Shawn Conley, Soybean and Wheat Extension Specialist The results from the National Sustainable Soybean Initiative’s survey on sustainable practice adoption and the percentage of growers in Illinois and Wisconsin implementing research-based practices are in. Click …
Crops
Vegetable Crop Update 7/30/13 with Disease Supplement #5
The 14th issue of the Vegetable Crop Update is now available. This issue also includes Disease Supplement #5. This Supplement contains more information on late blight in Wisconsin. To view this issue and the supplement …
Vegetable Crop Update 7/22/13
The 13th issue of the Vegetable Crop Update is now available. Click below to view this update. [wpfilebase tag=file path=’vgu/Vegetable_Crop_Update_13.pdf’ /]
Accounting for Every Drop of Irrigation Water Podcast
John Panuska, UW-Extension Natural Resources Specialist With the climate conditions we’ve had recently it seems that we’ve had floods or we’ve had droughts, and so water management is obviously a very critical issue for farmers …
Deadline Approaching for Entering the 2013 Wisconsin Soybean Association Yield Contest
Shawn Conley, Soybean and Wheat Extension Specialist The deadline to enter the 2013 WI Soybean Yield Contest is 8/1/13. For more information please see the contest brochure or review contest rules and entry form or …
Record When a Field Tassels to Predict Corn Silage Harvest Date
Joe Lauer, UW Extension Corn Agronomist The 2013 growing season was one of the most extended planting seasons since record-keeping began in 1979. Numerous rainfall events delayed spring field work resulting in planting dates that often range …
Late Summer Planting Legumes to Produce Nitrogen Credits for Next Year
Dan Undersander, Department of Agronomy, Carrie Laboski, Department of Soil Science The high price of nitrogen fertilizer has increased interest in planting a legume crop after wheat or canning crop harvest as a green manure to …
Bloomin Beans, Glyphosate, and Wheel Track Damage
Shawn Conley, WI Soybean and Wheat Extension Specialist The Wisconsin 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 …
NSSI: How Soy Sustainability Can Help You Meet Your Customers’ Demands and Expand Your Markets
Shawn Conley, Soybean and Wheat Extension Specialist Executive Summary (4 min 44 sec) Full Presentation (15 min 30 sec) for PC and Android for Apple devices for PC and Android for Apple devices …
Assessing Flood Damage to Soybean
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 …