University of Wisconsin - Extension

Visitors to Farm Technology Days are invited to sample a variety of educational exhibits from University of Wisconsin-Extension and several state agencies at the Progress Pavilion at Farm Technology Days, Sept. 18-20, 2007 at Plain View Stock Farms, near Albany, Wis. in Green County.

In the Pavilion, you can get your drinking water tested, visit with UW-Extension Master Gardeners, learn about ideas that could add value to your farm business and visit an exhibit for women in agriculture. You can also schedule “appointments” with an entire clinic of “doctors” ready to diagnose and suggest treatments for everything from ailing plants to less-than-vibrant photographs.

Here are a few of the things you can do at the UW-Extension exhibits in the Pavilion this year:

• Learn how AgrAbility provides counseling and adaptive equipment to help farmers with disabilities or chronic illness stay in farming.
• Get an expert to diagnose and prescribe treatments for ailing plants or sick soils, or to suggest the best way to manage insects and weeds.
• Consult with a photography specialist about simple things you can do to take better pictures.
• Find out if your well water contains dangerous contaminants.
• Extension Master Gardeners will answer your gardening questions and offer examples of UW-Extension Horticulture publications.
• Visit a booth where you can learn about Wisconsin wildlife that may live on your farm.
• Find out if your well water contains dangerous contaminants.

The pavilion will also hold other University of Wisconsin booths as well as informative exhibits from the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and Natural Resources Conservation Service.

See http://www.greenfarmtech.com/ for more information.