EMERGENCY DISPOSAL OF MILK FOR DAIRY FARMS

Emergency disposal of milk for dairy farms during the COVID-19 public health emergency.
Updated March 30, 2020

Pesticide Applicator Training and Testing amid COVID-19 Restrictions

If your pesticide certification expires January 31-May 31, 2020, DATCP is extending your certification until June 30, 2020. You can continue to operate as a certified applicator until June 30, 2020.

Wisconsin State Fair Century & Sesquicentennial Farm & Home Applications Available

The 2020 Century & Sesquicentennial Farm and Home Award applications are now available for this prestigious award given to families who have dedicated their life to Wisconsin farming for 100 or 150 years.

Blister Beetle Fact Sheet Available

Blister beetles, known as meloids to entomologists,
are insects that naturally contain a toxin, known as
cantharidin. Stored within their bodies it can cause
blistering of human skin, or the intestinal tracts of
animals that ingest blister beetles.

WI Beef Quality Assurance Certification In-Person Training

The voluntary Beef Quality Assurance Program assists in raising, feeding and harvesting high quality beef. By participating in BQA and adopting BQA production practices, you are helping to answer the call from the packers’ consumers, for safe beef raised in a humane manner.

Beef Producer Meeting

A UW-Extension Beef Cow/Calf producer meeting is being offered to producers of all sizes and the agriculture professionals who service their operations.

Supporting Farmers During Challenging Times: Meeting Tomorrow’s Feeding Challenges Today

A wetter than average spring lead to delayed planting in many areas of the state, and as a result we anticipate seeing high levels of variability in the quantity and quality of this year’s forage crops.

Joe Zimbric joins Extension in Dodge & Fond Du Lac Counties as Crops & Soils Educator

The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Division of Extension welcomes Joe Zimbric as the Crops and Soils Agricultural Educator for Dodge and Fond du Lac counties.