Shawn P Conley, State Soybean and Small Grain Specialist, John Gaska, Extension Outreach Specialist The Wisconsin winter wheat crop remains 10 days to 2 weeks (developmentally) ahead of where we were at this time last …
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Aphids in Alfalfa and Wheat
Bryan Jensen, Dept. of Entomology and IPM Program Alfalfa: When checking new alfalfa seedings for potato leafhoppers on the Arlington Agricultural Research Station (there weren’t many, yet) I could not help but notice a lot of …
Considerations for Corn Sidedress Nitrogen Applications During Hot, Dry Conditions
Carrie Laboski, Professor and Extension Soil Fertility/Nutrient Management Specialist It has been abnormally dry throughout much of Wisconsin this spring. Current weather forecasts are for hot and dry conditions to persist for at least the …
Vegetable Crop Updates 7, 8, 9
Amanda Gevens, Professor & Extension Specialist, Plant Pathology Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison UW-Madison Division of Extension Vegetable Crop Update #9 In this issue we address: potato and vegetable production updates, disease forecasting updates for potato …
UW Fruit Program News
Some recent articles from UW Fruit Program. Irrigation Recommendations for Fruit Crops During Drought Grape Scouting Report: A “Mixed Bag” First Spotted-Wing Drosophila Detected and Tarnished Plant Bug Populations Increasing Black Stem Borer Grape Cultivar …
4 New Bumper Crops Videos
In this “Bumper Crops” episode, an overview of the techniques and benefits of roller crimping rye are discussed by Extension Specialists Erin Silva, Organic Production, and Damon Smith, Field Crops Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison. In …
Frost During Early Corn Development and its Effect on Yield
Joe Lauer, Corn Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison This article originally posted on Lauer’s Corn Agronomy blog. This morning I received a series of texts from a crop consultant whose clients were concerned about the effect …
Armyworms
Bryan Jensen, Dept. of Entomology and IPM Program I have had several messages from consultants wondering about armyworms. Are they here? Have there been problems? Am I missing anything? To date, I do not know …
Wisconsin Winter Wheat Disease Update – May 28
Damon Smith, Extension Field Crops Pathologist, University of Wisconsin-Madison Winter wheat in Southern and South-central Wisconsin is quickly approaching anthesis. By early next week the window of opportunity to apply fungicide for Fusarium head blight …
Will My Wheat and Soybean Crop Freeze
Shawn P. Conley, Soybean and Wheat Extension Specialist, University of Wisconsin Well folks its the end of May and frost is in the air. I figured we would be getting some questions about the impact …