WICST Publications
Our publications are organized by research theme. Please browse the menu
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Orientation Articles
Bridging the Gap Between Station Research, the
Producer, and the Consumer (1992)
Radially Organized Teams (1994—abstract
)
Radially Organized
Teams (1994—full report. PDF file.)
Core Systems Trial
Combining Agroecology with Production Agronomy
(1995 - abstract)
Combining Agroecology with Production
Agronomy (1995 - full report)
Walworth Farm
Program Cited Nationally (External link - 1995)
Restoring Culture
of Farming with Alternative Practices Favoring Profits and Ecology (External
link - 2000)
WICST: Origins and an Analysis of the First Ten
Years (2001)
Comparing Upper Midwestern farming systems:
Results from the first ten years of the Wisconsin Integrated Cropping Systems
Trial (2001)
Crop and
Livestock Systems for Improved Stewardship and Profitability (External
link - 2002)
The Wisconsin Integrated Cropping Systems Trial Tenth Report—2003 and 2004 (2005)
Core systems trial: Protecting the environment
Monitoring Fall Nitrates in WICST 1990-1995 (1995)
The Effect of Various Crops on Bromide Leaching
to Shallow Groundwater Under Natural Rainfall Conditions (1998)
Energy use (1992-2000 ) and Output/Input ratios for
the Wisconsin Integrated Cropping Systems Trial (2000)
Quantifying the Impact of Preferential Flow on
Field-scale Chemical Transport Under Two Steady-state Conditions in Silt
Loam Soil (2000)
Nitrate + Nitrate-N Concentration in Groundwater
at the Lakeland Agricultural Complex 1991-1998
Potentially Leachable Fall Nitrate in the
0–2 Foot Soil Depth at ARS and LAC (1993–2000) with Constrasts
Fall Nitrates in the Top 3 ft. of Soil at the
Arlington Research Station in 1991-2000
Using Pre-Plant Nitrate Test To Reduce N Inputs on
Corn: 11-Year History
on the WICST Plots (2002)
Leaching of Agricultural Chemicals to Tile Drains
on WICST Trial (2002)
Vertical Distribution of Phosphorous in Wisconsin
Cropping Systems (2002)
Assessing Nitrogen Mineralization to Refine Nitrogen
Rates for Crops to Minimize Losses (2002)
A Comparison of Low-Input Grain Systems on WICST:
1995-2002 (2002)
Vertical Distribution of Phosphorous Under Long Term Cropping Trials (2005)
Does Diversification Reduce Fall Nitrates: Data from WICST (2005)
Fall Nitrates in the top 3-ft of soil at Arlington Research Station in 1991-2004 (2005)
Core systems trial: Outreach
Oaklink.com (external link)
Center for
Integrated Agricultural Studies (CIAS) Research Briefs (external link)
Outreach reports:
Communications Officer Reports:
1997 & 1998
1996
Research
Update from the Michael Fields Agricultural Institute newsletter (External
link - 2002)
WICST Educational Outreach 2003 and 2004 (2005)
Core systems trial: Prairie establishment
Establishing Prairie on Nutrient Rich Soils
(2000)
Comparing the Establishment of Two Tallgrass
Prairie Seed Mixes on Agricultural Soils in Southcentral Wisconsin
(2002)
Prairie Establishment in Agricultural Soils (2002)
Restoring Native Grassland in Southern
Wisconsin: Experiences with Oak Savanna and Tall Grass Prairie (2003)
Core systems trial: Productivity and profitability
Economic analysis:
Farm Business
and Financial Management for Full-Time and Part-Time Farmers (External
link - 1995)
Diverse
Cropping Systems Outperforming Continuous Corn in WICST (External
link - 1996)
1992-1998 Economic Analysis of the Wisconsin Integrated
Cropping Systems Trial (1998)
Economic Analysis of the Wisconsin Integrated Cropping
Systems Trial 1992-2000 (2000)
WICST Commodity Price Analysis (2000)
Labor Flow Analysis (2000)
Ecology and
Economics Don't Necessarily Conflict (External link - 2000)
Gross Margin Data (2001)
Rotational Grazing With Dairy Heifers on WICST:
c. Economic Summary (2002)
Economic Analysis of WICST: Gross Margins and the Impact
