Outagamie County

If you are planning on having meetings at or are visiting any of the Brewster Street buildings (Farm Service Agency, Natural Resources Conservation Services, Department of Natural Resources, UW Cooperative Extension, Land Conservation Department, etc.) over the next few months, you should be prepared for road construction delays.

Barron County is excited to host 2013 Farm Tech Days from July 9-11 at Breezy Hill Dairy owned by Alex and Mary Olson. Breezy Hill Dairy is located near Dallas just off of County Road “A” in southern Barron County.

Building Financial Capability over the Life Course is taking place online the week of June 3-7, 2013. The conference planning committee has organized a program that aims to inform the work of financial educators, financial capability programs by providing new ideas and resources for use in the field.

Congratulations to County Spring Holstein Sale scholarship winners! Alyssa Seitz and Russ Letter received the scholarship based on activities, participation and farm experience.

Food Stamps or SNAP EBT can be used to purchase food-producing plants and seeds ever since 1973…a little publicized fact until now!

Sign up today for Tractor Safety Certification Class for youth ages 12 to 15; Monday to Thursday, June 17 to 21, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. (Friday, June 21 is testing day). Tractor and Machinery Certification is mandated by Federal legislation for any youth 14-15 years old working on a farm not owned or operated by the youth’s parents or legal guardians and who are operating tractors over 20 PTO horsepower and/or certain farm equipment. In Wisconsin, any farm youth under the age of 16 are prohibited from operating agricultural machinery on public roads unless they have completed a Tractor and Machinery Certification Course. A law signed by the Governor in 1998 sets a lower age limit at youth 12 years of age to become certified in tractor and machinery operation.

Join us for College Days 50th Anniversary and Retirement, June 4 to 6, 2013, on the beautiful UW-Madison campus. We will celebrate and learn in grand style this year, bringing back your favorite seminars, tours and activities from the last ten years of College Days. There will be new sessions, in addition to past years’ favorites. Watch your mailbox and e-mail inbox, in mid-march, for our brochure. Or check the Extension website at http//blogs.ces.uwex.edu/flpconferences/collegedays.

Program Overview Rent Smart provides practical education to help people looking for rental housing to acquire and keep decent housing. Rent Smart emphasizes skills that may help tenants avoid legal confrontations. It stresses both tenant and landlord responsibilities and the advantages gained from viewing the landlord-tenant relationship as mutually beneficial rather than confrontational. Target Audience [...]

A research team from the University of Wisconsin’s School of Medicine and Public Health will be working in Appleton in March and April. The Survey of the Health of Wisconsin (SHOW) is an ongoing statewide public health research project designed to measure the health of Wisconsin residents. For more information, contact visit SHOW website or call 888-433-7649. The Survey of the Health of Wisconsin (SHOW) is a state-wide public health survey that is operated by the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and Funded by the Wisconsin Partnership Program. SHOW has been in operation since 2008.

In celebration of Wisconsin’s agricultural heritage, long-time farm and home owners are encouraged to register for a 2013 Sesquicentennial or Century Farm and Home Award. To qualify for the award, the farm or home, in whole or in part, must have been in continuous family ownership in the state of Wisconsin for the past 150 or 100 [...]