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The Division of Markets was created within the department of Agriculture in 1919, in order to improve and promote the market for Wisconsin farm products. The division was established as a separate Department of Markets in 1921, and granted additional powers to regulate unfair competition and trade practices. [4]
The pavilion was primarily built to exhibit the University of Wisconsin's livestock. It has also been the site of numerous other events, including a Sergei Rachmaninoff concert and speeches by U.S. Presidents Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Harry S. Truman, and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
A farm in Marquette County. Agriculture is a significant sector in Wisconsin's economy, producing nearly $104 billion in revenue annually. [1] The significance of the state's agricultural production is exemplified by the depiction of a Holstein cow, an ear of corn, and a wheel of cheese on Wisconsin's state quarter design. [2]
The Miller family is now on their fourth-generation to show livestock and will compete in the JR Dairy Cattle Show on the first day of the fair. August 14, 2024
In Wisconsin, more than 600 dairy cattle have been tested for H5N1 since late April, when a federal order went into effect requiring that lactating dairy cattle be tested for H5N1 before being ...
The "Kettl Commission," formally the "Governor’s Blue-Ribbon Commission on State-Local Partnerships for the 21st Century," was a bipartisan 1999-2000 blue ribbon commission, chaired by University of Wisconsin–Madison political scientist Donald F. Kettl, charged by then-Governor Tommy Thompson with studying and reporting back to the governor on how Wisconsin government should be re-structured.
The bald eagle had been on the nation’s Great Seal since the Revolutionary War, but it was never codified in law as the official bird.
Orders, decorations, and medals of the United States may refer to: . Awards and decorations of the United States Armed Forces; United States law enforcement decorations