The silage slingers — (front) Lily Morin; (middle, from left) Jamie Klasen, Krista Klasen, Katie Rohe, Devin Hoffarth, Andy Welle and Mike Rohe; (third row, from left) Marv Rohe, Brian Hollenkamp, Dustin Rohe, Kurt Klasen, Mike Wehlage, Evan Welle, Annika Gunderson, Corey Sand, Nadiia Griepentrog, Jeremy Theisen; (back, from left) Dale Job, Dennis Rohe, Tony Roggenbuck, Ben Sonnek and Duane Hellman — gather after covering the Rohe silage pile Sept. 4 at Rohe Dairy near Freeport, Minnesota. Rohe Dairy won the 2026 Sidewall Slingers for a Day contest sponsored by Magnifi Financial and Dairy Star.
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Workers from Rohe Dairy, Magnifi Financial and Dairy Star pull plastic across the silage pile Sept. 4 near Freeport, Minnesota. The piece of plastic was 100 feet by 260 feet.
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Bubba Rohe pulls a load of sidewalls to the edge of the silage pile Sept. 4 on Rohe Dairy near Freeport, Minnesota. The silage pile had around 400 tons of silage.
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Members of Rohe Dairy, Magnifi Financial and Dairy Star pass tires to each other as they cover the silage pile at Rohe Dairy Sept. 4 near Freeport, Minnesota. The Rohes had finished chopping the pile earlier in the day.
Ben Sonnek/Dairy Star
Rohe Dairy crew members — Marv Rohe (from left), Dustin Rohe, Lily Morin, Katie Rohe, Devin Hoffarth and Mike Rohe — gather near a flatbed loaded with sidewalls Sept. 4 at Rohe Dairy near Freeport, Minnesota. The Rohes milks 235 cows.
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