Wisconsin plans hearings on dairy promotion program
The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture schedules four hearings on a proposed milk producer advertising and promotion program. Hearings run Oct 20 in Eau Claire, Oct 21 in Wausau, Oct 22 in Appleton, and Oct 28 in Madison starting at 10 AM. If producers approve in writing by at least 51 percent, a two cent per hundredweight assessment would fund about 3.5 million dollars yearly with a three year review.
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Madison
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture
Robert Thayer
Ag Department
Eau Claire Technical Institute
Eau Claire
Marathon Park
Wausau
Darboy Club
Appleton
Dane County Exposition Center
Secretary of Agriculture
D. E. Wilkinson
Sec. Wilkinson
Wisconsin Dairy Federation
State Ag Department
Feeder Sale Set At Sparta Wisconsin Cattle Market
Western Wisconsin Beef Producers Association receives consignments for its graded feeder cattle sale at Equity Auction Market in Sparta on Friday October 9 with a similar sale planned for Friday November 13. Producers may consign by writing Box 309 Sparta WI 54656 or via county extension offices. Counties include Monroe Vernon La Crosse Jackson Trempealeau and Buffalo. Cattle arrive the Thursday before sale for weighing and sorting by a licensed grader. Directors listed: John Hableman Jerry Foss Irvin Labus Charles Le Fevre Leonard Bollinger Herman Hall La Vern Sonsalla.
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Sparta
Wis
Western Wisconsin Beef Producer’s Association
John Hableman
Camp Douglas
Box 309
Monroe
Vernon
la Crosse
Jackson
Trempealeau
Buffalo
Haberman
Jerry Foss
Irvin Labus
West Salem
Charles le Fevre
Black River Falls
Leonard Bollinger
Gilmanton
Herman Hall
Westby
la Vern Sonsalla
Blair
4-Hers To Talk To Iowa Students In County
4 H members from Allamakee County will speak to third, fourth and fifth graders in county schools during National 4 H Week October 4 to 10. Led by the Allamakee County H Council with 4 H officers and volunteers, extension staff, the program is directed by Lee Gruenhaupt, county extension director, and includes notes that the peanut is a legume fruit related to pea and bean.
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Waukon
Iowa
Allamakee
Lee Gruenhaupt
Tomah Youth Enters State Tractor Pull
Tomah Wisconsin 15 year old Greg Rasmussen son of Mr and Mrs Harry Rasmussen of R 4 Tomah enters the 1970 Wisconsin state tractor pull with an IHC 8060 in the 12 000 pound class at the World Dairy Expo in Madison The contest runs Sunday and Monday October 4 and 5 with prizes for the first five places in each of five classes and trophies for the first 10 places.
Farm Bureau Members Head to World Dairy Expo
MADISON Oct. 7 Farm Bureau members from over 20 counties will travel to Madison for Farm Bureau Day at the World Dairy Expo. The day caps a five day show with judging of the American Supreme Champion Female and a noon banquet in the Youth Building. Continuous shuttle service links the Expo site with Farm Bureau’s new west side office and guides will explain the $414 million showplace.
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Madison
Wisconsin Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Neelian Nelson
Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation
Farm
Rural Mutual Insurance Companies
Sloth’s Hair Hosts Algae Creating Greenish Fur Color
A brown toed sloth blends with trees thanks to algae in its hair that gives a greenish tint. Its upside down lifestyle causes fur to grow from the stomach toward the back.
Monroe County Farm Agency Names Heads
Monroe County residents elect county committee members by mail ballot. Re-elected leaders include Joseph W. Blaskey as chairman and Orval J. Bertling as vice chairman. Alternates named include Robert L. Andersen and Alvin J. Stalter. The list provides names by district, with numerous individuals chosen as committee members across towns such as Sparta Cashton Oakdale Jefferson Tomah and Wilton among others.
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Sparta
Wis
Monroe County
Joseph W. Blaskey
Oakdale
Orval J. Bertling
Cashton
Clarence Schroeder
Robert L. Andersen
Alvin J. Stalter
Tomah
Adrian—Gail R. Chapman
Claude C. Schaller
Gilbert D. Schultz
Roger Sullivan
Chamber Plans Farm Days Promotion Trip
Rural affairs committee members from the Greater La Crosse Chamber of Commerce and the La Crosse Ambassadors will bus to Farm Progress Days near Sun Prairie on Tuesday October 13 to promote the 1971 event in La Crosse County. The bus departs Mary E Sawyer Auditorium parking lot at 10 a.m. and the returning chartered bus leaves Sun Prairie American Legion Hall at 8 p.m. arriving back in La Crosse about 10:30 p.m. They will discuss with exhibitors and assist with refreshments at the American Legion Hall.
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Rural Affairs Committee
Greater
D. J. Petruccelli
Chamber
la Crosse County
American Legion Hall
Stock Men Fight Rule On Pollution
Morris Minnesota. A former president of the Minnesota Livestock Feeders Association testified that up to half of Minnesota's 20 000 cattle feeders could go out of business under proposed farm feedlot pollution rules. Charles Berg of Chokio urged the PCA to delay the July 1975 deadline five years for small operators. PCA official Floyd Forsberg noted possible use of a hardship variance. Most farmers testifying supported the rule's substance. hearings run from Worthington to St. Cloud and Moorhead through Friday.
