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UW-Extension Workshop Offers Lessons on Native Pollinators
Posted on October 17, 2011A mix of casual gardeners and farmers who make a living in part through crop sales met at Tom and Mary Lou Nicholls’s Nature Education Center in Fifield to learn about native pollinators—species that could play a vital role in preserving American agriculture if honeybees continue to see their current levels of decline. (Photo: Hannah Gaines)
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Finding a cost effective, persistent legume for Wisconsin pastures (Research Brief #85)
Posted on July 14, 2011Is there a legume that establishes and yields well, persists and is cost effective? Through on-farm research, Wisconsin beef grazier Jim Munsch set out to answer this important question on his Deer Run Farm.
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Value Chain Teaching Materials
Posted on June 29, 2011The national Agriculture of the Middle initiative has produced three sets of curricular resources on value-based food supply chains for university-level business and economics courses.
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A Summary of Dairy Grazing Practices in Wisconsin
Posted on May 1, 2011Managed grazing is an effective option for dairy farmers in Wisconsin. This system, which maximizes utilization of fresh pasture and focuses on reducing production costs, has potential to improve profitability of dairy operations of all sizes. Managed grazing is size‐neutral and flexible, a practice that can be adapted to any farming system. Dairies using managed grazing average 61 milking cows but range from over 1000 milking cows to under ten.
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A Summary of Beef Grazing Practices in Wisconsin
Posted onManaged grazing is an effective option for beef producers in Wisconsin. This system, which dramatically increases yield and quality of pasture and focuses on reducing production costs, has potential to improve profitability of beef operations of all kinds.
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Fall grazing management affects burdock populations in pastures (Research Brief #84)
Posted on January 31, 2011Grazing management can affect the prevalence of burdock in pastures. According to a study by
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Wisconsin School for Beginning Market Growers
Posted on November 11, 2010Download the course brochure The Wisconsin School for Beginning Market Growers, a three-day workshop for people interested in starting a fresh market vegetable farm, will […]
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IPM Coach Course (Midwest Fruit IPM Course)
Posted on October 27, 2010This course is Part 1 of the Midwest Fruit IPM Course. It is a one-week, intensive course focusing on: Insect pests, diseases and appropriate management […]
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Summer Lectures Precede Smithsonian Exhibit in Reedsburg
Posted on September 14, 2010This summer, CIAS and the Wormfarm Institute sponsored four lectures in Reedsburg on food and farming. These lectures, which were part of the Driftless Region […]
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The Driftless Region Food and Farm Project
Posted on September 13, 2010The Driftless Region Food and Farm Project is a coalition of farmers, consumers, institutions, agencies and organizations. Together, they aspire to meet the growing demand for local food by scaling up the production, aggregation, processing, distribution and marketing of food in the Driftless Region of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois.