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A Tough Harvest - Frequently Asked Questions, Update

November 20, 2009

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.

Degree Days - What a Year It Was

November 17, 2009
Graph of degree day departure from average, 2009

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.


degree day graph


Crop and Weather Report Nov. 9

November 10, 2009

Great harvest progress was made during the past week due to the drier weather that is predicted to continue for several weeks.

Late Harvest and Crop Insurance Coverage

November 6, 2009

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.

Nov. 2 Crop and Weather Report

November 5, 2009

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.

A Tough Harvest - Frequently Asked Questions

November 1, 2009

Harvesting wet bean and corn crops in November is generating many questions from producers; Charles Hurburgh answers frequently asked questions in this article.

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