Program adjustments under budget cuts for farm loans and prices
The 1988 loan rates for wheat, feed grains, cotton, and rice may fall up to 3 percent, with 1989 drops at 5 percent and an extra 2 percent if needed. Target prices for 1988 and 1989 slip about 1.4 percent below 1985 levels. New diversification and diversion programs apply to wheat, feed grains, and feed grain base, plus storage cost cuts of 238 million dollars over 1988 89. Various adjustments cover tobacco quotas, honey payments, acreage constraints, yield protections, advance payments, and CCC funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of Agriculture
USDA
Thorugh
Athlete turned florist tops at national FFA floriculture win
John Porter, a Lourdes Catholic High School and Oshkosh West High School alum now a Carthage College freshman, won the national proficiency in floriculture at the Kansas City FFA convention. He grew 5,000 poinsettias in a rented greenhouse while competing in track football and basketball, selling plants through his parents' flower shop and earning about $9,000.
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John Porter
Lourdes Catholic High School
FFA
Oshkosh West High School
Kansas City
Carthage College
Kenosha
Porter
Oshkosh
Lourdes
Oshkosh West
John
Mr. Porter
Floriculture student earns national proficiency award trip
In 1986 he was part of a three person nursery and landscaping judging team that placed nationally and was named Wisconsin top individual. He helped a winning state floriculture team but missed nationals due to proficiency duties. He earlier won the central region in floriculture and, as national proficiency winner, will join 28 peers on a 21 day Europe trip visiting Ireland France West Germany Belgium and England. He previously played basketball with an American team in Spain in 1986, posting eight wins and two losses after 31 days.
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Wisconsin
Europe
Ireland
France
West Germany
Belgium
England
Spain
Wisconsin utility studies wiring problems on farms
Green Bay based Wisconsin Public Service Corp launches a pilot program to identify stray voltage wiring issues affecting dairy farms. Al Herrman, rural marketing supervisor, announced the plan at an Oshkosh farm electric update for electricians contractors and farm customers who wire their own systems.
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The
Wisconsin Public Service Corporation
Green Bay
al Herrman
WPS Rural Marketing
Oshkosh
Maple Syrup Institutes plan ten programs in January
Ten Maple Syrup Institutes are scheduled in January per UW Stevens Point forester Chris Hauge. Each program includes a maple decline survey, Lyme disease info, taste test results, syrup filtering methods, national and state maple reports, and the video Maple Syrup Making in Wisconsin. A local expert panel will answer questions and displays from equipment dealers observed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chris Hauge
Uw-Stevens Point
Wisconsin
Seminar Aims at Dairy Heifer Profits
A seminar on Dairy Heifer Management to Increase Profits will be held January 11 at the Country Side Restaurant in Oshkosh. Jeff Key, Winnebago County dairy and livestock agent, notes registration is due January 7 at the UW Extension office, costing six dollars and fifty cents per person and includes materials and lunch.
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Rolling Meadows
Fond du Lac
Irv Possin
Fond du Lac County
Country Side
Oshkosh
Jeff Key
Winnebago County
Uw-Extension
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CCC
Treasury
Poriors
Oshikoh
Porior
Judy Brown
Flower Power
Mr. Herrman
Maple Syrup Institutes
Northbrook Country Club
Luxemburg
Riveredge
Newberg
Richland Center
Oakwood Inn
Waupaca
Eagle River
Merrill
Otis Sugarbush
Cadett
WPS
Tim Douglas
WPS Electrical En
Gineer
Len Massie
Dennis Cooper
Uw-River Falls Extension
John Anderson
Mr. Possin
Ed Lawry
Department of Industry, Labor and Human Relations
Truman Surbrook
Michigan State University
Surbrook
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