Shawn Conley, Soybean and Wheat Extension Specialist As the snow begins to melt and we finally put the 2014/15 winter behind us, many growers and consultants alike are beginning to venture out to their winter …
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Winners of the 2014 WI Soybean Contest are Announced
Shawn Conley, Soybean and Wheat Extension Specialist The 1st place winner in Division 4, Bahr Farms Inc. of Darlington, grew Channel 2402R2 Brand and harvested 84.99 bu/a. In second place, McComish Family Farms of Shullsburg …
Agronomic Management and Fungicide Effects on Oat Yield and Quality in Wisconsin
Spyridon Mourtzinis, Shawn P. Conley, and John M. Gaska Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison Introduction Oat cultivation in Wisconsin has declined considerably in the last eight decades; nevertheless, it continues to be an important …
2015 Agronomy Update Meetings
Joe Lauer, Corn Agronomist The Department of Agronomy will offer Crop Production and Management Meetings at eight locations during January of 2015. Joe Lauer, Dan Undersander and Shawn Conley will present the latest information on …
Should We Be Using Soybean Maturity Group as a Tool for Variety Selection?
Shawn Conley, Soybean and Wheat Extension Specialist Over the last decade I have noticed a subtle shift across much of the northern soybean growing region towards planting later maturity group soybeans. This shift, either conscious …
Finalists for the 2014 Wisconsin Soybean Yield Contest are Announced
Shawn Conley, Soybean and Wheat Extension Specialist The 2014 growing season proved to be yet another challenging year for many WI soybean growers. Given these widespread challenges, we again experienced great interest in the 2014 …
2014 Wisconsin Soybean Variety Test Results
Shawn Conley, Soybean and Wheat Extension Specialist The 2014 Wisconsin Soybean Variety Test Results are now available. Click on the link below to view the results. http://www.coolbean.info/pdf/soybean_research/variety_trail_results/2014_Soybean_Trials_FINAL.pdf
2014 Area Soybean Conference
Shawn Conley, Soybean and Wheat Extension Specialist The Wisconsin Soybean Association and UW Extension are hosting Area Soybean Conferences on December 2, 3, and 4 in Janesville, Eau Claire and Ripon respectively. The program will …
Fall is Still a Good Time to Sample for SCN and Other Plant Parasitic Nematodes
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 (SCN). Eggs of SCN persist in the soil …
Harvest Considerations for Variable Soybean Maturity
Shawn Conley, Soybean and Wheat Extension Specialist Variable soil types, knolls, flooding and drought have left many growers with extreme in-field variability of soybean maturity. There are areas in fields where the soybean seed is …