Scheils Win Wisconsin Tree Farmer of the Year Honor
Norman and Marilyn Scheil of Barron County are the Wisconsin Tree Farmers of the Year for 40 acres of own woodlots and 408 acres of timber managed on their 740 acre farm. Their daughters Bonnie and Kim help fund college with pine tree sales while son Gordon bought his own 40 acre woodlot. The family began planting 14 years ago and credits tax programs for forestry to making land stewardship possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonnie
Kim
Scheils
Gordon
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts
Barron County
WACD
American Forest Institute
Scheil
Hillsdale
Prairie Farm
Marilyn
New Richmond
Gordon Scheil
Uw-River Falls
Scheils win state tree farmer award for woodland and life
The Scheils earn the state tree farmer award after decades of forestry practice on 349 acres. They thin and prune since 1965 and have done selective cutting and timber stand improvement on 190 acres since 1971. They planted conifers, wildlife habitat, and firebreaks, and harvested lumber, pulpwood, firewood, and Christmas trees while maintaining ski trails and wildlife habitat efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Waterman
Scheils
Scheil
Dairymen warned on unstable income under farm bill
Harold Dobbs of AMPI Mid-States warned Fond du Lac dairymen at the Dec 10 annual meeting that federal price-support provisions in the proposed 1981 farm bill threaten stable income. He predicted supports could fall to 70 percent of parity or about 60 percent in coming years as surplus purchases influence the bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ampi Mid-States Region
Harold Dobbs
Co-Op
Fond du Lac
Wisconsin Farm Bureau re elects Haldeman president
Wisconsin Farm Bureau members reelected Don Haldeman of Norwalk as president for an 11th one year term at the 62nd annual meeting in Oconomowoc. Howard Poulson was reelected vice president, Mary Jane Nelson as state women’s chairman, and Larry Laux as young farmers chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin Farm Bureau
Haldeman
Don Haldeman
Norwalk
Monroe County
Howard Poulson
Palmyra
Wisconsin
Mary Jane Nelson
Holmen
la Crosse County
Larry Laux
Adell
Young Farmers
Bill
Clarice Brey
Door County Farm Bureau
San Diego
Calif
Sturgeon Bay
George Polzin
Cadett
Farm Bureau
Washington
Mary Lou Hollar
Uw-River Falls
Milladore
Darlene Maurer
Madison
Also Mentioned on This Page
Norman
Marilyn Scheil
Norman Scheil
Kim Scheil
Bonnie Schiel
Barron
Washington, D.C
Dean and
Lolly Thompson
Mondovi
Buffalo County
Roger and
Debbie Ross
Marathon
State Association
Dobbs
U.S
New Zealand
USDA
Cobb
AMPS
AMPI
Canada
United States
Bou-Matic Milking Systems
Dairy Equipment Company
Ralph's
Ralph W. Thompson
Baldwin
Red Barn
Fidelity
Winco
Rogers
St. Paul
United Miller, Inc
Larry Geurkink
THE
Central Livestock Association
Paul, Minn
Glenn Nelson
Spring Valley, Wis
St. Paul Minn
Ettrick
Duane Johnson
Mgr. Ettrick
Ettrick Market
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!