Rodrigo Werle, University of Wisconsin-Madison Cropping Systems Weed Scientist and Extension Specialist Favorable spring weather has given Wisconsin farmers a great start to the season with a fair amount of corn and soybean acres planted …
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Wisconsin Vegetable Crop Update newsletter for May 18
Amanda Gevens, Associate Professor & Extension Specialist, Potato & Vegetable Pathology, Plant Pathology Department UW-Madison Division of Extension Vegetable Crop Updates Newsletter #6. In this issue I address a few industry updates, and discuss use …
Wisconsin Crop Manager 5-15-20
The 7th issue of the 2020 Wisconsin Crop Manager. All the recent WCM blog articles are compiled into one PDF to download or view online.
Wisconsin Pest Bulletin, May 14, 2020
Krista Hamilton, Entomologist, Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection Volume 65 Issue No. 3 of the Wisconsin Pest Bulletin is now available at: (9 pages) http://datcpservices.wisconsin.gov/pb/pdf/05-14-20.pdf This Week’s Weather & Pests Record-breaking cold …
Timely Wheat Disease Management Videos and Wheat Fungicide Information
Damon Smith, Extension Field Crops Pathologist, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison Winter wheat in Wisconsin is finally starting to move along in growth stages. Warmer weather is helping to increase tillering. As wheat …
Early Season Soybean Irrigation Considerations
Emma Matcham and Shawn P. Conley, Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison Soybean is frequently grown in rotation or used as a “set up” crop with potatoes and corn under irrigation systems Beyond reducing the …
Black Cutworm Preparation
Bryan Jensen, Dept. of Entomology and Integrated Pest Management Program The Wisconsin DATCP agency has reported a few Wisconsin locations with intense black cutworm moth captures, as have several other Midwest states. Although trap captures …
New! Cover crop selection cards
Mimi Broeske, Nutrient and Pest Management Program The NPM Program has two new cover crop selection cards: one for Northern Wisconsin and the other for Southern Wisconsin. Each card has guidelines and seeding rates for …
Updated! Fungicide resistance management in corn, soybean, and wheat in Wisconsin
Mimi Broeske, Nutrient and Pest Management Program, Damon Smith, Extension Field Crops Pathologist, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Richard Proost, Regional Agronomist, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Nutrient and Pest Management Program Updated for 2020! …
Wisconsin Hemp Insect Factsheet
Bryan Jensen, UW-Madison Dept. of Entomology and Integrated Pest Management program A new factsheet has been written by UW Entomologists highlights Insect and Mite Pests on Field Grown Hemp in Wisconsin. It includes 14 pages …