“Calf Hutches” WDN 1412-3 December Wisconsin Dairy News Please broadcast this package the week of December 15, 2014. RUNS 1:49 Draft: FINAL– November 17, 2014 Written by: Amy Wallace The sample anchor intro and tag information may be scripted to your preference. If you choose to use your own talent for the voice-over portions of this package, the script must be followed verbatim. SAMPLE ANCHOR INTRO Care and comfort of calves is a high priority for dairy farmers. In this segment of Wisconsin Dairy News, we’re exploring a company that creates high-tech housing for Wisconsin’s future dairy herd. Scene 1. 2. Notes Video Katie Grinstead, Dairy Farmer Vir Clar Farms Fond Du Lac, WI 3. 4. Katie Grinstead, Dairy Farmer Vir Clar Farms Fond Du Lac, WI 1 Audio Katie Grinstead (Grin-stehd) takes care of the calves at Vir Clar (Ver Clair) Farms in Fond Du Lac. “Calf Care is really important. This is our future right here. And the best care we can give the calves right now, I believe that when they do come into the herd you can see the difference.” Katie’s previous job allowed her to travel the state and she was able to see several different types of calf housing. So, when she returned to her family farm, her calf housing decision was made. “I knew from my travels that I wanted to put my calves in calf hutches and I really felt 5. 6. Joe Weber, Marketing Manager Hampel Corporation Germantown, WI 7. 8. Katie Grinstead, Dairy Farmer Vir Clar Farms Fond Du Lac, WI 9. Joe Weber, Marketing Manager Hampel Corporation Germantown, WI 2 comfortable that this was what we should be doing.” Calf-Tel hutches are made at Hampel (ham pull) Corporation in Germantown, Wisconsin. A thermo-forming plastics manufacturer, Hampel is also known for making portable restrooms and has now made a name by molding state-of-the-art calf housing. “The design of the calf hutches is critical to both the health of the animal, the comfort of the animal, and the usability of the manager, because people have to work with them too. So the product has to be easy to use, and it has to first and foremost, it has to satisfy all those animal comfort and welfare needs.” Molded out of a single sheet of plastic, the hutches are strong and durable, lasting up to 25 years or more. Dairy farmers see the long-term benefits as well. “It’s easy to move, they’re very easy to wash. That’s something that’s very important to me whether it’s 95 degrees that day or twenty below zero, we wash our hutches so that the calf is always going into a clean environment.” “We visit the farms ourselves and we learn how the products are working for them, we learn how the products are working for the animals. So we make sure those design changes and improvements are built into the huts themselves.” And that’s Wisconsin Dairy News. 10. SAMPLE ANCHOR TAG Hampel Corporation started making calf hutches in 1981 at the request of a local farmer. Since then, Hampel has worked closely with the agricultural community to continually improve upon the design and usability of the hutches. For more information about the calf hutches log on to www.hampelcorp.com. 3