What Farmers Need to Know About Payroll Tax Deferral

Information to assist farmers as they make decisions about updates to payroll tax deferral.

SWIGG Study Update – Well sampling completed; analysis still ongoing

The Southwest Wisconsin Groundwater and Geology Study (SWIGG) of Grant, Iowa, and Lafayette Counties completed its fourth and final round of private well sampling to identify fecal sources of contamination. The study began in late 2018 to assess private well water quality in southwest Wisconsin and determine probable sources of any contamination found.

Extension launches new podcast about new and alternative crops

Agricultural diversification is a hot topic right now. The Cutting Edge: A Podcast in Search of New Crops for Wisconsin focuses on a single crop by interviewing researchers, growers, and movers and shakers behind each crop. Current episodes include information about hazelnuts, hops, industrial hemp, Kernza, malting barley, and prairie STRIPS.

National Farm Safety & Health Week 2020: Every Farmer Counts

National Farm Safety and Health Week is September 20-26, 2020 with a theme of “Every Farmer Counts.” We understood this clearly in early 2020 as we began to see lines at grocery stores and occasional shortages of food and other supplies as a result of challenges to our agricultural, food, manufacturing and distribution supply chains. We also witnessed the impact unique workplace health exposures had among migrant, immigrant, and other workers on farms and in related food and meat processing facilities and how illness connected to workplace exposure could affect all of us!

Extension statement on shooting of Jacob Blake

The UW-Madison Division of Extension is deeply saddened about the senseless violence directed toward Jacob Blake and his family in Kenosha this past weekend. This is another display of unnecessary police force that makes our communities less safe. This is yet another preventable action that undermines the connectedness and cohesiveness of our communities. Extension strongly […]

Harvest of Hope – Resource for Wisconsin Farmers in Need of a Helping Hand

Farming has always been an unpredictable venture and not for the faint of heart. A series of events beginning in 2015 has put some farmers in precarious financial positions. The Harvest of Hope provides financial help and hope to Wisconsin farm families to help address common farm financial problems

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UW-Madison Division of Extension receives $500,000 grant to address opioid issues

The funding will allow Extension Educators to develop and disseminate training and technical assistance for rural communities to address opioid issues.

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Acompañenos el 24 y 31 de agosto para aprender mas sobre licencias, normas para una instalación de producción de alimentos, y planes de seguridad con los alimentos.

La Division of Extension de University of Wisconsin-Madison organizará reuniones interactivas por Zoom en español para iniciar una serie sobre el tema de la seguridad con los alimentos durante COVID-19 y los requisitos de procesamiento/fabricación y licencias para emprendedores de negocios de alimentos en pequeña escala en Wisconsin.

Extension grant focuses on culturally responsive leadership skills for tribal communities

Researchers, faculty, and staff from the UW-Madison Division of Extension will use a new grant to facilitate and develop a tribal-focused leadership skills program built on indigenous teachings and informed by tribal communities. The Tribes Lead! program, which recently was named as an Extension Innovative Funding awardee, will develop leadership programs in the Lac du […]

Innovative Extension projects focus on culturally responsive programming, emerging issues

Keeping an eye on practical research to benefit communities across Wisconsin, the UW-Madison Division of Extension recently awarded 19 projects with funding to expand culturally responsive programming, respond to emerging issues, and pilot innovative ways to use University research. Extension’s competitive Innovation Funding series awarded more than $200,000 to 19 projects that span all of […]