Joe Lauer, Wisconsin Corn Agronomist Corn For most of Wisconsin hybrids (~100 day), each plant typically develops 20-21 leaves, silks about 55-60 days after emergence, and matures about 120 days after emergence. All normal plants …
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Wisconsin Crop Manager September 29, 2016
The 29th issue of the Wisconsin Crop Manager is now available. Click on the link below to view this issue. [wpfilebase tag=file path=’wcm-pdf/WCM2016/WCM_29.pdf’ /]
Slug Feeding in Cereal Rye Cover Crop Seedings
Bryan Jensen & Mike Travis, UW Extension Brian Briski, Mark Biel and Dana Swanson, NRCS During a brief survey of recent cereal rye cover crop seedings in NW Wisconsin (Pierce, Pepin and Dunn Counties) we …
Wet Wisconsin: Moldy Corn and Crop Insurance
Damon L. Smith, Plant Pathology, UW-Madison/Extension Paul D. Mitchell, Agricultural and Applied Economics, UW-Madison/Extension It’s been a warm and wet summer and flooding has recently hit many areas hard in Wisconsin. Due to the heavy …
UW-Madison/Extension Plant Disease Diagnostic Clinic (PDDC) Update
Brian Hudelson, Sean Toporek, Jake Kurczewski and Ann Joy The PDDC receives samples of many plant and soil samples from around the state. The following diseases/disorders have been identified at the PDDC from September 3, …
Considerations when using the end-of-season corn stalk nitrate test
Carrie Laboski, Professor & Extension Soil Fertility/Nutrient Management Specialist There continues to be interest in taking end-of-season corn stalk samples to assess nitrogen (N) management practices. The purpose of this article is to briefly describe …
“Worms” in Corn Ears
Bryan Jensen, UW Extension and IPM Program I’ve had a few calls as well as personnel observations regarding “worms” and their damage in corn ears. European corn borer seems to be making a bit of a …
Potato Disease Risk Values
Amanda J. Gevens, Associate Professor & Extension Vegetable Plant Pathologist Below is a chart of Potato Disease Risk Values, including new totals from September 16.
Wisconsin Fruit News, Issue 12
Janet van Zoeren, Christelle Guédot, and Amaya Atucha, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Departments of Entomology and Horticulture Here is the 12th issue of the Wisconsin Fruit News: http://go.wisc.edu/9m6gb6 In it you will find information about: Insect …
Wisconsin Crop Manager September 16, 2016
The 28th issue of the Wisconsin Crop Manager is now available. Click on the link below to view this issue. [wpfilebase tag=file path=’wcm-pdf/WCM2016/WCM_28-plus-extras.pdf’ /]