Antique tractors draw attention at pulling contest
Ron and Doug Hurlburt hosted a Memorial Day weekend tractor pull at the Durand area farm, spotlighting a 57-tractor collection from 1927 to 1955. The event drew hundreds as spectators observed running machines plus rare items like a JD wooden silo filler and steel wheels. Hurlburt, a 15-year collector, emphasizes sourcing missing parts and the appeal of restoring old tractors for working displays rather than shed storage.
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Hurlburt Brothers Showcase 90-Year-Old Farm Tractors
Ron and Doug Hurlburt celebrate a 90 year old farm while displaying crank-start Oliver tractors from 1928 to 1945 and a 1950 model still in use on their 3,280 acre operation. The collection emphasizes year-spanning machines in excellent condition with just five battery units among them.
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Taylor Holstein association plans two dairy events next week
The Taylor County Holstein Breeders Association will host a twilight meeting June 1 at the Ron and Judy Romanowski farm near Gilman with speaker Keith Blodget of Carnation Genetics and a purebred Holstein heifer calf giveaway. A Youth Dairy Day is set for May 30 at the Bob Goessl farm south of town, featuring a fitting and showing workshop from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The Goessl farm is described with directions and local details, while additional notes discuss Hurlburt family farming, land use, and Ron Hurlburt’s broad involvement in farm equipment, including a 1935 John Deere plow and a valued collection.
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Chippewa Falls landfill plan faced by farmland advocates
At a Wisconsin DNR hearing in Chippewa Falls Ingolf Vogeler UW Eau Claire associate professor warned the proposed Grudem Hebert site would remove Class I farmland for 100 years, costing farmers up to 13 million dollars in lost income. Geologist Dan Viste defended siting citing available silt for waterproofing while most attendees opposed.
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