Group sets sights on cover crops, rotational grazing

Lynn Grooms
Jan 2, 2020
Jan 2, 2020

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Sauk Soil and Water Improvement Group committee

From left are Roger Bindl, Darren Yanke, Ron Bula, Justine Bula, Mel Zech and Ron Schoepp. The farmers serve on the committee of the Sauk Soil and Water Improvement Group. Justine Bula, education coordinator for Sauk County Land Resources and Environment, helps to coordinate programming and administrative services for the producer-led watershed group.

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Dairy heifers graze cover crops that are planted after winter-wheat harvest at Echo-Y Farms near Loganville, Wisconsin.

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Diversified farming is a passion for the Bula family. From left are Patrick, Justine, Ron and Maureen Bula.

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Attendees of the Sauk Soil and Water Improvement Group's Farmers Helping Farmers event learn about the importance of soil aggregates during a soil-pit demonstration. The event was held at Echo-Y Farms in September and was attended by 34 people.

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Cattle graze at the Bula farm near Baraboo, Wisconsin.

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Holstein heifers graze summer annual cover crops at Echo-Y Farms.

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Rotational-grazing practices are discussed during a tour at Echo-Y Farms near Loganville, Wisconsin.

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Sauk Soil and Water Improvement Group display at Conserve Sauk Film Festival

Ron Bula, a member of the Sauk Soil and Water Improvement Group, and Melissa Schlupp, a conservation manager from Sauk County Land Resources and Environment, talk with attendees of the Conserve Sauk Film Festival about conservation practices on farms. The event was held in November 2019.

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Lynn Grooms

SAUK COUNTY, Wis. – The Sauk Soil and Water Improvement Group recently was named a first-time recipient of a Wisconsin Producer-Led Watershed Protection grant. The group was awarded a $40,000 grant by the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, which administers the grant program.

Lynn Grooms writes about the diversity of agriculture, including the industry’s newest ideas, research and technologies as a staff reporter for Agri-View based in Wisconsin.