Trade seminar for women set in Oconomowoc
A marketing seminar for women in agriculture will be offered July 15 16 in Olympia Village Oconomowoc. Sponsored by the Chicago Board of Trade with UW Extension and several Wisconsin farm groups the seminar teaches marketing skills price risk futures versus cash prices and commodity markets. Registration 35 covers materials meals. Call Patricia Pembroke 312-435-7213 for more information.
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Oconomowoc
The
Chicago Board of Trade
University of Wisconsin Extension
Wisconsin Bankers Association
Wisconsin Corn Growers Association
Wisconsin Cattlemen’s Association
Wisconsin Soybean Association, Wisconsin Pork Producers Associaton
Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation
Olympia Village
Patricia Pembroke
Cool cows equal profit in heat stressed dairy herds
The article explains how rising temperature and humidity stress lactating cows, lowering milk output and conception rates. It outlines cooling strategies: ample fresh water with multiple outlets, shaded dry areas with good air flow, and proper barn ventilation to replace humid air, noting poor ventilation can cut milk production by half. Marathon County DHIA Udder News
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Midwest Plan Service
Red Leaf Disease Hits Oats Across Wisconsin
St. Croix County agent Gerald Brett reports Red Leaf or Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus appearing in oats across western Wisconsin. Infected plants show streaky reddish brown leaves and with severe cases yields drop. harvest for oatage is advised in widespread infections.
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Wisconsin
Gerald Brett
St. Croix County
A Caring Father With Smiling Eyes Remembered
A daughter recalls her German-born father, the youngest of ten, who moved to America pre century, raised a family near Dunn County and Waterloo. He read aloud to her, napped on the lawn, played jokes with the family dog, refused to shave his mustache, and forecast weather from the porch, weathering Sundays with church and kin until his sudden death. The family cherishes his gentle nature and strong tenor in life and memory.
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Germany
America
Dunn County
Menomonie
Waterloo
Papa
Cow Pearl Portrait Captures Ancestry And Struggle
Anna Hilpl Kroll came to America from Germany in 1885 at age 13. After her mother’s death she battled for survival and obtained a cow named Pearl. A La Crosse viewer Kathleen Senn submitted the photograph reflecting Anna’s pride in her bovine possession.
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Anna Hilpl Kroll
America
Germany
Anna
Pearl
William Kroll
Sparta
Kathleen Senn
la Crosse
Suddenly-Dad Becomes Smart From Rural Wisdom
A daughter recalls how in spring 1970 her dairy farmer father aged 40 seemed old fashioned and foolish. As she married, raised a child, and ran a farm she sees his practical farming sense and patience grow into wise, genius levels.
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Dhia Udder News
Keith Sommerfeld
Ruby Hougan
Madison
Dane County
Bremertown
Dog
Rover
Roger
Mama
Yesteryear
Cathy Johnson
Avoca
Iowa County
Mom
Dad
Prince
King
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