2008 CROP HAPPENINGS NEWSLETTERS

May 1, Greetings, ICM newsletter web based, Corn planting comments, Black cutworm update, What's in that herbicide package?

May 13 -- Wet, cold, slow progress; Black cutworms, Hybrid/variety maturities, Interesting field day, Date to remember

May 19 -- Crop progress, Weather update, Black cutworms, Corn planting comments

May 27 -- Crop progress and weekend storms, ISU Integrated Crop Management NEWS comment, Soybean fungicide update, Don't forget wind drift potential, Northern Iowa Research Farm field day

June 5 -- Crop progress, re-planting information available, weed management considerations in re-planted crops, Anthracnose leaf blight (corn), soybean damping off, registration open now for summer FEEL clinics

June 9- Crop condition, Re-plant yield expectations, Nitrogen losses, Pesticide use near rural acreages, Long-term weather averages

June 24- Crop condition, Soybean diseases, Nitrogen losses, Nitrogen concerns II.

July 1 - Crop condition, uneven corn, Laudis herbicide drift, soybean diseases, acreage report out, leafhoppers in alfalfa

July 8 -- Crop condition, Soybean aphids found, Fungicides on hailed corn?

July 14 -- Crop condition, soybean aphids, bean leaf beetles emerging, corn rootworm beetles?, Integrated Crop Management NEWS highlights, CCA opportunity in Fort Dodge

July 23- Crop teleconference comment, soybean aphids, bean leaf beetles, corn rootworm beetles, crop fungicide questions, CCA CEU opportunities

Aug. 4 - Crop progress, soybean aphids, yield loss from ground application, western bean cutworm, diseases in corn, newsletters from other Extension field agronomists, drainage research field day

Aug. 20 - Crop progress, how long will soybean aphids stay, sudden death syndrome, soybean disease?

J.Holmes/Kelly G 5/2/2008