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Dr. Loretta Ortiz-Ribbing, along with Amanda Young, UWEX Dairy & Livestock Agent Dodge County, and Tina Kohlman created an Agricultural Needs Assessment. To help make this survey easier for you and more efficient for us, we have combined the Crops and Livestock areas into one slightly longer survey.

In order to help us provide useful and effective programming, it is necessary to assess our clients’ agricultural needs in both Dodge and Fond du Lac Counties. Your input is vital for prioritizing and planning future educational programs and research topics that will impact your production and our counties. Your input and thoughts are important to UWEX.

We would appreciate you taking a few minutes to complete the entire assessment survey. Please read all question directions carefully, as proper ranking will help indicate the highest priority program needs to best serve the agriculture industry in both counties. This is a confidential survey, and all personal information will not be shared.

The online survey can be found at by visiting the QR code or http://fyi.uwex.edu/fdlag/ under Agricultural Needs Assessment Survey.

UW-Extension Fond du Lac County

December 2016

227 Admin/Extension Building 400 University Drive

Fond du Lac, WI 54935 Phone: 920.929.3171

Web: http://fyi.uwex.edu/fdlag

Fond du Lac County Educators: Tina Kohlman Dairy & Livestock Agent

Amanda Miller FoodWIse Coordinator & Family

Living Educator

Pam Nelson FoodWIse Nutrition Educator

Dr. Loretta Ortiz-Ribbing Area Crops & Soils Agent

Araceli (Shelly) Oswald 4-H Youth Development Assistant

Patty Percy Urban Garden Coordinator

Denise Retzleff 4-H Youth Development Educator

Kris Schaeffer FoodWIse Nutrition Educator

Shelley Tidemann Family Living Educator

Diana Tscheschlok Community Resource Development

Educator

Mike Winkler Entrepreneur Educator

Program Assistants: Pam Bartoli Tina Engelhardt Angela Folske Ann Kaiser

Requests for reasonable accommodations for disabilities or limitations should be made

prior to the date of the program or activity for which it is needed. Please do so as early

as possible prior to the program or activity so that proper arrangements can be made.

University of Wisconsin, State Department of Agriculture and Wisconsin counties cooperating. An EEO/AA employer, University of Wisconsin-Extension provides equal opportunities in employment

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UW-Extension Fond du Lac County We Need Your Input on Agricultural Needs

Tina Kohlman Dairy & Livestock Agent UW-Extension Fond du Lac County Email: tina.kohlman@uwex.edu Phone: 920.929.3180 FAX: 920.929.3181

Dr. Loretta Ortiz-Ribbing Area Crops and Soils Agent UW-Extension Fond du Lac & Dodge Counties Email: loretta.orizribbing@uwex.edu Phone: 920.929.3175 Work Cell: 920.296.5293

Good cheer, great hope, and the best that the

Christmas season has to offer for you and your family!

Merry Christmas! Your UW-Extension Fond du Lac County Agriculture Team

Tina K. , Loretta & Tina E.

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brush under running water after every calving and can last up to 5 years when properly maintained.

The AfiAct II Leg Tag is an automatic heat detection system that shows direct correlation between the timing of estrus and the cow’s increased walking activity. The sensor measures the walking, resting, and standing activity of cows and heifers. The AfiAct II now has incorporated a calving alert system sending an alert wirelessly from a leg-mounted sensor to your cell phone within 4 hours from the onset of calving. The device will send another alert if calving is prolonged. It can integrate with AfiMilk’s farm and milking parlor system and also available as a standalone system.

The Cow Call is a compact light- and temperature-sensitive device inserted intravaginally up to 14 days prior to calving to measure spikes in body temperature. The device activates when the cow’s water breaks and it is pushed out; it will then detect light and send a message to your cell phone. The device can sync with up to 5 phones, and the inserts can be washed, sterilized, and reused for up to 2 years.

The Vel’Phone is a thermometer placed in the vaginal canal just behind the cervix approximately 7 to 10 days before expecting calving and informs you via text message of the day-to-day changes in temperature, the proximity of calving, and when a cow is in active labor. When the cow is within 36 to 48 hours of calving, her internal temperature will begin to significantly drop and a text message will be sent to you. Another text message will be sent when the thermometer is expelled when the water breaks to inform you of when the cow is in active labor. This device requires a radio base for collecting the thermometers' data.

Calving sensors and temperature-sensitive devices can significantly improve calf survival, cow and calf health, and the profitability of your operation. These devices are an effective management tool that work well in combination with human observation of periparturient cattle.

Calving Alert Systems: Know When Your Cow is Calving Knowing when a cow is going to calve can improve calf survivability as assistance can be provided during difficult calvings and colostrum can be fed promptly after birth. A prolonged and difficult calving may cause acidosis and hypoxia in the calf, which can negatively affect immunoglobulin G absorption and influence calf health and future production. Providing calves with high quality colostrum immediately after calving will increase calf survival by protecting the calf against diseases. Inadequate colostrum consumption shortly after birth can result in reduced growth rates, increased risk of disease and death, increased risk of being culled, and decreased milk production in their first lactation.

