Wisconsin
With drought impacting western US, Wisconsin cattle farmers could see higher demand, prices in coming months
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Brady Zuck is a beef producer from Ladysmith and president of the Wisconsin Cattlemen’s Affiliation. He stated Wisconsin livestock farmers sympathize with the various producers throughout the western United States who’re battling a historic drought this 12 months.
He stated an absence of rainfall impacts not solely the pasture lands that cattle graze on in the course of the rising season, but additionally the hay crops farmers feed animals by the winter.
“It’s very costly to buy sufficient feed to take care of your herd measurement. So quite than making an attempt to spend all that cash to purchase the feed, producers will cull some animals simply to lower their stocking density or what number of cattle they should feed each day,” Zuck stated.
Jeff Swenson, meat and livestock specialist for the state Division of Agriculture, Commerce and Shopper Safety, stated market analysts now anticipate the U.S. to hit a file excessive beef cow culling charge for the 12 months. He stated it’s not simply the older, less-profitable cows that farmers in Kansas and Oklahoma are culling.
“Ranchers aren’t holding again younger females to enter the herd. So these cattle are going into feedlots or are getting into the meals chain as effectively,” he stated.
He stated which means they’ll have fewer calves born subsequent 12 months and the 12 months after that, establishing a protracted highway earlier than producers are in a position to rebuild their herds.
Swenson stated that units up Wisconsin farmers, who haven’t skilled the identical drought stress and elevated culling, to achieve from increased cattle costs heading into 2023.
“It does appear to be a worthwhile time and, you already know, there are cows obtainable for any individual that desires to purchase them so they do not go into the meals chain. Traditionally, Wisconsin has added cows throughout instances of drought within the south and west,” he stated.
Zuck stated he thinks Wisconsin is effectively positioned to step as much as market demand. He stated the variety of beef producers within the state has grown considerably in recent times as extra farms determine to depart the dairy trade.
“We have been really for a number of years one of many prime main states in development for beef cattle,” he stated. “I feel with our ample forage sources, good rainfall, silage corn that’s obtainable right here to feed cows all through the winter, now we have numerous alternatives to develop our beef trade.”
However he stated increased cattle costs do not imply beef producers will rake in massive earnings.
“Everybody sees the worth of beef and thinks, ‘Oh my gosh, you guys are simply getting wealthy, proper?’ Nicely, bear in mind there’s an enter and output on all the pieces,” he stated. “When you think about the truth that diesel has been over $4 for many of the summer time, fertilizers that used to value us $300 a ton now value us $850 … it is simply catching us up in the direction of the inflation on all the pieces else that we purchase to provide cattle.”
Brenda Boetel, agricultural economist on the College of Wisconsin-River Falls, stated producers might want to take into account these increased prices, particularly for extra feed, earlier than they attempt to add to their herd. She stated the largest alternative is for producers which are in a position to end elevating calves that they’d have usually offered, what she referred to as retained possession.
“There may be some potential, significantly if they’ve the feed to have the ability to preserve that retained possession, if they are going to maintain them on, there’s some potential to achieve some profitability there,” she stated.
That’s as a result of cattle costs haven’t seen a big improve but. Boetel stated the delay is from farmers promoting cows they usually would have held on to, sustaining a provide massive sufficient to fulfill the demand for now. However she stated that is solely delayed the worth improve that can come from smaller provide and producers ought to see increased costs by subsequent spring.
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Wisconsin
Biden, in political crisis, holds campaign rally in Wisconsin ahead of pivotal ABC News interview
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President Joe Biden heads to 2024 battleground Wisconsin on Friday for a closely-watched campaign rally and a critical interview with ABC News that could prove pivotal to his candidacy and presidency.
Biden is under growing pressure from some Democrats to publicly prove his mental and physical fitness — by answering questions and making unscripted remarks — and he’ll get a high-stakes chance to do so when ABC anchor George Stephanopoulos speaks with him in Madison, Wisconsin, on Friday.
The first excerpts will air on “World News Tonight” and then the interview will be broadcast in its entirety in a prime-time ABC network special on Friday evening at 8 p.m. ET.
Watch: ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos’ exclusive first post-debate TV interview with President Joe Biden airs in its entirety in an ABC News prime-time special Friday, July 5, at 8 p.m. ET.
President Joe Biden speaks during a Medal of Honor Ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, July 3, 2024.
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“I’m not going anywhere,” Biden said Thursday, speaking at a July Fourth barbecue for military families when someone in the crowd shouted, “Keep up the fight.”
Meeting with Democratic governors at the White House Wednesday to address their urgent concerns following his disastrous debate performance, Biden vowed to continue his presidential campaign, according to California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
One of more than 20 Democratic governors who met behind closed doors with Biden – virtually as well as in-person — Newsom said Thursday while campaigning for Biden in Michigan, “I was really proud to be with Joe Biden last night. He started the meeting — the first words out of his mouth: “I’m all in.” And when we left that meeting, convinced … there was no one that walked out of that and didn’t say, ‘We’ve got your back, Mr. President.’ No one. Not on.”
Another Democrat who’s been speculated about as a possible replacement as the party’s nominee, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, posted, “Joe Biden is our nominee. He is in it to win it and I support him.”
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President Joe Biden participates in the CNN Presidential Debate, June 27, 2024, in Atlanta.
