Marathon County UW-Extension Agriculture

This was a great class!

The last few weeks have been busy with various programs. We started out with the Heifers the Next Generation meeting and had a good conversation about paired housing, colostrum feeding, and forages for our heifers. We then had a two-day AI course followed by a one-day Lambing School. We followed the Lambing School up with a Calving workshop, and last week we continued the fun with a program on Milk Quality, with one day in English and one day in Spanish.

We had a great AI class the last two days!

Having a great time teaching the AI class. Thank you to Majestic View Farms for making this class happen.

We are hosting an AI certification class!! It is difficult to find a place for the students to practice and, trust us,we were reluctant! However, we also recognize it is the only way to help develop great technicians for our industry.

Have you heard? The AMS Field Day has been rescheduled to April 17th!

Sign up today at go.wisc.edu/ams

Registration is free, but required.

Congratulations to Fustead Holsteins for being one of this year's Master Agriculturalists.

Fustead Holsteins LLC builds top-notch farm Brian, Wendy, Tyler and Shannon Fust of Wausau, Wis., were named 2026 Master Agriculturists.

Check out our new video that discusses the steps for testing your calf's rate of transfer of passive immunity.

Testing Calf Passive Transfer Learn how to determine whether your calf has achieved successful passive transfer using either a digital or handheld refractometer. Heather Schlesser from th...

Don't miss out on this upcoming Show pig Symposium on Saturday Febraury 21st!