Agriculture

Author(s) Anna Haines, Lynn Markham, Dan McFarlane, Eric Olson, Rebecca Roberts, Linda Stoll. Numerous maps and graphs help tell the tale of how a...

Author(s) Shawn P. Conley, Adam C. Roth, John M. Gaska, Damon L. Smith. Every year, the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agricultural ...

Author(s) Shawn Conley, Adam Roth, John Gaska, Brian Mueller, Damon Smith. Wisconsin winter wheat performance tests are conducted each year to g...

Author(s) Kent Kohn, Thierno Diallo, Joe Lauer. Every year, the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences and the...

Author(s) Teryl R. Roper. This fact sheet helps you determine when various apple cultivars are ripe and ready to pick as well as provides tips on...

Author(s) John Peters, Keith Kelling. This publication describes the considerations for deciding when to apply lime and the best strategy for appl...

Author(s) Eileen Cullen, Jigyasa Jyotika. The Western bean cutworm, a native to North America common to the central high plains and western corn ...

Author(s) Scott Sanford. Using a well water precooler to cool milk can save a dairy farmer up to 15% in electricity. This highly detailed fact she...

Author(s) Jed Colquhoun. This manual provides an objective analysis of organic weed management strategies, based on peer-reviewed and published ap...

Author(s) T. R. Roper. Watercore of apple is a physiologic disorder. The fruit tissue abnormal condition is a response of some apple cultivars to...

Author(s) M. F. Heimann, W. R. Stevenson. Black walnut (Juglans nigra) and butternut (Juglans cinerea) trees produce a toxin called juglone capabl...

Author(s) Editors: A. J. Bussan, George Kraft, Justin Isherwood. When farmers pump huge quantities of groundwater to irrigate fields, the water le...

Author(s) Paul Esker. This reference guide provides information regarding symptoms, risk factors, and management options in order to help improve ...

Author(s) Teresa Hughes, Paul Esker. This reference guide provides information regarding symptoms, risk factors, and management options in order t...

Author(s) Paul Esker. This reference guide provides information regarding symptoms, risk factors, and management options in order to help improve ...

Author(s) Karen Delahaut, Walt Stevenson.  Scab, also called gummosis, is one of the most important diseases affecting vine crops. In cool moist e...

Author(s) Karen Delahaut, Walt Stevenson. Powdery mildew is a foliar disease that occurs late in the season on cucumbers, gourds, muskmelons, pump...

Author(s) Karen Delahaut, Walt Stevenson. Bacterial wilt, caused by Erwinia tracheiphila, is a destructive vascular disorder spread by cucumber be...

Author(s) Karen Delahaut, Walt Stevenson. Anthracnose is a destructive fungal disease of the foliage, stems, and fruit of cucumbers, gourds, muskm...

Author(s) Karen Delahaut, Walt Stevenson. Angular leaf spot is a bacterial disease that can be economically damaging to cucumbers, honeydew melon,...

Author(s) Karen Delahaut, Walt Stevenson. Phytophthora blight is a fungal disease capable of completely destroying zucchini, pumpkin, summer squas...

Author(s) Scott Sanford. This fact sheet covers the mechanical ventilation options used on dairy farms, including box fans and high-volume, low-sp...

Author(s) K. A. Delahaut.  Leafminers are the larval stage of flies, moths, sawflies, and beetles that often cause damage to leafy edible plants s...

Author(s) K. A. Delahaut.  This fact sheet covers vegetable aphids, including the bean, pea, green peach, melon, potato, cabbage, and corn leaf ap...

Author(s) Scott Sanford. Variable speed (VS) milk processors save energy on the dairy farm by slowing the flow rate of milk passing through the pr...

Author(s) Scott Sanford. The vacuum system on a typical dairy farm consumes a sizable amount of electricity. This fact sheet discusses variable sp...

Author(s) Annie Deutsch, Christelle Guédot. Many insects have a highly developed sense of smell, especially those insects that fly at night and t...

Author(s) Richard Wolkowski. Gypsum wallboard left over from building projects can be crushed, sieved, and applied to land at the construction sit...

Author(s) Mark J. Kopecky, N. Larry Meyers, Wally Wasko. This publication explains how ash generated by woodburning industries (such as paper mill...

Author(s) Damon L. Smith, Scott Chapman, Bryan Jensen, Greg Blonde, Bill Halfman, Dan Undersander. This publication provides the latest research o...

Author(s) Jonathan Rivin, Zen Miller, Olivia Matel. Discusses different types of food waste and guidelines for feeding alternative food waste and...

Author(s) Scott Sanford. If you're wondering what you can do to significantly reduce your greenhouse energy costs, consider adding curtains! Green...

Author(s) Scott Gunderson, Greg Wise, John Roach, Dave Muench. Gives reasons why newspaper offers advantages over traditional bedding products (8 ...

Author(s) Yi Wang, Mack Naber. The Canopeo app developed by Oklahoma State University is a powerful, free tool that can assist with monitoring pot...

Author(s) Brian Luck, Jessica Drewry, Jeff Nelson. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones, have the capability to measure crop health in near ...

Author(s) Paul R. Carter, Emerson D. Nafziger, Joe G. Lauer. If soil conditions are not ideal at planting, corn may emerge unevenly. You might eve...