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NOTICE OF MEETING AND AGENDA
ST. CROIX COUNTY AGRICULTURE & EXTENSION COMMITTEE
September S, 2006, 9:00 a.m.
Agricultural Service and Education Center
1960 8th Ave., Baldwin, WI
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING
DATE OF NEXT MEETING
ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT:
• Federal Budget
• State Budget Report
• County Budget Report
• WACEC
• Personnel
- Extension Agents Contract, 133 -HP82
- CNRD Update and Interview Dates
• Strategic Planning
• Other Administrative Items
o Resolutions
OLD AND NEW BUSINESS:
AGENT'S REPORTS:
Kimberly Reaman
• County Fair Report
• Review of summer 4 -H programs
Lee Milligan
• Western Wisconsin Soybean Field Day
• Farm City Day
• Distiller's Dried Grains For Dairy and Beef Cattle
• Other Educational Programs /Projects
ADJOURN
SUBMITTED BY: Kimberly Reaman
DATE: August 30, 2006
Copies to: COUNTY BOARD OFFICE NEWS MEDIA/NOTICE BOARD
COUNTY CLERK COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Items for County Board approval must be submitted to the County Clerk's office
by Wednesday morning preceding a County Board meeting.
8/30/2006 1:46 PM
SEPTEM MINUTES
AGRICULTURE AND EXTENSION COMMITTEE
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Agricultural Service & Education Center convened: 9:03 a.m.
Baldwin adjourned: 10:45 a.m.
Present: Ron Raymond, Lois Burri, Bill Peavey, Sharon Norton - Bauman, Kimberly
Reaman,
Lee Milligan, Mike Perkl, UWEX Western District Director.
The meeting was called to order by chairman, Raymond.
Date of the next meeting will be October 3, 2006, 9 am.
Motion by Norton- Bauman, second by Burri to accept the minutes as presented.
Motion by Peavey, second by Burri to approve the vouchers as presented.
Administrative Report:
*Extension Committee reviewed the Extension Agents Contract, 133 -HP82 for the
period of July, 120o6 through June 30, 2007. Motion by Burri, second by
Peavey approve the contract and recommend the contract be signed by
county administration.
•Mike Perk], UWEX Western District Director, updated the committee on the
candidate pool for the Community Resource Development Agent position.
Preliminary interviews will be conducted on October 10 and final interviews on
October 25.
4 -H Youth Development Agent's Report:
*County Fair - Reaman reported the Fair Evaluation meeting held in August was
primarily very positive about the fair. The number of exhibitors participating in the
County Fair was up about 5o but the number of exhibits was down. The premiums
paid out for the Junior Fair were $10,828.
•Summer 4 -H Programs - Reaman reported on the Family Fun Days offered in North
Hudson over the summer. She discussed the challenges the group had marketing the
events and possible changes for next year.
Agriculture Agent's Report
Milligan coordinated and taught at four drought management meetings in early August in
Barron, Dunn, Polk and St. Croix Counties. Agents from these counties participated in the
meetings. Over 120 producers participated in the meeting at Ter -Rae Farms in St. Croix
County.
Approximately 80 producers participated in the Western Wisconsin Soybean Field Day at Erin
Prairie Town Hall. Plots were in Mitchell's and Emmert's fields. Topics focused on weed,
disease and insect control. The spider mite issue was becoming a major threat to soybeans in
the county at that time.
Milligan and Jim Faust UWEX agriculture agent in Dunn County are coordinating a Using
Distillers Grains In Dairy and Beef Rations meeting in Menomonie on September 21. UW
Extension dairy and beef specialists will be guest speakers. This is in response to the many
questions producers have regarding using distillers grains as the ethanol plant opens in
Wheeler and will be marketing distillers grains.
Milligan is on the Western Wisconsin Ag Lenders Conference Planning Committee. It is
scheduled for January 11, 2007. Milligan is also scheduling a Beef Quality Assurance meeting
in November in response to producers' requests. In response to concerns regarding feeding
drought damaged corn and corn silage Milligan will also be scheduling a meeting in November
with UW Extension specialists regarding the issue for producers and nutritionists. The UW
Extension Dairy Road Show is being scheduled for mid January. The closest site will be
Menomonie.
Nitrates have been a concern for producers. Two beef cows have been killed due to nitrate
poisoning in St. Croix County. Milligan worked with a UWEX forage specialist to have 10
corn silage and sorghum sudangrass samples analyzed from around the county to determine the
seriousness of the situation. Four of the samples exceeded the safe feeding limit without
dilution. One of the samples exceeded any feeding limit without ensiling first. This information
has been distributed to producers and professionals with feeding and testing recommendations.
Milligan is working with a couple of alfalfa producers and a UWEX plant pathologist
regarding the diagnosis of a serious alfalfa problem. The pathologist has visited the fields and
is testing plants and soil for causes of the problem. Progress is being made in identifying the
cause of the problem.
Peavey moved to adjourn. Norton- Baumann seconded.
Respectively submitted,
Eugene Ruetz
Secretary