Kays Run 22,950-Pound Dairy Average on 76-Cow Herd
Ken and Linda Kay of Richfield credit strict punctual milking along with a pelleted 40 percent crude protein supplement for their 76 cow Holstein herd. The herd posts the state’s top DHIA averages at 22,950 pounds of milk per cow per year with 825 pounds butterfat and 731 pounds protein per cow. They milk twice daily at 4 a.m. and 4 p.m. to maintain consistency, and plan no shift to three daily milkings.
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Wood County
Ken
Linda Kay
Kays
DHIA
Ken Kay
Kay
Linda
Bridgett
Soil stewardship pays off for Seiferts River Falls
May 8 15 marks Soil Stewardship Week with the theme Living Waters. Gerald Seifert of Trimbelle Township, 1982 Pierce County Outstanding Cooperator, built a conservation plan to halt a deep gully threatening his barn. He created a farm pond, contour strip cropping over 74 acres, and two dams to control runoff and mud.
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Gerald Seifert
Trimbelle
Pierce’ County
Seifert
Ellsworth Co-op Creamery
Paul
Janice
Jerry Seifert
River Falls
Seiferts
Pierce County
Seifert family sustains soil stewardship program gains
Conservation work on the Seifert farm includes reseeded hillside, pond repairs, and 430 feet of water diversions plus 1.3 acres of tree planting. Nine acres are set aside for wildlife habitat as Paul Seifert expands a dairy herd and barn space while maintaining a small 126 acre operation with aging machinery and a long history of planting seasons.
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Kays
Richfield
Seifert
Paul
Rock County hosts first statewide conservation day
Rock County dairy farmers Richard and Darlene Nyman of Orfordville will host Wisconsin’s inaugural Soil Conservation Observance Day on May 11. They own a 505 acre district cooperating dairy operation named in 1982 Conservation Farmers of the Year. The farm tour precedes brief talks by La Verne Ausman and Senator Rodney Moen. The farm lies 14 miles east of Orfordville on the Orford Hanover Road.
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Rock County
Richard and
Darlene Nyman
Orfordville
Wisconsin
Nymans
Wisconsin Land Conservation Association
la Verne Ausman
Rodney Moen
Senate Agriculture Committee
Nyman
Orford-Hanover
Janesville
Beloit
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Paul Seifert
Tory
Jerry
Janice Seifert
Jill
Iowa
Laurie
Phil
Luita
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