Agricultural Solutions
for a
changing world
The Milewski Farm
Milewski Farm is a Century Farm having been owned and operated by the same family for over a 100 years. In the 21st Century Milewski Farm moved from dairy farming to supplying dairy farmers with the resources they need to produce some of the best milk in the world. Through partnerships with neighboring Old Order Mennonite Farmers, Milewski Farm researches and implements best farming practices, maintains and restores wetlands to increase agricultural fields and pastures and increase the quality of our water supply, identifies and protects native pollinators and their ecosystems and produces fruit crops, corn and hay crops for area dairy farms and is currently testing vegetable sites for large scale food production. Contact us to learn more, schedule a visit or find out how you can assist us as we work to feed our nation high quality products.
Farming &
Wetlands
About us
The Milewski Farm is a family farm in west central Wisconsin which seeks to find the best practices for farming, fruit production and wetland management and then apply these practices to the land.
Latest News
Land Management Ideas with Jens Jensen and Lenard Milewski
August 2024
Adjacent to our agricultural work is the recognition that there are varied land management concerns and uses as well as future opportunities. We dream of Silvopasture value added crops, agroforestry initiatives with more fruit trees and plants to make teas from and we dream of more trails through both the agricultural areas and the parts we have “given back to nature” as dad instructed. We understand we have a responsibility to the ecosystem in place and the ecosystem that will be present in the future. We learn from historic thinkers like Jens Jensen and of course our ancestors.
Record Keeping Part 2:
Crop Rotation Chart
March 2023
We're fast approaching looking at crop rotation for 20 years on the Milewski Farm. If we combine the Field Management Chart which includes field yields with this chart we can start to see a small glimpse at what goes into land management decisions. This post is purely the Crop Rotation Chart on the Milewski Farm 2006—2025. Simply speaks loudest at times!
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Record keeping Part 1: Field Management Chart
September 2022
After looking at soil specifically we turn now to look at what we use the soil for--cropping. This post has the Field Management Chart we have developed over the decades to keep track of what works and what doesn't
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A Historical Look at Milewski Farm Soil Tests 1967—2020
May 2021
In our last post we explored how a scientific approach to soil testing could assist in land management decisions. Now we turn our attention to a collection of sporadic soil tests that were done over a 50-year time span.
Soil Testing for Cropping Decisions
January 2021
It was fun to find old soil tests from when my grandfather farmed here so you may see a couple of posts about the history of soil testing and how to figure out the historical nutrient loss from the different types of testing done over time. For now, we thought a general discussion of soil testing is best.
Peas and Oats in Crop Rotation
April 2020
The agreed upon crop rotation has been hay-- typically alfalfa or a grass-with corn and sometimes soybeans. We tried Peas and clover in place of hay with a second and third year of oats. Both peas and oats are considered a protein crop when looking at nutrient management for soil needs.
Permaculture
January 2020
Permaculture is a set of design principles centered on whole systems thinking, simulating, or directly utilizing the patterns and resilient features observed in natural ecosystems.