Cow-Calf Workshop
All beef producers are welcome to attend to learn more about these timely topics. Please register by August 18th by contacting the La Crosse County Extension 608-785-9593
Winter Camelina Agronomy and Market Opportunity Workshop
Date/time: July 23rd, 2025 10:00am-12:30pm with a complimentary lunch to followSpecial Guest: Anna Teeter, Novel Oilseeds Program Manager (CCA) with CargillHosted by: UW-Maidson Extension Educators: Anastasia Kurth, Will Fulwider, and Sam BibbyLocation: Town Hall of Greenfield, N1800 Town Hall Road, La Crosse, WI 54601Register by call or text to Sam Bibby at 608-219-2055 or using the QR code
Cover Crop Grazing Workshop
Join Crawford Stewardship Project, UW-Madison Extension, and Vernon County Land & Water to discuss grazing cover crops. Topics include: Call or text Beth (608) 632-0599 with any questions.
Serve Wisconsin Podcast
Check out the latest episode of The S-Files podcast, which explores the service story of AmeriCorps member Nicole Eshelman, who is serving her second term with Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction AmeriCorps Farm to School. She has been serving students in the greater La Crosse area the last two years, being based at the School […]
2025 Annual CAFO Update Registration
Jointly sponsored by UW Madison Division of Extension’s Conservation Professional Training Program and Wisconsin DNR, these workshops are designed for livestock operations near or at WPDES permit size (CAFOs) — owners/management and key staff, their agronomic and engineering consultants, and agency staff and others who work with these operations. NEW for 2025:* The technical engineering topics have […]
Driftless Region Beef Conference
Providing research-based beef production information to beef producers in the Driftless Region of Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin. University of Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin Extension services are working together to offer the thirteenth annual Driftless Region Beef Conference to be held on January 23 and 24, 2025 at the Grand River Convention Center in Dubuque, IA. The […]
Raising Wisconsin’s Children Conference 2025
The Raising Wisconsin’s Children Conference is a free, online learning event for parents, teachers, and caregivers of children providing supportive, practical parenting and child development information. Join us in 2025 to unlock the power of social and emotional skills in children and teens! Tuesday, January 28, 2025 8:15 AM – 4:30 PMVirtual on ZoomRegister Here Speakers […]
Small Grains Workshop
Small grains workshop with Regional Crops Educator Sam Bibby. Topics to be covered include: general agronomy, nitrogen rate and timing research, small grains for forage, growing your own cover crop seed, herbicide and weed management considerations.
What is Open-Source Software, and How Does it Fit in Ag?
Open-source software (OSS) is a software product for which the code is freely available to the public to use or modify. This is essentially the opposite from what we call proprietary software, which is privately owned and licensed. Open-source software may sound like something that would only be useful to an IT specialist or computer […]
Beef Quality Assurance Training & Certification
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 […]
Stockmanship & Stewardship workshop
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
DON Considerations for Wheat Grown for Livestock Feed
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 […]