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2024 Crop Season Monitor Display Guide
Thu Mar 28, 4:59AM CDT
The 2024 crop season is quickly approaching so this article will help you prepare your GPS monitor for the planting season. The ISU Extension and Outreach has a web-based guide that can be used either from a computer or smart phone using a web browser like Google Chrome. This web-based...
2024 Planter Downforce Settings
Mon Mar 25, 5:17AM CDT
The spring planting season in Iowa is quickly approaching. Therefore, it is critical to prepare now and check a few items when starting each field. While it takes time to check these items, field research has shown that getting the correct gauge wheel pressure (downforce pressure) to help create the...
Spring Planting Preparation
Fri Mar 22, 7:46AM CDT
The spring planting season in Iowa will start soon, so it is time to make a list of items to check and get completed before we go to the field. As we all know, planting the seed at the right time, right seed depth, and acceptable soil conditions is critical to giving the crop the best starting point...
Alan Parnell Named Director of Field Extension Education Laboratory
Fri Mar 22, 4:52AM CDT
Alan Parnell is passionate about helping to educate farmers and the public about agricultural research.
The Oklahoma native spent more than 30 years as an ag educator for the Oklahoma State University Extension Service. In February, he accepted a position to lead Iowa State University Extension and...
2024 Crop Scout School
Wed Mar 13, 5:38AM CDT
Thursday, May 16, 2024 - 8:30am to 3:30pmLocation: Southeast Research and Demonstration Farm, 3115 Louisa-Washington Rd, Crawfordsville, IA
Crop Scout School prepares individuals with little or no previous crop scouting experience, providing a foundation of basic skills for crop scouting corn...
Weeds took Advantage of a Mild Winter
Tue Mar 12, 6:51AM CDT
February and early March 2024 will go down in the history books as unusually warm and dry (Figure 1). Many winter annual, biennial and perennial weeds have resumed growth earlier than usual (Figure 2). Managers will need to be especially vigilant to treat these “early” weeds in a timely manner...
Statewide evaluation of foliar fungicides on soybeans in 2023 in Iowa
Tue Mar 12, 5:50AM CDT
By Nabin K. Dangal, Edgar Nieto, Stith Wiggs, Jose Gonzalez-Acuna, and Daren S. Mueller.
Foliar fungicides were evaluated across seven Iowa State University research and demonstration farms to determine their performance for disease and yield response on soybeans in 2023. These farms included the...
What’s up with Chlorpyrifos and Dicamba?
Tue Mar 12, 5:24AM CDT
Recent court cases have brought changes to two pesticides with agricultural uses.
Chlorpyrifos legal for 2024
In late 2023, the Eighth Circuit court rejected the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 2021 Final Rule revoking all food tolerances for the organophosphate insecticide, chlorpyrifos...
Do we need to think about conserving soil moisture prior to planting?
Tue Mar 12, 5:00AM CDT
It most certainly has been a strange winter with very little moisture. This fact, combined with a multi-year drought has people concerned for spring planting. Most farmers I have talked to this winter have shared concerns about not only the lack of precipitation, but the lack of soil moisture. And...
What does this Warm Winter Mean for Insects?
Tue Mar 12, 3:47AM CDT
Except for a few extremely cold days, Iowa has experienced a mild winter. In fact, February 2024 was the warmest February in Iowa’s weather history, and this winter is one of the warmest ever for the state. In addition to warmer temperatures, the total snowfall for our state has been low (Figure...
Navigating Winter Injury in Alfalfa Stands: Assessment, Management, and Interseeding Strategies
Wed Feb 28, 11:25AM CST
High February temperatures have prompted many alfalfa fields across the state to initiate greening up over the past couple of weeks (Figure 1). However, temperatures then plummeted (9°F) earlier this week, likely resulting in the demise of the new growth. But the more pressing question is whether...
Southeast Iowa Agricultural Research Association Annual Meeting Invite
Mon Feb 26, 3:28PM CST
You are invited to the Southeast Iowa Agricultural Research Association's annual meeting, on Thursday, March 7, at the Southeast Research and Demonstration Farm, located at 3115 Louisa-Washington Rd, Crawfordsville.
The association, in partnership with Iowa State University, oversees the ISU Southea...
Winter Weather Woes: Assessing Whether or Not to Frost Seed
Tue Feb 20, 7:21AM CST
This winter's erratic weather, swinging from -30°F wind chills to unseasonably warm highs in the 50s, has left many pondering whether to frost-seed or not to frost-seed. As the calendar inches towards mid-February, the dilemma intensifies, with some already contemplating drilling spring oats or alf...
Early Soybean Planting Considerations
Thu Feb 15, 2:00AM CST
Soybean planting dates have been moving earlier and earlier. In a nod to this, the USDA Risk Management Agency has moved up the earliest planting dates for replant insurance coverage – April 10 for the southern 3 tiers of Iowa counties and April 15 for the northern 6 tiers of Iowa counties. Even...
Suspected 2,4-D Resistant Waterhemp Population Discovered
Tue Feb 13, 10:44AM CST
We know the evolution of resistance in waterhemp populations happens faster than new herbicides are discovered, so the recent report of dicamba resistant waterhemp in Iowa by Bayer was not unexpected. Corteva has now reported the discovery of a suspected 2,4-D resistant waterhemp population in Iowa...