The Jefferson County 4-H dairy cattle judging team placed second overall out of 14 teams at the Pennsylvania All-American Invitational 4-H Youth Dairy Cattle Judging Contest, Sept. 20 at Harrisburg, Pa.

The Wisconsin 4-H team placed fifth overall out of 23 teams at the North American International Livestock Exposition 4-H Youth Dairy Cattle Judging Contest, held Nov. 7 at Louisville, Kentucky.

Compared with established dairy farmers, new dairy farmers in Wisconsin are much less likely to be taking over the farm from their parents, and they’re more likely to use off-farm income to supplement their farm income, according to researchers with the Program on Agricultural Technology Studies at UW-Madison’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.

The Wisconsin School for Beginning Market Gardeners, part of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Farm and Industry Short Course, is offering a comprehensive three-day course detailing the operation of a fresh produce business. In addition, the School is offering a two-day special-topic workshop on welding for vegetable growers.

Owners of small businesses can compete with mass discount marketers. The key to success?

A new milk pricing system, slated to go into effect Oct. 1, has been delayed as dairy producers in states opposed to the new system convinced a federal judge to delay implementation.

As the days grow shorter and the nights cooler, it becomes increasing clear – we’re going to have another Wisconsin winter. And just as northerners have to check the anti-freeze in the car and put up the storm windows, we’re going to have to winterize the lawn and garden.

The kickoff of an innovative project-

People who yearn for a great lawn are invited to come out and watch the grass grow at the O.J. Noer Turfgrass Research and Educational Facility on Saturday Aug. 14 from noon to 4 p. m.

A twilight tour for plant lovers will be held at the Hancock Agricultural Research Station Monday, Aug. 2. More than 600 varieties of fruits, flowers and vegetables from more than two dozen seed companies will be showcased in the station’s A.R. Albert and Viletta Hawley-Albert Horticultural Garden. Participants can also tour perennial plantings and specialty gardens, and visit the pumpkin patches planted by local schoolchildren.