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Joe Bragger is the newly elected president of the Wisconsin Farm Bureau. His life experiences and various activities have prepared him well for the job.
Heifer calves are raised on the main Bragger farm. They're moved to a tiestall barn when they freshen their first lactation. Bull calves are sold.
The Bragger family sells their milk to Grassland Dairy Products. Ag Source is used as a tool to deliver quality milk.
Dan Bragger, Joe Bragger's younger brother, is manager of the broiler barns. He also helps with daily chores on the dairy.
Cows enjoy a total-mixed-ration meal at the Bragger dairy. A V-plow on the skid steer is used to push feed up to them.
A chalet on the Bragger farm reflects that Joe Bragger's parents were natives of Switzerland. After building the chalet they decorated the deck railing with coats of arms from Swiss cantons.
One of Joe Bragger's conservation projects is a goat prairie found on the steep slopes of his farm. His favorite time of year is spring, he says, when he burns unwanted vegetation to encourage growth of native plants.
Chicken manure from the Pilgrim's Pride broiler barns is ready to spread on fields when the weather is right. The Bragger family has two broiler barns and a two-story pullet barn.
INDEPENDENCE, Wis. – From the pages of the New York Times to the edge of his manure pit and from his back-40 to Washington, D.C., it’s anybody’s guess where to find Joe Bragger.
LeeAnne Bulman
LeeAnne Bulman writes about agriculture from her farm overlooking the beautiful Danuser Valley on Wisconsin’s west coast. When not writing she helps her husband on their small grain and beef farm.
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Editor’s note: This is the second part of an article about Joe Bragger. The first part was published in the Feb. 20 issue of Agri-View.
One of Joe Bragger's conservation projects is a goat prairie found on the steep slopes of his farm. His favorite time of year is spring, he says, when he burns unwanted vegetation to encourage growth of native plants.
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