Shawn Conley, State Soybean and Small Grains Specialist The Twittersphere is erupting with pictures of soybean beginning to crack and emerge. As we finalize #plant18 and start to assess our soybean stands here are a …
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Are You PRE-Emergence Ready For Soybean Planting?
by Rodrigo Werle (UW-Madison Extension Cropping Systems Weed Scientist) and Shawn Conley (UW-Madison Extension Soybean and Small Grain Specialist) Spring has finally arrived in Wisconsin and so has the planting season. Before getting your soybeans …
A Visual Guide to Soybean Growth Stages
Shawn Conley, State Soybean and Small Grains Specialist Understanding and being able to correctly identify the growth stages of soybean is important for making sound agronomic management decisions. This guide describes the growth stages starting …
The Soybean Seeding Rate Conundrum
Shawn Conley, State Soybean and Small Grains Specialist In a bean-pod… Use a soybean seed treatment Plant less than 140,000 seeds in white mold areas Target a final stand of 100,000+ plants in productive fields …
A Visual Guide to Winter Wheat Development and Growth Staging
Shawn Conley, State Soybean and Small Grains Specialist Understanding the growth stages of cereals crops and how to identify them is key to successful cropping and pest management decisions. Although there are several growth staging methods, …
Soybean Planting Date and Maturity Group Considerations
Shawn Conley, State Soybean and Small Grains Specialist Early May planting in Wisconsin has been documented to increase yield due to increased light interception (Gaspar and Conley, 2015). Earlier planting dates are able to increase …
Soybean Management Strategies to Facilitate Timely Winter Wheat Establishment in 2018
Shawn Conley, State Soybean and Small Grains Specialist Winter wheat acres across WI have declined over the past few years due to late grain harvests, disease concerns (FHB or scab) and poor wheat prices, however …
2018 Wisconsin Soybean Yield Contest
Shawn Conley, State Soybean and Small Grains Specialist The Wisconsin Soybean Association (WSA) Soybean Yield Contest is organized to encourage the development of new and innovative management practices that highlight the importance of using sound …
Cover Crops Do’s & Don’t’s
Shawn Conley, State Soybean and Small Grains Specialist This article uncovers cover crop facts and myths about weed, insect, and disease management. We are roughly a month away from the start of soybean planting and for …
The WSMB Free Soybean Cyst Nematode Testing Program
Shawn Conley, State Soybean and Small Grains Specialist The WI Soybean Marketing Board (WSMB) sponsors free nematode testing to help producers stay ahead of the most important nematode pest of soybean, the soybean cyst nematode …