What’s in your soil? or Manure? or Forage? Don’t guess, get a test done. This website has instructions on taking samples, sending your sample off and the fees for each item.

Featured publication: Soil Compaction: Causes, Concerns, and Cures (A3367)

Soil compaction caused by working wet fields can cut crop yields for years to come. Soil scientists Dick Wolkowski and Birl Lowery show the impact on plant growth and yield, offer details on diagnosis, and suggest ways to minimize or avoid the problem as well as how to correct compacted soils.  Order copies or view the PDF at the Learning Store.

Related resources for Extension faculty and staff only: Life in the Soil (#18014) To understand the rationale for sustainable agriculture, one must grasp the critical importance of soil. This video depicts in vivid color what life is like in the soil at the microscopic level. It is a living, fragile medium that must be protected and nurtured to ensure its long-term productivity and stability. VHS VIDEO (30:00).

• Available to order from the Cooperative Extension Media Collection.

WDATCP Homepage

• Pesticide certification and licensing information

Pesticide Database

• Find pesticide products registered for use in WI
• Locate WI licensed dealers and licensed application businesses
• Find WI certified applicators (by name, by county, by category)

Pesticide Applicator Certification System (PACS) – (608) 224-4560

PACS is an automated phone system to assist applicators. You may also access the information online.

• Exam score (first-time certifying applicators will need their score sheet number)
• Certification expiration date
• Categories currently certified in

PAT Websites and Contact Information:

PAT Homepage

• Information on manuals, training, and the different categories.

PAT Storefront

• Commercial applicators may order training manuals, videos, register for sessions
• Private applicators may order the Fruit Crops and Greenhouse & Nursery manuals, and the subcategory manuals (General Farming manual only from Extension office)

Pesticide Labels/MSDS Websites

• Click on Ag/Crop to view/print agricultural and crop protection labels and MSDS
• Click on T & O/NonCrop to view/print turf, ornamental, and non crop labels and MSDS
• From the CDMS homepage, click on ChemSearch, a subscription-based service purchased by PAT for agents’ use. Username and password are case sensitive
  Username: RFL206
  Password: PAT2005a
• Label search for product type, crop, or pest
• Condenses full labels to 1-2 pages of summaries
• Compare 2 products side-by-side
• Find WPS, DPT, SARA information

WPS Website

• WPS Information
• Sept. 2005 version of How-to-Comply manual (pdf)

Field to Fork Virtual CSA Fair

Low-Cost Mound-Layering Propagation of Hazelnuts

A Winter Rye Cropping System for Farmers in Northern Wisconsin

Nitrogen Fertilization of Corn Silage in Ashland County, WI

Using Pheromone Disruption to Control Codling Moth In Bayfield Apple Orchards

Bayfield Fruit Trials

Perfecting the Day-Range Pastured Poultry System

Research Bulletin 33- 2014 Corn N Trial (pdf, 171 KB)

Research Bulletin 29_Corn PSNT Validation Trials (pdf, 536 KB)

Research Bulletin 24_Fertilizing Corn with Protected Nitrogen (pdf, 199KB)

Research Bulletin 07 Nitrogen Fertilization of Corn Silage in Ashland County, WI (pdf, )

Using Pheromone Disruption to Control Coddling Moth in Bayfield Apple Orchards (PDF)

Bayfield Coddling Moth Mating Disruption Trial – Year 2  (PDF)

Bayfield Fruit Trials (PDF)

Sweet Cherry UFO Lands in Bayfield  (PDF)

Perfecting Black Currant Production for Machine Harvest  (PDF)

Yield, Fruit Chemistry & Consumer Preference of Red and White Currants in Bayfield, WI (PDF)

Evaluation of Select Accessions of Hazelnuts in Bayfield County  (PDF)

Stool Bed Layering as a Means of Vegetative Propagation of American Hazelnut  (PDF)

A Winter Rye Cropping System for Farmers in Northern Wisconsin (PDF)

Perfecting the Day-Range Pastured Poultry System  (PDF)