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- Dane Demo Farms Soil Health Winter Clinic
Wednesday, 02/05/2025 10:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Jamie Patton, the NRCS State Soil Health Coordinator, kicks off the event with a lively and inspiring overview of soil health.
Four key soil health topics will be addressed in a dynamic series of brief presentations on each subject:
- Integrating Manure
- Farmer speakers include: Ron Schoepp of Lodi, and Ben Grove of Columbus
- grazing cover crops
- accessing manure products
- manure crediting 101
- Farmer speakers include: Ron Schoepp of Lodi, and Ben Grove of Columbus
- Cover Crops
- Farmer speakers include: Tom Ripp of Black Earth, and Luke Laufenberg of Waunakee
- cover crops to meet your goals
- cover crop management and timing
- beneficial insects – Dane Elmquist, UW
- Farmer speakers include: Tom Ripp of Black Earth, and Luke Laufenberg of Waunakee
- Reducing Tillage
- Farmer speaker: Jeff Endres, Waunakee
- strip tillage
- nutrient stratification – does it matter?
- Farmer speaker: Jeff Endres, Waunakee
- Compaction
- Earth Optics Equipment – Insight FS
- controlled traffic to avoid compaction
- Central Tire Inflation Systems (CTIS)
- addressing compaction in the field
Lunch will be provided, please register by January 30th for an accurate lunch count!
#DaneDemoFarms
Location
UW-Arlington Agriculture Research Station, Public Events Building
N633 Hopkins Rd, Arlington WI 53911
Contact
Kim Meyer
608-445-1474
meyer.kim@danecounty.gov
- Integrating Manure
- Watershed-Wide Conference
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
We invite you to attend Yahara the Pride Farms’ annual Watershed-Wide Conference at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, March 5, 2025, at Comfort Inn & Suites, 5025 County Road V, DeForest. Lunch will be provided; a fish option will also be available.
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Frank Mitloehner, a professor and air quality specialist in cooperative extension with the Department of Animal Science at University of California-Davis. Mitloehner’s research and experiences have strong implications for Dane County and the future advancements of animal agriculture and mitigating climate change.
As such, he shares his knowledge and research, both domestically and abroad, with students, scientists, farmers and ranchers, policy makers, and the public at large. He is also director of the CLEAR Center, which has two cores – research and communications. The CLEAR Center brings clarity to the intersection of animal agriculture and the environment, helping our global community understand the environmental and human health impacts of livestock, so we can make informed decisions about the foods we eat and while reducing environmental impacts.
Kim Meyer, an agronomist with Dane County Land and Water Resources Department, will provide an update on the Yahara Pride Farms Cost-Share Program and Dane Demo Farms. More information to come.
To register, visit https://forms.gle/bzQeNTqxL9vDpfJVA
- Spring 2024 Newsletter
- DTN Progressive Farmer Feature
Please see the article on DTN’s Progressive Farmer website:
https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/news/article/2023/05/01/partnership-reduces-phosphorus
- Dane County Recognizes 38 Local Entities as 2023 Climate Champions
Please see the official Dane County web page for more information:
Yahara Pride Farms Phosphorus Reduction Report – 2023
Yahara WINS 2023 Annual Report
