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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1986
Page
19
Supply management advocates report that Steve Gunderson introduced a dairy target price bill in Congress. The plan sets an initial target price of $12.10 per hundredweight for milk with butterfat content at 3.67 percent, supported by roughly $10 per hundredweight.
A farmer turned senatorial candidate Gentry confronts a national farm crisis driven by low commodity prices and high debt racing to stay afloat. He cites banker pressure and cartel influence, linking his campaign to Lyndon LaRouche and a broader citizens movement begun after televised calls in 1984. Marijuana law enforcement confirmed in July.
Reader protests link between farming decline and corporate wealth. The letter cites a Bank of Oklahoma bailout, a Gentry auction tied to LaRouche politics, and a large cocaine seizure in Texas. It contrasts agricultural hardship with big money, asking how farmers would earn millions from dairy milk versus cash crops.
Wisconsin dairy policy debate centers on the cost of the dairy herd buyout program. Rep Steve Gunderson cites a $1050 yearly saving for a 40 cow herd but omits total program costs. Readers urged to publish full cost figures and consider supply management to curb government outlays and stabilize prices.
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