John D. Holmes, CPAg
Extension Field Agronomist
ISU Extension Office
P.O. Box 433
Clarion, IA 50525
Email: jdholmes@iastate.edu
Phone: (515) 532-3453
Cell phone: (515) 571-4020
July 23, pdf, July 23, Word Document - Crop teleconference comment, more on Soybean aphids, Bean leaf beetles, Corn rootworm beetles, Crop fungicide questions, and CCA CEU Opportuny on August 5.
July 8, pdf, July 8 - Word Document- Soybean aphids found and questions about using Fungicide on hailed corn. (There is a larger picture of the aphids attached to the pdf copy.) Here is another copy of the picture in case you can't get it open from the pdf soybean aphids
July 1, pdf, July 1 - Word Document- Crop condition, Uneven corn, Laudis herbicide drift, Soybean diseases, Acreage reports are out, Leafhoppers in alfalfa.
June 9th, pdf, June 9th - Word Document - Crop Condition, Re-plant yield expectations, Nitrogen losses, Pesticide use near rural acreages, Long term weather averages.
June 5th - pdf, June 5th - Word Document - Crop Progress, Replanting information, Weed management, Anthracnosse leaf blight(corn), Soybean damping off?, Summer Field Extension Education Lab Registration.
May 27th - pdf- Crop Progress and Weekend Storms, ISU integrated Crop Management News Comment, Soybean fungicide update, Don't forget wind drift potential, and Northern Iowa Research Farm Field Day.