Free farm management and financial analysis services expand in Wisconsin
Most Wisconsin county FmHA offices now offer free farm management and financial analysis. On April 1, 21 more county offices will solicit contractors for these services, with 33 counties listed. Farmers may request a visit by writing to their local FmHA office or via referrals from private lenders, providing three years of operation records and a current cash flow. County offices operate 8 am to 4 30 pm.
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Fmha
Ken Frost
Wisconsin
Elkhorn
Waterford
Jefferson
Janesville
Madison
Portage
Darlington
Monroe
Lancaster
Dodgeville
Marinette
Oconto
Fond du Lac
West Bend
Juneau
Sheboygan
Manitowoc
Wisconsin Rapids
Manston
Ladysmith
Medford
Phillips
Barron
Balsam Lake
Spooner
Hayward
Ashland
Neillsville
Black River Falls
Menomonie
Chippewa Falls
Whitehall
Alma
Richland Center
Baraboo
Viroqua
Prairie du Chien
Wisconsin milk production steady in February
State milk production in Wisconsin for February totaled 1.82 billion pounds, slightly below February 1984 due to an extra day last year. Daily averages this February rose about 3 percent from a year earlier, as reported by the Wisconsin Agricultural Reporting Service.
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Wisconsin
Wisconsin Agriculture Reporting Service
Wisconsin Agricultural Reporting Service
Block listed for delinquent Minnesota land taxes despite sale
USDA Secretary John Block shows on a Mower County list as delinquent for 1983 and 1984 taxes on 640 acres, though a press secretary says the land was sold in 1980 and is now owned by others. The county auditor notes nearly 31 thousand dollars owed. the property could revert to Block’s Illinois partners if taxes remain unpaid.
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U.S. Agriculture
John Block
Illinois
Minnesota
John Ochs
USDA
LeRoy Township
Mower County
Black and Associates
Kathleen Majerus
Austin Herald
Block
Ochs
County Recorder’s Office
Budco Farms
Iowa
Feed right for pork profits from hog feed efficiency
Jon August, Polk County livestock agent, notes that feed accounts for over half the cost of producing pork and improving efficiency can cut break even price. He lists seven practices including balanced diet by hog age, mold checks in warm weather, grinding limits, crumbly feed, proper feeder settings, five pigs per opening, and ample clean water.
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Jon
Polk County Livestock
Bear, Bear and a Camp of Logging Antics in Minnesota
A logging camp in northern Minnesota near the international boundary, operated by Nekoosa Edwards Paper Company, faces breakup and a day of chaos as a bear disrupts operations. Ed the foreman and the narrator pursue the animal, shoot it from a cliff edge, and then contend with a stubborn Model M tractor. The bear’s carcass triggers a comical barnyard melee with horses, culminating in Mary the cook quelling the stampede with a broom as Matt and the narrator bow to the prankish day’s end.
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Beaver Stream
Nekoosa Edwards Paper Company
Port Edwards
Wis
Minnesota
Mary
Baldeschwiler family barn project near Worden photo
A historic photograph shows the Anton Baldeschwiler family building a barn on their Worden farm southwest of Thorp in Clark County. Family members pose with the dog as neighbors and relatives rest nearby. The image, taken about 70 years ago, was submitted by Elsie Baldeschwiler Hoffman of Thorp.
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Anton Baldeschwiler
Worden
Thorp
Clark County
Elsie Baldeschwiler Hoffman
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George T. Clark
John W. Curry
Rolland Main
Keith Sommerfeld
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D.F
Newville
Wood County
Duluth
Carcass
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