No Ordinary Farm Wife Leads Growing Portage County Dairy
Sharon Kurszewski, wife of James, runs JASHAR Farm with their children in Portage County. They milking over 70 cows, built a 160-foot addition to their barn, and ship milk to Morning Glory Farms achieving a rolling herd average of 16 359 pounds and 631 fat.
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Morning Glory Farms
Sharon Kurszewski
James
Jashar Farm
Kurszewskis
County Trunk I
Portage County
Mr. Kurszewski
Sharon
Nelsonville
Custer
Kurszewski farm expands with modern barn and new gear
The Kurszewski family, riding 400 acres with 60 rented, describe a new barn featuring comfort stalls, a 1250 gallon bulk tank, five milking units and a pipeline with equipotential welded floors to meet state rules. They detail Harvestore storage, high milk quality, DHIA records, and plans for a total mixed ration mixer while remaining committed to farming through good times and prayer.
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Kurszewskis
Four Midwest Governors threaten suit over milk price gap
Governors Rudy Perpich Anthony Earl George Sinner and William Janklow pressed legal options over a southeastern milk price shift up to 5 per hundredweight while criticizing the 1985 farm bill as worsened debt and foreclosures. They urge a broad rewrite and survey foreclosures with land grant universities, voicing unity on farm debt reform and seeking possible action through attorneys general.
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Southeast
Rudy Perpich
Minnesota
Anthony Earl
Wisconsin
George Sinner
North Dakota
William Janklow
South Dakota
Sinner
Earl
Congress
Washington
Mr. Perpich
Reagan
Southeastern United States
Madison artist wins plate design with need to add slogan
David Hornung of Fond du Lac captured first prize in Wisconsin license plate design but must add the slogan Americas Dairyland to his winning plate. Gov Earl praised the decision to keep the slogan to avoid acrimony.
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David Hornung
Fond du Lac
Wisconsin
America
Wisconsin license plate winner named America's Dairyland design
The winning plate design featuring America's Dairyland will become Wisconsin's official license plate when new sets are issued later this summer. Hornung's red stripe design led with 37,825 votes (34 percent) of 111,266. second place had 30,208 votes (27.1 percent). Lisa Horton finished third with 15,766 votes and Linda Massey fourth with 15,766 votes. Hornung and his wife Kathleen run a small printing and graphic design business. The 8th Annual Midwest Farm Show runs Jan 28-29 at the La Crosse Center focusing on conservation and land stewardship with over sixty farm equipment exhibitors. The 1986 theme is Land and Water for Now and for the Future of Farming. speakers include Gordon Stevenson, John Graham, and Doug Nopar. Stevenson will discuss groundwater regulations.
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Lisa Horton
Whitewater
Linda Massey
Madison
la Crosse Center
Gordon Stevenson
John Graham
Doug Nopar
Stevenson
Wisconsin
DNA
Graham
St. Louis
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University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Sally
Viterbo College
la Crosse
Sara
Susanne
Stacey
Mrs. Kurszewski
Laura Sternweis
Kurszewski
Wisconsin Public Service
Dhia
Harvestore
Portage County Holstein Breeders
National Holstein Breeders Association
Portage County Farmers Union
National Farmers Organization
Amherst
Paul, Minn
Janklow
Midwest
Republican Senate
Democratic House of Representatives
White House
U.S
Perpich
William Meyers
Center For Trade At Agricultural Policy
Iowa State University
Clare Zimmerman
COACT
Citizens Organizations Acting Together
Gerry Nelson
Neil E. Hart
Iowa State
Terry Branstad
Branstad
Iowa
Gov
Bob Kerrey
Nebraska
Groundswell
Production Credit Association
Mankato
Mr. Hornung
Capitol
Mr. Earl
The
Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board
Hornung
Kathleen
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