Central Wisconsin Agriculture Specialization

WELCOME TO CWAS – Central Wisconsin Agricultural Specialization

Central Wisconsin Agricultural Specialization

Our mission is to be the primary source of research based agricultural information and education for the agricultural community in Central Wisconsin.

Member Wisconsin Counties:

• Adams
• Green Lake
• Juneau
• Marquette
• Portage
• Waushara
• Wood

Selected links saved from my personal bookmarks (also called favorites) have been exported to this web address:   http://juneau.uwex.edu/agriculture/links-of-interest/ 

You may find these links useful, however,  please remember that these links have not been reviewed.

Craig Saxe

Juneau County Agriculture Agent

The April 2012 edition of the Central Wisconsin Agriculture Specialization Team newsletter can be found here.  Topic include:  food safety and good ag practices, indentifying pasture grasses, using perennial cover crops in commercial vegetable production systems, selling $1,000 beef calves, attention to replacement dairy heifers pays, grow Wisconsin dairy 30 by 20 initiative, considering tomato late blight management in 2012.

CWAS Newsletter April 2012

Culling and Replacement Strategies was a presentation given during the 2012 CWAS Dairy Meetings.  Click here for the presentation handout; Culling and Replacement Strategies

Maximizing Cow Comfort was a presentation given during the 2012 CWAS Dairy Meetings.  Click here for the presentation handout; Maximizing Cow Comfort CWDS

Marketing 101 was a presentation given during the 2012 CWAS Dairy Meetings.  Click here for the presentation handout; Marketing 101 -CWAS_HO

TMR Management Practices was a presentation given during the 2012 CWAS Dairy Meetings.  Click here for the presentation handouts; TMR_Management_HO ,  TMR_Mixer_Maintenance , TMR_Management_nHealthy_Rumen

We will be holding two meetings inCentral Wisconsinon March 9 and March 10. The meeting on March 9 will be held at the Lemonweir Valley Telephone Company office,127 US Highway12/16, Camp Douglas WI and the meeting on March 10 will be held at theJensonCommunity Center,487 N. Main St.,AmherstWI. Registration with coffee and rolls will be at 8:30 AM with the meeting being held from 9 AM to 3.PM. at each location. 

 Registration which will include morning coffee and rolls and noon lunch will be $15 for each meeting. Pre-registration by March 2 is needed for meal planning. Please register by contacting Ken Schroeder,UW-ExtensionPortageCounty, 715-346-1316, for the meeting atAmherstor for the meeting atCampDouglasplease contact Craig Saxe, UW-Extension,JuneauCountyat 608-847-9329.

For more infomation:  Grazing_Mtgs_agenda

The Central Wisconsin Agriculture Specialization Team is sponsoring dairy meetings throughout Central Wisconsin.  The dates and locations for meetings are: 

• Tuesday February 21 at the Elroy American Legion Hall, 402 E Franklin Street;
• Wednesday February 29 at the Junction City Community Hall (Highway 10, Fire Station)
• Tuesday March 6 at the Plover Elizabeth Inn, 5246 Harding Avenue (Hwy. 54 and I39 Interchange). 

The program runs from 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.  Topics include:  Dairy Marketing 101; Maximizing Cow Comfort; Cull Cows or Cull Heifers? and TMR Management Practices.

For more information for each location:

Elroy Dairy Series 2012

Junction City Dairy Series 2012

Plover Dairy Series 2012

The January edition of the Central Wisconsin Agriculture Extension Report is a little different.  Most of the articles are not really articles, but rather a detailed summary of some of our upcoming programs.  If you need any additional information regarding specific programs, please contact the numbers given.

CWAS Newsletter January 2012

The October 2011 CWAS Newsletter can be found here.  Topics include:  Farm Year End Tax Management, Managing Dairy Replacement Cost, These Fruits Were Made for Walking: Food Miles, Winter Feeding Programs for Beef Cows, Startegies for Controlling Fertilizer Costs, Determining Silage Bag Capacity. 

CWAS NL October 2011