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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1977
Page
4
Madison commercial red meat production in the United States reached 3.2 billion pounds in April, rising three percent from a year earlier per the Wisconsin Statistical Reporting Service. January-April 1977 output rose two percent from 1976 with Wisconsin hog slaughter in April at 331,000 head, up 24 percent.
The week of June 8 to 14 shows daily Eau Claire temperatures with highs around 76 and 77, lows in the mid 50s, and average highs near 65. Nationally, April hog kill reached 6.7 million, up 9 percent from last year but 12 percent below March. Wisconsin cattle slaughter fell 18 percent from March 1977 and 14 percent from April 1976, with calf slaughter at 38,000, the lowest since August 1976.
Area weather reports show heavy rain across west central Wisconsin in the first week of June with totals from .88 inches in St. Croix Baldwin to 3.49 inches in Pepin and 3.05 in Trempealeau. Temperatures reached up to 88 in Chippewa and 87 in Polk, while Barron and Rusk posted 39 degree weekly lows and Buffalo and Dunn 50. Crops such as corn and oats need the rain, as the area remains well above normal moisture for June.
The May 27 streamflow report by the Wisconsin Statistical Reporting Service and NOAA Weather Service notes better conditions in the Chippewa Trempealeau Black River basins than last year, while St. Croix Basin remains far below the prior year. The map and chart cover all major Wisconsin basins with flow duration figures and examples like Wolf River at Langlade 265 cfs at 87 percent flow duration.
A local feed system touts Grain-O-Matic for easy feeding with high moisture corn. The unit fits 20 ft diameter structures from 4 600 to 13 200 bushels capacity, enabling pushbutton unloading and on site mixing of protein or additives. Madison area suppliers promote turnkey grain handling and daily processed feed.
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