The UW-Madison Division of Extension is launching a new grant series to prompt collaborations across Campus in Extension’s focus areas including health and wellness, natural resources, agriculture, and youth, family, and community development. The Wisconsin Idea Collaboration Grant provides funding in amounts of $10,000-$60,000 for faculty and staff who have not historically received recurring, annual […]
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The new Agriculture Water Quality Program will be created within Extension’s Agriculture Institute. It will centralize and build on the research, knowledge, and experience of faculty and staff in Extension who have been working on this issue.
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Farm safety efforts do yield results. Not only do you reduce risk for yourself and others, the efforts can also pay big dividends in terms of your happiness, productivity and satisfaction of a job well done and a life well lived.
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The University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension’s Badger Crop Connect, is finishing up the 2021 growing season with several webinars in September and October. This series provides agronomists, crop consultants and farmers timely crop updates for Wisconsin during the growing season.
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A virtual webinar series focused on nitrate in Wisconsin will touch on the science and economics around a number of workable approaches for farmers shown to minimize nitrogen losses to groundwater.
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The American Academy of Pediatrics and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommend everyone 12 years and older get the COVID-19 vaccination to protect against COVID-19. Children ages 12-17 are eligible to get the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. Only 32.7% of 12–15-year-olds and 42% of 16-17-year-olds have received a first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine […]
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Addressing racial inequities via education, parenting, and outreach along with elevating all voices in communities are focuses of new UW–Madison Division of Extension projects recently awarded funding for 2021 and beyond. The projects are part of an annual Innovation Funding series to advance projects designed by Extension staff and faculty to further community outreach. The […]
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Learn the latest in agronomic research being conducted by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers at the 2021 Agronomy and Soils Field Day hosted by UW-Madison Departments of Agronomy and Soil Science in collaboration with the Arlington Agricultural Research Station on Aug. 25, 2021.
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The Wisconsin Association of County Agricultural Agents (WACAA) recently recognized several members during their annual awards and recognition program.
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