Spider Mites: My Lessons Learned and Varietal Differences Noted Shawn Conley, Soybean and Wheat Extension Specialist Like many growers and crop consultants if I don’t see spider mites for another 24 years it will be …
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Even in a Drought Late Season Soybean Diseases Can Still Show Up
Even in a Drought Late Season Soybean Diseases Can Still Show Up Shawn Conley, Soybean and Wheat Extension Specialist The 2012 growing season has been one of great variability in terms of the weather and …
WI Soybean Yield Contest Entry Deadline Extended to 8/31/12
WI Soybean Yield Contest Entry Deadline Extended to 8/31/12 Shawn Conley, Soybean and Wheat Extension Specialist Drought conditions across Southern WI had dampened grower enthusiasm to enter the WI Soybean Yield Contest. Recent rainfalls, promising …
Getting Additional Forage this Fall
Getting Additional Forage this Fall Dan Undersander (Forage Agronomist), Shawn Conley (Soybean and Wheat Extension Specialist) Some farmers need additional forage and want to plant a second crop following wheat or corn taken early for …
Deadline Approaching for Entering the 2012 Wisconsin Soybean Association Yield Contest
Deadline Approaching for Entering the 2012 Wisconsin Soybean Association Yield Contest Shawn Conley Drought conditions in the Southern part of WI coupled with record high temperatures statewide has dampened the excitement of last year’s yield …
Preliminary Wheat Yield Results – Janesville, WI
Preliminary Wheat Yield Results – Janesville, WI Shawn Conley Preliminary winter wheat yields at our Janesville, WI variety trial site have been averaging 85 bu per acre. Test weights have all been above 60 pounds …
Managing Through the Drought: A Special ASA Webinar
Managing Through the Drought: A Special ASA Webinar Hot, dry conditions have significantly impacted crops across wide areas of the U.S. in 2012. While some areas have received rain, many are experiencing conditions not seen …
Early Season Water Deficit Stress on Southern WI Soybeans
Early Season Water Deficit Stress on Southern WI Soybeans Shawn Conley I went to bed last night hoping this article would not have to be written, but that whopping 0.05 hundredths (or less) of rain …
Cereal Leaf Beetle and Desiccated Soybean Seeds
Cereal Leaf Beetle and Desiccated Soybean Seeds Shawn Conley Over the weekend two issues came to my attention: 1. It appears that cereal leaf beetle has hit threshold in a few fields. Dean Volenberg noted …
Aster Yellows Was Confirmed in Oat
Aster Yellows Was Confirmed in Oat Shawn Conley As a followup to last weeks article entitled Oat and Necrotic Leaf Tips and Margins Dr Russ Groves Lab PCR confirmed the presence of aster yellows in …