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2010 YEAR-IN-REVIEW ~ TABLE OF CONTENTS What’s New 2010 Agronomy/Soils Field Day 14 2010 Agronomy/Soils Field Day 63 2010 CCA Pre-test Training 124 2010 Pest Management Update Meetings 120 2010 Soil, Water, & Nutrient Management Meetings Scheduled 127 2010 Wisconsin Soybean Yield Contest 17 2011 Agronomy Crop Production and Management Meetings 138 2011 UW-Madison, IPM Field Scout Training Class 135 Atrazine Restrictions Proposed for More 126 Carl Nachreiner: WI CCA of the Year 46 Communication Methods Survey to Help Us More Effectively Reach You 78 Corn Disease Management Surveys 21 Dr. Larry Binning to Answer Weed Management Questions in Annual Cropping Systems 12 Free Alerts Via Email or Text Message for Fusarium Head Blight in Wheat in 2010 34 High Yield agriculture slows pace of global warming, say FSE researchers 63 New Online Registration for UW Crop Diagnostic Training Center Workshops 63 Nitrogen Management is the highlight of the 40th North Central Extension-Industry Soil 120 Fertility Conference Nominations Sought for 2011 WI CCA of the Year 134 Nutrient Management Farmer Education Curriculum Updated 134 Organic Farming Conference and Organic University to offer Continuing Education Units for 1 Certified Crop Advisors Pest Management Fast Facts Update 1 Pest Management Field Day 55 Pest Management Field Day, July 6 58 Pest Management Field Day, July 6 68 Pest Management Update Meeting Reminder 126 Thank-you for responding to the “Communication Methods” 138 The Complete Wisconsin Crop Manager-Volume 16 is Now Available 1 Updated Nutrient Management Publications 58 UW-River Falls Field Scout Training Class 4 Wisconsin Crop Management Conference and Tradeshow Turns 50! 138 Crops Drying Process of Corn Standing in the Field over Winter 5 24, 45, 54, 64, 66, 69, Vegetable Crop Update 2010 78, 85, 90, 95, 99, 102, 111 2010 Wisconsin Corn Hybrid Performance Trials 140 2010 Wisconsin Soybean Variety Test Results 143 2011 Wisconsin Oats and Barley Performance Tests 143 Alfalfa stand assessment: Is this stand good enough to keep? 14 Are Early Season Applications of Foliar Fungicides Needed for Corn in Wisconsin? 48 Assessing Hail Damage in Mature Soybeans 121 Clovers Coming Up in Alfalfa Fields 54 Considerations when using the end-of-season corn stalk nitrate test 113 Could Herbicide Persistence Damage Your Cover Crops? 130 Cover Crops and Crop Insurance 119 Wisconsin Crop Manager Delayed Soybean Emergence and Cotyledon Loss 46 Don’t forget about SURE 115 Factors to consider if Using Lower Soybean Seeding Rates in 2010 17 Federal Disaster Assistance for Farmers Affected by Recent Floods 129 Get Your Wheat Seed Order in Early 102 Grain Storage Resources 120 Increasing Corn Production Costs Cut into Profits 117 Insuring forage for SURE 115 Late Summer Cutting Management of Alfalfa 101 Mid-term CRP Land Management of smooth brome: 2010 Update 23 Muck and Mold Impacting your Harvest? 121 Now Available: A YouTube Video on Establishing a Good Alfalfa Stand 54 Plant Height Impact on Wheat Yield 48 Preparing for Grain Storage 117 Pressured to Place that Corn Seed Order? 128 Production Efficiency is featured in the 2010 PEPS Program 84 Seed Treatment Choices for Growers Planting RR2Y Soybean in 2011 48 So Far, A Great Start for Corn, But Just An Average Weather Year 69 Synchrony of Silage Grain and Stover Drydown 100 The Risk in Early Planting Dates 34 Top 7 Recommendations for Winter Wheat Establishment in 2010 108 Troubleshooting Crop Injury Checklist 59 Troubleshooting Fields Using Plant Analysis 51 Updated Nitrogen Application Rate Guidelines for Corn 25 Weekly Hay Market Demand and Price Report for the Upper Midwest 101 Wisconsin Winter Wheat Performance Tests – 2010 95 YouTube Video on Soybean Early Season Injury Questions 48 Fertility & Soil Does a Custom Manure Hauler Need to be a Certified Pesticide Applicator to Apply Instinct 2 Anaerobic Digestion of Animal Manure to Produce Soil Amendments 2 Are you using N-Serve or Instinct? 144 Get Your Boots Muddy at the Soil Doctors Booth at Farm Technology Days 70 Livestock Manure: Is it liquid or solid? 136 Managing Rutted Fields 135 MicroSPEC: A decision philosophy for managing micronutrients 50 Nutrient of the Month: Nitrogen (N) 122 Nutrient of the Month: Zinc (Zn) 78 Such a thing as too dry? Conditions may be deceiving 135 Use Web Soil Survey to Create USDA-NRCS Soil Map for Your Farm 144 Using SNAP Plus as a Teaching Tool 144 Winter Manure Applications: It’s About Risk Management 4 Plant Disease Managing Late Blight in Tomatoes 5 29 Understanding Factors that Influence the Efficacy of Seed Treatments Current Statewide Findings for Sudden Death Syndrome and Brown Stem Rot in Soybean 102 Eyespot of Corn 74 Fusarium Head Blight Forecast – 27 May 2010 51 Fusarium Head Blight Update – 9 June 2010 61 Late Blight in Potatoes 79 Late Season Stem Diseases – Look Closely 92 Looking Ahead in the Wheat Crop – Fusarium Head Blight 49 Management Recommendations and Considerations for Winter Wheat Based on Early Season 