Author Index for 2008

• Abendroth, Lori

  • Is All Well that Ends Well? Iowa Corn – 2008 (12/9/2008)
  • Factors Needed to Maximize Corn Yield Potential in 2008 (8/30/2008)
  • Assessing Hail Injury in Corn (6/7/2008)
  • Corn Emergence Problems Across Iowa (5/23/2008)
  • Seeding Rates in Relation to Maximum Yield and Seed Costs (5/5/2008)
  • Too Early to Worry about Planting Corn! (4/16/2008)
  • Predicted Corn and Soybean Acreage in 2008 (4/8/2008)

• Al-Kaisi, Mahdi

  • Make the Right Tillage Management Decision (10/2/2008)
  • Plan for 2009 Crop Year by Managing Flooded Soils (8/11/2008)
  • Avoid Unnecessary Tillage in Wet Soil Areas (6/23/2008)
  • Heavy Rain, Soil Erosion and Nutrient Losses (6/5/2008)
  • Consider Effects on Seedbed Before Tilling Wet Soil (5/13/2008)
  • Managing Residue for a Good Stand (4/2/2008)
  • How Soon Should I Start Field Operations? (3/12/2008)

• Barnhart, Stephen

  • Fall and Winter Management of Alfalfa (11/11/2008)
  • Fall Frost Effects of Forage (10/6/2008)
  • Deciding Between Grain and Forage Harvest for Late Maturing Soybeans (10/6/2008)
  • Deciding Between Grain and Forage Harvest for Late Maturing Corn (10/6/2008)
  • Valuing Immature Grain Crops as Forage (9/26/2008)
  • Fall Management of Alfalfa (9/22/2008)
  • Plan for 2009 Crop Year by Managing Flooded Soils (8/11/2008)
  • Reseeding Flood and Weather-Damaged Forage Crops in Late Summer (7/13/2008)
  • Renovating Pastures or Hay Meadows Damaged by Flooding (7/13/2008)
  • Managing CRP for Hay or Pasture (7/10/2008)
  • Hayfield Lodging – Management Concerns and Guidelines (6/13/2008)
  • Forage and Cover Crop Considerations for Delayed Planting and Flooded Sites (6/11/2008)
  • Rainfall has Affected Hay and Hay-Crop Silage Harvest (6/10/2008)
  • Adapting to Alfalfa Winterkill and Winter Injury (4/29/2008)
  • When is it Too Late Plant Forages? (4/29/2008)

• Brown, Paul

  • Collaborative Training Results in Safer, Wiser Pesticide Use (12/1/2008)

• Cummins, George

  • Emergency Iowa Crop Production Program Offered (6/11/2008)

• Duffy, Mike

  • Average Value of Iowa Farmland Nears $4,500 an Acre in 2008 Survey (12/16/2008)

• Edwards, William

  • Valuing Immature Grain Crops as Forage (9/26/2008)
  • Credit Needs and Cash Rents Impacted by Higher Input Costs (8/25/2008)
  • Crop Insurance May Help Flooded and Wet Corn and Soybean Acres (6/17/2008)
  • Economic Impact of Delayed and Prevented Planting (6/10/2008)

• Elmore, Roger

  • Is All Well that Ends Well? Iowa Corn – 2008 (12/9/2008)
  • Corn Quality Issues in 2008 - Moisture and Test Weight (10/24/2008)
  • Corn Quality Issues in 2008 – Field Molds (10/24/2008)
  • Corn Quality Issues in 2008 – Storage Management (10/24/2008)
  • Deciding Between Grain and Forage Harvest for Late Maturing Corn (10/6/2008)
  • What is Needed to Maximize the 2008 Corn Crop (9/17/2008)
  • Factors Needed to Maximize Corn Yield Potential in 2008 (8/30/2008)
  • Twisted Whorls (7/13/2008)
  • Estimated Corn Silk Dates and Yield Potential, Iowa 2008 (7/10/2008)
  • Corn Yield Predictions for Replanted and Late-planted Fields (6/25/2008)
  • Assessing Hail Injury in Corn (6/7/2008)
  • Corn Emergence Problems Across Iowa (5/23/2008)
  • Seeding Rates in Relation to Maximum Yield and Seed Costs (5/5/2008)
  • Too Early to Worry about Planting Corn! (4/16/2008)
  • Predicted Corn and Soybean Acreage in 2008 (4/8/2008)
  • Try Side-by-Side Trials to Check Fungicide Impact on Corn Yield (3/10/2008)

