Using Spring Oats as a Late Season Cover Crop or for Forage. Damon and Kevin discuss options for a late season planting of oats after winter wheat. Excerpt: This field had wheat harvested, winter wheat …
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Harvest Aid Considerations for Weedy Soybean Fields
There are a lot of weedy soybean fields across Wisconsin this year and the dry conditions are the major culprit. A lack of precipitation reduced the effectiveness of many residual herbicides and drought-affected soybeans were …
Wisconsin Water and Soil Health Conference, December 7-8
Mark your calendars for the new Wisconsin Water and Soil Health Conference WWASH set to be held December 7-8 MADISON, WI – Farmers and other agriculture professionals from around the state of Wisconsin are invited …
Wisconsin Vegetable Crop Updates
Amanda Gevens, Professor & Extension Specialist, Plant Pathology Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison A Newsletter for Commercial Potato and Vegetable Growers Prepared by the University of Wisconsin Madison Vegetable Research and Extension Specialists UW-Madison Division of …
Chris Clark, new nutrient and soil management education specialist
Chris Clark is the new UW-Madison Extension Crops & Soils Outreach Specialist with 50% appointment with the Nutrient and Pest Management program (NPM) and 50% appointment with Extension covering Northeastern Wisconsin. Her program of work …
Wisconsin Field Crops Disease Update, August 9
Damon Smith, Extension Field Crops Pathologist, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison Well, it was going to happen sometime soon, tar spot has been confirmed in two counties in Wisconsin. You can track tar …
Wisconsin DATCP Field Notes, Aug 10
Krista Hamilton, Entomologist, Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection Annual corn rootworm beetle survey DATCP’s annual corn rootworm beetle survey began August 1 and is approaching the halfway point. Counts in the 100 …
Wisconsin Vegetable Crop Updates
Amanda Gevens, Professor & Extension Specialist, Plant Pathology Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison A Newsletter for Commercial Potato and Vegetable Growers Prepared by the University of Wisconsin Madison Vegetable Research and Extension Specialists UW-Madison Division of …
2023 Wisconsin Winter Wheat Performance Trials
Please click to view information on: 2023 Wisconsin Winter Wheat Performance Trials 2023 Year in Review Acreage and Growing Conditions Wisconsin saw a 3.3% decrease in winter wheat acres planted (290,000) in the 2022-2023 growing …
Building Knowledge about Wisconsin’s Cover Crops
Building Knowledge about Wisconsin’s Cover Crops A farmer research project We’re kicking off a fourth year of the Wisconsin Cover Crop Survey after reaching nearly 100 farms to date 🎉 . If you use cover …