What does your play area on the farm look like? Is there a clear line between the play area and the busy farm areas? What do you look for? Large equipment and livestock, coupled with a child’s curiosity, can lead to a tragic incident. Therefore, it is important to create a play area for children that is both fun and safe with a physical barrier separating it from the busy, active workplace of the farm. All these questions and more are answered by Jana Davidson, Education Content Specialist, Progressive Agriculture Foundation.

The Agricultural Conservation Planning Framework (ACPF) team is excited to release version 2 of the online technical training. This enhanced training teaches users with intermediate GIS knowledge how to how to download the ACPF toolbox and the base data and run the ecological tools on your chosen watershed. Plus, you can earn CEU’s for the full course!

Project Recovery is an outreach program working with individuals, families, and communities impacted by COVID-19 throughout the state of Wisconsin. Trained outreach workers provide community-based support and education to help farmers, farmworkers, and their communities cope during this stressful time.

Crop harvest is here and that means it’s time to be thinking about weed seedbank management. Over the last few weeks we have observed fields throughout Wisconsin with a fair amount of weed escapes. Our UW-Madison Division of Extension Weed Science Group offers the information within the article for consideration.

It’s fall time. It’s time to plant trees! Here are a few things you should know to plant and care the right way for your new trees. A few do’s and a few don’ts to help you along the way to a long lasting tree.

Harvest of Hope provides financial help and hope to Wisconsin Farm Families to help address common farm financial problems, such as power cut-offs, medical bills, fires, feed, machinery repair, and more. Within this article is information about the fund, where to go to apply, and how this works.

Wasps have once again made their appearance and their presence known, whether it be in a tree, a hole in the ground, or inside a building. You may have the questions of: what to do, what is effective, and what won’t work. Read for more information and explanation of what would or should be the best course of action.