Rural Wisconsin leaders press fair prices to save farms
Chippewa Falls speakers from Rural Wisconsin and Rural America warn of life and death farm crisis in the Midwest. They urge fair prices, family-farm preservation, and opposition to foreclosures, noting FmHA cuts and coalition efforts with NFO and Farm Unity.
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Times Review
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Panel warns of threatening family farm crisis
At the Rural Wisconsin annual meeting, speakers warned of a worsening farm crisis with threats of forced sales and penny sales tactics from the 1930s. Participants urged nonviolence while noting farm theft, paralyzing debts, and the need for soil stewardship, education, and broader farmer community involvement.
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Wisconsin approves whey waste land spreading rules
The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board approved rules classifying whey and other dairy byproducts as industrial wastes for land application regulation. The rules set site conditions, distance constraints from wells and homes, season limits, and monitoring, with exemptions and case by case adjustments by the DNR.
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