Iowa Soybeans: Can You Afford to Skip the Residual?
Slow planting progress this spring has led to all efforts being focused on getting the crop in the ground. Often […]
View ArticleIowa: Soybean Cyst Nematode Females Apparent on Roots
The soybean cyst nematode (SCN) remains a leading yield robber of soybeans in Iowa and much of the Midwest. The presence […]
View ArticleIowa: Japanese Beetles Emerging in Corn, Soybeans
Japanese beetle is becoming a more common field crop pest in Iowa. Literature shows adults need about 1,030 growing degree […]
View ArticleIowa Soybeans: Risk of Sudden Death Syndrome Increases with Rains
One thing we have learned from outbreaks of sudden death syndrome (SDS) in years past is that this disease likes […]
View ArticleIowa Corn, Soybeans: Fungicide Considerations
We will have a fair amount of corn tasseling shortly after the weekend – so fungicide application season is about […]
View ArticleIowa Soybeans: Controlling Large Weeds Requires a Little Luck
The heavy rains across the state have made timely postemergence weed control difficult, even in fields treated with preemergence herbicides. […]
View ArticleIowa Soybeans: Sending Disease Samples to ISU Diagnostic Clinic
Soybean samples have been arriving almost daily at the ISU Plant and Insect Diagnostic Clinic this year. Early season problems were […]
View ArticleIowa Soybeans: Be on Lookout for Brown Stem Rot
Soybean diseases are starting to show up in Iowa fields this growing season. In an On-Farm Network trial in north […]
View ArticleIowa Corn, Soybeans: Quality and Storage of 2014 Crop
Every year brings on a new set of challenges for harvest and grain management; in the past five years we […]
View ArticleIowa Soybeans: Cover Crops and SCN — What’s the Connection?
Iowa farmers are using cover crops for erosion control and soil nutrient and pest management in their fields. There are […]
View ArticleIowa Corn, Soybeans: Heat Needed for Harvest
Every year brings on a new set of challenges for harvest and grain management; in the past five years we […]
View ArticleIowa: Time to Sample Soil for Soybean Cyst Nematode
Crisp, clear fall days are perfect for splitting firewood, tilling the garden under and collecting soil samples to check fields […]
View ArticleIowa: Hold Off on Tillage This Fall, Keep Soil Covered
This is the time of the year when tillage becomes the number one priority for some, whether they need it […]
View ArticleIowa: Soybean Harvest Ahead of Average Pace — USDA
Crop Progress and Condition for the Week Ending November 2 Iowa farmers were able to harvest one-quarter of the State’s […]
View ArticleIowa: Corn Harvest Makes Big Strides — USDA
Crop Progress and Condition for the Week Ending Nov. 9 Iowa farmers used the 6.6 days suitable for fieldwork to […]
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