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Morris
Minn
Minnesota ‘Livestock Feeders Association
Minnesota
Charles Berg
Chokio, Minn
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
PCA
Floyd J. Forsberg
Berg
Forsberg
Worthington
St. Cloud
Moorhead
Corn Storage Booth Visits Promoted at Farm Progress Days
SPARTA Wisconsin David Olson Monroe County extension agent urges farmers to visit the corn storage alternate booth at Farm Progress Days in Sun Prairie October 13 14 and 15. The booth will compare methods storage costs and feed value with Extension agents present to answer questions on high moisture and dry shelled corn. Sponsored by the Wisconsin University Extension Agricultural Economics Department and University Extension farm management agents.
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Sparta
Wis
David Olson
University Extension
Monroe County
Farm Progress
Sun Prairie
Olson
Booth
Wisconsin University Extension Agricultural Economics Department
The
University Extension Farm Management Agents
Wisconsin
Bangor Creamery begins first in state milk premium plan
Bangor Creamery in Wisconsin started a new premium plan for Grade A milk with low bacterial counts. Milk tested twice monthly in the on site lab and eligible producers with counts under 30,000 per ml in both tests and no antibiotics earn four cents per hundred pounds, with aims to expand like butterfat premiums.
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Creamery
Bangor Farmers Creamery
Mary Howland
Coy Churchwell
Bangor Creamery
la Crosse Tribune
Bangor
Wis
Farmers Creamery of
Louis Path
Path
James Path
Louis
Elm Grove Dairies
Richland Center
Elm Grove
Xzaven
Wisconsin Hog Numbers Rise 6 Percent in 1969–70
Wisconsin farmers report 2,014,000 hogs and pigs on farms as of September 1, up six percent from a year earlier. Breeding hogs total 332,000 and market hogs 1,682,000, with June–August farrowings up 10 percent but a 5 percent drop in litter rate. Pig crop reaches 854,000, four percent above 1969. Farmers expect 119,000 sows to farrow in Sep–Nov, an 11 percent rise, while Dec–Feb farrowings are seen three percent lower than the prior year.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Livestock Dealer Suspension Under Packers and Stockyards Act
Washington DC Duane Johnson of Ettrick Wisconsin was suspended as a registered livestock dealer for violating financial payment and accounting requirements under the Packers and Stockyards Act. The 15 day suspension begins September 23 1970 with a cease and desist from issuing insufficient funds checks and failing to pay on time.
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Washington, D.C
Duane Johnson
Ettrick
Wis
Packers and Stockyards
Johnson
P&s
P&sa
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Lambert Hemmersbach
Angelo la Fayette
Roger J. Ebert
Glen S. Kenyon
Howard Rowan
Lewis Whitehead
Wayne E. Jones
Byron Scott
Anton C. Olsen
Emil N. Anderson
Alvin Skogen
Robert C. Jorgenson
Walter Frei
Clifton
Edward F. Betthauser
William H. Wagner
Sylvester Honish
Larry A. Piiel
Norbert H. Roeder
Glendale
Donald G. Bradley
Charles F. Murphy
Ed Zirk Jr
David Fauska
Merlyn Peterson
Grant Lincoln
Robert E. Pearson
Fred W. Meyer
Harold C. Randall
Harlan B. Moseley
William R. Miller
Greenfield
Howard H. Shutter
Roland L. von Haden
Loren Pierce Jr
Glen Finch
Charles Prescott
Jefferson
Willard B. Brueggen
Paul Flock
Carlton Wiedemann
Joseph C. Flock
Paul Pieper
Leon — Lawrence Rhodenhizer
Wilfred Weber
Arthur H. Rediske
Howard C. Slayton
Ole Knutson
Little Falls
New Lyme
James R. Wegner
Robert B. McCoy
Harley S. Morgan
Donald H. Merow
Arden C. Hoefs
John F. Felber
Theodore W.schroeder
Theodore Tiber
Edwin R. Brown
Portland
Stanley W. Cal‘houn
Norman Opsahl
Kenneth Olstad
Levi Miller
Harley W. Larson
Ridgeville
Norman V. Neumann
Arnold Schmitz
Louis A. Schaefer
Willard J. Donskey
Wesley Gerke
Sheldon
Norbert F. Vieregge
Earl G. Brey
Merlin E. Vieth
Lawrence Englerth
Erwin J. Vieth
Cecil L. Meyer
Jennings Breitenfield
Herbert H. Giraud
Donald E. Humphrey
Robert Herrman
John G. Bartels
Lloyd Wappler
Vern E. Eckelberg
Howard R. Pingel
Roy R. Rasch
Wellington
George L. Haney
Philip A. Witt
Gerald P. O’gara
Ivan Witt
LaVern Haldeman
Wells
Simon J. Wells
James L. Kowitz
Allyn Shea
la Vera Hemmersbach
Duane Schmitz
Wilton
Harley M. Chambers
Donald A. Prochaska
Robert M. Gerke
Robert D. Waege
Thomas Wolf
la Grange
Alvin J. Stelter
Thomas E. Liddane
Marlyn R. Wagner
Benny Mee
Donald von Haden
Ramona Hohmann
Harold Hohmann
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Frank Abner
Sand Lake Coulee
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