March 4-H Pepin Pacer
Pepin County Fair Coordinator Position
Pepin County Farm Management Club Annual Meeting
March 4-H Pepin Pacer
March 2012 Pacer
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Pepin County Fair Coordinator Position
2012 Pepin County Fair Coordinator Position Announcement The Pepin County Fair Board, Durand, Wisconsin, is accepting applications through February 22, 2012 for a Pepin County Fair Coordinator. This flexible position will be part-time through August 15, 2012. Salary: $12.57/Hour, for a maximum of 238 hours, equivalent to no more than $3,000.00. Additional mileage reimbursement for [...]
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Pepin County Farm Management Club Annual Meeting
The Pepin County Farm Management Club Annual Meeting will take place again this year at Club 10 on December 14, 2011 at Noon. The featured speaker will be Bob Bosold from WAXX radio. Contact the Extension Office for more information at 715-672-5214.
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Pepin County Farm Management Club Banquet
Once again it is time for the Annual Farm Management Club Recognition Banquet where we recognize the importance of agricutlure and it’s outstanding individual and business leaders. This year’s annual recognition banquet will feature a variety of agricutlural related awards, as well as a chance to see “Tina and Lena”, renown signing motivational humorists. Some [...]
Read moreFrac Sand Mining Planning and Zoning
23. May, 2012
For the entire document, please click on the following PDF file: Frac Sand Mining Planning and Zoning (PDF) Wisconsin is in the midst of a sand mining boom. The natural gas and oil industries use a method of extraction called hydraulic fracturing or fracking. A slurry of sand, water, and chemicals is injected into shale [...]
Read moreFrac Sand Mining and Community Economic Development
23. May, 2012
For the entire report, please download the following PDF document: Frac Sand Mining Community Economic Development (PDF) Summary of Findings: Mining, as an industry within the U.S., remains inherently unstable through the “flickering effect” but the level of instability seems to be declining over time. Ownership structure of the mining companies and the resource itself greatly [...]
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2012 Pepin County Cash Rental Rate Survey
23. May, 2012
2011 – 2012 Pepin County Cash Rental Rate Survey – (MS Word Document) 2011 – 2012 Pepin County Cash Rental Rate Survey Jim Faust, Pepin County Interim Agriculture Agent “Can you tell me what the rental rate is for farmland in Pepin County?” This is a frequently asked question that the Pepin County UW-Extension [...]
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2011 Pepin County Achievement Program
18. Oct, 2011
To kick off National 4-H Week Pepin County’s 4-H held their Achievement Program at Arkansaw Elementary School. Mistress of Ceremonies were members of the Pepin County Senior Youth Council Ellie Raethke and Marrissa Haglund. Approximately 100 4-H members, parents, leaders and friends attended the program. Receiving the 4-H SYC (Senior Youth Council) award was Jordan [...]
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New Social Security Contribution Rate for 2011
03. Feb, 2011
The Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 reduced 2011 Social Security tax rates for employees and self-employed people by two percentage points. The 2011 tax rate is 4.2 percent for employees, 6.2 percent for employers, and 10.4 percent for self-employed people. These rates apply to earnings up to the maximum [...]
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Family Caregiving Resources for Employers and Employees
18. Jan, 2011
Rosalyn Carter said it best: “There are four kinds of people in the world-those who have been caregivers, those who are currently caregivers, those who will be caregivers, and those who will need caregivers. Beginning in 2011, 10,000 residents will turn age 65 every day for the next 20 years across the U.S. Locally, the [...]
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