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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1986
Page
3
Christine Likeness posts signs offering free milk near her father in law Russell Likeness's Dunn County farm. The protest action involved dumping 3000 pounds of milk by the elder Likeness in solidarity with farmers' protests in New York and Maine.
Colfax resident Russell Likeness pulled the plug on a 3000 pounds milk dump from his 55 cow herd to call attention to organizing Wisconsin farmers for a milk strike in the east. He urged unity with eastern activists, seeking 75 percent parity, a moratorium on foreclosures, and consumer and union support to secure fair prices and sustained operation.
Marathon County dairyman Darrel Leffel dumped nearly two tons of his 100 cow herd milk on Labor Day to support a nationwide dairy strike. He warns of bankruptcy from low prices and high taxes while urging parity and potential production cuts if prices rise. Leffel notes his area’s many bankruptcies and the toll on farms as prices collapse to cover costs.
Nearly 90 farmers met September 4 to discuss backing a milk dumping action in support of dairy producers in New York and Maine. The session, heated at times, led to a decision to wait until after the National Farmers and Ranchers Congress in St. Louis and to form a volunteer committee to advocate eastern aid and long term price security.
The Wisconsin Farm Unity Alliance is distributing a brochure for The Parity Lobby, a grassroot political action to organize dairy producers into a Washington lobby. It seeks funds via a cent per hundredweight milk checkoff with plant matching contributions, a 15 member board, and two annual meetings. Directors named include Craig Adams, Don Cooper, Jeanine Rohl, David Danzinger, Tom Saunders, and others.
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