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Our team at AgriStaff USA recently conducted a survey of over 150 Latino dairy employees throughout Wisconsin. We routinely conduct formal surveys to gather information about what employees find important in relation to their job. The surveys aid us in recognizing trends in changes of preferences, as well as guiding our clients in making the best decisions for their farms to attract and retain a quality workforce.
Finding a sense of normalcy is a sought-after concept as events are canceled or modified to adhere to the restrictions and guidelines brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rosy-Lane Holstein was recognized for making the land more sustainable and cutting the phosphorus levels in the feed ration, reducing phosphorus in the manure and allowing heavier applications on the same or less amount of land with less risk of runoff.
How did you get started in photography?Opsal: I started doing photography through 4-H by taking photos to our county fair. Over the years, I began to really love photography and was constantly taking pictures.
A projected shortage of perch available to naturally harvest in the Great Lakes has the aquaculture industry looking for help from former dairy farmers.
What are your goals and objectives of producing cover crops? That is typically the first question I ask farmers when they start asking or talking about cover crops.
In Wisconsin and the Upper Midwest, the weather cycle continues to cause concern and unrest coming off of the extremely wet 2019 season, creating an unstable outlook for alfalfa in 2020.
Weather patterns in central and northern Wisconsin were especially challenging to alfalfa stands during the winter and spring of 2018-19. Several winter rain events on already-saturated soils, lack of snow cover during the coldest part of winter and ice conditions in much of the Upper Midwest produced difficult conditions for alfalfa survival.
“Breeding cows we love to milk” is one of Jay and Heather Jauquet’s mantras at Synergy Dairy LLC, near Pulaski, Wisconsin, and with hand-picked genetics and astute management, they are doing just that.
