Registration is still open for one of UW-Madison Integrated Pest Management Program’s Crop Diagnostic Training Center workshops for 2014. While the Diagnostic Troubleshooting Workshop was held on July 15, 2014, there is still time to …
Crops
Late Blight Update
Amanda Gevens, Extension Plant Pathologist in Potatoes and Vegetables The late blight collected from potato in Portage County on Friday July 18, 2014 is of the US-8 genotype/strain. This type is resistant to mefenoxam/metalaxyl fungicides …
Think Twice Before Applying Nitrogen to Poorly Nodulated Soybean Fields
Shawn Conley, Soybean and Wheat Extension Specialist Over the last 3 days my phone, email and twitter account has been blowing up with questions surrounding poorly nodulated soybeans and my thoughts regarding applying foliar nitrogen …
Harvesting Wet Fields of Alfalfa
Carole Curtis June 2014 has the dubious distinction of being the fifth wettest June in recorded history. Therefore, it’s no surprise that July began with 11 percent of Wisconsin’s first cutting of hay still standing …
Harvest Considerations for a Fusarium Head Blight (Scab) Infected Wheat Fields
Shawn Conley, Soybean and Wheat Extension Specialist Subsection taken from Smith and Conley 2014. Fusarium Head Blight and Other WinterWheat Diseases in Wisconsin, 2014 A survey of the Wisconsin Winter Wheat Variety Trials indicates that some …
Bloomin Beans, Glyphosate, and Wheel Track Damage
Shawn Conley, Soybean and Wheat Extension Specialist The WI soybean crop ranges anywhere from just planted (JP) to beginning flower (R1). As we enter the soybean reproductive growth phase there are a few things to …
Wisconsin 2014 Pest Management Field Day
Bryan Jensen, University of Wisconsin IPM Program Pest Management Field Day June 26, 2014, 8:30 am Arlington Agricultural Research Station. Our field day features several topics presented by University of Wisconsin faculty, staff and students. Pre-registration …
Potential for Nitrogen Loss Following Heavy Rainfalls
Carrie Laboski, Soil Fertility/Nutrient Management Extension Specialist Some areas in the state have experienced heavy rainfall that has resulted in water standing in fields. If you are concerned about potential N loss following heavy rainfall …
Soybean Yellowing at V2 growth
Shawn Conley, Soybean and Wheat Extension Specialist Dr. Shawn Conley, the WI Soybean and small grains Extension specialist, visits a wheat field to answer this question. For more information from Dr. Conley, visit www.coolbean.info Integrated …
Assessing Flood Damage to Soybean Fact Sheet
Shawn Conley, State Soybean and Wheat Specialist University of Wisconsin, Madison Grover Shannon, University of Missouri, Division of Plant Sciences Severe flooding has many low-lying soybean fields underwater. As the water dissipates yield potential and …