Soil Health Field Day at Green Valley Dairy on October 11, 2018
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 [...]
Fox Wolf Watershed Alliance adds Upper East River GLRI Project
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 [...]
LWQIA awards Fond du Lac County farmer water quality award
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 along the shores of Lake Poygan – Sept. 6th, 2018
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 [...]
Streambank Protection Projects Improving Water Quality
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 [...]
Planting Cover Crops using Interseeding Technology
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 [...]
Women Caring for the Land workshop – August 14th, 2018 in Omro
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 [...]
Women Caring for the Land workshop – July 20th, 2018 in New London
Rachel Bouressa opened up her family farm for a Women Caring for the Land workshop this past Friday, July 20th. The workshop, hosted by the Wisconsin Farmers Union, in partnership with Pheasants Forever, is part of [...]
Agricultural Conservation Practices Are Improving Water Quality
If you live in the area surrounding the Lower Fox River, or the Fox Valley as many people call it, hopefully you have heard about some of the agricultural practices that are being [...]
Water Quality Trading: Conditional Approval for Heart of the Valley MSD
The Heart of the Valley Metropolitan Sewerage District’s Waters Quality Trading Plan has received conditional approval from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR). Heart of the Valley (HOV) will utilize water quality trading [...]