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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1982
Page
5
Wisconsin milk producers questioned AMPI president Irv Elkin at regional meetings about the 50 cent per hundredweight assessment. He noted farmers accept it but want incentives to cut output, while AMPI favors a second 50 cent charge with a $1 per hundredweight rebate for those reducing production.
AMPI members push a quota system as the main solution to depressed dairy profits. Elkin notes only 16 of 49 600 signatures supported the 50 cent assessment, urging farmers to act despite Washington’s mixed signals amid high unemployment driving more into dairy farming. He warns the economy may not rebound and urges individual production cuts.
A Dunn County letter argues farmers face heavy taxes and rising costs while dairy prices fall. The writer cites real estate and sales taxes, milk price cuts, and import limits, urging policy changes to support small family farms and curb corporate takeover. The writer notes budgeting struggles and questions government incentives for dairy and consumer distribution.
A four part program titled How to Increase your Income with Farm Records will air Monday afternoons in January via the Educational Telephone Network with UW Madison Extension and the agricultural economics department. Instructor Robert A. Luening will cover net worth statements tax records depreciation cash flow checks and computer costs. Enrollment is 25 dollars with materials including tax guides to be mailed after registration.
Six persons were seated on the St. Croix County Fair board at the association's annual meeting. Elected for three year terms are Chuck Kruschke New Richmond Richard Stillwold Emerald Wayne Willink Baldwin and Rudy Erickson Wilson. Merton Timmerman and Vernon Kelly River Falls were appointed for two-year terms. Retiring are David Afdahl Hammond and Richard Krutschke New Richmond. The 1983 fair will run July 28 to 31.
A letter from readers criticizes dairymen for opposing a 50 cent cut per hundredweight in wholesale milk price. It questions overproduction, taxpayer subsidies, and government management of farms, arguing such aid endangers democracy and hints farmers rely on unearned increment. The writer cites Jefferson and warns against dependence on government support.
Congressman Steve Gunderson details his stance on a 27 percent pay rise for officials, voting to cut the increase to 15 percent and then to eliminate it entirely, noting he has never supported a pay raise in his public career.
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