Observation during calving can be beneficial to both the dam and the calf; however, it is difficult to predict time of calving on the basis of visual signs alone. Using technology to identify cows in active labor can help minimize prolonged calving and improve the overall health and profitability of your operation. Researchers have found that almost 50% of all calf deaths within the first 24 hours after birth are a result of calving difficulty. While monitoring heifers and cows due to calve is vital in improving calf survival, it can be difficult to carry out as calvings can occur at any time of the day and night.

Calving sensors and temperature sensitive devices are available on the market that will send a text message to your cell phone, alerting you that a cow is calving. This technology can provide peace of mind as you will be warned of imminent calvings, allowing you to sleep peacefully. Here are brief descriptions of 4 calving alert systems. This list may not include all available products. No discrimination is intended and no endorsement is implied.

The Moocall is a non-invasive, tail-mounted sensor that measures tail movement patterns triggered by labor contractions. The device is placed on the tail of the cow opposite her vulva. When the cow reaches a certain level of intensity and tail movement, the Moocall sends a text alert; on average the alert happens 1 hour prior to calving. If calving has not occurred after 4 days, the device should be taken off for around 4 hours before placing it back on the tail. Moocall devices can be washed gently with a

Source: Penn State Dairy Digest, December 2016 Colleen Chapman, Extension Educator

desirable. To understand the relative significance of feeding high ash content forages, we offer the following example. If a dairy producer fed 25 lbs of dry matter from forage containing 18.0% ash, the dairy producer may actually be feeding 2.5 lbs of supplemental soil to his or her cows. In general corn silage has less ash as compared to legume-grass forages. The normal ash content of corn silage is approximately 5.0% of DM.

The normal ash content in TMR’s is 9.0% of dry matter which includes endogenous minerals, exogenous minerals and supplemental minerals. In extreme situations, ash contents of TMR’s have contained up to 17.0% ash. In these situations a lactating dairy cow consuming 55 lbs of dry matter would be consuming a net of 4.4 lbs of excessive soil, mineral supplement or its total equivalent.

Why are some ash values high? Laboratory observations alone cannot pin-point why ash contents are high in some forages and TMRs. New forage harvesting and storage practices used on many dairy operations may play a role. A short list of possible explanations is as follows. For example, new disc-type hay-bines which lift forages with negative air pressure may also draw soil into the forage. Forages lodged due to heavy rains and wind maybe more contaminated with unwanted soil. Forages stored in bunkers, piles and silage bags on earthen bases may result in soil contamination in the loading process. Pack tractors and trucks can drag soil into bunkers and silage piles during the filing and packing process. Sand laden manure, spread on fields between first and second crop forage harvest, may result in harvesting equipment pulling the dried sand laden manure residue back into the second crop and severely elevating the ash content of the second crop forage. In the case of TMRs, these factors combined with excessive mineral, buffer, or salt supplementation may contribute to high diet ash contents.

Many of these situations are unavoidable in making forages and managing diets but paying close attention to ash contents in forages and TMRs may yield valuable management insights for future management decisions.

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Ash Content of Forages Dairy producers and their nutrition consultants seldom discuss nutritional aspects and possible ramifications of feeding high ash content forages and diets to dairy cows. It is a subject that generally falls off the radar screen. The ramifications of feeding cows diets or forages high in ash content are not well understood, but excessive ash contents in forages or in dairy cow diets could be a silent antagonist in the nutrition program performance.

What is ash? Ash is the total mineral content of a forage or diet. Ash content of a forage or total mixed ration is easy and economical to measure in a forage testing laboratory. The forage or TMR is burned at 500°C for 2 hours and the residual minerals, often called inorganic material, are determined. It is important to understand the procedure measures the simple sum of all minerals in the feed. Minerals in feeds can be broken down into two general categories: endogenous and exogenous.

Endogenous minerals can be loosely defined as minerals plants normally contain such as calcium, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, etc. Many endogenous minerals are of nutritional value for lactating dairy cows and we often want the value, such as in the case of calcium to be high to reduce supplementation cost. Exogenous minerals are minerals exterior to normal plant minerals, such as silica.

In TMRs a third category of ash, supplemental minerals, is also represented in a total ash measurement. Supplemental premixes, salt and buffers would be the major contributing supplements to this category. The total ash procedure does not however distinguish between endogenous, exogenous or supplemental minerals but a sum of all of the minerals in a feed.

