The private pesticide applicator training has been rescheduled for March 8th at the Matsche Center, Birnamwood. The class begins at 9:30a.m. Please contact our office if you are interested in attending. (715-526-6136)
Regional Extension Educators Scott Reuss and Kimberly Schmidt walked a variety of alfalfa fields on Thursday, June 2nd to assess standing forage quality. The results strongly indicate that optimum forage harvest timing is at hand for dairy farms and can take place whenever beef or heifer forage harvesting is appropriate according to weather. There is still a bit of variance moving from south to north and caused by soil type and age of forage stand. Grasses found in many forage fields in