Chernobyl Fallout Triggers Global Dairy Contaminant Alerts
The Farmers Union Milk Marketing Cooperative warns European dairy products carry radiation risk as shipments with some radioactivity appear at ports in the United States and elsewhere. The FDA found two Italian mozzarella lots contaminated and returned them to Italy. The Philippines banned five European dairy items after cesium was detected in Dutch milk powder and condensed milk. Brazilian authorities seized nearly 600,000 pounds of Dutch milk powder at Santos for suspected contamination, and Ireland milk powder was also impounded. All cases trace to the Chernobyl disaster as radioactive clouds drifted over Europe.
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Farmers Union Milk Marketing Cooperative
U.S
Santos
Brazil
Soybean harvest tips for moisture and storage
Soybeans mature with moisture above 20 percent but harvest should wait for plant death. If moisture falls below 13.5 percent in good weather harvest promptly. Re watered seeds crack more. Dry to 11 percent and cool for storage. Tom Koszarek Trempealeau County agent.
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Tom Koszarek
Trempealeau County
Grain fumigation and aeration guidance from Dunn County agent
Callers report grain insect problems likely from fungus feeders. Air flow through grain reduces moisture and helps. If fumigation is needed, use only restricted use products with certification. Hire a professional fumigator. DIY use requires gas masks and special gear. Keith Sommerfeld, Dunn County ag agent.
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Keith Sommerfeld
Dunn County Ag
Wet weather raises stalk rot risk in corn fields
Wet soil increases stalk rot danger in corn according to UW Extension. Check fields now by marking 20 plants, shifting them 5 to 8 inches, and counting broken stalks. If more than two lodge, standability may be poor. identify worst fields and harvest first.
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Uw-Extension
Debt restructuring plan eyed to cut Wisconsin farmers loans
State Sen. Rod Moen says a new bill to restructure farm debt will be introduced when the Legislature reconvenes. A WHEDA backed secondary market would pool federally guaranteed FmHA loans, offering rate reductions up to 34 percent with potential annual savings of 51 million dollars for Wisconsin farmers from a 150 million dollar loan pool.
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Anthony Earr
Rod Moen
State Senate Agriculture Committee
Farmers Home Administration
Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority
WHEDA
Wisconsin
Sen. Moen
Fmha
Regal soybean variety released by Purdue and partners
Purdue University Agricultural Experiment Station and USDA ARS release Regal a new soybean line resistant to 15 races of Phytophthora root and stem rot and to downy mildew. Developed as a backcross of Union, Regal shows no yield or agronomic differences versus Union in tests and will be available to growers for the 1987 planting season in Indiana Maryland and Missouri.
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Indiana
Purdue University Agricultural Experiment Station
Maryland
Missouri
Purdue
USDA
Agriculture Research Service
Regal
Union
This Old House Keeps My Old Family Home
In a nostalgic piece the narrator cherishes a crumbling century old residence with five bedrooms and uneven, claw foot tub, push button switches, and a kitchen cramped by old wooden cupboards. The home’s quirks, from warped plumbing to a spiral stair and screened porch, define a life where modernization is rejected in favor of familiar, sturdy character.
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Paul Bunyan
The Country Yesterday in Wisconsin Power Poles Era
A captioned scene recalls the days before modern machinery when horse power dug power poles across Wisconsin as electric lines began to spread. Photo credit goes to Ann Marie Olson of Janesville.
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Wisconsin
Ann Marie Olson
Janesville
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