University of Wisconsin-Madison
Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) remains one of the most common and costly health challenges in preweaned dairy calves. While traditional diagnosis relies on visual symptoms, such as coughing, nasal discharge, or elevated temperature, these signs often appear late in the disease process, after damage has already occurred. Even when calves appear healthy, subclinical lung infections […]
Milk Quality from the Udder World is a certification program that builds confident, effective trainers who can lead their teams to implement best practices. Participants learn how to explain the why behind each step of the milking routine, coach teams to work consistently, and develop the skills needed to prevent mastitis and produce high-quality milk. To earn the certification, […]
Many commonly used agricultural products such as pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers, and fuel additives can be hazardous if not handled or disposed of properly. These materials require special care when it’s time to discard them. The Clean Sweep program is an event specifically designed to help farmers safely and responsibly dispose of unwanted or unused hazardous […]
Agriculture With over 59,000 dairy cows in Fond du Lac county, ensuring high-quality forage production is critical to sustaining milk production and farm profitability. Helping growers meet forage quality goals for their farm means lower outside feed costs, healthier cows and improved sustainability of that farm. Furthermore, given the key role Spanish-speaking workers play, providing […]
Agriculture With over 59,000 dairy cows in Fond du Lac county, ensuring high-quality forage production is critical to sustaining milk production and farm profitability. Helping growers meet forage quality goals for their farm means lower outside feed costs, healthier cows and improved sustainability of that farm. Furthermore, given the key role Spanish-speaking workers play, providing […]
UW-Madison Division of Extension has launched Shoebox to Strategy: Organizing Your Farm’s Legacy, a workshop series designed to help farm families organize critical documents and financial information. Organizing important farm records is a task that is easy to put off, but having these documents in order supports the continuity and stability of your business—especially in […]
