Bryan Jensen, UW Department of Entomology and Division of Extension Although not currently found in Wisconsin, the soybean gall midge was detected in 66 counties in Nebraska, South Dakota, Iowa and Minnesota (Figure 1) during …
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Wisconsin Fruit News- Volume 4, Issue 5
Christelle Guedot, Fruit Crop Entomology and Extension Specialist, Wisconsin-Madison Fruit Program WFN–Vol 4, Issue 5 (June 7, 2019) Strawberry angular leaf spot Grape downy mildew Chlorpyrifos update Apple thinning update Door County Report The home …
Manganese Deficiency In Winter Wheat Is Showing Up In Eastern Wisconsin
Carrie Laboski, Professor and Extension Soil Fertility/Nutrient Management Specialist, UW-Madison The extended cool and wet spring appears to be causing manganese (Mn) deficiency in winter wheat in some fields in Eastern Wisconsin. Wheat has a high …
Soybean Flowering Fallacy
Shawn P. Conley, Soybean and Wheat Extension Specialist, Department of Agronomy Summary There is an old rule-of-thumb that soybean does not flower until after the summer solstice — the longest day of the year occurring …
What’s on Your Seed? Updated June 2019
Damon Smith, Extension Field Crops Pathologist and Richard Proost, Agronomist, UW Nutrient and Pest Management Program Seed treatments have been used for a number of years, mostly for protection against seedling diseases. However, there are …
Coolbean.info update 6/4/19: Assessing Flood Damage to Soybean
Shawn P. Conley, Soybean and Wheat Extension Specialist, Department of Agronomy Severe rainfall events and flooding over the last 6+ weeks have many of the few planted soybean fields completely saturated or underwater. As the …
Wisconsin Winter Wheat Disease Update – June 4, 2019
Damon Smith, Extension Field Crops Pathologist and Brian Mueller, Assistant Field Researcher, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison Badger Crop Doc has posted a new item, ‘Wisconsin Winter Wheat Disease Update – June 4, …
UW Research on Industrial Hemp to be Highlighted at Agronomy/Soils Field Day on August 28th
[wpfilebase tag=’attachments’]Carrie Laboski, Professor and Extension Soil Fertility/Nutrient Management Specialist, UW-Madison The UW Departments of Agronomy and Soil Science invite you to the Arlington Agricultural Research Station on August 28th to learn the latest in …
New Video: Early-season Soybean Herbicide Injury Symptoms
Dr. Rodrigo Werle Assistant Professor & Weed Specialist Department of Agronomy In this video, Dr. Rodrigo Werle (UW-Madison Extension Weed Scientist) describes the different types of early-season soybean injury potentially caused by commonly used PRE-emergence …
New Video: Late and Prevented Planting Options and Crop Insurance for Wisconsin Farmers
Paul D. Mitchell, Extension State Specialist in Cropping Systems and Environmental Management, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics https://renk.aae.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Late-and-Prevented-Planting-May-28-2019.pdf Dr. Mitchell talks about Crop Insurance Options for Acres Planted after Final Planting Dates: Plant late …