Shawn Conley, State Soybean and Small Grains Specialist Average crop yields will need to increase substantially during the next 33 years to meet expected food demand increase while avoiding massive expansion of cropland area (Alexandratos …
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Soybean Yield Gap Data Collection
Shawn Conley, State Soybean and Small Grains Specialist Dear Wisconsin Crop Producers: We am embarking on a Region‐Wide Project aimed at generating baseline producer data on current soybean management practices in Wisconsin’s production systems. This …
Wisconsin Industrial Hemp Production FAQ Guide
Shawn Conley, State Soybean and Small Grains Specialist Wisconsin growers will be able to grow and process industrial hemp under 2017 Wisconsin Act 100, a law recently passed by the Legislature and signed by the …
2017 Wisconsin Soybean Contest Winners Announced
Shawn Conley, State Soybean and Small Grains Specialist The 1st place winner in Division 4, RnK DeVoe Farms of Monroe, grew DuPont Pioneer P31T77R and harvested 93.15 bu/a. In second place, Bahr Farms Inc. of Darlington …
Industrial Hemp in Wisconsin: The First Steps!
Shawn Conley, State Soybean and Small Grains Specialist The University of Wisconsin Madison and UW Extension has been inundated with questions related to industrial hemp production since the passing of the 2017 Wisconsin Act 100. …
Strip-Till Soybean Production
Shawn Conley, State Soybean and Small Grains Specialist Does Strip Tillage or Fertilizer Placement Influence the Soybean Row Spacing Yield Response? The objective of this study is to quantify the effect of strip tillage and …
2017 Wisconsin Oats and Barley Performance Tests
Shawn Conley, State Soybean and Small Grains Specialist The Wisconsin oats and barley performance trials are conducted each year to serve Wisconsin growers. Trials include released varieties, experimental lines from Wisconsin and Midwestern states, and …
RR2Y® versus Xtend® Soybean Cultivar Performance in 2017
Shawn Conley, WI State Soybean and Wheat Extension Specialist The 2017 Wisconsin Soybean Variety Performance Trials are posted and I wanted to give a brief update on the relative performance of RR2Y® versus Xtend® (RR2X) soybean …
Soybean Yield Gaps Through Data Collection
Shawn Conley, State Soybean and Small Grains Specialist Dear Wisconsin Crop Producers: I am embarking on a Region‐Wide Project aimed at generating baseline producer data on current soybean management practices in Wisconsin’s production systems. This …
Wisconsin Soybean Variety Performance Trials 2017
Shawn Conley, State Soybean and Small Grains Specialist The Wisconsin Soybean Performance Trials are conducted each year with the producer’s needs in mind. Our objective is to give producers the information to select varieties that will …