Farming & the Environment

Author(s) Horacio Aguirre-Villegas, Rebecca A. Larson, Matthew D. Ruark. Wisconsin is a leader in agricultural-based anaerobic digestion, a proces...

Author(s) Christopher Anderson, Diane Mayerfeld. The drought has left many Wisconsin growers short on forage to feed their animals. As a consequen...

Author(s) Caleb R. Besson, Rebecca A. Larson, Horacio A. Aguirre-Villegas. Animal agricultural operations are a major contributor to ammonia emiss...

Author(s) Caleb R. Besson, Rebecca A. Larson, Horacio A. Aguirre-Villegas. The focus of this study is to quantify ammonia emissions from typical m...

Author(s) Caleb R. Besson, Rebecca A. Larson, Horacio A. Aguirre-Villegas. Quantifying ammonia emissions is important to establish baselines ...

Author(s) Rebecca A. Larson, Horacio A. Aguirre-Villegas. Manure to clean water systems can reduce issues associated with on-farm handling, storag...

Author(s) Victor M. Zavala, Rebecca A. Larson, Horacio A. Aguirre-Villegas. When used effectively, manure can provide a sustainable source of fer...

Author(s) Joe Harrison, Keith Bowers, Steve Norberg, Rebecca A. Larson, Horacio A. Aguirre-Villegas. Phosphorous is an important mineral in a...

Author(s) Linda Schott, Horacio A. Aguirre-Villegas, Rebecca A. Larson, Mahmoud A. Sharara, Joseph Sanford, Zong Liu. Composting can be implemente...

Author(s) Joseph Sanford, Horacio A. Aguirre-Villegas, Rebecca A. Larson, Mahmoud A. Sharara, Zong Liu, Linda Schott. Transporting livestock manur...

Author(s) Zong Liu, Horacio A. Aguirre-Villegas, Rebecca A. Larson, Mahmoud A. Sharara, Joseph Sanford, Linda Schott. Including sloped screens for...

Author(s) Rebecca A. Larson, Horacio A. Aguirre-Villegas, Mahmoud A. Sharara, Joseph Sanford, Zong Liu, Linda Schott. Screw press separators can d...

Author(s) Mahmoud A. Sharara, Horacio A. Aguirre-Villegas, Rebecca A. Larson,  Joseph Sanford, Zong Liu, Linda Schott. This factsheet summarizes k...

Author(s) Horacio A. Aguirre-Villegas, Rebecca A. Larson, Mahmoud A. Sharara, Joseph Sanford, Zong Liu, Linda Schott. Manure is among the lowest m...

Author(s) Abby Augarten, Amber Radatz, Matt Ruark, Erica Olson. Calculating NUE (nitrogen use efficiency) can be relatively simple and offers insig...

Author(s) Horacio Aguirre-Villegas, Rebecca A. Larson, Matthew D. Ruark, Di Liang, Michel Wattiaux, Larry Chase, Victor Cabrera. Enteric methane ...

Author(s) Lois Wright Morton, Linda S. Prokopy, J. Gordon Arbuckle, Chad Ingels, Marilyn Thelen, Robert Bellm, Dennis Bowman, Laura Edwards, Charle...

Author(s) Horacio Aguirre-Villegas, Rebecca Larson, Matt Ruark. While manure can provide valuable nutrients for crop production, it also costs mon...

Author(s) Rebecca A. Larson, Horacio Aguirre-Villegas, John Shutske, Cheryl Skjolaas, Jeff Nelson, James Schauer, Kevin Erb. Predicting gas emissi...

Author(s) Horacio Aguirre-Villegas, Rebecca A. Larson, Matthew D. Ruark, Di Liang, Michel Wattiaux, Larry Chase, Victor Cabrera. Enteric methane, ...

Author(s) Horacio Aguirre-Villegas, Rebecca Larson, Matthew Ruark. Manure agitation is an important part of storage as it reduces nutrient variabi...

Author(s) Anna Haines, Lynn Markham, Dan McFarlane, Eric Olson, Rebecca Roberts, Linda Stoll. This summary of global warming and resulting climate...

Author(s) Horacio Aguirre-Villegas, Rebecca Larson, Matt Ruark. Solid-liquid separation is a manure processing technology that has grown in popula...

Author(s) Bill Bland, Merritt Bussiere As the number of small dairy farms in Wisconsin declines, larger farms proliferate, raising community conce...

Author(s) Dan Undersander, Brian Pillsbury. Wisconsin's streams are one of our most precious natural resources. When streams flow through pasture ...

Author(s) Carolyn Rumery Betz, Evan Murdock, Ken Genskow. Carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide are greenhouse gases (GHG) and known causes o...

Author(s) David C. Payer, Brian J. Holmes. This detailed fact sheet is part of a series for dairy farmers and others in the dairy industry concern...

Author(s) Horacio Aguirre-Villegas, Michel Wattiaux, Rebecca Larson, Larry Chase, Sanjeewa Ranathunga, Matthew Ruark. The more nitrogen (N) that i...

Author(s) David C. Payer, Brian J. Holmes. This fact sheet is part of a series for dairy farmers and others in the dairy industry concerned about ...

Author(s) David C. Payer, Brian J. Holmes This fact sheet is part of a series for dairy farmers and others in the dairy industry concerned about m...

Author(s) David C. Payer, Brian J. Holmes. This fact sheet is for dairy farmers and others in the dairy industry concerned with managing wastewate...

Author(s) Sherry Combs, Bruce Hoskins, Jan Jarman, John Kovar, Maurice Watson, Ann Wolf, Nancy Wolf. This detailed publication will help you under...

Author(s) Horacio Aguirre-Villegas, Rebecca Larson, Matthew Ruark. Keeping up the levels of nitrogen (N) in soils generally results in higher crop...

Author(s) David C. Payer, Brian J. Holmes. Knowing how to dispose of waste milk properly is an essential part of dairy milking center management. ...

Author(s) Horacio Aguirre-Villegas, Rebecca Larson, Matthew Ruark. Manure is a valuable resource for agricultural systems due to its nutrient cont...

Author(s) Fred Madison, Keith Kelling, Leonard Massie, Laura Ward Good. Proper manure management and handling are tricky. This booklet describes h...

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...

Author(s) Horacio Aguirre-Villegas, Simone Kraatz, Franco Milani, Astrid Newenhouse, Thais Passos-Fonseca, Doug Reinemann. The process of making ...

Author(s) David C. Payer, Brian J. Holmes. This fact sheet discusses options for handling milking center wastewater and provides background inform...

Author(s) Richard Wolkowski, Thomas Cox, James Leverich. Wisconsin growers have a renewed interest in conservation tillage options. This publicati...

Author(s) Editors: A. J. Bussan, George Kraft, Justin Isherwood. When farmers pump huge quantities of groundwater to irrigate fields, the water le...

Author(s) Richard Wolkowski. Gypsum wallboard left over from building projects can be crushed, sieved, and applied to land at the construction sit...

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...

Author(s) Brian J. Holmes, Roger Springman. Burning agricultural plastics is illegal in Wisconsin. This publication reviews practices farmers can ...

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...

Author(s) Larry G. Bundy, Lynda Knobeloch, Bruce Webendorfer, Gary W. Jackson, Bryon H. Shaw. Although nitrogen can cause environmental and health...

Author(s) Horacio Aguirre-Villegas, Rebecca A. Larson, Matthew D. Ruark. Methane is a greenhouse gas produced largely from bacteria that live in s...

Author(s) Diane Mayerfeld. Most UW-Extension educators agree that adapting to and addressing the causes of climate change are important responsibi...