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Potato and Vegetable


First sweet corn field study to be harvested on Wednesday

Four on-farm field trials were conducted this year to evaluate nitrogen (N) fertilizer need for sweet corn.  The first field site is ready to be harvested.  The harvest season has begun!

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USDA predicting reduction in Wisconsin’s sweet corn production for 2009

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Lysimeters are in the ground!

Slow-release and urease inhibitor fertilizer study to begin Monday

New research evaluating the agronomic and environmental effects of slow-release fertilizers and urease inhibitors in potato production will begin on Monday, April 27th.  Fields will be planted at the Hancock Agricultural Research Station.  The funding for this research was provide by the Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Growers Association (WPVGA).