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 …
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High Value Straw and Weedy Wheat… What Do I Do?
Shawn P. Conley, Soybean and Wheat Extension Specialist, Department of Agronomy Wet fields, thin stands and spotty winter-kill made spring weed control difficult to impossible in many winter wheat fields, and prolonged wet conditions have …
Don’t let Fusarium Head Blight Keep You Down – Prepare Now to Harvest Those Scabby Wheat Fields
Damon L. Smith, Extension Field Crops Pathologist, University of Wisconsin-Madison Shawn P. Conley, Extension Soybean and Small Grains Agronomist, University of Wisconsin-Madison Fusarium head blight (FHB) or scab has been observed at moderate to …
A Tank Full of Sugar Helps the Profits Go Down
Shawn P. Conley, Soybean and Wheat Extension Specialist, Department of Agronomy This growing season has been what I can best describe as “Craptacular“. Farmers are under severe economic stress and are looking to squeeze the …
Soybean and Corn are Considered Cover Crop Options in WI
Article written by Shawn P. Conley, Joe Lauer and Paul Mitchell Today Joe Lauer and myself had the opportunity to travel to Door County and participate in an Extension meeting hosted by Annie Deutsch, Jamie Patton …
Soybean Flowers, Herbicide Labels, and Wheel Track Damage…Oh MY!
Authored by Shawn P. Conley and Rodrigo Werle We are starting to get the first reports of soybean beginning to flower (R1) in our early planted situations. As we enter the soybean reproductive growth phase …
I Finally Got My Soybeans Planted and Now They Look Sick!
Damon Smith, Extension Field Crops Pathologist, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison Shawn Conley, Soybean and Wheat Extension Specialist, Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison The 2019 growing season has been nothing but full …
Are Your Beans “Feelin The Burn”?
Shawn P. Conley, Soybean and Wheat Extension Specialist, Department of Agronomy Weed management has been a significant challenge for many farmers and retailers in 2019. The challenges range from short planting windows to shorter pre-emergence …
Soybean Flowering Fallacy
Shawn P. Conley, Soybean and Wheat Extension Specialist, Department of Agronomy Summary There is an old rule-of-thumb that soybean does not flower until after the summer solstice — the longest day of the year occurring …
Coolbean.info update 6/4/19: Assessing Flood Damage to Soybean
Shawn P. Conley, Soybean and Wheat Extension Specialist, Department of Agronomy Severe rainfall events and flooding over the last 6+ weeks have many of the few planted soybean fields completely saturated or underwater. As the …