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2024 SnapPlus Guide
Using SnapPlus to create a nutrient management plan for your farm? Look no further for a helpful guide from the Nutrient and Pest Management Program that walks through developing a nutrient management plan. Full of resources, this guide includes how-to videos, explanations, tips and more to make your nutrient management planning smooth.
2025 Nutrient Management Fast Facts Magazine
The Nutrient and Pest Management (NPM) Program has produced many standalone publications to help learn the basics of what is involved in writing and implementing a nutrient management plan. This new format combines many existing publications with new materials to provide a comprehensive reference guide!
Grazing corn stalks
Similar to corn stover removal, impacts on soil health include nutrient removal and residue removal, grazing corn stalks should also consider soil compaction. Nutrients removed from a field when corn stalks are grazed are much lower than most farmers think
Harvesting Corn Stover
Stover is the stalks, leaves, husks, and cobs left after corn grain harvest. Removing corn stover removes valuable nutrients from the field and increases the potential for soil crusting, erosion, and—long term—reduced water infiltration rates due to reduced soil organic matter levels.
▶ Watch: Wisconsin Ag Climate Outlook Oct. 9
The October 9, 2024 Badger Crop Connect webinar featured Bridgette Mason, Assistant State Climatologist, who discussed the latest Wisconsin ag climate outlook. Bridgette talked about the recent lack of rain and its impact on agriculture, particularly soil loss and corn and soybean harvests. Bridgette ends with an outlook for future weather through October.
▶ Watch: Selecting Suitable Corn Hybrids
In the October 9, 2024 Badger Crop Connect webinar, Dr. Harkirat Kaur, assistant professor and extension specialist in corn agronomy, discussed the 2024 corn performance trials and their harvest progress and outlined selection criteria for successful corn hybrids in Wisconsin cropping systems.
▶ Watch: Soybean and Winter Wheat Selection
In the October 9, 2024 Badger Crop Connect webinar, Dr. Shawn Conley, professor and extension specialist in soybean and small grain agronomy, discussed the 2024 UW Winter Wheat Variety Performance Program and how to use data to select top-yielding varieties.
Adaptation to Extreme Weather Events with Cover Crops
This article considers how cover crops can contribute to the adaptive management of extreme weather events like droughts, floods, extreme precipitation, and extreme soil temperature fluctuations.
Crop residue: Should you take it or leave it?
When it comes to farming, every decision can impact both the immediate and long-term health of your land. Here are some considerations to think about when deciding whether or not to remove crop residue from the field.
Mycotoxins: Beware of this hidden danger in this fall’s harvest
In Wisconsin, it seemed like every passing rain cloud dropped an inch or more of rain, and those clouds just kept coming. Combine record moisture in some areas with high humidity and clouds, and it was the perfect storm for slugs, molds, and diseases to infiltrate our crop fields and cause damage.
