Joe Lauer, Corn Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison One of my earliest memories of growing corn was driving tractor while picking rocks on my uncle’s farm. I was 6 years old and could barely push in …
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Planting date effects on corn grain and forage yield
Joe Lauer, Corn Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison Corn planters will soon be rolling throughout Wisconsin and the Midwest Corn Belt. The annual struggle between field conditions being “just right” and not too wet versus delaying …
Seeding depth affects corn plant emergence uniformity and grain yield
Joe Lauer, Corn Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison Rarely do we see a paper published on corn seeding depth and the subsequent impact on grain yield. Precision technologies have allowed for capabilities of variable rate seeding, …
How Do We Prepare for the 2022 Corn Growing Season?
Joe Lauer, Corn Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison Original blog post is here >>> How Do We Prepare for the 2022 Growing Season? posted Apr 7 2022 There is a lot of concern among farmers …
2021 Wisconsin Corn Hybrid Performance Trials
2021 Wisconsin Corn Hybrid Performance Trials: Grain • Silage • Specialty • Organic Joe Lauer, Corn Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison Every year, the University of Wisconsin-Extension and the University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Agricultural and …
Preliminary Grain Yields for the UW Corn Hybrid Evaluation Trials
Joe Lauer, Corn Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison Grain corn is rapidly being harvested across Wisconsin. Many farmers are reporting good yields at relatively dry grain moisture. Preliminary grain yields of hybrids in the UW Corn …
Frost During Early Corn Development and its Effect on Yield
Joe Lauer, Corn Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison This article originally posted on Lauer’s Corn Agronomy blog. This morning I received a series of texts from a crop consultant whose clients were concerned about the effect …
2020 Wisconsin Corn Hybrid Trials
Kent Kohn, Thierno Diallo, and Joe LauerDepartment of Agronomy, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of WisconsinUniversity of Wisconsin, Division of Extension, Wisconsin Crop Improvement Association Every year, the University of Wisconsin-Extension and the …
WI Weather Update for the 2020 Growing Season
Joe Lauer, Agronomy, University of Wisconsin See the linked file for the latest weather summary for 2020 and the Normal (30 previous years – 1990 to 2019) at Arlington and Marshfield from April 1 to …
2019 Wisconsin Corn Agronomy Research Report
Dr. Joe Lauer, UW-Madison Agronomy and Extension State Corn Specialist The 2019 Wisconsin Corn Agronomy Research Report is now available online! Website: http://corn.agronomy.wisc.edu/Research/Default.aspx PDF File: http://corn.agronomy.wisc.edu/Research/Report/2019.pdf 2019 Research Trials: Corn grain and silage hybrid performance …