Why is ash important? By nature ash or minerals are devoid of protein, calories, energy or nutrients that a dairy cow can ferment in her rumen. In fact, the reason we measure ash content of forages and TMR’s in forage testing laboratories is to estimate energy and calculate non-fiber carbohydrate content. Because feeding minerals to cows is a common and necessary practice, it is important to understand what constitutes a normal ash content in a forage or TMR and what constitutes an abnormal ash content. If the ash content of a forage or TMR is abnormally high, there is a very good chance the forage or TMR is contaminated with soil which is not

Source: Kewaunee County Foghorn Pat Hoffman, UW-Extension Dairy Specialist

resistance traits to the problems you have in that field! Every variety has a weakness and planting the same variety on the same land 2 years in a row will expose that weakness. Note that these varieties must be truly different. The same bean in a different color bag will greatly increase your risk of disease losses. Please see our 2016 Wisconsin Soybean Variety Performance Trials for information.

Test for SCN and select SCN resistant varieties. SCN proliferates in long-term soybean cropping systems.

Be prepared to scout your fields more intensively to get ahead of any disease problems. Increased disease pressure may provide an opportunity to see yield responses from fungicides and insecticides. You may need to include these costs into your original economic decisions.

Keep seeding rates lower if white mold was a problem in the field

Use a seed treatment at the max a.i. fungicide rate. Use a pre-emergence herbicide and use multiple

modes of action. If you had weed escapes, expect even larger problems in soybean after soybean.

Soil sample and replace K if needed: I know growers are going to want to cut back on inputs but 2016 brought us record yields. An 80 bushel soybean crop meant you removed ~98 pounds per acre of K20 equivalent fertilizer. Growers often routinely rely on carryover fertilizers for soybean when rotated with well-fertilized corn. Soybean after soybean may require additional fertilizer, especially K.

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Before we start, we fully acknowledge our title “Best management practices for growing second year soybeans” is a bit misleading as we do not advocate this practice (its not a BMP!) but we thought we could sucker you into reading this article if it had an enticing title!

Our main reason for writing this article stems from growers questioning their 2017 bottom line. This issue was highlighted in the article written by Gary Schnitkey and Darrel Good entitled 2017 Crop Budgets and Current Prices Say Switch to Soybeans and Expect Low Returns. It is thought farmers may plant 5 million more acres of soybean in 2017 than they did in 2016 based on current corn:soybean price ratios and input prices. Those acres have to come from somewhere and many of them will be from second-year soybean. (University of Illinois)

With all of that being said here are some recommendations to consider: Balancing short-term versus long-term profitability

(i.e. economic sustainability). Short-term profitability may drive some farmers to consider planting more soybeans in 2017. Data from our long -term rotation experiment clearly shows the benefit of crop rotation to the soybean crop. It is amazing after 5 years of corn, it only took 3 years of soybean for the yield to drop to continuous soybean (20+ years) yield levels. Good news is 2nd year soybean yielded the same as soybean in a corn-soybean rotation. We could hypothesize then the yield of the 3rd year of continuous soybean (in our experiment) would be similar to a 2nd year of soybean in a corn soybean (C-S-S) rotation. Our data clearly shows 3 or more years of continuous soybean gives you a 4+ bu per acre hit when compared to a corn-soy rotation and moves you close to that of continuous soybean. In short, you are setting your long-term profitability up for a hit. So what do you do? If it were my land I would stick to my rotations on my owned land and consider 2nd year soybeans on the rented ground.

Be aware soybean after soybean will alter the pest complexes in your fields. Some of these alterations may take years to undo as you will be making a long-term impact on your soil and resulting soil health. Also don't automatically think simply adding a cover crop to this S-S rotation will "fix" these issues.

Plant a different variety than was planted in that field last year and make sure it has strong disease

Best Management Practices for Growing Second Year Soybeans

Source: The Soy Report Blog, December 2016 Coauthored by: Shawn P. Conley, Seth Naeve and John Gaska

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Mark Your Calendars for Up Coming Agricultural Events

January 2017

4 W Agronomy Update Meeting, 12 noon, UW-Extension Fond du Lac County, (See enclosed flyer.)

7 Sa Fond du Lac County Market Livestock Beef Weigh-in & ID, 10 a.m. - 12 noon, Fond du Lac County Fairgrounds

10-11 Tile Drainage Design & Water Management Workshop, La Sure’s Hall Banquet, Oshkosh (See enclosed flyer.)

14, 21, 28 Dodge County Tractor Safety Program, 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. (See enclosed flyer.)

15 Su Fond du Lac County Holstein Breeders Association Annual Meeting, 12 noon, Holiday Inn, Fond du Lac

18 W Walking Strong Hoof Health Meeting, 1:00 pm, UW-Extension Fond du Lac County (See enclosed flyer.)

18 W WI Area Soybean Conference, 9:00 a.m. registration, 9:25 a.m. - 2:15 p.m., Holiday Inn, Fond du Lac

18-19 Dairy Business Association Dairy Strong Conference, Monona Terrace, Madison

18 W Dodge County Nutrient Management Farmer Training, 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m., Juneau

26 Th Dodge Fondy Corn Growers Meeting - Tentative, Time: TBA, Location: TBA, Cost: TBA

31 Tu Pesticide Applicator Safety Training in Spanish, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., UW-Extension Fond du Lac County

February 2017 1 W Annual CAFO Meeting, 12 noon-3:30 p.m., UW-Extension Fond du Lac County, (See enclosed flyer.)

