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Wisconsin Crop Manager for April 5, 2012
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WSMB Offers Enhanced Nematode Testing Program for 2012
WSMB Offers Enhanced Nematode Testing Program for 2012 Shawn Conley, WI State Soybean and Wheat Extension Specialist Four out of every five animals on earth today is a nematode so it is not surprising that agricultural …
Crop Management Info Courtesy of the Soybean Checkoff
Access a Wealth of Crop Management Info Courtesy of the Soybean Checkoff Paul Esker, Professor; Escuela de Agronomía; Universidad de Costa Rica NOTE: THIS OFFER IS FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE! As part of its tech transfer …
Patience When Thinking about Planting Corn this Year
Patience When Thinking about Planting Corn this Year Joe Lauer, Corn Agronomist The weather this year has many farmers and agronomists wondering, “What if?” What if I had planted in March? What if I plant …
Early Spring Creates Early Weed Pressure Concerns
Early Spring Creates Early Weed Pressure Concerns Vince M. Davis, Cropping Systems Weed Scientist and Extension Specialist, UW-Madison This spring is shaping up to be one for the record books in many ways, but ‘early’ is …
2012 Weed emergence in Wisconsin: uncharted territory
2012 Weed emergence in Wisconsin: uncharted territory Mark Renz Extension Weed Scientist, Agronomy Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison Time of first weed emergence is fairly consistent from year to year. For example Jerry Doll monitored yellow …
Wisconsin Vegetable Crop newsletter 4-2-12
Dr. Amanda J. Gevens, Extension Plant Pathologist in Potatoes & Vegetables Included in this newsletter are the following topics: Potato updates from WI Seed Cert Program Dual Magnum Herbicide Special Needs Registration – Public Comment …
Interseeding Red Clover with no Frost and Advancing Wheat Growth Stage
Interseeding Red Clover with no Frost and Advancing Wheat Growth Stage Jim Stute, Rock County UW-Extension, Shawn Conley, Soybean and Small Grains Extension Specialist, Kevin Shelley, NPM Program The unusually warm weather of the past …
Alfalfa Weevils Already?
Alfalfa Weevils Already? Bryan Jensen, IPM Program What a spring! I don’t recall thinking about alfalfa weevils this early. Take a look at UW Extension’s Ag Weather Site, http://www.soils.wisc.edu/uwex_agwx/ (click on Thermal Models). Southern Wisconsin …