of Government Programs,
1992-2002 (2002)
Gross Margins of the WICST Cash-Grain Systems (2005)
Production analysis:
Corn Response to Commercial Fertilizer in Cropping
System Three at Lakeland, 1997 (1998)
Effects of Crop Rotations on Nitrogen Availability
to a Subsequent Corn Crop (1998)
Yields and Profits of a Low-External-Input Cropping
System Compared to a Moderately-Low-External-Input Cropping System (2000)
Energy use (1992-2000 ) and Output/Input ratios for
the Wisconsin Integrated Cropping Systems Trial (2000)
WICST Management-Intensive Rotational Grazing of Dairy
Heifers (2000)
Low-input
forage rotation: similar returns, reduced costs (CIAS Research Brief #53)
(2000)
Yields and Profits of a Low-External-Input
Cropping System Compared to a Moderately-Low-External-Input Cropping
System (2000)
WICST: An Analysis of the Crop Yields (2001)
Yield and Yield Variability: 10 Years of
Comparing Alternative Cropping Systems (2002)
Using Pre-Plant Nitrate Test To Reduce N Inputs on
Corn: 11-Year History
on the WICST Plots (2002)
Rotational Grazing With Dairy Heifers on WICST:
Animal
Performance Summary (2002)
Rotational Grazing With Dairy Heifers on WICST:
Pasture Productivity and Quality (2002)
Identifying Value-Added Traits in Expanded
Cropping Systems: An Update on Exploratory Trials (2002)
Assessing Nitrogen Mineralization to Refine Nitrogen
Rates for Crops to Minimize Losses (2002)
A Comparison of Low-Input Grain Systems on
WICST: 1995-2002 (2002)
The Wisconsin Integrated Cropping Systems Trial:
1. Corn Yields and Yield Variability, 1992-2002 (2002)
Crop Yields and Variability of Five Cropping Systems
in the Upper Midwest (2003)
The Wisconsin Integrated Cropping Systems Trials: Yields, Yield Variability, and Yield Trends 1990-2002 (2005—PDF)
Yields from WICST at Arlington Agricultural Research Station, 1992-2005 (2005—PDF table)
WICST Forage Systems Comparison: a. Production, Milk Models and Gross Margins (2005—PDF)
Rotational Grazing with Dairy Heifers on WICST: a. Pasture and Heifer Productivity (2005—PDF)
Evaluation of the Illinois Soil Nitrogen Test for Corn Production in Wisconsin (2005—PDF)
Core systems trial: Soil health and biodiversity
Overview:
NRI Soil Biodiversity Project Sampling and Data
Collection (1995)
Preliminary Report on Developing Sampling Procedures
and Biodiversity Indices (1996)
Molecular
Microbial Diversity of an Agricultural Soil in Wisconsin (External
link - 1996)
The Relevance of Biodiversity to the Sustainability
of Agricultural Systems: A Progress Report (1998)
Root health:
Root Health and Soil Structure
Under Different Management Systems (1995)
Biodiversity of Pythium and Fusarium from Zea mays
roots in different cropping systems (1996)
The Effects of Organic Manures, Grazing, and Biodynamic
Growth Regulators on an Alternative Cropping System (2000)
The Effect of Farming Systems on the Relationship
of Corn Root Growth to Grain Yields (2000)
A Comparison of Mcorrhizal Colonization in Corn in
Continuous and Organic Systems (2002)
Soil health:
Descriptive and Analytical Characterization
of Soil Quality/Health (1994)
Assessment of Soil Health and Quality in
the Agrosystems of WICST (1995)
Root Health and Soil Structure
Under Different Management Systems (1995)
Short-term Effects of Nitrogen Fertilization
on Soil Organic Nitrogen Availability (1995)
Soil Microbial Diversity and the Sustainability
of Agricultural Soils (1995)
How Farmers Assess Soil Health and Quality
(1995)
Residue Decomposition: A Review of the First Four
Years of Results (1996)
NRI Project Summary 1996: Soil Quality and Soil Health
Component (1996)
Soil Microbial Biodiversity in Agroecosystems
(1996)
Descriptive Aspects of Soil Quality/Health
(1996)
Conceptual Framework for Assessment & Management
of Soil Quality/Health (1996)
