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The conference brings together farmers, corporate professionals, government and university representatives, and other partners to learn, network, celebrate, and explore challenges and opportunities in the state’s signature industry. Dairy Strong’s track programming will focus on the growing importance of sustainability, how technology is providing a path to progress, and the significance of a forward-thinking mindset. […]
Did you know that over 50% of fertilizer that is applied is lost? Many farmers are producing more while using less fertilizer by leveraging soil microbes to increase fertilizer efficiency, allowing more fertilizer to go to the crop and reducing waste. Join the editors of No-Till Farmer along with Holganix for our live webinar, […]
Description: Join us for a sneak peek of what SnapPlus Version 3 is going to look like. The SnapPlus developers will be walking us through some of the new and updated features. After the presentation there will be time for questions and feedback. If participants are interested they will be able to sign up to […]
A lunchtime virtual event where we will explore the past, present, and future of Milwaukee’s Fresh Coast. Much of the city’s coastline and riverfronts are not original — they were built on lakebed or riverbed that was filled to create new land. Join us as we learn from six of the leading minds in this […]
The Wisconsin Academy is pleased to present our first lunch-hour Climate & Energy talk of 2022, "Smart Climate Communications in Complicated Times," with speaker Jane Elder. Elder, the former executive director of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters and long-time advocate for strategic approaches to environmental communications, will discuss insights from Yale's “Six Americas […]
As part of the original Federal law known as the “Lacey Act” passed in 1900, injurious wildlife has been amended several times, but the purpose has always been to protect the United States from the introduction of invasive and otherwise harmful wildlife. Congress first gave the authority for overseeing injurious wildlife to the U.S. Department […]
Join to learn best practices when it comes to pasture-based farrowing, including considerations for infrastructure needs, scheduling/timing, and animal health and safety. Info here.
We are excited to be planning a live, in person conference again for 2022. We have learned a lot this past year and are looking forward to incorporating some amazing new networking opportunities with this conference in addition to the great content we have brought to you in the past. Info here.
Landscape designers who successfully employ an ecology-based approach typically draw from a variety of sources. The inextricable link between people and ecology only increases the need to broaden the investigative lens. Join us as we explore the integration of ecology-based design with people-based factors, including the lingering effects of historic land use and the need […]
The 13th Annual Agroforestry Symposium theme for this year’s event is Food, Fire, & Agroforestry for the Future: Ecological Knowledges for Climate Resilience. We highlight this topic to bring attention to the ways that intercultural perspectives in land-based sciences are essential as we collectively face current climate realities. Info here.
This training will cover the basic concept of determining hydrology for common conservation practices. We will review concepts such as runoff, curve numbers, peak discharges, and hydrographs. Students will learn about reading contour maps and delineating watersheds through example problems. By the end of the two sessions students should be able to delineate a watershed […]
As women farmers, landowners and conservationists, we wear multiple hats and juggle various responsibilities and commitments, including a strong vision of increasing stewardship practices on our land. And we all live in a vulnerable space at one time or another – and for one reason or another. How can we as a community best support […]
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