by A.J. Bussan, UW Extension Vegetable Specialist, UW-Madison Horticulture Later this week the weather is to turn incredibly hot. For many parts of the state from the Illinois border all the way to Hwy 29 …
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Early Season Water Deficit Stress on Southern WI Soybeans
Early Season Water Deficit Stress on Southern WI Soybeans Shawn Conley I went to bed last night hoping this article would not have to be written, but that whopping 0.05 hundredths (or less) of rain …
Can plant tissue testing be used to adjust N fertilizer rates for corn?
Can plant tissue testing be used to adjust N fertilizer rates for corn? Carrie Laboski and John Peters, Extension Soil Scientists There has been recent interest among producers and agronomists to use corn plant tissue …
Cereal Leaf Beetle and Desiccated Soybean Seeds
Cereal Leaf Beetle and Desiccated Soybean Seeds Shawn Conley Over the weekend two issues came to my attention: 1. It appears that cereal leaf beetle has hit threshold in a few fields. Dean Volenberg noted …
Double Crop Soybeans in WI May be A Gamble Worth Taking in 2012
Double Crop Soybeans in WI May be A Gamble Worth Taking in 2012 Shawn P Conley, State Soybean and Small Grain Specialist and John Gaska, Extension Outreach Specialist The Wisconsin winter wheat crop remains 3 …
Minimize Dry Matter Loss by Minimizing Silage Porosity
Minimize Dry Matter Loss by Minimizing Silage Porosity Brian Holmes, University of Wisconsin Madison and Richard Muck, USDA, ARS, US Dairy Forage Research Center-Madison A major dry matter (DM) loss mechanism in silage is deterioration …
New video helps with corn replanting descisions
Dr. Joe Lauer, University of Wisconsin Agronomy Department and UWEX, takes you into the field to show you how to evaluate your newly planted stand of corn to help determine if you would benefit by …
Managing Hail Damaged Alfalfa and Red Clover
Dr Dan Undersander, University of Wisconsin For determination of keeping stand of new seedings: Determine whether or not the seedlings have developed crowns (pull a plant and feed if ridge between root and top growth …
Harvesting Alfalfa in 2012
Harvesting Alfalfa in 2012 Dr. Dan Undersander, University of Wisconsin Alfalfa growth started early this spring. We will likely harvest 2 to 3 weeks early to get dairy quality hay across most of the Midwest. …
Wheat Scouting Update and Disease Thresholds
Wheat Scouting Update and Disease Thresholds Shawn Conley A check of our research studies found that the wheat crop is at the Feekes 6 and 7 growth stages (first and second nodes) across the state. …