Wisconsin earns NPIP Clean Turkey State designation
Wisconsin becomes the seventh state to qualify as U S M Gallisepticum Clean Turkey State under NPIP. A certificate signed by Agriculture Secretary John Block was presented to the Wisconsin Board of Agriculture Trade and Consumer Protection recognizing poultry industry efforts to control Mycoplasma gallisepticum. The disease causes respiratory illness and high losses in poultry, with turkeys affected by infectious sinusitis and chickens by chronic respiratory disease.
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Joan Arnolds
Agriculture
John Block
Wisconsin Board of Agriculture Trade and Consumer Protection
Turkeys
NPIP
Sugar beets offer bright spot for Montana Wyoming crops
In 1985 sugar beets in Montana and Wyoming show promise despite drought. Bob Pierce of Great Western in Billings reports crops could reach about 20 percent more yield at 21 tons per acre, with around 22,900 acres harvested. Plant samples align with or exceed 1980 yields due to favorable weather and strong irrigation. Other plants corroborate gains.
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Montana
Wyoming
Bob Pierce
Great Western Plant
Billings
Wisconsin farmers face lower corn oats and hay yields in 1985
Wisconsin Agriculture Reporting Service reports poor weather has reduced corn yields from 106 to 103 bushels per acre and overall grain corn production up two percent due to more acres. Oat and soybean outputs fall sharply with drought, while hay declines nine to eleven million tons though the north remains near normal.
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Wisconsin
Wisconsin Agriculture Reporting Service
St. Croix Falls
Green Bay
Vesey
Alfalfa Care Ahead of Winter Survival Tips
Gerald Brett, St. Croix County ag agent, advises alfalfa needs after the July stress. Top dress now if the second cut was taken. a ton of dry matter removes 12 pounds phosphate and 45 pounds potash plus traces. If third cut is near, harvest by early September to build root systems before mid October frosts.
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Gerald Brett
St. Croix County
Cardiac Stunning Approved for Hog Slaughter
The Meat Inspection Service of USDA published final permission for using cardiac arrest stunning in hog slaughter after long delay. Electrical slaughter is presented as more humane for animals, safer for people, and more efficient, according to the Livestock Conservation Institute Newsletter.
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The
Meat Inspection Service
USDA
Livestock Conservation Institute
Manure Storage Hints For Small Dairy Farms
Short term storage helps dairy farmers save time and money and offers flexibility and potential water quality benefits. For small farms a concrete slab 30 by 50 feet suits about 40 cows, with 30 to 90 days capacity. Sloped surface drains rain and manure. loading via spreader and unloading with tractor and bucket. consider a dump wall for easier loading. Jan August Polk dairy livestock agent.
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Polk Dairy
Girls Won't Ride Cows Again After Split Arm Falls
Betsy Weilland nine and Erin Gellings eleven of two towns fell from a cow named 7-Up on their uncle’s Rosendale farm. Both suffered left arm fractures and will wear casts for a month.
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Betsy Weilland
Appleton
Betsy
Erin Gellings
Armstrong
Rosendale
King of the Forest White Pine Stands Over Lake Shore
A 90-foot white pine on Wilderness Lake in Bayfield County is described as a landmark of the 80 acres owned, towering above other trees and serving as a cherished memory for summers and deer hunts. The author recalls beaver damage nearby, the tree’s longevity, and a wish to be buried beneath its branches.
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Bayfield County
Wilderness Lake
Hebbrings Threshing Rig Powered by Steam Engine Near Stanley
A historical image shows the Hebbrings threshing rig driven by a steam engine at the George Podvin farm, one mile west of Stanley, dating to the late 1910s or early 1920s. Picture submitted by Gordon Quahlheim, Rt. 3, Stanley.
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George Podvin
Stanley
Gordon Quahlheim
Rt. 3
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