Aerial crop photos mailed to select Wisconsin farmers
West central Wisconsin farmers report mixed delivery of aerial crop photos by ASCS offices. Only Chippewa Eau Claire La Crosse Marathon Pepin and St Croix counties mail photos. Jackson Pierce Trempealeau vary. Many counties do not mail photos and urge reporting 1982 crop acres at local offices to keep crop histories for future USDA program eligibility.
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Wisconsin
ASCS
Chippewa
Eau Claire
la Crosse
Marathon
Pepin
St. Croix
Jackson County
Pierce County
Trempealeau County
Barron
Buffalo
Burnett
Clark
Dunn
Monroe
Polk
Price
Rusk
Sawyer
Taylor
Washburn
USDA
Cheese imports rise sharply in March and year to date
March imports of cheese and dairy total 14.2 million pounds up 8 percent from a year ago. January through March dairy imports reach 37.1 million pounds, 28 percent above last year. Swiss and Emmenthaler lead gains with Swiss up 13 percent in March and 40 percent for the year. Low fat cheese imports reach 1.67 million pounds in March, five times last March and sixfold this year. Butter imports in March total 38.7 million pounds, down 25 percent from March 1981, but year to date 85 million pounds, up 10 percent from a year ago.
Farmland Preservation Program Signup Deadline Near
Farmland owners may sign up by June 30 for the state Farmland Preservation Program. Eligibility requires 35 acres or more, and farm product value of at least 6000 in 1981 or 18000 in the last three years, plus an active Soil Conservation Service plan via the local district. Renters can qualify if the land meets output value. see West Central Wisconsin county extension offices for details.
Dairy hearings to continue in Washington next week
Dairy industry representatives consumer organizations and dairy product processors will testify next week as hearings on the dairy support price program continue in Washington. The hearing will begin at 9:30 a.m. June 24 in Room 334 of the Russell Senate Office Building. Senator Jesse Helms said the first phase was informative and expressed hope for progress in the second round with input from producers consumers processors and the administration.
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Washington
Russell Senate
North Carolina
Jesse Helms
Senate Agriculture Committee
Fireplaces and violin memories of a father's music
A family cherishes a red brick fireplace as the focal point of life where the father plays a Stradivarius violin. The narrative recalls evenings of stories, lullabies, and vivid sounds from the violin, the loss of the beloved instrument, and a later fortunate restoration by artisans in Duluth.
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Soil Conservation Service
SCS
Soil and Water Conservation District
Keith Sommerfeld
Dunn County
Dad
By Beatrice Derrick, Webster
Duluth
Stanton & Lee Publishers Inc
Madison, WI
Yesteryear
Hans Morken
Rt. 1
Ettrick
Odell Oakland
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