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Long may it wave
No wind was needed to keep an American flag waving over a pair of horses on a Green Lake County farm. The barn’s owners and residents throughout Wisconsin will celebrate the Fourth of July this Saturday.

DeLong seed company in Clinton part of $5M soybean deal with South Korea

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -North Dakota's lieutenant governor said four Midwestern companies have a $5 million deal to export about 275,000 bushels of soybeans to South Korea for tofu products.
Updated: 7/2/2009 9:34:01 AM Read Story

Wisconsin officials investigate bear attack

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - State wildlife officials are going on a bear hunt.
Updated: 7/2/2009 8:34:00 AM Read Story

Sign-up for disabled hunt begins

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Disabled hunters can start signing up for Wisconsin's annual disabled deer hunt.
Updated: 7/2/2009 8:34:00 AM Read Story

Farmers plant more corn than expected in 2009

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Farmers planted an unexpectedly large crop of corn and soybeans this year, easing some fears of rising food costs.
Updated: 6/30/2009 2:34:01 PM Read Story

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Board updates shoreline building rules

NEW RICHMOND - A state board adopted new shoreland development rules June 24 that eliminate confusing language regulating repairs on existing homes within 75 feet of the shoreline and put new emphasis on limiting the amount of hard surfaces on a property that contribute to runoff.
Updated: 7/1/2009 9:54:00 AM Read Story

FSA touts new crop payment program

CHIPPEWA FALLS - In a bad economic year, the Average Crop Revenue Election program could offer a substantial payment to farmers, according to Doug Caruso, administrator of the U.S. Farm Service Agency.
Updated: 7/1/2009 8:54:01 AM Read Story

Ag board hears about farmers' financial woes

<B>NEW RICHMOND</B> - Financial woes in the dairy industry and support for specialty-meats producers and beginning farmers were key topics at the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection board meeting last week.
Updated: 7/1/2009 8:34:01 AM Read Story

Northern Wisconsin graziers celebrate Conservation Day

<B>SOUTH RANGE </B>- Children chased butterflies and cattle grazed in the background as presenters spoke at the Wisconsin Conservation Observance Day at the Liebaert farm.
Updated: 7/1/2009 8:34:01 AM Read Story

New budget doesn't affect use-value tax

Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle signed a $62 billion state budget June 29, reducing the two-year package by $10 million with 81 vetoes.
Updated: 7/1/2009 8:34:01 AM Read Story

State FSA director named

Brad Pfaff, a policy adviser to US. Rep. Ron Kind, D-Wis., will serve as the new executive director of the Wisconsin Farm Service Agency, the Obama administration announced June 29.
Updated: 7/1/2009 8:34:01 AM Read Story