MADISON — UW-Madison crop experts Joe Lauer and Shawn Conley just wrapped up their 2019 Wisconsin Agronomy Update meetings, traveling the state to present information on hybrid and variety performance, share analysis of last year’s growing season and provide updated recommendations for field crop production. ... Read more
FarmlandFinder, a digital toolset for land sale research, has expanded to 12 states throughout the Midwest and launched a suite of tools to help land professionals with farmland acquisition, valuation and analysis.
GRANTON — Paul Vine said he was anticipating the coming of Christmas for a different reason than most. Vine, who runs Vine’s Christmas Trees with his family, said the hectic tree season comes to an end Dec. 25, but the work continues on a tree farm.
Farmers need to continue keeping a close eye on the prevalence of mycotoxins, Alltech representatives Dr. Max Hawkins and Pat Crowley said recently during a December corn silage update.
WISCONSIN DELLS — Farmers that have adopted techniques to plant into growing cover crops, interseed into corn or soybeans and combine living covers and manure are often looked to as innovators, but three farmers on a panel at the UW Discovery Farms Conference in mid-December likely don’t see…
Recent weeks full of rumors, confirmation and headlines have given everyone a lot to talk about but surprisingly, left the markets somewhat directionless.
Wisconsin farmers seeking answers to their marketing, production and business management questions can find them, and much more, at the upcoming 2019 Wisconsin Corn/Soy Expo Jan. 31 through Feb. 1 at the Kahlahari Conference Center, Wisconsin Dells.
WISCONSIN DELLS — Just more than a year ago, on Nov. 30, 2017, Wisconsin Act 100 was signed into law, allowing for the first time in decades farmers in the state to grow industrial hemp under a pilot program. Legislators then turned to the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consu…
PRAIRIE DU SAC — Although Michelle Marks’ doctoral research focused on Wisconsin’s hop industry and its top disease, hop downy mildew, she also had advice for tomato growers in the crowd at the Wisconsin Fresh Market Vegetable Growers Association Fall School on Nov. 28, where she gave a dise…
MIDDLETON — When the Monsanto Company donated its Middleton research and development facility to UW-Madison in 2017, the now Wisconsin Crop Innovation Center became the largest public plant transformation facility in the world. If an identical facility were built today on the UW campus, it w…
WISCONSIN RAPIDS — Walker Cranberry, a seventh-generation cranberry bog, was established in 1946 by Harold and Doris Walker.
As the 2018 growing season comes to an end, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service is contacting producers nationwide to gather final year-end crop production numbers and the amount of grain and oilseeds they store on their farms.
Industrial hemp licensing applications and registrations are available for the Wisconsin 2019 growing season. The deadline to apply is Dec. 31.
Wisconsin Custom Operators Inc. is accepting applications for its Employee of the Year Award. The award honors an employee of a custom farming operation who demonstrates excellence in the areas of safety, efficiency, customer service, environmental stewardship, profitability and, new this ye…
A U.S. Department of Agriculture supply-and-demand update, weather, trade talks and outside market volatility have been the most talked about developments across the board recently.
A new North American Free Trade Agreement, heavy rainfall wreaking havoc across much of the Corn Belt, solid exports for two out of three majors and ethanol margin struggles have been the topics most heavily discussed by traders.
Chippewa County UW-Extension will host the annual Pest Management Update meeting from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Nov. 13 at the Eagles Club, located off Business Highway 53 south, across from Farm and Fleet, in Lake Hallie. UW-Extension specialists in weed science, plant pathology and entomolog…
MOSINEE — They may taste good in July, but you can pick your very own fresh raspberries all the way through the first frost at Lakeview Berry Farm.
Quarterly stocks numbers, harvest progress and trade developments have dominated much of the market conversation.
It appears most of the bearishness that came from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s updated supply-and-demand numbers has moved to the sidelines. Potential changes to Chinese trade policy across the board, ideas of soybean arbitrage on a global scale and talk of inflationary pressure were…
KELLNER — As their name suggests, The Pumpkin Shed in central Wisconsin has specialized in all things pumpkin since 2004. But the farm’s history traces much further back than that.
The Wisconsin Corn Growers Association is accepting entries for the annual Wisconsin Corn Yield Contest. Organized to encourage the development of new and innovative management practices, the contest highlights the importance of using sound agronomic practices in Wisconsin corn production systems.
U.S. suppliers of coarse grains and co-products, industry representatives and members of the grain trade will meet Oct. 22-24 in Minneapolis for Export Exchange 2018. The biennial event is co-sponsored by the U.S. Grains Council, the Renewable Fuels Association and Growth Energy.
Updated U.S. Department of Agriculture numbers, continued trade negotiations, African Swine Fever and a hurricane have captured most of the market headlines recently.
Just in time for fall harvest, the UW-Extension pricing standing corn silage app is available for Apple and Android mobile devices.
Trade negotiations, weather and concerns over the spread of a major hog virus have dominated much of the recent market news.
