Water Stress in Corn: Estimating from Stress Degree Days (SDD)
Stress in District(s) 5 across the Corn Belt prompts concern of a U.S. corn yield that is below trend.
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Do You Need to Treat for Adult Corn Rootworm This Year?
With adult corn rootworm becoming active in Iowa before silking this year, extension entomologists recommend producers keep an eye on fields to protect yield.
Recent Status of Bean pod mottle virus Insect Vectors in Iowa
Maps with data from soybean fields in all 99 Iowa counties show that population densities of bean leaf beetle and other insect vectors of Bean pod mottle virus were relatively low in 2010 and 2011.
Stress, Anthesis - Silk Interval and Corn Yield Potential
By Roger W. Elmore, Department of Agronomy