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Wisconsin Colleges Pay Family Farmers a Fair Price for Quality Food
Posted on July 1, 2000Now more than ever, farmers are looking for new markets and customers who will pay a fair price for their products. Dining services at four […]
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Management Tool Helps Farmers Convert Pastures to Profits
Posted on June 1, 2000Stocker production can help farmers convert pastures to profits, particularly if they have a surplus of grass but not a lot of facilities. Managing pasture, […]
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Pest-Free Apples…Naturally!
Posted onOrchardist Dale Secher speaks for many of Wisconsin’s fruit growers when he says that he cares about his customers as much as his bottom line. […]
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Five Named to Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems Council
Posted on April 1, 2000The UW-Madison Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems announced the appointment of five new members to its Citizens Advisory Council. These Council members will help set […]
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Are Alternative Agricultural Markets Right for You?
Posted on February 1, 2000The year 2000 began with some of the lowest commodity prices we’ve seen in decades. These depressed prices are making for difficult times in Wisconsin […]
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Dairy grazing can provide good financial return (Research Brief #50)
Posted on January 4, 2000An ongoing financial study of farms that use management intensive rotational grazing (MIRG) shows that generation of income is the main factor separating the farms […]
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Wisconsin grazing networks: a status report (Research Brief #49)
Posted on January 3, 2000Grazing networks have played an important role in the adoption of grass farming in Wisconsin. A grazing network is a group of people, usually within […]
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Echineacea as a tobacco crop alternative (Research Brief #48)
Posted on January 2, 2000Many Wisconsin tobacco farmers are looking for alternative crops following the ongoing reductions in tobacco allotments and tobacco markets. Allotment reductions mean lower production levels […]
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Annual ryegrass trial shows limits, promise (Research Brief #47)
Posted on January 1, 2000Late maturing varieties of annual (Italian) ryegrass hold some potential for pastures in a management intensive rotational grazing (MIRG) system. However, in a 1997-98 on-farm […]
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The Wisconsin Foodshed
Posted onFrom 1997-2000, CIAS published a newsletter for people working to create sustainable food systems. The Wisconsin Foodshed was conceived as a forum where activists, researchers, […]