Dairy Star • Saturday, January 16, 2016 • Page 3
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THIRD SECTION Pages 5 - 6 Udder Stuff Pages 8 - 9 Dairy Calendar Page 10 September mailbox prices up in all reporting areas Page 12 Star Youth: Jared Troendle Pages 13 - 14 Kids Corner: The Schimeks Page 15 Kokett a big help on family’s farm Pages 16 - 22 Classieds
What are your goals for the new year? Page16
Menomonie
Jim Falls
First Section: Page 6
Second Section: Pages 20 - 21
Strum
Eckerts lose A Day in the Life $235,000 in damage, of Milk Hauler, 45 cows in re Peter Lemke
Lucas Hamernik
Ridgeland, Wis. Eau Claire
Children Museum of Eau Claire hosts June Dairy Lance Kamm Month activities
Women in Jeans: Beka Fendry First Section: Page 36
Bayeld
Douglas
New Pages 14 - 15 Richmond, Second Section
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Gary Libberton South Wayne, Wis.
Polk
Black River Falls
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Price
Greens prosper with 20-cow herd First Section: Pages 1, 7
Rusk
Barron
Ben Lundgren
Calmar
Taylor
Cushing, Wis.
Pierce
Masheks make room for sons with extensive expansion
Chippewa
Dunn
Pepin Buffalo
St. Croix County, Wis.
Dairy Prole: Traisers Homestead Farm/ T.H.F. Jerseys
Second Section: Pages 6 - 8
Clark
Eau Claire
Platteville
Trempealeau
St. Croix
Pioneer Farm’s cows irting with 30,000-pound mark
Jackson
Second Section: Pages 3 - 4
La Crosse Monroe
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Winnebago
Worth
Mitchell
Cerro Hancock Gordo
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Allamakee
SECOND SECTION Pages 2 - 3 National FFA ofcers visit Upsala chapter, tour Roerview Dairy Page 10 The “Mielke” Market Weekly Page 11 Dairy Markets Page 12 Area hay auction results Pages 14 - 15 Dairying Across America: Arkansas Page 24 People in Dairy: John Q. Rolfson, DVM Page 27 Area hay auction results Page 28 Mid-American Hay Auction Results Pages 30,34 Much growth and improvement has taken place at Boogerd Dairy over the past ten years Page 37 Sharing stories and recipes Pages 38 - 39 Dairy Recipes
FROM OUR SIDE OF THE FENCE:
Winneshiek
FIRST SECTION Pages 1, 10 Rare winter storm ends in disaster Page 5 Dairy Letters Pages 8 -9 Ag Insider Pages 11 - 13 2015: A year in review Pages 18, 20 Vetsch records 28 percent repro rate Page 22 Economists recap trends of 2015 Pages 23, 25 Fuchs does dairy farming, coaching Page 26 Not every dish pans out Page 27 Dairy in the Suburbs Page 28 Grasses to grow with alfalfa in mixes Page 29 Ventilating system with thermostatic on/off control Page 30 Ramblings from the Ridge Page 32 Making Cents of Dairy Page 33 The Next Generation Page 34 Veterinary Wisdom Page 35 Juniors gather for Holstein Convention Page 37 Corn yields, plant populations continue to climb
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Lafayette Dubuque
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Jackson
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Wisconsin Brown Swiss Association accepts youth applicants for heifer program
Second Section: Paged 29, 33
Platteville
Dairy Star follows up with those grappled by 2015 First Section: Pages 14 - 15
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