Cranberry Producers Plight; Filling Agriculture Jobs
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Cranberry Producers Face Depressed Prices
Independent Wisconsin cranberry growers are struggling with low prices right now. Flat domestic cranberry sales, the world-wide recession and an unexpected influx of cranberries from Canadian Producers are a big part of the issue. Wisconsin State Cranberry Growers Association Executive Director Tom Lochner and Warrens area cranberry grower Mike Gnewikow are our guests.
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Wisconsin Needs to Fill Agriculture Jobs
While Wisconsin’s unemployment rate continues to hover around 7 percent, there are thousands of jobs available in the state’s signature industry of agriculture. We talk with Paul Larson of Wisconsin’s Agricultural Education Workforce Development Council about the need for workers in a wide-variety of agricultural jobs now and in the future. The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection has launched a program to promote agricultural careers.
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