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Breezy Hill Dairy to host 2013 Wisconsin Farm Technology Days

Bob Meyer — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 17:34:11 +0000

The 2013 Wisconsin Farm Technology Days will be hosted by the Alex and Mary Olson family of Dallas, Wisconsin. Located just south of Rice Lake in Barron County, 700-acre Breezy Hill Dairy is home to some 500 cows milked in a flat-barn parlor.

In 2011 the show will be in Marathon County just north of Marshfield at the Ken and Karen Seehafer farm. The 2012 show will be hosted by Sugar Creek Farm and the Heideman Farms near New London in Outagamie County.

Rain brings WFTD to an early close

Bob Meyer — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:07:00 +0000

What started out as a light rain in Pierce County intensified as the morning continued prompting officials to cancel the remainder of the final day of Wisconsin Farm Technology Days.

See it all at the beef tent

Bob Meyer — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 02:06:49 +0000

One of the more popular displays at Wisconsin Farm Technology Days each year is the “Beef Tent”. A joint effort of a number of beef interests in the state, Nancy Thomas says this year’s tent features 13 different breeds plus representatives from the Wisconsin Cattlemen Association, NCBA, Cattlemen’s Beef Board, Wisconsin Beef Council and others. New this year is a large photo display compiled by University of Wisconsin students which depicts beef from conception to consumption. “There are even pictures of the birth of a calf.”

AUDIO: Thomas talks about this year’s display

“Harmony between Horse and Human”

Bob Meyer — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 02:04:06 +0000

One of the features at the Mills Fleet Farm display this year is horse trainer Michael Richardson. He was an active horseman for as long as he can remember but things changed dramatically at age 20 when an automobile accident left his lower extremities paralyzed. He says that experience caused him to gravitate toward the horse as one of his early goals in rehabilitation was to regain enough strength to participate in an equine therapy program. Today he travels the country promoting harmony between horse and human.

AUDIO:Richardson talks about his experience

“Alice” is a very busy lady

Bob Meyer — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 01:56:23 +0000

It just wouldn’t be Wisconsin Farm Technology Days without the state’s ambassador for agriculture, Alice in Dairyland. Christine Lindner acts as an emcee in the Family Living Tent and the Youth Tent each day. This is certainly not Christine’s first experience with Wisconsin Farm Technology Days, in the past she has worked the show as a State FFA officer and last year she was a member of the media & public relations committee but she says working the show as “Alice” is the best.

In a couple of weeks she will be participating in another big event, the Wisconsin State Fair.

AUDIO: Christine Lindner talks about her duties