You can subscribe to the weekly Pasture and Forage Minute at: https://gmail.us17.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=5c438ee4998f5db5645a35e0e&id=c2f262f559 CORN STALK QUALITY AFTER WEATHERING – Jerry Volesky Fall rain and snow are good for wheat and next year’s crops, but it does have its drawbacks. One challenge is its impact on corn stalk feed quality. While this fall has been quite dry, there […] Continue reading → 
I introduced the weekly series in September and have since wrote about boron, chloride, cobalt, copper, iron, manganese, molybdenum, nickel and zinc. I covered how each micronutrient is essential to soybeans, known deficiencies or toxicities in the region, factors of micronutrient availability in soil, soil and plant tissue testing, and fertilizer recommendations. Interest and concern […] Continue reading → 
You can subscribe to the weekly Pasture and Forage Minute at: https://gmail.us17.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=5c438ee4998f5db5645a35e0e&id=c2f262f559 SOIL TEST RESULTS: BRAY AND MEHLICH PHOSPORUS – Megan Taylor So you pulled some soil cores and now you have the results in your hand, now what? On your soil test results you will want to check out pH, potassium, phosphorus, and sulfur. Today […] Continue reading → 
You can subscribe to the weekly Pasture and Forage Minute at: https://gmail.us17.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=5c438ee4998f5db5645a35e0e&id=c2f262f559 FERTILIZING PASTURE AND HAY GROUND – Ben Beckman Any farmer worth their salt knows the importance of fertilizing a crop for optimal production. Often, this common knowledge stops at row crops or high value hay like alfalfa. Could a look at your fertility improve […] Continue reading → 
Welcome to part ten of the column series on soybean micronutrients. In previous weeks I discussed boron, chloride, cobalt, copper, iron, manganese, molybdenum, and nickel. I will quickly cover how zinc (Zn) is essential to soybeans, known deficiencies or toxicities in the region, factors of zinc availability in soil, soil and plant tissue testing, and […] Continue reading → Welcome to part nine of the column series on soybean micronutrients. The past several weeks I discussed boron, chloride, cobalt, copper, iron, manganese, and molybdenum. I will quickly cover how nickel (Ni) is essential to soybeans, known deficiencies or toxicities in the region, factors of nickel availability in soil, soil and plant tissue testing, and […] Continue reading → You can subscribe to the weekly Pasture and Forage Minute at: https://gmail.us17.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=5c438ee4998f5db5645a35e0e&id=c2f262f559 BLACK NIGHTSHADE IN CORN RESIDUE – Jerry Volesky Have you noticed any black nightshade in your corn stalks that you are grazing or plan to graze? If these fields have too much black nightshade, be careful, it might be toxic. Black nightshade is common […] Continue reading →