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At the same time, though, more than a half dozen governors in the meeting expressed concern over the president’s debate performance and the resulting fallout inside the party, two people familiar with the conversation told ABC News Senior Congressional Correspondent Rachel Scott.
According to those people, one governor told Biden flat-out that people didn’t think he was up to the task of running, and another asked him to lay out the path forward.
One person who attended the meeting described the conversation as “candid” and “blunt,” saying the president was “engaged” and “focused.”
Meanwhile, some congressional Democrats have gone public with their calls for Biden to step aside.
After Texas Rep. Lloyd Doggett on Tuesday became the first lawmaker to publicly say Biden should leave the race, another House Democrat — Rep. Seth Moulton of Massachusetts — said Thursday that Biden should withdraw.
“President Biden has done enormous service to our country, but now is the time for him to follow in one of our founding father, George Washington’s footsteps and step aside to let new leaders rise up and run against Donald Trump,” Moulton told WBUR.
Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva of Arizona publicly urged Biden to leave the race, citing the “precarious” state of the president’s campaign in an interview with The New York Times. He voiced concerns about Biden dragging down House Democrats with him in November.
Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington state told KATU she thinks Biden’s performance last Thursday will cost him the election against former President Donald Trump.
“Biden’s going to lose to Trump. I know that’s difficult, but I think the damage has been done by that debate,” she said.
As part of his effort to reassure Democrats and the American public, Biden did an interview with a prominent Black radio host, Earl Ingram of CivicMedia, whose Wisconsin-based program is aimed at Black listeners, a critical voting bloc in a state where just a few thousand votes could help decide the election.
Biden said he had “made a mistake” at the debate in the exchange that aired Thursday.
“I had a bad night. I had a bad night. And the fact of the matter is that, you know, it was — I, I, I screwed up, I made a mistake, and but I learned from my father, when you get knocked down, you just get back up,” he said.
“Look I came back from, I — I didn’t have a good debate. That’s 90 minutes on stage. Look at what I’ve done in 3.5 years,” he added.
ABC News’ Molly Nagle, Cheyenne Haslett, Isabella Murray and Oren Oppenheim contributed to this report.
Wisconsin
Act 10 lawsuit: Wisconsin judge strikes down parts of bill
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Parts of WI’s Act 10 law stricken down by judge
A Dane County judge struck down elements of Act 10 on Wednesday, July 3.
MILWAUKEE – Wisconsin’s controversial Act 10 is back in court after more than a decade.
And on Wednesday, July 3, a Dane County judge struck down parts of the bill.
What is Act 10?
Former Gov. Scott Walker signed Act 10 in 2011. The bill eliminates collective bargaining for most public workers. It prompted months of protests at the Wisconsin State Capitol.
The law separated unions into two groups: general and public safety employees. These types of workers have greater bargaining powers, while the general employees can only negotiate raises, which are capped at inflation.
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Gov. Scott Walker signs Act 10 into law (2011)
“The issue was, are people receiving equal treatment?” UW-Milwaukee Professor Emeritus Mordecai Lee said.
Republicans argue that Act 10 solved Wisconsin’s deficit problem, while Democrats say it hurts schools and public employee pay.
“It’s been a godsend to them to be able to manage their budgets,” said State Sen. Dan Knodl (R-Germantown).
Latest lawsuit
In November, unions representing public employees filed a lawsuit, saying the bill violates the right to equal protection, challenging the distinction between “public safety” and “general” employees.
“Wisconsin is a better place when all employees have the ability to negotiate and sit down and talk about the considerations that matter,” Wisconsin Education Association Council President Peggy Wirtz-Olsen said.
Dane County Circuit Judge Jacob Frost on Wednesday denied a motion to dismiss the case.
“Teachers and support staff, we’re ecstatic and we’ve never given up,” Wirtz-Olsen said.
Political experts say decisions like this once again put Wisconsin in the national spotlight.
“Those are the people that are going to affect elections,” Lee said.
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The ruling doesn’t go into effect right away.
“I am very confident that it’ll stand,” Knodl said. “Act 10 will stand.”
The ruling will likely go to the court of appeals next and could end up in the Supreme Court.
Wisconsin
Powell mother, daughter among victims in deadly Wisconsin house fire
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Here are five important fire safety tips to prevent house fires.
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A mother and daughter from Powell were among six people who died earlier this week in a Wisconsin house fire.
The fire occurred around 2:35 a.m. Sunday at a home in Necedah, a village located northwest of Madison.
Six people died in the fire, including Charis Kuehl, 38, and her 5-year-old daughter, Stella. Four other family members also died in the fire, including Kuehl’s sister and father.
Kuehl and her husband, Stephen, had been visiting with Kuehl’s extended family, according to a GoFundMe set up to benefit the family.
‘Fully engulfed in flames’: What we know about the Wisconsin house fire that killed a family of 6
Stephen and the couple’s other two children escaped the fire.
The family had recently bought a home in Minnesota, where Stephen Kuehl had accepted a job to teach at a local high school. The family remains in the process of moving from Powell to Minnesota, according to the GoFundMe.
Stephen Kuehl has served as the pastor of Shepherd of Peace Lutheran Church in Powell since 2011.
The online fundraiser had a goal of raising $75,000, but had doubled that effort with more than $130,000 raised as of Thursday afternoon.
The fire remains under investigation, but reports indicate the cause is believed to be accidental.
bbruner@gannett.com
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