Shawn P. Conley, Soybean and Wheat Extension Specialist, University of Wisconsin The Wisconsin Winter Wheat Performance Trials are conducted each year to give growers information to select the best-performing varieties that will satisfy their specific …
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Agronomy/Soils Field Day to be held on August 25 at ARS
The Departments of Soil Science and Agronomy in collaboration with the Arlington Ag Research Station invite you to join us at the Agronomy/Soils Field Day on August 25, 2021. After our pandemic hiatus in 2020, …
Soybean Flowers, Herbicide Labels, and Wheel Track Damage
Shawn P. Conley and Rodrigo Werle, Agronomy Department and Extension Specialists, University of Wisconsin-Madison We are starting to get the many reports of soybean beginning to flower (R1) in our early planted situations. As we …
Double Crop Soybeans in WI May be A Gamble Worth Taking in 2021
Shawn P Conley, State Soybean and Small Grain Specialist, John Gaska, Extension Outreach Specialist The Wisconsin winter wheat crop remains 10 days to 2 weeks (developmentally) ahead of where we were at this time last …
Will My Wheat and Soybean Crop Freeze
Shawn P. Conley, Soybean and Wheat Extension Specialist, University of Wisconsin Well folks its the end of May and frost is in the air. I figured we would be getting some questions about the impact …
Soybean Planting Date, Seeding Rate and Seed Treatment
Shawn P. Conley, Soybean and Wheat Extension Specialist, Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin When I am asked a direct question from a farmer or a crop consultant my response is always as follows…Do you …
WSMB Free Soybean Cyst Nematode Testing is Back in 2021
Ann MacGuidwin, Damon Smith and Shawn P. Conley, UW-Madison The WI Soybean Marketing Board (WSMB) sponsors free nematode testing to help producers stay ahead of the most important nematode pest of soybean, the soybean cyst …
2020 Report: Building Knowledge about Wisconsin’s Cover Crops
Daniel H. Smith, Nutrient and Pest Management Program University of Wisconsin-Madison Farmer Research Project report In summer of 2020, the Cover Crops Research and Outreach Project (CCROP) launched a survey project to gain knowledge about …
2021 Handy Bt Trait Table for Corn
Bryan Jensen, UW Dept. of Entomology and IPM Program, UW-Madison It may be difficult for some of us to believe that Bt corn hybrids have been commercialized for 25 years! For others, Bt hybrids have …
Wisconsin Cover Crop and Conservation Conversations
Daniel H. Smith, Nutrient and Pest Management Program University of Wisconsin-Madison WI Cover Crop & Conservation Conversations, March 19, 26 and April 2, 2021, 12-1 PM Interested in learning more about cover crop and conservation practices …