The Wisconsin Youth Livestock Program, in connection with the University of Wisconsin Madison Animal & Dairy Sciences Department, College of Agriculture and Life Science and Division of Extension, will host a LIVE Virtual Zoom Tour of the brand-new Meat Science & Animal Biologics Discovery Building. The tour begins at 7 p.m. on Thursday, December 3rd, via the Zoom platform.

The USDA’s Conronavirus Food Assistance Program 2 is intended to minimize the effects of the pandemic by providing financial assistance to agricultural producers. The deadline to apply is December 11, 2020.

The Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program is an important risk management tool which dairy producers have access to from the USDA-Farm Service Agency.  A webinar will be offered on Dec. 3, 2020 on the DMC program.

The third webinar in the ‘Farm Management Update for Ag Professionals Fall 2020 Series’ will occur on November 12. it will address topics such as ‘Crops and Farm Finances’ and ‘Year End Grain Marketing and Pricing Decisions’. Register by 5:00 p.m., November 11 and reserve your spot!

Trust takes a lifetime to build and can be lost in a second. How do you mend broken trust? How do you gain trust where a lack makes communication difficult? Decision making tools and practices are also vital skills to have. These workshops will give you the tools you need to build trust and handle difficult decision making with aplomb.

The schedule for the Wisconsin Pest Management Update meeting series is listed below. The format will be different this year because of COVID-19. Virtual meetings with the same content will be offered multiple times the week of November 9 and will run for 2 hours each (please choose the option that best fits your schedule).

Beginning in November, this ‘Coffee Chat’ series begins. The 2nd Monday of each month through March of 2021. The program addresses the needs of farm women by providing education on farm business topics, connecting with resources, and creating support networks.