Crop Production

• Planters are Rolling and Corn is Growing (5/5/2008)
• Seeding Rates in Relation to Maximum Yield and Seed Costs (5/5/2008)
• It’s a Late Spring: Should You Apply Nitrogen or Plant Corn? (5/4/2008)
• Don’t Use More Pressure than Needed on Wet Soils (5/1/2008)
• Adapting to Alfalfa Winterkill and Winter Injury (4/29/2008)
• When is it Too Late Plant Forages? (4/29/2008)
• Improved Disease Resistance on the Way – One Key to Soybean Improvement (4/25/2008)
• Inoculating CRP Ground (4/21/2008)
• Will 2008 be the “Perfect Storm” for Soybean Seedling Disease? (4/21/2008)
• Iowa 2008 Prediction for Stewart’s Disease of Corn (4/17/2008)
• Calculating Degree Days (4/17/2008)
• Too Early to Worry about Planting Corn! (4/16/2008)
• Predicted Corn and Soybean Acreage in 2008 (4/8/2008)
• Spring Sampling OK for Two Corn Nematode Species (4/1/2008)
• Foliar Fungicides Publication Available (3/18/2008)
• Be Careful with Susceptible Soybean Variety in Rotation to Manage SCN (3/17/2008)
• Pesticide Drift Reduction Starts Now (3/12/2008)
• Should I Be Concerned About Corn Rootworms Now? (3/12/2008)
• Soybean Rust Overwintering in the South (3/12/2008)
• How Soon Should I Start Field Operations? (3/12/2008)
• March 2008 La Nina Update (3/11/2008)
• Try Side-by-Side Trials to Check Fungicide Impact on Corn Yield (3/10/2008)
• Weather Situation and Outlook for 2008 (3/10/2008)

Insects and Mites

• New Directory of Sensitive Crops and Apiaries for Pesticide Applicators (4/25/2008)
• Check Out the ISU Plant and Insect Diagnostic Clinic (4/23/2008)
• 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)
• Pesticide Drift Reduction Starts Now (3/12/2008)
• Should I Be Concerned About Corn Rootworms Now? (3/12/2008)

Pesticide Education

• New Directory of Sensitive Crops and Apiaries for Pesticide Applicators (4/25/2008)
• Starting Clean in No-till (3/26/2008)
• Foliar Fungicides Publication Available (3/18/2008)
• Pesticide Drift Reduction Starts Now (3/12/2008)

Plant Diseases

• Field Testing of N-Hibit™ Seed Treatment in Iowa* (5/2/2008)
• Improved Disease Resistance on the Way – One Key to Soybean Improvement (4/25/2008)
• New Directory of Sensitive Crops and Apiaries for Pesticide Applicators (4/25/2008)
• Check Out the ISU Plant and Insect Diagnostic Clinic (4/23/2008)
• Will 2008 be the “Perfect Storm” for Soybean Seedling Disease? (4/21/2008)
• Iowa 2008 Prediction for Stewart’s Disease of Corn (4/17/2008)
• Soybean Rust Fast Track System Gets an Overhaul (4/11/2008)
• Spring Sampling OK for Two Corn Nematode Species (4/1/2008)
• Winter Annual Weeds and SCN – Is There Cause for Concern? (3/25/2008)
• Foliar Fungicides Publication Available (3/18/2008)
• Be Careful with Susceptible Soybean Variety in Rotation to Manage SCN (3/17/2008)
• Pesticide Drift Reduction Starts Now (3/12/2008)
• Soybean Rust Overwintering in the South (3/12/2008)
• Check Fields for Soybean Cyst Nematode (3/12/2008)
• Try Side-by-Side Trials to Check Fungicide Impact on Corn Yield (3/10/2008)

Soils

• Surface Waters: Ammonium is Not Ammonia – Part Two (5/2/2008)
• Inoculating CRP Ground (4/21/2008)
• Surface Waters: Ammonium is Not Ammonia (4/21/2008)
• You Couldn’t Apply Phosphorus and Potassium Last Fall and Now It’s Too Wet (4/14/2008)
• Soil Fertility Web Site Updated (4/14/2008)
• Managing Residue for a Good Stand (4/2/2008)
• Starting Clean in No-till (3/26/2008)
• How Soon Should I Start Field Operations? (3/12/2008)

Weed Management

• Managing 2,4-D for No-Till Burndown Treatments (4/29/2008)
• New Directory of Sensitive Crops and Apiaries for Pesticide Applicators (4/25/2008)
• Check Out the ISU Plant and Insect Diagnostic Clinic (4/23/2008)
• Delayed Burndown Applications in No-Till (4/22/2008)
• Starting Clean in No-till (3/26/2008)
• Winter Annual Weeds and SCN – Is There Cause for Concern? (3/25/2008)
• Pesticide Drift Reduction Starts Now (3/12/2008)