UW-Madison Extension Cow/Calf Days and Wisconsin Feeder Workshops will be combined to create the Wisconsin Beef Special Edition Webinar Series. Join your local Extension Livestock Program Educators, UW Outreach Specialist, and esteemed keynote speakers as they present current topics on beef production.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture reminds dairy producers that the deadline to enroll in Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) for calendar year 2021 is Friday, Dec. 11, 2020.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the signup periods for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) and the CRP Grasslands in 2021. Signup for general CRP will be open from Jan. 4, 2021, to Feb. 12, 2021, and signup for CRP Grasslands runs from March 15, 2021 to April 23, 2021.

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.