Hay shortage forecast as Wisconsin hay behind schedule
UW Extension forage specialists predict a statewide hay shortage due to cold, wet weather delaying growth by 10 days to two weeks. Alfalfa stands are weak from winter and spring heaving, with some fields lost. first cut will yield less but help root reestablishment.
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Uw-Extension
Howard Larsen
UW Experimental Farm
Dwayne Rohweder
Wisconsin
Clark County
Arv Dopp
Clark County Health Care Center
Owen
Archie Broward
Buffalo County
Sand Creek co op members fund new hardware and gas building
In Sand Creek Dunn County cooperative members rally to save the Farmers Union Co op hardware store by pledging funds and an interest free loan to build a new hardware and self serve gas station near the feed mill. Five farmers donate 1000 each, totaling 14000 of 22000 estimated cost, with remaining borrowed from St Paul Bank of Cooperatives. The move preserves local hardware supplies and jobs while trimming needed services.
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Ken Nelson
Sand Creek Farmers Union
Cenex) Cooperative
Steve Nelson
Co-Op
Cenex
Louie Reetz
Dunn County
Farmers Union Co-op
Sand Creek
Coop
St. Paul Bank of Cooperatives
Sand Creek Farmers Union Co-op
New Hope Lutheran Church
Local Development Corporation
Wisconsin Ag board rejects mandatory bonding for grain dealers
Wisconsin agriculture board members oppose a 25 000 minimum bond for grain dealers and warehouse keepers Citing Illinois plans and dairy plant safeguards they push to rewrite the grain law proposal to mirror dairy security rules The board aims to require initial bonding or security akin to a 75 percent cash cover but notes concerns about market competition and producer protection The plan retains a 20 cents per bushel storage bond with a 25 000 to 200 000 range and emphasizes a purchase money security interest for grain buyers
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Wisconsin
State Agriculture Board
Don Soberg
Trade and Consumer Protection Division
The
DATCP
Soberg
Louis Wysocki
Portage County
Agriculture Board
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Clark
Scandinavia
Europe
Esther Anderson
Nelson
Colfax
Chetek
Bloomer
Mr. Nelson
Tire
Development Corporation
Cal Kraemer
Chippewa County
Chippewa
Dave Holcomb
Jackson County
Ausderau
Larsen
Ag Board
Sturgeon Bay
Madison
Betty Roe
Douglas County
Illinois
Mr. Soberg
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