Getting Additional Forage this Fall Dan Undersander (Forage Agronomist), Shawn Conley (Soybean and Wheat Extension Specialist) Some farmers need additional forage and want to plant a second crop following wheat or corn taken early for …
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Deadline Approaching for Entering the 2012 Wisconsin Soybean Association Yield Contest
Deadline Approaching for Entering the 2012 Wisconsin Soybean Association Yield Contest Shawn Conley Drought conditions in the Southern part of WI coupled with record high temperatures statewide has dampened the excitement of last year’s yield …
Preliminary Wheat Yield Results – Janesville, WI
Preliminary Wheat Yield Results – Janesville, WI Shawn Conley Preliminary winter wheat yields at our Janesville, WI variety trial site have been averaging 85 bu per acre. Test weights have all been above 60 pounds …
Managing Through the Drought: A Special ASA Webinar
Managing Through the Drought: A Special ASA Webinar Hot, dry conditions have significantly impacted crops across wide areas of the U.S. in 2012. While some areas have received rain, many are experiencing conditions not seen …
Early Season Water Deficit Stress on Southern WI Soybeans
Early Season Water Deficit Stress on Southern WI Soybeans Shawn Conley I went to bed last night hoping this article would not have to be written, but that whopping 0.05 hundredths (or less) of rain …
Cereal Leaf Beetle and Desiccated Soybean Seeds
Cereal Leaf Beetle and Desiccated Soybean Seeds Shawn Conley Over the weekend two issues came to my attention: 1. It appears that cereal leaf beetle has hit threshold in a few fields. Dean Volenberg noted …
Aster Yellows Was Confirmed in Oat
Aster Yellows Was Confirmed in Oat Shawn Conley As a followup to last weeks article entitled Oat and Necrotic Leaf Tips and Margins Dr Russ Groves Lab PCR confirmed the presence of aster yellows in …
Oat and Necrotic Leaf Tips and Margins
Oat and Necrotic Leaf Tips and Margins Shawn Conley, Russ Groves (UW Entomology) When I was out scouting early this week I noticed that many of my oat plots where showing necrosis on the leaf …
Double Crop Soybeans in WI May be A Gamble Worth Taking in 2012
Double Crop Soybeans in WI May be A Gamble Worth Taking in 2012 Shawn P Conley, State Soybean and Small Grain Specialist and John Gaska, Extension Outreach Specialist The Wisconsin winter wheat crop remains 3 …
Fusarium Head Blight Risk Remains Low for WI
Wheat will begin flowering in the southern portion of Wisconsin over the next several days. This is a critical time to determine if the crop is at risk for Fusarium head blight (FHB). Following from …