Farmland to Shoreland Field Day – July 24th, 2021
On July 14th, 2021, the Farmland to Shoreland Field Day was held in Shawano County. We had 33 people in attendance at the field day to learn about interseeding and grazing. This field day was [...]
Pheasants Forever Hires Precision Ag and Conservation Specialist in Southern Wisconsin
Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever have expanded their working lands initiative in Wisconsin with the hiring of Josh Bendorf as a Precision Ag and Conservation Specialist (PACS) based in southeast Wisconsin. Bendorf is Wisconsin’s [...]
Fox-Wolf Soil Health Project in Pipe Creek Watershed – Fond du Lac County
Pipe Farmers - Project Background Lake Winnebago drains over 5,900 square miles of land from the Upper Fox and Wolf River Basins. The surface water runoff that comes from that huge area of [...]
Agriculture
Building Soil Health One field At a Time Farming methods listed below are examples of best management practices that can improve soil health and reduce soil erosion. Benefits of soil health practices [...]
The Connecting Our Waters program is wrapping up
The Connecting Our Waters Program is wrapping up in June. We wanted to thank everyone for following along with us the past three years and we were so glad to bring Fox-Wolf further up [...]
Soil Health in Progress – Pipe Creek Watershed Project Updates
Pipe Creek - What's happening: Zach Laughlin, Watershed Coordinator with Fond du Lac County, provided an update about our farmers from the Pipe Creek Watershed project. Dave Simon of Prairie Rock Farms: With the [...]
Upper Fox-Wolf Demo Farm Network receives new interseeder to plant cover crops
Article submitted by Derrick J. Raspor, Soil Conservationist, Waupaca County The Upper Fox-Wolf Demonstration Farm Network will soon have a new interseeding unit that will be used to plant cover crops in between the [...]
Using satellites and windshield surveys to track conservation within the Fox-Wolf Basin
An innovative way to track water quality improvements is being explored by a team in the Fox-Wolf River Basin. Using satellite imagery in combination with in-person field verification, the team is working to track [...]
Farm Perseveres Through Uncertainty – Conservation Helps Heal Landscape
Learn more about the Upper Fox Demonstration Farm Network: CLICK HERE Article submitted by Maranda Miller, UW-Extension NRE Program, maranda.miller@wisc.edu
Waushara County – Nutrient Management Implementation to begin in 2021
Article submitted by Todd Wahler, Waushara County Land Conservation and Zoning Since 2008 the State of Wisconsin Administrative Rule NR 151.07 – State wide Agricultural Performance Standards has required all crop producers that apply commercial fertilizer [...]