The Triple P – Positive Parenting Program’s simple, practical strategies have been proven to work around the world, helping parents raise happy, confident children; set family routines and rules that everyone can follow; and balance work and family life with less stress.
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What many people commonly call “blight” can be one of several fungal or bacterial diseases.
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Portage County Extension has completed all Pesticide Applicator Training and Testing for 2022. If you still need to be certified, visit this page for more information.
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Portage County Extension is offering soil testing for lawns, gardens, food plots and fields.
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The 2021 Portage County Plat Books are now available! All proceeds from the plat books support the Portage County 4-H Program.
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Still Available ~ $865 tractor roll bar rebate. Tractor rollovers are the leading cause of death on farms, accounting for nearly 100 fatalities each year.
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Since the early 1960s, nearly 150 people have died in the U.S. because of manure-related gas incidents in confined spaces (NCERA 2016). Of those cases, about half occurred on dairy operations.
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The weekend of October 22-23, facilities in Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin lost feeder steers in incidents related to hydrogen sulfide (H2S) during pump-out. At this time we are not able to explain why there has been an uptick in incidents.
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