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Badger Crop Connect

The Badger Crop Connect series is developed by University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension educators and specialists, and provides agronomists, crop consultants and farmers timely crop updates for Wisconsin.

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▶ Watch: Nitrogen Rate and Timing Considerations

▶ Watch: Nitrogen Rate and Timing Considerations

The May 8 Badger Crop Connect session features Chris Bandura, Extension’s Conservation Cropping Outreach Specialist, speaking about nitrogen rate and timing considerations. 

▶ Watch: Interacting with WI’s Insect Pest Network and Alert System

▶ Watch: Interacting with WI’s Insect Pest Network and Alert System

The May 8 Badger Crop Connect session features Dr. Emily Bick, an Assistant Professor of Precision Pest Ecology & Extension Specialist for Field & Forage Crops at UW—Madison.

▶ Watch: Planter setup and closing wheel operations for no-till corn planting

▶ Watch: Planter setup and closing wheel operations for no-till corn planting

The April 24 Badger Crop Connect session features Dr. Brian Luck, Associate Professor & Extension Specialist for Ag Machinery and Precision Ag, UW–Madison Biological Systems Engineering Department.

▶ Watch: Set up for success – alfalfa management strategies

▶ Watch: Set up for success – alfalfa management strategies

The April 24 Badger Crop Connect session features Scott Newell, Extension’s Alfalfa Outreach Specialist.

▶ Watch: Soil Moisture and Planting

▶ Watch: Soil Moisture and Planting

The April 10, 2024 Badger Crop Connect session features discussions by Francisco Arriaga, UW-Madison Associate Professor & Extension Specialist of Soil & Water Conservation & Management.

▶ Watch: Thirsty Cover Crops

▶ Watch: Thirsty Cover Crops

The April 10, 2024 Badger Crop Connect session features discussions by Dan Smith, UW-Madison Extension Crops & Soils Nutrient & Pest Management Program Manager.

▶ Watch: Wisconsin Weather Outlook for Spring 2024

▶ Watch: Wisconsin Weather Outlook for Spring 2024

The April 10, 2024 Badger Crop Connect session features discussions by Dr. Steve Vavrus, Wisconsin State Climatologist.

Winter Wheat and Soil Carbon

Winter Wheat and Soil Carbon

September 22, 2021 12:30-1:30 pm   Local Update Michael (Mike) Ballweg, Extension Crops and Soils Agent Cropping Systems and Practices that Build Soil Carbon  Randy Jackson, UW-Madison Agronomy Professor Setting Up the Winter Wheat Crop for Success Shawn Conley, UW-Madison Extension Soybean & Small Grain Specialist

Fall Manure Management

Fall Manure Management

September 8, 2021 12:30-1:30 pm   Local Update Kimberly Schmidt, Extension Shawano County Agriculture Educator Are nitrate inhibitors beneficial?   Carrie Laboski, UW-Madison Extension Soil Specialist  Cover Crops that Best Scavenge N for Water Quality  Jamie Patton, Senior Outreach Specialist, UW-Madison NPM Program

Post-Emergent Weed Control and Summer Annual Forage Options

Post-Emergent Weed Control and Summer Annual Forage Options

Resources from the June 9, 2021 webinar.

Soybean Growth Stages and Roller Crimped Rye

Soybean Growth Stages and Roller Crimped Rye

Resources from the May 26, 2021 webinar.

Corn Emergence and Insect Field Scouting

Corn Emergence and Insect Field Scouting

Resources from the May 12, 2021 webinar.

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