Week of August 23, 2021

Wisconsin Soybean & Corn Disease Update

It has been a while since I posted a corn and soybean disease update for Wisconsin in 2021, and that is because it has been reasonably quiet in the disease world up to this point. However, recent scouting and incoming reports indicate that this could change a bit as we move into August. Let’s take a look at what has happened so far this season and what to keep an eye out for over the next month or so. Continue Reading

Pricing Corn Silage

Grain producers and dairymen annually debate the question, “What is corn silage worth this year?” Corn grain yields can be all over the board due to management and environmental effects. With variability in corn maturity and quality comes variability in price. Most farmers want a pricing method that’s simple yet justifiable.

Check out this article from Extension Corn Agronomist Joe Lauer on pricing corn silage during this harvest season.

Video: Traditions Today and Tomorrow

In this Heart of the Farm Coffee Chat, Nancy Vance and Karen Dickrell, Extension Human Development and Relationship Educators discuss the importance of traditions in one’s family and workplace.

Difficult Decisions in Grain Marketing

Grain and oilseed prices have continued to rise since January 2021, with the December 2021 corn futures price reaching $6.36/bu. in May 2021 (up $2.06/bu. from January 2021), and November 2021 soybean futures prices reaching $14.60/bu. in June 2021 (up $3.48/bu. from January 2021).

Currently, prices remain near the highest in seven years and if prices continue to follow the pattern like 2012, the 2021 December corn futures could reach as high as $7.75/bu. by end of August 2021 and November soybeans could see $17.00/bu.

But how can you protect your prices? Learn more from Extension Livestock and Grain Marketing Specialist Brenda Boetel on understanding the current market dynamics and opportunities to protect your price.

Corn Silage Pricing App

UW-Madison Extension has developed a Smartphone app to provide a simple way to help estimate the market value of corn silage. The app includes links to current corn and hay market prices and allows buyers and sellers to enter their own yield estimates and harvest costs. The difference in values of soil nutrients removed when harvesting silage versus corn for grain is also calculated helping sellers fine-tune their standing value per acre.

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FDL County Corn Silage Dry Down Days

August 24 | 10:00AM-12:00PM

Country Visions Cooperative, 457 W 11th Street, Fond du Lac on Aug 24, 31, & Sept 7.

No Fee
Morning of the dry down day, cut 4-5 stalks at chopper height, representative of the field, from inside the field, avoiding field border and headland effects
We ask that all samples have reached the dent stage
Drop off samples between 10am-noon at Country Visions Cooperative
Provide the following information with samples: name; city/town; contact info; hybrid variety and relative maturity; and planting date

Next-Day Results Link

Diverse Forages for Dairy Operations

August 24 | 1:30-2:15PM

A Live From the Farm event featuring Josh Hiemstra and Becky Wagner.

Topics include:

Feed Value of Forages
Diversified Crop Rotations
Alfalfa and Clover Establishment
Silage Corn

Registration Link

Agronomy/Soils Field Day

August 25 | 8:00AM-12:00PM

Arlington ARS, N695 Hopkins Rd, Arlington, WI

Two speakers at each of the six stops! 3.0 CCA CEUs. Additional information.

Please register by August 15. Registration is required and free.

5th Annual Healthy Soil - Healthy Water Field Day

August 26 | 10:00AM

Oechsner Farms N11172 Co Rd YY Brownsville, WI

Cover Crops: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly, and Why Cover Crops are Still the Way To Go with two speakers, drone demos, and equipment displays. Noon lunch provided.

Please register by August 23. Registration is required and free.

FDL County Corn Silage Dry Down Days

August 31 | 10:00AM-12:00PM

Country Visions Cooperative, 457 W 11th Street, Fond du Lac on Aug 24, 31, & Sept 7.

Next-Day Results Link

Exploring Alternative Forage Systems for Soil Health & Profitability

August 31 | 10:00AM-1:00PM

Double Dutch Dairy-The Stapel Families, W3653 Hotink Rd, Cedar Grove, WI

Topics include:

Forage “Cocktail Mixes” following Triticale & Cereal Rye A Systems Approach to No-Tilling and Manure Utilization
Winter Cereal Establishment for Higher Spring Yields
Higher Fiber Digestibility Improves Animal Performance
Corn Silage Inter-Planted with Multi-Species Forage Mixes
Soil Health & Profitability
Sheboygan River Progressive Farmers Cost-Share Programs

Lunch is provided at no cost. Please RSVP.

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