BROOKLYN, Wis. — Yahara Pride Farms, in collaboration with the Farmers for the Upper Sugar River, Dane County Land & Water Resources Department, The Nature Conservancy, UW-Madison Extension and Yahara WINs provided an educational exhibit at the Dane County Breakfast on the Farm held June 8th at Klondike Farms in Brooklyn. The “Farmers for water quality tent” was an opportunity …
2019 Watershed conference recap
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 15, 2019 For more information, contact: Maria Woldt, communications Yahara Pride Farms (608) 577-4345 | communications@yaharapridefarms.org Yahara Pride Farms shares hope for the future DEFOREST, Wis. — Hope for the future brought more than 130 farmers, community members and agribusiness professionals together recently to discuss results from the latest research conducted on participating farms and …
Yahara Pride Farms hosts first annual Twilight meetings
BROOKLYN, Wis. (Aug. 30, 2018) — Yahara Pride Farms hosted two Twilight meetings this past August: The first in the southern part of the Yahara watershed at Badgerland Grain Farm in Evansville, and the second in the northern part of the watershed at Henry Farms in Dane. Both Badgerland Grain Farm and Henry Farms have completed the YPF certification program which helps …
Farmers in Yahara Watershed dramatically reduce phosphorus delivery in 2017
Yahara Pride Farms has just released its 2017 Annual Report that documents information and research on the reductions in phosphorus delivered to nearby surface waters by farmers in the Yahara watershed in 2017. YPF has measured on-farm results for five years, and this is the second year that an annual report has been compiled to share program outcomes with the …
Breakfast on the Farm
WAUNAKEE, Wis. (June 11, 2018) — Yahara Pride Farms, in collaboration with the Farmers for the Upper Sugar River, provided an educational exhibit at the Dane County Breakfast on the Farm held on June 9th at Hensen Bros. Dairy in Waunakee. The “Farmers protecting water quality tent” was an opportunity for farmers in both groups to explain the conservation practices …
Yahara Pride Farms offers new conservation programs
By Mary Hookham for Yahara Pride Farms The 2018 Yahara Pride Farms annual meeting held in Deforest, Wisconsin on March 7 provided farmers in the watershed with the latest conservation programs and techniques available to them through the organization. Two of the latest programs to be added to the organization’s lineup of offerings – Composting and Paid for Performance – …
Manure composting
Manure composting is a practice that can be used to safely store manure during periods when field crops do not allow immediate spreading, or there is a high risk for runoff of land applied manure. Last summer Yahara Pride Farms carried out a 3-month trial composting bed pack manure to document the benefits and to improve the management practices for …
2018 YPF cost-share program: Now accepting enrollments
By YPF Communications Farmers who attended the March Watershed-wide Conference heard about the 2018 cost-share program and had the opportunity to enroll. If you missed the conference, you can still sign up! Download an enrollment form at yaharapridefarms.org/cost-share-program/ COVER CROPS $40/acre – Up to 50 acres Cover crops are grasses, legumes, small grains or other crops grown between regular grain …