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By Angela Rieck-Hinz, Department of Agronomy, and Kapil Arora, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach and the Iowa USDA-Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) have scheduled an Advanced RUSLE2 workshop for Sept. 26, 2013, at the Polk County Extension Office in Altoona. This workshop starts at 8 a.m.
By Mark Licht, ISU Extension and Outreach
A field day will be held on Aug. 30, hosted by the Iowa State University (ISU) Agricultural Engineering/Agronomy Research Farm, rural Boone, from 9 a.m. to noon with lunch and tours of the ISU Biocentury Farm following the program.
The event will focus on cover crops and corn production. The field day is free and the public is invited to attend.
By Roger Elmore, Department of Agronomy
Cool August temperatures across Iowa slow growing degree day (GDD) accumulations. In addition, Iowa’s late corn planting dates this year obviously impacted the crop as well. These two factors affect corn yield potential.
By Matt O’Neal and Erin Hodgson, Department of Entomology
