Agronomy Deep Cuts
This nutrient is typically applied in the largest quantities to corn.
What is Nitrogen?
This vegetable crop is a major industry in Central Wisconsin due to sandy soils.
What are potatoes?
Farm Bureau policy begins at this level of organization.
What is the county level?
This forage crop is commonly chopped for silage in dairy rations.
What is corn silage?
This is the county seat of Juneau County.
What is Mauston?
This soil texture, common in Central Wisconsin, is known for low water-holding capacity.
What is sandy soil (or loamy sand)?
What is sandy soil (or loamy sand)?
Wisconsin commonly grows this processing vegetable used for canning and freezing in the Central Sands region.
What are green beans (snap beans)?
This national event brings Farm Bureau members together annually to set policy.
What is the AFBF Convention?
This measurement estimates the energy content of livestock feed.
What is TDN (Total Digestible Nutrients)?
This river flows through Wonewoc and is popular for kayaking and fishing.
What is the Baraboo River?
Corn following soybeans often requires less of this nutrient due to nitrogen fixation.
What is nitrogen?
This irrigation method is commonly seen in Juneau County fields with long pivot arms.
What is center pivot irrigation?
This program promotes accurate agricultural education in K-12 classrooms.
What is Ag in the Classroom?
This dairy term refers to the period when a cow is not lactating before calving.
What is the dry period?
Juneau County sits within this well-known agricultural region of Wisconsin known for sandy soils and irrigation.
What is the Central Sands?
This corn growth stage, when silks are visible, is most critical for determining yield.
What is R1 (silking stage)?
This disease, caused by Phytophthora infestans, historically devastated potato crops worldwide.
What is late blight?
This federal legislation is typically renewed every five years and governs farm programs and crop insurance.
What is the Farm Bill?
This metabolic disorder in fresh cows is also known as hypocalcemia.
What is milk fever?
This scenic trail running through Wonewoc follows a former railroad corridor and features a historic 19th-century bridge.
What is the 400 State Trail?
This soil conservation measurement estimates tons of soil lost per acre per year.
What is the T-value (soil loss tolerance)?
This rotation crop is often used in sandy soils to improve organic matter and break pest cycles.
What is alfalfa?
This crop insurance product protects against county-level revenue losses rather than individual farm losses.
What is Area Risk Protection Insurance (ARPI)?
This ration-balancing concept matches nutrient supply to milk production and body maintenance needs.
What is Total Mixed Ration (TMR) balancing? (Accept: ration formulation based on production stage)
Juneau County agriculture is heavily influenced by these glacial landforms that created its sandy outwash soils.
What are glacial outwash plains?