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Article: Where cow is queen, candidates milk dairy issues; Bush, Kerry push agriculture to forefront of Wisconsin campaigns
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- October 29, 2004
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Where cow is queen, candidates milk dairy issues
Bush, Kerry push agriculture to forefront of Wisconsin campaigns
Forget taxes, the deficit and terrorism; in Wisconsin, President
Bush and Sen. John Kerry are scoring points by arguing over cows.
While it's common for presidential candidates to talk about
agricultural issues as they stump through the heartland, Kerry and
Bush have sharply criticized each other over dairy policy --
something near and dear to thousands of Wisconsin dairy farmers.
Both candidates are savvy enough to know that talking about dairy
farming in the state that leads the nation in dairy herds -- with
about 16,800 -- could help win votes in this battleground.
And because ...