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Minnesota State Agricultural Centers of Excellence
Academic Best Practices in Agriculture
• Farm Business Management • Dairy Training Program
– Ridgewater College• Career Pathway Development
Centers of Agricultural Excellence
Staples
Mankato
Keith OlanderAgCentric Director1830 Airport RdStaples, MN [email protected]
Brad SchloesserSouthern Cntr of Ag Director1920 Lee BoulevardNorth Mankato, MN [email protected]
Current Areas of Emphasis
AgCentric
AdvocacyCareer Pathway
Development and Promotion
Farm Business Management Education/Training
Advocacy
Consumer Literacy
Feeding a growing population while
sustaining our environmental
resources
Connecting consumers to food source through
messages that promote food system
integrity
Legislative
Keep legislators informed of results of
public investments
Facilitate interactions of legislators with
students in agriculture pathways
Agricultural Education
Continue to bridge gap between Secondary, Post Secondary, and
industry – for teachers and students
Support development of teachers and
students in agriculture education career paths
Career Pathways
Industry collaboration
Career Pathway recognition
Agriculture Job Exchange in partnership with
AgriGrowth/RTT/DOLI.
Technology Trailer
Allow easier access to technology for classes and
public
Provide immersive experience for non-
traditional students and parents
Career Information
Real Time Talent database guidance for relevant data
for talent influencers(guidance
counselors/parents/etc.).
Connecting MN State, U of M & Industry to solve
workforce crisis through recognition of data driven
demand
Farm Business Management
Professional Development
Provide 3 programs annually for technology and program
updates, we provide a mentorship program for faculty
with less than 4 years of experience
Brings 8 colleges working in harmony with one curriculum
to serve our states farmers (nearly 3,000)
Benchmark Database(FINBIN)
Collate data from faculty to regional and state database
with specialty sorts for lender and public policy use
Annually, over 2,000 producers provide accurate data that
receives over 35,000 queries annually
Farmer Producer Needs
FBM Program collaborative works with partners to meet
student needs in areas such as farm transition, expansion,
mediation, and loan process guidance
62 faculty act in many capacities meeting with
farmers typically 6-8 times per year to problem solve with
them for farm sustainability in both the short and long term
Education/Training
Post-Secondary Mentorship- PIM
With the support of MAELC funding we are growing a program to identify and
address the needs of early career College Faculty.
Initiative year indicates a greater communication across Minnesota State
AFNR faculty – list-serve was developed.
UAS Training
Utilizing the aerospace assets at Northland College, additional faculty have been
trained and trainings continue to be offered – Part
107.
Collaborative work with various colleges and secondary partners.
Industry partnerships continue to evolve.
Online coursework
To address the needs of those secondary schools
with no agriculture programming, an online
program is coming to fruition.
Additionally, we are targeting introductory
coursework who work with agriculturist but have limited
experience in the area of agriculture production.
Ridgewater Dairy ManagementProgram
Enrollment • ~45 students enrolled in the two years
• Students come from Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Washington
Students touring Red Wing Shoes Factory
• Classes Include– Nutrition– Anatomy/ Health– Breeding and Reproduction– Facilities– Replacements– Artificial Insemination Certificate– Palpation and Ultrasound/ Embryo Transfer– Farm Financial Management all 4 semesters– Forage production– Forage harvesting– Ag Power
Activities• World Dairy Expo Trip• Field Trips
– Students will see 40-50 different farms over 2 yrs.
• California Trip and World Ag Expo– Tour Dairy Farms, Yosemite, Alcatraz
• Post Secondary Agricultural Student (PAS) – Compete in Management Contests– Placed in the top 3 teams in 2017
Opportunities• Career Fair
– 50 Companies participate
– Visit with industry reps– Interview for jobs
• Fall Field Day– 10 minute
presentations – Open to the public– Present to peers
• Internship– 2 internship periods
every year• October and April
– Paid Internships – On Farms
• Work at home• Work for others
– Dairy Businesses
Minnesota Farm Business Management
Number of Dairy CowsAverage Farm
20
70
120
170
220
Cow #s
128140 134
140
160 170179
184 189200
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
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Production &Returns per Cow
-400
-200
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
16,000
17,000
18,000
19,000
20,000
21,000
22,000
23,000
24,000
25,000
26,000
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
# milk/cow return/cow
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Dairy Cows – 3-yr viewCosts and Gross Margin per CWT
FeedDirect
Dir & OvhdGross Margin
$0.00
$7.00
$14.00
$21.00
$28.00
2014 2015 2016
$10.22$8.77 $7.72
$15.57$13.37 $12.19
$18.38$16.22 $14.87
$23.64
$17.42$15.31
Net Returns: $5.26 $1.20 $.44
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Dairy Cows –Number of Farms in database
0
100
200
300
400
500
Total <50cows
51-100
cows
101-200
cows
201-500
cows
> 500cows
407
46
143115
7330
MN FBM Dairy Sort
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%
100%
Total <50cows
51-100
cows
101-200
cows
201-500
cows
> 500cows
407
11%
35%28%
18%7%
0%5%
10%15%20%25%30%35%40%45%
Total <50cows
51-100
cows
101-200
cows
201-500
cows
> 500cows
13%
4%
11%
36% 35%
44%
Dairy Cows –Number of Herds and Percent of MN Farms
Some herd data provided by the Minn Department of Ag.
