Conservationist of the Year Acknowledges Saving Soil
Stratford area farmer Leonard Jantsch received Conservationist of the Year honors from the Big Eau Pleine Watershed Association for over 32 years of soil conservation on his 280 acre Holstein dairy near Athens. He and his family implement terraces diversions and a three acre pond to slow water flow. The association notes membership is not required for the award and supports regional conservation projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marathon County
Leonard J. Jantsch
Frankfurt
Big Eau Pleine Watershed Association
Jantsch
Watershed Association
Robert Zuelke
Stratford
Marathon
Taylor and Clark Counties
Zuelke
Stetsonville
Abbotsford
Colby
Unity
Olsons win NSP Premier Dairyman Award at dairy meeting
Clayton and Ronald Olson of Melrose received the North ern States Power Company Premier Dairyman Award at the Jackson County Dairy Herd Improvement Association annual meeting and banquet on February 19. Their three year herd average produced 17,388 pounds of milk and 4 percent butterfat with 695 pounds of butterfat. Russell Stetzer was elected president. Gene Stubrud and Junior Jacobson named vice president and secretary respectively. State DHI Honor Roll Certificates were awarded to numerous individuals and farms including Elwin Johnson, Richard Olson, the Stetzer family, the Olsons, and others from Melrose, Alma Center, Taylor, Hixton, Humbird, and Merrillan.
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Clayton
Ronald Olson
Melrose
Northern States Power Company
Jackson County Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Russell Stetzer
Black River Falls
Gene Stubrud
Alma Center
Junior Jacobson
DHI
Elwin Johnson
Richard Olson
Russell
Gary Stetzer
Donald Schmidt
Dennis Rand
Donavon Jesse
Roger Huber
Tom Pfaff
al Sampson
Gearings Oakdale Farms
Merrillan
Heller Farm, Inc
William Pfaff
Currans Little Hill Farms, Inc
Taylor
Rozanne Ruzic
Charles Schnick
Hixton
John Jacobson
Humbird
Barron hosts free mastitis clinic in courthouse basement
Barron County plans a day long free event titled The Dollars and Sense of Mastitis from 10 30 a m to 3 15 p m on March 9 in the courthouse basement County Agent Don Drost notes a National Mastitis Council study showing mastitis costs Barron County dairymen about 140 dollars per cow per year A 40 cow herd equates to 5600 dollars annually and seven million for the county farm economy The program features sessions on milk secretion milking procedures equipment sanitation udder infections and a panel including Robert Olson Cumberland Richard Paine Cameron William Pollei Chetek with speakers Drost Dr John Anderson UW Extension veterinarian plus local dealers George Blomberg and Susan Rogman The clinic is free with no advance registration
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Don Drost
National
Robert Olson
Cumberland
Richard Paine
Cameron
William Pollei
Chetek
Mr. Drost
John Anderson
Extension
George Blomberg
Susan Rogman
Holstein Breeders to See New Classification Demo
Holstein breeders attend a Friday demonstration at 1 p.m. at the Bill Matz farm south of Eau Claire to view a new linear classification method developed by the Holstein Association. Neil Hammerschmidt from the Altoona office will lead the demonstration, with the farm located 10 miles south of Eau Claire on Route 53 toward Brackett, then right on D to the site. The public is invited.
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Eau Claire
Matz
Brackett
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Ems
Aej
Preah
Ead
Northwestern
Wisconsin
New Holland Combine
New Holland
Mr. Jantsch
Leonard and
Elvera Jantsch
Olsons
NSP
Maurice Knutson
Robert Hardy
Greg Rand
Diana Wickham
Wisconsin Dhia
Madison
Barron
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