Do Foliar Applications of Sugar Improve Soybean Yield? Shawn Conley, Soybean and Wheat Extension Specialist High commodity prices have led growers to consider many novel soybean inputs. One input that has garnered considerable attention is …
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Considerations for Switching Soybean Maturity Groups for Delayed Plantings
Considerations for Switching Soybean Maturity Groups for Delayed Plantings Shawn P. Conley, State Soybean and Wheat Extension Specialist, John Gaska, Outreach Specialist, University of Wisconsin, Madison Delayed corn planting coupled with frequent rainfall events and …
Heaving in Alfalfa Fields
Heaving in Alfalfa Fields Dan Undersander, Forage Agronomy Extension Specialist Heaving is problem in some alfalfa stands each year in the Midwest. Heaving occurs on heavy soils that have high moisture contents. Repeated freezing and …
Corn Hybrid Relative Maturity Switch Dates for 2011
Corn Hybrid Relative Maturity Switch Dates for 2011 Joe Lauer, Corn Agronomist With the cool wet spring we have had so far in 2011, planting corn in northeast Wisconsin has been delayed. In general, if all …
Photosensitization of Sheep and Goats from Switchgrass hay
Photosensitization of Sheep and Goats from Switchgrass hay Dan Undersander, Extension Forage Agronomist I have had a couple reports of photosensitization of sheep from feeding switchgrass hay. After feeding the hay a week or two, the …
2010 Wisconsin Corn Hybrid Performance Trials: Grain – Silage – Specialty – Organic
2010 Wisconsin Corn Hybrid Performance Trials: Grain – Silage – Specialty – Organic Joe Lauer, Extension Corn Agronomist, UW-Madison Agronomy Dept., Kent Kohn and Thierno Diallo, UW-Madison Agronomy Dept. Every year, the University of Wisconsin …
Radish as a cover crop
Radish as a cover crop Matt Ruark, Extension Soil Scientist, UWEX and Dept. of Soil Science,Kevin Shelley, UW – Nutrient and Pest Management Program,Jim Stute, Extension Agent – Rock County There has been much recent …
Is Land Rolling a Practice for Wisconsin Crop Production?
Is Land Rolling a Practice for Wisconsin Crop Production? Dick Wolkowski, Extension Soil Scientist Land rolling is the practice of pulling large cylindrical rollers over fields with the objective of smoothing the ground. Typically the practice …
USDA-APHIS grants nonregulated status for roundup ready alfalfa
USDA-APHIS grants nonregulated status for roundup ready alfalfa Mark Renz, Extension Weed Scientist, University of Wisconsin Madison On January 27, 2011 USDA-APHIS announced it will deregulate Roundup Ready alfalfa. This decision will lift the three …