Coalition Forms to Protect 2 4 D Use Across Levels
A national coalition of users and producers of the herbicide 2 4 D has been organized to safeguard its use against regulatory actions at state, federal, and local levels. It will act as a clearinghouse for farmers foresters custom applicators chemical formulators ag cooperatives and others concerned with continued use. The group notes health concerns cited by environmentalists while highlighting the herbicide’s role in clearing rights of way in Wisconsin.
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Dairies Fund Most Of Barron-Cameron Sewage Plant
Wisconsin Dairies Cooperative will provide 57 percent of Barron’s share of 1.5 million to build a joint Barron Cameron sewage treatment plant. The dairy plant in Barron will be the largest single user of the facility and will absorb the bulk of construction costs. The full cost will be known after completion next year with bonds issued starting October 27. A Wisconsin Fund grant of 804,115 will cover 55 percent of total project cost.
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Wisconsin Dairies Cooperative
Barron's
Barron-Cameron
Barron
Wisconsin Dairies
Wisconsin
Ammonia treatment raises protein in corn silage
Anhydrous ammonia can boost crude protein in corn silage from 8% to about 12–13% when applied at 32–38% dry matter. Recovery is 70–80% with correct application, and ammonia improves dry matter energy and sugars versus untreated silage. Use cold flow to minimize losses, injecting refrigerant gas as silage is blown.
Sheep tele auction meet explains Corn Belt concept
Tonight at 8 the Center Building in Balsam Lake hosts a briefing on the Corn Belt Tele Auction for marketing lambs. Polk County native Dr. Richard Vilstrup, UWEX livestock marketing specialist, will describe buying and selling livestock via a telephone network with commission agencies. Polk County dairy agent Thomas Amundson will also be present.
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Center
Balsam Lake
Richard Vilstrup
Polk County
Uwex Livestock Marketing
Old iron cookstove stirred family life and memory
A log home family's old iron cookstove powered heat for cooking canning laundry and ironing and even heated water for a reservoir. It served as a social hub, hosted sewing, storytelling, and New Year rituals, and tied generations through daily chores and warmth before a modern Monarch range replaced it.
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Jim Linn
University of Minnesota
Thomas Amundson
Keith Sommerfeld
Duwn County
Log Home
Mrs. Melvin Getlinger
Rudolph
Mather
Yesteryear
Phyllis Bartig
Eau Claire
Ludwig Redman
Augusta
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