Agriculture
Agriculture News & Announcements
Agriculture Items of Interest
Agricultural Land Sales by Counties, Wisconsin, 2010
Costs - Coping with High Feed Costs (13 pages, 112 KB)
Costs - Coping with High Input Costs (17 pages, 370 KB)
2012 Manitowoc County Custom Operators List
Locate your nearest custom operator and other services Custome Operators Inc website
2010 Wisconsin Custom Rate Guide (.pdf, 8 pages)
Fact Sheets
Manitowoc County Ag Statistics, 2012 See how Manitowoc County ranks in dairy and crops compared to other Wisconsin Counties.
Farmer to Farmer – Hay, Forage, and Corn List – UW-Extension’s Grain Team has established this website where growers facing shortages can find growers who have excess feed to sell. Use of this site is free of charge to both buyers and sellers.
Fences in Agricultural Areas (6 pages, 24 KB)
Footbath Alternatives (4 pages, 114 KB)
Mycotoxin Effects in Dairy Cattle (8 pages, 443 KB)
Planting Winter Rye after Corn Silage: Managing for Forage (4 pages, 351 KB)
USDA’s Gross Margin Insurance Program for Dairy: What is it and Can it be Used for Risk Management
Agreements
Dairy Managterial Project Agreement for County Fairs (4 pages)
Manitowoc County Livestock Facility Licensing Ordinance – Chapter 28
Chapter 28 – Livestock Facility Licensing (5 pages, 48 KB)
Papers of Interest
Composting Bedded Pack Barns for Dairy Housing (4 pages, 300 KB)
Information in this fact sheet is a summary of four articles written by University of Minnesota Extension Dairy Team members Dr. Kevin Janni, Extension Ag. Engineer; Dr. Jeff Reneau, Extension Dairy Scientist, and Wayne Schoper, Extension Educator for Brown and Nicollet Counties. Edited by Neil Broadwater, Regional Extension Educator-Dairy (March, 2005)
State Dairy & Agriculture News Releases
Prospects for Improving Reproductive Performance through Genetic Selection (8 pages, 360 KB)
Kent Weigel, Dept. of Dairy Science, UW-Wisconsin (August, 2006)
Water Quality and Quantity for Dairy Cattle (5 pages, 193 KB)
Jim Linn and Mary Raeth-Knight,
Department of Animal Science, University of Minnesota
Related Links of Interest
Animal Sciences UW-Extension
Temple Grandin’s Web Page
U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
UW – Extension Agriculture Program Teams
UW – Extension Agriculture & Natural Resources
UW-Madison Animal Sciences
UW – Vet School Freestall Information
BSE Food Safety and Other Facts
USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline
1-888-MPHotline, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Eastern Time)
Monday through Friday
If you have any questions regarding Agriculture Dairy/Livestock in Manitowoc County, please contact:
Scott Gunderson
Manitowoc County – UW Extension
Manitowoc County Office Complex
4319 Expo Drive
PO Box 1150
Manitowoc, WI 54221-1150
Phone: 920-683-4168
Fax: 920-683-5062
Email: scott.gunderson@ces.uwex.edu
