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Badgerland Financial Awards Scholarships to High School Grads
The Prairie du Sac-based Badgerland Financial recently awarded $1,000 scholarships to 22 graduating high school seniors who will be pursuing their interest and studies in an agriculture related field at a short course, technical school or university this fall. “These scholarship recipients exemplify the heart…
Update on High Cap Well Work
The WPVGA continues to work hard on water issues. The Water Task Force is very active and the Governmental Affairs Committee has made High Capacity Well legislation its top priority. There is still a significant backlog of high cap well permit applications at the DNR,…
Help! Afternoon Volunteers Badly Needed for FMSC Mobile Packing Event
June is upon us and with it comes our annual Feed My Starving Children Mobile Packing event. The Wisconsin Potato Growers Auxiliary are busily preparing and excited to host their second officially sponsored event. Although both morning shifts are full with volunteers, we are in…
Wisconsin Spudmobile to Roll into Walk Wisconsin Event
Walking is a great way to exercise and something the Stevens Point area encourages every year with the annual Walk Wisconsin event. This year, participants will have a new educational experience to walk into, namely, the Wisconsin Spudmobile. Wisconsin’s iconic traveling billboard will be parked…
SAFETY FOR ALL: Share Air Space Wisely
Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), more commonly referred to as drones, will inevitably play a critical role in the future of agriculture. The Wisconsin Agricultural Aviation Association (WAAA) is an association made up of Wisconsin aerial application professionals treating over one million acres of Wisconsin cropland…
Kudos to Culver’s
Wisconsin’s own Culver’s restaurants deserve kudos for their campaign to thank and support farmers. Check out their website (http://www.culvers.com/farmers/from-gratitude-to-support/) for more about their support of the National FFA Organization. Here’s a snippet from their website: Culver’s wouldn’t be what it is today without the family…
Irrigation Management in Wisconsin (A3600-01) Now Available on the Learning Store
Newly revised and available on the Learning Store: Irrigation Management in Wisconsin—The Wisconsin Irrigation Scheduling Program (WISP) (A3600-01) By Scott Sanford and John Panuska Successful irrigation management uses a combination of rainfall and applied water to conserve energy, reduce cost and protect groundwater. Most of…
UW Discovery Farms Increasing Nitrogen Use Project
The University of Wisconsin Discovery Farms program has collected two types of soil samples on over 20 farms in seven counties throughout the state. Samples will be used to understand soil health and to estimate the amount of nitrogen available for crop growth in the…
The USPB Resource Center: PowerPoint Wizard
The PowerPoint Wizard provides users an easy way to create sales presentations, utilizing data provided by the USPB. The PowerPoint Wizard is different from FreshFacts Lite in that it produces a PowerPoint template with preformatted charts and tables, instead of an Excel report. This is…
Nutrient Management Certification Offered
MADISON, Wis. — The American Society of Agronomy (ASA) and the International Certified Crop Adviser (ICCA) program announce a new specialty certification in 4R Nutrient Management Planning (NMP). Environmental and resource management concerns require farmers have access to advanced knowledge in improved water quality and…
