On December 11, 2018 the Shawano County Land Conservation Department hosted a SnapPlus training for farmers throughout Shawano County. SnapPlus v.18 is nutrient management planning software specific for Wisconsin. Snap stands for Soil Nutrient Application Planner and is a program [...]
WI DNR requests comments on a TMDL that will help improve water quality for public benefit, including recreation. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources will begin accepting comments on the Total Maximum Daily Loads [...]
New to the Plum & Kankapot Creek Watersheds, through the Fox-Wolf Watershed Alliance Great Lakes Restoration Initiative program, comes a new piece of equipment for low disturbance manure applications. With all the dairy farms [...]
On October 11, 2018, Green Valley Dairy hosted a soil health field day for farmers in the area. It was extremely windy but a beautiful fall day, none the less. A group of over [...]
In 2017, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded the Fox Wolf Watershed Alliance (FWWA) a new Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) grant that will provide additional funding for agricultural conservation practices [...]
AGRICULTURE AWARD FINALIST The Lake Winnebago Quality Improvement Association (LWQIA) announces the selection of the 2018 Annual Mathias/Leseynski Water Quality Award for Fond du Lac County farm producers. In the photo from left to [...]
Soil Health Field Day-Waushara County Along the shores of Lake Poygan Thursday, September 6th, 2018 from 10am to 2pm Bruce and Sandy Lind operate a 400-acre cash grain farm along the shores of Lake [...]
THE PROBLEM The banks of Plum Creek and its tributaries, located in northern Calumet and southern Brown and Outagamie Counties, are highly susceptible to active bank slumping and erosion. Increased erosion and sedimentation within [...]
Interseeding is the method of planting a cover crop into a primary crop where the primary crop is still growing. The goal of this method is to establish cover crops earlier in the growing [...]
Wisconsin Farmers Union, in partnership with Pheasants Forever, will host Women Caring for the Land workshops around the state this summer. These events are geared toward women farmers or landowners who are interested in learning [...]
