Check out the Upper Fox Wolf Demo Farm Network's live weather station data: CLICK HERE Farmers may find the information useful to determine local (near Omro) soil temps and moisture for their planting timing. [...]
Dave Simon no-till planting corn into a rye cover crop in 2021. Article submitted by Zach Laughlin, Fond du Lac County LWCD Dave’s roller crimper in a shed [...]
Article provided by Winnebago County LWCD. Written by Sheila Smith, Agronomist The Winnebago County Soil Health Challenge (SHC) is a program sponsored by the Winnebago County Water Quality Improvement Program (WQIP). The SHC is [...]
Partnerships Key to Winnebago County Resident's Success Background Eric Jones owns a 160‐acre forest in Winnebago County that his family acquired in the mid‐1970s. At that time, they planted around 90,000 trees. After a [...]
After a virtual year, the Lower Fox Farmer Roundtable returned in-person on February 17 at Van Abel's of Hollandtown. Over 100 farmers, land owners, and conservation staff registered for this year's "Economics of Carbon" [...]
Demonstration farms test and showcase a variety of soil health and other conservation farming practices including technologies, equipment, and techniques used to reduce sediment and phosphorus loss. These farms are often part of a [...]
Article written by Melanie Kalmerton, Fond du Lac County Land & Water Spring is an exceptionally busy time of year on the farm. For farmers who plant cover crops that survive the winter and [...]
Dave Simon (Prairie Rock Farms) and Chad Tasch (Tasch’s Custom LLC) were introduced to readers in the Basin Buzz this past summer as the Pipe Creek Farmer Champions. Working with the Fox-Wolf Watershed Alliance [...]
Rat River Watershed Soil Health - Project Background The Winnebago Lakes drain over 5,900 square miles of land from the Upper Fox and Wolf River Basins. The surface water runoff that comes from [...]
The Fox-Wolf Watershed Alliance aims to improve water quality by partnering with Winnebago County Land & Water Conservation Department (LWCD) and local farmers in the Rat River Watershed on soil health.Fox-Wolf Watershed Alliance announced today [...]
