Dairymen Seek Cost of Living Adjusted Milk Supports
Washington dairy farmer spokesmen seek legislation to raise federal milk supports to 85 percent of parity with quarterly adjustments. They urge restoring the 1972-73 rate to $5.28 per hundredweight and tying future shifts to changing costs to keep parity.
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Washington
UPI
Capitol Hill
Senate
House Agriculture Committees
Congress
Patrick B. Healy
National Milk Producers Federation
Healy
Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
NMPF
Butz
Ralph Nader
G.O.P
Electricity Outage Hits Michigan Dairies
An ice storm in southwestern Michigan knocked out power to about 15 percent of Barry county dairymen, forcing them to milk by hand or with portable generators, cars, and tractors. Chore time became a real project as officials warned of continued outages for days.
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Michigan
Barry County
Mrs. Rausch Named Jersey Parish President
Mrs Melvin Rausch of Fort Atkinson was elected president of the Jersey Parish Association at an organizational meeting. Willard Fritz of Lansing was chosen as vice president and Glen Longhorn of Hawkeye as secretary treasurer. Robert Cline of Decorah was named county director to the district Jersey group and Milford Nabholtz of West Union was elected director for local administration on the state board.
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Decorah
Melvin Rausch
Fort Atkinson
Jersey Parish Association
Willard Fritz
Lansing
Glen Longhorn
Hawkeye
Winneshiek County
District Jersey Group
Robert Cline
Milford Nabholtz
West Union
Holstein Member Dietz Named in Wadena Becomes Association Member
Robert H. Dietz of Wadena has been named a member of the Holstein-Friesian Association of America. The listing notes Dietz joins the national dairy herd registry, reflecting ongoing farm and cattle industry ties in Wadena.
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Wadena
Robert H. Dietz
The
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Farm auction and estate sales in Wisconsin and Iowa
Web March 22 auctions list 51 head commercial cattle at 7L Bar Ranch No 4 Inc four miles southeast of Viroqua Wisconsin. Sat March 25 close out sale at Floyd Hand estate two miles northeast of Walker for 12:30 pm. Dairy cattle machinery household goods Dean Thomas six miles north of Alburnett.
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Bar Ranch No. 4 Inc
Viroqua
Wis
Mach
Floyd Hand
Walker
Hh. Goods
Dean Thomas
Alburnett
Eastern Iowa Holstein milk and butterfat production records
Holstein-Friesian Association of America reports Eastern Iowa DHIR tested cows with standout yields. Names include Sully Verna Dot producing 19,920 pounds milk and 807 fat in 362 days, and Cloverbrook Prince Fan at 22,770 pounds milk and 820 fat in 364 days, among others.
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Brattleboro
Iowa
Holstein- Friesian Association of America
Dairy Herd Improvement Registry
DHIR
Sully Verna Dot
Sully Verna
Prince Goldy
Zurcher
Peppy
Robert W. Bell
Coggan
Dale-Delight
Major Adora
Kerr Brothers
Postville
Ken-A-Kay Dora
Mehomaid Belinda
Poly Knight
Herbert
Frederick Sander
London
Cloverbrook Prince Fan
Benview One Reflection
Cloverbrooks Silver Jo
Jay Slater
Olin
U.S
National Holstein Association
Humphrey Warns of Farm Crisis From Surpluses
Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey says a government farm report shows farmers may raise record corn and wheat with surplus risk and low prices. He urges Secretary Butz to brief agriculture committees and cites potential $500 million in payments that could be saved by stricter supply management and enforceable acreage limits.
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Congress
Humphrey
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