In September 2022, Lydell Pethke, one of our Rat River Farmer Champions, hired Buttles Custom Ag to complete a low-disturbance manure (LDM) application on 89.95 acres at a rate of 12,000 gallons/acre after harvesting [...]
On September 22nd, 2022, Dan Rieckmann, one of our Rat River Farmer Champions, hosted a field day to showcase the use of drones for cover crop planting. Dan hired American Drones to aerial seed [...]
There are a variety of agricultural soil health practices in use on Northeast Wisconsin farms that provide a water quality benefits such as cover crops, no-till/minimal-till, and low disturbance manure application. Recognizing the water [...]
Soil health is a growing interest in all areas of the state with some producers implementing soil health practices across their whole farm to just beginning with simple trials. Although there are some short [...]
Winnebago Waterways Recovery Projects Are you a partner with the Winnebago Waterways Program? Click [...]
Written by Justin Loehrke, Basin Ag Coordinator at Fox-Wolf Watershed Alliance; justin@fwwa.org Countless farmers, landowners, and hunters today work hard to support the local wildlife. Millions of dollars are spent every year on habitat [...]
Written by Eric Lind, local farmer Eric Lind is a cash grain farmer in Tustin, WI. He practices 100% no-till and cover crops. He offers some advice for other farmers who are considering trying [...]
Seats are filling up fast! You don't want to miss out on this year's Sunset on the Farm at Brickstead Dairy, LLC on August 4th from 3:00 - 8:00PM. Registration is required. Space is limited, [...]
