Beef Quality Assurance Training & Certification

UW-Madision Extension in coordination with Wisconsin Beef Council is hosting several upcoming Beef Quality Assurance Training & Certification sessions for locations in Grant, Green, Iowa & Lafayette counties: To sign up, register on the Wisconsin Beef Council – Beef Quality Assurance form

Badger Dairy Insight (BDI)

Access the latest UW-Madison Division of Extension Dairy Cattle Research during the upcoming Badger Dairy Insight webinar series Join the University of Wisconsin-Madison – Division of Extension’s Dairy Program on Tuesdays from 1 to 2:30 pm CST for the Badger Dairy Insight webinar series. We are featuring your local Extension Dairy Program Educators and UW […]

Green County Leaders-Project Proposals Open

Does your organization or group have a need or issue that may benefit from the time, talents, and expertise of a Green County Leaders project team? Green County Leaders is currently accepting community project proposals for the upcoming program year! Community Project Proposal Form.pdf (Fillable Form-2pgs) To submit a project proposal, complete the project proposal form […]

Stockmanship & Stewardship Event

Stockmanship & Stewardship is a unique two-day educational experience featuring sessions on low-stress cattle handling, Beef Quality Assurance education, facility design to best run your operation, and industry updates you won’t find anywhere else! Learn from stockmanship experts Curt Pate and Ron Gill – and get BQA certified! Join us in Lancaster from 12:30pm on […]

Green County Dairy Youth Recognition Auction

The Dairy Youth Recognition Auction was established as a means of recognizing accomplishments of outstanding Green County Dairy Youth.  The youth participate in an auction, where a symbol of the sale participant’s achievements is offered for sale.  Each auction participant receives 50% of his/her bid price in the form of a savings bond, while the […]

2024 UW-Extension Summer Service Staff

Say Hello to our UW-Extension Summer Service Staff! Ruby, Abby, and Katie are assisting with various areas to enable project completion, youth engaging activities, and customer service/office learning techniques! We’re so excited to have them as part of our team!

Aging Mastery Program

Build your own personal playbook for aging well. This fun, innovative program empowers you to take key steps to improve your well-being, adds stability to your life, and helps strengthen ties to your community. This FREE class series will be held online, via Zoom, over a period of 10 weeks. Thursdays11:30am – 1:00pmAugust 15th through […]

Badger Crop Connect

The Badger Crop Connect series provides agronomists, crop consultants, and farmers with timely crop updates for Wisconsin. CEUs are available by topic for each presentation. Recordings for on-demand viewing are available on the Divison of Extension’s YouTube channel or by expanding the Recordings tab below. To receive emails about upcoming webinar topics, recorded video availability, […]

PEAQ Forages Monitor

Predictive Equations for Alfalfa Quality (PEAQ) Stick monitoring will be conducted by the UW-Madison Division of Extension Crops & Soils and Dairy Educators of Grant, Green, Iowa, and Lafayette county.  PEAQ is a method developed by the University of Wisconsin to provide an estimate of the relative feed value of first cutting alfalfa based on crop […]

USDA Dairy Margin Coverage Program

The USDA began accepting applications for the Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program February 28, 2024, for enrollment in 2024. The DMC program is designed as a risk management program, offering protection to dairy producers when the difference between the all-milk price and the average feed price (the margin) falls below a certain dollar amount selected […]

Other Exciting State Events!

Planning AHEAD is a 7-session course (one hour each) that guides participants through topics including: This program is for people who: The program will be held on Thursdays, April 4th – May 16th, 2024 virtually on ZOOM from 11am to noon. (Thursday, March 28th will be a required tech check) Please register by Monday, March […]

Reproduction Roadshow-A Dairy Reproduction Workshop

Monday, February 19, 2024– RSVP by February 12th, 2024 Lafayette County Multipurpose Building, 11974 Ames Rd, Darlington, WI 10:00am Registration; Event -10;30am-2:00pm This is a FREE event with lunch sponsored by: Parnell Living Science. Featured Speakers: This Reproduction Roadshow is an update on UW-Madison dairy reproduction research, covering heifer reproduction, sexed semen, the high fertility […]

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