New Information on Herbicide Labels
Herbicide labels now include a standardized system to inform users of the product's site of action (SOA). A box labeled `Herbicide Group' is present near the top of the label.
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Herbicide labels now include a standardized system to inform users of the product's site of action (SOA). A box labeled `Herbicide Group' is present near the top of the label.
By Mark Honeyman, ISU Research Farms
There are fourteen Iowa State University Research and Demonstration Farms in Iowa; nine owned by associations (local farmers) and five owned by the university. One responsibility of Iowa State to the associations is to provide an annual farm progress report on the agricultural research and related scientific agriculture activities conducted at the farm as a year-end summary. Those reports, that were made available in the past to the members and others in print form, are now available online to the public in a new format.
ISU Extension will be offering a two-day short course focusing on principles of soils, soil fertility and nutrient management to help crop production professionals make informed decisions.
Individuals planning to become a Certified Crop Adviser (CCA) can attend a two-day ISU Extension course to assist with exam preparation.
Commercial manure applicators can attend three hours of training on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011, to meet annual commercial manure applicator certification requirements.
During January and February, 72 confinement site manure applicator workshops will be held in 63 Iowa counties.
In 2009, the Iowa Legislature passed a bill pertaining to winter application of manure on snow-covered and frozen ground. The rules enforcing that legislation were completed earlier this year and went into effect on Sept. 15, 2010. Whether you are regulated or not, application of manure on frozen or snow covered ground is not recommended.
By XB Yang, Department of Plant Pathology
The 2010 outbreak of sudden death syndrome (SDS) showed that many SDS management recommendations need more thought. I received several reports suggesting that the way SDS occurred were inconsistent with text books. At Iowa State's Integrated Crop Management Conference, people shared their unique observations and asked some excellent questions. Below is summary of what we learned from 2010.
Results of Iowa State University's western bean cutworm monitoring network which records adult moth trap captures in Iowa are now available for 2010.
By XB Yang and Xun Li, Department of Plant Pathology