Shawn Conley, State Soybean and Small Grains Specialist The 1st place winner in Division 4, RnK DeVoe Farms of Monroe, grew DuPont Pioneer P31T77R and harvested 93.15 bu/a. In second place, Bahr Farms Inc. of Darlington grew Asgrow AG2535 and harvested … Continue reading
2017 Wisconsin Soybean Contest Winners Announced
CCA Board Election
Bryan Jensen, UW Extension and IPM Program The Wisconsin CCA Board is now accepting nominations for four positions on the WI CCA Board. The nominee must be a CCA in good standing and submit a short biography (up to ½ page) … Continue reading
Wisconsin Crop Manager Newsletter for January
This is the 1st issue of the 25th volume of the Wisconsin Crop Manager and is now available. Click on the link below to view this issue.
Welcome UW Soil & Forage Analysis Lab director
Carrie Laboski, Professor & Extension Soil Scientist The UW Soil & Forage Analysis Lab welcomes its new lab director and extension soils specialist, Andrew Stammer. Andrew is a certified crop advisor and has a strong background in soil and plant … Continue reading
EPA Open Comment Period for Neonicotinoid Insecticides
Bryan Jensen, UW Extension and IPM Program Most are aware that EPA is going through a registration review for the neonicotinoid (IRAC 4A) insecticides. The majority of the neonicotinoid use in Wisconsin’s field crop’s is for several formulations of seed treatments … Continue reading
Corn Cost of Production Estimates for 2018
Dr. Joe Lauer, UW-Madison Agronomy and UWEX state corn specialist A new blog post is available on the Wisconsin Corn Agronomy website. “It is difficult to predict the economics of corn production next year. In the last blog we discussed … Continue reading
UW-River Falls Field Scout Training Class, March 13-14
Bryan Jensen, UW Extension, IPM Program The University of Wisconsin-River Falls, UW-Extension and the Integrated Pest Management Program are co-sponsoring the IPM Field Scout Training Class which will be held March 13-14, 2018 at the UW-River Falls campus. This training … Continue reading
Economic Forecast for Corn Production Next Season
Dr. Joe Lauer, UW-Madison Agronomy and UWEX state corn specialist As the holiday season starts to wind down, plans more and more firm for the 2018 production season. There is still quite a bit of time before planters start rolling … Continue reading
Wisconsin Field Crops Pathology Fungicide Tests Summary
Damon L. Smith, Extension Field Crops Pathologist, University of Wisconsin-Madison This report is a concise summary of pesticide related research trials conducted in 2017 under the direction of the Wisconsin Field Crops Pathology program in the Department of Plant Pathology … Continue reading
Wisconsin Crop Manager newsletter for December
This is the 26th issue of the 24th volume of the Wisconsin Crop Manager and is now available. Click on the link below to view this issue. WCM mailing list has a new email address Current subscribers have been automatically … Continue reading