MN FBM Dairy Sort
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
Total <50cows
51-100cows
101-200cows
201-500cows
> 500cows
2014 12% 5% 10% 29% 31% 38%2015 11% 4% 10% 31% 32% 33%2016 13% 4% 11% 36% 35% 44%
13%
4%
11%
36% 35%
44%
201420152016
Dairy Cows –Farms as percent of all MN herds
MN FBM Dairy Sort
Minnesota Dairy Sort Selected Factors - Size and Production
16,450
20,18722,797 24,859
27,085
39 74 143318
913
Up to 50 Cows 50 - 100 Cows 100-200 Cows 200-500 Cows Over 500 Cows
Pounds of Milk No. of Cows
MN FBM Dairy Sort
Minnesota Dairy SortSelected Factors - Cost and Price
FeedDir & Ovhd
Dir,…Gross…
$0.00
$7.00
$14.00
$21.00
<50 Cows 51-100 101-200 201-500 >500 Cows
$8.81 $8.50 $8.00 $7.88 $7.37
$15.55 $14.99 $14.86 $15.35 $14.72
$17.75$16.44 $15.87 $16.04 $15.24
15.65 15.63 15.63 15.51 15.48
Ave Cost w Labor = $15.77
MN FBM Dairy Sort
Sort - Includes All Robotic Dairy
Non-Robotic Traditional
Non-Robotic 3X Milking Organic Dairy
Initiatives
Sort - Excludes NA All non-robotic herds
Organic, Org. Transition, 3X Milking,
Rot. Grazing, Robotics
Organic, Org. Transition,
Rot. Grazing, Robotics,
non-3X milk herds
All non-organic herds
All non-Dairy Initiative
herds
Number of Farms 407 16 331 34 17 118Number of Cows 195 152 171 531 93 163Milk Produced per Cow 24,390 25,741 23,770 27,224 14,910 23,828Milk Sold $4,006.88 $3,935.51 $3,853.11 $4,431.97 $5,140.48 $3,908.59Gross Margin $3,790.19 $3,761.71 $3,631.45 $4,215.74 $5,025.96 $3,692.89Feed Cost per Cow $1,899.65 $1,906.29 $1,846.07 $2,074.91 $1,894.01 $1,864.49Breeding Fees $48.37 $40.82 $47.57 $54.12 $25.58 $45.21Veterinary $111.99 $139.04 $105.08 $136.60 $39.48 $98.24BST $47.34 $19.74 $39.90 $80.17 $0.00 $36.51Repairs $128.39 $166.19 $128.37 $118.95 $170.33 $127.97Hired Labor-Dir&Ovhd $427.52 $157.61 $374.07 $647.79 $330.02 $373.83Interest $85.50 $244.41 $86.62 $64.12 $61.22 $94.18Depreciation $167.54 $443.01 $149.71 $189.07 $167.54 $169.88Total Dir &Ovhd Cost $3,653.19 $3,881.63 $3,501.79 $4,149.96 $3,345.51 $3,508.00Net Return $136.99 -$119.92 $129.66 $65.78 $1,680.45 $184.88Cost of Prod - O&D $14.98 $15.08 $14.73 $15.24 $22.44 $14.72Culling Percentage 28.5 27.6 27.8 31.8 20.6 28.0Turnover Rate 35.5 33.9 35.2 37.7 25.3 35.0Feed Cost per CWT $7.79 $7.41 $7.77 $7.62 $12.70 $7.82Average Milk Price $16.57 $15.47 $16.30 $16.51 $35.30 $16.56
Additional Selected Sorts within the Dairy Enterprise
Dairy Sorts Expanded…
Career Pathways
Agriculture – Nationwide (2016)Nationwide Top 5 Entry Level Positions Posted• Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers• Demonstrators & Product Promoters• Industrial Engineers• Retail Sales Workers (feed, grain, equipment)• Supervisors of Production & Operating Workers
Total Agricultural Establishments (NAICS 11)
Quarter 3 of 2016: 103,491(p)Source: BLS Quarterly Census
of Employment and Wages
Agriculture – Minnesota (2016)Minnesota Job Volume by Career Pathway
67,032 Ag jobs advertised online
(+4.9%)
Top Job Sites Used in Minnesota
38% required little to no experience (0-2 years)
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*Location Quotient (LQ) of 1.3 or higher compared to national volume.
Agriculture – Minnesota (2016)The Top 5 Entry Level Positions Posted• Supervisors of Production & Operating Workers• Ag Equipment Maintenance & Repair Workers • Power & Line Installers • Retail Sales Workers (feed, grain, equipment)• Customer Service Representatives
Top Growth in Demand• Ag Product Demonstrators & Promoters• Food Product/Grain Market Researchers• Agricultural Marketing Specialists• Food Scientists & Technologists• Industrial Truck & Tractor Operators
Employers with Highest Volumes of Animal Systems Opportunities
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*Unique to Minnesota’s top five occupations.
Agriculture – Minnesota (2016)
Unique to Mankato• Food Products & Processing• Agribusiness & Ag-Related
Sales/Retail
Agriculture – Core Skills
Agricultural Careers
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