Doyle allows farmers to carry heavy loads on roads
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Jim Doyle has issued an executive order giving farmers another month to transport heavy harvest loads.
State law exempts vehicles carrying crops from road weight limits from September through November.
Doyle’s order extends those exemptions through the end of December.
The governor says the wet fall has delayed the harvest. State agriculture officials say as of Monday only about 59 percent of the corn crop and 94 percent of soybeans were in. Plus the wet fall has made the crops heavier than usual.
A coalition of groups including the Wisconsin Agri-Service Association, the Wisconsin Corn Growers Association and the Wisconsin Farm Bureau asked for the extension.
Nov 29, 2009 at 12:20 p.m.
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helge, if they pay we pay. how could you not care about that? keep your cars off the back roads I live on and use the highway like you should. then you won't have to complain about the roads. if you lived in the country you would much rather see a grain truck roll by, than a hundred screaming cars, looking for a picture perfect shortcut.
Nov 28, 2009 at 10:14 a.m.
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Your right
Nov 28, 2009 at 6 a.m.
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Just one more thing to remember the heavy load take's more to stop safely
Nov 28, 2009 at 5:50 a.m.
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br549 said it . So do you want to pay now or later?
Nov 27, 2009 at 7:41 p.m.
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So due to extraordinary circumstances we should all pay more rather than just extend the increased load capacity why?
Nov 27, 2009 at 5:02 p.m.
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No one is saying that the farmer should eat the cost just pass it on like everyone else does. I do know about farming
Nov 27, 2009 at 3:58 p.m.
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helge1939-I don't know how things were in 1939 but in the 80's I recall my fourth grade teacher saying something about "costs of production" being passed down to consumers. Do you think if transportation costs are higher the farmers will just eat the costs because they're wealthy and generious.
Nov 27, 2009 at 3:36 p.m.
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helge1939: Maybe you don't like to eat? If they lose their farm that's just less food on the table for everyone. I don't know much about farming but i'm sure it wouldn't take more than acouple bad seasons for a farmer to go bust .... think about what you say or it could be said on an empty stomache. Farmers should get a break.
Nov 27, 2009 at 3:14 p.m.
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They already are. Higher drying costs, lost crops they aren't able to get out of the field due to the too wet conditions this fall, tornadoes and hail earlier in the year, etc., etc. Next time you chomp down on your fork, think about that.
Nov 27, 2009 at 1:19 p.m.
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They should have to pay just like everyone else does
Nov 27, 2009 at 12:09 a.m.
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Myself i think farmers should get more breaks, they do feed us.
Nov 26, 2009 at 8:52 p.m.
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Farmers have been carrying a heavy load for a long time...not just on roads.
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