Kevin Erb, University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension How heavy was the rainfall overnight? How much snow fell during the latest snowstorm? How bad is the drought this year? Join over 500 fellow volunteers across Wisconsin …
Equipment
Sporebuster, a New White Mold Fungicide Value Calculator
Damon L. Smith, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Extension Specialist, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison Sporebuster smartphone application When a fungicide application is needed to control white mold in soybeans, Sporebuster can help determine a …
Putting Farm Safety into Practice, Silage and Grain Harvest
John Shutske, Agricultural Engineering Specialist, UW-Madison Biological Systems Engineering Department A modern farm can be a dangerous and unforgiving place. Late summer and fall are high-risk times as harvest operations ramp up quickly. In Wisconsin, …
Now is a good time to get manure spreaders calibrated for determining manure nutrient credits
Kevin Shelley, UW NPM Program With profit margins tight, this spring is a good time for manure spreader weighing and calibration on dairy and livestock farms. Determining the weight of an average load of manure …
Small Grains Harvest and Combine Fires
John Shutske; Professor & Extension Specialist; Biological Systems Engineering It looks like wheat harvest is rolling in parts of the state. I saw a post from a friend in New Glarus saying they’d started late …
Irrigation / Evapotranspiration (ET) Software Tools Update
By John Panuska and Amanda Gevens For growers using ET tools to schedule irrigation you have likely experienced issues with the ET data service. The reason for the service interruption is the unexpected failure of …
Webinar series on irrigation and water management
UW Extension is setting up a Professional Development opportunity on Irrigation systems and Irrigation water management to help us all increase our knowledge about how to use water efficiently. Irrigation has been a hot topic …
Hop production workshops for sprayer calibration and more
UW-Madison Integrated Pest Management specialist Dan Hieder will be speaking at two hop production workshops held in Waterloo and Arkansaw, WI. Both workshops are the same and are titled “Hop Production in Wisconsin: Sprayer Calibration …
Emergency Irrigation Considerations – July 2012
Emergency Irrigation Considerations – July 2012 Scott Sanford (Extension Engineer) With the extended dry weather and no rain in the forecast, growers are looking for alternatives to supply crops with water. Governor Walker has issued …
Fall TMR Mixer Maintenance
Fall TMR Mixer Maintenance Matthew Digman, Research Agricultural Engineer, Dairy Forage Research Center (USDA-ARS) As fall field work nears completion, it is now time to focus much-needed attention on our livestock equipment. Preventing a TMR …