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New Options for Soybean Aphid Host Plant Resistance

December 4, 2012

Farmers should consider soybean aphids a potential pest for 2013. A recently updated Iowa State University publication, Soybean aphid-resistant varities for Iowa, will assist farmers in adopting new management techniques, possibly reducing their need for a foliar insecticide.

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New Safety Guidelines Developed for Two-tank Anhydrous Ammonia Wagons

July 3, 2012

By Mark Hanna, Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

Size and capacity of farm equipment keeps getting larger and fertilizer equipment is no exception. Each year in Iowa approximately a billion pounds of nitrogen is applied as anhydrous ammonia. As equipment has gotten larger, many dealers are now using multi-tank systems with two anhydrous ammonia tanks mounted on to a single wagon running gear. 

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