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

Sep 11, 2024 What's that Green Carpet Under the Harvested Crop?
Aug 26, 2024 Is it too late to Spray Soybean Aphids?
Aug 22, 2024 Precision Spraying Technology
Aug 19, 2024 Consider Your Corn Earworm Management Options for Sweet Corn
Aug 2, 2024 Reducing Herbicide Use While Maintaining Crop Yields: Insights from a Crop Rotation Experiment
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Crop Production ICM Blog Posts

Sep 12, 2024 2024 Cereal Rye and Triticale Variety Trial Results
Sep 12, 2024 2024 Winter Wheat Variety Trial Results
Sep 11, 2024 Making Corn Yield Estimates - 2024 Edition
Sep 11, 2024 Regional Crop Update: Aug. 26 - Sept. 9, 2024
Sep 2, 2024 Corn Silage Harvest and Storage Tips for 2024
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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
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Joshua Michel
Field Agronomist in NE Iowa
(319) 523-2371
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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
Professor of Integrated Cropping Systems
(515) 294 7413
Shelby Gruss
Assistant Professor, Forage Extension
+1 515 294 3832
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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
Mark Licht
Associate Professor, Extension Cropping Systems Specialist
(515) 294-0877
Daren S Mueller
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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Dr. Richard T Roth
Assistant Professor, Extension Nitrogen Science and Soil Fertility Specialist
5152940506
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Greg Tylka
Morrill Professor, Nematologist, Director of the Iowa Soybean Research Center
515-294-3021