Archive | July, 2012

Farm Bill Amendments Have Local Implications

July 2, 2012

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Well, we no sooner made a post acknowledging the progress that had been made with the U.S. Senate’s passage of the new Farm Bill than we now receive word that the House of Representatives has proposed even further reductions in the conservation program funding elements of the bill. While we have already acknowledged the fiscal […]

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Duck Lake Fire – Losses and Saves

July 1, 2012

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Although there can be no wins when a fire claims much of a 21,000+ acre area, a commercial resort, 49 cabins and homes, 87 outbuildings and campers, as you tour the area as we did recently, one cannot help but be struck by the sheer number of structures which were spared on the interior of […]

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