Iowa State University Extension and Outreach and the United States Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service are collaborating on a series of cover crop fact sheets for Iowa farmers interested in adopting the practice or trying new cover crops to achieve specific goals on their operation.

Heavy rainfall can have economic and environmental consequences if flooded fields are left barren. Long-term damage to soil needs to be considered when planning for next season's crop.

Biological, chemical and physical soil health

Continued above average rainfall from April through May has led to flooded fields and conditions that are too wet to plant or do field work in parts of Iowa. Early June planting decisions surrounding your delayed and prevented planting provision should involve a conversation with your crop insurance provider. The Ag Decision Maker File A1-57 talks about the insurance provision implications related to late planting, prevent planting, and replanting decisions in Iowa.

There is no 2024 Weed Science Field Day at the Curtiss Farm in Ames, IA planned for 2024. However, weed management and herbicide research experiments of interest are available for viewing. Interested parties should contact Damian Franzenburg (dfranzen@mail.iastate.edu or 515-294-5358) to arrange for a tour.  Industry representatives and farmers are welcomed.