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Business culture influences farm success during challenging times

Today’s challenging business environment requires organizations to grow a healthy business culture in order to be successful. While culture may not be something talked about on the farm, your organization’s culture speaks loudly of your business.  Explore how business culture influences success on farms during challenging times.

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Wisconsin’s most impressive garden dwellers

Hummingbirds are back in Wisconsin after their journey south for the winter and will be here through the end of September, according to Jamie Nack, Extension senior wildlife outreach specialist in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology. She offers tips for attracting hummingbirds to home gardens. She offers tips to attracting them to home gardens.

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Responding to stress: connecting rural communities with resources to recognize and manage stress

Ongoing economic conditions in agriculture are taking a toll on farm families and their rural communities. Extension resources help farmers, families, businesses and communities remain resilient by learning how to manage stress by recognizing and working to positively address, not avoid, the causes of stress. Resources include planning tools to make sound decisions and create a road-map for the future.

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