Brightside Dairy is the 2023 Brown County Farm Bureau Conservation Award recipient. Check out this video highlighting the great work being done by Conrad and his family, such as interseeding cover crops, planting green, and no-till.
2023 Conservation Award Brightside Dairy
State: Wisconsin
Tailgate Conservation: Dry Conditions
This video dives into the topic of termination timing and the importance of watching the long-range forecast in the spring and being flexible with your cover crop management. It provides a great illustration of how termination timing impacts crops in extreme weather conditions. Apart from termination dates, the field was managed the same in every […]
Do We Need Subsoil Tillage With Cover Crops?
In this video, learn about grain farmer Nick’s Kleiber’s experience doing subsoil tillage. Find out what differences, or lack of differences, he’s seeing between full subsoil tillage with and without a cover crop.
Establishing Prairie Strips in a Cash Crop System
Dale installed a pollinator strip last year. When asked why he’s using one, he said, “I had thought about doing a harvestable buffer strip in the past, but I don’t have livestock to use the forage, so I never did one. But when I found out about doing a native prairie with a pollinator strip, […]
ZML Low-Disturbance Manure Injection
Earlier this fall, Neighborhood Dairy teamed up with R Braun Inc and the NEW Watershed Program to demonstrate a new low-disturbance manure applicator. Check out this video and hear how low disturbance manure applications fit into Neighborhood Dairy’s conservation plan. This equipment allows for the farm to get manure out after harvest, while still leaving […]
Considerations for Using Diverse Cover Crops After Wheat
Rick Gehrke (Gehrke Family Farms, LLC – Omro, WI) talks about what he considers when using diverse cover crops after wheat. Check out this video to learn species he uses, cost considerations, and dealing with water hemp.
Interseeding Demo with Zeb Zuehls
Learn about Zeb Zuehls cover crop species, timing, chemical program, and some trials he’s doing. Then watch as he demonstrates interseeding cover crops into corn using the Outagamie County Land Conservation Department 6 row Interseeder.
Rotational Grazing Demonstration
Rotational grazing doesn’t have to be time consuming! In this video, Sacia Mueller talks about her rotational grazing setup and process, NRCS folks outline the purpose and benefits of rotational grazing, and costs are discussed.
Dairy partnership utilizes subsurface manure drip irrigation
One of the 2020 U.S. Dairy Sustainability Award winners is proof that organizations from different sectors can work together to improve complex sustainability challenges. Dairy Stream host Mike Austin talks with Ryan Flaherty, director of business partnerships at Sustainable Conservation, Richie Mayo, farm manager at De Jager Farms and Domonic Rossini, agronomic relationship manager at […]
Understanding the basics and challenges of cover crops
Cover crops are making a difference to improve soil health and water quality. Dairy Stream host Mike Austin talks with Jim Isermann, Illinois and Wisconsin field manager of the Soil Health Partnership, and Ken Rosenow, owner of Cedar Home Farms about the cover crop benefits, recommendations for beginners, challenges and more.