Crop Update Index

East-Central and Southeast Iowa Crop Updates

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Introduction
November 9, 2009 - Corn Ear Rots and Mycotoxins, Wet Soybeans, Calendar Items
October 12, 2009 - Fall Freeze on Forages, Corn Ear Rots, Corn Stalk Rots, Grain Drying and Storage, Calendar Items
August 13, 2009 - Soybean White Mold, Soybean Sudden Death Syndrome, Soybean Aphids, Calendar Items
July 20, 2009 - Potato Leafhoppers in Hay, Common and Lepto Leafspot of Alfalfa, Rotation Resistant Western Corn Rootworm Beetle Traps, Corn and Soybean Fungicides, Japanese Beetles, Calendar Items
June 30, 2009 - Ponds and Flooded Fields, Hail, Herbicides on Hail Damaged Corn, Green / Brittle Snap of Corn, Potassium Deficiency Symptoms of Corn, Malformed Soybean Leaves, Potato Leafhoppers in Hay, Lepto Leafspot of Alfalfa, Calendar Items
June 8, 2009 - Black Cutworms, Armyworms, Stink Bugs, UAN with Herbicides, Weed (Canada Thistle, Multiflora Rose, Horse Tail) Management, Calendar Items
May 28, 2009 - Black Cutworms,Stalk Boeres, Late Spring Soil Nitrate Test, Calendar Items
May 20, 2009 - Corn Stand and Health Evaluations, Black Cutworms, Soybean Populations and Seed Treatments, Organic Opportunity, Calendar Items
April 21, 2009 - Planting Small Grains, Forages, and Waterways; Alfalfa Winter-kill; Alfalfa Weevils; Corn - Planting, Anhydrous Ammonia; Stalk borers; Bee Rule Changes; 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