Milk checkoff hearing set in Stevens Point for Wisconsin dairymen
A hearing is scheduled August 24 in Stevens Point on a proposed mandatory milk checkoff. A seven member committee drafted the plan proposing a 5 cents per hundredweight deduction on all Wisconsin milk and a statewide marketing board elected by dairy farmers to administer funds. If approved next Tuesday, the proposal goes to the state agriculture department for hearings and a producer referendum. The plan, set to take effect in 1983, would fund dairy promotion and product research with no earmarked production research funds.
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Stevens Point
Wisconsin
Greg Blaska
Madison
Ampi Mid-States Region
Blaska
State Agriculture Department
Bumper cherry crop seen in Michigan could lower prices
A bumper bumper crop of red tart cherries in Michigan and across the U S may push prices down this season. Bob Williams of the state agriculture department cites USDA forecasts of 339 million pounds for 1982, up from 135 million last year. Wisconsin’s crop stands at 9 to 10 million pounds, while Door County pick your own operations may drop 10 to 15 cents per pound.
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Michigan
Bob Williams
Agriculture Department
Williams
USDA
U.S
Wisconsin
Door County
Milwaukee Sentinel
Elderly man opens fire on crop dusters near Collinston
Harold Butler, 74, tired of plane noise, shot at two low-flying crop dusters over fields near Collinston, Louisiana. He admitted the act and was arrested on two counts of attempted murder after police found a .280 cal rifle and spent shells at the scene.
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Collinston
Harold Butler
Remembering the Mail: A Rural Route Through Time
A nostalgic look at a country lane mail route from early 1900s to the 1980s. Describes barefoot trips to the mailbox, nature gifts for Mother, Uncle Sam images, and the evolution from horse and sleigh to motor trucks, with changing routes, holidays, and the shift to female carriers.
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American Dairy Association
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Wisconsin Federation of Cooperatives
Keith Sommerfeld
Duwn County
Gertrude P. Hewitt
Hixton
R.F.D
Uncle Sam
RFD
Jackson County
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Claire
Nsuhe Company
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