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Agricultural Land Sales by Counties, Wisconsin, 2006
Agriculture
Statistics for Manitowoc County
  Vehicle repair stations encouraged to meet floor drain requirements
Federal deadline is January 1, 2008 - aims to protect drinking water
 2007 Dairy Producers Survey
Final
Report of the Northeast Wisconsin Karst Task Force (52
pages, 4.81 MB)
 Wisconsin Custom Manure Applicators List (9/2007) (10 pages, 126 KB)
Prepared by UW Extension Environmental Resources Center (ERC) and the Professonal Nutrient Applicators Association of Wisconsin
Crop Insurance
- Hints
for Using Crop Insurance in 2007 (Several basic hints
on how to use crop insurance this year.) (2 pages, 76 KB)
- Is
GRP a good deal for my Corn? (5 pages, 119 KB)
- Is
GRP a good deal for my Soybeans? (4 pages, 95 KB)
- Tables supporting the maps in #2 and #3
Dairy Partner / El Compañero (Employee Newsletter
Fact Sheets
Fences
in Agricultural Areas (6 pages, 24 KB)
Fish Health Advisory - Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia (4 pages, 107 KB)
Footbath
Alternatives (4 pages, 114 KB)
With the price of copper sulfate escalating to more than $70 per bag, many herds are looking for alternatives to decrease footbath costs. There seems to be some confusion about what different chemicals are doing, so it is perhaps timely to review our footbath goals.
Mycotoxin
Effects in Dairy Cattle (8 pages, 443 KB)
Planting Winter Rye after Corn Silage: Managing for Forage (4 pages, 351 KB)
WI
Notice FLP-268 - 2007 Planning Prices Guidelines (2
pages, 29 KB)
This notice provides guidance to the Farm Service Agency farm loan officials when developing Farm Business Plans for 2007.
Farmer to Farmer Hay, Forage and Corn List -
UW-Extension's Grain Team has established this website where growers facing shortages can find growers who have excess feed to sell. Use of this site is free of charge to both buyers and sellers.
Manitowoc County Livestock Facility Licensing Ordinance - Chapter 28
Chapter
28 - Livestock Facility Licensing (5 pages, 48 KB)
WDATCP Livestock Siting Homepage (Includes application, materials, worksheets, fact sheets and more.)
Papers of Interest
Composting Bedded Pack Barns for Dairy Housing (4 pages, 300 KB)
Information in this fact sheet is a summary of four articles written by University of Minnesota Extension Dairy Team members Dr. Kevin Janni, Extension Ag. Engineer; Dr. Jeff Reneau, Extension Dairy Scientist, and Wayne Schoper, Extension Educator for Brown and Nicollet Counties. Edited by Neil Broadwater, Regional Extension Educator-Dairy (March, 2005)
Prospects
for Improving Reproductive Performance through Genetic
Selection (8 pages, 360 KB)
Kent Weigel, Dept. of Dairy Science, UW-Wisconsin (August, 2006)
UW Discovery Farms in Manitowoc County
2007 Variety Results
2007 Wisconsin Soybean Variety Test Results
Wisconsin
Corn Hybrid Performance Trials for Grain and Silage 2007
Small
Grain Varieties for Grain and Forage in Wisconsin - 2007
Wisconsin
Soybean Variety Test Results - 2006
Winter Wheat Variety Results - 2007
Forage
Variety Update for Wisconsin - 2007
2007
Wisconsin Custom Rate Guide (9 pages, 1.5 MB)
Wisconsin Custom Operators, Inc.
Dairy
& Agriculture News Releases
Manitowoc
County DHIA Newsletters
Dairy
Papers and Reports
Dairy
Presentations
RELATED LINKS OF INTEREST
If you have
any questions regarding Agriculture Dairy/Livestock in Manitowoc
County, please contact:
 Scott
Gunderson
Manitowoc County - UW Extension
Manitowoc County Office Complex
4319 Expo Drive
PO Box 1150
Manitowoc, WI 54221-1150
Phone: 920-683-4168
Fax: 920-683-5062
Email: scott.gunderson@ces.uwex.edu
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