Lawn & Garden Soil Testing La Crosse County UW-Extension offers soil testing Why, when and how: Sampling Lawn and Garden Soils for analysis What you get: Analysis of current nutrient content of your soil including: organic matter, lime requirement, potassium, phosphorous. . Current soil pH. Recommendation of type and amount of fertilizer to add. Allow […]
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Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) training provides systematic information to U.S. beef producers on how good husbandry techniques can be coupled with accepted scientific knowledge to raise cattle under optimum management conditions. To get certified in person, please register at https://go.wisc.edu/y580ma. Certifications may also be completed online at https://www.bqa.org/beef-quality…/online-certifications More information on BQA training can be […]
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Calling all beef producers! Join us for this Stockmanship & Stewardship workshop held in Lancaster, WI, August 28-29. This will be an action-packed two days featuring a variety of topics from cattle health and well-being to pasture management and land stewardship, complemented by low-stress cattle handling demonstrations. For more information, please visit stockmanshipandstewardship.org/events/lancaster-wi
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What is DON? DON (deoxynivalenol or vomitoxin) is a mycotoxin produced by the fungus responsible for Fusarium Head Blight (FHB), a common and economically important disease in small grains. DON is a problem because it is toxic to humans and animals. Grain grown on-farm and fed to livestock should be managed properly to avoid negative […]
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Consider sharing your time and talents to help maintain the school garden at the Hintgen & Hamilton/SOTAI Elementary School. To ensure the growing space is being checked on and cared for regularly we hope to have a volunteer in the garden every other day this summer. Please find garden volunteer sign up schedules at https://growlacrosse.org/volunteer-2/ […]
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The most recent, the 2022 Census of Agriculture, aims to provide a detailed snapshot of the nation’s farming economy, including information on farm demographics, production practices, land use, and economic trends. The intent of this issue of WIndicator is to provide an overview of recent trends in Wisconsin farming using the Census of Agriculture. We pay particular attention to the changes since the last Census in 2017 to understand trends in key metrics for Wisconsin agriculture with some references to longer term trends (1997 to 2022).
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Attention Small Ag Business Owners!! At the Connecting Entrepreneurial Communities Conference, there will be a whole track of sessions devoted to agri-preneurship and innovations in Ag!
The Innovations in Local Agri-Food Business Track includes:
– New Crops and New Farms: A Panel of Driftless Agri-preneurs
– The Agri-Tech Start-Up Scene in Wisconsin
– Challenges and Opportunities When Providing Business Assistance to Entrepreneurial Farmers
– Financial Resources for Agri-preneurs
