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Description
In this episode of Talking Crop, University of Wisconsin-Madison corn agronomy Extension specialist, Dr. Harkirat Kaur, and host, Kathryn Seebruck, discuss wildfire smoke effects on corn, drought, the implications of slow GDD accumulation, and silage corn as it relates to mycotoxins, short corn, and tar spot.
Dr. Kaur's "CORNversations with Kaur" blog: https://badgercropnetwork.com/tag/cornversations-with-kaur/
Firesmoke Forecast: https://firesmoke.ca/forecasts/current/
Growing Degree Day (GDD) Calculator: https://mrcc.purdue.edu/tools/corngdd
Article - Tar spot impacts silage corn yield and forage nutritive value: https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/cft2.70031
Talking Crop survey: https://illinois.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2rTSHVPlaNwUq7I
Guest contact: hkaur35@wisc.edu | (510) 356-7133
Host contact: seebruck@illinois.edu | (815) 986-4357