Parking lot, SE corner), Iowa. Departing Thursday Oct. 29 at 7 a.m. Contact is Ryan Breuer, email. Nebraska: Departure Location: Norfolk & Sioux City, Neb. Departing from Norfolk, Wednesday Oct. 28 at 6 p.m. stay over in Sioux City. Departing from Sioux City on Thursday Oct. 29 at 6 a.m. Contact for both departure locations is Kim Clark, email, 402.350.5003. 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