Midwest Livestock posts 1977 sales at 55.5 million dollars
Midwest Livestock Producers reported 1977 sales of 55.5 million dollars with total volume of 609000 head. Cattle calves hogs and sheep rose while feeder pigs declined about 10 percent. The co op, led by Norbert Brandt and Duane Johnson, said expansion of the Slaughter hog operation in Madison will shift markets east as Oscar Mayer ends its local hog slaughtering.
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Midwest Livestock Producers
Farm Bureau
Co-Op
Norbert Brandt
Duane Johnson
Midwest
Ettrick
Packerland Packing Co
Brandt
Johnson
Madison
Oscar Mayer
Wisconsin swine industry hits record growth in late 1970s
Wisconsin swine producers report a sharp rise in breeding sows by 25 percent to 255,000 and market hogs totaling 1.1 million last year, driven by price incentives and lower feed costs. Wisconsin ranks 10th in breeding hogs and 12th in market hogs, with the latest inventory boosting agricultural income by about 30 million dollars.
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U.S
Wilstrup
Wisconsin
Shepherds Clinic scheduled at Barron courthouse
Barron County hosts a shepherds clinic for area sheep farmers at 1 p.m. on March 15 at the Barron County courthouse. Topics include flock health parasite control and yearly calendars of sheep management with speakers Rudy Erickson and Dr Tom Goerke of UW River Falls.
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Barron County
Wisconsin Sheep Improvement Association
Don Drost
Rudy Erickson
Uw-River Falls
Tom Goerke
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EAU Claire
Western Avenue
Don Timm
George & Mark Kinney
Kinney Dairy Supply Menomonie
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Mark Kinney
Morrie Ansen
Don Leece
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Midwest Livestock Reports
Green County
Midwest States
Midwest Area
Trempealeau County
Granton
Clark County
Dick Vilstrup
Uw-Extension
Mr. Vilstrup
Shepherds’ Clinic
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Cadott, Wi
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