🌱 How one Slinger farm is boosting yields with strip-till precision

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In today's newsletter:

• How one Slinger farm is boosting yields with strip-till precision

Also on today's calendar: Menomonee Falls Symphony Holiday Matinee Concert and 4 more events.

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Mostly cloudy and not as cold, with a high of 35 and low of 25 degrees.
• Wednesday: Mainly cloudy, temps: high: 32, low: 28.
• Thursday: Morning rain; cloudy, windy, with a high of 37 and low of 6 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!

📰 News we're reading

• Strip-Till, Precision Tools Create Better ‘Balance Sheet' (no-tillfarmer.com) — A Slinger farm family is reshaping their operation by switching from conventional tillage to strip-till, easing planter stress and improving yields on thousands of acres. By pairing strip-till with precision technology, they’re cutting erosion, placing fertilizer more efficiently, and experimenting with new ways to boost both soil health and their bottom line.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Slinger

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday December 20

• Menomonee Falls Symphony Holiday Matinee Concert
  Germantown School District Performing Arts Center, W180N11501 N River Ln, Germantown
  2:00 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday December 17

• Boys - Varsity - Wrestling
  Slinger High School
  6:00 pm
• Girls - Varsity - Wrestling
  Slinger High School
  6:00 pm
• Boys - JV - Wrestling
  Slinger High School
  6:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• Varsity - Wrestling
  E.H Stech Fieldhouse - West Allis Central
  7:00 am
• Horsey Holiday Extravaganza
  Rides and Reins TEC, Inc. , 4371 Arthur Rd , Slinger
  5:00 pm

Saturday December 27

• Boys - Varsity - Wrestling
  Ripon High School
  9:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• 4th Grade MAP Singers
  Fair Park El West Bend, WI 53090
  7:20 am
• Choir Concert
  Silver Lining Arts Center West Bend, WI 53095
  6:30 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Better Together Women’s Networking WashCo Coffee & Connections 12.17 Meetup
  The Hub - Social Good Brews , 303 Water St , West Bend
  9:00 am
• Orchestra Concert
  Silver Lining Arts Center West Bend, WI 53095
  6:30 pm

Thursday December 18

• Chamber 101 Business Page Thurs 9:30am, 12/18/25
  Hartford Area Chamber-Commerce , 1246A E Sumner St , Hartford
  9:30 am
• Village Board Meeting
  Richfield, WI Calendar , 4128 Hubertus Road , Hubertus
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• We live in Creekwood Condos and found a freezing gray cat outside today.
  We already have a cat so are keeping this one in the garage until it warms up. Please claim this cat if it is yours! (Nextdoor Slinger District)

• Dollar General posted a job opening for LEAD SALES ASSOCIATE-PT in SLINGER, WI S21987 in Slinger. Apply here.
• Cousins Submarines posted a job opening for Baker - Slinger (Full-Time) in Slinger. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Slinger here.

🗞 Nearby News

Hartford

• Hartford man charged after shooting through his apartment door (gmtoday.com)

West Bend

• Remembering the Terlinden Christmas tree business (washingtoncountyinsider.com)
• Ex-Whitefish Bay elementary school administrator faces sentencing after fatal DUI (tmj4.com)
• Permission to stop the rush and enjoy a cup of cocoa (washingtoncountyinsider.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don't know, but April May!
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