Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board election yields seven incumbents reelected
Seven incumbents and three newcomers won three year terms in the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board dairy farmer election completed June 10. In District 22 Grant County acting president Eugene Runde defeated Ric Riniker 265 to 152. Dowaine Giraud’s seat was filled by his widow Myrna who beat George Weber 348 to 121.
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Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board
Dairy Farmer
Dowaine Giraud
Norwalk
Grant County
Eugene Runde
Cuba City
Platteville
Ric Riniker
Riniker
Giraud
Myrna
George Weber
Elroy
Dairyman Tries Oat-Pea Silage for Summer Feed
Wayne Patnode of Pepin County reports no milk or butterfat drop after switching to pea-oats silage for summer forage. He grows 20 acres plus 15 acres set aside, harvests at 36 to 40 inches, and emphasizes cutting timing for maximum protein. The oat-pea mix serves as cover for new alfalfa as well as high quality summer forage.
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Patnode
Pepin County
Wayne Patnode
Dave Risler
Durand Cooperatives
Wisconsin FFA veteran Floyd Doering retires to fishing
Floyd Doering ends a 38 year career in vocational agriculture after 15 years as Wisconsin FFA adviser. He received the VIP award at Green Lake during the state convention and plans to fish, buy a new pickup, boat and trailer, and stay active in speaking. He urged grassroots support to save vocational agriculture amid enrollment declines.
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FFA
Floyd Doering
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
Doering
Green Lake
Wisconsin Future Farmers of America
Agriculture
Midwest
Wisconsin
Wittenberg High School
Dale Aebischer
Weekend relief as heat subsides in forecast
The National Weather Service predicts warmer days Thursday and Friday with highs in the 80s and scattered thunderstorms. Saturday should bring cooler, partly cloudy skies with highs in the upper 70s to low 80s and overnight lows mid 50s north and mid 60s south.
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National Weather Service
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Madison
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Vir-Clar Farm
Fond du Lac
Lakeside Park
Walleye
Gary Boyke
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Tommy Thompson
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DHSS
Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
Mr. Doering
Pulaski
Brown County
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New Britain
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Hokkaido
Japan
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Uw-Madison
National Association of Supervisors of Agriculture Education
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