Davis Farm Showcases Dairy Flight And Conservation At Farm Progress Days
Ed and Malcolm Davis describe their dairy herd and cropping history facing phytophthora losses and evolving milk output. They discuss embryo transplant plans, potential dairy policy impacts, and the need for quotas, while highlighting test plots on alfalfa varieties, corn growth demonstrations, and conservation efforts including grass waterways and wildlife habitat on the 12 acre woodlot near tent city.
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Schonschecks
Davis Brothers
Ed Davis
Davis Farm
Assembly committee backs broader dairy aid program
The Assembly Agriculture Committee unanimously backed Assembly Resolution 5 to expand the surplus dairy product distribution, urging Wisconsin’s congressional delegation to add fresh items. The panel also approved 13-1 a direct marketing program costing 92 600 annually to print a farmer brochure, pending both chambers’ action.
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Assembly Agriculture Committee
Assembly
Wisconsin
Gervase Hephner Dchilton
Com
Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
Senate
Wisconsin Dairies Co op Vote On Referendum Plans
The Wisconsin Dairies Cooperative board approved a plan to bloc vote for the upcoming national dairy promotion referendum while also distributing ballots to members who wish to vote individually. The referendum, running August 1 to 20, decides whether the 15 cent per hundred checkoff continues. By July 1, the coop will notify members of the question and how the board plans to vote, with ballots available to those opposing the bloc vote.
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Wisconsin Dairies Cooperative Board
Co-Op
Wisconsin Dairies Cooperative
Herb Selbrede
Sparta
Wisconsin Dairies Co-op Board
Wisconsin Dairies
Selbrede
Milk bar research funds and related dairy studies approved
WMMB funds research with $113,443 to Cornell University on whey protein flavoring and processing. Minnesota receives $72,050 to study molecular effects of whey in cereals, and Michigan State $30,766 to remove milk sugar efficiently. Additional projects include caseins in ice cream, whey permeate to fuel alcohol at Purdue for $60,000, and calcium related studies at multiple universities. Oklahoma State gets $127,460 on whey cholesterol, Purdue $150,000 on calcium absorption, and California–Davis $27,086 on dietary calcium and salt hypertension.
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Cornell University
University of Minnesota
Michigan State University
Purdue University
Mississippi State University
Oklahoma State University
University of California-Davis
Iowa County Plans First Dairy Breakfast Saturday Event
The first Iowa County June Dairy Breakfast is set for Saturday June 15 from 6 30 to 11 30 a m at Bickford Farms a mile west of Ridgeway on Highway 18 151 The event aims to tell non farm consumers about nutritious dairy products with a long term goal to reduce milk surplus and boost farmer profitability Attendees can watch cows being milked a petting zoo a farm machinery display and deer prizes plus a menu featuring pancakes maple syrup ham cheese milk coffee butter eggs and ice cream Tickets at the door are 150 for adults 12 and up and 1 for children 6 to 11.
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Iowa County
Bickford Farms
Ridgeway
Bickford
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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American Red Cross
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