Cheese! Dairy farm! Don't miss Redhead Creamery's Curd Fest

The newspaper has been bursting at the seams lately with content, and not everything has gotten into print that I wanted to get into print. Here's a link to a story about the upcoming Curd Fest at Redhead Creamery. This is something I've only been able to post on the website calendar. You can read more at the following link: https://bit.ly/3O1YDgZ.

(VIDEO) Dairy crisis meeting

On Thursday, I spent a little over two hours at the Greenwald Pub at a dairy crisis meeting. It was hosted by Land Stewardship Project. I don't think it has to be stated too loudly for most people to understand: if we have more and not fewer farmers living and working on the land, our rural communities will be better off.

Below is a video from near the beginning of the meeting featuring three different speakers explaining what would be discussed that day.


One farmer spoke about his strong frustration at how large agribusiness co-ops are taking advantage of farmers. You can listen to what he said by clicking over to the Bonanza Valley Voice website (short link): https://bit.ly/2GPfP8u.

Look for at least one feature story on the dairy crisis meeting in the February 6 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. More to follow this afternoon.

In other news, today is Super Bowl Sunday if you hadn't heard. While I have considerably more important things to do tonight (like working and generating an income) than watch an NFL game, I want to share a pizza special at RJs Mini-Mart in Brooten. This special has been in place all weekend, actually...with a purchase of any large pizza, you can get a second one of equal or lesser value at half price. A medium one-topping pizza is $9.99 each, and a 12-piece of broasted chicken is $12.99. Bone-in wings are $8.99 for a dozen (sauces: buffalo, BBQ, teriyaki, sweet chili or garlic parmesan). RJs in Brooten will be open until 10 p.m. tonight (usual closing time is 8 p.m. on Sundays).

Breakfast on the Farm event on June 2

This is exciting! Check it out...an event in rural Padua/Elrosa on Saturday, June 2:
http://www.bonanzavalleyvoice.com/story/2018/05/10/regional/stearns-county-breakfast-on-the-farm/628.html.

For the Elrosa Saints amateur baseball team, they take to the road for two Stearns County League North division battles. On Saturday, May 19 they are at New Munich. On Sunday they head to Meire Grove. Both games start at 1:30 p.m.

Dairy days!

The local banks in Belgrade and Brooten are celebrating June Dairy month while honoring our area dairy farmers throughout the Bonanza Valley.

Today at North American State Bank in Belgrade, Stearns County Dairy Princesses Kayla Herkenhoff and Courtney Klaphake are serving dilly bars from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Tomorrow, Friday, June 17, NASB in Elrosa will serve dilly bars all day for their regular business hours (8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Fridays).

And in Brooten, Bonanza Valley State Bank will honor dairy farmers on Friday, June 17 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. while serving ice cream and milk to the public.

We are very fortunate in the Bonanza Valley to have our locally-owned banks who know firsthand how important the dairy industry is to our area.

Thank you, dairy farmers!