Wisconsin dairy referendum ballots available this Monday
Wisconsin county ASCS offices will issue ballots to dairy producers for the national dairy checkoff referendum. Individual farmers must pick up their own ballots and mail them. yellow ballots go to cooperatives that bloc vote. The referendum runs Aug 1 to Aug 20 with plain majority deciding continuation of the 15 cent checkoff.
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Ivan Strickler
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Weather forecast: storms possible Thursday and Saturday
The National Weather Service in Madison predicts a chance of thunderstorms in the southern half of Wisconsin on Thursday and again Saturday. Friday should be fair. Temperatures will range from the upper 70s to the mid 50s over the three day period.
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Brewers Rally Delights At Dairy Day Ballpark
More than 1 600 dairy farmers joined 17 000 fans at Dairy Day at the Ballpark on July 2 as the Brewers beat the Red Sox 4 3 in ten innings. Milk served in stadium cups, a 150 foot cheese sandwich, and Holstein calves entertained attendees. Alice in Dairyland Lisa Hoesly threw the first ball, while milking contests and radio DJs drew crowds to promote dairy farming and products.
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Alice In Dairyland
Lisa Hoesly
Wisconsin Holstein Association
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George Bamburger
Alice
Watertown
Allen and
Shirley Sell
Wisconsin 1985 Farm Progress Show Opens July 16 18
The State ag show gathers on a 240 acre site near Omro and Winneconne in Winnebago County. Over 125000 visitors are expected to tour farms of the Gordon Schonscheck and Davis families. More than 500 agribusiness exhibits unfold with programs in the Family Living Tent and wildlife habitat tours.
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Gordon Schonscheck
Malcolm Davis
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