New research has been published regarding neonicotinoid seed treatments (NST). It has been revealed that this soybean treatment provides negligible benefit to U.S. farmers. In recent years the usage of NST has increased, and it is estimated that approximately 50 percent of U.S. soybean planted acreage is treated with this class of insecticide seed treatment.
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Heading into 2017, Wisconsin’s ag community was worried. Rumblings about crop market volatility had both farmers and the bankers who lend to them on edge. So in 2017, Conley, along with Bryan Jensen, Integrated Pest Management specialist for Cooperative Extension and UW horticulture professor, changed up the Annual Agriculture Winter Meeting Series to better meet the needs of farmers. The new spin: pivoting mindsets from growing another bushel to saving another dollar, or focusing on the inputs instead of output.
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Shawn Conley, UW-Extension soybean and small grains specialist, speaks on the 2017 soybean-growing season.
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Shawn Conley how weather variations affect soybeans
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Shawn Conley talks about growing wheat in Wisconsin and the how adding a third crop, such as winter wheat, into a rotation benefits soybean crops.
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Shawn Conley says the 2012 Wisconsin soybean crop is hanging on looking for rain.
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