Barron County Youth Wins Wisconsin Star Farmer 1980
Dennis West of Rice Lake, a 19 year old third generation potato grower and part owner of Nuto Farms Inc., earns the Star Farmer of Wisconsin at the state FFA convention in Green Lake. He advances to regional competition among Midwest states for the Star Central Regional Farmer title and remains the third Star Farmer from west central Wisconsin in four years. West oversees 500 acres of russet burbank potatoes, 1 300 acres of malting barley, 2 700 crop acres, and 500 acres of irrigated alfalfa plus a pumpkin enterprise for fall sales, earning a first place in the FFA fruit and vegetable production proficiency award.
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Dennis West
Rice Lake
Dennis
Wisconsin
FFA
Nuto Farms Inc
Star Farmer of
Green Lake
Donn (Hokie) West
Rt. 3
Star Farmers
Midwest
Star Central
Don Triebensee
Burbank
Barron
Rusk
Vicky Scharlan is named 33rd Alice in Dairyland
The 22-year-old Independence woman was crowned at the Al Ringling Theater in Baraboo before 700 fans to become Wisconsin’s Alice in Dairyland. She succeeds Rebecca Powell and will promote state agriculture with a $12,000 salary while pausing UW Madison studies. Runners-up were Joann Rufener of Monroe and Linda Woodruff of Chippewa Falls.
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Vicky Leah Scharlan
Independence
Alice
Vicky
Don
Avis Scharlan
Rt. 1
al Ringling
Sauk County
Joann Kay Rufener
Monroe
Linda Lea
Woodruff
Chippewa Falls
Agriculture
Gary Rohde
Dairyland
Rebecca Powell
Baraboo
Alice In Dairyland
Uw-Madison
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
Wisconsin Farm Bureau
American Institute of Cooperation
Linda Lea Woodruff
Uw-Stout
T. Dell and
Shirley Woodruff
Rt. 5
Vicky Scharlan
Buffalo County
Dry spell expected in west central Wisconsin this week
The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities foresees a dry period with fair skies from Thursday to Saturday. Temperatures will run highs in the 70s and nightly lows in the 50s as farmers plan to bale hay.
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National Weather Service
Twin Cities
Markets Box 570 Weather and Postings
A compact page listing market briefs weather outlook and various postings across sections On the Farm and Outdoors. Includes Want ads country life and bird notes with terse items and notices for readers.
Shortage of railroad cars delays Dunn County corn shipments
Dunn County Wisconsin faces a potential two month rail shipment bottleneck as corn reserves near 4 million bushels with 5 to 6 million expected by next summer. Delbert Block warns prices could reach 3.05 a bushel triggering widespread car demand while Stewart Huber notes planning is limited by unpredictable crop yields and prices.
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Dunn County
Wisconsin Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service
Delbert Block
Wisconsin
Huber
Block
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Mike Walsh
Glenwood City
David Weber
Menomonie
Mr. Triebensee
Star Farmer
the Country Today
West
State Agriculture Department
Rebecca
Country Life
Stewart Huber
Agency
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