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 23, 2023 Watch for Asian Copperleaf this Spring
May 11, 2023 Return Program Available for Certain Chlorpyrifos Products
May 10, 2023 Online Tool Helps Farmers Harvest Alfalfa at the Right Time
May 8, 2023 Scout for Black Cutworm in Corn Early this Year
May 4, 2023 Soybean Aphid Egg Hatch is Complete
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Crop Production ICM Blog Posts

May 31, 2023 To Foliar Feed or Not
May 31, 2023 Alternative Forage Options: Tips for Seeding Warm Season Annuals
May 25, 2023 2023 Iowa Moth Trapping Network Update: Week 7
May 25, 2023 Scout alfalfa for weevils and aphids
May 23, 2023 Regional Update: May 9 - May 22, 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