Tractorcade resumes as farm group eyes Congress
Farmers recount the American Agriculture Movement push beginning January as tractor caravans resume from North and South Dakota and Minnesota heading to Washington. Leaders like Bud Bitner praise gains while urging Congress to lift grain loan and reserve prices amid broader farm bill reform.
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Feedlot cattle numbers rise as market signals temper outlook
USDA data show seven states holding 9.32 million cattle in feedlots on December 1, up 9 percent from a year earlier, with last month’s placements at 1.89 million down 8 percent. Despite higher prices, few producers are rebuilding herds.
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Spectrum 28 Examines Rural Hospitals in Wisconsin Anniversary
Spectrum 28 will mark its 100th production with a Dec 21 program on WHWC TV Channel 28 Menomonie. The segment visits Indianhead Memorial Hospital Shell Lake and features interviews with Marvin Dehne Dr Dale Moen and staff about services and financial pressures in rural health care. A featurette on how the classic poem Twas the Night Before Christmas with drawings by Lonna Freelove also airs.
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Report flags possible price manipulations in beef market
A government study says a few large meat packers can set wholesale cattle and beef prices daily. Agriculture Secretary Bergland announced public hearings on pricing practices and reporting by big packers and market services led by Yellow Sheet, and a task force to study possible improvements. No dates given. The report stops short of accusing any firm and notes thin market pricing amid farmers, Congress members, and consumer groups calling for reform.
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Co-op clarifies milk shipment plans
Consolidated Badger Co-op of New Richmond clears up milk routing for members. Milk will not be sent directly to the Rice Lake Creamery plant, though shipments may eventually go there. Milk continues to be shipped to the Stanley and Marshfield plants as patrons were told in the latest letter. The co op, founded in 1930 in Oconto and Shawano counties, has 2,300 members and operates plants in Appleton Wittenberg Marshfield Owen and De Pere under the Morning Glory brand.
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