Badger Crop Connect Filter

▶ Watch: Midseason Disease Update

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.

▶ Watch: Wisconsin Ag Climate Outlook July 24

The July 24 Badger Crop Connect webinar featured Dr. Ed Hopkins, Wisconsin Assistant State Climatologist, and Natasha Paris, Extension regional crops educator for Adams, Green Lake, Marquette, and Waushara Counties. Ed and Natasha give an update on growing degree day accumulation, the status of corn and soybeans across Wisconsin, and trends in precipitation and soil moisture lately.

▶ Watch: Cover crop research updates at the U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center

The July 10 Badger Crop Connect webinar featured Jose Franco, a research agronomist with the U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center (USDA). Jose summarized current research efforts at the U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center on cover crops and continuous living cover. Ongoing research includes cover crop breeding efforts, work on alternatives to winter cereal rye following corn silage and some of the benefits of including flowering cover crops, and a whole systems approach to dairy forage systems evaluations.

▶ Watch: Building knowledge about Wisconsin’s cover crops through citizen science

The July 10 Badger Crop Connect webinar featured Dane Elmquist, a conservation cropping outreach specialist in the UW–Madison Division of Extension Agriculture Institute. Dane gave an overview of the Wisconsin Cover Crop Citizen Science network and highlighted project results. He also showcased the project’s interactive data dashboard and provided information on how to participate in the project for the 2024-2025 season.

▶ Watch: Wisconsin Ag Climate Outlook July 10

The July 10 Badger Crop Connect webinar featured Steve Vavrus, the Wisconsin State Climatologist, giving a brief update about weather and climate conditions in Wisconsin July 10, 2024 and onward. Vavrus talks about the climatic impacts of the heavy rainfall Wisconsin has experienced lately, talks about relevant agronomic considerations, and gives outlooks for future precipitation and temperatures.

▶ Watch: Corn and soy situation and outlook

The June 26 Badger Crop Connect webinar featured Dr. Brenda Boetel, Professor and Department Chair of Agricultural Economics, and Extension Agricultural Marketing Specialist at UW–River Falls. The grain markets are off of their February 2024 lows; however, prices still remain lower than what farmers have experienced the previous few years.

▶ Watch: Farm finance and policy update

Dr. Mitchell opens with a quick update on prevented planning options with crop insurance and where we are with crop progress and crop conditions based on USDA NASS data. He then examines various indicators about the current state of farm finances in this year of projected tight margins for corn and soybeans, such as land values, loan repayment rates, interest rates and inflation. Discussion focuses on financial steps farmers can take now as they prepare for fall. Dr. Mitchell closes with some updates on where Congress is with the Farm Bill and some of the changes being proposed for commodity support and crop insurance.

▶ Watch: Wisconsin Ag Climate Outlook June 26

The June 26 Badger Crop Connect webinar featured Bridgette Mason, the Wisconsin Assistant State Climatologist. Bridgette walks through the effects of recent heavy precipitation, looks at the drought (or lack thereof) status across Wisconsin, and wraps up with an overview of weather patterns to come in late June and early July 2024.

▶ Watch: Fine tuning crop nutrients with PSNTs and plant tissue tests

The June 12 Badger Crop Connect webinar features Chris Clark, an outreach specialist in NE Wisconsin with the UW–Madison Extension Nutrient and Pest Management Program; Chris presents about pre-sidedress nitrate and plant tissue testing to help you capture a nutrient deficiency you don’t know about in your field this season.

▶ Watch: Wisconsin Ag Climate Outlook June 12

The June 12 Badger Crop Connect webinar featured Josh Bendorf, an ORISE Research Fellow with the USDA’s Midwest Climate Hub, giving a brief overview of weather and climate trends this growing season as well as an outlook for future weather patterns that may affect Wisconsin farmers.

▶ Watch: Soil Moisture and Planting

The April 10, 2024 Badger Crop Connect session features discussions by Francisco Arriaga, UW-Madison Associate Professor & Extension Specialist of Soil & Water Conservation & Management.

▶ Watch: Thirsty Cover Crops

The April 10, 2024 Badger Crop Connect session features discussions by Dan Smith, UW-Madison Extension Crops & Soils Nutrient & Pest Management Program Manager.

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