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October 2009
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- Thursday, October 22, 2009
- UW's David Wilson takes it to streets
- Todd Finkelmeyer
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UW's David Wilson takes it to streets
- Unique Statewide Awards Program to recognize job-creating powerhouses in Wisconsin
- Cathy Sullivan
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Madison, Wis. ─ Celebrating entrepreneurs and communicating their value to the community is an important aspect of creating an environment that supports entrepreneurship. To that end, the Wisconsin Entrepreneurs’ Network (WEN), with support from the Wisconsin Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the Division of Entrepreneurship and Economic Development (DEED) at the University of Wisconsin-Extension is excited to announce the launch of Wisconsin Companies to Watch.
- Wednesday, October 21, 2009
- New “Farming Through Difficult Times” Web Site Brings Up-to-Date Financial Information to Producers and Agriculture Leaders
- John Shutske
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New "Farming Through Difficult Times" Web Site Brings Up-to-Date Financial Information to Producers and Agriculture Leaders
- Thursday, October 15, 2009
- Groundwater Models Shed Light on Wisconsin's 'Buried Treasure'
- Kevin Masarik
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Teachers interested in expanding or improving their science education programs have an opportunity to receive a free groundwater model for their school.
- Workshop provides information for rural landowners and small farmers
- Rose Skora
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Kenosha -- The 2nd Annual Southeast Wisconsin Rural Landowner Conference offers opportunities for rural landowners and small farmers and well as individuals who are considering a farm enterprise.
- Thursday, October 08, 2009
- UW Colleges and UW-Extension Honored for Diversity Program
- Howard Cosgrove
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Recognized by State Council on Affirmative Action and Office of State Employment Relations
- Tuesday, October 06, 2009
- Bringing the joy of reading to preschoolers
- Michelle Tidemann and Lynne Blinkenberg
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Wisconsin Association for Home and Community Education earns UW-Extension Chancellor’s award for its role in early literacy program
- Friday, October 02, 2009
- Shawano County Rural Health Initiative Receives Wisconsin Idea Award
- Laurie Boyce
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“Model for the nation” says UW-Extension & UW Colleges Chancellor David Wilson
- UW Colleges and UW-Extension Chancellor David Wilson announces 2009 Chancellor's Awards recipients
- Peg Davis
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MADISON, Wis.—Oct. 2, 2009—University of Wisconsin Colleges and University of Wisconsin-Extension Chancellor David Wilson recently honored people and organizations that have made outstanding contributions to the UW-Extension, the UW Colleges, and the quality of life for Wisconsin residents during the past year. Statewide and community partners and UW-Extension and UW Colleges employees accepted their awards Thursday at the Chancellor's Award Banquet at the Lowell Center in Madison.
- Thursday, October 01, 2009
- Backgrounding feeder calves: considerations for fall of 2009
- Bill Halfman and Zen Miller
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Sparta, Wis. – This growing season has given us rain, drought and cool temperatures which resulted in abundance of immature corn, or at the least very wet shelled corn with possible test weight or quality problems. One possible option to utilize some of this corn and capture greater value for it may be to background feeder cattle.
- Drinking raw milk a source of illness in state families
- Purnendu Vasavada and Barbara Ingham
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Madison, Wis.--A recent outbreak of illness tied to the consumption of raw (unpasteurized) milk sickened at least 35 people in Wisconsin, most of them children and teens. This has prompted food safety specialists with the University of Wisconsin-Extension to urge consumers to avoid consuming raw milk.
- Managing through Difficult Times: Communication Skills to Deal With Farm Stress
- Roger T. Williams
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Madison, Wis. – Most families find communication to be interesting and difficult. Each of us is a unique individual with his or her own beliefs, feelings, needs and agendas. It’s not always easy to be heard or to get our unique needs and agendas met within the family setting.
- Managing through Difficult Times: Fostering Communication and Resiliency in Multi-Family Operations
- Roger T. Williams
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Madison, Wis. – I was impressed. We were visiting a farm family in South Australia. They were transitioning to a multi-family farm corporation that involved the parents and their three sons -- one married and two single. The four parties were meeting regularly to discuss day-to-day farming operations and long-range financial, legal and operational decisions. They referred to their meetings as “board” meetings (jokingly as “bored” meetings!) and there was a good spirit in the air, even though South Australia was facing one of the worst droughts in decades. Instinctively, they knew that communication was at the heart of a successful intergenerational farming operation.
- Saving Wisconsin's rural icons
- Jennifer Stewart and Chuck Law
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Seminar and bus tour on Oct. 9 promote historic barn preservation
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