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Hey 4-H dairy project members, it's time to start earning points toward Outstanding Exhibitor! Join us on April 2 at Synergy Family Dairy. If you'd like to attend, please register by March 31 at the link below:
https://uwmadison.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0Vaadsulngjig06
Today we’re holding the second of two Manure Applicators 101 training at the Kewaunee County Fairgrounds. Extension staff Kevin Erb and Aerica Bjurstrom, Sheriff Matt Joski, and Travis Engels from Kewaunee County Land & Water Conservation Department presented to the 60 attendees this week.
"Data is only useful if you do something with it, and a lot of data gets generated and people don't use it...It's something you need for a well-run operation."
Watch the newest Five Minute Farm Focus featuring Dan Diederich of Diederich Farm LLC. Dan discusses how he uses data on his Brown County dairy farm to improve herd health.
We’re holding Manure Applicator’s Training today. We’ll hold a second session at the Kewaunee County Fairgrounds on Thursday, March 10 at 12:30 PM. If you’d like to register, visit https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1mvF9RGmt-2IRa896TFoNst_rJkSPuqi3H6x4XE8S1AU/viewform?edit_requested=true
Kewaunee County sites hosting this meeting are unique because not only do participants hear from UW-Madison Division of Extension staff, they also hear from participating county agencies, Kewaunee County Sheriff's Department and Kewaunee County Land & Water Conservation Department.
Manure Applicator 101 training is back in person! Join us at one of three local meetings, March 7 at 12:30 PM at the Kewaunee County Fairgrounds, March 7 at 6 PM at the Brown County STEM Center (UW-Green Bay), and March 10 at 12:30 PM at the Kewaunee County Fairgrounds. Kewaunee County sites will include updates from Kewaunee County Land & Water Conservation Department and the Kewaunee County Sheriff's Department.
Visit http://go.wisc.edu/482h87 to register
This little lady at Ebert Enterprises is pretty sure it’s Tongue out Tuesday! Many Jersey cattle exhibit the quirky habit of rolling their tongues. She certainly lives up to her breed characteristics! Happy Tuesday, everyone!
We're deep into winter. Hear how Stacy Jauquet at Jauquet's Hillview Dairy, LLC of Luxemburg keeps her babies healthy and thriving in winter.
"Our goal here is to have a zero percent death loss. We've accomplished that for the last three years. I believe we accomplished that by staying very clean in our maternity, outside in our hutches, washing everything from our calf hutches to our feeding equipment repeatedly, and just having a good sanitation program." -Stacy Jauquet, Jauquet's Hillview Dairy, LLC
Manure Applicator 101 training is back in person! Join us at one of three local meetings, March 7 at 12:30 PM at the Kewaunee County Fairgrounds, March 7 at 6 PM at the Brown County STEM Center (UW-Green Bay), and March 10 at 12:30 PM at the Kewaunee County Fairgrounds. Kewaunee County sites will include updates from Kewaunee County Land & Water Conservation Department and the Kewaunee County Sheriff's Department.
Visit http://go.wisc.edu/482h87 to register
Beverly Hampton Phifer, Stakeholder Relations Manager with National Dairy FARM Program joins us at this year's University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension Agriculture Dairy & Beef Well-Being Conference!
Beverly will be presenting on Key Learnings in FARM Animal Care.
The event will be held at the Farm Wisconsin Discovery Center in Manitowoc, and will be offering a variety of topics focusing on the health and well-being of your herd. Veterinary, Beef Quality Assurance, and ARPAS CEUs will be offered. For more information, visit https://bit.ly/AnimalWellbeing2022
UW-Madison Extension Implements Regional Agriculture Staffing Strategy in Northeast Wisconsin Counties
The University of Wisconsin-Division of Extension Agriculture Institute is moving to a structure of having regional educators across the state. Northeast Wisconsin is one of the first regions to implement this staffing strategy. Counties involved in this transition include Brown, Door, and Kewaunee Counties. Regional educators will provide research-based education to dairy, and crop producers by assessing the needs of farmers across their region and designing and delivering educational programming and services to meet these needs.
