AMES, Iowa-- Iowa State University (ISU) Extension is excited to announce the release of a special issue of the Integrated Crop Management (ICM) Newsletter containing articles dedicated specifically to the challenges of raising corn following corn in a cropping system.

The 40-page special issue touches on the topic of bioenergy and what Iowans and Iowa State University are doing as leaders in the bioeconomy.

“No matter where I go or whom I am speaking with, whether it is a producer from the Midwest or an agricultural industry representative from a metropolitan area, the question always comes up about how are we going to produce more corn,” says Roger Elmore, ISU Extension corn specialist. “With the demand for corn increasing and ethanol receiving global attention there is a revolution taking place, a revolution of change in production agriculture.”

The special issue of ICM includes articles on tillage challenges, planting suggestions and how to deal with potential pests and diseases. Other articles are related to agronomy, plant pathology and the economics of raising corn following corn.

By purchasing a subscription to the ICM Newsletter for 2007, subscribers will receive the special issue of the newsletter. An upcoming special issue on pests of soybean will be of interest to soybean producers. Subscribing can be done by visiting the ISU Extension Online Store at www.extension.iastate.edu/store. Search for ICM 2007.

-30-