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Explore our Conservation Calendar for information on conservation-related events and trainings hosted across Wisconsin and beyond.
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To use pesticides legally and effectively, the first step is to identify the pest, then determine your pest management strategy. If a pesticide or mixture of pesticides is the best choice, the pest manager must read, understand, and follow the pesticide product’s label. This presentation will walk through a number of key label statements. Emphasis […]
Come and network with growers and industry and get research updates on potato projects! Curious about what happens at the Hancock Agricultural Research Station? Come check us out and figure it out by yourself. It is even more interesting than you might think! Find more details here.
Plants have both beneficial and antagonistic relationships with insects: they rely on insects for pollination but also must contend with the numerous insects trying to eat them. This course will examine the interactions between plants and their insect pollinators and herbivores. We will survey the major groups of pollinators and herbivores, and discuss plant strategies for attracting […]
Explore the role of citizen scientists in tracking the migration of monarchs, hummingbirds, Barn Swallows, Common Loons and other species across North America with Journey North. Learn how citizen scientists help to monitor the distribution and abundance of monarch larva and milkweed during the North American breeding season with the Monarch Larva Monitoring Program. Follow this link to […]
Learn about cell grazing with goats, silvopasture with goats, grazing stockers for added flexibility, second year out of organic soybean/corn rotation, bale grazing results from 150 bales over-winter, EQIP fencing discussion, fencing on rough terrain, finishing cattle on grass. Find out the details here.
The North Dakota Corn Utilization Council is proud to bring North Dakota corn producers a free workshop in-person at Hagge’s in Mapleton, ND on July 22 from 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm CT and online. Learn more about the science behind carbon and practices for carbon capture. Take a look at new opportunities for low […]
What can you do when pesticide contamination from a neighboring farm threatens the health and financial viability of your farm? According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency , state and local agencies receive thousands of complaints about drifting pesticides each year. Follow this link to learn more.
Learn about some of the modern-day challenges to turtle nest survival, focusing on the map turtles of the Lower Wisconsin River, one of Wisconsin’s Ramsar Wetlands of International Importance. Independent research biologist Greg Geller will trace the development of an electric fence designed to increase nest success and relate its use in turtle conservation efforts. […]
Join Chris Gunderson at his rolling 1,600 acre farm in Spring Valley, Minnesota to learn about his approach to controlling erosion and filtering and storing water with regenerative agriculture methods such as strip-tilling, no-till,and animal integration grazing cattle after corn harvest on his row crop fields. Find out more here.
Mosquitoes are a public health nuisance; not only can their obnoxious bites ruin your picnic, but the diseases they carry sicken millions of people across the globe every year. The Metropolitan Mosquito Control District is the agency tasked with monitoring and controlling mosquitoes, ticks, and black flies in the Twin Cities. In this presentation learn […]
Marbleseed, stiff goldenrod, golden alexander. These native plants, and more, are an important part in the balance of nature in Wisconsin that has developed over hundreds or thousands of years in each particular region. These natives need our help to successfully survive and thrive amidst increasing invasive species such as garlic mustard and Canada thistle. […]
Be a part of a research project in the Sugar River! As part of a grant from the Wisconsin Citizen-based Monitoring Partnership Program, USRWA and Wisconsin DNR are hosting a mussel workshop. During this workshop, attendees will learn about the ecology of mussels, identification of different mussel species, and field exercises to help survey mussels […]
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