Dairy price support cut under review by House panel
The House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock Dairy and Poultry will hold a May 21 hearing to examine how the USDA implemented a 50 cent reduction in milk price supports effective April 1. Subcommittee Chairman Tony Coelho seeks testimony on pricing translations for butter cheese and other manufacturing milk and the impact on government surplus purchases. The session starts at 10 a.m. in Room 1300 Longworth House Office Building Washington DC.
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USDA
House Agriculture Subcommittee
Tony Coelho
D-Calif
Secretary of Agriculture
Coelho
John Black
Longworth House
Washington, DC
Alfalfa Scouting Begins As Weevil Risk Rises In Region
Area extension agents report 300 plus degree days signal start of alfalfa weevil scouting with potential for higher insecticide use than any year since 1978. Beekeepers and farmers should avoid spraying blossoming alfalfa to protect honey bees and cut stubble if spraying is needed. Larvae start tip damage on terminal buds before leaf defoliation. adults are dark grey brown snout beetles.
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Greg Blonde
Waupaca
Steve Bauer
Rusk County Ag
Wisconsin Dairyland Cow Teases Tourists On TV Ad
Wisconsin's Division of Tourism unveiled a television ad featuring a cow in pink sunglasses inviting viewers to visit America's Dairyland. The commercial runs statewide and in Chicago, the state's main tourist market, to boost summer travel.
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Wisconsin
Division of Tourism
America
Chicago
Webster Puts Pro Against Con as Progresses Against Congress
In a sharp quip, Webster argues that pro equals opposite of con and that progress opposes Congress, framing a political contrast. The remark plays on language to critique legislative action and party dynamics in a concise, pointed line.
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Webster
Congress
Our enduring love affair with the automobile
The piece recalls early motoring life from the 1920s to the 1940s, noting noisy first cars, carbide lights, crank starts, and open bodies. It highlights equipment, fuel, and road culture, including prices, four and six cylinder models, and evolving names from Ford to Oldsmobile while praising the lasting car passion.
Winners named in Wisconsin yarns of yesteryear contest
Recipients include Mary Cooper Finney of Cassville first and Alyce Siminow of Sheboygan second with Lewis Durand Spooner and Richard G Edwards Kewaskum fourth. Fifteen cash prizes, memberships and certificates awarded at WRWA spring conference. Entries totaled 666 from 258 communities with ages 60 to 99.
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Mary Cooper Finney
Cassville
Alyce Siminow
Sheboygan
Lewis Durand
Spooner
Richard G. Edwards
Kewaskum
Wisconsin Regional Writers Association
WRWA
Uw-Madison
University of Wisconsin Extension
Stanton & Lee Publishers of
Madison
Wisconsin
Gen Lewis
Lewis
Lowell Hall
Paving the Turnpike Era Before the Interstate
A National Geographic image shows workers laying a highway section in the late 1930s. The piece notes toll roads like the Pennsylvania Turnpike predating the 1956 interstate program and how many were folded into the new system to prevent duplicate free highways and safeguard turnpike authorities.
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Pennsylvania Turnpike
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
National Geographic Society
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