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The Rademacher and Meier families of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, celebrate with their dairy "team" a recent CentralStar Cooperative ReproStar award for dairy-reproductive excellence. From left are Brian Kelroy, Dan Davis, Fran Rademacher, Heidi and Stuart Meier and their twins – Kayla and Kellen Meier, 7 – Alan Rademacher, Dr. Kent Pohlman, veterinarian, and Mohammed Touir.
Dry and fresh cows are housed in a transition barn at Rademacher-Meier Dairy.
Cows are milked twice daily in a double-12 parallel parlor.
Cows at Rademacher-Meier Dairy receive rations comprised mostly of crops grown on the farm – corn, soybeans, wheat, alfalfa and sorghum-sudangrass.
The calf barn at Rademacher-Meier Dairy is clean and comfortable. Consistency adds up through time, Stuart Meier says.
Heidi and Stuart Meier, back center, are flanked by her parents, Fran and Alan Rademacher. They're joined by Heidi and Stuart Meier's twin children – Kayla and Kellen, 7.
SUN PRAIRIE, Wis. – Rademacher-Meier Dairy of Sun Prairie recently earned CentralStar Cooperative’s ReproStar Award for excellence in dairy reproduction. For Stuart Meier the award is reassurance.
Lynn Grooms writes about the diversity of agriculture, including the industry’s newest ideas, research and technologies as a staff reporter for Agri-View based in Wisconsin.
Seven herds with 12-month pregnancy rates of 34 percent or greater are being recognized with the CentralStar Cooperative ReproStar Award, which recognizes dairy producers for accomplishments in reproductive efficiency.
• Blue Star Dairy of DeForest, Wisconsin
• Deluur Future of Marlette, Michigan
• Latham Dairy LLC of Boscobel, Wisconsin
• Lew-Max LLC of Belding, Michigan
• Luckwaldt Agriculture Inc. of Woodville, Wisconsin
• Rademacher-Meier Dairy of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin
• Reid Dairy Farm of Jeddo, Michigan
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The Rademacher and Meier families of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, celebrate with their dairy "team" a recent CentralStar Cooperative ReproStar award for dairy-reproductive excellence. From left are Brian Kelroy, Dan Davis, Fran Rademacher, Heidi and Stuart Meier and their twins – Kayla and Kellen Meier, 7 – Alan Rademacher, Dr. Kent Pohlman, veterinarian, and Mohammed Touir.
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