Please join us for the 2020 Soil, Water and Nutrient Management Virtual Meetings! Registration Link: https://go.wisc.edu/63j338 There will be three topics during a session. Each topic discussion will last 50 minutes with a 10 minute break between each …
Fertility & Soil
New Video: Soil Sampling Basics
New Video: Soil Sampling Basics The importance of soil testing, as well as the mechanics of collecting a representative soil sample, are discussed and demonstrated in this short video from the Nutrient and Pest Management …
A Little Fertilizer Can Result in More Forage in Pastures
Bill Halfman, Ag Educator, UW-Madison Div. of Extension Monroe Co., Carrie Laboski, Professor and Extension Soil Scientist, UW-Madison CALS and Div. of Extension, Josh Kamps, Ag Educator UW-Madison Div. of Extension Lafayette Co. Recently, the …
NEW! Early Spring and Summer Cover Crop Options for Wisconsin Cropland
The UW-Madison Nutrient and Pest Management Program has a new publication covering basic cover crop selection for early spring through late summer plantings. The four-page factsheet summarizes advantages/disadvantages, planting considerations, and management requirements for common …
New! Cover crop selection cards
Mimi Broeske, Nutrient and Pest Management Program The NPM Program has two new cover crop selection cards: one for Northern Wisconsin and the other for Southern Wisconsin. Each card has guidelines and seeding rates for …
Safe rates of seed placed starter fertilizer
Carrie Laboski, Professor & Extension Soil Scientist, Soil Fertility/Nutrient Management, University of Wisconsin-Madison Without fail every year after planting, questions start popping up about pop-up fertilizer. The questions always occur when there are emergence or …
Considerations of Landspreading Milk
Some Wisconsin dairy farmers have been asked by their processors to withhold delivery of milk, resulting in the need for milk or milk/manure mixtures to be applied to cropland. To help farmers who are—or may …
Considerations for Landspreading Milk Webinar, April 7
Considerations for Landspreading Milk Webinar Tuesday, April 7, 2020 | 10:30 am to 12:00 noon Register by 4:30 pm, April 6 at https://go.wisc.edu/6mca3r Some Wisconsin dairy farms have been asked by their processors to withhold delivery of …
There Are Ruts Out in my Field: Dealing with wet soils in the fall
Francisco Arriaga, Associate Professor and Extension State Specialist, Dept. of Soil Science, William Halfman, Agricultural Agent, Monroe Co, UW-Extension Most of the state has experienced wet conditions during harvest. Equipment traffic on wet soil increases the …
UW Research on Industrial Hemp to be Highlighted at Agronomy/Soils Field Day on August 28th
Carrie Laboski, Professor and Extension Soil Fertility/Nutrient Management Specialist, UW-Madison The UW Departments of Agronomy and Soil Science invite you to the Arlington Agricultural Research Station on August 28th to learn the latest in agronomic …