Cranberry Growers Push for Higher Assessment Rate
Public hearing planned in March on raising Wisconsin cranberry marketing assessment from 3 to 5 cents per barrel. Advisory council supported increase to fund plant disease and insect research and inflation adjustments. Hearing likely in Wisconsin Rapids area. department to issue findings after input and vote.
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Robert Thayer
State Agriculture Department
Thayer
State Agriculture Board
Wisconsin Rapids
Wisconsin
Cranberry Growers Association
Uw-Madison
Agriculture Department
Wisconsin Cranberry Association
New NFO Board Members Named in Wisconsin Rapids
The Wisconsin National Farmers Organization welcomed three new directors Arthur Wedig of Cuba City. Herbert Popp Jr. of Chilton, 6th District president. and Michael Strauss of Belgium, 9th District president. President Steve Pavich outlined 1981 priorities including more farmer muscle in the marketplace farm ownership protections and continuation of the Wisconsin Corporate Farm Act. The board reaffirmed dairy price-support policy targeting 80 percent and backed limiting casein imports while seeking a raise to 118 percent of purchase price for CCC buy-back.
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Wisconsin National Farmers Organization Board of Directors
Arthur Wedig
Cuba City
National Board of Directors
Herbert Popp Jr
Chilton
Michael Strauss
Belgium
Steve Pavich
Mason
Commodity Credit Corp
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