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Upcoming Events

• Calumet County Corn Silage Dry Down Days
  Tuesday, September 10, 2019
  11:00-2:00 pm
  Tom Biese Farm, N2818 State Road 57, New Holstein

• Women Caring for the Land
  September 19, 2019
  9:00 am – 3:00 pm
  Perennial Farms LLC
  N3804 County Road E, Waldo

• Calumet County Corn Silage Dry Down Days
  Tuesday, September 17, 2019
  11:00-2:00 pm
  Country Visions Coop, W2468 County Road E, Chilton

• Calumet County Corn Silage Dry Down Days
  Tuesday, September 24, 2019
  11:00-2:00 pm
  Schneider Farms Inc., W2920 Faro Springs Road, Hilbert

• Calumet County Corn Silage Dry Down Days
  Tuesday October 1, 2019
  11:00-2:00 pm
  Greg Bohman, N8819 County Road PP, Brillion

 

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Using Corn and Soybean as Cover Crops on Prevented Planted Acres in Wisconsin during 2019

UW-Extension specialists, Shawn Conley and Joe Lauer, wrote a letter for crop insurance agents confirming corn and soybeans can be used as cover crops and agronomic recommendations

• Wisconsin Cover Crop Recommendations for Prevent Plant
• Agronomic recommendations for using Soybeans as a cover crop in Wisconsin
• Agronomic recommendations for using Corn as a cover crop in Wisconsin

 

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2014 Calumet County Agriculture Value and Economic Impact

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Website Links

Statewide Scissors Cutting Results

DCP/ACRE website

SURE – SURE provides financial assistance for crop production and or quality losses due to a natural disaster.

Farmer to Farmer Corn and Forage Website

UW-Extension, Corn Agronomy Web page

UW-Extension, Forage Team Website

UW-Extension, Grain Production and Management, Grains Team

UW-Extension, Dairy Team

UW-Center for Dairy Profitability

UW-Dairy Science Department

Wisconsin Pest Bulletin

Wisconsin Crop Manager

UW-Extension Cool Bean Website

Custom Rate Guide 2017

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Decision Making Tips

Managing Rained on Alfalfa for Haylage

Corn Replant/Late Plant Decisions in Wisconsin

Negotiating the Value of Immature Corn Silage

Farmer to Farmer – Hay, Forage, and Corn List

Pricing Drought-Stressed Corn Silage

Silo Gas and Silo-Filler’s Disease

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Management Tools

How to Price Standing Forage Worksheet (.xls)

Estimating Alfalfa RFV in the Field Using PEAQ

Non-Irrigated Yields by Soil Type and Map Unit (.pdf)

UW Extension Holstein Steer Finishing Yardage-summary-final (.pdf)

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Wisconsin Crop Manager Issues

• Wisconsin Crop Manager, August 22, 2019 August 22, 2019
• Wisconsin Pest Bulletin 17, August 17, 2019 August 22, 2019
• 2019 On-farm Rye Forage Comparison: Progas Hybrid Forage Rye vs. VNS Rye August 22, 2019
• Cover Crops Workshop September 4, 2019 August 22, 2019
• Top 8 Recommendations for Winter Wheat Establishment in 2019 August 22, 2019
• Vegetable Crop Updates Newsletter #19 August 22, 2019
• Wisconsin Fruit News, Vol. 4 Issue 10 August 22, 2019
• Wisconsin Pest Bulletin 16, August 15, 2019 August 15, 2019
• Response of Four Oat Varieties to a Plant Growth Regulator and Foliar Fungicide Combination-2019 August 15, 2019
• Vegetable Crop Updates Newsletter #18 August 15, 2019
• Insect Updates in Wisconsin Field Crops August 14, 2019
• Integrated Wheat Management Selected Inputs Interaction Trial – 2019 August 14, 2019
• Results of Intensive Winter Wheat Management – 2019 August 14, 2019
• Wisconsin Pest Bulletin, August 8, 2019 August 14, 2019
• Wisconsin Crop Manager, August 8, 2019 August 8, 2019

 

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If you have any questions regarding Agriculture in Calumet County, please contact:

Amber O’Brien

Amber O’Brien Extension Calumet County 206 Court Street Chilton, WI 53014 Email:  Amber Phone: 920-849-1450 x3 Toll Free:  833-620-2730 x2202 Fax: 920-849-1614