Support price cut delayed to Dec 1 in dairy program
The USDA and Reagan administration delayed the first 50-cent per hundred dairy assessment until December 1, postponing from October 1 to avoid election timing. The move delays about $100 million in funding for price support and drew criticism from Rep. Tom Harkin who called it political double dealing while Deputy Secretary Lyng cited nonpolitical reasons and anticipated legal challenges.
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State approves corn vote and milk hearing plan
State Agriculture Board forwarded a milk marketing order for public hearings across the state in mid November. The order would finance promotion and research through a five percent per hundredweight deduction and require a producer referendum with a check off and bloc voting concerns. A corn marketing order referendum would deduct one tenth of one percent per bushel sold. Ten hearings were planned. board member James Zeigeweid urged broad input amid controversy over bloc voting and check-off refunds.
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Gillingham Reclaims Tobacco Crop In Chippewa County Wisconsin
In Chippewa County the Gillingham farm near Boyd grows the county s entire tobacco crop this year marking a return to tobacco cultivation after 35 years. Officials note 1982 yields and methods, with coat of curing sheds modernized, and sales routed through Northern Wisconsin Tobacco Cooperative in Viroqua.
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