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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1985
Page
2
A visitor notes that while Taipei resembles an American city apart from food and language, the countryside presents a different scene. Farmers live in small clusters rather than on single farms, making family communities distinct from urban Taipei's industrial vibe.
A 1980s survey outlines Taiwan's farm economy where 25 percent are farmers on a small arable base, rice dominates 646000 hectares, government promotes reducing rice acreage, and land reform since 1949 modernized agriculture. The report highlights extension stations, Job’s Tear uses, pesticide programs, and the Farmers Association shaping rural life and education while encouraging agriculture studies to sustain farming communities. NEXT: 16 days in China
Wildweed concerns push use of cheap labor and prison crews to dig loosestrife as Wisconsin efforts expand. Officials say the problem is severe but not epidemic. aim to curb spread until a biological solution may come. Report sightings to the Purple Loosestrife Task Force at UW Milwaukee Field Station in Saukville.
Wisconsin DATCP held public hearings in Madison and Friday on a rule banning import of food producing animals treated with chloramphenicol and their meat. An emergency rule in place since March 30 expires Oct 28 unless made permanent. Dr. Fred Idtse cited Canada bans and FDA data on aplastic anemia risk, while noting most live imports come from Canada. The rule would require signed owner statements with interstate health certificates.
Seven state farm youth completed a 35 day academic trip to the Orient as part of a University of Wisconsin River Falls cohort of 105 Amery High School graduates. Eric Alvin wrote a three part series for The Country Today detailing experiences and lessons on world peace and cross cultural understanding. The trip ran from June 24 to July 29 with participants from Wisconsin Michigan Iowa Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Utah. The program, founded 1956, promotes peace by living with foreign families rather than touring. The Wisconsin group joined other states in the 1983 created agricultural exchange. Eric Alvin’s next installments will run September 4 and 11.
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