Farm seminars and meetings set across Wisconsin farms
A multiroute farm education series begins January 8 in Abbotsford and January 9 in Medford offering 10 sessions on farm management with on site tours. Courses cost 26.85 for 1.35 credits and 6.15 for materials led by Jim Schneider. Additional stray voltage and seed dealer events are announced with registration details and contact numbers. A Rusk County Fair planning meeting is scheduled January 7 in Ladysmith to discuss format, dates, and public input.
High grain feeding proves more profitable for steer finish
A 500 lb crossbred steer finishing to 1200 lb costs and revenues at current prices. High grain uses half the feed of high forage, yielding net gains of $58 per head over forage and $135 more favorable income over expenses. Profitability drives cash flow and solvency, per Jim Faust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Faust
Dunn County
Dairy seminar on challenges of farming 1985
Marinette area hosts a UW Extension seminar on January 9 at the Blue Ribbon Casino in Harmony. Registration by January 4 is required. speakers include Jim Crowley on culling and feeding for profit, Garit Tenpas on forage inventory, and Mark Weihing on the DHI feeding guide and production testing integration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uw-Extension
Blue Ribbon
Harmony
Jim Crowley
UW Extension
Garit Tenpas
UW Marshfield Experiment Station
Mark Weihing
Marinette County Ag
Tax guides available in Pepin County offices
Pepin County agricultural agent Lee Milligan says tax guides are now available at all financial institutions in Pepin County. They can also be picked up at the Arkansaw Durand and Pepin Post Offices and the UW Extension office in Durand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pepin County
Lee Milligan
Arkansaw
Durand
Pepin
Uw-Extension
Assembly ag unit chairman urges lab reconsideration
State Assembly Agriculture Committee chairman Lary Swoboda urges the State Board of Agriculture and the DATCP secretary to halt moving the animal diagnostic laboratory from Barron to River Falls. He warns the shift would negatively affect northern Wisconsin farmers and calls for legislative oversight before a decision. He notes River Falls as a clinical facility may undermine the School of Veterinary Medicine and questions the satellite campus viability. Hearings are planned in northern Wisconsin in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assembly Agriculture Committee
State Board of Agriculture
DATCP
Animal Diagnostic Laboratory
Barron
River Falls
Lary Swoboda
D-Luxemburg
Wisconsin
Board of Agriculture
University of Wisconsin System
University of Wisconsin-River Falls
Swoboda
School of Veterinary Medicine
UW River Falls
Buffalo County Dairy Promotion elects officers and committees
Alma officers of the Buffalo County Dairy Promotion Committee have been elected and committees appointed. Programs for 1985 will be considered at the next meeting on Jan. 28. Officers are John Rosenow Cochrane president Avis Scharlan Independence vice president Jane Sendelbach Cochrane secretary and Marvelle Haeuser Cochrane treasurer. Over 20 persons were appointed to serve on four operating committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo County Dairy Promotion Committee
John Rosenow
Cochrane
Avis Scharlan
Independence
Jane Sendelbach
Marvelle Haeuser
Dairy school for couples at Marshfield set
A two day dairy school for couples will be held January 8 and 10 from 9 30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the UW Experiment Farm in Marshfield Wisconsin Topics include calving health high quality dairy products reproductive performance debt capacity calf raising Wisconsin residue avoidance and dairy legislation with lectures by UW and area veterinarians professors and industry experts The cost for both days is 7 50 meals and materials are included Register by January 4 at the Wood County UW Extension office in Wisconsin Rapids
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Schneider
North Central Technical Institute
Tim Bandli
4-H
UW Experiment Farm
Marshfield
Mike Bolton
Auburndale-area
Robert Bradley
Uw-Madison
Dennis Frame
Wood County
Uw-Extension Dairy and
Richard Klemme
Uw-Madison Agricultural Economics
Wayne Levasseur
Amherst
Bill Geary
Equity Livestock Producers
Wisconsin
Robert Hall
UW Madison
Robert Cropp
Uw-Platteville
Wood County Uw-Extension
Wisconsin Rapids
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Eau Claire
Rural Electric Cooperatives
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