Soil Health Field Day – August 16th, 2017
When: Wednesday, August 16th, 2017 from 9:00am to 12:00pm Where: Munsil Williams Family Farm 1211 Williams Ave, Pickett, WI Hosted by: Walt, Patricia, and Eric Whiting CLICK HERE for the event flyer Topics: [...]
Find out if you are eligible for the Winnebago County “Soil Health Challenge”
Soil Health Challenge Winnebago County Land and Water Conservation Department (LWCD) is currently accepting applications for the "Soil Health Challenge" (A Soil Health Demonstration Farm Program) APPLICATION DEADLINE IS AUGUST 31, 2017!! The Winnebago [...]
Corn Cultivator + AirSeeder = Cover Crop Jumpstart
To build on successes with air seeding cover crops while making a fall tillage pass, The Nature Conservancy (TNC) partnered with Outagamie and Brown Counties to mount the air seeder on a 12-row corn [...]
Lower Fox Demonstration Farms Network – Project Updates
The Lower Fox Demonstration Farms Network has been busy in the agricultural conservation arena this spring. The network reports the following agricultural conservation efforts: The ZRX Roller/Crimper was used to plant [...]
Plum Creek Sediment Budget Study
Soil sample being collected from eroded streambank. Plum Creek is part of the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) and watershed management plan for total phosphorus (TP) and total suspended solids (TSS) in [...]
Fox Demo Farms – Facebook Update
Check out the update below from Fox Demo Farms Network field day which was held recently. The post is taken directly from the Fox Demo Farms Facebook page:
Crop Rotation Systems for Soil Erosion Reductions & Increased Water Quality
May 9, 2017 RSS New Study Shows Diversified Crop Rotation System Could Be Adopted Widely Across Corn Belt And Increase Corn-Soy Yields While Slashing Soil Erosion and Water Pollution Farmers Could See Soil Erosion [...]
Pipe Creek Watershed Project
The Pipe Creek Watershed is the northern most watershed that drains to Lake Winnebago in Fond du Lac County. See map below. Like many of the tributaries along the east shore of Lake Winnebago, [...]