21 Wheat Diseases Plant Disease Diagnostic Clinic (PDDC) Update 28, 32, 40, 53, 66, 70, 76, 80, 83, 85, 91, 93, 99, 102 Reports of Frogeye Leaf Spot in Soybean 93 Wisconsin Crop Manager Reports of White Mold – Soybean Too Late to Spray 90 Resistance to Strobiliurin Fungicides 137 Scouting for Corn Diseases Late in the Growing Season 93 Scouting for Sudden Death Syndrome in Soybean 89 Soil Sampling for Nematodes in Corn and Soybean-Recommendations Available in New Fact 136 Sheet Southern Corn Rust Found in Wisconsin 113 Vegetable Disease Update 55, 76 White Mold in Soybean in 2010-Factors to Consider 68 Insects and Mites “Refuge-in-a-bag” Registration Approved by US EPA for Optimum Acremax 1 38 2010 Western Bean Cutworm Trapping Survey-Call for Wisconsin Cooperators 59 Alfalfa Caterpillars and Green Cloverworms 81 Alfalfa Weevil 60 Armyworm Notice 60 Black Cutworm Field Observation 35 Black Cutworms 35 Celery Leaftier Moths: numerous, but not a field crop pest 91 Corn Earworm Alert for Upper Midwest Region 90 Green Cloverworm in Soybean 83 Handy Bt Trait Table 136 Keeping Up with Bt Corn Insect Traits and Refuge Requirements 36 More Armyworms 65 Potato Leafhoppers 74 Protect Your Corn from Cranes 39 Refuges have more value than for IRM 54 Second Generation Armyworms? 79 Slug Damage to Soybean 60 Slugs in Corn and Soybean 61 Slugs in Seeding Year Alfalfa under Cover Crop 92 Soybean Aphid numbers quite low overall 86 Soybean Aphid Overwintering Update 44 Spot Check for Alfalfa Weevil 32 Stored Grain Insect Management 118 Trochanter Mealybug in Soybean?: What to look for 82 True Armyworm Reminders for Corn and Small Grains 43 Western Bean Cutworm Eggs Masses and Larval Hatch Underway 75 Western Bean Cutworm Moth Flight Peak and Larval Movement to corn ears 85 Winter Wheat Planning Date and Aphid-Vectored Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus: Use “fly free date” 102 to minimize the risk Yellow (Sulphur) Butterflies in Alfalfa 111 Weeds New Factsheets Available that Focus on Invasive Plant Control 44 Five More New Factsheets Available that Focus on Invasive Plant Control 66 NR 40 Training Sessions 95 Weed Doctor’s 2010 Farm Technology Days Biggest Weed Contest Winners 111 Five More Factsheets Available that Focus on Invasive Plant Control 111 New Weed ID Book Available 114 Ideal Conditions for Perennial Weed Management 131 Equipment Spring Planter Checkup 12 Calibrating your grain drill or seeder can save both seed and money 14 Planter Field Adjustments 19, 23 Could Oil Sampling Save you Money? 122 Saving Time and Fuel during Fall Tilling 130 Wisconsin Crop Manager Volume 17 Number 1 - - - University of Wisconsin Crop Manager - - - January 21, 2010 What’s New? Crosse Center in La Crosse, WI. A total of 96.75 CEU’s have The Complete Wisconsin Crop Manager-Volume 16 is been assigned in the areas of Crop Management (35.25), Pest Now Available .................................................................. 1 Management (23.75), Soil and Water Management (17.75), Pest Management Fast Facts Update ................................. 1 Nutrient Management (4.5), and Professional Development (15.5). Organic Farming Conference and Organic University to The Organic Farming Conference (February 26, 27) is billed offer Continuing Education Units for Certified Crop Advisors ............................................................................ 1 as the foremost educational and networking event in the organic farming community in the United States and attracts more than Fertility & Soil 2,600 attendees. The conference emphasizes “practical Does a Custom Manure Hauler Need to be a Certified workshops designed to help beginning, transitional, and Pesticide Applicator to Apply Instinct .............................. 2 experienced organic farmers.” Workshops are led by experienced practitioners as well as researchers and educators Anaerobic Digestion of Animal Manure to Produce Soil from several Midwest universities. There is also a pre- Amendments ..................................................................... 2 conference Organic University, February 25, which offers intensive day-long sessions on specific topics in organic agriculture. There is also a trade show featuring more than 140 exhibitors from resource groups, certification agencies, buyers, The Complete Wisconsin Crop Manager- processors, cooperatives and suppliers in the organic industry. Volume 16 is Now Available Although a relatively small percentage of the U.S. food The complete Wisconsin Crop Manager-Volume 16 is now supply, sales of organic food products grew 20 percent per-year available on our website. To view all the 2009 issues of the for the 15 years preceding 2008. Organic farming in Wisconsin Wisconsin Crop Manager in one PDF file complete with a table grew 90 percent from 2002 to 2007. The 2007 US Ag Census of contents click here. lists sales of organically produced commodities in Wisconsin valued at $80,630,000. Wisconsin ranks second in the United Pest Management Fast Facts Update States for number of organic farms.