Proper moisture crucial in haylage harvesting says agent
Trempealeau County ag agent Tom Koszarek warns haylage becomes useless if forage dries too much during fermentation. He cites burned aromas, protein loss, and leaf shatter in alfalfa, with moisture targets around 50 percent in oxygen limiting silos and 60 to 65 percent in conventional silos. He offers simple checks: a ball that sticks indicates wetness, quick springs indicate dryness, and dust means excess dryness. Bale after fully drying may yield better quality than overly dry haylage.
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Snail Lovers of Wisconsin Grow Snails for Food Support
In Marathon County residents praise snails as culinary delights and a new group named Snail Lovers of Wisconsin or SLOW promotes growing, marketing, and education about snails for human consumption. The cooperative formed after a March meeting at North Central Technical Institute in Wausau with NCTI agriculture facilitator Ted Gashler guiding the session.
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Wausau
Schultz Family Planting State Second Commercial Blueberry Patch
Wally and Mary Schultz of Menomonie plan a commercial blueberry patch on Paradise Road, the second in Wisconsin. They grow three Minnesota-developed varieties to build a state industry, aiming to avoid losses from storms and rely on the University of Minnesota research.
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Wally
Mary Schultz
Menomonie
Paradise Road
Schultz
University of Minnesota
Wally and
Wisconsin snail cooperative aims to lead Midwest market
Nice meal coordinator taught a class on raising snails for food and profit at a seminar. About 20 people planned to start snail farming. group president John Leake of Mosinee notes some risk but SLOW aims to become the largest Wisconsin Midwest supplier of organically grown snails. Members bought breeder snails from California at $3 each and expect multiple egg cycles yearly.
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Mosinee
SLOW
Midwest
Wisconsin
California
Gashler
Unsettled Wisconsin Weather Forecast Through Saturday
The National Weather Service predicts more unsettled weather in Wisconsin from Thursday through Friday with scattered thunderstorms likely. Highs reach the mid 70s north and low 80s south on Thursday and Friday, then rise to the low 80s north and mid 80s south Saturday. overnight lows dip from the mid 40s north to mid 60s south across the period.
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National Weather Service
Buyout payments delayed as Congress stalls funds
Wisconsin farmers and neighbors face missed Dairy Termination Program payments as the Commodity Credit Corp funding is held up in Congress. ASCS director Peter Senn confirms no funds in accounts, delaying checks, with farmer Marvin Ahlswede from Brussels, Door County, awaiting about $10,000 due May 21. Local officials and lawmakers have offered no answers beyond the funds being tied up in Congress.
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Brussels
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