Upcoming Events:

• Badger Dairy Insight – Monthly Webinar on 3rd Tuesday of every month from 11am to 12pm CST
• Badger Crop Connect – Monthly Webinar on 2nd and 4th Thursday (Apr. – Oct.) at 12:30pm CST

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

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.

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