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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1986
Page
1
A July 1 poll of 1,340 grain and livestock producers across 11 Midwestern and Western states finds 64.3 percent want reduced output to raise prices, 91.5 percent want a vote on farm programs, and 65 percent support cutting production with 54 percent saying the 1985 farm bill hurts livestock producers while 26.8 percent see it as helping.
Basketball coach Don Nelson of the Milwaukee Bucks teams with Willie Nelson to pass the hat for farmers in need. They plan a tractor fundraiser in August, a nine by four foot piggy bank wagon, and a TV fundraiser August 17. Nelsons also support a Farm Aid effort with a $15,000 donation via a Catholic archdiocese program.
Dr. Jack Kloppenburg Jr. warned Wisconsin Farmers Union members that a wave of mergers since 1970 has placed most American seed firms under a few large owners, many chemical giants. He cited nine conglomerates owning 60 seed companies and noted risks to prices, variety, and herbicide use, with legal limits on seed saving under the Plant Variety Protection Act possible if consolidation continues.
Friday Canning Co. of Oakfield showcases four 41-foot pod stripping rigs powered by 280 hp V-8 diesels. Each machine cuts a 14-foot swath, covers about five acres per hour, and replaces six combines and three reapers. Operations run around the clock near Eden and Oakfield, with 180 gallons of diesel per fill.
The National Weather Service says farmers must prepare a second crop hay cut between shower chances from Thursday through Saturday. Expect highs in the high 70s and overnight lows in the 60s across northern Wisconsin this period.
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