Wisconsin Senator Pushes Free Market for Dairy Milk
State Sen Robert Kasten of Mosinee questioned Agriculture Secretary John Block about moving to a free market for dairy producers. Block said USDA is studying the issue and aims to decide in about two months. Kasten argues current federal market orders stifle fluid milk competition and calls for abolition to allow nationwide movement of milk.
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Robert Kasten
Mosinee
Agriculture
John Block
Block
Kasten
USDA
Agriculture exports seen at 35.5 billion in 1985
U S agriculture exports are projected at 35.5 billion for fiscal 1985, down one billion from December and seven percent below 1984's 38 billion. Export volume is forecast at 145.5 million tons, three percent lower than December yet one percent above last year, with slow soybean demand, lagging wheat sales, and a shift away from U S corn in Far Eastern markets. Imports are raised to 19.5 billion, creating a trade surplus of about 16 billion, down from 19.1 billion in 1984.
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U.S
Far Eastern
U.S. Ag
Canadian Hog Imports Rise Sharply in 1984
USDA figures indicate Canadian live hog exports to the United States jumped 195 percent from 1983. Fresh and chilled port imports rose 33 percent while frozen pork imports from Canada increased 14 percent. University analyst Glenn Grimes says the imports may have cost U.S. producers up to $4.67 per hundred, totaling as much as $940 million for the year.
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USDA
United States
Canada
National Pork Producers Council
University of Missouri Agriculture
Glenn Grimes
U.S
The Year of the Big Snow in Mineral Point
In March 1914 a severe blizzard stranded the Mineral Point and Northern Railroad crew near Whitson Junction. Conductor and five men endured days of drifting snow, subsisting on limited food until a farmer and his wife aided with wood and coffee. The recovery story, later called The Year of the Big Snow, highlighted survival and resolve.
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Father
Mineral Point
The Lange Canning Co in Eau Claire picture card
A pictorial card shows the Lange Can ning Company image in Eau Claire from an earlier century. Randall North Store now sits on the property. The Madison Street bridge has been replaced twice since the photo card was produced and issued by A C Bosselman and Co New York. The card belongs to Dick Boyum of Elk Mound.
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Lange Canning Company
Eau Claire
Randall North
Madison Street Bridge
A.C. Bosselman & Co
New York
Dick Boyum
Elk Mound
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