Grand champion steer Keener nets record auction price
At the La Crosse County Interstate Fair junior livestock sale the 1,250-pound grand champion steer Keener sold for 86 a pound, totaling 107,930 dollars. Cub Foods Inc of Onalaska bought the animal, with plans to consider charitable donation. Cindy Temp, 19, of Coon Valley expressed disbelief as her family pursues an education fund from the proceeds.
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Court Rejects UAW Bid to Force Pension Plan Stay
In U S District Court Judge Myron Gordon declined a bid by the United Auto Workers to halt the transfer of pension responsibilities to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. Allis-Chalmers Milwaukee argues it cannot fund thousands of retirees while the agency would pay about 90 percent of benefits to roughly 8,600 plan participants. The union sought a temporary restraining order through January 31 but was denied.
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Pseudorabies Forces Hog Slaughter At La Crosse Fair
The discovery of pseudorabies in a pig at the La Crosse Interstate Fair led to immediate slaughter of more than 100 hogs and a 30 day quarantine of prime breeding stock. State inspectors traced the outbreak, with about three quarters of the fair’s estimated 200 hogs slated for slaughter, while assuring the public the disease does not threaten humans.
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la Crosse County
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Wisconsin
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Iowa
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West Salem
Lawmakers Back Dairy Price Support Tied to Donors
A consumer nutrition group says House members showed greater attention to dairy industry interests than to constituents when voting on major milk-price-support bills. Public Voice for Food and Health Policy analyzed campaign donations from PACs tied to the nation’s three largest dairy cooperatives and found lawmakers with little local milk production often supported dairy policy.
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Wisconsin Forecast Calls Near Normal Temps East Half
The National Weather Service in Madison reports near normal temperatures for southern Wisconsin. The extended outlook shows fair skies Thursday and Friday with a chance of showers or thunderstorms late Friday and Saturday.
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