Brian Hudelson, UW-Madison Plant Disease Diagnostics Clinic The UW-Madison Plant Disease Diagnostics Clinic (PDDC) provides expertise in diagnosing plant diseases, and information on plant diseases and their control to agricultural and horticultural producers and businesses, …
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Wisconsin Pest Bulletin, May 7, 2020
Krista Hamilton, Entomologist, Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection Volume 65 Issue No. 2 of the Wisconsin Pest Bulletin is now available at: (8 pages) https://datcpservices.wisconsin.gov/pb/pdf/05-07-20.pdf This Week’s Weather & Pests Mostly dry …
Early season scouting wheat in Wisconsin
Damon Smith, Extension Field Crops Pathologist, Brian Mueller, Assistant Field Researcher, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison The Badger Crop Docs have started scouting wheat in south-central Wisconsin over the past few days. In …
Will My Wheat and Soybean Crop Freeze?
Shawn P. Conley, Soybean and Wheat Extension Specialist, Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin Weather forecasts have farmers “sweating” the upcoming cold weather. Here are a few thoughts and resources based on the forecast temperatures …
Wisconsin Pest Bulletin, April 30, 2020
Krista Hamilton, Entomologist, Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection Volume 65 Issue No. 1 of the Wisconsin Pest Bulletin is now available at: http://datcpservices.wisconsin.gov/pb/pdf/04-30-20.pdf Rain and scattered thunderstorms stalled spring fieldwork following a …
Wisconsin Crop Manager newsletter 4-29-20
The 6th issue of the 2020 Wisconsin Crop Manager. All the recent WCM blog articles are compiled into one PDF to download or view online. [wpfilebase tag=file path=’wcm-pdf/WCM2020/WCM-2020-6.pdf’ /]
Wisconsin Vegetable Crop Update for 2020
Amanda Gevens, Associate Professor & Extension Specialist, Potato & Vegetable Pathology, Plant Pathology Department Vegetable Crop Update newsletter for 2020: A newsletter for commercial potato and vegetable growers is prepared by the University of Wisconsin-Madison …
Soybean field soil health survey underway
Shawn P. Conley, Soybean and Wheat Extension Specialist, and Lindsay Chamberlain, Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin Consider sending soil samples to determine if Soil Health Predictors really matter in soybean! The project uses four …
2020 Considerations for Cover Crop Termination
Rodrigo Werle, University of Wisconsin-Madison Cropping Systems Weed Scientist and Extension Specialist The adoption of cover crops in corn-soybean production systems can help growers improve cropping system resiliency to extreme weather events, improve soil conservation …
Soybean replant decisions based on research
Shawn P. Conley, Soybean and Wheat Extension Specialist, Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin Early planted soybean are starting to crack across the Midwest. Here are some recommendations for Soybean Replant Decisions: Just the Facts …