Jack Herricks News Today

June is Dairy Month in Wisconsin and throughout the month we will be celebrating local farmers and learning about the living legacy of Wisconsin Dairy.

The 2020 and 2021 Master Agriculturist Awards Program was held Aug. 11.

The deadline for nominations is Dec. 6.

Jack Herricks leads by example Jim Massey COMMITTED TO CONSERVATION: Pat and Jack Herricks have been leaders in the conservation movement in southwest Wisconsin for decades, practicing what they preach. Land stewardship is a key component of this Master Agriculturist’s dairy operation. Jim Massey | Aug 04, 2021 Suggested Event Aug 31, 2021 to Sep 02, 2021 Jack Herricks decided at a young age that he wanted to be a dairy farmer, but as the second oldest of 12 chil...

Leopold Conservation Award winner tells his story At Tainter Creek Watershed Council meeting TAINTER CREEK WATERSHED - Jack Herricks family began farming their rural Cashton farm in 1912. The farm sits at the headwaters of Brush Creek, a Kickapoo River tributary that joins with the river near Ontario. Originally, the family farmed 124 acres and milked 34 cows. Today, Herricks farms 1,120 acres, rents another 470 acres, and milks 600 cows. “I started farming...

Leopold conservation award winner to address watershed council Tainter Creek The 2014 Leopold Conservation Award winner, Jack Herricks, will address the farmers of the Tainter Creek Watershed Council at their Thursday, March 18 meeting, from 7-9 p.m.. Herricks operates a 600-cow dairy near Cashton, and was a participant in the UW-Discovery Farms’ Jersey Valley Watershed project to research links between edge-of-field runoff and water quality. The Herricks h...