Wisconsin farm prices inch up as costs rise faster
Prices received by Wisconsin farmers rose in April led by field crops while costs for purchased inputs gained more, national indices show. Milk cows fell to 1200 per head, beef cattle and lambs hit multi year highs, and eggs and other commodities fluctuated amid broader farm income projections for 1981.
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Chippewa lamb weigh-ins due Friday
Chippewa Falls Lambs must be weighed by May 15 for the 1981 Chippewa County meat animal project. Weighs must be verified by an extension agent or VOAG instructor. exhibitors may weigh up to four lambs, with wethers in possession by May 15 and born on or after Feb 1, 1981. Contact the extension office at 723-9195 or local VOAG instructors for entry blanks and details.
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County Voag
Cliff Nenzel
Stanley Boyd
Gene King
Cadett
Gaylord Oppegard
Chippewa Falls
Merle Richter
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Marshall Behling
New Auburn
David Krumrie
Holcombe
Meat evaluation clinic for 4-H and FFA members announced
A meat evaluation and cut judging clinic for 4-H and FFA beef sheep and swine members parents and leaders will be held May 18 at 7 30 p m in the Dunn County Courthouse auditorium Dr Dean Henderson of UW Madison animal and food science and Rudy Erickson UW Extension livestock specialist will lead covering quality grading carcasses and cuts judging classes four cuts terms USDA grades practice judging and written reasons Follow up clinics on live market and breeding classes for Animal Science Day prep are planned through cooperative Dunn County Extension Office vo ag and ag instructors.
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UW Madison Animal and Food Science Department
Rudy Erickson
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Nugget Lake park opens in Pierce County
Nugget Lake County Park spanning 752 acres with a 116 acre lake and 58 unit campground opens four miles north of Plum City and two miles east of Highway 183 per Pierce County resource agent Ed Hass. Entrance fees are 50 cents daily per vehicle and five dollars for a season sticker. Camping costs two fifty per day or three fifty for one of 21 electrical hookups. Seniors over 65 enter free. Canoes are available for hourly rental on the lake where only electric trolling motors are allowed. Canoe rental is one dollar for the first hour and seventy five cents for subsequent hours. The park provides picnicking swimming areas a playground several miles of hiking trails and fishing.
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Pierce County
Ed Hass
Plum City
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