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Local Educational Opportunities
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Saturday~ November 7, 2009
Justice Center
2841 - 6th Street, Monroe
10:00am - 1:00pm
Green County 4-H General Leaders and
4-H Club Officers are encouraged to attend the upcoming General Leader training and the Club Officer Training to be held on
November 7th.
Break out sessions will be held for leaders vs adults and a special treat will include program assistance by Tim Talon,
UW-Extension State Specialist.
For more information about attending the 4-H training or other 4-H questions, contact Alissa Grenawalt at the Green County UW-Extension office
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608-328-9440. |
The 2009 fall harvest certainly has been a challenging one.
Producers are faced with a dilemma this fall onhow to deal with the wet corn and soybean crops. Do you delay harvest and hope for good weather that would allow the wet crops to dry down naturally in the field vs. the risk of snow and greater field loss, or do you go ahead and harvest the crop at the higher moistures and absorb the extra costs of drying or moisture deductions?
Adding to the problems of delayed harvest is the presence of molds that are showing up in many corn fields. These are most prevelant on corn planted in Mid may or later and with longer maturity hybrid. The molds will likely get worse the longer the crop stays in the field with cool wet weather. The biggest concern with molds is that they can also lead to mycotoxins that can have serious effects if fed to livestock. This fall is appearing to be very similiar to the fall of 1992.
How should you handle your crop? Should you take it at H.M Corn? How wet can it be for safe storage? How is test weigh impacted by this corn? Is it better to leave the corn stand and have some yield loss vs. harvesting it now at a greater cost? What products can be added to corn to inhibit mold growth? How do you handle and dry the wet corn? The answers to these questions depends upon factors such as if you can feed the corn tolivestock, andthe types of grain storage and drying facilities that you have.
Information on how to handle corn drying, soybean harvest and more can be found on the Agriculture home page at http://green.uwex.edu/ag/index.html
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The 2008 Green County Plat books have arrived at the Green County Extension Office in Monroe! The cost is $25.00.
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Stacy Eberle was presented with the 2008 Volunteer
of the Year Award at the annual 4-H Awards Program. Eberle,
a member of the Clarno 4-H Club, has been involved in numerous
events supporting the county-wide 4-H program! Green County
4-H & Youth Development Agent, Alissa Grenawalt presented
the award to Eberle. |
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Quilts, always a beloved symbol of comfort, family, heritage
and community will provide a warm invitation to the rural
countryside of Green County. Vibrant quilt patterns will
be painted on pre-built 8’x8’ wooden squares.
Each quilt will be painted by a team of volunteers and
will require a willing barn owner to donate hanging space
on their building. Making these quilt squares will allow
volunteer groups from churches, schools, 4-H, scouting,
HCE, and other community service groups and even families
the opportunity to create and paint their own quilt square
as a group project. Read more about Green County's project
at www.greencountybarnquilts.com |
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County UW-Extension Newsletters - Let us email you
when one of our free and very informative Agriculture,
4-H, HCE, or Community Resource newsletters has been
posted to the Green County Extension Web site. |
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.
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