State fair signals strong start and policy backing
Wisconsin agriculture leaders praised a thriving state fair with attendance up 41,000 and higher beer and wine sales. The Board of Agriculture backed a groundwater protection bill, pressed for more lab funding, and discussed a Beatrice Foods margarine suit over labeling rules.
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Agriculture
LaVerne G. Ausman
Beatrice Foods Co. of
Chicago
Agriculture Department
Wisconsin
Top steer brings 11100 at Wisconsin State Fair auction
Milwaukee grocer Robert Gold bid 11100 to buy Bonkers the junior show grand champion steer at the Governor's Blue Ribbon Livestock Auction. Bonkers, a 1150 pound Angus-Chianina cross, sold to Gold from Shullsburg teen Kelly Weiskircher. Jack Denton called the auction the most successful ever.
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Milwaukee
Robert Gold
Gold
Shop-Rite Inc
Kelly Weiskircher
Shullsburg
Jack Denton
Federal Distributing Co
Mike Retallick
Cassville
Wisconsin State Fair Attendance Hits 906,878 in 11 Days
West Allis reports this year’s 11 day Wisconsin State Fair drew 906,878 attendees, surpassing 1982’s 881,350. Sunday crowds reached 64,909 vs 55,490 last year. Police chief Thomas F Winslow noted no major crimes, with 272 arrests this year versus 433 in 1982 and prior years.
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Thomas F. Winslow
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