Crops

Crops specialists and field agronomists within the crops team strive to increase the level of awareness, understanding, and adoption of current agronomic and pest management practices that make the best use of soil resources and crop inputs. 

Crop Production ICM News Articles

Feb 28, 2023 Newly Updated Phosphorus and Potassium Guidelines
Nov 22, 2022 More soybean varieties with Peking SCN resistance for 2023, but more needed
Nov 4, 2022 Managing Burcucumber in Corn and Soybean
Oct 28, 2022 High Reproduction of SCN Populations on PI 88788 Resistance is Frightening
Oct 20, 2022 Options for Fall Grain Drying and Marketing
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Crop Production ICM Blog Posts

Mar 13, 2023 Regional Update: Looking Ahead to the 2023 Growing Season
Mar 9, 2023 Making the Best of a Thin Situation
Mar 3, 2023 Webinar series: Keys to early season soybean success
Feb 22, 2023 New cut-off date for over-the-top dicamba use in Iowa for 2023
Feb 15, 2023 Join the Iowa Moth Trapping Network in 2023
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Crop Production Tools

Crop Production Resources

Field Specialists

Meaghan Anderson
Meaghan Anderson
Field Agronomist in Central Iowa
(319) 331-0058
Terry Basol
Terry Basol
Field Agronomist in NC Iowa
(641) 426-6801
Joel DeJong
Joel DeJong
Field Agronomist in NW Iowa
(712) 546-7835
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Joshua Michel
Field Agronomist in NE Iowa
(319) 523-2371
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Clarabell Probasco
Field Agronomist in SE Iowa
641-664-2730
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Angie Rieck-Hinz
Field Agronomist in NC Iowa
(515) 231-2830
Aaron Saeugling
Aaron Saeugling
Field Agronomist in SW Iowa
(712) 243-1132
Virgil Schmitt
Virgil Schmitt
Field Agronomist in SE Iowa
(563) 263-5701
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Gentry Sorenson
Field Agronomist in NW Iowa
641-430-6715
Rebecca Vittetoe
Rebecca Vittetoe
Field Agronomist in EC Iowa
(319) 653-4811
Michael Witt
Michael Witt
Field Agronomist in WC Iowa
(641) 430-2600

Campus Specialists

Sotirios Archontoulis
Associate Professor of Integrated Cropping Systems
(515) 294 7413
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Erin Hodgson
Professor, Extension Entomologist Specialist , ANR Crops Team Leader
(515) 294-2847
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Charles R Hurburgh
Professor, Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
(515) 294-8629
Prashant Jha
Professor, Extension Weed Specialist
+1 515 294 7028
Mark Licht
Associate Professor, Extension Cropping Systems Specialist
(515) 294-0877
Daren S Mueller
Associate Professor, Extension Plant Pathologist
5154608000
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Alison Robertson
Professor of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Extension Field Crops Pathologist
(515) 294-6708
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Greg Tylka
Morrill Professor, Nematologist, Director of the Iowa Soybean Research Center
515-294-3021