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Matthew Lippert

Matthew Lippert. Wood County. Cranberry Production. Cranberry Production. Cranberry School Summer Cranberry Field Day Cranberry Crop Management Newsletter. Cranberry School . Held in January in conjunction with the Wisconsin State Cranberry Growers Assoc.

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Matthew Lippert

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  1. Matthew Lippert Wood County

  2. Cranberry Production Cranberry Production • CranberrySchool • Summer Cranberry Field Day • Cranberry Crop Management Newsletter

  3. Cranberry School • Held in January in conjunction with the Wisconsin State Cranberry Growers Assoc. • Management and Production programs • Trade show • Pesticide Applicator Certification • ~ 500 attendees

  4. Cranberry Summer Field Day • 2009 held at Gardner Cold Storage and Cranberries in Pittsville (Over 1,100 attended!) • Educational program, marsh tour, juice processing and cold storage tour, trade show and networking

  5. Newsletter • Ten issues during growing season sponsored by industry and a grant from the Cranberry Marketing Board • Produced locally, there is a vacancy in the state Fruit Crop Specialist position • 350 mail and e-mail copies distributed Cranberry Crop Management Newsletter University of Wisconsin-Extension Volume XXII Issue 7 August 21, 2009

  6. Our place in the Industry: Wood County is the #1Cranberry producer in Wisconsin, 2nd Nationally: Revenue County acres (millions) $/acre Plymouth, MA 11,241 $60 $5,382 Wood, WI 5,376 $48 $8,925 Source 2007 Census of Agriculture

  7. Five to ten years of growth at current rates could place Wood Co. # 1 nationally. • Urban pressures limit the growth potential in Massachusetts. • Cranberry development is a high dollar high employment activity, estimated at about $40,000 per acre.  • Added acres provides for added infrastructure and employment in processing and storage. • High value acres add to the county tax base.  • Cranberry production provides for agri-tourism possibilities

  8. Ken Williams Waushara County

  9. Forage Sampling • PEAQ Sampling • Predictive Equation for Alfalfa Quality • Proper timing important for quality hay or haylage • Silage Sampling • Correct moisture at harvest important for silage quality and storage • 15-20 producers • 30-40 samples

  10. Farm Business Programming • Farm Enterprise Analysis • Farm Transfer • Phil Harris, UW-Extension Law Specialist • Portage, Green Lake, Waushara, Marquette • Farm Expansion • Vance Haugan and Dave Kammel • Portage, Green Lake, Waushara, Marquette • Farm Alternatives • Production options • Options after farming

  11. Crop Production Education • Corn and Soybean Production and Marketing • High prices in 2007-2008 shifted acreage from vegetables to grain crops • Acreage of grain crops is increasing • Processing Vegetable Meeting • The Central Sands area is the vegetable heartland of Wisconsin • Emphasis on vegetable production • Attendance has outgrown The Hancock Research Station meeting room

  12. Ken Schroeder Portage County

  13. Commercial Vegetable Production Support • Soil Fertility Management Strategies Workshop • 2008 saw record high oil prices which led skyrocketing costs of other crop inputs also • Can I cut back on commercial fertilizer use? • Are there ways to better utilize soil and applied nutrients for more efficient crop production? • Do new fertilizer technologies and additives really work?

  14. Commercial Vegetable Production Support • On-Farm research • Sweet corn response to nitrogen rates • 4 locations in Waushara and Adams Counties • 4 planting dates April through June • 6 nitrogen levels from 100 to 230 lbs/acre • 4 replications per field • Data collected • Yield (tons/acre)

  15. Commercial Vegetable Production Support • Irrigation Management – Use of portable soil moisture sensors to better manage vegetable crop irrigation • 4 potato growers in Portage and Adams Counties • Measured daily soil moisture within potato rows at 4 inches and 9 inches • Recorded rainfall events and amounts of water applied

  16. Central Wisconsin Master Gardener Training Program • The Central Wisconsin Ag Specialization Team approach to Master Gardener Volunteer training. • Many people learn more effectively through interaction with instructors. • We provide Master Gardener training at our sites via live instructors. • We developed a list of topics that each County Agent is well versed in and enjoys presenting. • These presenters are available to help individual agents when putting together the Master Gardener training program for their county. • RESULT Our Master Gardeners learn from the local experts familiar with the specific environmental conditions of our area and in a more personal situation.

