Daniel H. Smith, Nutrient and Pest Management Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison An upcoming field day on August 9th at the Lancaster Agricultural Research Station will provide cover crop recommendations and considerations. The field day will …
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Cover Crop Field Day
Daniel H. Smith, Nutrient and Pest Management Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison An upcoming field day on August 11th at Jay Aspenson’s farm will provide an update to ongoing cover crop work in Crawford and Vernon …
Results of Intensive Winter Wheat Management in 2017
Shawn P. Conley, Soybean and Wheat Extension Specialist, Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin, Madison A research trial was initiated at the Arlington Agricultural Research Station to assess the impact of various management levels (Table …
Wisconsin White Mold Risk Maps-July 27, 2017
Damon L. Smith, Extension Field Crops Pathologist, University of Wisconsin-Madison Jaime Willbur, Graduate Research Assistant, University of Wisconsin-Madison Sclero-cast: A Soybean White Mold Prediction Model **This tool is for guidance only and should be used …
Corn and Southern Rust
Damon L. Smith, Extension Field Crops Pathologist, University of Wisconsin-Madison If you are like me, you have been paying attention to reports from the southern U.S. indicating that southern rust of corn is making its …
Report a pigweed and help prevent spread of new potentially herbicide resistant pigweed
Mark Renz, UW Madison Associate Professor and Extension Specialist Sam Marquardt, UW Madison Assistant Outreach Specialist Concern about the continued spread of waterhemp and Palmer amaranth exist in Wisconsin. While we have long battled other …
Wisconsin Cover Crop Conference
Heidi Johnson, University of Wisconsin-Extension Dane County The 2018 Wisconsin Cover Crop Conference will take place on February 27 (9am-4pm) at the Holiday Inn in Steven’s Point. This will be a statewide conference geared toward …
New Pigweed ID card available
Available from the NPM Program! A new visual guide for identifying two of the pigweed species of special concern in Wisconsin: Waterhemp (Amaranthus tuberculatus) and Palmer Amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri). Waterhemp is common in Wisconsin and …
In-Season Corn Disease Management Decisions – 2017
Damon L. Smith, Extension Field Crops Pathologist, University of Wisconsin-Madison Tasseling has begun on field corn in the southern region of Wisconsin. With this, comes many questions about applying fungicide to control disease and preserve …
Wisconsin Fruit News-July 21, 2017
We hope you enjoy this issue of the Wisconsin Fruit Newsletter, where you can find out about: http://go.wisc.edu/31t8yi * What’s going on with worker protection * Integrating biological control into an IPM program * Plant …