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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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The annual summit is built for farmers searching for an advantage in today's marketplace. Our instructors are real farmers who practice what they teach, from tactics to build soil resilience, increase water storage capacity and decrease costly inputs and programs.
Join DATCP for an overview of the 2021 Producer-Led Watershed Protection Grant application, new requirements, and tips for success when writing your proposal. To register, email: Rachel.Rushmann@wi.gov
Agenda: Local Update on Crop Conditions Nick Baker, Rock County Agriculture Educator Cover Crops after Corn Silage for Spring Forage: Economics and the Environment Kevin Shelley, UW-Madison, NPM Cover Crop Considerations after Corn and Soybean Grain Crops Dan Smith, UW-Madison, NPM Register here.
Crop rotational planning is the most universal and powerful tool available to farmers. Rotations can be used to address weed, disease, and insect issues and also provide the opportunity to improve soils and improve the ecosystem. All of this improves profitability Register here.
Strips of native perennial vegetation on small portions of farm fields can provide disproportionally large benefits for soil and nutrient conservation. Now it's an official practice in CRP. Hear from two Wisconsin cash grain farmers and their advisors about the why and how for the layout and establishment of prairie strips while maintaining efficient field […]
This webinar will feature presentations by two experts, Brian Brandt and Mark Kieser, who are currently working on projects to advance water quality trading programs for farmers and ranchers
An updated version of How's My Waterway (HMW) was released publicly in June 2020. HMW provides a comprehensive overview of water quality data and information in the United States on three different scales: community, state, and national.
Rye and Triticale following corn silage - Improving forage quality through agronomy - Decoding the nutrition alphabet soup - Planning a successful season Presented by: Liz Binversie, Agriculture Educator Register here.
The virtual cover crop field day will discuss the why and how of interseeding cover crops into standing corn. Benefits, challenges, planting, yield, and herbicide interactions will be discussed in a regional manner, considering research in Southwest Michigan, Central Michigan, the thumb, Northwest Michigan, and the UP. Learn more here.
Presentations include: On-farm discussion of manure system: including digestor, feed pad runoff collection, and irrigation system. In-field discussion about the use of companion grass and clovers with alfalfa. Agronomic reasons, ration considerations, and milk yield potential. What we are learning about in-season nitrogen management tools. In-field demonstration of live, mobile manure hazard maps, along with […]
The webinar will cover the sampling and testing of foundation soils for above-ground tanks, post and piers, retaining walls, and continuous walls under roof structures. It will cover the Wisconsin supplement to the NRCS Engineering Field Handbook (EFH) – Part 650, Chapter 4, Exhibit A - https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/PA_NRCSConsumption/download?cid=nrcseprd1592220&ext=pdf 2 PDHs will be offered. Presenters are Mike […]
Participate in this webinar to learn about general organic management practices in high tunnel systems. This first in a three-part series focused on organic management of high tunnels will provide a general introduction including various high tunnel structures.
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