Drought Information
This site will be updated as more material is made available.
Resources from Iowa State
Crops (corn, soybean and forages):
--
2005
Drought Information (pdf)
--
Forage
Testing Laboratories (pdf)
--
Forage
Sampling and Sampling Equipment (pdf)
--
Pasture
Management Guide for Livestock Producers -- order form (pdf)
--
Drier
Conditions May Slow Corn Growth
-- Dry
Summer Corn Forage Harvest Options and Management Strategies
-- Corn
and Soybean Quality Affected by Late Season Drought
-- Late
Summer Forage Options and Management Strategies in Drought or Dry Summer
-- That
Soybean Pest "Mite" Not Be An Aphid
Gardening:
-- Horticulture & Home
Pest News: Watering Guide for home gardeners
-- Horticulture & Home
Pest News: Watering Home Lawns
-- Is
Your Landscape Water-Efficient? (pdf)
--
Watering
Landscape Plants (pdf)
-- Watering
Newly-planted Trees (pdf)
Livestock Management:
-- Iowa Beef Center
- Drought Management Resource
-- Nitrate
Toxicity (pdf)
-- Agricultural
& Biosystems Engineering: Heat
Stress
-- Disaster
Recovery: Livestock -- Determining moisture of immature corn silage (pdf)
-- Disaster
Recovery: Livestock -- Making quality silage (pdf)
-- Disaster
Recovery: Livestock -- Soybeans for forage (pdf)
-- Disaster
Recovery: Livestock -- Harvesting immature corn as silage (pdf)
-- Disaster
Recovery: Livestock -- Consider cornstalks as feed (pdf)
-- Disaster
Recovery: Livestock -- Cow management strategies to stretch winter hay supplies (pdf)
-- Disaster
Recovery: Livestock -- Feed inventory aid to management (pdf)
-- Disaster
Recovery: Agricultural Engineering-- Temporary silage storage systems (pdf)
-- Disaster
Recovery: Livestock -- Tips for making quality silage (pdf)
Resources from Other States:
University of Illinois
-- How Will Weather Affect This Year's Crop Yields?
-- Has Your Corn Pollinated?
-- Fact Sheets Offer Tips for Dealing with the Drought
Crops (corn, soybean and forages):
-- Crop Production
-- Drought-stressed Corn
-- Handling Drought-Stressed Corn
-- Determining
the Value of Drought-Stressed Corn
Livestock Management:
-- Coping with
Drought Information Page: Animal Management & Feed
-- Livestock Production
Lawn and Garden:
-- Coping with Drought Information Page
Alternative Crops:
-- Alternative Crops During a Drought
Family and Farm Management:
-- Tax Issues After a Drought
-- Coping
with Drought Information Page: Families, Stress & Financial
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