Central Wisconsin Agriculture Specialization

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 [...]

Click on the attachment below,  if you’re interested in knowing how much you have in those silo bags behind the barn.  And for additional information or Excel spreadsheets on storing silage go to the UW Team Forage Website at:  http://www.uwex.edu/ces/crops/uwforage/storage.htm  .  You might also want to consider trying the SiloCAP spreadsheet on the Virginia Tech Dairy website [...]

Heaving is a problem in some alfalfa stands each year in the midwest.  Click here to read more on the subject:  HEAVING

Presentation handouts on suggestions for harvesting high quality hay.  This presention was given in March 2011 by Ryan Pearcy, Hay Tools Product Manager, Kuhn North America Harvesting Quality Hay

Presentation materials on the history of alfalfa, alfalfa pests and alfalfa variety.  This presention was given in March 2011 by Mark Smith, PhD, Research Scientist and Alfalfa Researcher with Pioneer Hi-Bred Alfalfa History Pests and Variety Selection

Presentation on the importance of fertilizers in forages, given by Donald Genrich, CWAS Agronomy and Nutrient Management Specialist in March 2011 Fertilizer for Forages 2010

UW-Extension Publication suggeting tips to shorten the hay and haylage harvest window and enhance forage quality.  Click and then search the Learning Store using some of the key words from the title above.

Factsheet and formula to help better determine potential Alfalfa Winter Injury risk

Presentation given in March 2011 recommending options to maximize forage production Alfafa getting top yields