Integrated Pest and Crop Management

IPCM

The University of Wisconsin Nutrient and Pest Management Program (NPM) and Integrated Pest Management Program (IPM)—work to bring research-based information regarding Wisconsin farm profits, water quality, pest management, pesticide use practices, and nutrient management planning to Wisconsin farmers and landowners.

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National IR-4 awards for Scott Chapman, Dan Heider
Scott Chapman, a scientist in the Department of Entomology, and Dan Heider, a research program coordinator in the Department of Horticulture, were recently honored with national awards from the USDA’s IR-4 Project. Dan Heider was …
March 17, 2023
Southwestern Wisconsin Planter Clinic April 3, Fennimore
Daniel H. Smith, Nutrient and Pest Management Program, UW-Madison Southwest Technical College is hosting a spring planter clinic on April 3rd 2023 in collaboration with the University of Wisconsin-Madison Nutrient and Pest Management program. Participants …
March 16, 2023
Successful cereal rye cover crop termination in soybean
If you are a soybean grower, you probably know that weed management programs utilizing high-biomass cereal rye (Secale cereale L.) cover crop in Wisconsin soybean systems and beyond are increasing in popularity. Multiple benefits, such …
March 16, 2023
Lack of Effective Waterhemp Control, Group 14 soil residual herbicides
The UW-Madison WiscWeeds program has been promoting diversified integrated weed management practices to alleviate the selection pressure imposed by the recurrent use of commonly adopted herbicides due to concern with the alarming rate of herbicide …
March 16, 2023
Wisconsin Palmer amaranth, where are you?
Arneson, Faleco & Werle, UW-Madison Agronomy Weed Science Show of hands, how many of you have heard of Palmer amaranth? We can’t see how many of you have raised your hands, but we are going …
February 24, 2023
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