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Timely Crop Production Information

All Season Favorites
Wisconsin Weekly Crop Report
Wisconsin Crop Manager Newsletter
2007 Wisconsin Custom Rate Guide
Fond du Lac Co. Daily Posted Prices and Loan Deficiency Gains

Grain Markets from WI Corn Growers Assn.
          CBOT
          Local Cash Grain Bids (enter zip code and select 5 markets)
2007 University of Wisconsin Hybrid/Variety Performance Trials
          Corn - available in pdf or Excel formats
          Soybean - available in pdf or Excel formats
          Alfalfa, Grass, Clovers - also download/view UWEX bulletin

          Wheat - available in pdf, Excel, or bulletin formats
Soybean Rust Monitoring Web Site
2007-08 Quality Tested Hay Auctions Results - Equity Livestock, Lomira
2008 Fond du Lac Growing Degree Unit + Rainfall Accumulations
2008 Alfalfa Scissors-cut Results
June, '08

Planting Corn in June and July! – What can you expect?  - Joe Lauer, UW Extension Corn Agronomist
A Lot of Rain in a Few Days:  a pictorial review

Rain and Flooding Resources
  Flooding Impacts on Corn Growth and Yield
- Joe Lauer, UW Extension Corn Agronomist
  Assessing Flood Damage to Soybean
- Shawn Conley, UW Extension Soybean and Small Grains Agronomist

  Potential for Nitrogen Loss from Heavy Rainfalls - Carrie Laboski, UW Extension Soil Scientist
 
Late and Prevented Planting and Replant Provisions - Paul Mitchell, UW Extension Ag Economist
  Practical Recommendations for Farmers for Rapid Claim Adjustment - Paul Mitchell, UW Extension Ag Economist  
  Floods, Droughts and Crop Insurance: Alternative Uses of Insured Crops
- Paul Mitchell, UW Extension Ag Economist

  Rain Damage to Forage During Hay and Silage Making

Diagnosing Early Season Corn Insect Damage - Bryan Jensen, UW Extension IPM Program
May, '08
So What's Standing Hay Worth?
Determining the Optimum Alfalfa Seeding Rate
"Switch" Date Decisions for Corn Hybrids - Joe Lauer, UW Extension Corn Agronomist
You Can’t Afford to Lose Feed Value This Year! - Brian Holmes, UW-Extension Ag Engineer
Don't Get Caught Fertilizing Weeds
Late-Planted and Replanted Corn Likely to Respond to Starter Fertilizer - Carrie Laboski, UW Extension Soil Scientist
Insect Resistance Management and Refuge Requirements for Bt Corn - Eileen Cullen, UW Extension Entomologist
April, '08

Foliar Fungicides for Winter Wheat in 2008 - Paul Esker, UW Extension Plant Pathologist et al.
Proline Fungicide Approved for Soybean Rust and Powdery Mildew - Paul Esker, UW Extension Plant Pathologist
Field Crop News and Notes
Baled Hay Treatments: Is Yours Legal? - Roger Flashinski, UW PAT Program Director
Does Glyphosate Price Matter? - Chris Boerboom, UW Extension Weed Mgt. Specialist
Following a Crop Production Code of Ethics
Buying Standing Alfalfa.....a tough call
High K Prices....implications for alfalfa
Sweet Corn Herbicide Updates - Chris Boerboom, UW Extension Weed Mgt. Specialist
Glyphosate Resistance Update - Chris Boerboom, UW Extension Weed Mgt. Specialist
Resistance: It’s A Numbers Game - Chris Boerboom, UW Extension Weed Mgt. Specialist
Early and Reduced Rate Applications of Foliar Fungicides for Wheat - Shawn Conley and Paul Esker, UW Extension Soybean and Small Grains Agronomist/Plant Pathologist
Midwest Strip-till Expo - Dick Wolkowski, UW Extension Soil Scientist

March, '08
Early Season Wheat Stand and Yield Assessment - Shawn Conley, UW Extension Soybean and Small Grains Agronomist
Avitec™ Approved for 2008: Corn Seed Treatment to Protect Against Sandhill Crane Damage - Eileen Cullen, UW Extension Entomologist
2007 Custom Rate Guide Available
Plan to Attend: 
Graziers' Gathering  March 27, 2008 
Special note about Quality Tested Hay Auctions
February, '08
Read the Tag and Check the Germ in 2008 - Shawn Conley, UW Extension Soybean and Small Grains Agronomist
Plan to Attend: 
2008 Processed Vegetable Growers Clinic
February 27, 2008
Plan to Attend:  NE Wisconsin Grain Crops Clinic  February 22, 2008
Using Foliar Fungicides on Corn:  2007 Plot Results from UW 
Comments on Ken Ferrie’s Corn/Soy Expo Nitrogen Management Presentation - Larry Bundy,  Retired UW Extension Soil Scientist
Soybean Cyst Nematode Update

Plowing New Ground
January, '08
The Coexistence of Cows, Crops, and People
Plan to Attend: 2008 Agronomy Update Meeting
Plan to Attend: Nutrient Management Training for Farmers
Private Pesticide Applicator Training in FdL County
Nitrogen $ Rate of Return Calculator - MS Excel spreadsheet that calculates MRTN
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