Minimize SDS and White Mold Risk to Same Field
By XB Yang, Department of Plant Pathology
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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.
By Doug Cooper, Extension Communications and External Relations
Crop and weather report guests include Charles Hurburgh, Iowa State University professor of ag and biosystems engineering and professor in charge of the Grain Quality Initiative; ISU Extension climatologist Elwynn Taylor, integrated pest management specialist Rich Pope, and soybean agronomist Palle Pedersen.
Taylor says the weather service predicts temperatures staying warmer than usual, but normal to wetter than normal for the next week.
Harvesting wet bean and corn crops in November is generating many questions from producers; Charles Hurburgh answers frequently asked questions in this article.
Being able to identify ear molds will help producers as they scout fields to determine if ear rot is prevalent. Fields with mold on more than 10 percent of the ears should be harvested first.