Shawn Conley, State Soybean and Small Grains Specialist Dear Wisconsin Crop Producers: I am embarking on a Region‐Wide Project aimed at generating baseline producer data on current soybean management practices in Wisconsin’s production systems. This …
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Wisconsin Soybean Variety Performance Trials 2017
Shawn Conley, State Soybean and Small Grains Specialist The Wisconsin Soybean Performance Trials are conducted each year with the producer’s needs in mind. Our objective is to give producers the information to select varieties that will …
A Visual Guide to Soybean Growth Stages
Shawn Conley, State Soybean and Small Grains Specialist Understanding and being able to correctly identify the growth stages of soybean is important for making sound agronomic management decisions. This guide describes the growth stages starting …
Wisconsin Fruit News-Oct 6, 2017
Janet van Zoeren and Christelle Guédot, UW-Extension http://go.wisc.edu/091685 This is the final newsletter of the 2017 season. Thank you for reading! We look forward to a quiet winter, and to be starting up again in …
Soybean Response to Nitrogen Application Across the U. S.
Shawn Conley, State Soybean and Small Grains Specialist U.S. soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] production has increased by 60% from 1996 to 2016 due to a 30% increase in area planted to soybean, and due …
2018 Weed Management Starts during Harvest 2017
Daniel H. Smith- Nutrient and Pest Management Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison As we approach fall and harvest fields that may have weed escapes, we should have a plan to limit the …
Wisconsin Fruit News-Sept 15, 2017
Janet van Zoeren and Christelle Guédot, UW-Extension http://go.wisc.edu/2971sb We’re nearing the end of the 2017 summer season, and, with that, we’re winding down the newsletter for the year. We will publish one more issue this fall …
Harvest Considerations for Variable Soybean Maturity
Shawn P. Conley Variable soil types, knolls, flooding and ponding, variable planting dates and late season drought have left many growers with extreme in-field variability of soybean maturity. There are areas in fields where the …
Fall is Still a Good Time to Sample for SCN and Other Plant Parasitic Nematodes
Ann MacGuidwin, Damon Smith and Shawn P. Conley 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 nematode …
Start Managing for Fusarium Head Blight Before Planting 2017/18 Winter Wheat
By Shawn P. Conley and Damon Smith Most Wisconsin winter wheat growers dodged the Fusarium head blight (FHB or scab) bullet again in 2017. Though many farmers, especially those in SW WI, became so disgusted …