To continue to track our progress, Peninsula Pride Farms members are asked to submit the information for our yearly member conservation practice survey. Through survey results, we are able to demonstrate the effort farmers are making to improve soil...
To promote adoption of conservation practices, Peninsula Pride Farms (PPF) is offering an additional cost-share funds to farmers to do trials of cover crop and planting green. This program is open to members and non-members and has three options...
By Whitney Prestby,natural resource educator,UW-Extension Since 2017, the Door-Kewaunee Demo Farms (DK Demo Farms) has been partnering with four farms to learn how to best adopt conservation practices on the ground. DK Demo Farms was the second...
By Don Niles, board president Hello again. Hopefully everyone is having an opportunity to catch their breath occasionally through what is shaping up to be an ideal autumn harvest. The wet conditions of two to three years ago are fading from memory...
Join us on Tuesday, October 26 from 5-6 pm for our Conservation Conversation. We will talk through some regenerative agriculture practices to improve soil health, create new soil & protect water resources. Hosted by Kinnard Farms (N8200 Tamarack...
Peninsula Pride Farms hosted a Conservation Conversation on Oct. 6 at Olson Family Farms. Eric and Rich Olson shared that they have been experimenting with different cover crop techniques. The two techniques this group...
Peninsula Pride Farms hosted a Conservation Conversation on Sept. 28 at Augustian Farms. Aaron Augustian and Nick Guilette shared the results of how the corn performed in a no-till field that was planted green. Augustian said that earlier in the...
Join us on Wednesday, October 6 from 5-6 pm for our Bonus Conservation Conversation. We will check out inter-seeding cover crops into V3 corn and look at a multispecies cover crop planted in a wheat field. Hosted by Olson Family Farm in Sturgeon Bay...
Analysis shows improvement in reducing erosion, phosphorus loss Thanks to the use of cover crops and no-tillage practices, Paul Cornette knows the soil structure on his family’s dairy farm is better suited to withstand extreme weather conditions and...
Join us on Tuesday, September 28 from 5-6 pm for our Conservation Conversation. We’ll spend an hour sharing the results of a no-till planted green corn field. Hosted by Augustian Farms LLC. All are welcome, no RSVP required. Location: The...