Managing Corn Silage and Cool Season Pastures, CCA of the Year Nominations Open, and more! |
Featured this month are several resources related to in-season corn silage, wheat, and pasture management, corn silage dry down events, and more. Read below and visit our website to learn more.
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Timely Articles and Resources |
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Pasture grasses tend to be fairly disease-free, with one exception, rust. Rust is frequently observed by farmers and does impact pasture yield and quality. It shows up prominently with its dusty orange spore pustules that appear in warm, humid summer conditions.
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UW-Madison Extension, in partnership with forage councils and agribusinesses across Wisconsin, offers corn silage dry down events and data tracking to help growers target the optimum whole plant moisture for harvest in their region of the state. Check back each Friday or subscribe for email updates to see what is happening across the state.
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If you use cover crops, we need your assistance with the sixth year of the Wisconsin Cover Crop Citizen Science project. We welcome all levels of cover crop experience and types of operations actively using cover crops. In exchange for providing information about your cover crop practices along with fall and spring cover crop samples we provide you an honorarium plus FREE lab testing of your cover crop biomass, nutrient analysis, and forage quality.
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The Wisconsin CCA of the Year Award is designed to recognize a Wisconsin Certified Crop Advisor who is highly innovative, delivers exceptional customer service, has shown that they are a leader in their field, and have contributed substantially to the exchange of ideas and the transfer of agronomic knowledge to the Wisconsin agriculture industry.
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Approximately three million of the four million acres of corn grown in Wisconsin each year are harvested as grain. The UW–Madison Division of Extension developed an Equivalent Price per Ton for HMSC conversion chart for those farmers and ag professionals who wish to negotiate the value of corn above 15%.
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In this video, Liz Gartman, regional crops educator with UW–Madison Extension, introduces the new Corn Silage Dry Down Monitoring Tool developed to help growers track whole plant moisture and optimize harvest timing.
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Podcasts from the Crops and Soils Program |
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Will Fulwider, Regional Crops Educator, hosts Field Notes, where specialist guests, farmers, and industry reps collaborate with them to combine their skills, knowledge, and experience to help farmers and agronomists develop research-based solutions to issues facing agriculture in Wisconsin. Subscribe where you listen to podcasts or check out the episodes here!
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Join the UW-Madison Division of Extension as they search for new crops for Wisconsin growers, processors, and consumers on The Cutting Edge. The strength of Wisconsin’s agricultural economy is its diversity…something that doesn’t just happen by chance. It is a product of the relentless drive of researchers and farmers to innovate, explore, and experiment. Join us for a glimpse into the exciting new research and development bringing new crops and diversity to Wisconsin. Subscribe where you listen to podcasts or check out the episodes here!
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Second and fourth Thursdays from 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. through October
The Badger Crop Connect series provides agronomists, crop consultants, and farmers with timely crop updates for Wisconsin. Webinars take place all season long, from April through October. CCA CEUs are available by topic for each presentation.
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Sept. 14 from 2:00 – 5:30 p.m.
Mequon
Join us for a Field Day at Lee Gardens as we learn about HMoob farming traditions and food heritage! During this free field day, you'll tour the farm and learn about Lee Gardens' cover cropping and soil health practices, see a live cooking demo featuring chicken curry and squash-leaf soup, enjoy a delicious dinner featuring produce grown right on the farm, and connect with fellow growers and community members.
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Sept. 24 from 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Walworth
Alden Hills Organic Farms invites you to a multi-species grazing field day on September 24, 2025, featuring a farm-to-table lunch, guided pasture walk, and talks focusing on managed grazing, multi-species enterprises, and organic certification.
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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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Partially supported by National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Crop Protection and Pest Management-Extension Implementation Program award number 2024-70006-43559.
The University of Wisconsin–Madison Division of Extension provides equal opportunities in employment and programming in compliance with state and federal law.
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