Know the specific operating limits of each generator and stay within those limits. If you have lagoons, or waste storage units, have them properly pumped down before winter. Spreading manure on frozen ground is prohibited. The Ag Horizons Fall Workshop Series will be held on improving profitability through fertility management, pest control, financial analysis and by anticipating the issues facing agricultural producers. Each of the four workshops will focus on an individual topic.
Registration includes lunch and educational materials.
The University of Wisconsin s Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems is offering a distance educational seminar over the Internet. It will present the principles and practices of developing and managing a grass-based dairy farm business. The course will meet on Wednesdays for three terms, beginning Nov. 10 and ending March 29, 2000. We can arrange to have a site here in Ephrata for the Grant-Adams area. Please call Tom Griggs or Andy McGuire at the extension office soon if you are interested.