Read more here: https://fyi.extension.wisc.edu/kewauneeag/2022/02/08/extension-implements-regional-agriculture-staffing-strategy/
Come join our team!
Come and join our vibrant 4-H program in Kewaunee County. We're hiring for a full-time 4-H Program Educator, which is part of the UW-Madison Division of Extension. Click the link to read the job description and how to apply. Deadline to apply is February 17.
https://jobs.hr.wisc.edu/en-us/job/512242/4h-program-educator-kewaunee-county
Do you have five minutes? You could learn something new! Check out the link where Millaine Wells WFRV chats with Extension Kewaunee County Agriculture Program's Aerica Bjurstrom about the series of videos called the Farm Minute Farm Focus. The videos are a series focused on the health and well-being of the dairy herd.
(WFRV) – A new video series from Kewaunee County Division of Extension, offers targeted learning opportunities for farmers on the go. Each segment is recorded at a local farm, considered to h…
One week left to apply for the Kewaunee County Farm Technology Days Second Half Scholarship!!! ONE WEEK! Applications are due January 31.
It's that time of year again, scholarship season! Now is the time to apply for the Kewaunee County Farm Technology Days 2017 Second Half Scholarship! Applications are being accepted through the end of January, so now is the time to submit your application. The scholarship is open to all students/all majors in the second half of their tech school, undergrad, or post-graduate schooling. You or a relative must have volunteered in the planning or carrying out of the 2017 Farm Tech Days show. See the application below:
https://kewaunee.extension.wisc.edu/files/2020/11/Second-Half-Scholarship-Kewaunee-County-Farm-Technology-Days-2017-fillable-PDF.pdf
Need help in understanding the updates on the program and how you can utilize the changes? Join us on January 12th, virtually, to learn more from University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension Agriculture Dairy Policy Specialist & Center for Dairy Profitability Director Mark Stephenson what a producer needs to know for the 2022 DMC sign-up and changes to DMC program that could affect current and previous years coverage of the program.
Register today at https://go.wisc.edu/g817iq!
The UW-Madison Extension Dairy Program is kicking off the first of six Badger Dairy Insight webinars. The webinars feature a variety of topics covering data management, herd health and wellbeing, dairy nutrition, heifer management, calf care, and reproduction. Speakers include top dairy Extension specialists from UW-Madison and UW-River Falls. See you there!
University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension Agriculture Badger Dairy Insight Webinar Series is back!
Kicking off the new year is "Animal Care Starts With the Calf", January 11, 2022, 1:00 pm. The webinar will feature UW-Madison Animal and Dairy Science & University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension Dairy Wellbeing Specialist Jennifer Van Os and University of Wisconsin-River Falls Professor Sylvia Kehoe!
Register today at http://go.wisc.edu/frr2021!
Dairy farmers are finishing up a generally stable year of milk prices, but 2022 is posing a variety of uncertain challenges and opportunities. Luxemburg dairy farmer Dave Jauquet explains what he expects in the upcoming year in the story below.
Wisconsin farmers preparing to pay more in 2022.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension brings back the Badger Dairy Insight Webinar Series in 2022!
Providing the latest research and updates related to animal welfare, nutrition, data management, heifer management, and reproduction, the Badger Dairy Insight will help you improve production, profitability, and efficiency while maintain animal well-being.
Six webinars are set starting January 11th and then offered every other Tuesday at 1 pm. Don't delay, register today at http://go.wisc.edu/frr2021!
Ebert Enterprises has seen a lot of changes over the years. Learn more about how this family farm has diversified into many sectors of the food industry and has a tremendous group of employees that help make it happen.
Slideshow: The Ebert family adds beef, a meat market, a restaurant and a beef harvest facility to their Wisconsin dairy operation.
"Our breeding strategy is improving the longevity of our herd. We're trying to breed a healthier cow, a cow that's going to last a long time, she's going to get pregnant easily, and have multiple lactations. And she's going to do that stress-free."
Watch the newest Five Minute Farm Focus video "Using genetics to improve herd health" featuring Jacob Brey, from Brey Cycle Farm LLC in Sturgeon Bay.
