AGRONOMY
Carver County Dairy Association Board
The Carver County American Dairy Asso-
ciation (ADA) participates in parades, sup-
ports food shelves, and operates a milk and
ice cream stand at the Carver County Fair.
Their goal is to educate and promote dairy
as part of a healthy diet, and encourage the
next
generation of dairy producers. There
Daniel Stuewe,
are eight members on the board, and they
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meet every two months to talk about and
plan upcoming events.
Two of Mid-County’s agronomy team are also board members
of the association — Daniel Stuewe and Alex Klaustermeier. Both
Stuewe and Klaustermeier work as Custom Applicators, and both
have family backgrounds connecting them to the dairy industry.
Klaustermeier has been an ADA board
member for two years, and he grew up in
a dairy farming family, too, and still helps
with general upkeep and mixing feed.
“My dad, Mark, and my uncle Joel, run
the dairy,” he explained. “We milk about Alex Klaustermeier,
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140 cows.”
Klaustermeier said that the association contributes to several
food shelves every year during the month of June, which is Dairy
Month, and at Christmas time: Waconia United Food Shelf, Friends
for Life Food Shelf in Watertown, and the Southwest Carver Coun-
ty Food Shelf in Norwood Young America.
Stuewe has served as the board vice president since 2016. He
followed in the footsteps of his mother, Sue Stuewe. Both Stuewe and Klaustermeier participate in parades with the
ADA, such as the Fourth of July parades in Delano and Chanhassen,
Watertown Rails to Trails, Bar-B-Q Days in Belle Plaine, and Steam-
boat Days in Carver.
“I grew up milking cows, and I kind of took over for my mom, be-
cause she was on the board and her term was up,” Stuewe said. “Being a board member is a good way to promote dairy,”
Klaustermeier said.
Breakfast on the Farm
June 22, 2019 was a perfect day for Wright Carver Breakfast on
the Farm. For only $5 per person, everyone was treated to an all-
you-can-eat breakfast of pancakes, sausage, coffee, orange juice,
and milk. Children five and under ate for free. Approximately
1800 people attended, coming from nearby towns and the Twin
Cities area.
Breakfast on the Farm is a major annual event designed for
families. It is hosted at a different farm every year, in either Wright
or Carver County. This year, Scott and Yvonne Hoese, along with
their son Eric and his wife Erica, hosted the event at their dairy
farm in Mayer.
While the host family provides the setting, the Wright Carver
Breakfast on the Farm Committee organizes the event. But the
Hoese family was also working behind the scenes. Eric Hoese
served as co-chair of the committee, and Scott and Yvonne’s
daughter Rachel Boyack, who lives in Delano with her husband
Mike, was also a committee member.
industry. Future Farmers of America organized a petting zoo, and
4-H members helped with cleanup at the breakfast area.
“We have two farms, across the road from each other. People
asked a lot of questions, and were surprised that they could get
close and see the calves,” Yvonne said. “There were free giveaways,
too. Milk, ice cream, yogurt, cheese, and dairy objects were given
away.”
Both Yvonne and Scott were pleased with the experience, and
enjoyed being Breakfast on the Farm hosts.
“Overall, it went very well,” Scott said. “The committee did a
good job.”
“It was really exciting,” Yvonne added. “It was fun to see every-
one at our farm just going back and forth. It was neat to see that
many people interested in it.”
“It’s a very educational thing,” Yvonne explained. “They invite all
the kids in all the schools in Carver and Wright counties.”
The event began at 7 a.m. When people arrived, they were
greeted with live music, tractors on display, and a radio station,
BOB 106.1 FM, was on-site to cover the event. Tour guides led
adults and children around the farm to visit different learning
stations, where they listened to talks from veterinarians, agrono-
mists, and other agricultural leaders about farming and the dairy
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Pictured is an aerial shot of all the guests for Breakfast on the Farm.
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