What is Precision Ag Farm Business Planning? Precision ag technology is used to make a variety of agronomic management decisions on farms. Increasingly, this technology has become critically important in identifying [...]

Wildlife Planting Program The Wildlife Planting Program provides technical and financial assistance to participants for planting trees and/or shrubs. The Program incentivizes producers to plant trees and shrubs in marginal agricultural areas [...]

Conservation Planning & the Farm Progress Report As the supply chain and consumers are looking for more sustainably produced products, understanding the environmental impacts of field management and having a tool [...]

What is the Continuous Cover System? The Continuous Cover System is combination of no-till, cover crops, and optionally LDMA used throughout the year to keep soil continuously covered. These practices are done [...]

Wisconsin has laws that outline standards for farms' nutrient management. NR 151 deals with runoff management, specifically with manure application and nitrate and phosphorus pollution. It also outlines what the criteria is for geographically [...]

Soil Health Soil health is becoming a larger and more important part of every farm's operation. Within the Basin, improving soil health has been highlighted as one of the key elements to reaching water [...]

Basin Equipment Many of the counties throughout the Basin have partnered with local organizations to acquire equipment for regenerative agriculture. Brown, Green Lake, Outagamie, and Waupaca counties all house equipment. Contact county conservation/agronomy staff [...]

County Partners Colton WolosekConservationist(608)-339-4275┃colton.wolosek@co.adams.wi.us Nick PeltierConservationist(920)-284-9349┃nick.peltier@browncountywi.gov Brent LavashAgronomist(920)-391-4633┃brent.levash@browncountywi.gov Brent PetersonAgronomist &LFR Demo Farms Project Manager(920)-391-4643┃brent.petersen@browncountywi.gov Amanda Kleiber Land Resource Specialist (920)-849-1442 ┃amanda.kleiber@calumetcounty.org Autumn Gomez-Tagle Soil Health Specialist (920)-849-1493 ┃autumn.gomeztagle@calumetcounty.org [...]