HIGHLIGHTS

Bio-Energy and Beyond: Local Solutions in our Backyard: March 29th, 2008
UW-Barron Campus, Rice Lake, WI

Recent spikes in energy prices, uncertainty over future supply and concern about the environment have brought energy issues to the forefront of policy debates and individual decision making across the country. As communities and individuals assess the opportunities that our current energy situation has brought about, UW-Extension and its project partners are working to share information and create networking opprotunities that will lead to wise decisionmaking.

We have four renewable energy conferences planned across Western/Northwestern Wisconsin in Spring 2008. Brochure and Registration form (2 pages, 167 kB)

Farmland Prices Increase

The average price of agricultural land in Barron County fell slightly from 2005 to 2006. Barron County farmland sold in 2006 averaged $2,363 per acre, compared to $2,392 per acre in 2005. The average farmland price includes sales of land continuing in agriculture, land being diverted to uses other than farming, and agricultural land both with and without buildings and other improvements.

Barron County agricultural land continuing in agricultural use sold for an average of $2,250 per acre during 2006. Farmland being diverted to non-farm uses sold for an average of $3,128 per acre during the same period. However, only 470 acres of farm land sold during 2006 was diverted to non-farm uses, compared to 3,160 acres of farmland sold for farming purposes. Barron County farmland without building or other improvements sold for an average of $1,916 per acre in 2006. Agricultural land with buildings sold for an average of $2,737 per acre. Forest land sold in Barron County during 2006 averaged $2,007 per acre.
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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.