Agriculture

Author(s) Horacio Aguirre-Villegas, Michel Wattiaux, Rebecca Larson, Larry Chase, Sanjeewa Ranathunga, Matthew Ruark. The more nitrogen (N) that i...

Author(s) Horacio Aguirre-Villegas, Rebecca A. Larson, Matthew D. Ruark. Wisconsin is a leader in agricultural-based anaerobic digestion, a proces...

Author(s) Amanda Gevens, Michelle Marks. Cucurbit downy mildew is a destructive disease of all plants in the gourd family, including cucumber, wa...

Author(s) K. A. Delahaut. Spotted and striped cucumber beetles damage vine crops like cucumbers, squash, watermelons, muskmelons, and pumpkins. Th...

Author(s) Brendon Panke, Mark Renz. Invasive plants can thrive and aggressively spread beyond their natural range, disrupting ecosystems. The Mana...

Author(s) Brendon Panke, Ryan deRegnier, Mark Renz. Invasive plants can thrive and aggressively spread beyond their natural range, disrupting ecos...

Author(s) Kristin Krokowski. In their effort to serve the community, farmers' market managers must consider the potential of offering Electronic B...

Author(s) Christelle Guédot, Jed Colquhoun, Glenn Nice, Leslie Holland. Revised March 2024. The latest recommendations for disease, insect, and wee...

Author(s) Patricia S. McManus. Leaf spot diseases of cranberry are common in Wisconsin, but losses are usually insignificant. Learn about the thre...

Author(s) P. S. McManus, A. Vasanthakumar, V. Best. Cranberry stem gall is a sporadic problem in Wisconsin. Once infected, vines take several year...

Author(s) Patricia S. McManus. Learn about the fungi that cause fruit rot in cranberries and management strategies. Also describes three disorders...

Author(s) Patricia S. McManus. Cottonball, a disease caused by the fungus Monilinia oxycocci, fills berries with a cotton-like fungus and makes th...

Author(s) Christopher Anderson, Diane Mayerfeld. The drought has left many Wisconsin growers short on forage to feed their animals. As a consequen...

Author(s) Christopher Anderson, Diane Mayerfeld. The drought has left many Wisconsin growers short on forage to feed their animals. As a consequen...

Author(s) Lowell Klessig, Mike Kroenke. A look at Wisconsin agriculture from 1992 to 1997 reveals a surprising trend: part-time farmers (people wh...

Author(s) J. L. Wedberg. This fact sheet details the life cycle of the northern, western, and southern corn rootworms, the damage they can cause,...

Author(s) Joe Lauer Deciding whether to replant a marginal corn field can be difficult: Will a marginal field outproduce a late-planted one? This ...

Author(s) L. G. Bundy Profitable corn production requires an adequate soil fertility program. Insufficient nutrients will lower yields; excess nut...

Author(s) K. A. Delahaut, E. M. Cullen, J. L. Wedberg. The corn earworm Helicoverpa zea can cause serious economic damage to fresh market and pro...

Author(s) Karen Delahaut, Walt Stevenson. Common smut is caused by the fungus Ustilago maydis and is the most widespread disease of sweet corn, oc...

Author(s) Kimberly A. Zeuli, Robert Cropp. For 75 years, Cooperatives: Principles and Practices in the 21st Century has served as a reference man...

Author(s) John Panuska, Laura Ward Good, Richard Wolkowski. This publication focuses on ways to manage corn production on former CRP lands that re...

Author(s) John Panuska, Laura Ward Good, Richard Wolkowski. This publication evaluates phosphorus loss via runoff from a variety of different till...

Author(s) David C. Payer, Brian J. Holmes. This fact sheet is part of a series for dairy farmers and others in the dairy industry concerned about ...

Author(s) Mark A. Purschwitz. Handling manure is an important operation on Wisconsin farms and one that presents potentially life-threatening haza...

Author(s) David C. Payer, Brian J. Holmes This fact sheet is part of a series for dairy farmers and others in the dairy industry concerned about m...

Author(s) Callie L. Herron, Kyle R. Minks, Matthew D. Ruark. A grade stabilization structure (GSS) is an on-farm conservation tool that can effect...

This detailed, illustrated guide will help you identify the 54 most common problem weed species in the north central region of the United States. ...

Author(s) Brendon Panke, Mark Renz. Invasive plants can thrive and aggressively spread beyond their natural range, disrupting ecosystems. The Mana...

Author(s) Brendon Panke, Mark Renz. Invasive plants can thrive and aggressively spread beyond their natural range, disrupting ecosystems. The Man...

Author(s) B. Z. Bradford, J. B. Colquhoun, S. A. Chapman, A. J. Gevens, R. L. Groves, D. J. Heider, G. R. W. Nice, M. D. Ruark, Y. Wang. Coming soo...

Author(s) K. A. Delahaut This publication is packed with practical information for organic and conventional growers who encounter Colorado potato ...

Author(s) Karen Delahaut, Walt Stevenson. Clubroot is an old and serious disease of cole crops, including Brussels sprouts, cabbage, Chinese cabba...

Author(s) Karen Delahaut, Walt Stevenson. Once a very destructive disease, blackleg of cole crops has become less important with the introduction ...

Author(s) Karen Delahaut, Walt Stevenson. Black rot is one of the most serious diseases of cole crops. Learn about black rot's life cycle, how it ...

Author(s) Janet van Zoeren, Christelle Guédot. Codling moth is an insect pest of apple, pear, and walnut crops in Wisconsin. Larval feeding can re...

Author(s) Lois Wright Morton, Linda S. Prokopy, J. Gordon Arbuckle, Chad Ingels, Marilyn Thelen, Robert Bellm, Dennis Bowman, Laura Edwards, Charle...

Author(s) David S. Liebl. This publication offers guidelines for cleaning up farm dumps and spills and disposing of common waste materials that th...

Author(s) John Skinner, Adam Hady. This full-color guide identifies classes, breeds, and varieties of chickens, which come in many colors, sizes,...

Author(s) Damon Smith, Marty Chilvers, Anne Dorrance, Teresa Hughes, Daren Mueller, Terry Niblack, Kiersten Wise. Charcoal rot of soybean is caus...

Author(s) Laurence E. Baumann. The large number of cattle vaccines currently on the market has generated many questions about their content and us...

Author(s) Karen A. Delahaut. This fact sheet covers the imported cabbageworm, the cabbage looper, and the diamondback moth. Scouting tips and effe...

Author(s) Karen Delahaut, Walt Stevenson. Alternaria and Cercospora leaf blights are common fungal diseases of carrot leaves and petioles. Learn a...

Author(s) Brendon Panke, Mark Renz. Invasive plants can thrive and aggressively spread beyond their natural range, disrupting ecosystems. The Man...

Author(s) Brian D. Luck. Often yield monitor calibration falls by the wayside during the harvest-time rush, but taking the time to calibrate your ...

Author(s) K. A. Delahaut. Cabbage maggots are insects that damage cole crops by feeding on the plant's roots and lower stems. Wounds produced by t...

Author(s) Dan Undersander, Jim Morrison, Ellen Phillips, Richard Leep, Paul Peterson, Craig Sheaffer. Buying Horse Hay debunks the myths surroundi...

Author(s) Brendon Panke, Mark Renz. Invasive plants can thrive and aggressively spread beyond their natural range, disrupting ecosystems. The Man...