Dr. Dan Undersander, Forage Agronomist Sorghum and sorghum-sudangrasses crosses may be poisonous if grazed or fed improperly. The danger of prussic acid poisoning is greatest for forage sorghum varieties, less for sorghum-sudangrass crosses, and least …
Crops
Evaluating On-Farm Test Plots
Joe Lauer, Corn Agronomist Wisconsin farmers are in the thick of corn harvest. With the delayed frost, some are finishing up silage harvest, while others have begun grain …
Protect Your Health When It’s Dusty
John Shutske, UW-Madison Biological Systems Engineering, Associate Dean for Extension and Outreach, CALS Dusty combining conditions have been observed and reported during the last couple weeks of soybean (and corn) harvest in Wisconsin. Combine operators …
Learn Not to Burn During This Busy Harvest Season!
John Shutske, UW-Madison Biological Systems Engineering, Associate Dean for Extension and Outreach, CALS The late September USDA crop report for Wisconsin shows that we are a bit behind average on harvested acres for corn and …
Fall is Still a Good Time to Sample for SCN and Other Plant Parasitic Nematodes
Shawn Conley, Soybean and Wheat Extension Specialist 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 (SCN). …
Harvest Considerations for Variable Soybean Maturity
Shawn Conley, Soybean and Wheat Extension Specialist Variable soil types, knolls, and drought have left some growers with extreme in-field variability of soybean maturity. There are areas in fields where the soybean seed is 13% …
Using a roller-crimper for no-till organic soybeans
Erin Silva, University of Wisconsin, Organic Production Scientist [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aiocr_icrfw&noredirect=1[/youtube] This organic no-till production technique uses fall-sown cover crops to suppress weeds the following production season. Using a roller-crimper, the overwintering cover crop is terminated at …
Planting Winter Wheat into Dry Soil
Shawn Conley, Soybean and Wheat Extension Specialist Dry soil conditions have sparked many questions from growers on how best to establish their winter wheat crop. As we were reminded last year and this there is …
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. …
Late Planted Drought Stricken Soybean II: More Valuable as a Forage or Green Manure?
Shawn Conley, Soybean and Wheat Extension Specialist Now that we have checked the label and determined we can legally harvest our soybean crop as a forage now lets consider the calendar for our full suite …