View weather and climate conditions this week in Wisconsin
Here are this week’s take home points about the weather, scroll down for the full report:
Current Conditions
- Late summer heat impacted most of the state last week, with above normal temperatures observed across the state. However, going back to early August, temps have been mostly near normal.
- W/NW Wisconsin received the highest precip totals last week, with many stations in that region sitting above the climatological average since early August.
Impact
•Soil moisture percentiles are in the middle range for most (higher in the central region), with abnormal dryness now being added in parts of southern WI to the latest USDM map.
- Corn denting is running 3% ahead of normal pace, with 65% of the crop reported in good to excellent condition.
- Soybean pod setting is nearly complete, with 61% of the crop reported in good to excellent condition.
•GDDs are approaching 2600 (2000) unitsin the southern (northern) counties.
Outlook
•Statewide precip chances forecasted this next week, with a higher likelihood in the N & far E.
•September has a higher probability to be a warmer and drier than normal month, according to CPC outlooks.
•The warmer-than-normal conditions have a higher probability to continue into the fall with a La Niña pattern taking shape. Currently, we are in a neutral phase.
What does this mean for you? Here are some things to consider for your farm this week:
Crop Development
•Scouting for crop stage and development of issues is very important this year as the wet spring means that there is a lot of variability in fields and across farms.
•As silage and other early crops come off, consider diverse cover crop mixes to help mitigate any compaction that may have occurred this spring and protect soil heading into fall.
Manure Applications
•Low runoff risk in the next week. Check the DATCP runoff risk advisory forecast here.
•As silage comes off, consider the relationship between manure and cover crops, learn more here.
Pest Management
•Fall armyworm flights are underway. Sign up to receive text alerts when pests are in your region here.
•Japanese beetles have emerged, monitor for defoliation thresholds, see here for management information.
•Time to scout for soybean aphid, see more info here.
•Conditions have been right in many places for tar spot and white mold, information available here.
•Scout for corn rootworm beetle to determine pressure on next year’s continuous corn.
•Southern rust of corn was found in Wisconsin last week, see more info here.
•Late blight was found on tomato in Wisconsin last week, see more info here.
Forage Management
•Look out for herbicide carryover, volunteers in late summer seeding of alfalfa after wheat. Read more.
•Corn Silage Harvest – look for local opportunities for stalk chopping to gauge moisture content, scout fields to understand which may be ready first. For varying planting dates, plan for a segregated, longer season harvest to optimize forage quality. More info here.
•Fall alfalfa cutting can affect persistence, read more and use our new tool to make informed decisions.
