Green County DHIA Newsletter

July 2017

Upcoming Events

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 608-328-9440.

Wisconsin Farm Technology Days: July 11-13

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: http://www.wifarmtechnologydays.com/kewaunee/

July

11-13 Wisconsin Farm Technology Days, 9AM-4PM, Kewaunee County, Algoma, WI

19-23 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

22-23 North American Manure Expo 2017, Arlington Agriculture Research Station

24 Green County Dairy Modernization Tours, 10:30-3 PM

Green County UW-Extension Dairy Modernization Tours: August 24th

UW-Extension in cooperation with the Green County Milk Quality Council will be sponsoring Dairy

Facility Farm Tours on Thursday, August 24, 2017. 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 24th. 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 75-475 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 improve-

ments 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 608-328-9440 or

mark.mayer@ces.uwex.edu Tour information and maps can also be downloaded for the Green County

UW-Extension web site at http://green.uwex.edu/

Green County DHIA, P.O. Box 400, Monroe, WI 53566 Bonnie Moser - Office Manager - 328-9380

Field Technicians Office Phone - 328-9381 July 2017

Sue Pudwill . . . . . . . 214-6130 Jim Moser . . . . . .325-7838 Diane Foulker . . . . 325-2668 Lisa Becherer . . . 897-8476

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Green County UW-Extension Office Justice Center

2841 6th Street Monroe, Wisconsin 53566 Phone: 608-328-9440 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 608-328-9440, voice or 711 for Wisconsin Relay.

Jeremy Mayer N3926 County Rd N, Monroe President 214-0070

Andrew Houlberg N4991 Spoerry Rd, Monticello Vice Pres 862-3223

John Dieckhoff W2210 Pinnow Rd, Brodhead Sec/Treas 897-3637

Craig Tourdot W3872 Hwy 11-81, Monroe Vice Pres 558-1834

Josh Brugger W1948 Purintin Rd, Albany Director 214-6005

Nick Hartwig N3391 Joy Del Rd, Monroe Director 436-4484

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UW-Extension Office Green County 2841 6th Street Monroe, WI 53566

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