The University of Wisconsin Extension service is working with 15 fewer agents than it had last year. Those agents can be a big help to farmers by offering advice and connecting them to university researchers. The director of the Extension’s cooperative division, Karl Martin, says budget cuts of three-point-six-million dollars made by the Legislature two years ago are to blame. Right now, Grant, Green and Lafayette counties don’t have a full-time agent, even though those counties have paid the fees. Extension is in the process right now of hiring six agents.
Budget Cuts Leave Wisconsin Farmers Without Agriculture Agents To Advise Them
Apr 30, 2018 | 10:31 AM
State News