Weekly Issues for 2008

• 12/15/2008 - 12/21/2008
  • Average Value of Iowa Farmland Nears $4,500 an Acre in 2008 Survey
• 12/8/2008 - 12/14/2008
  • Soybean cyst nematode confirmed in Ida County in 2008
  • Is All Well that Ends Well? Iowa Corn – 2008
  • Effects of N-Hibit™ Seed Treatment on Soybean Yields – 2008 Iowa Research
• 12/1/2008 - 12/7/2008
  • Collaborative Training Results in Safer, Wiser Pesticide Use
  • Soil Sample Results Can Reveal if SCN Management is Working
  • Fall is Ideal Time to Check for Presence of SCN
  • Crop Market Outlook
  • Soybean Rust - 2008 in Review
• 11/24/2008 - 11/30/2008
  • New Field Guide for Soybean Cyst Nematode Management Available
• 11/17/2008 - 11/23/2008
  • Aerate Grain NOW
  • Use of Fungicides to Control Soybean Foliar Diseases: a 6-year Summary
• 11/10/2008 - 11/16/2008
  • ICM News Is Connection to Crop and Weather Radio Interviews
  • New Field Guide for Soybean Cyst Nematode Management Available
  • Fall and Winter Management of Alfalfa
• 11/3/2008 - 11/9/2008
  • Corn Breakage Increases with More Drying
• 10/27/2008 - 11/2/2008
  • A Weather Summary for the 2008 Growing Season
• 10/20/2008 - 10/26/2008
  • Corn Quality Issues in 2008 - Moisture and Test Weight
  • Corn Quality Issues in 2008 – Field Molds
  • Corn Quality Issues in 2008 – Storage Management
• 10/13/2008 - 10/19/2008
  • Corn Disease Publication Now Available
  • Integrated Crop Management Conference and Agribusiness Expo set for Dec. 10-11
  • Crop Production and Outlook - the Demand side
  • Crop Production and Outlook
  • Watch the $oil TemperaturE
• 10/6/2008 - 10/12/2008
  • New Manure Nutrient Management Research Available
  • Fall Tillage Considerations for Soybean Disease Management
  • Fall Frost Effects of Forage
  • Deciding Between Grain and Forage Harvest for Late Maturing Soybeans
  • Deciding Between Grain and Forage Harvest for Late Maturing Corn
• 9/29/2008 - 10/5/2008
  • Make the Right Tillage Management Decision
  • Seed Quality at Harvest
• 9/22/2008 - 9/28/2008
  • Time to Scout for Stalk and Ear Rots
  • Valuing Immature Grain Crops as Forage
  • Cool and Calm, Now Hopefully We Collect!
  • Combine Harvesting Tips for 2008 Harvest
  • Making Fertilization Decisions As Fertilizer Prices Escalate and Production Costs Are High - Part 2
  • Making Fertilization Decisions As Fertilizer Prices Escalate and Production Costs Are High - Part 1
  • Fall Management of Alfalfa
• 9/15/2008 - 9/21/2008
  • What is Needed to Maximize the 2008 Corn Crop
  • Nonconventional Soil Additives and Programs
• 9/8/2008 - 9/14/2008
  • Make Weed Management Decisions NOW
• 9/1/2008 - 9/7/2008
  • Time to Participate in 2008 Grain Quality Analysis Program
  • Diplodia Ear Rot being Reported in Iowa
  • No-Tillage Soybean Production Field Days Next Week
• 8/25/2008 - 8/31/2008
  • Producers and Applicators Legally Responsible to Heed Preharvest Intervals for Treated Soybean
  • Factors Needed to Maximize Corn Yield Potential in 2008
  • Credit Needs and Cash Rents Impacted by Higher Input Costs
  • Soybean Top Dieback Shows Up in Iowa Again
• 8/18/2008 - 8/24/2008
  • Pre-harvest Restrictions for Fungicides
  • Changes in Retail Fertilizer Market Impact Producers
  • A Final Soybean Aphid Alert
  • Fill ‘er Up!
• 8/11/2008 - 8/17/2008
  • Goss’s Wilt Prevalent in Western Iowa
  • Plan for 2009 Crop Year by Managing Flooded Soils
• 8/4/2008 - 8/10/2008
  • Midsummer Scouting for Downy Mildew and other Soybean Diseases
  • Soybean Rust and Late Planted Soybeans
  • All Things Considered, It Could Be Worse!
