Workshops for farms, food entrepreneurs looking to grow their businesses

Extension’s Community Food Systems Program is providing no-cost virtual workshops for food entrepreneurs 10-11:15 a.m. every Monday from March 7 to April 4. The session will cover topics such as: social media marketing best practices in personnel management aggregation and distribution culturally rooted food business development, and business development tools March 7:Kristin Runge, Community Development […]

Cocktail forage mixes, managing heifer maturity and the randomness of repro will be highlight in Extension’s Badger Dairy Insight webinars

Join the University of Wisconsin-Madison – Division of Extension’s Dairy Program bi-weekly on Tuesdays from 1 to 2:30 p.m. CST for the Badger Dairy Insight webinar series. Local Extension Dairy Program Educators and UW Specialists will present – and lead discussions – on current dairy topics.

Extension Farm Management Friday webinars will address transition planning

Having intentional conversations around farm succession and developing future plans for the farm provides a better chance of transition success. University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension is hosting webinars that will highlight Extension resources available to assist in transition discussions and planning.

How do the media portray soil conservation? Check out the results of an analysis of 68,401 news stories!

The adoption of soil conservation practices by farmers offers the potential to greatly improve soil health and water quality in Wisconsin and beyond. Farmers learn about these practices from many sources, including agricultural media outlets, which constitute one of the main channels farmers use to learn about methods to help conserve Wisconsin’s fertile agricultural soils […]

Optimizing value of dairy beef cross cattle from birth to harvest webinar series to be held by UW-Madison Extension

University of Wisconsin-Madison Extension will be hosting a webinar series in March to present information on practices that can help optimize the value of dairy beef cross animals. The workshops are slated for March 8 and March 22, 2022 with two discussion sessions each day.

Karl Green Named as New Program Manager for Local Government Education

This month, Karl Green becomes Extension’s Local Government Education Program Manager. In this new role, Karl will work with local elected officials, Extension educators, and partnering local government institutions such as the Wisconsin Towns Association, the Wisconsin League of Municipalities, and the Wisconsin Counties Association to improve local government operations and their services. Prior to […]

Extension’s Small Ruminant webinars will provide insight on mineral nutrition and parasite management

Join University of Wisconsin-Madison Extension’s Livestock Program monthly on the second Tuesday of the month from 7:30 to 8:30 pm CST for the Small Ruminant Webinar (SRW) series.

Extension Farm Management Friday webinars provide tips to building and strengthening farm employee engagement

Motivated and engaged employees are key to the success of a business. University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension is hosting webinars that will focus on implementing strategies that encourage employees to understand how their job relates to the overall success and importance of the business.

Badger Dairy Insight webinar focuses on silage quality – from pricing to feed behavior

Join Badger Dairy Insight February webinar for discussions about silage. When corn silage sells, the grower and dairy producer each assign values based on different goals. Both like the agreement to be simple and understandable. Have we based these agreements too much on the grain value in the past? Where does fiber digestibility fit into value calculations?

New Extension Program Supports Rural Entrepreneurship

Rural entrepreneurship in Wisconsin and Minnesota will get a boost from a newly created program in the Extension programs at the states’ land grant universities. The rural entrepreneurship program was announced this week by University of Wisconsin-Madison Extension Dean & Director Karl Martin and University of Minnesota Extension Dean Beverly Durgan. Two farm credit associations […]