AgrAbility News
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2025 Wisconsin Custom Rate Survey
The UW-Madison Division of Extension is conducting a survey to estimate custom rates for common Wisconsin farming operations. If you are a Wisconsin farmer or a custom operator who performed or hired custom services in 2024, please follow the link: https://go.wisc.edu/CustomRates. You need only complete the sections of the survey that pertain to you. The survey…
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AgrAbility of Wisconsin Summit Scheduled for April 15
Join us for an inspiring day at the 2025 AgrAbility of Wisconsin Summit!
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AT of the Month: Bump and Drive Gate
This month’s assistive technology item of the month is a Bump N’ Drive gate! The Bump N’ Drive gate allows you to “bump” your gate with your vehicle and open it without getting out.
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AT Item of the Month: HeatTrak Mats
This February, tell a farmer you love to get this month’s assistive technology item of the month HeatTrak mats! These warming mats allow you to warm up any doorway or sidewalk, melting dangerous ice patches and reducing the need to shovel snow. During the freezing winters of Wisconsin, these mats are great tools to not…
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USDA Announces 2025 Enrollment Periods for Crop and Dairy Safety-Net Programs
Producers Can Enroll in the 2025 Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage Programs Beginning Jan. 21 and Dairy Margin Coverage Beginning Jan. 29.
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AT Item of the Month: Lacing Systems
January’s assistive technology item of the month is a Lacing System.
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USDA Reminds Specialty Crop Growers of Jan. 31 Deadline for 2024 On-Farm Food Safety Certification Expenses
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reminds specialty crop producers that the deadline to enroll in the Food Safety Certification for Specialty Crops (FSCSC) program for 2024 expenses is Jan. 31, 2025.
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New Marketing Assistance Now Available for Specialty Crop Producers
USDA Makes $2 Billion Available to Support Expansion of Current and Development of New Markets
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Assistive Technology Item of the Month: Battery-heated Hat
It’s time for the assistive technology item of the month! Stay warm in the cold weather with a battery-operated heat hat. Keeping your head warm while working outside in cold weather is essential. This hat has 3 heating levels and can be re-charged with a USB port. If you have a disability or injury and…
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Slow Moving Vehicle signs, Free for farmers via AgrAbility of Wisconsin
Slow Moving Vehicle (SMV) signs are being distributed to Wisconsin farmers free of charge through an expanded partnership involving Marshfield Clinic Research Institute’s National Farm Medicine Center and AgrAbility of Wisconsin.
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This material is based upon work supported by the AgrAbility of Wisconsin project award no. 2022-41590-38131 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.