1 W Private Pesticide Applicator Training, UW-Extension Dodge County, Juneau

8 W Healthy Soil-Healthy Water Workshop - Juneau, with Ray Archuleta, Cost: $10, (See enclosed flyer.)

9 Th Follow-Up at the Farm Shop - with Ray Archuleta at Condon Farm in Dodge Co.

13 M Private Pesticide Applicator Training, 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m., UW-Extension Fond du Lac County

15 W Employer of Choice Agriculture Human Resource Meeting, 12 noon-3:30 p.m., UW-Extension Fond du Lac Co

21 Tu Nutrient Management Farmer Training (Refresher), 1:00 to 3:00 p.m., UW-Extension Dodge County, Juneau, 21-23 Midwest Manure Summit, (www.midestmanure.org) Radisson Hotel, Green Bay, (See enclosed flyer.)

March 2017 1 W Wisconsin State Fair Century & Sesquicentennial Farm Award Applications Due

2 Th Private Pesticide Applicator Training, 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m., UW-Extension Fond du Lac County

3 F Wisconsin Dairy & Beef Cattle Well-Being Conference, 9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Country Aire, Stratford

4 Sa Fond du Lac County ACs “Sg Showcase”, 8:30 am - 2:30 pm, Fond du Lac County Fairgrounds

8 W Raising Quality Dairy Heifers, 10 a.m. - 3:00 p.m., Liberty Hall, Kimberly

9 Th Employer of Choice Agriculture Human Resource Meeting, 12 noon-3:30 p.m., UW-Extension Fond du Lac Co

9 Th Private Pesticide Applicator Training - Juneau

10-11 Wisconsin’s Ag Women’s Summit, Madison Marriott West, Middleton

15-16 PDPW Annual Conference & Business Meeting, Alliant Energy Center, Madison

18 Sa Master Gardener’s Day in the Garden, UW-Fond du Lac

21 Tu Employer of Choice Agriculture Human Resource Meeting, 12 noon-3:30 p.m., UW-Extension Fond du Lac Co

23 Th Heart of the Farm Women’s Conference, 9:30 a.m. –3:00 p.m., Millhome Supper Club, Kiel

28-29 WPS Farm Show, EAA Grounds, Oshkosh

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Over the last few months we have had a few tragic deaths of humans and livestock from gas accumulation while emptying manure pits. Usually we are outside and air dissipates these dangerous gases. We do not notice any harmful events but sometimes the normal takes an unexpected turn for the worst.

When you enter confined spaces to either operate the system or to move manure, grain or other products, safety practices should be should be implemented. Develop a plan or SOP and then practice it. This way when work needs to be done or something goes wrong, precautions can be taken to prevent a disaster. Here is a list of items to consider: 1. Always work in pairs. One person can enter once you establish safe air and other parameters. Have a phone on the

person staying out of the confined space. 2. For grain bins, silos, feed bins. Lock out motors, wear harnesses and have person tethered. Also be aware that

grain can crust and then break through covering the farmer. 3. Manure reception pits and under the barn pits release gases which may be trapped in the area or create pockets of

gas that can kill as well. In working with a farmer it was determined a four gas meter was needed to determine safe air quality before entry. Ventilation will help but some gases are heavier than air and can form pockets of deadly gas. A four air meter will read Oxygen level, Flammable gas such as methane, Carbon Monoxide level and Hydrogen Sulfide. You can get one that clips onto your clothes, or one with a probe to read 3-5 feet in front of you. Better to know the area has bad air and not enter than to enter and not be able to retreat to safety because that one breath got you.

Once you decide what tools you need to be safe you may need to find the equipment necessary. In looking for a four gas meter, shop around. They can explain how a gas meter works, when to calibrate and other operation considerations. We need to be safe in working around products and commodities we have become accustom to, but have considerable risk to our life and health. Source: Zen Miller, UW-Extension Outagamie County Dairy & Livestock Agent

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“Promoting Forage Profitability and Resource Conservation in Fond du Lac County"

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2017 MEMBERSHIP FORM

Name: _________________________________________________________________

Business: _________________________________________________________________

Address: _________________________________________________________________

City/Town: ___________________________ State: ____________ Zip: _____________

Farm Phone: ________________________ Cell Phone: ____________________________

Email address: _______________________________________________________________ (Important to provide correct email if you wish to receive electronic information)

Select membership option:

Midwest Forage Association and Fond du Lac Co. Forage Council ($45) $________ (includes BOTH MFA and FdL County Forage Council benefits and mailings)

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Fond du Lac County Forage Council ($15) $________ (includes only FdL Co. Forage Council benefits and mailings)

TOTAL: $________

Make checks payable to: Fond du Lac County Forage Council

Please return by December 31st.

