Waupaca County

Financing Higher Education Families with high school members considering college or technical college may have questions about the risks and benefits of financing that education.  In 1990, 1 in 5 undergraduates borrowed money while today it is 2 in five that finance education.  Many students choose to work full or part time to reduce the [...]

Harvesting & Feeding guidelines for corn at various stages of maturity Copy of Harvest Guidlelines for 2012 (pdf)

Arriving at a fair and equitable price for corn silage is difficult due to the number of factors involved that are dynamic and biologically variable. Pricing Drought Stressed Corn Silage – July 2012 (pdf 4pgs)

UW-Extension Drought 2012 comprehensive resource.  UW-Extension Drought 2012  Information related to all aspects of the drought.  Wisconsin Emergency Management Online marketplace for farmers in short supply of hay, forage and corn supplies.  Farmer to Farmer

Check out these fact sheets: Plant Your Dollars Close to Home & Watch Your Community Grow The Best Tasting Food Ripens Close to Home Buy Locally Grown, It’s Thousands of Miles Fresher

Agriculture works hard for Waupaca County every day.  Family-owned farms, food processors and agriculture-related businesses generate thousands of jobs and millions of dollars of economic activity while contributing to local income and tax revenues.  2011 Waupaca Co Ag Impact brochure (pdf)

Extension Impact:  Education Makes a Difference.  In this issue:  UWEX land Rent Survey, WNEP & Senior Nutrition, 4-H Display Receives State Award, Underage Drinking, Heart Disease & Prevention, Strategic Planning, and Upcoming Events.  Extension Impact-Spring 2012 (pdf 4 pgs)

The Waupaca County Forage Council is again sponsoring the annual PEAQ (Predictive Equations for Alfalfa Quality) first crop alfalfa monitoring program this year.  Field data from cooperating farms/consultants will be available late April and into May to help improve timing of first crop this year.  With the unusual weather that we have experienced, this program is [...]

  Cooperative Extension has served the citizens of Wisconsin since 1912, and will spend 2012 celebrating 100 years of education and outreach to families, youth, farmers, businesses and communities. Cooperative Extension is a unique partnership of counties, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the University of Wisconsin working together to help people put knowledge to [...]