POLK COUNTY FARM SCENE - May 8, 2009

Take the Test - Beat the Pest - The UW-Madison Agronomy Department, in cooperation with the Wisconsin Soybean Marketing Board, is again offering free soybean cyst nematode (SCN) soil testing for Wisconsin growers. (click on link for details)

CURRENT ISSUES

Youth Quality Meats Program

2008 UW Variety Trial Results (click on links for PDF file)

• Soybean (28 pages, 177.93 KB)
• Corn (60 pages, 2.68 MB)
• Forage (26 pages, 498.22 KB)
• Small Grains (6 pages, 101.75 KB)

How Much For Standing Hay?

Hot Hay, How Hot is Too Hot

Corn Silage Pricing - Excel Spreadsheet

Cost of Raising Dairy Heifers - 2007

Soybean Rust Monitoring - Real time data

Ag Links Newsletters & News Releases

Hay List - The Polk County UW-Extension Office will maintain a hay list this year for farmers wishing to buy and sell hay. The list will be posted locally and on this website. If you wish to add hay or the list or wish to put a call out for hay, contact the Extension Office at 485-8600. Be prepared to provide a description of the hay desired or hay to be sold (quality, quantity, type of bale, etc.) The price of your hay must also be included in your listing or it cannot be accepted.

Hay Market Report - (as of June 26, 2009)

Alfalfa Monitoring - 2009

MATERIALS AND RESOURCES

2007 Cash Rent Survey (2 pages, 56.32 KB)

Wisconsin's Custom Rate Guide - 2007 (9 pages, 1.46 MB)

Soil Samples

Growing Degree Days

Precipitation Summary

Fencing Laws (6 pages, 22.73 KB)

Dealing with Drought

RENTAL FORMS and AGREEMENTS -

• Pasture Lease - Grazing Agreement (3 pages, 22.43 KB)
• Cash Farm Lease 1 (8 pages, 62.33 KB)
• Cash Farm Lease 2 (with Flexible Provisions) (4 pages, 2.14 MB)
• Crop-Share or Crop Share/Cash Farm Lease (4 pages, 301.98 KB)
• Rental Agreements for Farm Machinery, Equipment and Buildings (4 pages, 311.34 KB)
• Sample Manure Agreement (5 pages, 54.63 KB)
• Cash Rental Form (8 pages, 149.10 KB)

USEFUL LINKS:

• Dairy Team News - University of Wisconsin
• Center for Dairy Profitability - A web site for dairy producers focusing on business management, personnel, production systems and marketing.
• Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board - An interactive Web Site for dairy producers and agri-businesses.
• Team Forage - UW-Extension
• Wisconsin Crop Manager
• University of Wisconsin Forage Research
• Cool Beans - UW-Extension Soybean and Small Grains
• Daily Dairy Report - The Daily Dairy Report provides a one-page summary of news, prices, fundamental indicators, and trading activity on CME's Dairy Complex. Daily illustrations of supply and demand factors help you learn to track the markets and anticipate price trends.
• Agriculture Related Videos

Wisconsin Farmers' Assistance Hotline - 800-942-2474

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