Author Archive for: shawn conley spconley@wisc.edu
Entries by shawn conley spconley@wisc.edu
Soybean Management Strategies to Facilitate Timely Winter Wheat Establishment in 2018
Article written by Dr. Adam Gaspar and Dr. Shawn P. Conley Winter wheat acres across WI have declined over the past few years due to late grain harvests, disease concerns (FHB or scab) and poor wheat prices, however anyone that lives and works in WI knows that a base number of cereal acres are needed […]
Best Management Practices for Growing Second or Third Year Soybeans
Originally Coauthored by: Shawn P. Conley, Seth Naeve and John Gaska December 14, 2016. Modified by S.P.Conley 1/22/18. Before we start, we fully acknowledge our title “Best management practices for growing second or third year soybeans” is a bit misleading as we do not advocate this practice (its not a BMP!) but we thought we […]
Harvest Considerations for Variable Soybean Maturity
Variable soil types, knolls, flooding and ponding, variable planting dates and late season drought have left many growers with extreme in-field variability of soybean maturity. There are areas in fields where the soybean seed is 13% or less moisture adjacent to areas with green seed. The prevailing question is “When should the grower harvest?” Obviously […]
Fall is Still a Good Time to Sample for SCN and Other Plant Parasitic Nematodes
Ann MacGuidwin, Damon Smith and Shawn P. Conley The WI Soybean Marketing Board (WSMB) sponsors free nematode testing to help producers stay ahead of the most important nematode pest of soybean, the soybean cyst nematode (SCN). Eggs of SCN persist in the soil between soybean crops so a sample can be submitted any time that […]
Start Managing for Fusarium Head Blight Now Before You Plant the 2017/18 Winter Wheat Crop
By Shawn P. Conley and Damon Smith Most WI winter wheat growers dodged the Fusarium head blight (FHB or scab) bullet again in 2017; though many farmers especially those in SW WI became so disgusted with dockage and rejections in both 2014 and 2015 they still didn’t plant a single acre this year. Therefore as […]
Rain Rain Go Away Do I Switch to Soybean From Zea May(s)
As growers begin to contemplate switching intended corn acres to soybean, here is a quick checklist of points and questions to consider or reconsider before making that switch. Do I have a residual corn herbicide down that is not labeled for soybean? If the answer to this question is yes, then Don’t Switch Crops. It […]
Wisconsin Soybean Marketing Board Announces Changes to the 2017 Free Nematode Testing Program
Four out of every five animals on earth today is a nematode so it is not surprising that agricultural fields are home to many nematode species. Fortunately, most nematodes are beneficial to crop growth and soil health because their activities help decompose crop residues and cycle nitrogen and other nutrients. Pest nematodes do not threaten […]
Factors to Consider While Assessing Your 2017 Winter Wheat Crop Stand and Spring Nitrogen Timing
As we begin to contemplate spring and the 2017 winter wheat growing season, many growers and consultants alike are beginning to venture out and across their winter wheat fields to assess winter injury and nitrogen timings. Though it is a bit premature to make any rash decisions regarding crop destruction here are a few considerations […]
Winners of the 2016 WSA Soybean Yield Contest are Announced
The 1st place winner in Division 4, RnK DeVoe Farms of Monroe, grew DuPont Pioneer P31T77R and harvested 98.34 bu/a. In second place, Bahr Farms Inc. of Belmont grew Asgrow AG2535 and harvested 94.02 bu/a. Also in Division 4, the Wisconsin Bean Team of UW Graduate students Adam Gaspar and Steve Vosberg grew DuPont Pioneer […]
