Major Snow Grips Wisconsin Ahead of Christmas
The first big snow of winter 1984 blankets west central Wisconsin over the weekend. St. Croix reports 3.42 inches at Baldwin while Buffalo County towns like Alma record 4 inches. Ellsworth and Eau Claire measure 6 inches, Clark County 7 inches at Neillsville, and Portage County 4.5 inches at Stevens Point.
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Wisconsin
St. Croix
Baldwin
Buffalo County
Alma
Ellsworth
Pierce County
Eau Claire
Clark County
Neillsville
Portage County
Stevens Point
Dealers Ponder Case-Harvester Merger Options
Dealers from Case and International Harvester discuss post merger plans after Tenneco Inc. acquired IH and J.I. Case, with IH’s agriculture line to be discontinued and a single dealer per community likely. Interims include zero service changes and potential improved support from the combined financing strength.
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Case
International Harvester
Dallas
Kansas City
Tenneco Inc
J.I. Case Tractor Company
Tenneco
Federal Trade Commission
Bill Richartz
Richartz Implement
Menomonie
New tax plan could preserve farm deductions but hit dealers
University economists warn the Reagan reform may keep basic farm write offs yet drop the investment credit and accelerated cost recovery. Loss of these deductions could raise machinery costs by about 10 percent and slow year end purchases, harming Wisconsin and national farm equipment dealers.
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Fuller
Bob Luening
University of Wisconsin-Extension
Luening
Bill Gailbreath
The
National Farm and Power Equipment Dealers Association
St. Louis, MO
Cold spell to Thursday with light snow, then warmer weekend
Twin Cities forecasters expect cold weather through Thursday with a chance of light snow or flurries. Friday and Saturday look fair and warmer with highs near the teens on Thursday climbing to the mid-20s Friday and lower 30s Saturday, while overnight lows stay in single digits or just below zero.
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Twin Cities
Farmers get five year interest relief under FmHA plan
Thirty five farmers in the Eau Claire area will not pay about 1.2 million dollars in interest on Farmers Home Administration loans for five years, with 35 of 61 applicants qualifying for the interest set aside program as of Nov. 30. An additional seven producers receive a lower rate under limited resources, five get reduced payments after consolidations, while 14 were denied participation due to assets or cash flow.
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Fmha
District 5
Eau Claire
del Whelan
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Steve Kinderman
Dunn County
J.I. Case
Transaction
Earl Fuller
University of Minnesota
Congress
Terry Willborn
Wisconsin Farm Equipment Dealers Association
Willborn
Loening
Uw-Madison
Ann Landers
Farmers Home Administration
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