Harvestable Buffers Provide Both Farming and Environmental Benefits!
See the fact sheet below for more information on how it may benefit you! Contact Sarah Kempen (skempen@ozaukeecounty.gov | 414-628-1092)...
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May 202 min read
Highway 57 Demo Plot Sees Sediment Runoff Reduction on No-Till Acres with Cover Crops
In collaboration with the Water Resources Monitoring Group, LLC, the Highway 57 Soil Health Demonstration Plot receives annual rainfall...
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May 11 min read
Low-Disturbance Manure Applications Keep Manure in Place and Out of Waterways
See the fact sheet below for more information on how it may benefit you! Contact Sarah Kempen (skempen@ozaukeecounty.gov | 414-628-1092)...
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Apr 261 min read
Low-Disturbance Manure Application Keeps Manure in Place and Out of Waterways!
See the fact sheet below for more information on how low disturbance manure application can be beneficial on your farm! Contact Sarah...
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Mar 141 min read
Celebrating Excellence in Sustainable Agriculture: This Year's Winner of the Jim Melichar Soil Health Award
The Clean Farm Families' foundation was built in part with the leadership of its first President, the late Jim Melichar. He led the group...
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Feb 142 min read
#RootsNotIron: A Southwestern Ontario Farmer's Perspective on Soil Health
"The hospitality that typical people afford me from Wisconsin was second to none per usual", says Ontario, Canadian no-till and cover...
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Feb 11 min read
No-Till Farmers Save Over 4 Gallons of Diesel Fuel per Acre Each Year!
See the fact sheet below for more information on how converting your equipment may benefit you! Contact Sarah Kempen...
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Oct 2, 20231 min read
Nutrient Testing of Your Soils can Provide Higher Yields!
See the fact sheet below for more information on how it may benefit you! Contact Sarah Kempen (skempen@ozaukeecounty.gov | 414-628-1092)...
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Sep 6, 20231 min read
Financial Implications of Conservation Agriculture
Interested in learning about the financial impacts of conservation practices? If so, search no further! The University of Minnesota...
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Aug 1, 20231 min read
Interested in Planting Cover Crops this Fall?
Check out this fact sheet to learn more about another incentive Clean Farm Families has to offer! Each practice has its own fact sheet,...
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May 31, 20231 min read
Learn More About the Incentives Clean Farm Families has to Offer!
Whether you are a first timer or someone that has utilized these practice incentives in the past, check out the Fact Sheets created by...
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May 18, 20231 min read
NOSD Pollinator Prairie Community Day June 4, 2023
We are excited to share this event as we were honored to be a part of this prairie restoration! In fall of 2022, Rachel Race (a...
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Nov 22, 20221 min read
Jim Melichar Soil Health Award
The Clean Farm Families' foundation was built in part with the leadership of its first President, the late Jim Melichar. He led the...
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Aug 10, 20221 min read
Pollinator Habit in Port Washington
Please join us August 24, 10-12:30, for a fun-filled pollinator habitat field day at 1522 Lake Drive, in Port Washington, Wisconsin! A...
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Jul 14, 20221 min read
Spreading the Word in Phosphorus Adapative Management
This blog post is spreading the word about the growing Phosphorus Adaptive Management Program of the Village of Grafton. If you farm land...
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May 5, 20222 min read
New Soil Health Incentives for 2022
New to the Clean Farm Families Soil Health Initiative are practices targeted for Planting green into growing cover crops, helping...
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Feb 22, 20221 min read
2022 Sign Up for the Interseeder No-Till Drill Rental Now Open!
If you are looking to try no-till cover crops on your farm this year, the sign up to rent the Interseeder no-till drill for 2022 is now...
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Feb 18, 20221 min read
Farmer-Led Producer Groups Gaining Speed in Wisconsin
Thoughts from the Ozaukee County Land and Water Management Dept. To read the Agri-View Article, follow this link. ...
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Dec 7, 20211 min read
National No-Tillage Conference Scholarships Available Through Ozaukee Land & Water
From the desk of the Director of Ozaukee Land & Water Department Andy Holschbach: Our department is providing 8 Soil Health Scholarships...
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Sep 13, 20211 min read
Clean Farm Families Holds Field Day & Presentation To The County Board
June 30 a soil-health field day The Milwaukee River Watershed-Clean Farm Families along with the Ozaukee County Demonstration Farm...
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