Week of September 20, 2021

national farm safety and health week-farm safety yields real results

Getting the Dairy Herd You Want Through Improved Genetic Selection

Picking animals for your farm is one of the most important decisions you can make to improve long-term profitability. Whether it is choosing replacements, or deciding who will become parents, without proper consideration the decisions could end up giving you the genetics you did not want.

The purpose of this article is to help you understand the principles to position your breeding program for success. Continue Reading

Is Your Dairy Ready for Disaster?

Whether it’s fire, flood, wind, or injury- a disaster on your farm can cause devastating loss and requires pre-planning to minimize the disruption. Take time now to consider the unique aspects of farm emergencies that make them more challenging than some other responses that emergency personnel might make.

Dairy farms are highly specialized with potentially dangerous aspects of operations that emergency responders may not be familiar with. Remember, less than 2% of the population is involved in production agriculture, so it’s very likely that first responders will have limited farm background or knowledge. Continue Reading

Crop Calculators App

Crop Calculators lets corn growers calculate grain yields, maturity dates, and silage price adjustments using their smartphones. Crop Calculators has three corn crop calculators:

Silage Moisture Cost Adjuster for Corn
Maturity Date Predictor for Corn
Grain Yield Estimator for Corn

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Badger Crop Connect: Winter Wheat and Soil Carbon

September 22 | 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

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! Check out the flyer

Registration closes on October 13!

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