Upcoming Events:

• March 13 – Navigating Nitrogen, Darlington, WI
• April 10 – GAP Training for Tobacco Producers, Darlington, WI

The Regional Agriculture Educators connect the latest University research with local agricultural stakeholders. Educators respond to the needs of 4,130 Grant County producers in crops and soils, dairy, and livestock, whose market value is over $656 million (#1 in WI). They conduct educational programs and troubleshoot for farmers to find unbiased solutions to improve economic viability and sustainability for agricultural operations.

Our region includes Grant, Green, Iowa, and Lafayette Counties and is served by:
Dairy Educator – Jackie McCarville
Crops & Soils Educator – Jordyn Sattler
Livestock Educator – Kim Kester

Regional Dairy Educator, Jackie McCarville joined Extension in 2017. Her dairy programming will focus on dairy production management including dairy calves and heifer management, animal husbandry and well-being, nutrition, and dairy x beef crosses to help dairy producers improve productivity, profitability, and efficiency while maintaining animal well-being. “I’m excited to bring my passion and expertise of the dairy industry to our local area.” To contact Jackie, please call (608) 576-0147 or email jackie.mccarville@wisc.edu.

Regional Crops and Soils Educator, Jordyn Sattler, joined Extension in January 2024. She graduated from UW-Platteville in 2013 as a double major in Agricultural Education (Non-Teaching) and Soil & Crop Science with a Plant Breeding and Genetics emphasis. Since then, she has spent most of her time working as a retail sales agronomist in Southern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois. Sattler says “I am excited to start meeting with local producers and providing resources and information that will help farms achieve their individual goals.” Please feel free to reach out to Jordyn at 608-228-0208 and by email at jordyn.sattler@wisc.edu.

Regional Livestock Educator, Kim Kester, has joined Extension in February 2024 as the new Regional Livestock Educator for Grant, Green, Iowa, and Lafayette Counties. Kim double-majored in Dairy Science and Poultry Science at UW-Madison and interned at UW’s Marshfield Ag Research Station. She has worked as a bull herdsman for a cattle genetics company, and most recently worked for over 6 years as a County Extension Coordinator and Agriculture & Natural Resources Agent for University of Georgia Extension. Kim is excited to return home to Wisconsin and begin working with livestock producers, with an emphasis on beef cow-calf producers and heifer development. To contact Kim, please call (608) 228-5400 or email kimberly.kester@wisc.edu.

State Agricultural Website:  https://extension.wisc.edu/agriculture/