• Fawcett, Jim

  • Crop Advisers Can Earn Credit at Southeast Iowa Field Day (6/9/2008)

• Ginder, Roger

  • Changes in Retail Fertilizer Market Impact Producers (8/22/2008)

• Glanville, Tom

  • Assessing Private Well Safety After Flooding (6/19/2008)

• Hanna, Mark

  • Make the Right Tillage Management Decision (10/2/2008)
  • Combine Harvesting Tips for 2008 Harvest (9/24/2008)
  • Avoid Unnecessary Tillage in Wet Soil Areas (6/23/2008)
  • Hayfield Lodging – Management Concerns and Guidelines (6/13/2008)
  • Consider Effects on Seedbed Before Tilling Wet Soil (5/13/2008)
  • Managing Residue for a Good Stand (4/2/2008)
  • How Soon Should I Start Field Operations? (3/12/2008)

• Harmon, Jay

  • Livestock and Farm Buildings After a Flood (6/13/2008)

• Hart, Chad

  • Crop Market Outlook (12/1/2008)
  • Crop Production and Outlook - the Demand side (10/13/2008)
  • Crop Production and Outlook (10/13/2008)

• Hartzler, Bob

  • Dealing with Late Weed Escapes in Corn (6/24/2008)
  • Corn Size Restriction for POST Herbicides (6/14/2008)
  • Timeliness Critical to Protect Corn Yields (5/23/2008)
  • Delayed Burndown Applications in No-Till (4/22/2008)
  • Starting Clean in No-till (3/26/2008)
  • Pesticide Drift Reduction Starts Now (3/12/2008)

• Helmers, Matthew

  • Heavy Rain, Soil Erosion and Nutrient Losses (6/5/2008)
  • Surface Waters: Ammonium is Not Ammonia – Part Three (5/21/2008)

• Hurburgh, Charles

  • Aerate Grain NOW (11/21/2008)
  • Corn Breakage Increases with More Drying (11/6/2008)
  • Corn Quality Issues in 2008 - Moisture and Test Weight (10/24/2008)
  • Corn Quality Issues in 2008 – Field Molds (10/24/2008)
  • Corn Quality Issues in 2008 – Storage Management (10/24/2008)
  • Time to Participate in 2008 Grain Quality Analysis Program (9/5/2008)
  • Flooding and Stored Grain (6/24/2008)

• Iriarte, Fanny

  • Diplodia Ear Rot being Reported in Iowa (9/2/2008)

• Jesse, Laura

  • Goss’s Wilt Prevalent in Western Iowa (8/12/2008)
  • Flooding and Mosquitoes (6/20/2008)

• Kennicker, John

  • Midsummer Scouting for Downy Mildew and other Soybean Diseases (8/8/2008)

• Loy, Dan

  • Flooding and Stored Grain (6/24/2008)

• Mallarino, Antonio

  • Making Fertilization Decisions As Fertilizer Prices Escalate and Production Costs Are High - Part 2 (9/23/2008)
  • Making Fertilization Decisions As Fertilizer Prices Escalate and Production Costs Are High - Part 1 (9/23/2008)

• Mueller, Daren

  • Soybean Rust - 2008 in Review (12/1/2008)
  • Pre-harvest Restrictions for Fungicides (8/24/2008)
  • Soybean Rust and Late Planted Soybeans (8/6/2008)
  • Preventative vs. Curative Fungicides (7/29/2008)
  • Fungicide Decisions Nearing for Corn and Soybean (7/14/2008)
  • Update on Fungicides for Use on Soybean (5/20/2008)
  • Foliar Fungicides Publication Available (3/18/2008)
  • Soybean Rust Overwintering in the South (3/12/2008)

• Nutter, Forrest, Jr.

  • Iowa 2008 Prediction for Stewart’s Disease of Corn (4/17/2008)

• Oneal, Matthew

  • Reviewing Decision Thresholds for Pest Insect Control (7/30/2008)

• Owen, Mike

  • Make Weed Management Decisions NOW (9/9/2008)
  • Weed Science Field Book Available (6/19/2008)
  • Corn Size Restriction for POST Herbicides (6/14/2008)
  • ISU Weed Science Field Day Cancelled (6/11/2008)
  • Replanting Corn – How Do You Get Rid of the Existing Stand? (6/1/2008)
  • Replant Options in Corn Fields (6/1/2008)
  • Delayed PRE Herbicide Applications in Corn (5/12/2008)
  • Beware of a Dangerous Invasive Weed -- Updated (5/12/2008)

