Forecasted Cold Temperatures will have Little Impact on WI Winter Wheat Crop Shawn Conley, WI State Soybean and Wheat Extension Specialist With cold temperatures, snowfall, and ice accumulation predicted over the next two days (April …
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Rains may not completely alleviate herbicide carryover concerns
Rains may not completely alleviate herbicide carryover concerns Vince M. Davis, University of Wisconsin-Madison This is just a reminder that while the excessive rain we’re experiencing is replenishing water in the soil profiles, it may …
Avipel Corn Seed Treatment to Repel Sandhill Cranes Receives 24(c) Label
Avipel Corn Seed Treatment to Repel Sandhill Cranes Receives 24(c) Label Eileen Cullen, Extension Entomologist Avipel corn seed treatment received a new 24(c) Special Local Need Registration through WI Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer …
Slug Management on Soybean
Slug Management on Soybean Ron Hammond, Ph.D. Professor (The Ohio State University) Summary: This presentation will help consultants, growers, and other practitioners in the Midwest, Eastern, and Mid-Atlantic regions manage their slug problems in field …
Three New Field Crops Disease Fact Sheets
Three New Field Crops Disease Fact Sheets Damon Smith, Field Crops Extension Pathologist (UW Department of Plant Pathology) Three new fact sheets on diseases of soybean have been developed. Fact sheet XGT1012 provides detailed information …
Wisconsin Certified Soil Testing Laboratories
Wisconsin Certified Soil Testing Laboratories John Peters, Director – UW Soil Testing Laboratories As of April 2013, there are six laboratories certified by the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection for soil testing …
Wisconsin Crop Manager April 4, 2013
Wisconsin Crop Manager April 4, 2013 The 4th issue of the Wisconsin Crop Manager is now available. Click below to view this issue. [wpfilebase tag=file path=’wcm-pdf/WCM2013/WCM20_4.pdf’ /]
Disease Profile – Phytophthora Root and Stem Rot of Soybean
Disease Profile – Phytophthora Root and Stem Rot of Soybean Damon L. Smith, (Plant Pathology, UW-Madison/Extension) Phytophthora root and stem rot (PRSR) is a common disease of soybean that can ultimately cause death of soybeans …
Wheat Scouting and a little more about rusts
Wheat Scouting and a little more about rusts Damon Smith, Extension Field Crops Pathologist, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison On April 2nd I scouted my first wheat plots of the 2013 season. Theses …
Wheat Stand Assessment: I can tell you if it is alive..too early to say if it is dead!
Wheat Stand Assessment: I can tell you if it is alive..too early to say if it is dead! Shawn Conley, Soybean and Wheat Extension Specialist Ice covered wheat fields coupled with strong corn and soybean …