Category: Extension

Improved water infiltration is another benefit that doesn’t find its way into a crop budget but can have a major impact on crop yield. Research at Arlington Research Station showed that cover crops significantly increased water infiltration in a corn silage rotation with a rye cover crop.

“The university research has shown that each day after May 10 we lose a couple bushel yield and that’s simply because we have to plant a shorter day hybrid or the risk of a frost,” said University of Wisconsin-Extension agricultural educator Jerry Clark of Chippewa County.

The Wisconsin Association of County Agricultural Agents (WACAA) recently recognized several members during their annual banquet in Wisconsin Dells.

MHDL can provide soil screening for lead, pH, conductivity and nutrients (phosphorus, potassium and organic matter) through the Growing Health Soil for Healthy Communities grant partnership with UW- Madison Soil Science, UW- Extension, Sixteenth Street Community Health Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, and Walnut Way.

Olson says one of the key reasons people come to the convention is to learn how to make their lake organization work better.

Around the state, the service is operating with 15 fewer ag agents than in 2017, according to UW-Extension data.

Eight students will represent Columbus High School with artwork on exhibition as part of the Capitol Conference Art Show at the Pyle Center, located at 702 Landgon Street on the UW-Madison campus.

Trisha Wagner, agriculture agent for the University of Wisconsin-Extension in Jackson County, said April snow storms aren’t unusual.

Quoted: “It’s a program for all families,” said Pam Wedig-Kirsch, school readiness and family resiliency educator for Racine County UW-Extension and workshop facilitator. “It’s helpful to strengthen any family. We aren’t targeting that there’s a certain type of parent that needs this.”

The UW-Extension Clark County chapter hosted a meeting Thursday called ‘Farming in Difficult Times,’ where several people spoke about not only the issues farmers are facing, but the stress they’re dealing with. They also want farmers to know there are ways to cope.

Leigh Presley, the local agriculture educator at the University of Wisconsin Extension office in Burlington, said at that time she saw a lot more small farms crop up as the local farm-to-table food movement and farmers markets started to grow.

The AAS designation is like the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval for plants. The plants, which are new previously unsold varieties, are tested for performance in the garden by independent judges throughout the United States.

From the way of life to political views, the differences between rural and urban America are well-documented. But an economic development specialist from Madison who studies business trends said the entrepreneurial spirit is higher in rural Wisconsin than it is in the state’s urban areas.

For more than 25 years she was the consumer horticulture agent for the University of Wisconsin-Extension Milwaukee County, where she headed the Master Gardener volunteers program in Milwaukee and Waukesha.

Two years ago, employees with University of Wisconsin-Extension and UW-Madison created the Wisconsin Fruit Website (fruit.wisc.edu). Previously there were many fruit-related UW publications online, but they weren’t easy to find. This website brought together publications about growing fruit from UW-Extension as well as a number of other universities with similar climates.

The top three priorities on which the future University of Wisconsin-Extension communities educator in Jefferson County should focus were identified during a visioning session Thursday.

Karl Green, an assistant professor with the UW Extension service, studied assessments and found that the further the assessment ratio gets from 100 percent, the greater the variance among homes. So some homes might be assessed at 90 percent of their market rate while others at just 60 percent.

In a speech to the American Farm Bureau, President Trump touted his tax plan as being a boon to rural America and signed signed two bills aimed at providing high-speed broadband to these communities. But, internet access isn’t the only issue hindering rural communities. Our guest, Tessa Conroy of University of Wisconsin-Extension, joins us to talk about the policies that impact rural communities.

The bit of extra downtime that winter brings provides an opportunity to focus on family, community and for the New Year’s resolution-makers, on healthy living and eating.

A big part of our nation’s food system rests on these aging shoulders, but young farmers are out there, some waiting to take over the family farm business and others working (or struggling) to gain a foothold in the industry.

The openings for both jobs are expected to be posted within days, and with luck and strong candidates, Hoffman said, the hope is to have someone in place for each position by April.

The first two sessions will be held at the FVTC Regional Center on Hwy 22/45 just south of Clintonville directly across the road from Fleet Farm. The final program includes several farm tours.

A UW-Extension educator says an alternative for quality, mid-range housing could be come popular in the Northwoods where that type of housing isn’t in large supply.

Oneida County Extension’s Myles Alexander describes a growing trend called a Community Land Trust.

Oneida County UW-Extension Family Living educator Sara Richie says the best way to approach the spending season is to set aside money at other times to use at this time. But she says that isn’t always possible…

“Each of the 2017 Wisconsin 4-H Hall of Fame laureates has transformed the lives of children and families with whom they’ve worked and the communities in which they’ve lived,” says John de Montmollin, interim co-program director of Wisconsin 4-H Youth Development.

Over the last 100 years, Cooperative Extension has been a bridge between University of Wisconsin institutions and county residents. Educational programs have grown with the county and kept current in meeting public needs.

Breads and cakes baked in glass jars and then sealed with canning lids are not safe to eat.

Meyer is most proud of her work when she has been able to disseminate this information to the community, and then the public latches onto it and makes it their own like the Strengthening Families program.

For those with ash trees in their yards, there are pesticides available to deter the beetles from infesting them and mitigate damage for those that already have minor infections.

“There are some preventative treatments that can be done for ash trees,” said Erin LaFaive, horticulture educator for the UW-Extension office in Eau Claire County.