Agriculture
Agriculture
If it happens on a farm or in a field, your local Extension educator can work with you to achieve better results. Green County agriculture works hard every day, and Extension is here to support that. With program areas including Crops and Soils, Dairy, Livestock, and more, local Extension educators support people, communities, and businesses on and off the farm.
Regional Agriculture Educators support Grant, Green, Iowa, and Lafayette counties.
Green County Agricultural Programs
Crops and Soils
Providing timely resources and information to help Wisconsin crop producers and their agricultural consultants manage crops efficiently and profitably.
Dairy
Strengthening the Wisconsin dairy industry by helping dairy producers to improve productivity, profitability, and efficiency while maintaining animal well-being.
Livestock
Helping farmers, consumers, and allied industry to make informed decisions about beef cattle, poultry, sheep and goats, equine, swine, and meat science.
Water Quality
Exploring what research and continued education about water quality, water management, and water testing can look like on a local level.
Additional Agricultural Resources
Pesticide Applicator Training
Offering training and testing options for private pesticide applicator training and certifications. Training sessions and testing available in the spring.
DHIA
The Dairy Herd Improvement Association (DHIA) of Green County offers various milk, blood, and pathogen testing services for dairy cattle. Also available is the monthly DHIA newsletter.
YQCA
Green County Fair and Wisconsin State Fair animal exhibitors must complete their Youth for the Quality Care of Animals (YQCA) certification in order to exhibit.
Animal Feed
Information on calculating feed inventory, determining feed value, and feed storage options.
Implements
Information about implements of husbandry, including permit processes, law changes, and lighting and marking requirements.
Farm Stress
Helping farmers, families, businesses, and communities remain resilient by learning how to manage stress and use planning tools to make sound decisions and create a plan for the future.
Custom Rate Guides
Useful farming resource guides, including custom rate guides.
Economic Impacts
Family-owned farms, food processors and agriculture-related businesses generate thousands of jobs and millions of dollars of economic activity while contributing to local income and tax revenue.
Ag Plastic Recycling
Recycling used agricultural plastic can help both farmers and the environment.
Meet Extension Green County’s Regional Agriculture Educators
Regional Agricultural Educators serve the counties of Grant, Green, Iowa, and Lafayette.
Jackie McCarville – Dairy Educator
Jackie joined Extension in 2017. Her dairy programming focusses on dairy production management including dairy calves and heifer management, animal husbandry and well-being, nutrition, and dairy x beef crosses to help dairy producers improve productivity, profitability, and efficiency while maintaining animal well-being. Please feel free to reach out to Jackie at 608-576-0147 or by email at jackie.mccarville@wisc.edu.
Jordyn Sattler – Crops and Soils Educator
Jordyn joined Extension in January 2024. She graduated from UW-Platteville in 2013 as a double major in Agricultural Education (Non-Teaching) and Soil & Crop Science with a Plant Breeding and Genetics emphasis. Since then, she has spent most of her time working as a retail sales agronomist in Southern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois. Please feel free to reach out to Jordyn at 608-228-0208 and by email at jordyn.sattler@wisc.edu.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension has moved to a Regional Agriculture Educators staffing model across the state. These regional positions will provide research-based education to crop, dairy, and livestock producers by assessing the needs of farmers in their region then designing and delivering educational programming and services to meet those needs.
These are the largest agricultural industries in the southwestern Wisconsin and the Regional Agriculture Educators have specializations in these areas. They design and deliver educational programs and field days; provide consultation to farmers on production challenges; contribute to outreach opportunities on agricultural topics through workshops, virtual trainings, symposiums, websites, social media, and publications; and collaborate with other educators and specialists across the state.
To reach the Regional Agriculture Educators, please contact your local County Extension Office at:
Grant County – 608-723-2125
Green County – 608-328-9440
Iowa County – 608-930-9850
Lafayette County – 608-776-4820
