Tag: farm
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Posted on May 5, 2014
Applications for Agricultural Conservation Easement Program Due June 6
A new farm bill program, Agricultural Conservation Easement, has just called for applications and they are DUE JUNE 6. To access more information about the […]
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Posted on April 21, 2014
Wisconsin Custom Rate Guide
The Wisconsin field office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) has released the results of its survey of Wisconsin farmers and custom applicators. The […]
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Posted on April 7, 2014
New Team Forage Site
Team Forage has just re-designed their website. The familiar favorites are still there: Focus on Forage fact sheets Graziers’ Notebook For this year, the Short […]
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Posted on April 3, 2014
Late-season weed escape survey in Wisconsin identifies a second county with a glyphosate-resistant horseweed population
Ross Recker (Graduate Research Assistant), John Buol (Undergraduate Research Assistant), and Vince Davis (Assistant Professor) Department of Agronomy, UW-Madison Glyphosate-resistant weeds continue to be a […]
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Posted on March 31, 2014
Updated 2013 WCWS Research Report
[slider id=’874′ name=’2013 WCWS Research Report’] The 2013 WCWS Research Report is now updated with nine corn and seven soybean herbicide evaluation trials. Some highlights […]
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Posted on March 25, 2014
Attention Farmers: Farm Succession Planning Survey
UW-EXTENSION FARM TRANSITION AND SUCCESSION PLANNING SURVEY Farm succession has, by many local and statewide experts, been identified as one the most urgent issue affecting […]
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Posted on March 17, 2014
The Interseeder: Adding flexibility to cover crop seeding
In Wisconsin, it is not easy to get your cover crop seeded after corn silage, corn grain, or soybean harvests. From Penn State, researchers have […]
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Posted on March 10, 2014
Rolling and Crimping Cover Crops
Under Cover Farmers is a video featuring farmers discussing how they use cover crops and specifically rolling-crimping for termination in a conventional system. The video […]
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Posted on February 18, 2014
New York Times Features Illinois Corn Farmers
Farmers in Illinois are paying attention to the growing Buy Local and farm-to-school campaigns sweeping through their communities and finding ways to diversify their farm […]
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Posted on February 17, 2014
GM crops: True or false
The introduction and continued use of genetically modified crops has sparked furious debates. The scientific journal Nature, a preeminent publication, has a series of articles […]