Onalaska Guernsey breeder earns Gold Star Breeder Award
Bernard Pralle of Fauver Hill Guernsey Farm receives the American Guernsey Association Gold Star Breeder Award for exceeding the breed national milk and butterfat averages. His 87 cow herd produced 16,708 pounds of milk and 746 pounds of butterfat, with an average 85.1 type points.
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Wisconsin dairy farmers vote to keep milk marketing order
Wisconsin dairy farmers overwhelmingly voted to continue the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board programs funded by a 5 cent assessment under the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Order. About 73.8 percent of voters favored continuation, with 18.8 percent for termination and 7.4 percent for amendment.
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Howard Richards
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Fred Fisher
Wisconsin Weather: Cooler Temperatures Across state Thursday to Saturday
Cooler temperatures prevail across Wisconsin from Thursday through Saturday with partly cloudy skies on Thursday. Chance of thunderstorms Friday followed by improving conditions Saturday. Highs in the low to mid 80s Thursday and Friday, mid 70s to low 80s Saturday. Lows Thursday and Friday upper 50s to mid 60s, dipping to mid 50s to low 60s Saturday.
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Gubernatorial veto ends state funded farm congress plan
Gov. Tommy Thompson vetoed a provision in the state budget that would have created a state funded farm congress. The move cut 68100 from the budget and limited advisory reach to issues directly under the Board of Agriculture Trade and Consumer Protection. DATCP members had split views, with some saying the concept needed broader farmer participation and better framing before passage.
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Lake to Lake Co op makes Californian 25000 richer
A retired California engineer, Robert Franklin Judy, 66, won the Lake to Lake Dairy Cooperative Big Cheese Sweepstakes after 40,000 entries. He will receive 25000 dollars and be feted in Kiel, where the cooperative's cheese is marketed as the small town cheese that won the world.
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Land O'Lakes Inc
Los Angeles County
Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association
National Milk Producers Federation
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