Clover Leaf Dairy Serves Pella and 13 Nearby Towns
Clover Leaf Dairy processes over 10,000 pounds of raw milk daily under manager William Huyser, enabling about 75,000 pounds of processed milk for 14 towns around Pella. The firm, in operation for more than 30 years, began with Andy Lubbers and was sold to Huyser in 1951, who has led for 16 years. The dairy delivers to stores, homes, and farms, using locally supplied raw milk. Product lines include skim and whole homogenized milk in bottles and cartons, half and half, cream, butter, cottage cheese, buttermilk, chocolate milk, and orange drink.
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Clover Leaf Dairy
William Huyser
Pella
Andy Lubbers
Huyser
Washington
Chronicle
Early cut hay and silage boosts protein and value
Dairymen can lift production and cut winter grain costs by feeding hay and silage cut in early spring. Van Horn of Iowa State says protein stays higher and dollars per ton rise up to 15 when hay is harvested at early bud rather than full bloom, with quality declining daily after blooms begin.
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Jack van Horn
Iowa State University
van Horn
Iowa
Tomorrow's Dairy Cows May Have Controlled Environmental Housing
Iowa extension dairyman Ray Whitmore outlines future dairy barn improvements including air conditioning two unit designs for whole barn or head and neck cooling, cooled floors, insulated walls, and insect-free quarters as part of boosting milk per cow while noting current heat, humidity, salt, flies, and feed-supply challenges and tips to combat them.
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Ing
Ray Whitmore
Towa State University
Whitmore
Iowa
4-H Milk Production Race Opens To 305-Day Exits
4-H dairy members may enter a statewide production contest if their 305 day lactation ends by July 1 1967 says Tom Lyon field secretary of the Iowa State Dairy Association.
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4-H
Tom Lyon
Towa State Dairy Association
Dairy Cattle Congress and Iowa State Fair Entry Guide
Lyon urges 4 H members to enter the Dairy Cattle Congress and Iowa State Fair 4 H Shows. Obtain entry blank and production record from county extension director as the project begins, then submit after the 305 day record. Choices include standard DHIA or owner sampler. scoring 75 percent from 305 day milking and mature eq in DHIA, 25 from feeding and management questionnaire.
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Dairy Cattle Congress
Lyon
Kildee Hall
Iowa State University
Ames
Iowa
Dairyman Award Nominations Open for 3-Year Program
Nominations close July 1 for the Iowa Distinguished Dairyman Award with nominator Tom Lyon of the State Dairy Association. Forms are available from Vocational Agriculture teachers milk plants Dairy Herd Improvement Associations and county extension directors. The Cedar Rapids Gazette Iowa State University Extension Service and the Iowa State Dairy Association sponsor the award which will be presented October 18 at the American Dairy Association of Iowa and Iowa State Dairy Association meetings in Des Moines. Distinguished dairymen are recognized for dairy operation leadership in the industry and communities.
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Iowa
Iowa Dairyman
Tom Lyon
State Dairy Association
Iowa Distinguished
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Iowa State University Extension Service
Iowa State Dairy Association
American Dairy Association of Iowa
Iowa State Dairy Asociation
Des Moines
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