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Wisconsin Land Use Megatrends: Agriculture
Author(s) Anna Haines, Lynn Markham, Dan McFarlane, Eric Olson, Rebecca Roberts, Linda Stoll. Numerous maps and graphs help tell the tale of how a...
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Understand the Carbon Footprint of Cheese: Sustainable Cheese Production
Author(s) Horacio Aguirre-Villegas, Simone Kraatz, Franco Milani, Astrid Newenhouse, Thais Passos-Fonseca, Doug Reinemann. The process of making ...
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Treating and Disposing of Milking Center Wastewater
Author(s) David C. Payer, Brian J. Holmes. This fact sheet discusses options for handling milking center wastewater and provides background inform...
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Strip-Tillage: A Conservation Option for Wisconsin Farmers
Author(s) Richard Wolkowski, Thomas Cox, James Leverich. Wisconsin growers have a renewed interest in conservation tillage options. This publicati...
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Walking On Water: Essays for the Central Sands
Author(s) Editors: A. J. Bussan, George Kraft, Justin Isherwood. When farmers pump huge quantities of groundwater to irrigate fields, the water le...
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Using Recycled Wallboard for Crop Production
Author(s) Richard Wolkowski. Gypsum wallboard left over from building projects can be crushed, sieved, and applied to land at the construction sit...
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Sorghum Sudangrass Residue as Mulch for No-Till Organic Tomatoes
Author(s) Claire Strader, Julie Dawson. One of the most common criticisms of organic agriculture is that it relies too heavily on tillage. While o...
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Recycling Silo Bags and Other Agricultural Plastic Films
Author(s) Brian J. Holmes, Roger Springman. Burning agricultural plastics is illegal in Wisconsin. This publication reviews practices farmers can ...
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Plastic, Fabric, and Marsh Hay Mulch with No-Till Organic Tomatoes
Author(s) Claire Strader, Julie Dawson. One of the most common criticisms of organic agriculture is that it relies too heavily on tillage. While o...
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Nitrate in Wisconsin Groundwater: Sources and Concerns
Author(s) Larry G. Bundy, Lynda Knobeloch, Bruce Webendorfer, Gary W. Jackson, Bryon H. Shaw. Although nitrogen can cause environmental and health...
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Methane Emissions from Dairy Cattle: An Overview
Author(s) Horacio Aguirre-Villegas, Rebecca A. Larson, Matthew D. Ruark. Methane is a greenhouse gas produced largely from bacteria that live in s...
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Meat and Our Carbon Footprint: Using Deliberative Dialogue to Tackle Contentious Issues
Author(s) Diane Mayerfeld. Most UW-Extension educators agree that adapting to and addressing the causes of climate change are important responsibi...
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Management Practices that can Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Dairy Farms
Author(s) Horacio Aguirre-Villegas, Daesoo Kim, Greg Thoma, Rebecca A. Larson, Matthew D. Ruark. Milk and dairy products constitute an important p...
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Living Aisles under Organic Acorn Squash and Brussels Sprouts
Author(s) Claire Strader, Julie Dawson. One of the most common criticisms of organic agriculture is that it relies too heavily on tillage. While o...
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Life Cycle Assessment of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Dairy Farms in the Great Lakes Region
Author(s) Horacio Aguirre-Villegas, Daesoo Kim, Greg Thoma, Rebecca A. Larson, Matthew D. Ruark. Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a widely accepted ...
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Greener Pastures: Is Grazing Right for Your Operation?
Farmers using managed grazing often describe it in terms such as less stressful or family friendly. Practical benefits come along with the lifesty...
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Final Report of the Northeast Wisconsin Karst Task Force
Author(s) Edited by Kevin Erb, Ron Stieglitz. This February 9, 2007 report documents the findings of the task force convened to consider the exis...
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Farmland Conservation Choices
This detailed guide features 26 common conservation practices. It explains how each practice works and how it helps improve a farm, lists things t...
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Farmer's Pocket Guide to Managing Nutrients and Pesticides
Author(s) Sherry M. Combs, Larry G. Bundy, Roger A. Flashinski, Daniel Wixted. This notebook is designed to give Wisconsin farmers information abo...
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Cover Crops Case Studies: JenEhr Family Farm
Author(s) Christopher Anderson, Diane Mayerfeld. The drought has left many Wisconsin growers short on forage to feed their animals. As a consequen...
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Converting CRP Land to Corn: Minimizing Soil Loss
Author(s) John Panuska, Laura Ward Good, Richard Wolkowski. This publication focuses on ways to manage corn production on former CRP lands that re...
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Converting CRP Land to Corn: Minimizing Phosphorus Loss
Author(s) John Panuska, Laura Ward Good, Richard Wolkowski. This publication evaluates phosphorus loss via runoff from a variety of different till...
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Conservation Benefits of a Grade Stabilization Structure
Author(s) Callie L. Herron, Kyle R. Minks, Matthew D. Ruark. A grade stabilization structure (GSS) is an on-farm conservation tool that can effect...
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Cleaning Up on the Farm: Reducing Liability from Spills, Dumps and Waste Materials
Author(s) David S. Liebl. This publication offers guidelines for cleaning up farm dumps and spills and disposing of common waste materials that th...
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