Bryan Jensen UW Extension and IPM Program Based on May 9th degree day accumulations (map below), the southern Mississippi River valley area of Wisconsin has reached 300 Weevil Degree Days (base 48 F). Now is …
Insects & Mites
Wisconsin Pest Bulletin: Volume 61 Number 2 May 05, 2016
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade & Consumer Protection Drier weather with milder temperatures returned to Wisconsin, allowing spring fieldwork to proceed. Afternoon highs ranged from the 50s to 70s and were near or slightly above …
Wisconsin Pest Bulletin: Volume 61 Number 1 April 28, 2016
This Week’s Weather & Pests Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade & Consumer Protection Brisk, showery weather prevailed across the state during the final week of April. After last week’s warm spell, temperatures on April 25 …
Slugs
Bryan Jensen UW Extension During 2015, I had several conversations with producers and crop consultants regarding spring slug activity in corn and soybeans as well as some late-fall damage in cover crops. We had, I …
Controlling Rootworms Using Traits Plus Soil Applied Insecticides
Bryan Jensen Entomology and IPM Program, UW Extension I have been getting a few questions regarding the practice of controlling rootworms with a CRW traited hybrid plus a soil applied insecticide. First, I would like …
The Effectiveness of Neonicotinoid Seed Treatments in Soybean
This publication from the Purdue Extension Entomology website reviews the current research regarding the efficacy of these neonicotinoid seed treatments, their non-target effects, and the potential role for neonicotinoid seed treatments in soybean production. To …
Pest Bulletin 12-3-15
Krista Hamilton, Entomologist, WI Dept of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection Issue No. 20 of the Wisconsin Pest Bulletin is now available at: https://datcpservices.wisconsin.gov/pb/pdf/12-03-15.pdf PLEASE NOTE: This final Wisconsin Pest Bulletin of 2015 provides a post-growing …
Hot Off the Press: Wisconsin Best Management Practices Guide for Soybean
Damon Smith, Extension Field Crops Pathologist, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison Shawn Conley, Extension Soybean and Small Grains Specialist, Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison Hot off the press is the new Wisconsin …
Wisconsin Pest Bulletin 8-27-15
Krista Hamilton, Entomologist, WI Dept of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection Issue No. 19 of the Wisconsin Pest Bulletin is now available at: https://datcpservices.wisconsin.gov/pb/pdf/08-27-15.pdf PLEASE NOTE: This is the last regularly scheduled bulletin of …
Wisconsin Pest Bulletin 8-20-15
Krista Hamilton, Entomologist, WI Dept of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection Issue No. 18 of the Wisconsin Pest Bulletin is now available at: https://datcpservices.wisconsin.gov/pb/pdf/08-20-15.pdf I N S I D E T H I S I …