Compromise farm bill gains Reagan blessing in House vote
A $34 billion compromise for federal food and farm programs received broad House approval, with budget director Stockman backing the bill as within the budget. Rep. Virginia Smith said no veto. The measure, 324-73, heads to the Senate and faces potential additional needs for food stamp aid amid economic stress.
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House
Virginia Smith
R-Neb
David Stockman
Senate
Matthew McHugh
Dn.y
House Appropriations Committee
Reagan
Ettrick farmer offers free raw milk to protest price supports
Ettrick resident Verdin Pieper plans to give away up to two gallons of raw milk from his bulk tank from 1 to 4 p.m. Friday. Drive to his Whelan Road farm south of Ettrick with containers, no purchase needed as a protest against 50 cent assessments and soaring price support costs amid recession and weak demand.
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Ettrick
Trempealeau County
Verdin Pieper
Whelan Road
Pieper
Twin Cities Weather Outlook Forecast
National Weather Service forecasters say Thursday will be partly cloudy with cloudy skies on Friday and Saturday and a chance of rain and snow mix. Lows from 10 to 18 degrees, highs in the upper 20s to low 30s.
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National Weather Service
Twin Cities
Wisconsin milk referendum backed with bloc voting option
Agriculture Secretary LaVerne Ausman urged a February to March mail ballot referendum on the state milk marketing order, retaining bloc voting despite opposition. He cited 43,500 dairy producers on record and a 50 percent turnout needed for approval, with roughly 27,000 votes required to pass.
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LaVerne Ausman
Agriculture Department
Wisconsin
Ausman
Ag Board
Haying in December at Toycen Farms Chetek
Farm Manager Jerry King and crew finished baling 600 of 1 182 alfalfa bales from a 35 acre field at Toycen Farms Route 3 Chetek last Saturday. The 13 December baling followed seven weeks of swath drying after an October 20 cut.
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Barron County
4-H
Toycen Farms
Rt. 3
Chetek
Jerry King
Bob
Bobo) Olson
Gerald Madison
Lee Anderson
Mr. King
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