An Eroding Landscape: Coon Creek and Our Waters
Coon Creek erosion - Photo: NRCS By 1930, landowners and farmers in southwest Wisconsin's Coon Creek watershed were ready for a change. Enticing wheat prices in the mid to late 1800s had [...]
Cow College 2019 – Day 1
The Mammary Gland and the Transition Period UW-Extension, and more specifically the Dairy Team, are hosting the 2019 Cow College at the Fox Valley Technical College Regional Center in Clintonville, WI. A three-day course over the [...]
Coming Soon…DATCP’s updated Wisconsin’s Runoff Risk Advisory Tool
The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) recently sent out a PRESS RELEASE regarding a new, updated version of the Wisconsin Runoff Risk Advisory Tool. This tool was developed to give [...]
Join Us on January 24th! 4th Annual Farmer’s Roundtable Event
The Alliance for the Great Lakes, along with a number of project partners, including the Fox-Wolf Watershed Alliance, will be hosting the 4th Annual Farmers Roundtable Event on January 24, 2019. See below for [...]
SnapPlus Training, Shawano County, December 11th, 2018
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 [...]
No-Till? Yes, Please.
Freshly cut hay on the author's Wisconsin farm We are America’s dairy land. One of the first things to come to mind when people think of Wisconsin is a rolling pastoral landscape, [...]
UW Discovery Farms – 7th Annual Conference
Register today for the 7th Annual UW Discovery Farms Conference set to be held on December 12, 2018, at the Glacier Canyon Convention Center in Wisconsin Dells, WI. Farmers, crop consultants, agency personnel [...]
NEW Low Disturbance Manure Injector
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 [...]
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 [...]
Edge of Field Treatment Wetland – a Pilot Project to Improve Water Quality in Green Bay
This treatment wetland, on the edge of a farm field near Kaukauna, WI, was constructed in 2017 in an effort to reduce sediment and phosphorus from entering West Plum Creek. [...]