Marathon County

Calcium sulfate dihydrate, more commonly known as gypsum, has has been long time favorite fertilizer of the Greeks and Romans and even Ben Franklin has touted its benefits. And now gypsum is receiving new attention recently as a possible soil amendment because of data growing that the mineral’s capacity to reduce nonpoint source pollution. With some farmers finding its effects on [...]

If producers are considering upgrading or adding extra storage space for harvested crops next year, the Farm Service Agency’s (FSA) Farm Storage Facility Loan (FSFL) program provides low interest loans for building or upgrading storage facilities. FSFL helps to ensure that producers have adequate capacity to store their harvested production by providing low interest loans for building or [...]

The UW-Extension has created a FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) page about buying and selling hay and straw. They include information regarding inventory size, feeding strategies, marketing your hay, and current prices. You’ll also find links to sites to exchange hay and straw. Learn more about buying and selling hay and straw >>>

Puts Wisconsin farmers in touch with one another for the purpose of buying and/or selling corn and forage. The farmer to farmer list is free of charge to both buyers and sellers. Users can list or search for high moisture corn, corn grain, corn silage, alfalfa haylage, sorghum sudangrass silage, soybean silage, or hay. Visit [...]

Thousands of acres of alfalfa in Marathon County were damaged or lost to winterkill early this spring. Dairy and livestock farmers may find they are short of feed both this summer and into the coming winter months Extension Responds with information about alternate forages and management tips >>>

First came heavy rains, delaying corn planting and alfalfa cutting. In July, usually cool weather slowed crop growth. Then, some Marathon County farms were hit with an early killing frost in August. Farmers now wonder if they will have enough feed to see their livestock through the winter and how the freakish weather will affect [...]