Alabama visitors find warmth in Wisconsin cold reception
Delegation from Alabama led by Helen Hunt Governor Guy Hunt’s wife visited northwestern Wisconsin to thank farmers for hay shipments aiding drought battered crops and hay yields. At Amery a $1500 check from Alabama was presented to the Wisconsin Farmers Fund to buy more hay.
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Alabama
Wisconsin
Helen Hunt
Guy Hunt
Amery
Wood Farm
the Woods
Woods
Hunted
Deadline December 31 for Emergency Feed Program
Drought hit livestock in northwestern Wisconsin prompts reminders that December 31 is the deadline to apply for the ASCS Emergency Feed Program. Nancy Krahn, Washburn County ASCS executive director, notes the program offers cost sharing to those purchasing extra feed due to dry weather. Contact your county ASCS office for details.
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Wisconsin
ASCS
Nancy Krahn
Washburn County
Wisconsin haylift remembers Alabama aid in 1986
Mrs. Hunt toured Wisconsin farms receiving hay from Alabama and thanked local farmers for aiding Alabama during a 1986 haylift. Officials from both states spoke of reciprocal sister-state ties and a "labor of love" as county representatives delivered regional gifts to the Hunts.
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Wisconsin
Alabama
Joe Schaitel
Julie Zebra
Tomah
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Mrs. Hunt
Kenneth
Fran Fehlen
Dennis
Peggy Osterbauer
Shell Lake
Dale and
Chris Wood
Osterbauers
Osterbauer
Dennis Osterbauer
Carr
Bill Adams
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Dan Reiland
John Deere
Wdeere
Schmidt
Salem
Arcadia Implement, Inc
Arcadia
Dairyland Implement
Sheldon
Durand Implement , Inc
Duran
Menomonie Equipment
Menomonie
Greene Implement, Inc
Osceola
Mondovi Imp. Co., Inc
Mondovi
Kohel Implement, Inc
Cameron & Rice Lake
MEYER
Baldwin
Stratford Farmers Co-Op
Stratford
Morrison Implement, Inc
Chippewa Falls
MT. Horeb
Polfus
Richmond
Serve, Inc
Campbellsport
Stefferud Implement, Inc
Westby
Riesterer & Schnell, Inc
Pulaski
Caroline Implement, Inc
Tey Nass
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