Farmer-Based Assessment of Soil Quailty: A
Soil Health Scorecard (1996)
Soil Quality: A Concept, Definition, and Framework
for Evaluation (1997)
Changes in WICST Soil Quality 1993–1998
(1998)
Reservations Regarding the Soil Quality
Concept (1999)
Crop Rotation Effects in Soil Hydraulic Properties (2002)
A Note on Soil Organic Carbon, Soil Organic Nitrogen, and Particulate Organic Matter on the WICST Plots (2005)
Arthropods and cropping systems:
Analysis of Soil Macroarthropods Associated with
Pitfall Traps in the Wisconsin Integrated Cropping Systems Trial, 1995
(1996)
Soil Invertebrates Associated with 1996 Soil Core
Sampling and Residue Decomposition (1996)
Soil Invertebrates: The Diversity of Collembola
Associated with Decomposition Bags in 1995 and 1996 (1998)
Soil Invertebrates: The Diversity of Collembola
Associated with 1997 Soil Core Samples (1998)
A List of Wisconsin Springtails with New Records
and Annotations (1999)
Abundance and Diversity of Epedaphic Springtails
in Southern Wisconsin (abstract) (2002)
Effect of Four
Cropping Systems on the Abundance and Diversity of Epedaphic Springtails
in Southern Wisconsin (full text) (External link - 2002)
Earthworms, nematodes and cropping
systems:
Earthworm Populations at the Wisconsin Integrated
Cropping Systems Trial (2000)
Earthworm Populations in Six Midwestern Cropping
Systems (2002)
Diversity of Nematodes in the Wisconsin Integrated
Cropping Systems Trial
Earthworm Populations on the WICST Plots: 1999-2001 (2002)
Soil chemical characteristics
Coupling of H and N cycles in several common agroecosystems
of Midwestern United States (2000)
Poster
on WICST Soil Chemical Characteristics (External link - 2000)
Coupling of H+ and N Cycles in Several
Common Agroecosystems of Midwestern United States (2002)
Soil Acidification Processes in Agroecosystems at Wisconsin Integrated Cropping System Trials (2005)
Core systems trial: Soil fertility
Refining the Sampling Plan for Routine Soil
Tests (1994)
Monitoring Soil Test Phosphorus and Potassium Changes
in the WICST Trial (1995)
Vertical Distribution of Phosphorous in Wisconsin
Cropping Systems (2002)
Core systems trial: Weeds
Best Management Practices for Corn Weed
Control (1991)
Comparison of Cultivators & Early
Season Weed Managment Strategies in Corn (1992)
The Rotary Hoe: Maximizing Its Weed Control
Effectiveness (1993)
Improving Weed Control Using a Rotary Hoe (1996)
Weed Seed Bank Changes: 1990 to 1998 (1998)
Cash Grain Cropping System Impact on Weed Populations
Processes (2002)
Weed Seedbank Community Changes on the Wisconsin Integrated Cropping Systems Trial (WICST): 1992-2004 (2005)
Cover Crops Project
Legume Cover Crop Options for Grain Rotations
in Wisconsin (1993)
On-Farm Cover Crop Research and Demonstration
Projects (1994)
Alternative Legumes for Cover Crops (1994)
Legume Cover Crops as Nitrogen Source for Corn
in an Oat-Corn Rotation (1995)
Synchrony Between Legume Nitrogen Release and
Corn Demand (1995)
Legume Cover Crops in Wisconsin: A Guide
for Farmers (1996)
WICST On-Farm Cover Crop
Research (1996)
Performance, Economics, and Adoption of Cover Crops
in Wisconsin Cash Grain Rotations (1998)
Summer Seeded Cover Crops — 1996 through 1999 (2000)
SARE Final Report: Using Small Grain Cover Crop Alternatives to Diversify
Crop Rotations (2000)
Decision aid tools
Whole-Farm Nutrient Budgeting on Twenty-Eight
Farm Operations in Southern Wisconsin (1996)
The Crop Rotation Options Program (CROP) for Whole-Farm
Planning/Scenario Testing (1998)
Presentation of Crop Rotations Option Program
(CROP) for NRCS (2001)
Grass-Based Dairy
Overview of the Krusenbaum
grass-based dairy farm:
Facing Farming on the Urban Fringe (from
the Janesville Gazette—1997)
Constant Goal, Changing Tactics: A Wisconsin
Dairy Farm Start-Up (1998)
Krusenbarm Farm Map (2001)
An organic dairying
