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Featured in this monthly newsletter are several articles to help you plan your 2026 growing season. Additionally, browse on-farm research opportunities and upcoming events. Read below and visit our website to learn more.
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Timely Articles and Resources |
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Every year in the Midwest, the reality is clear: alfalfa stands face the threat of winterkill. Winterkill occurs when alfalfa is unable to survive winter conditions – exceeding its cold tolerance threshold or breaking dormancy too early in the spring.
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If you are an alfalfa grower in Wisconsin, we want to hear about your experiences managing alfalfa weevil and what adaptations are needed as the dynamics of this pest change. Please contribute to the Midwest Alfalfa Insect Regional Survey, led by the University of Minnesota, today.
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On-Farm Research Opportunities |
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Slugs are becoming an increasingly challenging pest for Wisconsin farmers, due to greater adoption of conservation cropping practices and milder winters and wetter springs. To improve our understanding of slug pressure across the state and how we can manage them, UW–Madison Extension launched SlugNet, a statewide initiative to monitor slug populations in field crops.
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| Continues through July
Various Dates and Locations from 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Join Extension and DATCP to walk through some of the newest features in SnapPlus Version 3 (V3). Each free webinar will have a 45-60 minute tutorial on a new SnapPlus feature, followed by a 30 minute open office hour where participants will have the ability to meet one-on-one with staff to ask specific questions and get additional information. Webinar topics include adding crops, setting rotations, understanding planting and application seasons; nutrient systems and template building; annual updates; silurian bedrock plan features; winter manure applications; and grazing.
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May 7 from 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Marshfield
Extension is hosting a free cover crop and forage field day at the Marshfield Agricultural Research Station on May 7 from 10am–12:30pm. Light refreshments will be provided by the EPPIC farmer-led watershed group.
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| May 8 from 2:00 – 3:30 p.m.
Wauwatosa
Join us for this hands-on workshop as we learn to recognize signs of wildlife presence and damage in the field and better understand who’s sharing our growing spaces. We’ll explore practical and cost-effective ways to minimize impacts to crops and discover ways to design and manage beneficial wildlife habitats that support local ecosystems.
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| May 19 from 10 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Janesville
This hands-on training will cover filling out crop scouting reports; stand assessment and crop growth staging for corn, soybean, wheat, and alfalfa crops; the basics of collecting sweep net samples in alfalfa; and early-season insect and weed identification.
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Hear from us and our partners more often! |
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Veggie producers, sign up to receive tailored updates from the UW–Madison Departments of Plant Pathology, Entomology, Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences, and Soil and Environmental Science.
Sign up by contacting Dr. Amanda Gevens.
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Fruit producers, sign up to receive tailored updates from the UW–Madison Fruit Program. Sign up and read more here.
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Sign up to receive pest monitoring data and maps, current articles on economically important plant pests affecting Wisconsin's field crops, fruits, vegetables, nurseries, and forests. Sign up on DATCP's website or read newsletters on the web here.
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UW–Madison Division of Extension Crops and Soils Program
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| The University of Wisconsin–Madison Division of Extension provides equal opportunities in employment and programming in compliance with state and federal law.
Partially supported by National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Crop Protection and Pest Management-Extension Implementation Program award number 2024-70006-43559.
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