Cover Crops: Good, Great, or Ho-hum?

October 4, 10:00 am – 12:30 pm, Fifield Farms, 7488 Red Bank Road, Gillett   Free to attend. Pre-registration requested (but not required) to assist with food planning. Call/text Scott Reuss at 715-701-0966 or email to scott.reuss@wisc.edu Discussion Topics and Plot Tours: Fifield’s are on of five farms in Northeast WI hosting a clover cover crop […]

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Heavy Downpours in the Fox Valley

In response to today’s heavy downpours and flash flooding in and around NE WI, here is a LIST provided by Kevin Erb, UW Conservation Professional Training Program. The LIST does not endorse any particular business, but instead is meant to be used as a resource if you, your farm, or your agribusiness was severely impacted […]

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5-28-24 PEAQ & Scissors Clip Results for Outagamie and Winnebago Counties

Hi All, First and foremost, a huge THANK YOU to our Outagamie Forage Council volunteers who have helped collect samples the past several weeks… it is a team effort to get this done each year. Kevin Naze, Dairyland Seed Company  Kyle Much, Much Crop Consulting Tilth Agronomy – Jodie Weyland, Todd Schaumberg, Bill Schaumberg This group […]

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PEAQ & Winter Cereal Forages Monitor

Predictive Equations for Alfalfa Quality (PEAQ) Stick/Alfalfa Scissors Clip Predictive Equations for Alfalfa Quality (PEAQ) Stick/Alfalfa Scissors Clip will be conducted by the Outagamie Forage Council again this year, the same way it always has, with the cooperation and support of many individuals. Samples will be collected on Monday and Thursday, when the crop reaches […]

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Winter Wheat Management Field Day Featuring Drones in Agriculture

Wednesday, July 19th 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. LeMere Farms; 4140 Cty. Hwy. J; Abrams, WI 1.5 miles north of Hwy. 41 on Cty. J, or take Liegeois Road east from Hwy. 141 to J, turn north onto J and look for Parking signs.            Featuring Dr. Shawn Conley, Winter Wheat and Soy Agronomist; Dr. Damon […]

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Youth Tractor Safety

The Wisconsin Youth Tractor & Machinery Safety Certification Program is designed to meet requirements established by the US Department of Labor, pertaining to special provisions made for the employment of youth ages 14-15 on farms not operated by their parents. In addition, Wisconsin Act 455 provides specific provisions for tractor operation by 12-13 year olds. […]

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Photo of a backyard poultry flock

Responding to the Avian Influenza Outbreak

The current avian influenza outbreak is not thought to pose a risk to human health or to food safety but it is highly toxic to birds, including backyard poultry flocks.  As of April 2, 2022 the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) announced a confirmed case of the highly pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPIA) in a […]

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