Seth Naeve and Shawn Conley, UW-Madison, State Soybean and Small Grains Specialist Fall is time where farmers literally reap the production of their year’s efforts, but fall can be a crazy and chaotic time as …
Crops
Participate in Cover Crop On-Farm Research, Starting this Fall!
Are you a COVER CROPPER? Do you grow SOYBEAN AND CORN in rotation? Want to host interesting ON-FARM RESEARCH? The UW BeanTeam in collaboration with Dr. Damon Smith, Dr. Rodrigo Werle, the Division of Extension, …
Wisconsin Winter Wheat Performance Trials 2022
Shawn P. Conley, Soybean and Wheat Extension Specialist, University of Wisconsin The Wisconsin Winter Wheat Performance Trials are conducted each year to give growers information to select the best-performing varieties that will satisfy their specific …
Soybean Irrigation during Reproductive Growth
Emma Matcham and Shawn P. Conley, UW-Madison Agronomy, State Soybean and Small Grains Specialist In our past article about early season soybean irrigation, we shared some thoughts on soybean water needs from planting through vegetative …
Yield and quality changes of corn silage during challenging first-half environment
Joe Lauer, Corn Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison The middle of July marks the halfway point of the corn life cycle. Pollination is upon us and the ultimate yield and quality potential of the 2022 corn …
Double Crop Soybeans in WI May be A Gamble Worth Taking in 2022
Shawn P Conley, State Soybean and Small Grain Specialist, John Gaska, Extension Outreach Specialist The Wisconsin winter wheat crop progress is tracking at a normal pace. If this continues, we can realistically be cutting dry …
Is Harvesting Wheat Straw Profitable in 2022
Kevin Shelley, Jamie Patton, Univ of Wisc-Madison, Nutrient and Pest Management Program Even with local market prices for new crop winter wheat currently around $8 per bushel, per acre net returns for wheat grain may …
Cover Crop in Conventional Corn-Soybean Plot Tour, July 6
Rodrigo Werle, Extension Cropping Systems Weed Scientist, and Shawn P. Conley, State Soybean and Small Grains Specialist We would like to invite you to attend the 2022 UW Cover Crop Management in Conventional Corn-Soybean Production …
Soybean Flowers, Herbicide Labels, and Wheel Track Damage…Oh My!
Shawn P. Conley, State Soybean and Small Grains Specialist, and Rodrigo Werle, Extension Cropping Systems Weed Scientist We are starting to get the many reports of soybean beginning to flower (R1) in our early planted …
Interseeding Cover Crops
Daniel H. Smith, Nutrient and Pest Management Program, Matt Ruark, Soil Science Extension Specialist, Department of Soil Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison Interseeding of cover crops (the planting of covers into a standing cash crop) is …