There was a forum in Madison on Friday, at which dairy farmers gathered to complain about low milk prices. Many of them called for a probe of low prices for milk. See, At Madison Forum, Farmers Call for Federal Probe of Dairy Industry. At the meeting, participants tried to determine how, in the words of…
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Daily Bread
Daily Bread for Whitewater, Wisconsin: 6-28-10
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning, Today’s forecast for Whitewater calls for a slight chance of thunderstorms with a high temperature of seventy-eight degrees. There are two public meetings in Whitewater today, one for the City of Whitewater’s Community Development Authority at 4:30 p.m. and one for the Whitewater Unified School District at 7 p.m. (for open session). The…
Comment Forum
Friday Open Comments Forum
by JOHN ADAMS • • 10 Comments
Here’s the Friday open comments post, following reader responses to a recent poll. The use of pseudonyms and anonymous postings will be fine. Although the template has a space for a name, email address, and website, those who want to leave a field blank can do so. Comments will be moderated, against profanity or trolls.…
Free Markets, Laws/Regulations, Liberty
Huffington Post: Making the Business Case for Dairy Farmer Civil Disobedience
by JOHN ADAMS •
The war against raw milk sales in a dairy state, a war whose generals are big business interests, is underway in Wisconsin. I’ve written about previously about Governor Doyle’s veto of a bill allowing modest raw milk sales, and about regulatory badgering of dairies that offer raw milk for sale. (Some raw milk may be…
Laws/Regulations, Liberty
Culinary Freedom
by JOHN ADAMS •
Laws/Regulations
Ongoing Harassment of Dairy Farmers in America’s Dairyland
by JOHN ADAMS •
Wisconsin Governor Doyle gave special interests a victory over small farmers when he veteoed a bill that would have permitted limited raw milk sales. Now, during the deepest recession in decades, state inspectors are badgering small farmers about voluntary transctions between adult buyers and sellers of a dairy products. See, Raw Milk Advocates Decry State…
Laws/Regulations, Libertarians
Wisconsin Governor Doyle as a Dairyland Nanny
by JOHN ADAMS •
Recent Tweets, 4-18 to 4-24
by JOHN ADAMS •
Hoyer regrets calling protests un-American http://bit.ly/a667GX about 16 hours ago via Seesmic Jeffrey Kaye: Arizona Republicans Reject Free Market; Opt for Big Government http://huff.to/bIJdmd about 17 hours ago via web Sign it! Wisconsin State Journal: Raw milk bill passes Assembly, heads to Gov. Doyle http://bit.ly/d2vBgg 6:47 PM Apr 23rd via web WI Gov Poll: Dead…
Daily Bread
Daily Bread for Whitewater, Wisconsin: 4-23-10
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning, Whitewater’s forecast for today is for a chance of showers, with a high of sixty-four degrees. It’s activity night at the Middle School tonight, from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Here are some updates on recent posts: Assemblyman Jeff Wood (Miscreant-Chippewa Falls) was censured, will stay in the Assembly, but will spend some time…
Daily Bread
Daily Bread for Whitewater, Wisconsin: 3-11-10
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning, Whitewater’s forecast calls for thunderstorms with a high temperature of fifty-three degrees. There will be a charter schools listening session at 6:30 p.m. in the library of Lincoln School tonight. At Lakeview School, it’s twin day today. There’s a story in the Walworth County Gazette about the legislation to allow sales of raw…
Daily Bread
Daily Bread for Whitewater, Wisconsin: 3-8-10
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning, Today’s Whitewater forecast calls for dense fog, with a high of forty-six degrees. The City of Whitewater’s Planning Commission will meet at 6 p.m., and our Library Board will meet at 6:30 p.m. Our public school district’s administrator will hold a two monthly listening sessions today. The English language session will run from…
Free Markets
America’s Dairyland
by JOHN ADAMS •
Wisconsin touts itself as America’s Dairyland, and our production of milk is impressive. The Green Bay Press Gazette reports that Wisconsin’s milk production has been rising, with over two billion pounds of milk produced in March, from over 1.25 million cows. That’s a lot of milk, and one might imagine that it would bring the…