Wisconsin conducts corn objective yield survey
The Wisconsin Agriculture Reporting Service begins its annual corn objective yield survey. Hal Geiger says the second phase forecasts yield per acre from test plots across the state. This year 170 Wisconsin plots join 1 920 U S plots to estimate final production for marketing, exports, transportation, and livestock planning.
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Wisconsin Agriculture Reporting Service
Hal Geiger
State Agriculture Department
Reporting Service
Wisconsin
Mr. Geiger
U.S
Lime on hay stubble gains favor with farmers
Don Drost, Barron County agent, notes summer liming of hay land after harvest is practical as lime remains stable and soil work will occur later. Spreading now avoids spring and fall rushes and Barron County offers a $2 per ton lime spread discount before Sept 1.
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Barron County
Feeding fat boosts milk output in cows during early lactation
UW Madison dairy scientists report that adding 5 percent animal fat to the concentrate in the first 100 days of lactation raises milk production by 5 to 7 pounds in older cows, with fat yielding 25 to 50 cents more daily per high producing mature cows. First calf heifers did not respond. Study involved 57 cows across 75 lactations. Dan Draxler, Polk County livestock agent.
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Uw-Madison
Beef strike turns violent at Iowa Beef plant
More than 100 union strikers pelted Dakota City Nebraska, packing plant cars with rocks and concrete as a 12 day cutter strike ended. At least 29 injured, 70 vehicles damaged as state troopers restored order and escorted non union workers through. Plant resumed beef packing soon after the clash.
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Iowa Beef
Dakota City
Neb
Nebraska
Potato bugs and a penny prize on a small farm edge
A childhood memory recalls two neighbors, Georgie and narrator, collecting potato bugs for a cent per hundred. After a long effort to 900 bugs, the narrator earns pennies, buys a bead necklace at Mrs. Coleman’s nine cent sale, and reflects on work and later success.
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Dan Draxler
Polk County
United Food and Commercial Workers
Keith Sommerfeld
Idunn County
Nellie Nelson
River Falls
Georgie
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Mrs. Coleman
Yesteryear
Fred Backstrom
Eau Claire
Willie Stiehl
Albion
Jackson County
Black River Falls
Stiehl
Backstrom
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