Crops & Soils

Links of Interest

• Crop Budget Cost of Production Calculator for Wisconsin (Excel file, v. 97-2003)
  Although the example in this spreadsheet uses 2012 values, you can calculate your current estimated costs and returns in the “Your Farm” section. Just change the input numbers for corn, fuel and fertilizer costs, etc. to construct enterprise budgets for corn after corn, corn after soybeans, corn silage after alfalfa, corn silage after corn, soybeans, winter wheat, seeding alfalfa and established alfalfa for hay and haylage.
• WI Performance Test Results: Corn Hybrids
• WI Performance Test Results: Soybeans; Winter Wheat; Oats and Barley
• “Buying and Selling Hay and Straw” Web site Information on hay supplies, prices and more, including the weekly “Hay Market Demand and Price Report for the Upper Midwest”,  usually posted  Mondays.
• Dodge County Forage Council (Currently under construction. Check back often.)
• Agronomy
  • UWEX Agricultura & Natural Resources / Team Grains
  • UWEX Team Grains
  • UWEX Agriculture & Natural Resources / Team Forage
  • UWEX Team Forage – Forage Resources
  • Nutrient Management
• Nutrient & Pest Management
  • Soybean Aphid and Plant Stages (.pdf)
• Plant Pathology
• Soil Science
• UW Soils & Plant Analysis
• UW Soybean Web site
• UW Corn Web site 
• WI Corn Growers Association
• WI Soybean Association
• Agricultural Safety & Health – provided by UW Center for Agricultural Safety & Health
• WI Pesticide Applicator Training Program, UW-Madison
• Phone Apps
  • University of Wisconsin – Integrated Pest & Crop Management Apps for N and IPM
  • South Dakota State University Apps for Thistles, Soybean Diseases & Pests, Noxious Weeds &  Grazing
  • University of California-Davis SoilWeb App for real-time, location-based soil queries
  • FarmPAD Mobile Apps for Soil Sampling, Dry Grain and Tank Mixes

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