On July 12th, the South Kinni Farmer Led Watershed Council held a picnic open to all landowners in the watershed at a members property. About 25 people enjoyed a potluck style picnic followed by presentations onsite. The presentations included a UAV demonstration by Logan Ahlers from UWRF, a no-till into sod demonstration by the Chair, […]
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Welcome! Just as nature runs its course through all the seasons, and the wildlife and landscape take a rest in the winter, we too have taken a short rest. We are back online and will begin to update this website regularly to share information with you. If you have been with us from the beginning, […]
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This week has been pretty exciting in the watersheds — we seeded two of our cover crop/tillage test-plot locations with cover crop seed into standing corn. It went really well! This far north, we need to give the cover crops as much time as possible to germinate and establish before things start freezing, so planting […]
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We have been working hard to establish and analyze three on-farm cover crop and tillage test plots in the watersheds, made possible in part by a grant from SARE, the Sustainable Agriculture, Research and Education program at USDA. We have randomized, replicated trials of cover vs no-cover, and tilled vs no-till plots on three farms […]
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We are very excited to share this video about our project with you, featuring two Horse Creek Watershed farmers (Polk County). The video does a great job of summing up what we do: work together to find ways to make farming better for the water and soil, while increasing productivity and helping everyone be more […]
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Welcome to the newly-launched Wisconsin Farmer-Led Watershed Council Project website! Here you’ll find information about our project: what we’re doing, who’s involved, how the projects are going, and where to find us. Please contact the project coordinator for more information: Julia Olmstead, at julia.olmstead@ces.uwex.edu or 715-531-8869
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