overview from the Krusenbaum farm studies (CIAS Research Brief #16)
Land stewardship
practices on the Krusenbaum organic dairy farm (CIAS Research Brief
#17)
Herd analysis:
Krusenbaum Dairy Herd Health and Production Report,
1997 and 1998 (1998)
Krusenbaum Dairy Herd Health and Production Report
– 1999 (2000)
Monitoring Cattle Performance on Pasture at the Krusenbaum Farm (2005)
Machinery analysis:
Krusenbaum Farm Machinery Analysis, 1990-98
(1998)
Krusenbaum Machinery Analysis, 1999 (2000)
Agronomy:
Evaluation of Potassium Fertilization for Improved
Forage Yield and Quality (2000)
Effect of Aeration on Yield and Quality of Pasture
Forage at the Krusenbaum Farm (2000)
Effect of Additional Manure on Yield and Quality
of Pasture Forage at the Krusenbaum Farm (2000)
Core systems trial grazing research:
Rotational Grazing With Dairy Heifers on WICST:
Animal Performance Summary (2002)
Rotational Grazing With Dairy Heifers on WICST:
Pasture Productivity and Quality (2002)
Rotational Grazing With Dairy Heifers on WICST:
Economic Summary (2002)
Manure Management
IFAFS Work at Lakeland Agricultural Complex, 2001-2002 (2002)
Manure in Cash-Grain Systems (2002)
Manure on Grass Leys for Improved Manure Management (2002)
Improving Nutrient Management by Linking
Cash Grain and Livestock Operations (2002)
Assessing Weed Pressure from Manure Application on Corn Grain Fields (2005)
Manure Management on a Township Scale (2005)
Linking Farms: Reconnecting Dairy and Cash Grain Farms Through Shared Manure Management (2005)
Oak Savanna Restoration
Integrating Livestock Production and Conservation
in the Restoration of Oak Savanna (2000)
Exploring Options to Restore Wisconsin's Oak
Savanna (2001)
Using Grazing to Restore Oak Savanna (2002)
Grazing as a Tool to Restore Oak Savanna/Woodland
Structure (2002)
Rotational Grazing with Cattle to Restore
Oak Savanna/Woodland Structure (2002)
Utilizing Rotational Grazing and Fire to Restore
Degraded Oak Savanna in Southwest Wisconsin (impact on vegetation) (2002)
Rotational Grazing With Cattle to Restore Oak
Savanna/Woodland Structure (effects on cattle)(2002)
Insect Diversity in Oak Savanna Remnants:
A Survey of Insects (2002)
Education and Outreach Activities for the
Oak Savanna Restoration Project (2002)
Restoring Native Grassland in Southern Wisconsin:
Experiences with Oak Savanna and Tall Grass Prairie (2003)
Oak Savanna
Report (external link)
Small Grains Initiative
Winter Wheat Studies (1994)
SARE Final Report: Using Small Grain Cover Crop Alternatives
to Diversify Crop Rotations (2000)
Oats date of planting study 1997-1998 (2000)
Small Grains Initiative (2001)
Expanding the Corn-Soybean System with Wheat/Red Clover (2002)
Yields and Profits of a Low-External-Input Cropping
System Compared to a Moderately-Low-External-Input Cropping System
(2000)
WICST: A Comparison of Low-Input Systems
(2001)
Organic and Reduced Input Systems
The Rotary Hoe: Maximizing Its Weed Control Effectiveness
(1993)
Integrating Reduced Herbicide Use with Mechanical
Weeding in Corn (1993)
Reduced Input Corn Weed Control (1994)
Improving Weed Control Using a Rotary Hoe (1996)
Reduced
Input, Diversified Systems are More Profitable in Wisconsin Study
(External link - 1996)
Diversifying
Rotations Can Bring Agronomic, Economic, Environmental and Lifestyle Benefits (External
link - 1996)
Yields and Profits of a Low-External-Input Cropping System Compared to
a Moderately-Low-External-Input Cropping System (2000)
WICST: A Comparison of Low-Input Systems (2001)
A Comparison of Low-Input Grain Systems on
WICST: 1995-2002 (2002)
Arlington Organic Grain Strips (2002)
UW certified
organic corn variety trial results (2004)
UW
certified organic soybean variety trial results (2004)
Benefits of Diversifying the Corn-Soybean Rotation (2005)
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