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WCM issue 12 in PDF for reading or download
Wisconsin Crop Manager By WCM Staff on 5/26/2006 1:50 PM
WCM issue 12 in PDF for reading or download
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UW-Extension/Madison Plant Disease Diagnostic Clinic Update May 25, 2006
Wisconsin Crop Manager By WCM Staff on 5/26/2006 1:43 PM
Check the inclided table for reports of plant disease in Wisconsin
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Prepare for Volunteer Glyphosate-Resistant Corn
Wisconsin Crop Manager Crops By WCM Staff on 5/26/2006 12:40 AM
There are few options to control volunteer corn in this year’s corn field. Other than with cultivation, the only way to allow chemical control is to plant a herbicide-resistant hybrid planted that is different from the previous year.
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Winter Wheat Diseases, Update, May 25, 2006
Wisconsin Crop Manager Plant Disease By WCM Staff on 5/25/2006 4:13 PM
Powdery mildew remains the most common disease observed in winter wheat fields. Rising air temperatures are predicted and should have a suppressive effect on powdery mildew.
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2006 Ag Professional Field School, July 18-19, UMore Park, Rosemount
Wisconsin Crop Manager Crops By WCM Staff on 5/25/2006 4:07 PM
This year marks the 20th year of the Ag Professional Field School offered by the University of Minnesota Extension Service. UMore Park, located at Rosemount, will be the host site for the two-day Field School on July 18-19. Enrollment will be limited to 120 people.
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Soybean Disease Outlook for 2006
Wisconsin Crop Manager Plant Disease By WCM Staff on 5/22/2006 7:08 PM
Weather conditions are a significant factor that influences the incidence and severity of soybean diseases each year.
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WCM Vol 13 Issue 11 - Link at bottom to download and view TOC
Wisconsin Crop Manager By WCM Staff on 5/19/2006 5:21 PM
WCM Vol 13 Issue 10
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Date to Switch Hybrid Relative Maturity to Maximize Grain Yield
Wisconsin Crop Manager Crops By WCM Staff on 5/18/2006 7:07 PM
For the week ending May 15 about 75% of the corn acres were planted in Wisconsin (USDA Statistics). About 1 million acres are still intended to be planted. Traditionally, as May 20 approaches, farmers start switching to shorter-season relative maturities of hybrids.
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Maintaining FORAGE HARVESTER FOR FUEL EFFICIENCY
Wisconsin Crop Manager Crops By WCM Staff on 5/17/2006 5:35 PM
With higher fuel prices, the proper operation and maintenance of forage harvesters (choppers) becomes more important to ensure maximum forage production profitability.
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Black cutworm activity approaching in Corn
Wisconsin Crop Manager Insects and Mites By WCM Staff on 5/17/2006 6:35 PM
Watching the WI DATCP Wisconsin Pest Bulletin black light trap network, we know that black cutworm eggs are being laid and larvae have started to hatch near Beloit and La Crosse.
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Leaf Rust - Winter Wheat Diseases
Wisconsin Crop Manager Plant Disease By WCM Staff on 5/17/2006 2:14 PM
Recent weather conditions have favored foliar diseases of winter wheat such as Septoria leaf blotch and powdery mildew.
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Nitrogen Application Rates for Municipal Biosolids and Industrial Wastewater
Wisconsin Crop Manager Fertility and Soil By WCM Staff on 5/16/2006 6:21 PM
The University of Wisconsin has recently adopted the Maximum Return to Nitrogen (MRTN) approach for corn N rate guidelines. The MRTN approach considers the N:corn price ratio and is most applicable where purchased N fertilizer is used, but can be used to guide manure or other N-containing organic material application rates. The MRTN approach provides greater flexibility to fine-tune N management based on economic factors and site-specific field conditions.
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Free Soybean Cyst Nematode Testing Being Offered
Wisconsin Crop Manager Crops By WCM Staff on 5/16/2006 6:21 PM
The UW Agronomy Department, in cooperation with the Wisconsin Soybean Marketing Board, is again offering free soybean cyst nematode (SCN) testing for Wisconsin growers.
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Mark Renz: New Perennial Systems Weed Scientist
Wisconsin Crop Manager Weeds By WCM Staff on 5/16/2006 7:20 PM
Tuesday, May 16, 2006: The Agronomy Department is excited to announce that Dr. Mark Renz will be joining the Department this August as our new Extension Weed Scientist.
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Postemergence Herbicides on Corn
Wisconsin Crop Manager Weeds By WCM Staff on 5/16/2006 7:20 PM
In most years, I worry about herbicides being applied to corn that is too tall. This year’s rainy weather may actually create the opposite situation.
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UW-Extension/Madison Plant Disease Diagnostic Clinic Update
Wisconsin Crop Manager Plant Disease By WCM Staff on 5/16/2006 4:14 PM
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
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WCM Vol 13 Issue 10 - See more to download and view TOC
Wisconsin Crop Manager By WCM Staff on 5/12/2006 5:14 PM
WCM Vol 13 Issue 10
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