HIGHLIGHTS

Piles of Lime around Barron County

What are all of those piles of "stuff" setting in farm fields around the County? Is that lime? These are two commonly asked questions this spring at the Barron County UW-Extension Office these days. The piles of material in question are a by-product produced during the water softening process at municipal water treatment plants in the Twin Cities. It can be an economical liming amendment for agricultural producers and there is little environmental risk associated with its use. Read more about it and other interesting local agriculture topics...

Alfalfa Monitoring - First Cutting

The Barron County UW-Extension Office in cooperation with area farmers and agri-businesses is conducting an alfalfa maturity monitoring program.  The purpose of this monitoring is to help producers decide the optimum time to harvest first cutting alfalfa.  Relative feed quality (RFQ) is used to predict the quality of the alfalfa.

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MISSION

With an office in each Wisconsin county, Cooperative Extension develops practical educational programs tailored to local needs and based on university knowledge and research.

County-based Extension educators are University of Wisconsin faculty and staff who are experts in agriculture and agribusiness, community and economic development, natural resources, family living and youth development.

Extension county-based faculty and staff live and work with the people they serve in communities across the state. Extension specialists work on UW System campuses where they access current research and knowledge. Collaboration between county and campus faculty is the hallmark of Cooperative Extension in Wisconsin.