  17. Keith VanderVelde Marquette County

  18. Cow-calf Production and Economics • Mauston, Green Lake, Plover, Montello-program on breeds of cattle and crossbreeding • Berlin, Adams-program on economics of marketing heavier calves, industry economic outlook, Costs Control for Feed and Fertilizer, Country of Origin Labeling and Beef Quality Assurance, The Economic Value of Cross Breeding • State-Wide Team Effort • Produced all the material for this session and for sessions held in Spooner, Gillett, Eau Claire, and Arlington • Pasture Walks-Adams, Marquette, Waushara • Serving as State-Wide Cow Calf State Specialist

  19. Horse Related We have over 1,200 farms with 8,200 horses Conducted sessions in Green Lake, Mauston, Plover and Montello Topics: Pasture Management, Pasture Establishment, Horse Nutrition, Coat Color, Weed Management and ID, Hoof Care Horse Hay Production & Marketing Group (28) Answer Producer Questions

  20. Quality Assurance • Taught to Youth and Adults • Pork Quality Assurance Training for youth in Adams, Marquette, Waushara, Green Lake, Portage, Wood • Pork Quality Assurance Plus training for adults that is required by packers • Beef Quality Assurance Certification • Beef and Sheep Quality Assurance Programs

  21. Country Of Origin Labeling Animal ID and COOL • Premise ID • Livestock ID and Traceback • Radio Frequency Identification Tags • Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) • Sessions on Documentation at Quality Assurance Trainings, Dairy Meetings

  22. Direct Marketing • Badgerland Produce Auction • Over 200 growers who sell at auction • Work in gaining new buyers and grants • Direct Marketing of Meat Products • Natural Raised Beef • Organic Beef Production • Institutional Sales Direct from Farmers • Wisconsin River Meat Partnership

  23. Craig Saxe Juneau County

  24. Forage & Dairy Programming Over the past five years, as the Central Wisconsin Forage Specialist Craig has: • Made over 1,500 forage related clientele contacts • Taught at more than 50 forage educational events • Been involved in 8 forage related research projects

  25. Winter Meetings • Forage Workshops • Grazing Workshops • Horse Hay Workshops • Dairy Series • 275 dairy producers over the past 6 years have participated in dairy workshops held at 5 different locations throughout the 7 county area. 20 total workshops have been offered during this time period.

  26. Field Days & Crop Walks • Portage County Forage Council Field day • 40 producers attended this 2009 event in Milladore • Crop Walks • In 2008, 17 forage producers gained hands-on practical knowledge of alfalfa management principles. Two producers hosted these crop walks • Horse Hay Field Days

  27. Living off the Land Graizers

  28. Master Gardener Training • Each Agent supports other counties efforts by presenting specialized topics as requested • Adams and Juneau Counties alternate training years

  29. Sept. 1-2008 to Sept.1-2009 • Total hits = 50,830 • Ave. session per day = 24 • Ave. hits per day = 139 http://www.uwex.edu/ces/cwas/

  30. Carla Hargrave GreenLake County

  31. Grain Marketing Clubs • Assist producers with challenges of marketing and management decisions • Market update & outlook, cost of production, creating marketing plans, crop insurance, guest speakers • Green Lake, Waushara & Wood Counties • Meet monthly except for planting and harvest season

  32. Heart of the Farm • Est. 2005 for Women in Agriculture • Research shows female partners have influence on 63% of investment choices • Farm management and production education • Programs centered in Juneau & Waushara/Green Lake • Winter seminars, summer tours and luncheons

  33. Research and Monitoring Plots Conducted by Hargrave • Corn Nitrogen Rate Trial • Soybean Aphid resistant variety Plot • Corn fungicide Trial • Wheat fungicide Trial • Soybean Rust Sentinel Plots • Soybean Aphid Sentinel Plots • Manganese/Glyphosate Interaction Trial

  34. Field days & Crop Walks Hargrave – Soybean Field Day Genrich – soil compaction & root development Williams- Evening Crop Walks Crop Management Bus Tours 07-Strip Tillage Demonstration 09- Corn Rootworm

  35. Donald Genrich Adams County

  36. Nutrient Management Training • Why-only apply the nutrients needed to raise the crop; decrease the nitrogen and phosphorus entering groundwater and surface water • What-nine hours of classes to teach farmers to write their own nutrient management plan, refresher classes, individual consultations • Who-249 individuals from Central Wisconsin, over 200,000 acres in the CWAS area • Benefits-evaluations show estimated savings of $5 to $35 per acre in fertilizer costs; cost share received by farmers over $250,000, private firms charge about $7 per acre to write a plan

  37. Grain Crops • Why-profitable grain crop production, apply best management practices, encourage crop rotation • What-Corn, soybean and wheat production winter meetings; Juneau-Adams-Marquette Corn and Soybean Growers Field Day; Crop Scout Training Field Walks; individual consultation • Who-total yearly attendance is about 150 farmers at all meetings and field walks, another 65 individual consultations • Benefits-farmers can growth stage their crops, can identify pests and economic threshold levels of these pests thereby avoiding unnecessary pesticide applications, farmers have a more diverse cropping operation

  38. Soils • Why-keep soils productive, cost-effective fertilizer use • What-encourage soil testing, soil fertility education and recommendations, Soil Quality Workgroup with Team Grains, Master Gardener soils training • Who-over 875 individuals attended the 23 events/seminars/classes/field days where I talked about soils over the last two years • Benefits-apply fertilizer according to soil test recommendations, adoption of practices that will promote soil health by farmers and gardeners

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