Joe Lauer, Wisconsin Corn Agronomist Farmers growing corn for the organic market often get a premium and rightly so. Organic farmers are required to go through a certification process that requires a fee and extra …
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Do We Grow Another Bushel or Save a Buck?
Joe Lauer, Corn Agronomist To read the full 5 page article, see http://corn.agronomy.wisc.edu/AA/A122.aspx. Summary The obvious answer is, “Yes!” Most of us try to do both. However, the predictions for the 2015 cropping season are for …
Winners of the 2014 WI Soybean Contest are Announced
Shawn Conley, Soybean and Wheat Extension Specialist The 1st place winner in Division 4, Bahr Farms Inc. of Darlington, grew Channel 2402R2 Brand and harvested 84.99 bu/a. In second place, McComish Family Farms of Shullsburg …
Agronomic Management and Fungicide Effects on Oat Yield and Quality in Wisconsin
Spyridon Mourtzinis, Shawn P. Conley, and John M. Gaska Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison Introduction Oat cultivation in Wisconsin has declined considerably in the last eight decades; nevertheless, it continues to be an important …
New Manure and Legume Credits app for iPhone
Farmers can save money and protect the environment by taking credit for the fertilizer value of manure and legume crops. The value of these credits are subtracted from the base (unadjusted) fertilizer recommendations for a …
2014 Wisconsin Corn Hybrid Performance Trials
Joe Lauer, Kent Kohn, and Thierno Diallo Every year, the University of Wisconsin-Extension and the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences conduct a corn evaluation program in cooperation with the Wisconsin Crop …
Should We Be Using Soybean Maturity Group as a Tool for Variety Selection?
Shawn Conley, Soybean and Wheat Extension Specialist Over the last decade I have noticed a subtle shift across much of the northern soybean growing region towards planting later maturity group soybeans. This shift, either conscious …
Finalists for the 2014 Wisconsin Soybean Yield Contest are Announced
Shawn Conley, Soybean and Wheat Extension Specialist The 2014 growing season proved to be yet another challenging year for many WI soybean growers. Given these widespread challenges, we again experienced great interest in the 2014 …
Drastic outdoor cooling may create some grain storage and drying problems
Kenneth Hellevang, Ph.D., PE, Extension Engineer, Professor, North Dakota State University Extension Service The drastic outdoor cooling that has occurred may create some grain storage and drying problems. Following are some questions that I have …
2014 Wisconsin Soybean Variety Test Results
Shawn Conley, Soybean and Wheat Extension Specialist The 2014 Wisconsin Soybean Variety Test Results are now available. Click on the link below to view the results. http://www.coolbean.info/pdf/soybean_research/variety_trail_results/2014_Soybean_Trials_FINAL.pdf