Welcome to Crawford County Extension

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.

2009 Crawford County Fair ~ August 12-16 Time Well Spent

What's Bugging You?

Check out the UW-Madison Department of Entomology to find the identification of those mysterious insects and learn what to do about them.

Emerald Ash Borer (EAB)

How do you you know if your trees have EAB? How do you know if it's an EAB or a look-alike?

You'll find answers to many of your EAB questions at http://www.emeraldashborer.wi.gov/

Please report all suspect emerald ash borer findings by either calling the toll free emerald ash borer hotline at 1-800-462-2803 or submitting a report online

FUNGAL LEAF SPOT DISEASES OF MAPLE

Several fungal leaf spot diseases can infect maple, including anthracnose, Phyllosticta leaf spot, and tar spot. You'll find Dan Gillman's article at
http://www.extension.umn.edu/yardandgarden/ygbriefs/p414anthracnosemaple.html

NEW! Locally Produced Foods in Crawford County

Find out where to get local foods in greater Crawford County

Do you have access to broadband? Do you need access?

The Wisconsin Public Service Commission is currently conducting a Broadband Customer Survey as part of a larger effort to deploy broadband in Wisconsin (and ultimately throughout the entire nation).   The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) provides for grants to map and deploy broadband, especially to unserved and underserved areas.

By completing the survey, you can help yourself get adequate broadband sooner.  Take the PSC survey and get on the map at http://psc.wi.gov/apps35/eSurvey/Broadband/WIbroadband.aspx .  Read more about the survey and view the map of respondents at http://psc.wi.gov/recoveryAct/sfBroadband.htm 

And...please share this with others.  Make the voice from Southwest Wisconsin a STRONG one!

2009 Pasture Walk & Facilitated Discussion Group begins April 21.

The 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month, April 21 through October 20, thirteen hosts from Crawford and Grant County of WI, Winneshiek County of IA, and Houston County of MN will present various topics ranging from re-establishing old pastures and what works best, yearly transiton of stocker cattle, lane development, late season grazing strategies, to how to work with Hi Tensel wire.

Missouri Dairy Grazing Conference - July 8-10, Joplin, Missouri - Grazing in the U.S. - "Managing the System"

Open to all dairy producers and industry professionals interested in learning more about dairy grazing.

• Learn the latest in dairy grazing systems
• Tour some of the nation's best grazing dairies
• Network with national dairy graziers
• National and international speakers

You'll find the Pasture Walk and Dairy Grazing Conference schedules on our Agriculture web page .

To learn more about all of the wonderful, fun and educational opportunities 4-H has to offer, visit the 4-H program here.

AmeriCorps - Farm to School Program

Wisconsin AmeriCorps has awarded Crawford and Vernon Counties resources to start Farm to School programs with the goal of bringing more fresh, locally grown foods to area schools. As part of a statewide Farm to School initiative, four part-time volunteers will work closely with teachers, parents, PTO’s, food service staff, and local farmers to procure foods for schools and develop school based education programs with teachers. Contact our office for more information about how you can help!

The 2007 Crawford County Plat books are available.

Stop by the UW Extension Office, 225 N Beaumont Road, Suite 240, Prairie du Chien, WI 53821 OR mail your check payable to the Crawford County Fair plus $4.00 shipping to the above address. 2007 plat books are $30.00; the 2001 plat books are still available at a reduced price of $5.00

Do you have an idea for an invention or new product?

Would you like to start your own business?  The Crawford / Vernon County Regional Inventors and Entrepreneurs (I&E) club that can help you explore your idea and turn it into a product or business.  Meetings are held on the second Wednesday of each month at Western Technical College, 220 South Main Street, Viroqua.  Doors open at 5:30 pm and the program begins at 6:00 pm.  Everyone is welcome and encouraged to come early to meet other creative people, and browse the resource table. Bring your ideas! Contact Laura Brown 608.326.0223 for more information.

	Got a question? Answers to your questions Free. View the InfoSource web site for topic lists and more information on how to use this valuable resource.