Shawn Conley, Soybean and Wheat Extension Specialist Variable soil types, knolls, flooding and drought have left many growers with extreme in-field variability of soybean maturity. There are areas in fields where the soybean seed is …
Crops
Odds My Soybean Crop Will Mature Before A Killing Frost Hits
Shawn Conley, Soybean and Wheat Extension Specialist The Wisconsin soybean crop is slowly starting to mature, however many growers and crop consultants are still concerned about the risk of frost damage to late planted fields. …
CCA Internship Report
Haley MeLampy, Arlington Ag Research Station The Wisconsin Certified Crop Advisers Board of Directors sponsored a Crop Scout internship this summer. This internship, in its second year, was received by Haley MeLampy from Ann Arbor, …
Do Not Plant Saved Wheat Seed This Fall!
Shawn Conley, Soybean and Wheat Extension Specialist The race to turn the 2014 wheat crop into 2014/15 seed is on and early lab samples confirm that the percent germination from on farm sampled wheat is …
Top 7 Recommendations for Winter Wheat Establishment in 2014
Shawn Conley, State Soybean and Small Grains Specialist, John Gaska, Outreach Specialist David Marburger, Graduate Student Top 7 winter wheat establishment recommendations: 1. Variety selection: please see the 2014 WI Winter Wheat Performance Test 2. Plant new …
Wisconsin Winter Wheat Performance Tests 2014
Shawn Conley, Adam Roth, John Gaska, Damon Smith The Wisconsin Winter Wheat Performance Tests are conducted each year to give growers information to select the best-performing varieties that will satisfy their specific goals. The performance …
Farm Bill in action: New type of crop insurance policy for winter wheat available
Paul Mitchell, Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin – Madison Last week the USDA-RMA released information on a new type of crop insurance policy called Supplemental Coverage Option (SCO) that is now available in …
2014 WI Soybean Yield Contest Entry Deadline is September 1
Shawn Conley, Soybean and Wheat Extension Specialist Wisconsin soybean growers have until September 1, 2014 to enter the Wisconsin Soybean Yield Contest. Two winners from each of four geographical districts in the state will receive …
Updating base acres and payment yields under the new Farm Bill
Paul D. Mitchell, Agricultural and Applied Economics, UW-Madison The USDA-FSA just announced that they will begin sending letters to eligible farmers that report two types of information: 1) their current base acres and payment yields, …
Disease Supplement #3 – Vegetable Crop Update 7/30/14
Disease Supplement #3 of the Vegetable Crop Update is now available. This supplement provides updates on the status and management of late blight in tomato and potato in Wisconsin. Earlier today, late blight was confirmed …