Inoculating CRP Ground
By Palle Pedersen, Department of Agronomy
Integrated Crop Management News
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Calculating Degree Days
By Rich Pope, Department of Entomology
Warm-blooded animals including humans generate their own internal heat and have regulatory systems to hold maintain body temperature in an operational range. These systems provide insulation from fluctuations of temperature in the environment and allow growth and development based on the passage of time in minutes, hours, weeks, months and years.
Iowa 2008 Prediction for Stewart’s Disease of Corn
By Forrest W. Nutter, Jr., Department of Plant Pathology, Lu Liu, Sustainable Agriculture Program, Rich Pope, Department of Entomology, and Marlin E. Rice, Department of Entomology
Following an Iowa winter of ice, snow and cold temperatures, the predicted risk for Stewart’s disease of corn in 2008 is negligible throughout most of Iowa, with only the southeastern-most counties having a low risk.
Too Early to Worry about Planting Corn!
By Roger Elmore and Lori Abendroth, Department of Agronomy
Rain is forecast again for most of Iowa later this week. Little if any spring work has occurred because of cold weather and already saturated soils. More rain right now is not welcome for most of us corn growers!
You Couldn’t Apply Phosphorus and Potassium Last Fall and Now It’s Too Wet
By Antonio Mallarino, Department of Agronomy
Soybean Rust Fast Track System Gets an Overhaul
By Daren Mueller, Extension Plant Pathologist
Predicted Corn and Soybean Acreage in 2008
By Lori Abendroth, Palle Pedersen and Roger Elmore, Department of Agronomy
Managing Residue for a Good Stand
By Mahdi Al-Kaisi, Department of Agronomy and Mark Hanna, Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
Spring Sampling OK for Two Corn Nematode Species
By Greg Tylka, Department of Plant Pathology