Sunflowers Feed Birds Spread Union of Farm and Market
In Trempealeau County near Fairchild, Clarence Boettcher and his son sold their 1977 11 acre sunflower crop entirely to birdwatchers, farming sunflowers mainly for birdseed rather than oil. Prices, crop storage, and future planting plans hinged on weather, pests, and the growing birdseed market as they reassess sunflower viability for 1978.
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Clarence Boettcher
Clarence
Eau Claire
Jackson
Trempealeau Counties
Mr. Boettcher
Minneapolis
Boettchers
Galesville
Trempealeau County
Menomonie
Jump River
Twin Cities
Boettcher
Sam Robbins
Cadett
Country Today
Brice
Clarence Boettcher Sr
Fairchild
Miss Wisconsin Farm Bureau intern joins Jim Harsdorf staff
Madison’s Vicky Scharlau, queen of the Farm Bureau and Miss Wisconsin Farm Bureau 1978, is chosen as a legislative intern in the Madison office of State Representative Jim Harsdorf. Her appointment marks a crossover from pageant titleholder to public service in Wisconsin politics.
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Vicky Scharlau
Wisconsin Farm Bureau
Madison
Jim Harsdorf
Beldenville
Upper Waumandee
Don Scharlau
Rt. 1
Independence
Uw-Madison
Ag Student Council
Agriculture Journalism Club
American Institute of Cooperation
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Harsdorf
St Croix County to host farm business issue meetings in New Richmond
Two meetings are planned in St Croix County at the New Richmond High School Little Theatre on March 29 and April 5 at 8 p.m. to help farm families plan farm transfers taxes partnerships and retirement. Speakers include Wilmer Dahl Karen Goebel and Dick Weigle with a $1 materials fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Croix County
Richmond High School
Wilmer Dahl
Uw-River Falls
Karen Goebel
Uw-Extension
Dick Weigle
Jerry Brett
Mary Lestrad
WCCO FM Names Farm Service Director
WCCO FM announces Minneapolis based David Haeg as farm service director, disclosed by Paul Jacobson vice president and general manager. Haeg assumes duties overseeing farm programming and related services for the station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wcco-Fm
David Haeg
Wccofm
Paul Jacobson
Buffalo County NFO Sets Meeting in Gilmanton
The Buffalo County NFO will meet Thursday March 16 at 8 45 p m at Gilmanton Grade School. A film features an address by the late Jerry Litton former Missouri congressman. Mr Haeg coordinates the station's early morning farm programming and farm news.
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Buffalo County Nfo
Gilmanton
Jerry Litton
Missouri
Mr. Haeg
Central Livestock Association to hold 57th annual meeting
Charles Jennings acting deputy administrator of the Packers and Stockyards Administration in Washington and David Stroud president of the National Livestock and Meat Board will speak at the 57th annual Central Livestock Association stockholders meeting Saturday. The Radi ss on St Paul hosts registration at 8 a.m. Jennings speaks at 9 30 a.m. Stroud at the noon luncheon. CLA, founded in 1921, serves 125 000 farmers in the Midwest and Canada and handled 2.3 million head in 1977, selling over 35 percent of livestock at South St Paul, the world’s largest livestock market for the fourth straight year.
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Charles Jennings
Packers and Stockyards Administration
Washington
David Stroud
National Livestock and Meat Board
Central Livestock Association Stockholders Meeting
CLA
South St. Paul
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Fall Creek High School
Dennis Brice
Rt. 2
Fall Creek
Combine
Mr Boettcher
Vicky
30Th Assembly
Scharlan
St. Croix
New Richmond
Arcadia High School
Minneapolis, Minn
Ager
Haeg
Minnesota
St. John’s University
Collegeville
Minn
Midwest
Jacobson
Rogers - United - Miller - Inc
South Saint Paul ‘Act
Larry Geurkink
Thurs
Bloomer
U. Grassland
Feeder Pig Co
Neillsville
Dov
Midwest Livestock Producers
Owen Berg
Blair
Mel Alleshaski Chili
Geoffrey Dobbs
Colfax
Central Livestock Association
St. Paul, Minn
Radisson
Mr. Jennings
A.m
Mr. Stroud
U.S
Canada
Richartz
Richartz Implement Co
Wisconsin
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