De Forest, WI | Ok. Here are a few more resources: https://www.cias.wisc.edu/uw-madison-organic-research/ https://www.cias.wisc.edu/category/organic-agriculture/
http://www.uworganic.wisc.edu/
https://learningstore.uwex.edu/Assets/pdfs/A3972-01.pdf
It is going to be harder to find a "Do it this way" type of publication. Farming is a diversity of solutions. An organic farm can not always choose what crop they are going to plant. If there are particular weed problems they may need to switch to a crop that competes well, relies on cultivation, etc. to control weeds. For insect control there are options and not all are chemical. Chemical solutions are supposed to be used LAST according to the rules. Here are a few companies and a product list. You will need to read through each option and determine if you need that type of pest control, research the cost, etc. Once you have a program you would like to try then it really comes down to trial and error.
I have a list of what we use on the farm by each crop and what problem I need to treat. I pay more for seed genetics that have resistance to diseases that I have in my area. It's not fool proof, but it helps.
http://certisusa.com/organic_crop_production.htm https://www.bioworksinc.com/products/hort-disease-control.php https://www.valent.com/agriculture/organicproducts/ Dow sells Entrust (Spinosad). This class of biological has both organic and non-organic versions. Available in many different concentrations as both a wettable powder and a suspension. This product is almost 100% effective on Colorado potato beetles which cause substantial damage to potatoes and eggplant (again not a row crop as such, but we plant them in rows. Wisconsin has thousands of acres of potatoes.
Hopefully that can get you started. I need to preface that by stating I do NOT use those products on sweet corn. I am not organic, just non-gmo. We use Silencer (Lambda-Cyhalothrin), which is a synthetic pyrethroid, for our sweet corn. We are up front about this with all our customers. Even the organic co-ops buy our corn, simply because Organic sweet corn is only grown early in the season when ear worm pressure is low. We grow all season long so pressure gets worse later in the season. For other crops like Broccoli, Eggplant, etc. we usually use the organic sprays as they work well, have very short pre-harvest intervals (usually 1-3 days) and are reduced risk for me and my sons (who do some of the spraying). If they can't control some bugs then we revert to conventional to clean them up. We use Evergreen, which is Pyganic plus pyperinol-butoxide for our raspberries. It has the same short pre-harvest interval as Pyganic, is reduced risk and kills Japanese beetles, spotted wing drosphyillia and common fruit worm.
So I guess you would need to go through each crop you wish to grow, identify the pests (insects, diseases, etc.) you may need to control and then come up with a list of materials that would control them. Once you have the list then you can do a little google work to read university trials of which products work best for that crop, etc. That is how I do it. It has taken a few years, but we all know now what to use, when, etc.
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