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    Fleet Farm Sold

    Looks like the good ol days of fleet farm are gone! THey have sold a majority interest to a new york private equity firm. I have noticed a change the last 10 years or so.. They have got into other areas like groceries, hunting, and fishing. I have heard many liked the southern wi family spin-off...
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    Stocks

    I should mention not owned because its public but its practically owned by dr frost!
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    Stocks

    I know just the other day people were talking investments and guns. What stocks do you guys like? i like a smaller bio-tech that has a promising future. opko owned by a billionaire dr. I have bought in around 7.50 for the long hold. It hit 19.00 last year and back down to 10.00. Very promising...
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    Northern Michigan peninsula

    Mining is starting to get going again in the up.. The copperwood project is looking at starting up the old white pine mine and smelter. A gold mine near stephenson is a few years out.. and the mine in ishpeming is chugging along despite low mineral prices. A underground mine got going last year...
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    Thinking of retirement

    now that walkers presidential campaign went haywire he will comeback to wi and screw things up more for our blue collar workforce! its sad that people support him
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    How to get rid of blackberry brambles?

    Does crossbow/crossroad kill milkweed, burdock, and thistle?
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    How to get rid of blackberry brambles?

    Have a blackberry bramble patch about a half an acre in my pasture down in a big valley... How do i get rid of them? what herbicide to you recommend? i figure to cut them down with the brush mower on the bobcat and then spray them and get the rome brush disc down in there (with dozer to step for...
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    Junk Yard Dog

    Are them 5x6 allan? them suckers are huge!!! What is your farthest haul in to the farm 20 miles with the tractor and bale trailer?
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    Small Dairy Farms going to the wayside quick in northern Wi

    In the county just north of us florence county we had 3 small dairy farms (35-50 cows milking) but i have heard that two have been told they no longer are going to have contracts. Leaving just 1 in the county which willnt last long as the milk truck has to go 50 miles out of his way to them now...
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    I Broke It!

    definitely not northern wi hahaha!!! not a rock in sight
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    blight on tomatoes

    My tomatoes have yellowing leaves which i am told is early blight? anything i can do to save them? i have pulled the lower couple feet of leaves off
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    New NH Round Balers?

    Does new holland make anything other then them new light duty rollbelt utility balers? or have all their new round balers been cheapened up? I dont think one of them new light duty balers would survive two years up here in northern wi in this kind of farming country
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    Pros Cons of Mowing Pasture?

    I should mention i am sick of whacking milkweed in my pastures with the weedeater. had 8 hours in them last year taking care of that damn milkweed.. Bison do your buffs eat red clover or trefoil in the pasture? mine will eat it baled but not in the pasture
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    Pros Cons of Mowing Pasture?

    Just wondering pros and cons of mowing pasture? i raise buffs in northern wi and they are picky eaters! they prefer grass and will eat right around the red clover and trefoil. I have thick spots that are ungrazed and they prefer to mow on the small regrowth when they are let back in... I am...
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    Best Net Wrap Brand?

    What have you guys found to be the best net wrap available? i have had problems with new holland stuff and the fleet farm jaguar stuff! seems like it has no tensile strength and pulls apart like paper someone recommended john deere netwrap but not sure if a 13,000ft roll will work in a new...
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