It's that time of year again, scholarship season! Now is the time to apply for the Kewaunee County Farm Technology Days 2017 Second Half Scholarship! Applications are being accepted through the end of January, so now is the time to submit your application. The scholarship is open to all students/all majors in the second half of their tech school, undergrad, or post-graduate schooling. You or a relative must have volunteered in the planning or carrying out of the 2017 Farm Tech Days show. See the application below:
https://kewaunee.extension.wisc.edu/files/2020/11/Second-Half-Scholarship-Kewaunee-County-Farm-Technology-Days-2017-fillable-PDF.pdf
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In-person training for Kewaunee County farmers:
Date/Time: December 1, 5:30pm
Location: Kewaunee County Fairgrounds, Luxemburg
Register by calling 920-388-7141.
Thanks to the Kewaunee County 4-H dairy project members who helped hand out dairy treats with the Kewaunee County Dairy Promotion Committee on Friday night at the holiday parade!
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With the Wisconsin gun deer hunting season right around the corner, keep in mind where you can safely dispose of carcasses.
Carcass movement, processing and disposal The movement of dead or alive CWD positive deer, moose, elk or reindeer/caribou (natural or human-assisted) is a key pathway in the spread of CWD. The infectious nature of the CWD prion contributes to an increased risk of introduction and spread of CWD if de...
The North American International Livestock Exhibition is running in Louisville, KY through the end of the week and some familiar local faces have been in the rings exhibiting their animals. In the dairy show, Megan Moede and Katie Ledvina exhibited their Jersey heifer. In the beef show, Marie Prodell exhibited her Polled Hereford heifer. And in the sheep show, Savannah and Wyatt Bailey exhibited their Suffolk sheep. Congratulations to all the local exhibitors!
Dairy project youth exhibitors! Do you want to earn a point towards Outstanding Dairy Exhibitor or the Glenway Breitlow Young Member Award? Kewaunee County Dairy Promotion Committee
needs help handing out cheese at the Holiday Parade on Friday, November 19.
Meet at the Dairy Promotion trailer at 5:45 pm in the Kewaunee Elementary School parking lot. Dress warm and wear comfortable boots/shoes.
Please RSVP know by Thursday, November 18 if you plan to participate so the dairy promotion coordinator knows who to expect.
Call the Extension Office at 920-388-7138 to let us know you want to help!
Dairy project youth exhibitors! Do you want to earn a point towards Outstanding Dairy Exhibitor or the Glenway Breitlow Young Member Award? Kewaunee County Dairy Promotion Committee
needs help handing out cheese at the Holiday Parade on Friday, November 19.
Meet at the Dairy Promotion trailer at 5:45 pm in the Kewaunee Elementary School parking lot. Dress warm and wear comfortable boots/shoes.
Please RSVP know by Thursday, November 18 if you plan to participate so the dairy promotion coordinator knows who to expect.
Call the Extension Office at 920-388-7138 to let us know you want to help!
Manure management is a priority for dairy farmers. Learn how Dennis and Shari Christoph of Luxemburg manage their herd's manure and how they feel it improves herd health.
World Dairy Expo was back after being canceled in 2020. The show draws trade show exhibitors and attendees from around the globe. Included in the event are cattle shows of some of the best cattle from the US and Canada. Local exhibitors were Brent, Kari, Lane, and Karter Kinnard (Ayrshire), Matthew, Wesley, Winston, and Chaz Boeder (Ayrshire and Milking Shorthorn), Evan, Alexa, and Rosella Brey (Junior Holstein), Chloe Kinnard (Junior Holstein and Jersey), Megan Moede (Jersey), Katie Ledvina (Jersey), Nolan Lambrecht (Brown Swiss), Jace and Jolin Dolphin (Guernsey), Mikayla Knorn (Guernsey), and Jeremy Schlies (Red & White). In addition to the cattle show, youth can participate in a variety of competitions such as fitting and showmanship. Many of the youth exhibitors listed above participated in showmanship also including Sami and Jacob Treml. Congratulations to all the exhibitors! If you exhibited or attended World Dairy Expo, feel free to drop your pictures in the comments!
