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

May 13, 2022 Begin Scouting for Black Cutworm in Corn
May 11, 2022 Soybean Aphid Egg Hatch Nearly Complete
May 6, 2022 When is it too Late to Seed Forages?
May 6, 2022 Estimating First Crop Alfalfa Harvest using PEAQ
Apr 22, 2022 Cold Spring and High Fertilizer Prices may Make Starter Fertilizer More Important
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Crop Production ICM Blog Posts

May 17, 2022 Regional Update: May 9 – May 17, 2022
May 16, 2022 Join the Corn Rootworm Adult Monitoring Network in 2022
May 12, 2022 Expectations from Delayed Planting
May 11, 2022 2022 Iowa Moth Trapping Network Update: Week 6
May 10, 2022 Regional Update: May 2 - May 10, 2022
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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
Paul Kassel
Paul Kassel
Field Agronomist in NW Iowa
(712) 262-2264
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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) 769-2650
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
Associate Professor, Extension Weed Specialist
+1 515 294 7028
Mark Licht
Assistant Professor, Extension Cropping Systems Specialist
(515) 294-0877
Daren Mueller
Daren Mueller
Associate Professor, Extension Plant Pathologist
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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