Return to: Fond du Lac Co. Forage Council 227 A/E Bldg., UW-Fond du Lac 400 University Dr. Fond du Lac, WI 54935

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Materials + Lunch: _________ People X $45.00/Person = $ _______________

Additional Packets: _________ Number X $21.00/Packet = $ _______________

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There is no “meeting only” option. A $5.00 “walk-in” fee will be charged to those who have not preregistered.

Make check payable to: Fond du Lac County UW-Extension

Attn: Agronomy Update

400 University Drive, Room AE-227

Fond du Lac, WI 54935

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2017 Agronomy Update Meeting Registration Form Registration Deadline : Wednesday, December 28, 2016

Speakers: Extension Agronomists—University of Wisconsin

Joe Lauer Shawn Conley Dan Undersander

3.0 CEU Crop management Credits will be offered for this program

Discussion Topics

Forages

Forage quality in 2016

Flood damage to fields

Quality losses during harvesting

Corn

Why was 2016 so productive for corn?

Corn seed treatment performance

What is the best maturity to grow on your farm?

Soybeans and Small Grains

Characterizing the Soybean Yield Gap in WI and Across the US Soybean Belt

Soybean Yield Response to ILeVO and Reduced Seeding Rates

2017 Agronomy Update Meeting Wednesday, January 4th

UW-Fond du Lac 11:30 am Registration

400 University Dr, Room UC-113/114, Fond du Lac 12:00 pm Lunch/Meeting

Cooperative Extension Dodge County University of Wisconsin Extension

127 East Oak Street, Juneau, WI 53039 Phone: 920-386-3790

Website: http://dodge.uwex.edu/

Youth Farm Tractor & Machinery Safety Training Registration Registrations due by January 6 for best price. Pre-registration is required.

Juneau - Dodge County UW-Extension (UWEX), in cooperation with high school agriculture instructors and others will again offer the Youth Farm Tractor and Equipment Operations Safety Training program. This program includes classroom instruction and a practical test and is held only once each year.

This course’s curriculum is the model for county programs across the country and includes instruction on topics: Safety-It’s an Attitude; Livestock Safety; Pesticide Safety; Electrical Safety; Confined Space Safety and many others.

2017 Classroom Dates are three Saturdays - January 14, January 21 and January 28. All Classes will be held in the Dodge County Administrative Building Auditorium, 127 East Oak Street, Juneau. Classes are 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m., with a short break in the morning and afternoon and lunch about noon. Students must bring their lunch. Parents should plan on attending the first 45 minutes of the first class for orientation. Dates for the late April/early May practical driving test at the fairgrounds will be announced to participants when registrations are confirmed.

Pre-registration is required. Registration fees are $35/youth if registered by January 6 and $45 after January 6, 2017. To register, complete a registration form for each youth and return with payment to the Dodge County UWEX Office, 127 East Oak Street, Juneau. WI 53039. Registration forms are available at the Dodge County UWEX Office and online at http://dodge.uwex.edu.

Wisconsin state law (Act 455) requires that any youth under the ages 12--16 who operates a tractor or self-propelled equipment on the highway for a parent, must successfully complete a Tractor and Machinery Safety program. The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) require those youths ages 14-16 that work for a non-parent must complete an approved farm safety course. Class participants younger than 14 will receive their federal certificate after they turn 14.

For more information, contact the Dodge County UW-Extension office at 920-386-3790, visit the Dodge County UW-Extension website at http://dodge.uwex.edu/ or connect with us on Facebook.

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Address, City: ____________________________________________________________________ Zip: _____________

Parent’s Names(s): __________________________________________________ Phone: ________________________

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Registration is $35/youth By January 6, 2016 and $45/youth AFTER January 6, 2017 Mail your registrations and fees, payable to “Dodge County UW-Extension”, to Dodge county UW-Extension

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2017 Tractor Safety & Machinery Training

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7:30 Check-in and Registration

8:00 Introductions and Announcements

Kevin Erb, University of Wisconsin-

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8:15 First Things First: Considerations Before

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Brad Carlson, University of Minnesota

Extension

8:45 Design Session 1: Soil Factors in

Drainage Design

Brad Carlson

9:15 Design Session 2: Introduction to

Drainage Design

Dr. Gary Sands, University of Minnesota

Extension

10:30 Break and Exhibits

11:00 Be Safe When You Tile

Jim Walker, Barnett Bros

Noon Lunch and Exhibits

12:45 Drainage Law: What You Need to Know

Before You Install

Atty. Paul Kent, Stafford Rosenbaum LLP

1:15 Drainage Permits & Drainage Districts

Chris Clayton, DATCP

2:00 Break and Exhibits

2:20 Drainage Session 3: Comprehensive

Drainage Design Project (hands-on)

Dr. Gary Sands, Dr. John Panuska,

University of Wisconsin Madison and Jason

Forgette, Prinsco

3:50 Drainage Design Software Demonstration

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4:30 Break and Exhibits

5:30 Evening Program: Tiler Experiences

Registration Form

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Tile Drainage Design & Water Management

Workshop. Deadline: December 22, 2016.

