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2025 Outagamie County Horticulture Needs Assessment: Your Voice Matters

Outagamie County Extension is seeking input from community members to help shape the future of horticulture education and services in our area. We invite you to participate in the 2025 Horticulture Needs Assessment Survey, designed to gather insights on local needs and opportunities for improvement in horticulture-related programming. Your feedback is essential. By sharing your thoughts, […]

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4-H Enrollment Now Open

Beginning September 4 new and existing members can now enroll for the new 4-H year! All enrollment for leaders, members and cloverbuds happens in 4-HOnline: https://wi.4honline.com. Enrollment fees are $5 for members and cloverbuds, $6 for horse project members. Clubs collect money and send one check from their club to the Extension Office payable to […]

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Mia Ljung Receives Mid-Career Impact Award from WEECDA

The Wisconsin Extension Environmental and Community Development Association (WEECDA) is proud to recognize Mia Ljung, Community Development Educator for Outagamie and Winnebago Counties, as the 2025 recipient of the Mid-Career Impact Award. This prestigious award honors WEECDA members with 5-10 years of service who demonstrate a pattern of quality achievement and service to the organization, […]

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MaryBeth Wohlrabe Honored by 4-H Youth Development Professionals

MaryBeth Wohlrabe, Outagamie County Positive Youth Development Educator, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Division of Extension, received the Distinguished Service Award from the Wisconsin Association of Extension 4-H Youth Development Professionals (WAE4-HYDP) at their annual conference on Thursday, April 3rd, 2025 in Green Bay, Wisconsin.  This award is given to a Youth Development Professional who […]

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Fox Valley Tech to Offer Farm Safety & Equipment Operation

This course is designed for students 12 to 14 years of age. The Federal and State of Wisconsin require youth who will be operating farm equipment and implements on the highway or working for someone other than a family farm to complete this course. Students who complete this course will receive State of Wisconsin certification […]

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Outagamie Forage Council and Midwest Forage Association Annual Meeting

You are invited to the Outagamie Forage Council and Midwest Forage Association 2025 Annual Meeting and Educational Program February 13! Our agenda includes insightful presentations from industry experts, updates on ongoing projects, and discussions on innovative practices that can enhance our forage production. We will also be recognizing the outstanding contributions of our members and […]

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2025 Outagamie Forage Council Scholarship Award

The Outagamie County Forage Council is proud to sponsor a $500 educational scholarship for a deserving youth entering or already enrolled in post-secondary education in the area of agriculture.  The award is designed to recognize outstanding individual accomplishment and achievement.  Students completing their senior year of high school who have enrolled in or those students […]

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Farm Pulse: Crop Insurance and Grain Marketing

An online course with in-person meetings from January to April 2024 for farmers interested in learning the importance of risk management, crop insurance, and grain marketing. What will I learn in this course? The course is arranged in eight modules that participants work through at their own pace.  The in-person sessions noted below are meant […]

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4-H Welcomes New Families

“The first year in this big program can be a bit overwhelming.” says Alicia Schreoder-Haag, Outagamie County 4-H Program Educator. That’s why the county has created a welcome night for new members and their families. The event will be held Thursday, November 30 at Fox Valley Technical College in Appleton from 6 pm until 7:30 […]

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