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6 days ago3 min read

Cover Crops and Partnerships- How the Two Go Hand-in-Hand in Expanding Cover Crop Research

Clean Farm Families (CFF), Ozaukee County Demonstration Farm Network (OCDFN), and Ozaukee County partnered with Michigan State University...

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May 231 min read

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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