Division of Extension
The September 25, 2024 Badger Crop Connect webinar featured Josh Bendorf, ORISE Research Fellow with the USDA’s Midwest Climate Hub, who discussed the latest Wisconsin ag climate outlook. Josh talked about recent rain, its effect on soil moisture content, and current outlooks for late September and early October 2024.
Soybean aphids (Aphis glycines) are an invasive pest that can significantly stunt plant growth and yield. Soybean aphids feed on the sap of plants and leave behind a sticky residue.
European corn borers (Ostrinia nubilalis) are destructive corn pests in Wisconsin. Larvae feed on corn leaves and in developing tassels, stalks, and ear tips. European corn borer damage reduces grain quality, increases grain loss, and leads to problems at harvest.
Corn earworm (Helicoverpa zea) larvae feed on a variety of crops, mainly impacting sweet corn and hybrid dent seed corn. Larvae feed on the tips of corn ears, damaging kernels and contaminating the ears with frass.
In spots, too much water accumulated and led to drowned out spots and in some cases even entire fields. In spots, these areas were re-planted. In other areas, troublesome weeds like waterhemp are quickly escaping and will likely produce plenty of seed before a killing frost occurs.
Published: Sept. 20, 2024 Cutting alfalfa when the weather is good can be tempting, but late fall cuttings could be damaging to long term alfalfa productivity and stand persistence. Why it might be bad to cut now As a perennial crop, one must manage alfalfa with not just this year but the next year in […]
In the September 11, 2024 Badger Crop Connect webinar, Dr. Harkirat Kaur, a new extension specialist at UW–Madison, introduced herself and shared her background, education, and research experiences.
In the September 11, 2024 Badger Crop Connect webinar, Kevin Jarek discussed the challenges faced in corn silage and dry down this year.
In the September 11, 2024 Badger Crop Connect webinar, Dr. Matt Ruark discussed cover crop species most likely to establish successfully when planted in mid-September and later, as well as cover crop termination, timing, biomass accumulation, and nitrogen uptake.
The September 11, 2024 Badger Crop Connect webinar featured Steve Vavrus, Wisconsin State Climatologist, who discussed the latest Wisconsin ag climate outlook.
In this video, Chris Clark and Jordan Kampa, outreach specialists for the UW-Madison Extension Nutrient & Pest Management program head to the field to talk about managing potassium in crops and the publication they co-authored on the Potassium Cycle, available now from the NPM program.
This publication is an overview of essential plant nutrients and the ways they interact with one another. Farmers and agronomists can use this guide as a tool in conjunction with a good soil testing program to help diagnose agronomic problems and consider their nutrient management strategy.
