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 5, 2012 - Frost on Forages; Drought: Corn Lodging, Corn Ear Rots (including aflatoxin), Soybean Green Stem; Calendar Items
August 23, 2012 - Drought; Corn: Ear Rots (including aflatoxin), Harvest; Soybean: Spider Mites; Calendar Items
July 19, 2012 - Drought; Corn: Chopping, Valuing Chopped Corn, Fungicides, Spider Mites, Aphids; Soybean: Spider Mites; Calendar Items
July 10, 2012 - Drought; Corn: Rootworms, Japanese Beetles, Fungicides; Soybean: Japanese Beetles, Weeds; Calendar Items
June 7, 2012 - Corn: Potassium Deficiency Symptoms, Black cutworms; Soybean: Spider Mites, Checking Stands; Calendar Items
May 22, 2012 - Corn: Rootless Corn and Other Emergence Issues, Stand Evaluations and Re-plant Decisions,Pythium Damping Off, Black cutworms, Late Spring Soil Nitrate Test; Soybean: Bean Leaf Beetles; Calendar Items
May 16, 2012 - Corn: Stand Evaluations,Black cutworms; Corn and Soybean Diseases; Calendar Items
May 10, 2012 - Corn: Black cutworms, Spraying emerged corn, Stalk borers; Soybean: Populations, Bean Leaf Beetles; Calendar Items
April 4, 2012 - Planting Corn, Insects after a Mild Winter, Killing Cover Crops, Weed Management, Calendar Items
February 28, 2012 - 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