Crop Update Index

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach

East-Central and Southeast Iowa Crop Updates

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Introduction
Previous Years' Issues Back to 2004
Testing for Residual Nitrogen
October 8, 2012 - Frost on Forages, Soybean Green Stem, Calendar Items
August 28, 2012 - Weed Seeds Wanted, Corn Ear Rots and Mycotoxins, Combine Adjustments, Combine Fires, Black Dust
August 2, 2012 - Drought, Chopping Corn, Aflatoxin, Southern Corn Rust, Gray Leaf Spot, Two-Spotted Spider Mites, Calendar Items
July 24, 2012 - Drought, Chopping Corn, Fungicides, Calendar Items
June 6, 2012 - Corn: White Grubs, Corn Rootworms, European Corn Corers, Potassium Deficiency; Soybean: Two-spotter Spider Mites; Calendar Items
May 24, 2012 - Corn: Emergence Issues, Rootless Corn, Pythium Damping Off, Black Cutworms, Late Spring Soil Nitrate Test; Soybean: Bean Leaf Beetles; Calendar Items
May 14, 2012 - Corn: Uneven Emergence, Black Cutworms; Soybean Populations; Seedling Diseases of Corn and Soybean, Calendar Items
May 9, 2012 - Nitrogen and Soil Applied Herbicides on Emerged Corn, Stalk Borers, Alfalfa Weevil, Calendar Items
April 5, 2012 - Forages: Frost,Alfalfa Weevil, Evaluating Forage Stands; Seeding Small Grains, Forages, and Waterways; Managing Cover Crops; Weeds: In No-till, Thistles in Pastures; Corn Planting; Calendar Items
Risk Management Agency (RMA) Aflatoxin Fact Sheet
Aflatoxin Sampling and Marketing Q & A
Personal Safety with Aflatoxin
Sampling and Testing for Aflatoxin
Official Grain Inspection Services
What happens if an official test is positive for aflatoxin?
Grain Salvage
Food and Drug Administration site on Aflatoxin Action Levels
Iowa Grain Quality Initiative Aflatoxin Site - many additional resources here