Early season scouting, herbicide rotation interval reminders, and on-farm research |
Featured this month are several resources related to spring management on the farm, insect pest scouting, on-farm research, and more. Read below and visit our website to learn more.
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Timely Articles and Resources |
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It’s almost time to scout for early season insect pests in corn and soybeans. These pests can impact corn and soybean crops above and below ground.
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Cereal rye can be used as high-quality forage for livestock, but careful management of herbicide rotational intervals is essential to ensure legal and effective use.
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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.
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The Wisconsin Certified Crop Adviser (CCA) program has unveiled its new website, WisconsinCCA.org, serving as a comprehensive resource hub for current and aspiring CCAs across the state. This platform is designed to support agronomy professionals with tools, knowledge, and opportunities to enhance their expertise and contribute to sustainable agriculture.
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| The Cover Crop Variety Testing Network Citizen Science Opportunity
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The Cover Crop Variety Testing Network is seeking farmers to join their team as citizen scientists to test different cover crop species and varieties this fall. The goal is to build a national network of cover crop variety trial sites to learn which varieties work best for different regions, management practices, and farming systems. Contact etiennesutton@missouri.edu for more details.
Space is limited! Click here to complete a short sign-up survey by June 15.
To learn more about this collaborative national project, visit the MU Center for Regenerative Agriculture website.
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Most farmers use treated seeds, but insecticides can harm beneficial predators. Some now plant untreated "naked" seed to save money and protect helpful insects. Will chats with colleague Dane Elmquist and farmer Tom Ripp.
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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. beginning April 10
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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April 29 from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Online via Zoom
Join us at our upcoming Free School teach-in where Amirah Mitchell of Sistah Seeds will lead us through the Basics of Seed Saving. Come prepared to learn about plant botany, characteristics and considerations across seed types (like wet seeds versus dry seeds), and how to incorporate seed saving into your season, whether it’s on your porch or on the farm.
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May 15 from 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Marshfield Ag Research Station
This field day is designed for farmers, conservation staff, agronomists, crop advisors, and more to see demonstrations of termination of cereal rye cover crop using a roller crimper and planting into rolled cover crops, learn how to set up a planter to establish row crops into cover cropping systems, learn how cover crops affect the management of nutrients, and learn how farmers from across the state participating in the Wisconsin Cover Crop Data Network incorporate cover crops into their cropping systems.
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August 27, 2025
Arlington Ag Research Station
A day of rotating field talks from faculty experts and researchers in crop management, pest management, forage, and soils.
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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.
An EEO/AA employer, University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension provides equal opportunities in employment and programming, including Title VI, Title IX, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act requirements. Please make requests for reasonable accommodations to ensure equal access to educational programs as early as possible preceding the scheduled program, service, or activity. For communicative accommodations in languages other than English, please contact oaic@extension.wisc.edu. For communicative accommodations based on a disability, please contact Heather Lipinski Stelljes at: heather.stelljes@wisc.edu for the public.
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