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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1986
Page
13
Wisconsin dairymen trail national leaders in choosing sires for future herds. G E Shook of UW Madison warns that Wisconsin must improve sire selection to stay competitive with West Coast producers. 1985 USDA data show Wisconsin 39th in PD$ while U S dairy farms average higher PD$ and PDM values.
Frank Stark of Renk Seed Co notes corn hybrids differ in nitrogen use. Some hybrids yield as much with 60 pounds of available nitrogen as others with 200 pounds, while others show yields rising linearly with more nitrogen. Researchers measure uptake by injecting radioactive nitrogen into plants.
The Commodity Credit Corp extends 1985 crop loans on feed grains rye soybeans and wheat by 12 months to ease on farm storage and free up warehouse space for a large fall harvest. Storage costs are covered by CCC for all crops except soybeans with advance storage payments set at 26 cents a bushel for wheat barley and corn 47.3 cents per hundred for grain sorghum and 20 cents per bushel for oats. Producers may repay the extended loans anytime during the extra year by writing to their local ASCS office.
Extension agronomist Greg Andrews notes that oat fields face rust smut and septoria blight with weather, variety, and disease pressure shaping outcomes. Early planting helps but mudding in oats remains poor practice and bin run oats may spread smut across regions. Continuous field walking aids early detection and salvage.
After a decade of effort urban senators and congressmen saw Congress pass daylight-saving time legislation extending the period by three weeks annually starting next year. President Reagan signed the law and clocks will move ahead one hour on the first Sunday in April. Supporters say energy savings and fewer highway deaths justify the change despite rural opposition citing darker roads for schoolchildren.
A first South Dakota dust storm unsettles a campus town. The narrator recalls quiet streets, concerned neighbors, fading sun, and a sudden sense of foreboding as winds rise and visibility drops signaling a harsh prairie event. The day unfolds with campus disruption and a call home as darkness falls.
A first person reminiscence from UW-Stout archives recounts a fierce wind and thick dust storm that turned a home into a dust-caked refuge. The narrator recalls fear, relative relief upon reaching indoors, and weeks of cleaning as black dust covered furniture, dishes, and even a Bible. Freckles the dog shared the ordeal, and the author notes the enduring trauma and that three such storms occurred over time.
The Agriculture Department placed 1986 winter wheat production at 1.55 billion bushels, an eight year low, down 15 percent from 1.83 billion last year and 2 percent below prior forecast. Indicated average yield is 36 bushels per acre, below last year's 38.1 and June's 36.8.
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