Green County DHIA Newsletter

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1 July 2017 Upcoming Events Green County DHIA Newsletter July Wisconsin Farm Technology Days, 9AM-4PM, Kewaunee County, Algoma, WI Green County Fair, Dairy Cattle must be checked between 9 AM 3 PM on Tuesday, July 18th 23 Green County Dairy Youth and Cheese Auction, 1PM, Green County Fairgrounds, Monroe August 3-13 Wisconsin State Fair, West Allis, WI 17 Green County Beef Producers Steak Out, 5-8 PM, Green County Fairgrounds North American Manure Expo 2017, Arlington Agriculture Research Station 24 Green County Dairy Modernization Tours, 10:30-3 PM Green County Dairy Youth Recognition Auction: July 23 The 15th Annual Dairy Youth Recognition Auction will be held on Sunday July 23 at 1 pm, at the Green County Fair in conjunction with the Cheese Auction. Ten 4-H and FFA dairy exhibitors will be recognized for their outstanding accomplishments at the 2017 County Fair during the auction. As part of the 15 year anniversary celebration of the auction we are inviting back all past youth that have participated in this auction to be recognized Fifty percent of the proceeds from the auction are paid out to the ten dairy exhibitors that are recognized in the auction and the other 50% goes into a scholarship fund for dairy youth in Green County. Last year s auction netted over $20,000 in winning bids and donations from area businesses. Over $36,000 has been distributed in scholarships to Green County Youth over the past 14 years through proceeds generated from this auction. For more information on how to support youth in this auction contact the Green County UW-Extension Office at Wisconsin Farm Technology Days: July Ebert Farms in Algoma Wisconsin will be hosting the 2017 WFTD show. The three day show will run from 9AM-4 PM daily and showcases the latest technology in production agriculture. Admission is $8 with free admission for those under 12 as well as for older youth that are accompanied by their FFA advisor or 4-H Leader. The Eberts milk 3,800 cows in a new rotary parlor and farm 7,000 acres. Thirty minute tours of the farmstead will be provided on trams departing from the UW-Extension Tent. The show is the largest outdoor farm show in Wisconsin. The show will feature UW-Extension s Education Station, Family Living tent, Progress Pavilion, Youth tent, Arts and Crafts Tent, Field Demonstrations and over 600 commercial exhibits. The farm is located in Kewaunee County at E5083 County Road K, Algoma,WI. For more information go to their website at:

2 Green County UW-Extension Dairy Modernization Tours: August 24 th UW-Extension in cooperation with the Green County Milk Quality Council will be sponsoring Dairy Facility Farm Tours on Thursday, August 24, The tours will include six dairy farms located in Green County that have all made modernization improvements to their dairy facilities to increase productivity and animal comfort as well as reduce labor. The Dairy Modernization Tours are held every two years and attract dairy producers and agriculture professionals from over 12 counties and three states. The tours are popular with dairy farmers as they feature an open house format in which dairy producers can visit any number of the six farms they wish between 10:30 am and 3 pm. There is no central meeting place or any formal presentation for the tours. Farmers can simply select which farms they would like to visit on their own time schedule between 10:30 am - 3 pm on August 24 th. A farm representative will be on hand at each farm to answer questions for the tour participants. The tours will feature various sizes of dairy farms with herds ranging from cows. For producers interested in upgrading their milking facilities the tours will include a free flow robotic milking system, Swing 12 and 14 Parabone parlors, along with double 12 and 15 Parallel parlors that are all built inside new buildings. The tour will also include one Auto flow parlor that was built inside an existing dairy barn. Several milk cow housing configurations will be featured on the tours including: three, four and six row freestall barns with natural ventilation systems and drive through feeding. One of the farms will feature inflatable sidewall curtains, flexible freestall dividers and a high tension fabric roof. Bedding systems featured in the barns will include sand on four of the farms with two farms using water beds. The tours will include two young calf housing facilities. Each building was designed for baby calves from 0-2 months of age. One barn features an automatic calf feeding system and positive pressure ventilation. The other barn features both individual and small group pens. Several manure handling systems will be included on the tours. Many of the host farms on the tour have daily scraping systems with mini manure pits for short term storage. Four of the farms feature gravity flow manure transfer systems to the storage pits. One farm features a long term 1.5 million round concrete storage structure with a built in access ramp to remove settled sand. These tours are designed to help generate ideas for dairy producers who are considering future improvements and modernization in their own dairy facilities. Host farmers will be on hand to share their experiences in the building process and to explain what they like about their facility and what they might change if they were to do it again. Tour participants will be required to wear plastic boots that will be supplied at each of the farms. The complete farm descriptions along with tour maps showing the farm locations, can be received by contacting Mark Mayer, UW-Extension Dairy and Livestock Agent at or mark.mayer@ces.uwex.edu Tour information and maps can also be downloaded for the Green County UW-Extension web site at

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7 Green County DHIA Newsletter Green County DHIA, P.O. Box 400, Monroe, WI Bonnie Moser - Office Manager Field Technicians Office Phone July 2017 Sue Pudwill Jim Moser Diane Foulker Lisa Becherer Jeremy Mayer N3926 County Rd N, Monroe President Andrew Houlberg N4991 Spoerry Rd, Monticello Vice Pres John Dieckhoff W2210 Pinnow Rd, Brodhead Sec/Treas Craig Tourdot W3872 Hwy 11-81, Monroe Vice Pres Josh Brugger W1948 Purintin Rd, Albany Director Nick Hartwig N3391 Joy Del Rd, Monroe Director Green County UW-Extension Office Justice Center th Street Monroe, Wisconsin Phone: Internet: green.uwex.edu COUNTY EXTENSION STAFF Mark Mayer, Dairy & Livestock Agent & Editor Victoria Solomon, Community Resource Development Educator Ellen Andrews, 4-H & Youth Development Educator Vacant, Family Living Educator Jayne Butts, Extension Activity Assistant Lana Anderson, Extension Activity Assistant Mark Mayer Dairy and Livestock Agent & Editor Green County The University of Wisconsin-Extension provides equal opportunities in employment and educational programming, including Title VI, Title IX and the ADA requirements. Please make requests for reasonable accommodation to ensure equal access to educational programs as early as possible preceding the scheduled program, service or activity. If you need this material in an alternate format or other accommodations for access, please contact the UW-Extension Office at , voice or 711 for Wisconsin Relay.

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