Young Wisconsin dairy farmer bets future on family business
Duane Ketelboeter, 30, runs a 70 head dairy with his mother on a Dane County family farm. He moved from sole proprietor to a family corporation to secure shares for siblings and plans a new barn, bulk tank, and summer shed as milk prices rise. Rita, his wife, manages books and calves while sharing field labor.
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Duane Ketelboeter
Rita
Carl
Ron Jensen
Dane County
Duane
Ketelboeter
America
Sean
Farm decline speeds up as farmers leave Wisconsin and nation
Government figures show 6,000 Wisconsin farms and 150,000 nationwide have closed or merged since Duane began reporting. High land costs push elders out and deter youths, farmland prices rising 16 to 18 percent annually, reaching 2600 to 2700 dollars an acre in some cases. Developers and corporate farms offer buyouts, risks the farmer becoming less independent and more of a business entity.
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Duane
Wisconsin
Marvin Heiser
Agriculture Reporting Service
Jensen
Worm warning for late planted corn in Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois farmers are advised to watch for fall army worms in late planted corn. Richard Swope of Franklin County extension cautions moths from the South lay eggs in tender corn, with signs visible in the whorl. Army worms travel in groups, can cause patchy damage, and may persist through mid August. Entomologists recommend treating when 20 percent or more plants feed, using sevin diazinon Lannate or Dylanx with granules for deep whorls and sprays for leaf feeders.
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Illinois
Richard Swope
Franklin County Extension Agriculture
Swope
Foreigners Buy More U.S. Farmland Than Thought Says GAO
A GAO review of 3.05 million acres across 148 counties found 248 146 acres sold to foreign buyers, 100 000 more than Agriculture Department figures. Most purchases came from Western Europeans. Georgia led with 16 percent foreign ownership. Senators warn absentee ownership bears watching and could erode family farms.
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Washington
U.S
General Accounting Office
Agriculture Department
GAO
Herman E. Talmadge
D-Ga
Senate Agriculture Committee
Georgia
Texas
Arkansas
California
Montana
Broeking to lead Williamson council of county extension
Raymond Broeking will serve as president for the coming year of the Agriculture Council of the Williamson County Cooperative Extension Service. Other officers are Fred Fietsam vice president Herbert Kobler secretary and Fred Becker treasurer. Newly appointed members are Jim Humphreys and Jeff Parks.
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Raymond Broeking
Agriculture Council
Williamson County Cooperative Extension Service
Fred Fietsam
Herbert Kobler
Fred Becker
Jim Humphreys
Jeff Parks
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