□ Professional Installer □ Farmer

Name(s):________________________

Address:________________________

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State:____________ Zip:___________

Cell Phone:______________________

Email: __________________________

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December 22 - early registrations; (if registered by

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can with Disabilities (ADA) requirements. Contact Kevin Erb at 920-391-4652 for

more information on this program.

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7:30 Check-in and Exhibits

7:55 Announcements

Kevin Erb

8:00 Conservation Drainage Practices

Brad Carlson

8:45 Design Session 4: Managed Drainage

Design

Dr. Gary Sands

10:00 Break and Exhibits

10:15 Design Session 5: Team Design Project

(Small teams design a field system)

Dr. Gary Sands, Dr. John Panuska, and

Jason Forgette

Noon Lunch and Exhibits

1:15 Design Session 5: Team Design Project

Continues

Dr. Gary Sands, Dr. John Panuska, and

Jason Forgette

2:15 Lift Station Usage and Design

Tom Scherer, North Dakota State

University Extension and Dr. Gary

Sands

3:15 Evaluation and Feedback

Kevin Erb

3:30 Adjourn

Registration and Information

Brown County UW-Extension

Joan Laehn

Email: Laehn_jm@co.brown.wi.us

Phone: 920.391.4610

AGENDA

Registration includes lunch and handouts.

For additional hoof health resources,

visit http://fyi.uwex.edu/dairy

Walking Strong

UW-Extension Dairy Team

A Hoof Health Meeting Photo Credit: A. Bjurstrom

University of Wisconsin, States Department of Agriculture and Wisconsin counties cooperating. An EEO/AA employer, UW-Extension provides

equal opportunities in employment and programming, including Title IX and American with Disabilities (ADA) requirements.

Wednesday, January 18, 2017

10 am to 12 noon

Kewaunee County Fair Grounds

625 3rd Street, Luxemburg

1 pm to 3 pm

UW-Extension Fond du Lac County

400 University Drive, Fond du Lac

or

No fee for program,

but pre-registration is

encouraged by

January 16

to ensure materials and

light refreshments.

To register, or for more

information, please email

or call to location of choice:

Kewaunee County

Aerica Bjurstrom

Agriculture Agent

aerica.bjurstrom@uwex.edu

920.388.7138

Fond du Lac County

Tina Kohlman

Dairy & Livestock Agent

tina.kohlman@uwex.edu

920.929.3180

When it comes to health issues on a dairy farm, lameness is usually a main

concern along with mastitis and reproductive issues. Digital dermatitis is one of

the most common foot diseases of the dairy cow and can be found in even well

managed dairy herds. Join us on January 18th as we learn more about digital

dermatitis, and how to manage it within your herd.

Program:

Effectively Managing Digital Dermatitis & Other Health Issues in the Dairy

Herd

Dorte, Döpfer, DVM, PhD, UW-School of Veterinary Medicine

Dr. Döpfer is a leading authority on dairy cattle hoof health,

especially in the diagnosis and treatment of “hairy heel warts”

(digital dermatitis). She will share effective practices to manage

and reduce the spread of digital dermatitis within the herd.

Walking Strong-Eastern WI Field Survey on the Prevalence of Digital

Dermatitis and Hoof Health Management Practices

Aerica Bjurstrom, Agriculture Agent, UW-Extension Kewaunee County

Tina Kohlman, Dairy & Livestock Agent, UW-Extension Fond du Lac County

Despite increased awareness of lameness in dairy

cattle over the last few years, it remains a major

concern for the dairy industry. Controlling digital

dermatitis is fundamental to the successful management

of the dairy herd. Learn what the prevalence of digital dermatitis is on Eastern

WI farms and the practices farms are using to manage the disease.

For Registration Information: Email: Laehn_jm@co.brown.wi.us Fax: 920-391-4617 Brown County UW-Extension, Attn: Joan, 1150 Bellevue Street, Green Bay, WI 54302

January 31, 2017

Green Bay

8:00 am - 11:45 am

Tundra Lodge Conference Center

865 Lombardi Avenue

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New London

12:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Crystal Falls Banquet

1500 Handschke Dr. Registration deadline January 23, 2017

2017 Annual CAFO

Update

February 1, 2017

Manitowoc

8:00 am - 11:45 am

Silver Valley Banquet

1222 S. Alverno Road

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Fond du Lac

12:00 pm - 4:00 pm

UW Fond du Lac

400 University Dr. Registration deadline January 23, 2017

$35 in Advance

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– Welcome & Introductions

Kevin Erb, UW-Extension

– Building a Positive Work Culture

Liz Binversie/Darrell McCauley/UW-Extension staff:

– Production Site: How to stay in compliance with your permit

DNR Regional Specialist

– Runoff control/collection from feed storage areas and animal lots

DNR Engineer

—Monitoring, Reporting & Compliance:

DNR Regional Specialist

– Nutrient Management: Issues Observed

Joe Baeten, DNR

– Nutrient Management: Surface applications, CAFOs, and cover crops

Joe Baeten, DNR

– DNR Panel Q&A

DNR staff

2017 Annual CAFO Update How to stay in compliance with your permit

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writers, and engineers.