  • Know Your Spots as Foliar Diseases Show up in Corn
• 7/28/2008 - 8/3/2008
  • Now is the Time to Sample for Corn Nematodes
  • Watch Soybean Aphid Numbers - NOW
  • Reviewing Decision Thresholds for Pest Insect Control
  • Two Soybean Aphid Field Resources Now Available
  • Preventative vs. Curative Fungicides
• 7/21/2008 - 7/27/2008
  • More on Fungicide Application Questions
  • Here Come the Bean Leaf Beetles!
  • Is that Common or Southern Rust Showing up in Iowa Fields?
• 7/14/2008 - 7/20/2008
  • Unusual Foliar Diseases Showing up in Iowa Corn
  • Soybean Cyst Nematode Females now Apparent on Soybean Roots
  • Correction to the European Corn Borer Economic Threshold Spreadsheet
  • Not a Bad Week, All in All
  • White Mold Control in a Flood Year
  • Fungicide Decisions Nearing for Corn and Soybean
• 7/7/2008 - 7/13/2008
  • Reseeding Flood and Weather-Damaged Forage Crops in Late Summer
  • Renovating Pastures or Hay Meadows Damaged by Flooding
  • Twisted Whorls
  • Yellow corn, Wet soils, and Nitrogen loss (Part 3)
  • Managing CRP for Hay or Pasture
  • Estimated Corn Silk Dates and Yield Potential, Iowa 2008
  • With the Increased Value of Corn, What are the Economic Thresholds for First Generation European Corn Borer?
  • Questions and Answers on Soybean Fungicide Applications
  • Knee High by When?
• 6/30/2008 - 7/6/2008
  • What About Foliar Fertilization for Soybean This Year?
  • Corn Following Corn in 2008
  • Improving glyphosate performance in Roundup Ready soybean
  • Will Foliar Diseases be a Problem on Corn This Year?
  • Hail Damage Across a Large Part of Iowa
  • Pre-harvest Intervals for Foliar Fungicides on Wheat
  • Degree Days Continue to Lag
• 6/23/2008 - 6/29/2008
  • Yellow Corn, Wet Soils, and N Loss – Part 2
  • Corn Yield Predictions for Replanted and Late-planted Fields
  • Dealing with Late Weed Escapes in Corn
  • Flooding and Stored Grain
  • ISU Crops Webcast from ISU Extension
  • Avoid Unnecessary Tillage in Wet Soil Areas
  • A Cool and Thankfully Dry Week
• 6/16/2008 - 6/22/2008
  • Is It Time to Switch Soybean Maturity Group Varieties?
  • Yellow Corn, Wet Soils and N Loss
  • Flooding and Mosquitoes
  • Weed Science Field Book Available
  • Iowa Soybean Sentinel Plots
  • Assessing Private Well Safety After Flooding
  • Wet and Wetter
  • Crop Insurance May Help Flooded and Wet Corn and Soybean Acres
• 6/9/2008 - 6/15/2008
  • Flooding Increases the Risk of Certain Diseases in Corn
  • Request for Phytophthora of Soybean Plant Samples
  • Additional Eastern Iowa Emergency Crop Meeting Scheduled
  • The Nation’s Wet Spot
  • Corn Size Restriction for POST Herbicides
  • Livestock and Farm Buildings After a Flood
  • Hayfield Lodging – Management Concerns and Guidelines
  • Measuring the Nitrogen Status
  • Managing Manure Storage Structures During Wet Weather
  • Good Seed Supply Available from Most Companies in Iowa
  • ISU Weed Science Field Day Cancelled
  • Forage and Cover Crop Considerations for Delayed Planting and Flooded Sites
  • Emergency Iowa Crop Production Program Offered
  • Estimating Nitrogen Losses
  • Disease Management in a Flooding Season
  • Rainfall has Affected Hay and Hay-Crop Silage Harvest
  • Nitrogen Loss – How Does it Happen?
  • Summer Flooding of Hay Fields and Pastures
  • Economic Impact of Delayed and Prevented Planting
  • SCN Confirmed for First Time in Lyon County
  • Stalk Borers Set to Invade Border Rows
  • June is Bustin' Out All Over!
