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Wild Weather Highlights 1980 for Farmers
A retrospective of 1980 in west central Wisconsin notes a year of extreme events. Mount St Helens eruption, a July windstorm causing over 150 million dollars in damage, and widespread agricultural and weather disruptions shaped farming life.
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Wisconsin
Mount St. Helens
Washington
Pacific Northwest
Mother Nature
Spooner
Grantsburg
Pierce
Dunn
Chippewa
Eau Claire
Martell Town Mutual Insurance Co
Valley Bean Farms Inc
Chippewa County
Henry Bohling
Eau Claire County
del Thomas
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
West Central
Miss Wisconsin Farm Bureau
Kathy Lee
Barron County
State Farm Bureau
St. Croix County
River Country Rc&d Council
Bob Bergland
District 1 Technical Institute
Menomonie Chamber of Commerce Farm Forum
Vern Stoghill
Bay City
Dave Woodruff
Wheeler
Wisconsin Sheep Breeders Association
Thorp High School
FFA
UW River Falls
River Falls