24 Feb 1988
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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1988
Page
1
State ASCS officials discuss strict payment limits to prevent violations. Milford Thompson notes national adverse publicity and USDA instruction to closely monitor payments to producers. Estimated 250 to 300 farmers nationwide exceed the $50,000 limit, with Wisconsin figures lower than major feed grain states.
A state task force weighing a possible new hog slaughtering plant in central Wisconsin focuses on sites near the Wisconsin Public Service Schofield generating plant and at Herrman adjoining the plant parcel. Officials say discussions are preliminary as lawmakers scrutinize farm subsidy payments drawing urban lawmakers’ criticism.
Champ shareholders outline a wheat base of 32700 acres with 22000 acres remaining eligible after diversions. Madison attorneys consult ASCS staff in Eau Claire on regulations and payment limitations, noting large taxpayer funds and scrutiny on every $50000 check.
The Country Today and UW Extension announce the Wisconsin Quality Milk Manual to be distributed to every dairy farmer in the state. A three year program will form Quality Milk Councils in each county to educate on mastitis prevention and somatic cell count reduction, aiming to reach all producers through township meetings led by county agents.
A National Geographic Society centennial symposium features Harvard biologist Edward O. Wilson and Missouri Botanical Garden director Peter Raven warning that human activity drives a rapid sixth mass extinction. Tropical forests face severe loss, threatening medicines and germ plasm as about 100 species may vanish daily over the next 25 years, with deforestation accelerating already.
Winds will bring partly to mostly cloudy skies across Wisconsin from Thursday through Sunday. A gradual warming trend accompanies the clouds with highs in the teens to low 20s north to south, rising to the mid-20s by Saturday statewide. Lows range from single digits south to 10 below north, rising to the teens statewide by the weekend.
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