Fond du Lac County

The NOAA National Weather Service (NOAA) forecast suggests that much of the Wisconsin snowpack will start to diminish this week, and the chance for surface water runoff is high. Livestock producers who apply manure to agricultural fields need to be aware that spreading manure from now until the ground thaws may put them at risk [...]

Dairy Frontiers March 2011 Feed Cost Survey, Comparing Feed Costs on WI Dairies — 2011, Balancing Act of SCC — Quality Milk Seminar, Dairy Calf and Heifer Association 2011 Conference April 5-6, Field Crop News & Notes — Mike Rankin,  Calendar of Events, Transferring the Farm in a High Stakes Era — Seminar, Anerobic DigesterOperator  [...]

Now there is an educational booklet specifically for private well water users in Fond du Lac County. The booklet was developed in 2010 by UW-Extension, WDNR, and Fond du Lac County. Protect the Water You Drink (PDF, 9 pgs) A paper copy of the booklet and more information on county water quality can be found [...]

Resources available: FDL County Manure Spill Emergency Response Plan

08/23/09 FDL Reporter Preparing for Trouble  The car was coming straight at me.   My little pickup was about to be crushed like a tin can and I wished I was driving a great big Suburban.   I knew that the car would never pass or slide back behind the truck in time…

11/07/08 WI Agriculturist When Did Manure Get a Dirty Name?    When you have livestock, you have manure.  Someone asked me the other day whether all the controversy about new dairy farms is because we have more manure than we used to have.  A new farm gets built, a lot of cows are being milked in [...]

10/29/08 FDL Reporter The Allure of Manure  I have an allure to manure.  Do you?…

Topics for This Month Include:  Transition Cow Facilities — Off the Wall Ideas that Just Might Work; Grants for energy Upgrades; National Compost Dairy Barn Conference. Dairy Frontiers, April 2007 (496 KB, 6 Pages)