Farm program cuts outline 1988 89 loan and price actions
Budget driven adjustments set 1988 loan rate declines to 3 percent and 1989 to 5 percent with a 2 percent possible add on. Target prices for 1988 89 trimmed 1.4 percent from 1985 levels. Optional 0/92 diversion for wheat and feed grains preserves 92 percent of deficiency payments. Diversion and storage cost measures aim to save CCC funds. Several program tweaks cover oats yield limits reserve minimums and advance payments, plus tobacco quotas and honey loan limits.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Thorugh
Porter nets national floriculture proficiency at FFA convention
Oshkosh West High School and Lourdes Catholic High School alumnus John Porter, now a freshman at Carthage College, won the national FFA floriculture proficiency title in Kansas City. He grew 5,000 poinsettias while balancing football and basketball, selling plants through his parents’ Oshkosh mall shop and earning about $9,000.
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Flower power 1986 national floriculture winner heads to Europe
A three person Wisconsin judging team member won the national floriculture proficiency award in 1986 and will join 28 other national winners on a 21 day Europe trip visiting Ireland France West Germany Belgium and England. He previously led Wisconsin and Central region in floriculture and played basketball with an American team in Spain in 1986 posting eight wins and two losses in 31 days.
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Wisconsin
Europe
Ireland
France
West Germany
Belgium
England
Spain
Wisconsin vo ag curriculum to add science credits
Robert Campbell of UW Platteville proposes revamping Wisconsin public school vocational agriculture to include three courses qualifying for full or half science credits. The plan integrates Agriculture The Integrated Science, Environmental Resources Management, and Introduction to Horticulture to align with federal funding and DPI curriculum guides, aiming to attract nonfarm students and broaden agriculture education beyond farming.
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University of Wisconsin- Platteville
Robert Campbell
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Wisconsin Agri-Business Council
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Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
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Voag
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Wisconsin Association of Vocational Agriculture Instructors
Agri-Business Council
Wisconsin Federation of Cooperatives
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