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). …
Crops
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 …
Can yield maps predict future yields?
Hayley Bunselmeyer and Joe Lauer, Corn Agronomists To maximize field productivity and profitability, growers are increasingly using site-specific management rather than whole field management practices. Our objective is to describe spatial and temporal yield variability …
Pricing Corn Silage
Joe Lauer and Ryan Sterry, Corn Agronomist and St. Croix County Agent Pricing corn silage is a difficult decision because it often comes at a time when emotions of sellers and buyers are high. The …
Vegetable Crop Update 8/27/13
The 18th issue of the Vegetable Crop Update is now available. Follow the link below to view this update. Vegetable Crop Update 18
A Guide to Making Soybean Silage
Dan Undersander, Professor, Kevin Jarek, Tom Anderson, Nick Schneider, and Lee Milligan, Extension Educators, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706 Corresponding author: Dan Undersander. djunders@wisc.edu Undersander, D., Jarek, K., Anderson, T., Schneider, N., and Milligan, L. …