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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1987
Page
3
Wisconsin 39,000 dairy farmers vote July 10 to 25 on whether to disband or revise the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board. The advisory poll follows four years of promotions funded by a 15 cent per hundredweight assessment. outcomes could lead to a binding referendum.
Oconto County dairy operation of Gary and Cindy Tuschy earns 21st Century Genetics Top 10 status among 870 herds in three states for production about 10 percent above breed averages. Their two a day milking Holstein herd averages 22,831 pounds of milk and 784 pounds of butterfat on 57 cows with peak annual output near 23,132 pounds of milk and 795 pounds of butterfat. The couple emphasizes high quality forage and strategic feeding, using hay three times daily outside and twice inside with high moisture corn and supplements. They custom feed cows by lactation stage, aiming for early lactation gains that pay off six months later.
Mr. Tuschy credits a decade of corrective mating and careful bull selection for herd gains, with several cows producing over 30,000 pounds and first calf heifers over 23,000. Despite time spent on dairy work, the family keeps music alive as Paul and Gary Dan join their parents when possible. The herd’s rise from 18,500 to 23,000 pounds in two years highlights steady management and weather-friendly hay practices.
The Wisconsin Sustainable Agriculture Advisory Council will solicit preliminary project proposals by late next month to distribute about 2 million dollars for demonstration projects. The panel, meeting near its July 1 chair Paul Taylor and vice chair Carl Pulvermacher, aims for energy saving and at least 15 percent projected savings over conventional farming methods.
A press conference to outline opposition to bovine growth hormone development is planned during a biotechnology conference in Wisconsin. About 25 dairy farmers and allied groups will rally near the Holiday Inn to present concerns about BGH and its impact on family farms, with participants from Wisconsin Family Farm Defense Fund, Wisconsin Farm Unity Alliance, and others.
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