Fond Du Lac Land & Water Conservation Dept UW Researchers and Extension agents have collaborated on a research plot in Hilbert, WI. The researchers are trying to better understand the roller crimped rye management system …
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Wisconsin Soybean and Corn Disease Update
Damon Smith, Extension Field Crops Pathologist, Brian Mueller, Camila Primieri Nicolli, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison It has been a while since I posted a corn and soybean disease update for Wisconsin in …
Agronomy/Soils Field Day to be held on August 25 at ARS
The Departments of Soil Science and Agronomy in collaboration with the Arlington Ag Research Station invite you to join us at the Agronomy/Soils Field Day on August 25, 2021. After our pandemic hiatus in 2020, …
Corn Rootworm Beetle Scouting
Bryan Jensen, Dept of Entomology and Division of Extension, University of Wisconsin-Madison We are rapidly coming to that time (early – mid August) when adult corn rootworms will start laying eggs in corn fields and …
Wisconsin Winter Wheat Performance Trials
Shawn P. Conley, Soybean and Wheat Extension Specialist, University of Wisconsin The Wisconsin Winter Wheat Performance Trials are conducted each year to give growers information to select the best-performing varieties that will satisfy their specific …
Vegetable Crop Updates, Late Blight
Amanda Gevens, Professor & Extension Specialist, Plant Pathology Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison July 29, 2021. Potato late blight has been confirmed in a commercial production field in Portage County, Wisconsin, just north of Bancroft. The disease …
Time to get the spade out! Corn rootworm
Bryan Jensen, Department of Entomology and Division of Extension, UW-Madison Grab the shovel and start the power washer. Now is the perfect time to learn how well your corn rootworm management practice worked. Most of the …
Soybean Gall Midge
Bryan Jensen, UW Dept. of Entomology, Division of Extension It took a call and a sample to remind me that I should get out a quick reminder out for people to be looking for signs …
NPM Program Announces New Northwest and North Central Outreach Specialists
The University of Wisconsin-Madison & Division of Extension’s Nutrient and Pest Management (NPM) Program is pleased to announce two staff additions. Kolby Grint is the Northwest Regional Outreach Specialist for the NPM Program. Kolby, who …
Western Bean Cutworm
Bryan Jensen, Dept. of Entomology, University of Wisconsin-Madison Checking statewide degree days it looks like the majority of the state should be scouting for western bean cutworm. Pheromone traps have been established at sites throughout …