Growing More in Less Space |
There are several techniques that can help gardeners get maximum productivity from a small space. The first is to interplant. With this technique you alternate rows of fast and low maturing vegetables. For example, plant a row of leaf lettuce between two rows of tomatoes or cabbage. The fast-maturing crop, lettuce, is harvested first leaving the space available for the slower crop to mature.
A variation on this, sometimes called intercropping, is when you sow a slow and a fast-maturing crop together in one area. Again, the fast-maturing vegetables are harvested first leaving space for the slow maturing crop. An example of this is to plant radishes (fast maturing) and carrots (slow maturing) together.
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June 11 from 4-7 pm – join Margaret and Master Gardener, Andy Heren who’ll be at the UW Madison Extension booth at the annual Bees, Trees, and Cheese event at Beaver Creek Reserve. We’ll have information on pollinators, gardening for pollinators and trees. The event is free but registration is required.
June 14: join Margaret and Master Gardener, Sue Crisp, at Lake Wissota State Park for a tour through the park’s pollinator garden. We’ll have lots of information on gardening to support pollinators, and handouts with word games and scavenger hunts for kids. Meet at 10am at the visitor center.
June 19: In the Garden with Native Plants and Pollinators – Extension Dunn County
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2025 Plant Disease Diagnostics Clinic Plant Disease Talks
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Each month in 2025, the UW Plant Disease Diagnostics Clinic (PDDC) will sponsor a Zoom presentation on a plant disease-related topic. The presentations are free, but registration is needed. For descriptions and to register, go to PDDC Plant Disease Talks.
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Badger Dairy Insight: Improving Reproductive Management of Dairy Replacement Heifers |
Whitney Brown is a PhD student with Dr. Paul Fricke in the Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences at UW- Madison. The focus of Whitney's dissertation is methods to improve reproductive management of replacement dairy heifers. Whitney will overview the results from a recent field trial with the aim of improving synchrony to a protocol for timed AI in dairy heifers. The webinar date is June 17th.
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Extension Beef Replacement Heifer Cost Spreadsheet |
The beef herd inventory is a hot topic across the industry, including for our Wisconsin producers. The Extension beef gang has several decision tools available, including the Beef Heifer Replacement Cost Spreadsheet, to help producers make informed cow-calf management decisions.
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Avian Influenza and Biosecurity in 2025 |
Recently, there has been an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a commercial poultry flock in eastern Wisconsin. In response to this outbreak, a great deal of time and effort will be spent quarantining and testing adjacent flocks, and flocks testing positive are depopulated. This virus does not discriminate between large or small flocks, or husbandry type. In the past, large commercial flocks were infected, as well as small hobby flocks. In response to confirmed AI outbreaks, many countries refuse to allow poultry and egg shipments from affected states. Because of the public health and economic consequences, it is important for all poultry owners to do everything they can to prevent infection in their flocks.
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Foundational Crop Scouting Training in May and June |
The Foundational Crop Scouting Training series is designed for entry-level crop scouts with limited or no scouting experience and anyone looking for a refresher course in basic scouting skills. We invite anyone looking for basic scout skills along with those working for crop consultants, industry agronomists, or ag service providers throughout Wisconsin to join us for this hybrid training opportunity. The program will provide crop scouts with the key foundational skills necessary for successfully scouting field crops including corn, soybeans and alfalfa.
Join us for weekly virtual lunch-and-learn webinars that introduce the fundamentals of field crop scouting and apply what you have learned with a half-day hands-on training in the field at one of the three University of Wisconsin Ag Research stations.
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Midwest Alfalfa Insect Regional Survey |
Alfalfa weevil was major issue in western Wisconsin in 2024. The University of Minnesota is leading a Midwest Alfalfa Insect Regional Survey to gather farmer input on alfalfa pest issues.
This survey is primarily meant to assess how farmers are managing alfalfa weevil after reports of resurgences of this pest in some areas of the Midwest to help guide future research and extension recommendations. This survey is also being used to assess needs for other alfalfa insect issues that may need additional focus in the future.
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