IN THIS ISSUE OF AG UPDATE
- Warm Days Aren't Always Hay Days
- Preventing Future Weed Infestations By Managing Drown Out Areas
- Calibrate Yield Montiors Today for Better Data Tomorrow
- Field Notes Episodes 20 & 21: Two Takes on the Economics of Conservation
- Welcome Manuel Peña – Regional Dairy Educator; Sheboygan, Fond du Lac, Dodge, and Ozaukee Counties
- El "Break" Info-Lechero 2.0 Webinar
- Grants for On-Farm H5N1 Biosecurity
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Badger Dairy Insight | Grazing and virtual fencing on dairy farms
October 15, 2024, 11:00am - 12:00pm, to register click HERE
Badger Dairy Insight | Reducing enteric methane emissions in US Holstein cows
November 19, 2024, 11:00am - 12:00pm, to register click HERE
Badger Crop Update Meetings | Eau Claire/Arlington/Appleton/Virtual
December 3-6, 2024, 9:00am - 3:00pm, to register click HERE
WI Water and Soil Health (WWASH) Conference | Wisconsin Dells
December 17-18, 2024, 9:00am - 12:00pm, to register click HERE
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Warm Days Aren't Always Hay Days
Cutting alfalfa when the weather is good can be tempting, but late fall cuttings could be damaging to long term alfalfa productivity and stand persistence.
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Preventing Future Weed Infestations By Managing Drown Out Areas
The 2024 growing season provided our crops in most of Wisconsin with plenty of water. In spots, too much! Some areas were re-planted. Other areas, have troublesome weeds quickly escaping and will likely produce plenty of seed before a killing frost occurs. It might be tempting to run through these areas with a combine to “clean up” the weeds but you'll want to think about the long term effect.
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Calibrate Yield Monitors Today for Better Data Tomorrow
A powerful farm tool is a well-calibrated yield monitor. Typically installed on harvesters and combines, the technology uses GPS and sensors to measure and record crop yield, moisture levels, and other metrics in real time by location in field. Yield monitors have not changed much since the mid-1990s yet remain a reliable component of on-farm data when calibrated before harvest each season. Are your yield monitors calibrated and ready for harvest season?
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Field Notes Episode 20: An Economist’s Take on the Dollars & Sense of Conservation Agriculture
Much time has been spent on the environmental benefits of conservation agriculture. But, do practices like reduced tillage and cover crops pencil out for farmers, and how do we figure that out? In the first episode of this two-fer on the economics of conservation, we talk with Jeff Hadachek, Extension Specialist and Assistant Professor of Ag Economics at UW-Madison, to get the economist’s take on why economics is a useful tool when talking about conservation practices and adoption.
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Field Notes Episode 21: A Farmer’s Take on the Dollars & Sense of Conservation Agriculture
Much time has been spent on the environmental benefits of conservation agriculture. But, do practices like reduced tillage and cover crops pencil out for farmers, and how do we figure that out? In the second episode of this two-fer on the economics of conservation, we talk with Jake Kaderly, who works as a crop consultant under the name Kaderly Ag and farms 330 acres in Green County, for the farmer’s take on how he pencils out conservation practices.
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Welcome Manuel Peña – Regional Dairy Educator; Sheboygan, Fond du Lac, Dodge, and Ozaukee Counties
Manuel is the new Regional Dairy Educator for Sheboygan, Fond du Lac, Dodge, and Ozaukee Counties. He is originally from Duitama, a small city in Colombia, 3 hours north of Bogotá, the capital city. He received his bachelor’s degree on Animal Science at Universidad Nacional de Colombia. In the last semesters he worked for a national breeding association. After graduation he did an internship at NC State University working on Dairy management and another one at University of Florida working on forages and nutrition. Working at UF he linked with a Clemson’s University professor who later would be his adviser on his master’s and PhD degrees. His research has been focused on ruminal nutrition and forage management for the dairy industry. Manuel is looking forward to giving back to the community, help as much as possible with their issues as much as to learn from their success and work together with other specialists.
In his free time, he enjoys outdoor activities and sports but also listening to music, reading and writing and even though he is not a great player he enjoy chess a lot.
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El "Break" Info-Lechero 2.0 - Dairy Spanish Webinar
To help Wisconsin Spanish dairy workers and the Spanish dairy community to get the most current and update research information, UW-Extension has developed the Dairy Spanish Webinar El “Break” Info-Lechero 2.0. This Webinar is an update on different dairy topics covering reproduction, data management, animal welfare, animal nutrition, genetics selection, environment and more.
Join The University of Wisconsin-Madison- Division of Extension’s Dairy Program every Wednesday to the September, October, and November months from 12pm – 1pm CST for El “Break” Info-Lechero webinar series.
The Dairy Spanish Webinar is going to be in Spanish ONLY.
There is no charge to participate in these sessions, however, pre-registration is required to allow access.
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Grants for On-Farm H5N1 Biosecurity
Midwestern dairy farmers can apply now at WisCheeseMakers.org for reimbursement grants of up to $10,000 each to support on-farm biosecurity efforts amid the ongoing outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) in dairy cattle. Total pilot program funding of $100,000 is available on a first-come, first-served basis through the Dairy Business Innovation Alliance (DBIA), a partnership between Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association (WCMA) and the Center for Dairy Research (CDR).
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| Will Fulwider
Regional Crops Educator - Dane and Dodge County Extension
Email: will.fulwider@wisc.edu l Ph: 608 220 3577
Alison Pfau
Bilingual Regional Dairy Educator - Dane, Dodge, Jefferson, Rock & Walworth County Extension
Email: alison.pfau@wisc.edu | Ph: 970 402 9710
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