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2/8/2012 - A training session designed to help prepare individuals for the commercial pesticide applicator examinations will be offered in Marion on March 5.

2/8/2012 - Iowa State University Extension - Kossuth County will sponsor a study session to prepare individuals to take Private and Commercail Pesticide Applicator Certification exams.

2/8/2012 - There is interest in Iowa in using new and traditional nematode management products for corn. Five coordinated experiments were conducted at ISU research farms in 2011 to assess the effects of seed treatments and a soil-applied nematicide on corn yields and numbers of nematodes that feed on corn.

2/7/2012 - There was considerable flooding along the Missouri River in the summer of 2011, leaving many fields scarred and bare, without a crop. Producers should make field repairs as needed and seed a cover crop to help protect the soil and start rebuilding soil life before the 2012 cropping season.

2/1/2012 - ISU Extension and Outreach will conduct a series of meetings in March to address the rapidly expanding problems associated with herbicide resistant weeds.

1/31/2012 - What if it is dry at planting in 2012, should you consider lower plant populations? This factor is considered in simulations using the Hybrid-Maize model.

1/31/2012 - The Hybrid-Maize model allows users to change soil moisture conditions at planting to simulate different possibilities. This capability allows us to simulate conditions with only half field capacity at planting.

1/31/2012 - Modeling tools that simulate dry conditions at planting help us understand the effect of dry conditions on potential yield. The corn simulation model Hybrid-Maize can address several questions regarding corn management practices.

1/30/2012 - A two-day short course focusing on principles of soils, soil fertility and nutrient management will be offered by Iowa State University Extension and Outreach on Feb. 15-16.

1/24/2012 - Field Crop Insects, the latest in a series of pratical and valuable reference tools for farmers, is now available. The publication is a joint effort of ISU Extension and Iowa Soybean Association.

1/21/2012 - Iowa farmers can choose from more than 800 soybean varieties that are described as having resistance to the soybean cyst nematode (SCN). Research results show that the varieties vary greatly in yield and nematode control. The ISU SCN-resistant Soybean Variety Trial Program evaluates hundreds of varieties each year, and results from testing in 2011 are now available.

1/17/2012 - Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, in cooperation with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR), will offer manure applicator certification workshops for dry manure operators on seven different dates and locations in February.

1/9/2012 - The effect of foliar fungicides applied on foliar disease, stalk rot and yield of corn were evaluated during the 2011 growing season at six locations in Iowa.

1/3/2012 - Fungicides, insecticides and fungicide + insecticide applications to soybean were evaluated at six locations across the state during the 2011 growing season.