Outagamie County

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.

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.

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 [...]

Southern Wisconsin is now in drought conditions that rival those of 1988. These conditions pose challenges for all Wisconsin residents, both urban and rural. Potential crop losses may prove stressful to cash grain farmers as they struggle to meet commitments, and for livestock farmers who require large amounts of quality feed and forage. Urban residents [...]

The Rural Health Initiative is a non-profit program designed to address growing concerns regarding health and safety issues facing today’s farm families. At the center of this program is a Rural Health Coordinator who makes “house” calls to interested farm families to provide health information, education, referrals to area services and, most importantly, lends a [...]

Voluntary Public Access (VPA) is a program offered by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources that provides financial incentives to private landowners who open their property to public hunting, fishing , trapping and wildlife observation.  For more information:  Voluntary Public Access Brochure, VPA Press Release, VPA Results Narrative 2011. Additional information is also available at the [...]

2011 Agriculture — Working every day for Wisconsin Agriculture works hard for Outagamie County every day.  Family-owned farms, food processors and agriculture-related businesses generate thousands of jobs and millions of dollars of economic activity while contributing to local income and tax revenues. Outagamie County is among the top 10 dairy producing counties in the state [...]

New DVD Based Workshops offered at your local extension office in Calumet, Outagamie and Winnebago Counties.