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Just beat the weather this morning and got the last sample as it started to rain. Here’s a short explanation on how a PEAQ (predictive equations for alfalfa quality) stick reading is taken to determine Relative Feed Value. Check back later today to find out if the PEAQ reading matches up with the NIR analysis. As always, thank you to our sponsors, Dairyland Veterinary Service, Rio Creek Feed Mill, Inc., Tisch Mills Farm Center, Koss Ag LLC, Cp Feeds LLC, and GreenStone Farm Credit Services. Thank you to our host farms Reckelberg Homestead, Augustian Farms LLC, Brey Cycle Farm LLC, and Cornette Dairy, LLC!
Today’s alfalfa scissor clips update from the field! Stay tuned for analysis results this afternoon. The warm weather brought excellent growth in the fields with over an inch of growth per day in all the sample fields. Thanks to our sponsors Koss Ag, LLC, Cp Feeds LLC, Dairyland Veterinary Service, Tisch Mills Farm Center, GreenStone Farm Credit Services, and Rio Creek Feed Mill, Inc. Thank you also to our host sites, Brey Cycle Farm LLC, Cornette Dairy, LLC, Augustian Farms LLC, and Reckelberg Homestead!
Alfalfa Scissor Clips fields are coming along nicely with the warmer temperatures and sun! Stay tuned for analysis results later today. Thanks again to our host farms Brey Cycle Farm LLC, Augustian Farms LLC, Cornette Dairy, LLC, and Reckelberg Homestead. Thank you to our sponsors, Rio Creek Feed Mill, Inc., Cp Feeds LLC, GreenStone Farm Credit Services, Dairyland Veterinary Service, Koss Ag, and Tisch Mills Farm Center! This field grew four inches since Monday, any guesses as to how tall is will be on Tuesday?
Aerica is out getting alfalfa scissor clips samples today. While it’s nowhere near time to harvest, it’s good to establish a baseline! Rainfall reports from the last 24-30 hours are 4-7 inches! Thank you host farms Cornette Dairy, LLC, Brey Cycle Farm LLC, Augustian Farms LLC, and Reckelberg Homestead for making your fields available for the project! Also a big thank you to our sponsors Dairyland Veterinary Service, Tisch Mills Farm Center, Rio Creek Feed Mill, Inc., Koss Ag, GreenStone Farm Credit Services, and Cp Feeds LLC!
Congratulations Michael Moede and Megan Moede from Algoma for having an incredible day at World Dairy Expo! Mead Manor Def Adeline-Red took home a truck load of awards in the International Red & White Show! She placed 1st of 16 in the Junior 3 year old class (open and junior), 1st Bred & Owned (open and junior), and best udder. She later went on to be named Intermediate Champion of the Junior Show, Champion Bred & Owned of the the Open and Junior Shows, and finally was named Champion of the Red & White Junior Show. Michael and Adeline will walk the colored shavings one more time tomorrow to compete for Supreme Champion of the Junior Show. Good luck!
Kewaunee and Door County Corn Dry down is complete. Check out the video of how we process and collect a sample for testing, we did this 109 times! Thank you to the crews from Rio Creek Feed Mill and Door County Co-Op who provided extra helpers to make the events a success. A special thank you to our sponsors Clark Riemer Seeds, Cp Feeds LLCDairyland Veterinary Service, Door County Cooperative, GreenStone Farm Credit Services, Rio Creek Feed Mill, Inc., and United Cooperative. Results can be found at https://fyi.extension.wisc.edu/kewauneeag/2019/09/23/2019-corn-dry-down-results/
We’re holding a corn dry down at Rio Creek Feed Mill in Luxemburg today until noon. Bring your samples in for results within minutes. Enjoy some hotdogs and snacks provided by RCFM!
Wow! Congratulations Megan Moede of Algoma for exhibiting the Supreme Champion Cow at the Wisconsin State Fair and Grand Champion Bred & Owned Cow! This is the second year in a row Mead Manor Defiant Adaline - Red has been named Supreme Champion Cow and Bred & Owned Cow at the state fair. Way to go Megan!
