One Market With Uniform Price Sought By New Dairy Group
West Salem Wisconsin leaders announce a new dairy federation spanning 19 producer cooperatives from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. The plan aims for a single market with a uniform price, tighter marketing, capital program and staged regional boards.
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la Crosse Tribune
West Salem
Wis
John Butterbrodt
Burnett
Pure Milk Association
Coulee
All-Jersey
Butterbrodt
Texas
Chios
Cage
Judge List Completed For Interstate Fair
The 1969 La Crosse Interstate Fair judges list is completed with a few exceptions. Richard Mayer of Singer will judge cattle. Dr Terry Howard of the University of Wisconsin will judge Guernseys and Jerseys. Dan Riley will judge riding horses. Charles Meech swine. Walter Bean sheep. Woodworking and crafts judges include David Holcomb Larry Davis and Roberts Fredrick. Several 4-H and home economics judges are named. A draft horse judge is still needed.
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la Crosse
Albert Becker
Richard Mayer
Singer
Wis
Terry Howard
Dairy
Wisconsin’ College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
University of Wisconsin
Dan Riley
Chippewa, Falls
Charles Meech
Swine
Walter Bean
Middleton
David Holcomb
Jackson County
Larry Davis
Monroe County
Roberts Fredrick
Vernon County
Glenda Gumm
Trempealeau County
Gail Glanzman
Doris Frick
Marian Fry
Dorothy Ballant
Edith Brace
Lone Rock
Nyla Musser
Betty Taylor
Area Youth Named State FFA Officer
Alan Meyer of the Westby FFA chapter was elected state FFA vice president for Section 3 at the Green Lake convention. He will serve one year and join other officers in Kansas City for leadership training July 1 to 3. The Westby chapter earned multiple honors including nominations for the National Chapter award with prior wins in 1961 and 1964.
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Westby
Wis
Alan Meyer
Future Farmers of America
FFA
Green Lake
FFA Association
Alan
Kansas City
National Ffa Foundation
Crop Drying With LP Gas Boosts Yields Across Crops
Washington AP report notes liquefied petroleum gas as a fuel for crop drying rose 70 percent in about a dozen years. Commerce says LP gas share climbed from 8 percent in 1953 to 70 percent in 1966 with corn drying and tobacco curing consuming about 95 percent of petroleum fuels used in 1966.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Economic Research Service
Milk Prices Rise Over 1968 Levels in June
Washington reports June prices paid to dairy farmers for class I bottling milk averaged 6.72 dollars per hundredweight in major markets, essentially steady with May and 19 cents above a year earlier. Regional prices ranged from roughly the same as last year to 30 cents higher in New England and the Middle Atlantic. Store prices in 25 cities averaged 54.2 cents per half gallon, about two cents above last year and nearly four cents above 1967.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Mountain States
New England
Middle Atlantic
Crop Reporting Board
Dairy Products Shipments Reach 12.9 Billion in 1967
Dairy products accounted for 12.9 billion dollars or 16 percent of the total value of food industry shipments in 1967.
Milko-Tester Gains Favor in Wisconsin Milk Testing
E E Starkey reports field experiences with the Milko-Tester used in Berlin and Menomonie DHIA laboratories. The device speeds testing, avoids sulfuric acid, and yields more accurate results than the Babcock method. proper calibration and skilled operation are essential for reliable outcomes.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Wisconsin Dairy Herd Improvement Association
DHIA
E. E. Starkey
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Extension
Berlin
Wis
Menomonie
Babcock
Starkey
Association of Official Analytical Chemists
Girl proves best judge in La Crosse swine show
Colleen Schomberg 15 of rural La Crosse wins junior contest at the La Crosse County Park Producers twilight meeting near West Salem. She receives a purebred Duroc gift donated by local lenders and farms from the Linse herd is referenced. Other junior winners named and pork industry speakers discuss the nickel for profit program and hog marketing changes.
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Colleen Schomberg
William Schomberg
la Crosse
la Crosse County Park
Earl
Robert Rhyme
Rudolph Halverson
West Salem
Mike Gilster
Elmer Schomberg
Farmers Cooperative —Tribune
John C. Ellenbecker
Eau Claire
la Crosse Tribune
Wis
la Crosse County Park Producers Association
Earl and Robert Rhyme
Colleen
Farmers Cooperative Supply and Shipping Association
Union State Bank
Production Credit Association
Fall West Salem
Paul Linse
Wisconsin
Ruth Lueck
Joan Ofstedahl
Arthur Nuttleman
Paul Gilstad
Reuben Oldenberg
Elvira Dietrich
Lloyd Niedfeldt
Donald Sacia
Robert Gilstad
la Vern Nuttleman
Armin Heuer
Nuttleman
Rex Whitmore
Wisconsin Pork Producers Association
Robert Grummer
Meat and Animal Science Department
College of Agriculture ‘and Life Sciences
University of Wisconsin
Ervin Nuttleman
Bangor
la Crosse ‘County
Taylor Youths Attend State 4-H Congress
Taylor area youths attended the State 4-H Congress at the University of Wisconsin Madison June 17 to 20. Ronald Curran Beverly Torkelson Katherine Aldach Sonia Kutcher represented local clubs. The health committee plans a July 8 Rochester Minnesota trip to Mayo Clinic Museum Libby Canning and other sites to emphasize health in 4-H.
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Taylor
Wis
University of Wisconsin At
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