Tag: Agronomy
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Posted on April 17, 2015
2015 corn season preview – Audio
/RSS Feed2015 corn season preview Joe Lauer Extension Corn Agronomist Department of Agronomy UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (608) 263-7438 (608) 262-1390 jglauer@wisc.edu 2:59 […]
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Posted on April 15, 2015
Using cover crops to replenish soil carbon
Traversing the landscape of the Upper Midwest, there is a high likelihood you’ll see corn fields. Lots and lots of corn fields. Here, leftover stalks […]
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Posted on April 14, 2015
David Duncan: Finding quirk and charisma in microbes
David Duncan loves to think about dirt, and a quick glance at his family tree could lead one to believe he comes by it naturally. […]
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Posted on March 27, 2015
Study finds that climate change is hurting soybean yields
Even during good years, our nation’s soybean farmers are, in essence, taking a loss. That’s because changes in weather patterns have been eating into their […]
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Soybeans and changing climate – Audio
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Shawn Conley, Extension Wheat and Soybean Agronomist Department of Agronomy UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (608) 262-7975 spconley@wisc.edu Soybeans adapting to a variable […]
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Posted on March 12, 2015
ARS student intern inspired by summer of hands-on fieldwork
Before last summer, Vera Swanson’s only exposure to plant sciences had been through classes in introductory biology. That changed big-time when Swanson, a junior majoring […]
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Posted on March 10, 2015
Biofuels in the Yahara Watershed
This video from the UW-Madison’s Water Sustainability and Climate project for the Lakeshore Nature Preserve features Chris Kucharik, associate professor of agronomy. The video is […]
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Posted on February 24, 2015
Moving biofuel cropping systems toward long-term sustainability
By now most of us are accustomed to filling our cars with fuels that are part ethanol, and we know that corn is not only […]
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Posted on January 30, 2015
Resistant weeds expand in Wisconsin – Audio
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Vince Davis, Extension Agronomist Department of Agronomy UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Science vmdavis@wisc.edu Phone: (608) 262-1392 2:58 – Total Time 0:16 – Tough […]
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Posted on December 3, 2014
New sweet corn variety for organic farmers hits marketplace
When the time comes for Wisconsin’s organic farmers to decide which crops to plant next year, they’ll have a tasty new variety of sweet corn—one […]
