Milk Marketing Board vote set for May 18 to June 3
Wisconsin dairy farmers brace for a second vote to elect 25 members of a new Milk Marketing Board. Les Lamb of the Agriculture Department’s Marketing Division announced ballots will run May 18 through June 3 with mailings planned for May 16. Most farmers get one vote per operation, though exceptions exist for multi farm setups. Ballots may misdirected by county lines and should be returned to the department.
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Milk Market Board
Wisconsin
Milk Marketing Board
Les Lamb
State Agriculture Department
Sketches of Area Candidates Start on Page 14
The notice mentions sketches beginning on page 14 for district residents and provides an address for Les Lamb in the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection. Ballots mailed to each producer will list only Milk Market Board candidates in that district, excluding the remaining 225 statewide contenders.
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Milk Market Board
Wisconsin Assembly approves cents-off dairy coupons bill
The Wisconsin Assembly voted 96-0 to permit cents-off coupons to promote dairy products, with author Dick Shoemaker noting the change reflects larger modern dairy operations and so far excludes dairy items from the coupon allowance.
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Wisconsin Assembly
Dick Shoemaker
D-Menomonie
Beginning farmer aid package faces swift state action
Wisconsin lawmakers consider a constitutional amendment to expand bonding for beginning farmer land buys, with Assembly Bills 346 and 347 creating a 3 percent refund, a $350000 loan cap and $250 million in bonds for farm acquisitions. The package ties to prior veteran housing financing and parimutuel betting track efforts as part of a broader push this year and next.
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Assembly
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Housing Finance Authority
Weekend sun and storms forecast for Minneapolis area
National Weather Service forecasters in Minneapolis predict sunny and pleasant days Thursday and Friday with partly cloudy skies and a chance of thunderstorms on Saturday. Highs will be in the low to mid 60s Thursday, near 70 by Saturday, with lows in the mid-30s Thursday and in the 40s Friday and Saturday.
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National Weather Service
Minneapolis
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