March 2024

Providing unbiased, research-based resources to the agriculture community to improve profitability, productivity, and vitality.

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Calling all Wisconsin farmers and ag businesses! Stay ahead of the weather with the Wisconsin Ag Climate Outlook email list. Get timely updates, expert analysis, and strategic insights tailored to Wisconsin's agricultural landscape. Join the email list now to optimize your farming strategies and mitigate risks. Don't miss out and sign up today.

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Crop Enterprise Budget Tool - Estimate your 2024 Potential Returns

Given the diminishing margins we are seeing in corn and beans this year, final decisions on crop inputs for the 2024 growing season will make a huge difference to your bottom line. It is never too early or too late to re-evaluate input costs before you to plant the 2024 crop. The most important task between now and planting is to make informed decisions.

The UW-Madison Division of Extension Crop Enterprise Budget Tool can help you determine the economic impacts of your final input purchases as you approach the 2024 growing season.

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Hay Market Report

The hay market report is a great resource for producers as they make decisions about buying and selling hay to meet their needs. The hay market report is published the first and third weeks of each month and are compiled from public and private quality tested sales throughout Wisconsin and the Midwest.

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Ozaukee County Pollinator Plant Sale

Establishing native prairies is essential for our pollinators, beneficial insects and bird populations. Whether you want a small garden or want to convert a large area to no-mow, Ozaukee County offers many options for sale!

The sale closes on April 12, 2024 with pick up in mid-June. The cost is $20 for a ¼ flat (8 plants), $37 for a ½ flat (16 plants) and $65 for a full flat (32 plants)

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Badger Dairy Insight Webinar Series
The Badger Dairy Insight Webinar series provides the latest research-based dairy information to improve animal welfare, breeding and genetic selection, automation and modernization, and nutritional decisions for producers, dairy workers and managers, ag professionals, and educators.

March 19 - Strategies for Improving Reproduction in Dairy Herds
April 16 - Grazing your way to Reduced Heifer Cost and Better Sustainability

Check out the upcoming schedule and register today!

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National Beef Quality Audit - Results the Impact You

Watch the Video - National Beef Quality Audit - Results that Impact You

Since 1991, the Beef Check-off funded National Beef Quality Audit has delivered a set of guideposts and measurements for cattle producers and other stakeholders to help determine quality conformance of the U.S. beef supply.

Michaela Clowser, Director of Producer Education for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) along with Tammy Vaassen, Executive Director of the WI Beef Council, and Bill Halfman, UW-Madison Division of Extension State Beef Specialist discussed the 2022 NCBA Quality audit results with dairy and beef producers during virtual meetings on January 18, 2023.

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Free Farm Succession Workshops

You know you should make plans for the future of the farm, but maybe you’re not sure where to start? Or maybe you’ve had a few conversations with your family or farming partners, but that conversation drifts to other more pressing matters about the operation.

If you’ve been thinking about farm succession and want to learn more about the steps and the basic vocabulary of succession and estate planning, UW-Madison Division of Extension has a 3-hour farm succession planning program to help you learn more. Joy Kirkpatrick and Kelly Wilfert, both Extension Farm Management Outreach Specialists, will provide a framework to help farms identify risk and begin those first conversations around succession planning.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Focus on Forage Webinar Series - Focus on Pastures

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 2024 - 12:30 - 1:30 PM

Private Pesticide Applicator Zoom Training & Test - Fond du Lac

THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 2024 - 9 AM - 3:30 PM

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VITAL - Valuably Informed Thriving Agricultural Leaders

Empowering Farm Women to Learn, Network, and Grow!
THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 2024

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