Farm group steps up haylift aid to drought area
Langlade County National Farmers Organization members voted July 6 to donate hay and match buyers with drought relief needs. After failed hotline calls they contacted the state NFO office and Barron County fieldman to line up trucks. First hay shipment left Langlade July 17, with recipients covering hauling costs. organizers urge wider help to connect donors and receivers.
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Langlade County
National Farmers Organization
Antigo
Sauk City
Langlade
Barron County
Reader argues co op clout depends on strong contracts
A reader responds to a co op commentary in The Country Today, arguing clout comes from united contracts and bylaws. He recalls an old dairy plant effort from 1935 36 showing members and patrons funding and running a factory, and cites 100 percent parity benchmarks and current barrel cheese prices to illustrate policy failures and taxpayer costs.
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Department of Agriculture
Social Security Update IRS requires number for dependents
The IRS will require a Social Security number for each dependent age 5 or older claimed on the 1987 federal income tax return. Applicants must provide Form SS-5 and proof of age identity and citizenship, with originals or certified documents, and apply in person if 18 or older. Processing has slowed to two to four weeks and may lengthen further.
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Social Security
IRS
Wisconsin Dairy Task Force final report available
Copies of the final report of the Wisconsin Dairy Task Force 1995 are available by writing to the executive director. The report discusses thirty issues and offers 75 recommendations for local, state, and federal officials. Send for a copy to Dean Robert Cropp at UW Platteville for $38.
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Wisconsin Dairy Task Force
Robert Cropp
College of Agriculture
Ullrich Hall
Uw-Platteville
Platteville, Wis
Dairy board questioned at Farm Progress Days
A reader criticizes the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board observed at Cumberland’s Farm Progress Days. She notes no dairy samples at the WMMB booth, contrasts with free cheese samples from others, and urges farmers to vote to terminate the board, asking how money is spent and whether non-farmers receive materials.
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Cumberland
Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board
WMMB
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