• Pederson, Palle

  • Deciding Between Grain and Forage Harvest for Late Maturing Soybeans (10/6/2008)
  • No-Tillage Soybean Production Field Days Next Week (9/2/2008)
  • Is It Time to Switch Soybean Maturity Group Varieties? (6/21/2008)
  • Effect of Flooding on Emerged Soybeans (6/1/2008)
  • Soybean Replant Decisions from Hail Damage and Flooded Fields (6/1/2008)
  • Inoculating CRP Ground (4/21/2008)
  • Will 2008 be the “Perfect Storm” for Soybean Seedling Disease? (4/21/2008)
  • Predicted Corn and Soybean Acreage in 2008 (4/8/2008)

• Pope, Rich

  • New Field Guide for Soybean Cyst Nematode Management Available (11/24/2008)
  • A Weather Summary for the 2008 Growing Season (10/30/2008)
  • Cool and Calm, Now Hopefully We Collect! (9/25/2008)
  • Fill ‘er Up! (8/19/2008)
  • All Things Considered, It Could Be Worse! (8/5/2008)
  • Two Soybean Aphid Field Resources Now Available (7/30/2008)
  • A Cool and Thankfully Dry Week (6/23/2008)
  • Stalk Borers Set to Invade Border Rows (6/9/2008)
  • June is Bustin' Out All Over! (6/9/2008)
  • Now Grow! (No, Not You, Weeds) (5/27/2008)
  • Black Cutworm Thresholds: What has Changed with the Price of Corn and New Control Methods? (5/16/2008)
  • Black Cutworm Scouting Advisory—2008 (5/16/2008)
  • A Bit Cool, a Bit Wet, but Planting Progresses (5/13/2008)
  • Planters are Rolling and Corn is Growing (5/5/2008)
  • Good News—Bean Leaf Beetles Hit Hard by Winter Cold (4/22/2008)
  • Alfalfa Weevil Predictions for 2008 (4/22/2008)
  • Iowa 2008 Prediction for Stewart’s Disease of Corn (4/17/2008)
  • Calculating Degree Days (4/17/2008)

• Pringnitz, Brent

  • Integrated Crop Management Conference and Agribusiness Expo set for Dec. 10-11 (10/16/2008)

• Rice, Marlin

  • Producers and Applicators Legally Responsible to Heed Preharvest Intervals for Treated Soybean (8/30/2008)
  • A Final Soybean Aphid Alert (8/20/2008)
  • Reviewing Decision Thresholds for Pest Insect Control (7/30/2008)
  • Here Come the Bean Leaf Beetles! (7/22/2008)
  • Stalk Borers Set to Invade Border Rows (6/9/2008)
  • Black Cutworm Thresholds: What has Changed with the Price of Corn and New Control Methods? (5/16/2008)
  • Black Cutworm Scouting Advisory—2008 (5/16/2008)
  • Good News—Bean Leaf Beetles Hit Hard by Winter Cold (4/22/2008)
  • Alfalfa Weevil Predictions for 2008 (4/22/2008)
  • Iowa 2008 Prediction for Stewart’s Disease of Corn (4/17/2008)

• Robertson, Alison

  • Corn Quality Issues in 2008 – Field Molds (10/24/2008)
  • Corn Quality Issues in 2008 – Storage Management (10/24/2008)
  • Corn Disease Publication Now Available (10/16/2008)
  • Time to Scout for Stalk and Ear Rots (9/26/2008)
  • Diplodia Ear Rot being Reported in Iowa (9/2/2008)
  • Goss’s Wilt Prevalent in Western Iowa (8/12/2008)
  • Know Your Spots as Foliar Diseases Show up in Corn (8/5/2008)
  • Preventative vs. Curative Fungicides (7/29/2008)
  • Is that Common or Southern Rust Showing up in Iowa Fields? (7/22/2008)
  • Unusual Foliar Diseases Showing up in Iowa Corn (7/19/2008)
  • Twisted Whorls (7/13/2008)
  • Flooding Increases the Risk of Certain Diseases in Corn (6/15/2008)
  • Request for Phytophthora of Soybean Plant Samples (6/14/2008)
  • Will 2008 be the “Perfect Storm” for Soybean Seedling Disease? (4/21/2008)

