Renk Seeds Cuts Price as Farm Aid Tour Kicks Off
The Renk Seed Co of Sun Prairie trims premium seed corn prices by about 10 percent for 1987, excluding discounted grades, urging agribusinesses to join rate cuts. Milwaukee Bucks coach Don Nelson launches a Wisconsin farm fund tour Aug 16 ending in Wausau, with Miller Lite sponsoring and donating 40000 to Nellie's Farm Fund as he promotes farmer relief.
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Renk Seed Co
Sun Prairie
Milwaukee Bucks
Don Nelson
Wisconsin
Wausau
Miller Lite Beer
Nellie
Nelson
Mike Hart
Miller Brewing Co
Irrigation Water Use Drops Across the United States
The U S Census Bureau reports irrigation water use fell 14 percent from 2.1 to 1.8 acre feet per acre between 1974 and 1984. California, Texas, Nebraska, Idaho and Colorado led in total acre feet applied, totaling 58 percent of 82.7 million acre feet used for irrigation in 1984. The survey notes well figures, source shares, and costs, with off farm suppliers averaging 11.21 per acre foot and energy costs surpassing 1 billion dollars across 135000 irrigated farms. Public release of the 1984 Farm and Ranch Irrigation Survey is noted.
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U.S. Census Bureau
Arizona
South Dakota
California
Texas
Nebraska
Idaho
Colorado
Washington
Wisconsin drivers urged to keep both license plates
State Representative Dale Bolle warns Wisconsin motorists to display both auto and truck plates despite a single renewal sticker system. The confusion stems from last year’s law retaining two plates while issuing one renewal sticker for the back plate. Police enforce front plate display, with $33 fines for missing plates.
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Wisconsin
Dale Bolle
Bolle
Department of Transportation
Mr. Bolle
State Patrol
Los Angeles Firm Faces Cotton Payment Loophole Scandal
JG Boswell Co of Kings County California could receive up to 12 million in cotton payments under a $50,000 limit escape. The company already drew 3.7 million in 1983 PIK wheat payments, highlighting legal loopholes praised by lawmakers from cotton and rice districts. Federal officials called the size obscene while critics call the limit a farce.
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California
J.G. Boswell Co
Kings County
Boswell
Robert Thompson
USDA
Farm Journal Magazine
National Farmers Union
Bob Mullins
Congress
Agriculture
John Block
Thad Cochran
David Pryor
Jerry Huckaby
Block
Medicine Show Memories From Childhood Rehearsals
Two sisters recall staging their own Medicine Show in a Columbus yard each summer. They built a toy theater, improvised tickets, and performed a husband wife skit with flour for a messy finale, while neighbors cheered and bought improvised goods. The reminiscence is drawn from We Were Children Then, Volume II.
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Columbus
Birdsey Street
Derring
Eugenia
Country Yesterday catalog display at Polk County fair
A Lyndsin Company catalog page used in a Polk County Centennial Fair display notes barn equipment for sale. The Minneapolis headquartered Lindsay firm is referenced, with the catalog owned by Mike Myhre of St. Croix Falls.
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Lindsay Brothers
Lindsay Company
Minneapolis
Mike Myhre
St. Croix Falls
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Renk
Steve Renk
Mr. Nelson
Casel
West Allis
Menomonee Falls
West Bend
Fond du Lac
Oshkosh
Appleton
Green Bay
Shawano
Birnamwood
U.S
Superintendent of Documents
U.S. Government Printing Office
Washington, D.C
Keith Sommerfeld
Dunn County
Ruth Doland
Columbia County
Ach du Lieber
Augustine
University of Wisconsin-Extension
Stanton & Lee Publishers Inc
E. Mifflin
Yesteryear
BARI
Indsay Bros
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