Planting resources, return of in-season webinars, and more! |
Featured in this monthly newsletter are several webinars, resources, and 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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As Wisconsin farmers prepare for the 2026 growing season, Extension is launching another year of Badger Crop Connect webinars, a twice-monthly series providing timely, data-driven insights for the state’s corn, soybean, small grain, and forage farmers and industries.
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Optimize soybean yields with essential facts on planting dates, seeding rates, and herbicide timing. Dive into these succinct recommendations to help you maximize returns this growing season.
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Whether you’re chasing that 100-bushel mark or simply looking to fine-tune your field management, the 2026 Wisconsin Soybean Yield Contest is your chance to turn data into bragging rights.
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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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| SnapPlus Version 3 Webinar Training Series
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Begins April 21
April – July: Various Dates 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 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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