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Ted Hoffman, left, an area agronomist with InDepth Agronomy, and Brian Vorpagel, in red shirt, an agronomist with Country Visions Cooperative, discuss root development in healthy versus non-healthy soils during a field day held June 30.Â
Erin Silva, an associate professor in the Department of Plant Pathology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, discusses what she has observed to work best with planting green and interseeding.
Mike Patin, district conservationist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, uses a soil-health trailer to demonstrate soil-health principles to members of the Ozaukee County Board.
Matt Winker of Red Line Dairy Farm talks to Ozaukee County Board members about the Ozaukee County Demonstration Farm Network. It's a project designed to showcase and demonstrate conservation practices that can help improve Great Lakes water quality by reducing phosphorus from entering Lake Michigan through Sauk Creek, Sucker Creek and the Milwaukee River. Winker farms near Belgium, Wisconsin.Â
Michael Paulus of Paulus Dairy, left, talks to the Ozaukee County Board about the Milwaukee River Clean Farm Families. He farms near Fredonia, Wisconsin.
The Milwaukee River Watershed-Clean Farm Families along with the Ozaukee County Demonstration Farm Network hosted June 30 a soil-health field day. More than 80 participants learned about planting green, interseeding cover crops, herbicide options, seed selection, timing, farmer testimonials and soil health based on infiltration rates and soil structure.
Andy Holschbach is the director of the Ozaukee County Land & Water Management Department.
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Ted Hoffman, left, an area agronomist with InDepth Agronomy, and Brian Vorpagel, in red shirt, an agronomist with Country Visions Cooperative, discuss root development in healthy versus non-healthy soils during a field day held June 30.Â
Matt Winker of Red Line Dairy Farm talks to Ozaukee County Board members about the Ozaukee County Demonstration Farm Network. It's a project designed to showcase and demonstrate conservation practices that can help improve Great Lakes water quality by reducing phosphorus from entering Lake Michigan through Sauk Creek, Sucker Creek and the Milwaukee River. Winker farms near Belgium, Wisconsin.Â
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