Shawn Conley, State Soybean and Wheat Specialist University of Wisconsin, Madison; Grover Shannon, Emeritus Professor, University of Missouri, Division of Plant Sciences To view this post on the original website, click here. Severe flooding over the …
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Wisconsin Late-Season Soybean Disease Update
Damon L. Smith, Extension Field Crops Pathologist, University of Wisconsin-Madison To read this post from its original site, click here. The calls have been coming in this past week on a couple of soybean diseases. …
UW/UWEX Plant Disease Diagnostic Clinic (PDDC) Update August 17
Brian Hudelson, Sue Lueloff, John Lake and Ann Joy The PDDC receives samples of many plant and soil samples from around the state. The following diseases/disorders have been identified at the PDDC from August11, 2018 …
Wisconsin Crop Manager Newsletter for August 16
The 17th issue of the 25th volume of the Wisconsin Crop Manager. All the WCM blog articles for the week are compiled into one PDF. [wpfilebase tag=file path=’wcm-pdf/WCM2018/WCM2018_17.pdf’ /]
Plant Tissue Analysis: An In-Season Nutrient Check
Andrew Stammer, Lab Director UW Soil and Forage Analysis Lab The growing season is in full swing and the UW Soil and forage lab is receiving questions about how to use plant tissue analysis for …
Wisconsin Pest Bulletin, Issue No. 15, August 16
Krista Hamilton, Entomologist, Bureau of Plant Industry/Division of Agricultural Resource Management, Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection Volume 63 Issue No. 15 of the Wisconsin Pest Bulletin is now available at: https://datcpservices.wisconsin.gov/pb/pdf/08-16-18.pdf I N S …
Wisconsin UWEX Vegetable Crop Update Issue 19
Amanda Gevens, Associate Professor & Extension Specialist, Potato & Vegetable Pathology, UW-Madison Plant Pathology Department Newsletter 19 August 11, 2018 summary of late blight findings and risk cucurbit downy mildew reports from the US crop products …
Cancellation of Chlorpyrifos
Bryan Jensen, Dept. of Entomology and IPM Program Some of you have probably heard or seen popular press articles about the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal’s order ruling that EPA must ban the active ingredient chlorpyrifos …
Time to Start Getting Alfalfa Field Ready for Winter
Bill Halfman, Monroe County Ag Agent, Carrie Laboski, Soil Fertility/Nutrient Management Specialist Management decisions made now can impact how alfalfa stands make it through next winter. This year there were a lot of reports of alfalfa …
Survey seeks Wisconsin soybean farmers’ perceptions on dicamba
Dicamba Use in Wisconsin Soybean Production – SURVEY by Rodrigo Werle (UW-Madison Extension Cropping Systems Weed Scientist) In 2017 the Xtend soybean technology was completely launched in the United States (e.g., Environmental Protection Agency [EPA] …