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Mental Health First Aid training for agricultural professionals and service providers June 17 & 19, 2025 9:00 am-Noon

University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension is offering a virtual education program to help the Wisconsin agriculture community identify and respond to a variety of behavioral health challenges. Just as CPR teaches you how to help someone having a heart attack, Mental Health First Aid instructs how to help someone experiencing a mental health challenge […]

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Horticulture Advice for your plants, trees, schrubs, lawn, and gardens

Horticulture Newsletter Horticulture Articles – Lawn & Garden Wisconsin Yard & Garden Calendar of Events Houseplant Articles Ask Your Gardening Question LIVE, Mondays, once a month Horticulture Help Desk – Ask Your Gardening Question via Zoom, Mondays and Thursdays, from 1-3 p.m. Ask Your Gardening Question online form Agriculture and Horticulture Websites

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NOPP – Nitrogen Optimization Pilot Program

Identify opportunities in N fertilizer management with a NOPP Grant! Apply for the NOPP Grant in October 2025. Wisconsin farmers are sharing their findings, improving resources, and informing agricultural practices through state supported farmer-driven, on-farm research that optimizes N fertilizer management and improves farm profitability while protecting and improving soil and water resources. See contact […]

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2025 Pasture Walks – June 17/July 10/Aug. 14/Sept. 11

June 17 – Connor Field – 6:00 p.m. – E3176 Woods Road, Wonewoc, WI 53968 – Getting started in grazing. See how Connor is beginning his grazing journey brand new to him in 2025. July 10 – Bill Powers – 6:00 p.m. – N2650 Burns Road, Mauston, WI 53948 – Bill will discuss grass management […]

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Pasture Walk — Connor Field — June 17

WHEN: Tuesday, June 17 WHEN: 6:00 p.m. WHERE: E3176 Woods Road, Wonewoc, WI 53968 What does it take to get started with grazing? Come find out! As someone who is truly green to this farming method, Connor will share his journey, from initial ideas, the fencing process, to his first weeks of having cattle in […]

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Drone Interseeding Field Day

WHEN: Thursday, June 12, 6 p.m. WHERE: W3857 Hwy 12&16, Lyndon Station Please park on side of Cassidy/Langer Road. Brad Gilbert with Agri Air Applicators will be flying rye into V2 – V3 corn on the Powers property. DATCP Soil & Watershed Program Managers along with UW-Extension will join us to talk about this statewide […]

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New Badger Crop Network link

Here is a new link with timely blog posts and website articles called Badger Crop Network. This is hosted by Extension professors Shawn Conley, Rodrigo Werle, Damon Smith, and Harkirat Kaur who previously had their own websites (Cool Bean, Wisc Weeds, Badger Crop Doc, and Badger Corn) and decided to combine them into a one-stop […]

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