SARS Overview 2010
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Spooner Ag Research Station • Established 1909 • 100 year Celebration in 2009 • Currently 383 Acres • Slightly over 200 tillable farmland • Only Dairy Sheep Research Facility in North American • Also, office location for 2 UW-Extension Area Ag Agents and a UW- Extension Basin Educator
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Superintendent of the Spooner Agricultural Research Station, Phil Holman, gives an overview of the current research and activities at the Station.
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Spooner Ag Research Station
• Established 1909
• 100 year Celebration in 2009
• Currently 383 Acres
• Slightly over 200 tillable farmland
• Only Dairy Sheep Research Facility in North American
• Also, office location for 2 UW-Extension Area Ag Agents and a UW-Extension Basin Educator
Above: Picture of Research Plots
Right: Aerial view of Spooner Ag Research Station; Front: Office and Machinery Storage; Back: Sheep Barn
Spooner Ag Research Station• W6646 Hwy 70• Spooner, WI 54801• 715-635-3735
Staff:• Phil Holman, Superintendent,
Agronomy Research• Yves Berger, Sheep Research
Program Manager• Scott Butterfield, Animal
Research Technician• Keith Dahlstrom, Ag Research
Equipment Operator• Adam Smith, Ag Research
Equipment Operator• Ann Stellrecht, Animal
Research Technician• Lorraine Toman, Program
Assistant
University of Wisconsin Ag Research Stations
• Arlington – Dairy, Beef, Sheep, Swine & Agronomy • Dairy Forage – USDA Dairy & Forage Production• Hancock – Potato & Vegetable Crop Production• Kemp – Natural Resources• Lancaster – Beef Cow/Calf & Agronomy• Madison – Greenhouses & On Campus • Marshfield – Dairy Heifer Growth & Agronomy• O.J. Noer – Turfgrass• Peninsular – Tree Fruits• Rhinelander – Potato Variety Development• Spooner – Sheep & Agronomy• West Madison – Ag Equipment, Agronomy, &
Horticulture
Spooner Ag Research Station Current Research Areas
Sheep & Dairy Sheep Production Forage ProductionGrain ProductionHorticultureNatural Resources
Forage Research• Alfalfa Variety Trial
• Italian Ryegrass Variety Trial
• Perennial Ryegrass Variety Trial
• Switchgrass Adaption
• Kura Clover Pastures Production
Right: Forage Plot Harvester
Left: Italian Ryegrass Variety Trial
Top: Alfalfa Grass Mixtures Before Harvest
Bottom: Switchgrass
Grain Production Research
• Corn• Commercial Variety Trials
– Irrigated, Dryland Sand, Silt Loam
• Soybeans• Commercial Variety Trials• Soybean seeding rate• Soybean pH & Nitrogen fertilization
• Small Grain Variety Trials• Oats & Barley
• Camelina Demonstration
Right: Corn at different planting dates
Left: Corn Silage variety trial after harvest next to the Corn Grain variety trial
Left: Soybean Variety trial nearing maturity
Right: Sunflower Date of Planting Trial
Horticulture Research
• Wine Grape Variety Trial
• High Tunnel Season Extension
• All-American Selection Display
• Vegetable Variety Demonstration
• Perennial Garden Demonstration
Top: Display Garden
Bottom: Tomato Evaluation
Left: Wine Grape Variety TrialRight: High Tunnel Greenhouse under construction
Natural Resources
• Hybrid Poplar
• NRCS– Native Ecosystem Demonstration
Right: Replant project of Hybrid Willow for biomass
Left: Hybrid Poplar Harvest in 2010
Sheep Research
• Development of Dairy Sheep Breeds
• Katahdin hair sheep crosses to reduce shearing needs
Above: Sheep Grazing Right: Artificial Insemination
Right: Milking in the ParlorBelow: Development of Lacaune and East Fresian Dairy Sheep BreedsBelow (right): Katahdin Hair Sheep for Cross Breeding
