Crops & Soils
MISSION: To provide producers and related agribusinesses with research-based information that will allow them to make environmentally sound and economically feasible production decision.
Goals:
- Improve agriculture profitability and assure food quality
- Enhance stewardship of the environment
- Develop and serve urban agriculture
Links of Interest
- January 12, 2012 – Evaluating Twin–Row Corn Silage Production (PDF)
- Corn Silage Dry Down site
- Farmer to Farmer Corn & Forage List
- Integrated Pest and Crop Management site
- West Madison Agricultural Research Station
File Downloads
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Getting the Most from Drought Stressed Forages (1 page, 49 KB) Dan Undersander
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Custom Rate Guide 2010 (11 pages, 293 KB)
- Dairy Cattle Feeding Issues with High Moisture Corn, Snaplage, and Dry Shelled Corn (6 pages, 93 KB)
- Field Loss Calculator, Verson 12 (21 KB)
- 2012 Pest Management in Wisconsin Field Crops (280 pages, 3 MB, pdf)
- High Moisture Corn Harvest and Storage Considerations (58 KB)
- 2010 High Moisture Shell Corn Conversion (excel)
- High Moisture Ear Corn Conversion Table (excel)
- How to Price Standing Forage (2 pages, 35 KB)
- Worksheet – How to Price Standing Forage (excel file)
- Understanding Corn Test for Weight(65 KB)
- Spreadsheet for Computing Crop Program Benefits Under the 2002 Farm Security and Rural Investment Act – Developed by Bruce Jones, Professor, UW-Madison Department of Ag
- Weigh Risk of Leaving Standing Corn Through Winter (24 KB)
STAFF
If you have any questions regarding Crops & Soils or Horticulture in Outagamie County, please contact:
Kevin Jarek
Crops, Soils and Horticulture Agent
Outagamie County – UW Extension
3365 W. Brewster St.
Appleton, WI 54914
Phone: 920-832-5119
Wisconsin Relay: 711
Fax: 920-832-4783
Email: kevin.jarek@ces.uwex.edu
