Neighbors Help Save Dairy Herd After Holmen Barn Fire
The Jostad family in Holmen faced a barn blaze on May 9. Erin 11 and Megan 8, aided by UW River Falls student Tim Schmidt and neighbors, evacuated 40 cattle, including 36 milking cows, with only two yearlings lost. A temporary DTP-barn solution was arranged after a local effort spurred by Congressman Gunderson, though cows were relocated to the Amundson farm by nightfall, and the family credited their daughters as the day’s true heroes.
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Fie
Carmen
Emily Jostad
Erin
Megan
Steve Gunderson
Jostad
Lynn
Ida Jostad
Uw-River Fails
Tim Schmidt
Ray Lee
ASCS
Ben Bosshart
la Crosse
Romskog
Bosshart
Mr. Lee
Amundson
Erin Jostad
Caiimian Jorstad
Holmen
Rachael Jordan Protects Woods With Family Farm Home
Rachael Jordan, daughter of Vir Biddick founder of Trelay Seed Co., lives with husband Don on a long protected Elmer Biddick farm west of Dodgeville. The secluded farmland near Highway 18 in Town County hosts one residence, built to enjoy the woods she loves, after decades of conservation by the Biddick family.
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Dodgeville
Elmer Biddick
Biddick
Don and
Rachael Jordan
Quiet Wisconsin woodland home featured by Mrs Jordan
Mrs Jordan and her husband built an earth sheltered home among 700 acres of timber in Wisconsin. The couple praise privacy and nature as daily life, with large windows offering expansive views. Mrs Jordan, vice president of the Wisconsin Woodland Owner Association, plans to display property at the group’s annual meeting September 26-27. The association, founded in 1979, supports woodland owners and the woods’ value to the economy and welfare, with about 1,250 members.
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Jordan
Wisconsin Woodland Owner Association
Wotland Group
The
Woodland Association
Wisconsin
Whodiands
Leaning Silo at Walworth Farm Topsples to Stand
At Ellis Farms in Walworth Township Wisconsin a 24 by 80 foot silo began to tilt last August. Workers and a Jacksonville Crane crew rigged cables and poles to shore it up while they salvaged silage. The structure eventually stabilized but too cracked to save. demolition will follow when empty with a new straight silo to be built.
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Ellis Farms
Walworth
Praine View Road
Walworth Township
Ron Ellis
Eilis
Jacksonville
Fla
Mrr
Kilis
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USDA
Jostads
Wits
Irvin Komskog
Jane Amundson
Pedro J. Tremblay
Phinp
Tre
Jan Shepel
Woods
Mrs Jordan
Fas
Pisa
Thes
Ellises
Wei
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