Registration begins 45 Minutes before start time

Buffet meal begins 25 minutes before start time

AGENDA

$35 in Advance

$45 after registration deadline and walk-ins (at the door)

Meal included

NO Credit/Debit Cards

Make check payable to: BCT (Brown County Treasurer) or cash only

8:30 —9:00 a.m. Registration (until Noon)

Continental Breakfast

9:00 — 9:20 Welcome & Meeting Logistics

9:20 — 10:05 Current Problems & Issues- How did we get here?

Five person panel—Producer & Organizations 10:05 –10:30 Break & Networking

10:30—12:30 Soil Health Key Note Speakers: Ray Archuleta, Justin Morris &

Jim Harbach

12:30 –1:15 Lunch Onsite

1:15—2:00 Producer Panel 1: Cover Crops Tony Peirick, Dale Macheel, and Steve Smits/Damon Re-abe.

2:00—2:45 Producer Panel 2: No-Till/Strip Till: Ricky Kratz, Jonathan Gibbs, and Ryan Nell.

2:45—3:00 Break with refreshments

3:00—3:45 Producer Panel 3: Manure/Nutrient Management: John Koepke, Kevin Roche, and Jor-dan Crave. 3:45— 4:00 Final Wrap-Up

Wednesday, February 8, 2017

Registration 8:30 a.m. to Noon

Sessions start at 9:00 a.m.

Hosted by the Dodge Co. Farmer

To Farmer Nonpoint Workgroup

Juneau Community Center

500 Lincoln Dr.

Juneau, WI 53039

Registration Required

Limited Seating—Farmers First Website: http://dodge.uwex.edu

HOLD THE DATE

For A Special Follow-up At the Farm Shop

on Thursday, February 9th, 2017.

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Name:________________________________

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City: ________________________________

Zip:___________

Cell Phone:____________________________

Email Address: ________________________

Farmer Other

Program Cost

Per Person $10.00

Number Attending: _________

Late Fee after Feb.1st - $5.00 ______

Total Amount Due: $ _________

Make checks payable to:

Dodge Co. Non-Point Runoff Workgroup

Return Registration to: Dodge County UW-Extension

Administration Building, Room 108 127 East Oak Street Juneau, WI 53039

For information call: 920-386-3790

Ray Archuleta aka “the Soil Guy”

Ray Archuleta, a soil health and cover crops spokesperson and Regional Soil Health Specialist with 25 years of experience working for the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Soil Health Division. Ray also farms 150-acres located in Seymour, MO.

Healthy Soil + Healthy Water =

More Profits

Learn why soil health and water quality

are important for your farm’s future.

Hear about soil health & water quality

principles & practices.

Cover Crops

No-till/Strip Till

Manure/Nutrient

Listen and learn from local producers

sharing their farm success stories.

Justin Morris Regional Soil Health Specialist

Justin Morris, is a Regional Soil Health Spe-cialist, in the new Soil Health Division of the NRCS since November 2015, and covers Wis-consin and Minnesota. Justin provides educa-tion and training on soil health and adaptively-managed grazing.

Jim HarbachPennsylvania Producer

Jim is a partner in Schrack Farms Resources LP. Schrack Farms dairy is located in central PA, and milks 1000 cows, operates a methane digester, and farms 2200 acres. They have used no-till for forty years and cover crops for tens years.

Registration required

Deadline Wednesday, Feb. 1,

2017 Seating Limited

Farmers have Preference

Farmer Panelists Panel #1—Cover Crops:

Tony Peirick Watertown Dale Macheel Randolph Steve Smits/Damon Reabe Waupun

Panel #2—No-Till/Strip Till:

Ricky Kratz Slinger Jonathan Gibbs Fox Lake Ryan Nell Beaver Dam

Panel #3—Manure/Nutrient Management:

John Koepke Oconomowoc Kevin Roche Columbus Jordan Crave Waterloo

An AA/EEO employer, University of Wisconsin-Extension provides equal opportunities in employment and programming, including Title VI, Title IX and ADA requirements

La Universidad de Wisconsin-Extensión, un empleador con igualdad de oportunidades y ac-ción afirmativa (EEO/AA), proporciona igualdad de oportunidades en empleo y programas, incluyendo los requisitos del Titulo VI, Título IX, y de la Ley para Americanos con Discapacidades (ADA).

2017

Midwest

Manure Summit

February 22 – 23, 2017

LOCATION

Radisson Hotel & Conference Center 2040 Airport Drive Green Bay, WI 54313

A block of room has been reserved. Single rate is $82. Double rate is $92. Reserve by January 30, 2017 and mention the Midwest Manure Summit to get these rates. Call 1-800-333-3333 to book your room.

REGISTRATION

Conference early-bird registration is $225. Registration fees increase to $300 after February 6th and to $350 on the day of the event. Registration includes Wednesday lunch, Thursday breakfast and lunch, daily refreshments, and conference proceedings. CEUs have been applied for.

