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Farm News: Grazing Gets State Financial HelpcommentsPosted: 08.23.2010 $984,300 in grant funds for grazing projects in Wisconsin will help 32 different projects state-wide. Randy Romanski, Deputy Secretary for DATCP said grazing is a low-cost, environmentally-friendly method of farming that moves animals to a fresh pasture on a regular basis while resting unused pastures so the plants can regrow before being regrazed. Studies show beginning farmers are more likely to use a managed grazing system to get started in agriculture because it doesn’t require a huge capital investment in buildings and machinery. Nearly 50 percent of new dairy farmers use managed grazing.
2010 GLCI grants were awarded to the following projects:
Lake Superior Basin: Ashland, Bayfield, Douglas, & Iron Counties
$23,934 Technical Assistance Grant
North Central Region: Clark, Price, Rusk, Sawyer, and Taylor Counties
$89,871 including a $16,219 Education Grant and a $73,652 Technical Assistance Grant
Northwestern Region: Barron, Burnett, Polk, Rusk, Sawyer, and Washburn Counties
$84,870 including a $16,219 Education Grant and a $68,651 Technical Assistance Grant
Marathon and Lincoln Counties
$56,219 including a $16,219 Education Grant and a $40,000 Technical Assistance Grant
Northeastern Wisconsin: Brown, Calumet, Door, Fond du Lac, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Outagamie, Sheboygan, Winnebago Counties, & the Oneida Nation
$43,774 including a $16,219 Education Grant and a $27,555 Technical Assistance Grant
Chippewa Valley Grazing Network: Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, and Eau Claire Counties
$56,219 including a $16,219 Education Grant and a $40,000 Technical Assistance Grant
Coulee Graziers: Buffalo, Jackson, and Trempeualeau Counties
$40,000 Technical Assistance Grant
St. Croix Valley Grazing Program: St Croix, Dunn, Pepin, and Pierce Counties
$56,219 including a $16,219 Education Grant and a $40,000 Technical Assistance Grant
Central Wisconsin: Adams, Juneau, Marathon, Marquette, Monroe, Portage, Waupaca, Waushara, and Wood Counties
$37,448 Technical Assistance Grant
Southwestern Wisconsin: Grant, Crawford, and Lafayette Counties
$16,988 Technical Assistance Grant
Vernon County
$29,100 Technical Assistance Grant
Sauk County
$8400 Technical Assistance Grant
South Central Wisconsin: Columbia, Dane, Iowa, Jefferson, Marquette, and Sauk Counties
$29,324 Education Grant
Southeast Wisconsin: Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Green Lake, Jefferson, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Rock, Walworth, Washington, & Waukesha Counties
$55,159 including a $16,219 Education Grant and a $38,940 Technical Assistance Grant
Columbia and Dodge Counties
$3340 Education Grant
Columbia County
$7480 Technical Assistance Grant
Statewide
$99,877 for several Education Grants
For a complete list of project descriptions visit: http://www.wisgov.state.wi.us/docview.asp?docid=20106
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