With new funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Specialty Crop Multi-State Program, Jason Fischbach, UW-Extension Food and Energy Woody Crops Specialist, will begin scaling up a hazelnut industry in the upper Midwest, advancing a project that he and his collaborators have been wor…
A public-private collaboration of researchers at UW-Madison, the University of California in Davis and Mars Inc., have identified varieties of tropical corn from Oaxaca, Mexico, that can acquire a significant amount of the nitrogen they need from the air by cooperating with bacteria.
VERONA — As heavy rains poured down around UW-Madison’s West Madison Agricultural Research Station on Aug. 20, students, professors, community gardeners and vegetable farmers gathered for the Organic Vegetable Variety Research Showcase — a special event held to highlight the many organic veg…
Though the week of Aug. 13 started seemingly weaker with traders still reeling from the previous week’s production outlook surprise, ideas that trade dispute resolution is right around the corner helped push the markets to a higher close. When the closing bell rang on Aug. 17 we saw corn up …
Although it seems early, harvest in the Midwest is only weeks away. Early harvest has been taking place in the South for weeks, but now is when we will start to get a better indication of what total crop sizes may be. So far, yields have been very good, but thoughts are this will change as p…
Weather remains one of the most dominant factors in trade, especially at this time of the growing season. For the most part we have made it through the reproductive stage of development. There are thoughts that now is when final yield is actually determined. August weather is the primary rea…
U.S. corn and soybean crop conditions continue to weigh on the market. At the present time the U.S. corn crop is the highest rated in the past 27 years. The soybean crop is the best rated in the past 29 years. While it is nearly impossible to pin down a yield based on ratings, there is a sig…
U.S. corn and soybean crop conditions continue to weigh on the market. At the present time the U.S. corn crop is the highest rated in the past 27 years. The soybean crop is the best rated in the past 29 years. While it is nearly impossible to pin down a yield based on ratings, there is a sig…
The global corn supply is becoming more of a focal point for the market. According to the latest balance sheets, the world will have a 50-day corn supply at the end of the marketing year. If we remove the highly questioned Chinese corn reserves, this drops to a minimal 31-day supply. Given t…
CHIPPEWA FALLS — The microenvironment in fields can be just as important as the ambient environment when it comes to disease susceptibility, UW-Extension Plant Pathologist Damon Smith said June 27 at a water and irrigation workshop near Chippewa Falls. Irrigation, he said, can change the fie…
JANESVILLE — For the Hughes family, in its sixth generation of farming, extending a crop rotation with small grains and cover crops just makes sense, said Willie Hughes. Established in Rock County in 1844, the farm has changed with the agricultural landscape — with small grains and cover cro…
Seasonal trade patterns are starting to have more of an influence on today’s market. It is not uncommon to see corn futures begin working lower at this time, especially if crops appear to be developing favorably. This is a pattern that tends to last through the end of November before values …
JANESVILLE — Willie Hughes recalled seeing a photograph in an old family photo album of his great-great-grandmother raising industrial hemp during the war effort around 1945. Now he has his own field growing — one of Rock County’s first industrial hemp plots in more than 70 years.
Volatility has started to increase in the market, which is not uncommon at this time of year. This is especially the case on corn where the crop looks good and traders feel there is not much of a need for risk premium. At the same time, we continue to see record corn demand in the global mar…
MARSHFIELD — Visitors to the Marshfield Clinic Health System Innovation Square at this year’s Wisconsin Farm Technology Days could find themselves seeing red.
MARSHFIELD — The latest trends in forage harvesting will take center stage during field demonstrations at this year’s Wisconsin Farm Technology Days in Wood County.
Swiderski Equipment, AGCO and Precision Planting will be hosting Crop Tour 2018 educational field days from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Aug. 15 and 16 near Mosinee.
We are seeing more yield estimates released, which is not uncommon at this point of the year. As always these are being based on crop conditions, which tends to be highly inaccurate at this stage of the year. The most talked about right now are on corn, where some analysts have yield at 182 …
We have seen a shift in attitude surrounding U.S. soybean exports this year. For the majority of the marketing year, soybean loadings have trailed the amount needed to reach yearly projected totals. We have now seen soybean loadings spike, and if the current pace continues, we could actually…
The U.S. Department of Agriculture made moderate reductions to both old- and new-crop corn carryout projections in the June supply-and-demand report. Old-crop ending stocks decreased 80 million bushels to a 2.1-billion-bushel total, and new crop decreased 105 million bushels to a 1.57-billio…
ELK MOUND — When opportunity knocked, Scott Alne answered.
On a splendid May day, Valentin Picasso is visiting tests of a crop called kernza at the Arlington Agricultural Research Station north of Madison. As a perennial, kernza must survive the winter, and that is what the assistant professor of agronomy at UW-Madison is checking.
The city of Waupun and the Wisconsin Soybean Marketing Board announced a joint effort to solicit development of Wisconsin’s first soybean crushing facility.
Weather is becoming more of a factor in price discovery. Rains have moved through the Western Corn Belt and alleviated dry soils in many areas. Others are still deficient on moisture, as are parts of the Eastern Corn Belt. As always, this will generate debate on whether the good regions are …
Wisconsin Honey Queen Hannah Sjostrom will join the Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty in presenting honey and cranberry recipe demonstrations at this year’s Cranberry Blossom Day on Saturday, June 30.