2025 Pesticide Applicator Training Information

To check your certification status and/or expiration:https://www.kellysolutions.com/WI/Applicators/index.asp Manuals must be purchased from the PAT Store online or by mail order: https://patstore.wisc.edu/secure/items/private The full list of training and testing options can be found here: https://fyi.extension.wisc.edu/pat/events/*Filter by county to find events near you. Private applicators can test at participating county offices: https://fyi.extension.wisc.edu/pat/county-testing-sites/*Self-study exams require a 70% pass […]

Pressure Canner Testing

Your Extension Wood County office offers FREE pressure canning testing for dial gauge canners. To learn more about the types of canners, click here.
Call 715-421-8437 or email familyliving@woodcountywi.gov to schedule your appointment!

Mental Health First Aid Trainings

Extension is holding a number of FREE Mental Health First Aid Trainings in the upcoming months. Mental Health First Aid teaches you how to identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illness and substance use disorders. This training will give you the skills you need to reach out an provide initial support to someone […]

Wood County Rural Economic Development Plan

Over the last year and a half, Community Development Educator, Nancy Turyk, worked with Wood County staff and supervisors along with numerous county organizations and individuals to develop Wood County’s first-ever Economic Development Plan. After unanimous approval by the Wood County Board in early April, the Economic Development Plan will now act as a guiding […]

Cranberry Harvest in a Covid Era

Cranberry crops are ready and it’s the most important time of year – harvest. 2020’s harvest raises questions about how normal habits can be adapted to bring the crop in safely, keeping worker and farmer health, food safety, and the uninterrupted harvest and transport of cranberries in mind. Click here to view simple and straightforward […]

Virtual Cranberry Mini-Clinic Recording

Virtual Cranberry Mini-Clinic Video and Transcript Available Due to the COVID-19 outbreak and restrictions, the Wisconsin State Cranberry Growers Association cancelled the usual spring and summer events including the Mini-Clinics, Nutrient Management Plan training session, and the Summer Meeting. WSCGA has been working with Extension and the Education Committee to develop a series of virtual […]

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