  • Crop Advisers Can Earn Credit at Southeast Iowa Field Day
• 6/2/2008 - 6/8/2008
  • Assessing Hail Injury in Corn
  • Heavy Rain, Soil Erosion and Nutrient Losses
  • Soybean Replanting and Fungicide Treatments
  • Late May Weather: A Mixed Message
  • How Late Can Soybeans be Planted?
• 5/26/2008 - 6/1/2008
  • Effect of Flooding on Emerged Soybeans
  • Soybean Replant Decisions from Hail Damage and Flooded Fields
  • Replanting Corn – How Do You Get Rid of the Existing Stand?
  • Replant Options in Corn Fields
  • Flooded Corn and Saturated Soils
  • Now Grow! (No, Not You, Weeds)
• 5/19/2008 - 5/25/2008
  • Timeliness Critical to Protect Corn Yields
  • Corn Emergence Problems Across Iowa
  • La Nina Diminishes
  • Where Do I Get Weather Information?
  • Surface Waters: Ammonium is Not Ammonia – Part Three
  • Finally! A Good Work Week
  • Update on Fungicides for Use on Soybean
• 5/12/2008 - 5/18/2008
  • Black Cutworm Thresholds: What has Changed with the Price of Corn and New Control Methods?
  • Black Cutworm Scouting Advisory—2008
  • Minimize Soybean Yield Loss from Late Planting
  • A Bit Cool, a Bit Wet, but Planting Progresses
  • Consider Effects on Seedbed Before Tilling Wet Soil
  • Beware of a Dangerous Invasive Weed -- Updated
  • Delayed PRE Herbicide Applications in Corn
• 5/5/2008 - 5/11/2008
  • Planters are Rolling and Corn is Growing
  • Seeding Rates in Relation to Maximum Yield and Seed Costs
• 4/28/2008 - 5/4/2008
  • Surface Waters: Ammonium is Not Ammonia – Part Two
  • Field Testing of N-Hibit™ Seed Treatment in Iowa*
  • Don’t Use More Pressure than Needed on Wet Soils
  • Adapting to Alfalfa Winterkill and Winter Injury
  • When is it Too Late Plant Forages?
  • Managing 2,4-D for No-Till Burndown Treatments
• 4/21/2008 - 4/27/2008
  • Improved Disease Resistance on the Way – One Key to Soybean Improvement
  • New Directory of Sensitive Crops and Apiaries for Pesticide Applicators
  • Check Out the ISU Plant and Insect Diagnostic Clinic
  • Good News—Bean Leaf Beetles Hit Hard by Winter Cold
  • Alfalfa Weevil Predictions for 2008
  • Delayed Burndown Applications in No-Till
  • Inoculating CRP Ground
  • Will 2008 be the “Perfect Storm” for Soybean Seedling Disease?
  • Surface Waters: Ammonium is Not Ammonia
• 4/14/2008 - 4/20/2008
  • Iowa 2008 Prediction for Stewart’s Disease of Corn
  • Calculating Degree Days
  • Too Early to Worry about Planting Corn!
  • You Couldn’t Apply Phosphorus and Potassium Last Fall and Now It’s Too Wet
  • Soil Fertility Web Site Updated
• 4/7/2008 - 4/13/2008
  • Soybean Rust Fast Track System Gets an Overhaul
  • Predicted Corn and Soybean Acreage in 2008
• 3/31/2008 - 4/6/2008
  • Managing Residue for a Good Stand
  • Spring Sampling OK for Two Corn Nematode Species
• 3/24/2008 - 3/30/2008
  • Starting Clean in No-till
  • Winter Annual Weeds and SCN – Is There Cause for Concern?
• 3/17/2008 - 3/23/2008
  • Foliar Fungicides Publication Available
  • Be Careful with Susceptible Soybean Variety in Rotation to Manage SCN
• 3/10/2008 - 3/16/2008
  • Welcome to the Integrated Crop Management News Web site
  • Pesticide Drift Reduction Starts Now
  • Should I Be Concerned About Corn Rootworms Now?
  • Soybean Rust Overwintering in the South
  • Check Fields for Soybean Cyst Nematode
  • How Soon Should I Start Field Operations?
  • March 2008 La Nina Update
  • Try Side-by-Side Trials to Check Fungicide Impact on Corn Yield
  • Weather Situation and Outlook for 2008