By WCM Staff on 7/30/2009 8:36 AM

Monsanto and DowAgroSciences, in a cross-licensing agreement, announced on July 20 that they have received registration approval from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and a regulatory authorization from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) to commercialize SmartStax^TM corn hybrids in 2010. The hybrids will express the following insecticidal proteins: Cry3Bb1 (event MON88017), Cry34/35Ab1 (event DAS-59122-7), Cry1F (event TC 1507), and Cry1A.105+Cry2Ab2 (event MON89034).

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By WCM Staff on 7/23/2009 8:20 AM

Today’s article addresses the topic of tank mixing insecticide for soybean aphid with fungicides at R3 soybean growth stage, or a bit earlier this season the same conversation was circulating regarding insecticide with 2^nd pass Roundup (glyphosate) herbicide application in soybeans.

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By WCM Staff on 7/23/2009 8:10 AM

As the soybean crop moves into the R3, or early pod development, growth stage, we have received numerous calls regarding the use of foliar fungicides and insecticide tank-mix partners (a.k.a. plant health programs). 

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By WCM Staff on 7/16/2009 10:30 AM

Just a quick reminder that the HPPD-inhibiting herbicides (Callisto, Impact, and Laudis) have postemergence activity on soybeans.

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By WCM Staff on 7/16/2009 10:26 AM

As some of the second applications of glyphosate that are being made, it might be time to review a couple maximums with glyphosate.

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By WCM Staff on 7/2/2009 8:10 AM

The Healthy Grown eco-label program has added a natural community standard to restore non-agricultural lands and privately owned farmlands. In 2007, the new ecosystem conservation section to the standards called the Natural Community Standard was unveiled.

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By WCM Staff on 6/25/2009 9:57 AM

 We continue to receive questions regarding the cost-effective use of foliar fungicides in corn. Continuing with the previous two articles in the Wisconsin Crop Manager that focused on results from on-farm foliar fungicide trials for corn grain and corn silage, in this article, we would like to address some of the questions that have been raised over the past winter meeting season regarding the use of foliar fungicides for corn.

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By WCM Staff on 6/8/2009 10:17 AM

Winter wheat is rapidly advancing around the state, based both on our observations as well as from various reports from across the state.  We have received some questions and comments that growers are considering the application of foliar fungicides but that the plants are at flowering. It is very important that you closely examine the growth stage if considering the application of a foliar fungicide.

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By WCM Staff on 6/4/2009 12:14 PM

In driving through the state this last week, most corn fields look like they have a preemergence program that has controlled early season weeds well. However, there are some corn fields with modest densities of weeds emerging. These fields will soon reach the time when postemergence herbicides need to be applied to protect corn yields.

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By WCM Staff on 6/4/2009 11:36 AM

Differing weather patterns across the state of Wisconsin this spring have left some growers extremely pleased with their soybean stands while others find themselves at various degrees of displeasure or disgust.

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By WCM Staff on 5/28/2009 8:42 AM

During the past winter, BASF was granted a supplemental Plant Health label for Headline® fungicide. In Wisconsin, the following crops are currently labeled: barley, corn, edible legumes, oats, oilseed crops, rye, and soybean. To date, there have numerous fungicide trials conducted at the University of Wisconsin in field crops like corn and soybean as well as winter wheat over the past few years, including trials that examine multiple active ingredients, different application timings, different crop rotations, and differences in genetics.

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By WCM Staff on 5/14/2009 11:58 AM

The current guide titled "Establishing and Managing Switchgrass" has been updated. The fact sheet can be downloaded here >>>  http://www.uwex.edu/ces/forage/pubs/switchgrass.pdf 

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By WCM Staff on 5/14/2009 11:35 AM

Much like how we have spent the past few years trying to understand if foliar fungicides are effective in corn grain production, we have received numerous questions regarding their use for corn silage. This is Part 2 of a two part article series explaining the results of out trials.

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By WCM Staff on 5/12/2009 11:53 AM

University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension Service and UW College of Agricultural and Life Sciences initiated a coordinated effort to generate data from replicated on-farm large strip and small plot trials in 2007 and 2008 (and continuing in 2009).  The results are presented in this two part article series.

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