Jamie Patton, UW-Madison Nutrient and Pest Management Program With the increasing prevalence of herbicide resistant weeds across the state, it is imperative to stop the accidental spread of weed seeds from field-to-field through contaminated equipment. …
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2019 Wisconsin Winter Wheat Performance Trials
Shawn P. Conley, Soybean and Wheat Extension Specialist, Department of Agronomy 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 Newsletter #17
Amanda Gevens, Associate Professor & Extension Specialist, Potato & Vegetable Pathology, Plant Pathology Department Update 17 – August 4, 2019 Vegetable production updates Cucurbit downy mildew updates Potato disease DSVs and PDays Read the full …
Wisconsin Fruit News, Vol. 4 Issue 9
Christelle Guedot, Fruit Crop Entomology and Extension Specialist, Wisconsin-Madison Fruit Program Welcome to the latest issue of Wisconsin Fruit News. This week you will find articles on: UW-Madison Insect Diagnostic Lab Update Social wasps are …
Wisconsin Mid-Season Corn Disease Update – August 2, 2019
Damon Smith, Extension Field Crops Pathologist, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison The Tar Spot Situation Figure 1 shows the calculated risk from Tarspotter for August 2, 2019, for various locations in Wisconsin. …
Wisconsin Crop Manager, August 1, 2019
The 15th issue of the 2019 Wisconsin Crop Manager. All the WCM blog articles from the past week are compiled into one PDF. [wpfilebase tag=file path=’wcm-pdf/WCM2019/WCM2019_15C.pdf’ /]
Wisconsin Soybean White Mold Update – August 1, 2019
Damon Smith, Department of Plant Pathology; Shawn Conley, Department of Agronomy; Roger Schmidt, Nutrient and Pest Management Program Figure 1 illustrates the calculated risk of white mold for select Wisconsin locations for non-irrigated soybeans, as determined by …
Will My Late Planted Soybeans Mature Before a Killing Frost?
Authored by Lindsay Chamberlain (UW), Jim Specht (UNL) and Shawn P. Conley (UW) August 1st is right around the corner and crop maturity timing concerns have erupted! These concerns are amplified in 2019 due to …
New Cover Crop Publications from the NPM Program
The UW NPM Program has two new cover crop publications! Cover Crops 101 (A4176) is an 8- page booklet that provides basic information specific to Wisconsin farmers and agronomists about the challenges and benefits of adding …
Weed Management in Pastures Field-day at Lancaster Research Station
Mark Renz, Associate Professor and Extension Specialist, University of Wisconsin Madison Have weeds in your pastures that you can’t get under control? If so consider attending a field-day on August 14th from 9 am to 1 …