Soils, Nutrient Management & Soil Health

Extension specialists and educators provide timely resources and information to help Wisconsin crop producers and their agricultural consultants manage crops efficiently and profitably.

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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

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

Want to improve soil health? Start with minimizing erosion. 

Soil health is something we hear a lot about these days. Cover crops, soil health tests, diversity in crop rotations, and reduced compaction are all ways to improve soil health. While it is true, cover crops and diverse rotations can improve soil health and tests to measure progress are good, there is some low hanging fruit that farmers may be missing when it comes to improving soil health.  

Can we have it all? Planting Green for Weed Control

Learn about cover crop termination timing, residual herbicides, and yield through research being conduction at UW-Madison that investigates the impact of fall-seeded cereal rye cover crops on weed control in corn and soybean fields in Wisconsin.

Small Grains, Big Gains

Learn about the crop rotation benefit of including a small grain, variety selection, planting guidelines, and nutrient and pest management practices.