Wisconsin backs urban lawmakers farm visit idea
Wisconsin's congressional delegation urges inviting urban representatives to observe farming in action in the Third District. The effort, funded by WECA, aims to broaden understanding of rural issues and boost AMPI ratings for visiting lawmakers, highlighting exchanges with Rep Roukema and past guests from Ohio Rhode Island and California.
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Wisconsin
Congressional
United States
Congress
Marge Roukema
New Jersey
Third
Steve Gunderson
Osseo
Gunderson
Roukema
AMPS
Dennis Eckart
Dohio
Claudine Schneider
Rhode Island
Rep
Ron Dellums
California
House
Correction clarifies dairy plan support statement
The Country Today corrects Stu Huber remarks from the Farmers Union Milk Marketing Cooperative commentary. A single word was added last week changing meaning, altering the claim that the plan does not have broad support. The intended version says broad support exists in the dairy industry.
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Stu Huber
Farmers Union Milk Marketing Cooperative
Ope
National Guard trucks urged to haul hay to drought stricken farms
Farmers and truckers in Wisconsin call for using National Guard armory trucks to transport hay to north region farmers suffering forage shortages from early summer drought. Burnett County’s drought relief fund holds under $500 as private haulers balk at free hauling costs. Volunteers propose Guard involvement to share fuel costs and aid food short farmers.
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Burnett County
Northwest
National Guard
Commentary on farming and farmers by LaVonne Nicolai
A opinion piece defending family farmers as backbone of the nation. It highlights long hours below minimum wage, lack of benefits, hazardous work, rising stress, and farm women’s equality. It questions price policies, hunger, and the need to aid the homeless while criticizing surplus stocks that keep prices low. It extols farmers as environmental stewards and community anchors.
Homelessness, surplus food and world hunger debate
A historical appeal argues against storing surplus food in the United States and calls for distributing grains to the hungry and to aid shelters. It critiques park bans, cites shelters in St Paul and Minneapolis, and warns of rising farm prices if food is diverted from aid. It links hunger relief to broader economic and political aims and questions arms for grain as a policy.
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Arizona
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Mother Hale
Harlem
United States
World Food Council
Youthful 4-H lessons shape lifelong learning at fair
The writer reflects on county fairs showing cattle and riding horses as valuable learning experiences many Wisconsin children miss. Adults lament lost time for languages, computers, and public speaking, noting early skills become lifelong advantages while 4-H books may be burdens, not barriers, to growth.
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America
Wisconsin Electric Cooperative Association
Rural Electric Cooperatives
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WECA
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Cleveland
Ohio
Huber
Estapiis Nee Vel
C.F. Alexander
Thomas D. Lawin
Arnold J. Hoffman
By LaVonne Nicolai
LaVonne Nicolai
Dakota County
Minnesota
Twin Cities
First State Bank of
Castle Rock
Minn
Santa Barbara, Calif
the Writer's Notebook
By Kitz Cleary
Naoma Falde
Naoma
Matt
Catherine (Kitz) Cleary
Country Life
Horse News
Rt. 7
Menomonie
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