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Badger Crop Connect topics for August webinars announced

Agronomists, crop consultants and farmers can get timely crop updates from University of Wisconsin-Madison Extension experts by joining bi-weekly Badger Crop Connect webinars.

Learn tips for gaining an edge in marketing commodity grains at Extension webinar

Given the current climate of the market, it is important for grain producers to gain more control over the sale of their season’s work. University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension with host a webinar on post-harvest grain storage on Aug. 11, 2020 at 9 a.m.

Virtual Edible Startup Summit

Save the date and join us for training to launch your food business.

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Free webinar for food entrepreneurs will highlight food safety and licensing requirements

Join us for a free webinar where we will discuss food processing/manufacturing and licensing requirements for small scale food entrepreneurs in Wisconsin.

Call to Action: Extension’s strategic commitment to inclusivity and anti-racism work

Researchers, educators, faculty, and staff of the UW-Madison Division of Extension are part of a nationwide land-grant Extension service that makes up the largest corps of community-based educators and researchers across Tribal Nations, the U.S. and its associated territories. It is imperative for Extension to play an even more active role in redressing historical disparities, […]

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Study Invites Nonprofits to Share Impact of COVID-19

Research partners across the UW-System are currently studying the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting quarantine measures on nonprofit organizations throughout the state. The first survey was conducted in April and the second is currently open for responses. As Extension responds to the evolving needs of local nonprofits during the COVID-19 outbreak, survey […]

Despite field day cancellations, many UW–Madison resources available to support farmers

To protect public health during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, many of the annual field days that are typically held at the college’s Agricultural Research Stations during the summer are cancelled.

‘Dairy Brain’ project asks farmers to help create smarter dairies

Dairy Brain, is a UW-Madison project to integrate dairy data to help farmers make useful, real-time decisions.

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Updated resource provides tools for understanding food security

The Wisconsin Food Security Project is an interactive data and mapping portal featuring county and subcounty data related to food security in Wisconsin. It supports stakeholder groups in identifying long-standing as well as newly emerging risk factors that impact food security in their communities.

Wisconsin Agricultural Land Prices Report indicate Wisconsin land values remain strong

Over the last 5 years, Wisconsin land values remained strong despite difficult economic conditions and substantial losses in the number of dairy farms, according to a report from University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension.