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U.S. Sens. Mark Dayton and Norm Coleman, both of Minnesota, joined several of their colleagues March 8 in asking the Senate Budget Committee oppose President Bush's budget proposals to reduce support for dairy farmers when they consider the budget. The committee will use the budget as a blueprint for a bill which they will draft and present to the Senate in the coming weeks. "Last year, the President pushed through a 25 percent reduction in MILC payments," said Dayton. "This year, he's calling for another 5 percent cut and a new fee of 3 cents per hundredweight on all milk production.
Frost seeding is a simple system of introducing a legume into an existing pasture to improve the forage quality. The concept is simple; you merely broadcast the seed on the ground while it's still frozen in the spring. In Wisconsin, farmers report that frost seeding works 60 to 70 percent of the time. Although that may not seem overly impressive, it may be worth the risk because it's simple and inexpensive. While frost seeding is less expensive than using traditional planters, it is also riskier than seeding with a drill because there is less seed-soil contact.
ST. PAUL -- Minnesota soybean growers recently approved a proposal to reactivate a state check-off in the event their national check-off program is discontinued. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture conducted the referendum for the Minnesota Soybean Research and Promotion Council the week of Feb. 13. Voting occurred at seven locations throughout Minnesota.
CAMP SHELBY, Miss. - Spc. George Hauser would be a good place to start if one sought to find the face of the 2,600 Minnesota National Guard troops going to Iraq. A majority of the 1/34 Brigade Combat Team was younger than 24 and attending college when last year's call for deployment came, said Capt. Mark Lappegaard, public affairs officer for the brigade. Hauser, a 21-year-old from Fergus Falls, Minn., was at Concordia College in Moorhead, studying chemistry in anticipation of dental school, when he signed up for the Guard in fall 2003.
It seems like the big Purple and Gold Bigtop Show is leaving Minnesota...finally. After setting up residence in the Land of 10,000 Lakes for the last 15 years, the Purple Circus is folding its tents and heading out, possibly down to the new circus in town -- New Orleans. The Red McCombs Era is slowly being purged out of the bowels of Winter Park, with the latest push plopping four-year head coach Mike Tice out on the streets. Thursday, the Zygi Wilf and Co. Era officially began. And it began with what the majority of NFL organizations have -- class and professionalism.
Sitting right next to the famous elevated floor in Williams Arena last Sunday for the University of Minnesota versus Iowa wrestling dual, memories of a packed X-Cel Energy Center in 2001 came flooding back to me. That was the place and time where Frazee's Matt Nagel became Minnesota's first five-time state champion. Last Sunday was the first time since that historical day I was able to see Nagel wrestle live, this time on a larger stage as Nagel's second team -- the top-ranked Gophers -- were facing their longtime rival Iowa.
SUNDAY, MARCH 19 2:00 pm- Callaway Community Council, Callaway City Hall. 2-4 pm-Compassionate Friends (grief support group for parents surviving the death of a child) currently meeting at Sunflower Hill Coffee Shop. Info: Brenda Houts, 218-846-9275. 7-8:00 pm- ALATEEN Group, Holy Rosary Church basement. 8:00 pm- AA, corner of Summit & Holmes, 844-9970. MONDAY, MARCH 20 8:30 am-7 pm- Adult Basic Education & GED tutoring, 204 E. Willow (Lincoln Ed. Ctr.).
Fischbach on tour Abbey Fischbach is touring the upper Midwest March 9-12, with the Chapel Choir from Concordia College, Moorhead. Fischbach, a junior, is the daughter of David and Rebecca Fischbach of Detroit Lakes. The Chapel Choir tours regionally each spring. The tour will conclude with a Home Concert at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, March 12, in the Knutson Center Centrum, Concordia College. Swanson studies in Scotland Amanda Swanson of Detroit Lakes recently returned from The University of East Anglia as a part of a St. Olaf College off-campus program.
Calving time is here or at least approaching. This brings a new focus for producers who turn their attention to the cow pen. The world is busy and there are many issues producers need to deal with, but being involved in worldly affairs is counterproductive if things run amok at home. Producers tend to search far and wide for the perfect health program, often overlooking the fact that all calves destined to survive are born with the perfect health program. The immune system is nature's way of keeping calves, and all of us, alive.
ATTENTION! ATTENTION! Help us help you. Make sure each item submitted for Happenings is legibly written or typed and includes a date, time and place, as well as a contact person's name and telephone number. Submissions, questions and corrections (labeled "Happenings") may be e-mailed to Pippi Mayfield at: pmayfield@dlnewsapers.com . Saturday, March 18 Crisis rummage sale The Lakes Crisis and Resource Center is holding a spring rummage sale, 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Washington Elementary School building. Free will donations accepted and refreshments available for purchase.