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Farm Pulse: Crop Insurance and Grain Marketing
An online course for farmers interested in learning the importance of risk management, crop insurance, and grain marketing
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Wisconsin Beginning Farmer Resource Guide
Designed as a road map, this guide walks beginning farmers through a variety of resources available to support them through their journey of starting an agriculture operation, farm, or food business. Print copies are available at your local USDA service center.
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How to Build a Safety-First Culture and a Safety-First Mindset in Agriculture
A safety culture in agriculture saves lives, protects resources, improves efficiency, and ensures sustainable growth. Farm employers know that having a positive safety culture is good for their workers and for their business.
▶ Watch: Production Records: Planting & Harvesting – Recordkeeping for Farmers Who Speak HMoob
The goal of the ‘Production Records: Planting & Harvesting’ template is to provide a central location for a farmer to keep track of planting and harvesting records for each crop they grow. These records will help a farmer identify where each crop is planted, how many acres, and total yield harvested.
Margin Coverage Option (MCO) for Wisconsin Ag Producers
MCO offers protection against unexpected drops in operating margins — the difference between revenue and input cost. Interested producers should contact their crop insurance agent to learn more about how MCO could work for their operation.
▶ Watch: Production Records: Harvesting – Recordkeeping for Farmers Who Speak HMoob
The goal of the ‘Production Records: Harvesting’ template is to provide a central location for a farmer to keep track of when and how often each crop is harvested, the measuring unit, the amount harvested each day, total units harvested for the season, total crop acreage, and total yield.
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The Extension Farm Management Program partners with the agriculture community to develop research-based, culturally responsive educational information, resources and tools that inform decisions for profitable, healthy farm businesses.
Contact our Extension Farm Management team at farms@extension.wisc.edu