Week of October 18, 2021

How Overstocking Affects Cow Performance

I-29 Moo U Article by Jim Salfer, UMN Extension Dairy Educator

A common saying in the dairy industry is, "When milk prices are high, I want to milk more cows, and when milk prices are low, I need to milk more cows." This often means overcrowding the pens. Some farms achieve high milk production and have healthy cows with pens containing 40% more cows than stalls. Other farms have challenges if cows are overcrowded more than 10%.

Cows have certain biological needs that must be met to provide good animal welfare and so they are productive and stay healthy. Continue reading for some questions to ponder when evaluating increasing stocking density.

Video: Combine Cleaning to Prevent Spreading Weed Seeds

Harvest season is here! Equipment, such as combines, often carry unwanted weed seeds from field to field. This video demonstrates a top-to-bottom, front-to-back procedure for cleaning a combine to help prevent the spread of weed seeds. Kevin Jarek, Outagamie County Extension, and Dan Smith, NPM Program, talk through the steps for combine sanitation - including wearing protective gear, finding hidden weed seeds within access panels, and using compressed air to remove plant material both inside and outside of a combine.

Hands-On Soil Health Clinic

October 20 | 10:00AM-2:00PM

Dale Theel's Greendale Farm W3102 WI-23 Trunk, Fond du Lac, WI 54937

View no-till corn planted green, different cover crop options for wheat fields, results from three different multi-species mixes interseeded into corn, and a no-herbicide soybean field. We'll also have a soil pit demonstration featuring University of Wisconsin Nutrient and Pest Management Program's Jamie Patton, and a prairie strips planting demo with Sand County Foundation! Lunch is included!

Registration closes on October 13!

BQA Certification In-Person Meeting

October 26 | 5:30PM

Brownsville Community Center, 871 W Main Street, Brownsville, WI 53006

Attendance may be limited based on location capacity and to follow any COVID guidelines in place at that time. NO walk-ins will be allowed. Due to limited capacity, it is encouraged that only one individual per farm attend the in-person meetings.

Registration is required by October 19.

Badger Crop Connect: 2021-2022 Grain Marketing Outlook

October 27 | 12:30-1:30PM

The fall session will run in the months of September and October on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month at 12:30 PM. The purpose of this series is to provide agronomists, crop consultants, and farmers timely crop updates for Wisconsin. Badger Crop Connect is hosted by Extension Crops and Soils educators. CCA CEUs available.

Pre-Registration is Requested

Pest Management Update Meeting-Virtual

November 19 | 9:00AM-12:00PM

This year’s speakers include Mark Renz, Perennial Cropping Systems Extension Weed Specialist; Rodrigo Werle, Annual Cropping Systems Extension Weed Specialist; Nick Arneson, Weed Science Outreach Specialist; PJ Liesch Extension Entomology Diagnostician; and Damon Smith, Extension Field Crops Pathologist. Topics include updates in the area of weed, insect, and disease management and a panel discussion and Q&A regarding pest management challenges related to planting soybeans early.

Registration for the virtual session includes links to pdfs of materials and a pdf version of the A3646 publication. Three in-person options are also available.

3 Pest Management CCA CEUs requested. Pre-registration is required.

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