Guernsey breeder Lloyd Diedrich quits dairy farming after top state showing
Lloyd Diedrich of Grant, near Ladysmith, quit dairying in 1978 after his wife fell ill and died. His 27 grade Guernseys produced 15,412 pounds of milk and 667 pounds of butterfat in the DHIA year ending April 30, topping all Wisconsin Guernsey herds in both milk and butterfat per cow.
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Rusk County
Diedrich
Wisconsin
DHIA
Diedrichs
Guernsey
Rusk
Lloyd Diedrich Ladysmith
Baraboo
Lester Survey & Sons
Sparta
Ixonia
Black Creek
Diedrichs led Wisconsin Guernsey producers for years
Lloyd Diedrich, a Baraboo area farmer, built Wisconsin's top producing Guernsey herd by careful care and long term DHIA testing. He emphasized daily attention, strategic feeding, and seasonal calving, producing as much as 600 pounds butterfat per cow and over 17,000 pounds in some cows. He credits testing as the key to success and recalls milking by hand as a gentler era.
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Mr. Diedrich
Guernsey
Nora
Tony Area
American Guernsey Cattle Club
Wisconsin
Ladysmith Community Club
Area colored breed herds lead state production DHIA
The first of four articles highlights area colored breed herds with top production in the state per the Wisconsin DHIA Directory. Readers will meet the herds and learn about their standout milk, fat, and protein figures, farm locations, and management practices.
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Wisconsin
Johnsons
Pennsylvania
Only daughter of Bobette to be sold at great sale
The article profiles Babette, a highly ranked Holstein cow from Polk County, noting 169,870 pounds of milk and 7,348 pounds of fat in her lifetime. Owned by Russell and family, she is bred for sale as the sole daughter of Bobette at the Great Expectations Sale in March in Pennsylvania, with her progeny and breeding plans detailed.
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Bobette
Poplar Lake
Polk County
Russell Johnson
Babette
Pennsylvania
Robette
Russell
Gray View Skycross
Burke Lea
Johnson
Mr. Johnson
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Ladysmith
Lloyd Diedrich
Grant
Roy E. Jacobs
Thomas A. Griswold Sr
Oscar Miller
Roger Flaschinski
Mitted
France
Wisconsin Holstein News
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Rogers
United, Miller, Inc
Larry Geurkink
NFO Hog Div
Corning
Bernard Scheffer
Ron
Rich Halama
Bob
Bill Halama
Marlin Schmitz
Frank Cina
David Frank
Norman Klopp
Werrer
Independence
Ellsworth
Vince Wood Holcombe
Evalen Strey
John Krzykowski
Frank Hile
Clear Lake
David Anderson
Loyal
Eralen Strey
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