Longtime Trempealeau County extension agent reflects on career
Ed Ausderau, retiring after three decades as Trempealeau County extension leader, recalls changes in farming from 300 to 600 pound butterfat averages and a drop in farms from almost 3,000 to under 2,000. He credits colleagues and farmers for progress, notes shifts in crops, cattle feeding, and conservation, and mentions family plans after retirement with his wife Delores.
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Ausderau
Times
Ed Ausderau
Trempealeau County
Wisconsin
Peter Bieri
Coral City
Blair
Arcadia
University Extension
Trempealeau County Farm Management
Bieri
Trempealeau County Resource
Mr. Bieri
Uw-Extension Office
Hay Yield Frame Demonstration by Trempealeau County Agent
Hay framer Ed Ausderau holds a measurement frame designed with Peter Bieri in a field of uncut hay. The device, seven feet three inches long and three feet wide, estimates hay yield by cutting and weighing a sample and multiplying by 0.2 to obtain tons per acre. Use the frame four to five times on a 20 acre field for accuracy.
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Trempealeau County
Ed Ausderau
Ausderau
Peter Bieri
Ausderau retirement party set for June 18 at Club Midway
The public retirement party for Trempealeau County Agent Ed Ausderau will be at 8 p.m. June 18 at Club Midway on Highway 121. Kris Blacklock, Extension Home Economist, handles arrangements. meals cost $7.50 per person with reservations by Friday. Cocktails begin 7:30 p.m., dancing at 10 p.m. after a short program.
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Trempealeau County
Ed Ausderau
Highway 121
Extension Home
Kris Blacklock
Whitehall
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