▶ Considerations for 2026 Seed Selection
Josh Kamps covers hybrid and variety trial data for corn, soybeans, and small grains, pest and disease management considerations, herbicide resistance, and scouting strategies.
Josh Kamps covers hybrid and variety trial data for corn, soybeans, and small grains, pest and disease management considerations, herbicide resistance, and scouting strategies.
In the final session of the Foundational Crop Scouting Training series, Jordan Kampa, nutrient and pest management outreach specialist, provides an in-depth introduction to common crop diseases affecting corn, soybean, wheat, and alfalfa.
In this video, Dr. Damon Smith, UW–Madison Field Crop Pathologist, provides an early season update on crop disease risks and management strategies for Wisconsin.
This annually updated reference guide is one convenient source for management information on the key pests of corn, soybean, forages, small grains, and stored grains and provides targeted information for Wisconsin growers.
The July 24 Badger Crop Connect webinar featured Dr. Damon Smith, Extension field crops pathologist and Professor in the Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin–Madison. Damon gives an update on what diseases he’s seeing in Wisconsin farm fields in late July 2024. He mainly discusses white mold in soybean and tar spot in corn and management practices for each.
The May 22 Badger Crop Connect session features Dr. Damon Smith, Professor and Extension Specialist of Field Crops Pathology. Damon talks about the disease situation in field crops as the field season gets started.
The June 28th Badger Crop Connect session features discussion from Dr. Damon Smith, Extension Funded Faculty and Professor of Epidemiology and Field Crop Diseases in the Plant Pathology Department Dr. Smith reviews the biology of the tar spot fungus in corn and the work done to ground-truth models of fungal development to refine prediction tools.
This webinar assists growers and agronomists with decision-making for late and prevented planting and disease management in small grains. Dr. Mitchell highlights the changes over time that will affect planting based on climate data, and presents the updated dates and risk management options to produce a profitable crop or receive an indemnity and possibly a forage harvest late in the season.