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    August 15, 2013
    Letter: Cow entrants at county fair were unfairly singled out
    I am writing because I am mad at the one vet from UW-River Falls because my younger sister had trained and tamed two calves for her and her friend to take to the Pierce County Fair. We all went there Thursday morning and took the calves out of the trailer. The vet from UWRF said...
    opinion / lettersAugust 15, 2013 - 3:20pm
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    August 16, 2012
    Doornink family rolls out welcome mat
    The Doornink family and Jon-De Farm Inc. hosted the 2012 version of St. Croix County's 2012 Farm-City Day on Aug. 11. The event marked the 31st...
    August 16, 2012 - 1:20pm
    July 11, 2012
    Tractor rides set for July 21 and 28
    There will a Farm Technology Commemorate Tractor Ride on Saturday, July 21, starting at 10 a.m., with lineup at 9:30 a.m. Participants will...
    July 11, 2012 - 10:37am
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    April 27, 2010
    Youths invited to enter safety video contest; $1,750 in prize money for groups
    The UW Center for Agricultural Safety and Health and the Farm Technology Days Youth Committee is sponsoring a Wisconsin Farm Safety Video Contest. Entries are allowed from teams of at least 3 members from a non-profit, Wisconsin recognized youth organization including but not limited...
    news / accidentsApril 27, 2010 - 5:01pm
    January 26, 2010
    Farmer counts himself 'lucky' to survive corn bin entrapment
    By Steve Dzubay and Judy Wiff BALDWIN -- Volunteers from five area departments, including River Falls, converged on a town of Rush River farm...
    news / lifeJanuary 26, 2010 - 4:27pm
    August 18, 2009
    Fair animal auction delivers improved results for beef exhibitors, less overall for everyone
    Friday night's Meat Animal Auction at the Pierce County Fair brought decent returns for 4-H and FFA members who sold beef animals but markedly...
    newsAugust 18, 2009 - 2:08pm
    August 6, 2009
    Wisconsin farm property values dip slightly; well above national average
    Wisconsin farm property is worth about 3 percent less than a year ago, but it's still well above the national average. The USDA says Wisconsin farm real estate is worth an average of $3,750 an acre, which includes land and buildings. It ties the state with Michigan for the 18th-highest...
    August 6, 2009 - 9:00am
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    Pierce group attends WFT media day; planning continues for RF event
    WATERLOO, Wis. -- With just more than a year before the curtain goes up on Pierce County's edition of Wisconsin Farm Technology Days, local organizers traveled to rural Waterloo Wednesday to watch this year's hosts in Dodge County showcase their program to Wisconsin agricultural press. Organizers...
    businessJune 6, 2009 - 8:58am
    March 26, 2009
    Piggies head to market
    UW-River Falls holds its fourth annual show pig sale 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 4, at the Mann Valley Lab Farm 2, 129 S. Glover Road....
    March 26, 2009 - 9:24am
    January 21, 2009
    Developers test waters for buying county land
    HUDSON -- First a willing seller and no buyer. Then a potential buyer and no willing seller. Two years ago, despite extensive advertising, St. Croix County got no bids on an 18-acre parcel cut off from other "county farm" property by Hwy. 64 construction. This month a real estate...
    January 21, 2009 - 12:00am
    December 4, 2008
    Don Money to manage Brewers' Nashville farm club
    Former Milwaukee Brewers' third baseman Don Money will manage the Brewers' Triple-A farm club at Nashville next season. He replaces Frank Kremblas, who was let go after four years with the team. Money has managed in the Brewer farm system for 11 years, most recently at Double-A...
    December 4, 2008 - 12:00am
    September 25, 2008
    Tractor accident victim 'critical', Friday morning
    A 67-year-old rural Beldenville man was transported to Regions Hospital in St. Paul from the scene of an apparent tractor accident in the town of River Falls late Thursday afternoon. Gary G. Gilbertson was found laying on the ground next to his farm tractor in a wooded area off 750th...
    September 25, 2008 - 12:00am
    July 24, 2008
    Many volunteers needed for Farm Technology planning
    The event is still two years away, but organizers are looking for volunteers to help put together and pull off the 2010 Farm Technology Days in Pierce County. It's billed as the "largest outdoor show moving from county to county in North America." The Roger and Beverly Peterson...
    July 24, 2008 - 12:00am
    July 17, 2008
    Wash-out doesn't discourage Pierce delegation to Wisconsin Farm Technology Days
    The Pierce County edition of Wisconsin Farm Technology Days is still 23 months away but the countdown took on fresh urgency last week when local volunteers traveled across the state and saw firsthand, the work to be done. Six members of the Roger Peterson family and committee members...
    newsJuly 17, 2008 - 12:00am
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