Extension Offers CCA Exam Prep Class
Those planning to take the Certified Crop Adviser exam can attend a review session offered by ISU Extension to prepare for the exam.
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Those planning to take the Certified Crop Adviser exam can attend a review session offered by ISU Extension to prepare for the exam.
The 2010 schedule of Crop Advantage Series meetings is announced. The series provides a statewide message on important crop issues yet retains local input on topics for that specific area.
Specialists discuss the recently released corn yield report - 2009 Iowa Crop Performance Test --- Corn.
By XB Yang, Department of Plant Pathology
Questions related to conditioning grain for storage - the seriousness of field molds, feeding corn to livestock, storing wet corn, storing medium moisture and dry grains - are answered by Hurburgh, Iowa Grain Quality Initiative, Professor-in-Charge.
By Rich Pope, Department of Plant Pathology
Heat
Heat or maybe lack of heat is a better description to use in this recap of the growing season. The degree day departure from average graphic shows how the season progressed by crop reporting district.
Iowa State University Agronomy Extension has launched a new Soil Management/Environment website.
This ISU Extension workshop provides RUSLE2 software orientation, includes real field examples to determine risk calculations of the Iowa P Index and covers parameters for RUSLE2 and P Index calculations on snow-covered or frozen ground.
Great harvest progress was made during the past week due to the drier weather that is predicted to continue for several weeks.
By William Edwards, Department of Economics
Iowa and other Corn Belt states are experiencing one of the latest and slowest harvest seasons on record. Some producers have had concerns about whether their crop insurance coverage will be still be in effect if harvesting drags into December.