Congraulations Megan Moede from Algoma for exhibiting the Grand Champion Red & White Holstein and Champion Bred & Owned Red & White Holstein at the Wisconsin State Fair with Mead-Manor Defiant Adaline - Red! Adaline later went on to win Supreme Champion Cow and Supreme Champion Bred & Owned Cow!
Field trips can be fun too! The last group of Conservation Day rolls back to the bus after learning about drones and soil health!
Plan to attend the Supporting Farmers During Challenging Times meeting on March 20 at the Tundra Lodge in Green Bay. Register by calling 920-391-4612. GreenStone Farm Credit Services,
It’s milking time Kinnard Farms! Kinnard’s are hosting Ag Career Days today and tomorrow. Over 700 7th, 8th, and 9th graders from Kewaunee, Brown, and Door Counties will visit the farm to learn about all the opportunities that await them in agriculture!
Kinnard Farms is hosting Ag Career Days today and tomorrow. Over 700 middle schoolers from Algoma, Kewaunee, Luxemburg-Casco, Southern Door, and Denmark schools are attending the event learning about what opportunities are available in agriculture careers.
We’re wrapping up the cow show this morning at the Kewaunee County Fair. Congratulations Mikayla Knorn for winning the supreme champion cow award with her Registered Holstein. Reserve Champion went to Mikayla Haack with her Red & White Holstein. Protein Breed Champion went to Chloe Kinnard with her Jersey. Great job girls!
Another successful Conservation Day is in the books! We had amazing weather with not a cloud in sight, one broken down bus (thank goodness it was close to the home school), and a great day of speakers and fun. Check out Door County Daily News, Fox 11, Local 5 WFRV, Kewaunee County Comet, and The Country Today for stories on today’s events!
Today is the Conservation Tour. Every spring UW-Extension Kewaunee County plans and carries out the tour for all sixth grade students in the county. Students travel to six sites which include the Rosiere Wind Farm, RENEW Plastics, a soil pit hosted by Kinnard Farms, UW Discovery Farms, tree farm hosted by Chuck Wagner, and the Kewaunee Fishery. The video below is shot from the wind farm hosted by Al & Deb Guilette and Madison Gas and Electric. Thank you to all the hosts!
Need a break and have to relax? Heart of the Farm participants today are learning to stretch and relax by putting their hands on their hips and writing out (with their right elbow) the place they’d like to go on vacation, and with their left elbow writing out the name of the person they’d like to take on vacation.
Sitting in a meeting can be energizing and fun at Heart of the Farm in Kewaunee County today.
We’re at Hall's Calf Ranch today on a tour with youth Dairy and Beef project members.
We’re live from the Focus on Compost meeting today at Junion Homestead Farm. If you miss the meeting today, we’ll have videos of the speakers and tour posted soon.
There’s still time to sign up for the Focus on Compost meeting on March 8 at Junion Homestead Farm! Register by calling 920-388-7138 or email [email protected]
Are you searching for new methods to manage manure? Have you considered composting? Join us March 8 at Junion Homestead Farm for an informational session and farm tour. Amanda Dolphin Anthony Knorn Megan Zeman Mikayla Knorn GreenStone Farm Credit Services New Ag UW-Ext
We're holding the first of two UW-Extension corn dry downs today! Drop samples at Rio Creek Feed Mill in Luxemburg until noon today. Grab a snack while you wait for your results. Dairyland Laboratories is on site evaluating samples.
We're having a little fun before the wrap up of the 💯th Kewaunee County Fair. Alumni/adult dairy showmanship! Judge Jordan Ebert is making them work hard for their ice cream coupons!
This little gal at Ebert Enterprises is wagging her tongue in excitement for Kewaunee County Farm Technology Days 2017! #ftd2017 #jerseys
Jamie at Pagel's Ponderosa explains how the dairy recycles water.
Corn silage is coming off the fields this week in Kewaunee County. This is what happens to the chopped corn when it arrives at the farm! Chopped corn is pushed into a pile and driven over by heavy tractors to push the air out of the feed. Once the bunker is full, it will be covered with heavy plastic (to make an air tight seal) and tires (to keep the plastic tight against the feed) to start the fermenting process. The corn silage will be ready to feed to the cows in a few weeks.
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