Wisconsin Connecting Entrepreneurial Communities Conference – Special Track for Agri-Preneurship and Innovations in Ag!

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

Cereal rye cover crop, PRE emergence herbicide fate, and pigweed residual control: Considerations learned from a multi-state field study.

The adoption of cereal rye (Secale cereale) cover crop has triggered the interest of farmers as an additional tool for pigweed (waterhemp [Amaranthus tuberculatus] and Palmer amaranth [A. palmeri]) management in soybean production systems. Along with interest in this practice, there have been many questions about how cereal rye can impact other weed management practices, […]

Farm Management Fridays – January 2021 Meeting Dates

The University of Wisconsin-Madison Extension is hosting a series of webinars for farmers and agribusinesses to improve business profitability and lifestyles through informed decision-making.

Heart Of the Farm Fall/Winter Coffee Chats

Extension’s Heart of the Farm-Women in Agriculture program will start it’s statewide online ‘Coffee Chat’ Fall/Winter program on Monday Nov. 9, 2020 at 10 a.m. ‘Coffee Chats’ will be held on the 2nd Monday of each month (10 a.m. – 11 a.m.) through March 2021.

Virtual Field Day: Expanding Small Grains Into Your Cropping System

The UW-Madison Extension offices of Buffalo and Chippewa Counties will host a small grain production virtual field day on August 5th beginning at 5:30pm. Small grains can fit into many cropping systems and add diversity for crop management.

Youth Tractor and Machinery Safety Certification Course Offered

Badger Crop Connect

Badger Crop Connect is a new webinar series developed by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Extension Crops and Soils Program to bring farmers and agronomists timely crop updates for the state of Wisconsin. This will be a bi-weekly webinar starting May 20th and continuing through September. Every webinar will have CCA CEUs available. Credits available for this webinar are 0.5 Integrated Pest Management and 0.5 Crop Management.

Farm Management Through A Crisis: A Supporting Farmers During Challenging Times Series

Garden Toolbox Series – Read Your Leaves

This program is part of a series of garden topics so watch the Extension website for more information on future classes. Kaitlyn Davis, Agriculture Educator for Division of Extension La Crosse County will be presenting. This is the first presentation in the Garden Tool Box Series.

Six Possible Impacts of COVID-19 on Farming

Here are six specific things that farmers, farming families, ag employers, and employees need to be aware of and plan for.

Cattle Feeders Clinic

General Farm Private Pesticide Applicator Training 2020

Extension La Crosse County will be offering General Farm Private Applicator Training at the Holland Town hall on January 28th and the Greenfield Town hall on February 13th. Please RSVP one week in advance.