What Is Strip-Till? Fischer-Clark Success Fischer-Clark Dairy is a diary operation located in Eastern Marathon County that has adopted strip-till over a period of eight years and attributes many of its gains to this system: Top Benefits for Landowners (via a Lease with a Strip-Till Farmer) When you lease land to a farmer using strip-till READ MORE
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Growing with Purpose — Updates from Fischer-Clark Dairy Farm
At Fischer-Clark Dairy Farm in Hatley, Wisconsin, we combine modern dairy production with sustainable practices like strip-tillage, crop rotation, and precision nutrient management. Our goal is to care for the land while producing high-quality milk and feed that support our growing community. Through this blog, we share farm updates, conservation efforts, and insights for landowners, neighbors, and anyone interested in the future of sustainable agriculture.
Grass Experiment #2
September 17th 2020 – Corn we chopped for silage. Even though we had a high yielding crop of hay, we decided it was important to rotate our crops aggressively. So, the spring of 2020 we strip tilled corn into the same field which we terminated rye grass and alfalfa the previous year. October 15th 2020- READ MORE
Grass Experiment #1
The 2019 growing season did not start out well. The 2018 beautiful alfalfa seeding is devastated. We could’ve planted corn, but decided to plant annual Italian rye grass. If you look closely on picture #2, you can see the rye grass coming up. It’s June 1st 2019 and normally we are cutting 1st crop at READ MORE
Regenerative Agriculture
What is Regenerative Agriculture? Regenerative Agriculture is a holistic farming system that enhances ecosystem biodiversity, improves water and air quality, produces nutrient-dense food and stores carbon to help mitigate the effects of climate change. It includes farming and grazing practices that leverage the power of photosynthesis in plants to close the carbon cycle and regenerate READ MORE