• Sawyer, John

  • Watch the $oil TemperaturE (10/13/2008)
  • New Manure Nutrient Management Research Available (10/10/2008)
  • Making Fertilization Decisions As Fertilizer Prices Escalate and Production Costs Are High - Part 2 (9/23/2008)
  • Making Fertilization Decisions As Fertilizer Prices Escalate and Production Costs Are High - Part 1 (9/23/2008)
  • Nonconventional Soil Additives and Programs (9/16/2008)
  • Soybean Top Dieback Shows Up in Iowa Again (8/25/2008)
  • Yellow corn, Wet soils, and Nitrogen loss (Part 3) (7/13/2008)
  • Yellow Corn, Wet Soils, and N Loss – Part 2 (6/27/2008)
  • Yellow Corn, Wet Soils and N Loss (6/20/2008)
  • Estimating Nitrogen Losses (6/11/2008)
  • Nitrogen Loss – How Does it Happen? (6/10/2008)
  • Surface Waters: Ammonium is Not Ammonia – Part Three (5/21/2008)
  • Surface Waters: Ammonium is Not Ammonia – Part Two (5/2/2008)
  • Surface Waters: Ammonium is Not Ammonia (4/21/2008)
  • Soil Fertility Web Site Updated (4/14/2008)

• Schaefer, Kristine

  • New Directory of Sensitive Crops and Apiaries for Pesticide Applicators (4/25/2008)

• Schmitt, Virgil

  • Additional Eastern Iowa Emergency Crop Meeting Scheduled (6/14/2008)

• Taylor, Elwynn

  • Watch the $oil TemperaturE (10/13/2008)
  • The Nation’s Wet Spot (6/14/2008)
  • Corn Emergence Problems Across Iowa (5/23/2008)
  • La Nina Diminishes (5/23/2008)
  • Where Do I Get Weather Information? (5/23/2008)
  • March 2008 La Nina Update (3/11/2008)
  • Weather Situation and Outlook for 2008 (3/10/2008)

• Tollefson, Jon

  • A Final Soybean Aphid Alert (8/20/2008)
  • Watch Soybean Aphid Numbers - NOW (7/30/2008)
  • Reviewing Decision Thresholds for Pest Insect Control (7/30/2008)
  • Here Come the Bean Leaf Beetles! (7/22/2008)
  • Correction to the European Corn Borer Economic Threshold Spreadsheet (7/15/2008)
  • With the Increased Value of Corn, What are the Economic Thresholds for First Generation European Corn Borer? (7/9/2008)
  • Black Cutworm Thresholds: What has Changed with the Price of Corn and New Control Methods? (5/16/2008)
  • Black Cutworm Scouting Advisory—2008 (5/16/2008)
  • Should I Be Concerned About Corn Rootworms Now? (3/12/2008)

• Tylka, Greg

  • Soybean cyst nematode confirmed in Ida County in 2008 (12/10/2008)
  • Effects of N-Hibit™ Seed Treatment on Soybean Yields – 2008 Iowa Research (12/8/2008)
  • Soil Sample Results Can Reveal if SCN Management is Working (12/1/2008)
  • Fall is Ideal Time to Check for Presence of SCN (12/1/2008)
  • Now is the Time to Sample for Corn Nematodes (8/1/2008)
  • Soybean Cyst Nematode Females now Apparent on Soybean Roots (7/15/2008)
  • SCN Confirmed for First Time in Lyon County (6/10/2008)
  • Field Testing of N-Hibit™ Seed Treatment in Iowa* (5/2/2008)
  • Spring Sampling OK for Two Corn Nematode Species (4/1/2008)
  • Be Careful with Susceptible Soybean Variety in Rotation to Manage SCN (3/17/2008)
  • Check Fields for Soybean Cyst Nematode (3/12/2008)

• Yang, Xiao Bing

  • Use of Fungicides to Control Soybean Foliar Diseases: a 6-year Summary (11/18/2008)
  • Fall Tillage Considerations for Soybean Disease Management (10/8/2008)
  • Seed Quality at Harvest (9/29/2008)
  • Soybean Top Dieback Shows Up in Iowa Again (8/25/2008)
  • Midsummer Scouting for Downy Mildew and other Soybean Diseases (8/8/2008)
  • More on Fungicide Application Questions (7/24/2008)
  • White Mold Control in a Flood Year (7/14/2008)
  • Questions and Answers on Soybean Fungicide Applications (7/9/2008)
  • Disease Management in a Flooding Season (6/11/2008)
  • Soybean Replanting and Fungicide Treatments (6/4/2008)