Wisconsin corn referendum opens with mail ballots
Ballots mailed Sept 30 to eligible Wisconsin corn growers for a market order referendum. Voting ends Oct 20 with ballots returned within seven days of receipt. Eligibility checked via included instructions. requests for missing ballots must reach the state agriculture department by Oct 12. If more than half vote yes, a one tenth of one cent per bushel checkoff on state corn sold commercially would apply. farmer to farmer sales exempt. Nomination period ends Oct 25 for affected producers to join the corn marketing order board.
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Wisconsin
State Agriculture Department
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture
P.O. Box
Madison
Corn Marketing Board
Corn Marketing Order Board
Dairy meeting on ETN planned for Wisconsin session
A milk marketing session airing on ETN across Wisconsin from 8 30 p m to 9 50 p m Oct 12 explains the new dairy price support program. Dr Bob Cropp of UW Platteville and Dr Dick Vilstrup UW Extension livestock specialist will answer farmers questions with no charge for the program.
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Educational Telephone Network
ETN
Wisconsin
Bob Cropp
Uw-Platteville
Dick Vilstrup
Polk County
Uw-Extension
Cropp
Roundup reduced-rate ads warn of misleading claims
Dunn County agent Keith Sommerfeld cautions that advertised reduced Roundup rates are legal only in North Dakota South Dakota and Minnesota due to label rules. He notes lower volumes offer only short term quackgrass control and may fail in reduced tillage, implying liability and performance gaps.
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North Dakota
South Dakota
Minnesota
Soybean loan rates set for 1982 crop in county
Area ASCS directors announced loan and purchase rates for 1982 soybeans grading No 2 or better at 5.02 dollars per bushel. The USDA will issue final loan and government purchase rate by Friday while awaiting figures on 1981 crop prices. The note ends with a humorous line on space travel and Miss Universe competition.
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Area County
ASCS
USDA
Bee Tree Robbery Ends In Ear Stung Sabbath Violation
Ted and Karl, former brothers, seek a wild honey bee tree in Chippewa River bottoms using a smoker and crossing a stream. Karl is stung repeatedly while felling the oak. A bee ends up in his ear, forcing a church trip to deliver the buzzing culprit and grass from his ear. After the tree is cut, only three honey combs remain, and Karl recalls divine justice for breaking the Sabbath.
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Chippewa Valley
Ted
Karl
Elizabeth
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Clara
Maxwell Prairie
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Brees
Watasha
Maple Tree Crossing
Maxville
Imaa
Yesteryear
Willard
Clark Couunty
Lawrence Jarrett
Hixton
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