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Spring pasture weed management
Many beef and small ruminant producers are looking forward to pastures greening up in Wisconsin. In some pastures that will include troublesome weeds. Management timing for weed control is narrow for some species and can be the difference between success and a waste of time and money.
Planter prep and spring soil management
The webinar was designed to assist farms and agronomists in their decision-making regarding timing of spring tillage and planting activities and to properly prepare planting equipment for optimal in-field effectiveness.
Focus on alfalfa: Optimizing alfalfa production in Wisconsin
The second Focus on Forage session of 2023, Focus on Alfalfa, features Dr. Mark Renz, UW Professor and Extension Specialist; Steven Okonek, Division of Extension Crops/Soils Educator; Mike Bertram, Superintendent @ Arlington Research Station, and Dr. John Jones, UW Soil Science. The webinar was designed to assist farms and agronomists in their alfalfa management decision-making […]
Field Notes Episode 7: Nitrogen Management and Climate Change
When we think of nitrogen leaving the fields, we often think of nitrates leached down to groundwater, but the mobility of nitrogen is not just downwards. Nitrogen can also leave the field and be lost to the atmosphere in the form of nitrous oxide, aka laughing gas. But this is no laughing matter.
Emerging Crops Lunch and Learn: Culinary Grains
Keith Williams, Outreach Specialist at UW Madison and Research and Variety Testing Working Group Coordinator at Artisan Grain Collaborative, gives an overview of culinary grains in the Upper Midwest.
The Cutting Edge Podcast Episode #40: Silver Springs Foods
An interview with Eric Rygg, President of Silver Springs Foods and Huntsinger Farms, the largest grower and processor of horseradish in the world, based in Eau Claire, WI. Resources Silver Springs Foods
Soil fertility in grazing systems: Manage potassium to manage nitrogen
Soil seems to be the hot-button topic of nearly every farmer-focused event and agricultural publication these days. While it’s ironic that this resource, which predates modern agriculture itself, has become the rising star of modern agriculture, it’s appropriate because soil is the foundation of everything we do. Few would argue that the health and long-term productivity of our soil is the most critical factor for the future of agriculture and society.
The Cutting Edge Podcast Episode #39: Winter Camelina as a Cover Crop
An interview with Ruth McCabe and Emery Davis, conservation agronomists at Heartland Co-op, an agricultural co-op based in Des Moines, Iowa with over 70 locations around Iowa. Emery also farms with his family in southeastern Iowa. Resources Heartland Co-op
The Cutting Edge Podcast Episode #38: Winter Camelina as an Oilseed Crop
An interview with three people in the vanguard of winter camelina commercialization efforts as an oilseed cash crop in the Upper Midwest. Colin Cureton is Director of Adoption and Scaling at the University of Minnesota’s Forever Green Initiative. Matthew Tentis is a 3rd generation farmer on White Barn Acres near Kellogg, Minnesota focused on raising […]
Emerging Crops Lunch and Learn: Malting Barley
UW-Madison Extension Educators Jerry Clark (Chippewa County) and Carl Duley (Buffalo County) talk about their research of malting barley, including fertility trials, fungicide applications, winter hardiness, and yield of different cultivars of winter barley as well as the status of the malting industry and its relationship with craft breweries in the Upper Midwest.
