Category: Farming System
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Posted on February 4, 1998
Women on dairy farms: juggling roles and responsibilities (Research Brief #29)
If you want to know how important women are to running a dairy farm in Wisconsin, just ask farm couples. Six hundred farm couples were […]
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Posted on February 3, 1998
Outwintering dairy cattle: manure management issues (Research Brief #28)
The sparkling, frozen world of Wisconsin in winter presents several challenges to its dairy farmers. One of these challenges is how to manage dairy cattle […]
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Posted on February 2, 1998
Outwintering dairy cattle: animal health issues (Research Brief #27)
Farmers are finding that dairy cattle are a lot tougher and more resourceful than they have been given credit for. —Ed Brick Can dairy cattle […]
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Posted on January 1, 1998
Spreading the word: ag professionals and MIRG (Research Brief #25)
What predicts ag professionals’ knowledge of and willingness to make recommendations on management intensive rotational grazing (MIRG)? A UW-Madison survey of agricultural professionals throughout Wisconsin […]
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Posted on December 15, 1996
Impacts of Management Intensive Rotational Grazing on stream ecology and water quality
News from the Grazing Dairy Systems Network December 15, 1996 Contributed by Laura Paine University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Agronomy One important way to control […]
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Posted on October 4, 1996
Manure management research from an integrated perspective (Research Brief #24)
Solving complex agricultural problems like how to improve manure management systems requires strong disciplinary research combined with farmers and scientists coming together to apply adaptive, […]
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Posted on October 3, 1996
Farmer-to-farmer networks: effective grass-roots sharing (Research Brief #23)
Successful farmer-to-farmer networks assume that each person has valuable knowledge and experience to contribute. — Stephanie Rittmann Farmer-to-farmer networks are thriving in Wisconsin as a […]
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Posted on October 2, 1996
Windbreaks: trees as technology for protecting Wisconsin’s topsoil (Research Brief #22)
We need a lot more protection of erosion-prone land than we have. Windbreaks are an important component of this effort to control wind erosion. — […]
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Posted on June 1, 1996
Windrow composting systems can be feasable, cost effective (Research Brief #20)
One of the things we were interested in was how to implement a composting system without changing a farmer’s existing setup. — Bill Connolly, UW-River […]
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Posted on April 1, 1996
Management intensive rotational grazing’s sense…and dollars (Research Brief #19)
What we’re seeing is a little extra money from grazing while putting in a little less labor. — Gary Frank How can dairy farmers make […]