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Finding the “off” Cow
Fresh cows (cows that have recently calved) are the most important, and most vulnerable, group of cows in the barn. The first few weeks post-calving is the highest risk period for several diseases. Most infections, diseases, and/or metabolic disorders, such as milk fever, ketosis, retained placentas, metritis, mastitis, and displaced abomasums, or DAs, occur during this time. These illnesses can play a negative role in the cow’s future, either through the economics of milk production or animal well-being.
As caretakers, it is important to be able to identify an “off” cow, one that is just not looking or acting right. By identifying her early, one can take immediate action to prevent or minimize the duration of sickness or illness.
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Teaching Teens Life
Skills in the Kitchen
FoodWIse and the Boys and Girls Club of Fond du Lac County are partnering this summer to offer an 8-part cooking class series for teens as a part of their Healthy Habits program.
Healthy Habits is a program adopted by the national Boys and Girls Club that emphasizes good nutrition, regular physical activity, and improving overall well-being. As a part of the program, kids have the opportunity to prepare tasty and healthy snacks using typical ingredients found in their homes. Each week, ingredients will be purchased at the Fond du Lac farmers market to promote farm-to-table, fresh, local ingredients.
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Cloverbud Day Camp: Mini Foodies in the Making
Fond du Lac County 4-H hosted a one-day Cloverbud Day Camp - Foodie Theme reaching 23 youth in June. Youth expressed an interest in learning and exploring culinary skills and the foods and nutrition project. Volunteers and the summer intern led different cooking activities teaching basic cooking skills such as measuring, food safety, and using kitchen tools and appliances safely. Youth practiced measuring while making brownie mix in a jar.
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Recordkeeping Recommendations
Saving receipts, paystubs, tax forms, and other documents can be important, but it can be challenging to know which documents to save, how long to keep them, and which papers to throw away.
This information sheet provides tips on documents you should save, how to save documents, and how to throw documents away.
TIP SHEET
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Flash Drought of 2023 - How Can We Manage our Crops?
Continued dry weather in much of Wisconsin has led to many questions about when we need to jump into action to manage corn, soybean and forage crops to get through drought situations. While most of our cash crops are not overly affected by dry weather until the reproductive phases of plant growth, there is cause for concern when we consider the quality and yield of our forage crops.
Whether growing crops for grain or forage, it is important to have a “game plan” for meeting your profit goals or feed needs, particularly in this challenging year. The recent Badger Crop Connect on the Flash Drought of 2023 provides a lot of great resources for making these important management decisions.
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LEGO Camp
July 10-12, 2023 I 9:00 am - 3:00 pm I Learn More
LEGO Camp is a camp for youth to learn different LEGO building skills. The LEGO Club and the project is growing fast. Join us during this camp and get a taste of what LEGO Club is like! Youth will build different creations with LEGO bricks at the office. No need to bring any from home! Youth will also learn about different building and engineering techniques, as well as do some LEGO crafts they can take home! Youth will work as a team to complete a challenge, so let’s get building!
Train the Trainer: Rent Smart Online Class
July 18, 25, August 1, 2023 I 10:00 am - 2:00 pm I Learn More
Online training is designed to help trainers facilitate the Rent Smart program effectively in their own organizations and communities.
Cardboard Camp
August 1-3 I 9:00 am - 12:00 pm I Learn More
4-H is offering a Cardboard Camp: Zoology. Does your child love animals? This camp youth will focus on creating animals from various materials such as cardboard boxes, paper towel tubes, paper plates, and more. By the end of the week, youth will have created a Zoo diorama they can take home! In addition to learning about the building process, youth will learn about the animals they create!
Art Camp
August 7-9 I 9:00 am- 3:00 pm I Learn More
Art-Rageous – Calling all youth artists! From clay to oil pastels and everything in between, youth will explore art by channeling their creativity while learning about different artists, techniques, and medias.
Picturesque Painting – Youth will explore all things paint this day. Activities will include watercolor, paint pouring, and acrylic painting.
Phenomenal Photography – Learn about how to use your camera and what settings and features to use for what settings and situations. Youth will also learn about selecting photos, mounting, and other tips and tricks.
Virtual Rent Smart
August: 7, 9, 14, 16, 21, 23 I 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm I Learn More
Understanding Responsibilities and Rights when Renting
AGRICULTURE EVENTS
Badger Crop Connect: Combine Cleaning, Cover Crops, Corn Development & Pollination Webinar
Jul 12, 2023 I 12:30 pm -1:30 pm I Learn More
North American Manure Expo
August 9-10, 2023 I Learn More
The premier manure management event - engage in tours and demos related to manure management in this unique 2-day event.
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