MAY 2025 

Spring is here! Check out some of these great Extension resources to help you get through the busy spring season. 
ALFALFA HARVEST MANAGEMENT MEASUREMENTS HAVE BEGUN!
Each week Extension educators across Wisconsin will gather alfalfa quality information to share with growers. Our goal is to help you optimize your alfalfa harvest efforts by collecting PEAQ stick measurements, crop height, stage of maturity and forage analysis data. Results will be shared every Tuesday in May (Wednesday after Memorial Day) on the Regional Ag Website AND via a colloboration with University of Minnesota Extension, our data will be shared on a tool that you can use to filter the sites you are interested in. Use the links below to navigate to those resources. 
Thanks to the Midwest Forage Association and the Fond du Lac County Forage Council in partnership with Dairyland Labs for sponsoring our alfalfa harvest management program. 
LOCAL ALFALFA QUALITY WATCH
UMN & UW ALFALFA HARVEST QUALITY TOOL
ESTIMATING RFV IN THE FIELD USING PEAQ
PRICING STANDING ALFALFA

CHECK OUT THESE GREAT UW WEATHER RESOURCES!

WAWO is a weekly report to provide ag advisors, conservation staff and farmers with relevant Wisconsin climate information and link it to impacts on Wisconsin agriculture. Sign up today to have this report delivered to your e-mail inbox each Friday. 
SIGN UP FOR THE WAWO

WISCONET - Wisconsin's Environmental Mesonet

Wisconet is a network of weather stations positioned around Wisconsin. The Wisconet website allows you to look at a variety of weather metrics including temperatures, wind speeds, soil moisture, soil temperature and much more!
CHECK OUT WISCONET

FOUNDATIONAL CROP SCOUT TRAINING - ONLINE & IN PERSON

This crop scout training series is designed for entry-level crop scouts with limited to no scouting experience OR anyone looking for a refresher course in basic scouting skills. We invite anyone interested in learning more to join us for this hybrid training opportunity. Zoom trainings are FREE this year. 
Zoom Webinars:
  • May 14 - Intro to Crop Scouting
  • May 21 - Crop Staging, Stand Counts, Sampling
  • May 28 - Nutrient Deficiency Symptoms
  • June 4 - Basic Insect ID
  • June 11 - Basic Weed ID
  • June 17 - Crop Disease
Three in-person field day events will be announced soon! Check out the website for more information. 
SCOUT SCHOOL REGISTRATION & INFORMATION
BOVI-NOTICIAS NOW AVAILABLE
DBovi-Noticias is a bilingual (English & Spanish) newsletter providing information to help dairy workers learn, understand and grow their job skills while improving on-farm safety. 
You can subcribe to have the newsletter delivered right to your e-mail inbox, or check it out online. A new issue will be posted each month. 
BOVI-NOTICIAS E-NEWSLETTER
H5N1 RESOURCES FOR WISCONSIN FARMERS
H5N1 is a challenging situation across the country, and while we haven't had a diagnosed case in Wisconsin yet, exposure in the wild bird and domestic poultry flocks reminds us the threat still exists. The Extension dairy team has a collection of resources you can use to better mitigate challenges with this disease.  
H5N1 RESOURCES

2025 CUSTOM RATE SURVEY - PRELIMINARY RESULTS & WE STILL NEED YOUR INPUT!

The 2025 Wisconsin planting season has begun and we are pleased to share preliminary results from the 2025 Wisconsin Custom Rate Survey. This initial release includes rates for tillage and field preparation, crop planting operations, and application of fertilizers and chemicals. Full results for all field operations and updates of these preliminary rates will be published in the coming weeks.
If you are a farmer or a custom operator who performed or hired custom services in 2024, please open the survey and complete the sections that pertain to you - this survey should take 10-15 minutes and all results are anonymous. Thank you for your input!
ACCESS THE PRELIMINARY REPORT
COMPLETE THE SURVEY
WISCONSIN AG LAW UPDATE - RECORDING NOW AVAILABLE
The Wisconsin Ag Law Update is a biannual webinar dedicated to providing the latest legal insights impacting Wisconsin farms. If you missed it, check out the recording. 
WATCH THE AG LAW UPDATE

CALENDAR OF EVENTS
BADGER CROP CONNECT WEBINAR SERIES - 12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
Badger Crop Connect is back for 2025 - join us the 2nd & 4th THURSDAY of each month for timely crop updates to help you manage through the growing season. 
  • MAY 8 - SPRING FORAGE SPECIAL
    • Pricing Standing Forage
    • Alfalfa Pest Updates
    • Spring Grazing Checklist
  • MAY 22 - WEED MANAGEMENT UPDATE
BADGER CROP CONNECT REGISTRATION
BADGER DAIRY INSIGHT WEBINAR - 11 A.M. - NOON 
Badget Dairy Insight webinars provide the latest research-based dairy information to improve animal welfare, breeding & genetic selection, automation & moderization, and nutrition decisions for producer, dairy workers and ag professionals. 
  • MAY 20 - ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS BEFORE INVESTING IN AUTOMATION
BADGER DAIRY INSIGHT REGISTRATION
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