Portage County

The host farms for the 2014 Wisconsin Farm Technology Days, being held in Portage County, were announced January 9, 2012. Ken Schroeder, Farm Technology Days Executive Committee Secretary introduced Blue Top Farms and Feltz Family Farms as the joint host farms for the statewide event in 2014. Blue Top Farms and Feltz Family Farms are [...]

Barns in Wisconsin are “an endangered species,” the causes readily listed; decay, abundant size, snow load, economic displacement. Yet nothing symbolizes our historic connection to the land with the same authority, bravery and family bond as a barn. The Barn Project The goal of this project is to inventory and photograph every barn in Wisconsin; every county, every barn. This project cannot save barns but [...]

Check out these UW-Extension flood response web sites for assembled information and resources to help deal with flooding, crop damage, including home gardens and general disaster assistance.  UW-Extension Flood Resources Management and Recovery Emergency Response The UW-Extension, Agriculture Preparedness and Response Safely Using Produce from Flooded Gardens (pdf) Food Safety Concerns (pdf) The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, [...]

The NEW 2011 Portage County Plat Books will be available beginning October 24, 2011 - a convenient reference for local governments, private realty, surveying companies, and the general public. Plat Books make use of the Public Land Survey System (PLSS) to represent land ownership patterns on a county-wide basis. Prepared from a variety of data sources, including U.S. Census TIGER [...]

Extension Responds The uncertainty about the depth and length of this current recession, along with the sudden and dramatic effect it’s had on agricultural markets, may provide challenges to Wisconsin’s farmers. Extension Responds with information about farming through difficult times. Find valuable resources and publications on the Extension Responds – Farming through Difficult Times webpage >>> You [...]