HIGHLIGHTS

Extension Responds with resources for farmers struggling with wet fall harvest.

With the most expensive crop of corn and soybeans ever grown still sitting in saturated farm fields, growers have their backs against the wall this fall. To address this challenge, a group of University of Wisconsin-Extension specialists and county agriculture agents have developed a priority list of research-based educational resources at their website http://fyi.uwex.edu/grain/ to help growers cope with the situation. More . . .Barron County UW-Extension Agriculture Program

Milk Quality Economics Dairy Seminar - March 3, 2010, Barron county Campus, Student Center

The most costly disease of dairy cattle is generally considered to be mastitis with an average of $110/cow in overall production loss for US dairy farms (2005). More information . . . Milk Quality Management

Cash Rental Rates for Farmland Decline

The Barron County UW-Extension Office is often looked to by landlords, tenants, and ag professionals for advice and infomation about land rental rates. To get more accurate cash rent data for Barron county, the Barron County UW-Extension Office conducts a cash rent survey each year. Results of the 2009 survey indicate that the average cash rental rates for cropland in Barron County decreased modestly from $50 per acre in 2008 to $49 per acre in 2009. For more information . . . Barron County UW-Extension Agriculture Program