Please register online at www.midwestmanure.org or by mailing/faxing the enclosed registration form and payment.

Radisson Hotel &

Conference Center

Green Bay, Wisconsin

www.midwestmanure.org

For more information…

www.midwestmanure.org

- OR -

Liz Binversie

Brown County Agriculture Educator

(920) 391-4612

elizabeth.binversie@uwex.edu

Stephanie Plaster

Ozaukee & Washington Agriculture Educator

(262) 335-4477

stephanie.plaster@uwex.edu

UW‐Extension provides equal opportunities in employment and programming, including Title IX requirements.

Thank you to our sponsors!

Pre-Conference Trainings Tuesday, February 21

For complete agendas, visit www.midwestmanure.org

CHOOSE 1: TRACK A (Digesters) or TRACK B (Safety)

A. WI Anaerobic Digester Program (9:00 am—5:00 pm)

Updates on National & WI Agricultural Biogas Outlook

UW-Oshkosh Perspective (operating 3 digesters)

Innovative solutions and current issues

CHP Maintenance

Upgrading to CNG

Limiting H2S production & post–production removal

Digestate Standard

Safety Equipment Showcase

B. Developing Safety Plans for Manure Storage and Handling (MSH) Systems (10:00 am—3:30 pm)

From barn to transport engineering designs and

safety controls

Identifying confined spaces and written plan

requirements

Assessing hazards in a MSH system

Basics of manure gases and gas monitors

Safety plans for respiratory, fall protection, chemical

safety, and rescue including training requirements

5:30 pm Dinner & Social (Optional)

Summit Agenda

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22

9:00 am Registration and Refreshments

10:00 am Welcome and Introductions

10:15 am Manure Processing Technologies - Dr. Troy Runge, UW-Madison

11:00 am UW-Oshkosh Digesters - Keys to Success - Brian Langolf, UW-Oshkosh

11:45 am How Dairy Cattle Feed Efficiency Impacts Manure Nutrients - Dr. Randy Shaver, UW-Madison

12:15 pm Lunch

1:15 pm Considerations for the Use of Manure Irrigation Practices - Dr. Becky Larson, UW-Madison

2:00 pm Assessment of Human Health Risk Due to Airborne Pathogens During Spray Irrigation of Dairy Manure - Dr. Tucker Burch, USDA-ARS

2:45 pm Break

3:15 pm Manure Irrigation in Wisconsin and Human Health Concerns - Dr. Mark Borchardt, USDA-ARS

4:00 pm Competing Priorities. Antibiotic Use in Animal Agriculture in a Time of Increasing Antibiotic Resistance - Dr. Katharine Knowlton, Virginia Tech

5:00-7:00 pm Social hour & Cash bar

2017 Midwest Manure Summit—

Registration

Business / Farm Name ___________________________________

Name ______________________________________________________

Address ___________________________________________________

City ___________________________________________ State ______

Zip ________________ Phone ________________________________

Email ______________________________________________________

Payment Options

Check—Payable to UW-Madison

Credit Card—circle one: Visa Mastercard AMEX Discover

Card # _____________________________________________________

Expiration Date ___________________

Name on Card _____________________________________________

Signature __________________________________________________

Early registration ends February 6th!

* Summit attendees are welcome to the February 21 dinner.

**Walk-in registration is $350.

Mail or Fax Registration Form and Payment to:

UW-Madison CALS Conference Services

640 Babcock Drive

Madison, WI 53706

Fax Number: (608) 262-5088

Questions?? Call CALS at (608) 263-1672

You can also REGISTER ONLINE at:

www.midwestmanure.org

Cost per Person # Total

Pre-Summit

February 21

$150

($200 after 2/6)

=

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Circle 1: Track A (Anaerobic Digesters) Track B (Safety)

Optional Dinner

February 21

$30* =

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Summit

February 22 & 23

$225**

($300 after 2/6)

=

x

TOTAL ENCLOSED

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23

8:00 am Breakfast and Networking

9:00 am Manure Economics and Application Decisions - Where are We Headed? - Dr. Daniel Anderson, Iowa State

9:45 am Hydrogen Sulfide: Connecting the Dots From Cattle to Manure to People - Liz Binversie, UW-Extension

10:15 am Break

10:45 am Knock Me Over! Manure Gas and

Safe Practices with Gypsum

Bedded Dairies

- Dr. Eileen Fabian, Penn State

11:30 am Proactively Preventing Manure

Spills: Common Causes and Recent

Trends

- Kevin Erb, UW-Extension

12:15 pm Lunch

1:15 pm Manure Safety -

2016 Learning Lessons

- Cheryl Skjolaas, UW-Madison

2:00 pm Manure Safety Panel Discussion - Mary Bauer, OSHA - Matt Komro, Komro Sales & Services Inc. - Cheryl Skjolaas, UW-Madison

3:00 pm Adjourn