IN THIS ISSUE OF AG UPDATE
- DROUGHT RESOURCES
- Preemergence herbicides
- Emergency forages
- Side dressing in hot & dry weather
- Dodge & Fond du Lac Counties Summer Twilight Meeting
- Winter wheat disease update
- NEW episode of Field Notes on Strip Tillage
- Fecal starch calculator
- Footbath management
- Farm succession planning: the messy middle
- Other resources
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Starry Nights Farm Pasture Walk | Kenosha County - June 8, 2023; 5 PM - 7 PM | 7500 352 Ave., Burlington, WI. Making farming more profitable with less impact. Meet the Kenosha Co. Regenerative Producers, a new farmer-led watershed protection group. Tour a multi-species grazing farm and see a rainfall simulation.
Badger Crop Connect: Timely Crop Updates for Wisconsin - June 14, 2023: 12:30 PM. Seasonal insect management and post-emergent weed control considerations. Register HERE.
Giant Ragweed Management Plot Tour - June 15, 2023; 9 AM | Rock County Farm, 200 US-14 (N of entrance to Rock Co Jail) Janesville, WI. Free event. Learn more about integrated giant ragweed management in corn and soybean production fields. Brat lunch provided following tour.
Stock Family Farm Pasture Walk - June 21, 2023; 5 PM - 7 PM | W1749 Bente Rd., Helenville, WI. Sheep and poultry grazing, forage quality and quantity enhancements from pasture renovation.
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The cold and wet early days of the 2023 growing season seem long ago. While pop-up thunderstorms have led to precip in the area for some farms, others have not seen much more than a drop since the second week of May. Corn and soybean seedlings require very little water after the initial soil moisture required for emergence. Water use begins to ramp up as the plants move to the later vegetative stages and peaking at silking in corn and pod filling in soybean. That being said, there are tweaks to make in management now in order to better set yourself up for success. Extension is assembling drought resources, which will be coming available shortly on teh state Crops and Soils website. The resources below might be helpful when thinking about forage quantity, effectiveness of herbicides, and sidedressing in hot and dry conditions.
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Preemergence herbicides, dry soils and rain
(2021 article by Dr. Bob Hartzler; Iowa State University)
The potential for continued dry weather across the state raises concerns about the impact of dry soils on preemergence herbicides. Preemergence herbicides kill weeds by being absorbed into the seed as the seed imbibes water. To be effective, the herbicide must be located within the soil profile at the depth where weed seeds germinate (primarily the upper inch of soil). In addition, there must be sufficient water to keep the herbicide dissolved in soil water. Both factors can be adversely affected by limited rain early in the season.
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Emergency Forage Options
The optimum crop to plant for emergency forage should be determined by 1) when and how it will be utilized, 2) the forage quality needed, and 3) seed availability and cost.
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Considerations for corn sidedress nitrogen applications during hot, dry conditions
It has been abnormally dry throughout much of Wisconsin this spring. Current weather forecasts are for hot and dry conditions to persist for at least the next 10 days. A few farmers and agronomists have asked if they should make any changes to their corn sidedress N application plans based on the current, and forecasted, weather. Below are a few things to consider.
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Dodge County Forage Council hosts Summer Twilight Meeting
Wednesday, June 14, 2023 at 7 PM | Condon Dairy Farm
Every year the Forage Councils for Dodge and Fond du Lac Counties rotate hosting their annual Summer Twilight Meeting. This year, Dodge County will be hosting the Twilight meeting on Wednesday, June 14, 2023, at Condon Dairy Farm, W5763 Prospect Rd., Horicon, WI.
Keynote speaker is Bill Powel-Smith, Founder and CEO of LandCares, and a GPS Dairy consultant. Mr. Powel-Smith will be speaking on the in's & outs of growing, harvesting, and feeding alternative forages, and where do alternative forages fit into a crop plan and dairy diet.
Food and beverages will follow the program.
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Wisconsin Winter Wheat Disease Update-May 31, 2023
Damon L. Smith, Extension Field Crops Pathologist, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Diseases of wheat in Wisconsin have basically been non-existent this season. Dry weather is leading to virtually no disease issue with the exception of one disease. Like 2021, powdery mildew is starting to show up on susceptible varieties. This one fungal disease likes to break the rules of cool and wet. Let’s discuss this disease further and then dig in a bit on what you should do for disease management as we move through the rest of the 2023 winter wheat season.
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Field Notes Podcast | Episode 9: Strip Tillage
On this episode of Field Notes we dig into the question: to till, or not to till, or somewhere in between? Strip tillage is not as common in Wisconsin as full width tillage or no till, but it presents an opportunity to reduce soil disturbance and improve soil aggregation, while also gaining some of the benefits of full width tillage like early season soil warming and fertilizer incorporation.
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Forage Council Poster Contest
The Dodge County Forage Council will once again be holding their annual Poster Contest for youth exhibitors in a 4-H Club or FFA Chapter. See link for contest rules. Submit by August 1st!
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Fecal starch calculator - background and guide
Starch digestibility varies greatly within and among feedstuffs and thus, evaluating starch digestibility is essential for satisfactory diet formulation, nutritional management, and income over feed costs. Commercial laboratories that offer feed analysis have multiple options to measure starch digestibility of feeds and forages, and fecal starch is one of these options.
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Footbath management
Footbaths are the most commonly used management tool to control Digital Dermatitis (DD) on dairy farms. Proper footbath use will make DD management more effective and save money by reducing the amount of solution used. Footbaths are designed for disinfecting hooves and preventing DD, not for therapy or treatment. Once a cow has DD, she cannot be cured, only managed.
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The messy middle of farm succession planning
How would you describe your attitude or emotions to the words “farm succession planning”? Excited, hopeful, motivated? Or maybe the words that come to mind are apprehensive, stressed, or conflicted. Perhaps at different times all these words can be used to describe your attitude about farm succession. Transferring the assets and management of the farm business is what I call “Big Change”. It can be exciting to think about the business continuing to the next generation and even good things are stressful when there is Big Change connected to it.
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Alternative Forage Research Study - The UW-Madison Division of Extension is looking for farms to participate in a research project involving alternative forages. Monetary compensation and summary of reports as incentives.
Pain Management Survey - The division of Extension seeks participants in a Pain Management Survey. This survey aims to collect information from farmers about their use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for various conditions/procedures in cattle.
Learn the most up-to-date information on topics including diary and livestock production, forages and farm management.
Dairy resources from UW-Madison Division of Extension
The Farmer to Farmer Hay, Forage and Corn List put Wisconsin's farmers in touch with one another for the purpose of buying and/or selling corn and forage.
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| Will Fulwider
Regional Crops Educator - Dane and Dodge County Extension
Email: will.fulwider@wisc.edu l Ph: 608 220 3577
Alison Pfau
Regional Dairy Educator - Dane, Dodge, Jefferson, Rock & Walworth County Extension
Email: alison.pfau@wisc.edu | Ph: 970-402-9710
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