🚜🚗 Some good roadway safety tips for ALL this planting season: extension.iastate.edu/news/roadway-s…. #plant24

Here's your first regional crop update for the 2024 growing season from your ISU Extension and Outreach field agronomists! Check out what we are hearing and seeing across the state: crops.extension.iastate.edu/blog/rebecca-v…. #ISUCrops #plant24 ISU NC Crops Leah Ten Napel Gentry Sorenson Meaghan Anderson Virgil Schmitt

Our ISU Extension and Outreach Farm Management team is a solid set of experts who support Iowa agricultural businesses across the state. The field specialist position serving SE Iowa is open for applications now through May 5, isu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/IowaStateJobs/…

Here are some good reminders on PPE with pesticides! Don’t forget PPE when handling treated seed this spring!
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We’ve already got 1/2 our seats filled so far for our Crop Scout School Be sure to reserve your spot soon! #ISUCrops

We want to see YOU at the Crop Scout School! Join us on May 16 🎟️ ➡️
crops.extension.iastate.edu/2024-crop-scou… #ISUCrops #ScoutSchool

8 cutworm (🐛) moths in Keokuk Co., which = a significant flight.

Expect 🐛 to be big enough to cut corn once 300 GDDs (base 50) accumulate after a significant flight. Will use this to predict potential cutting dates in May. go.iastate.edu/OUNTPX. Ashley Dean Erin Hodgson

❗ONE month from today we will be hosting our Crop Scout School at the SE Research Farm. Be sure to reserve your seat today: crops.extension.iastate.edu/2024-crop-scou… #ISUCrops #ScoutSchool

We expect that bean leaf beetles survived the 2023-24 winter pretty well in Iowa. Make sure to scout soybeans this spring, and let us know what you find!
crops.extension.iastate.edu/cropnews/2024/…
Erin Hodgson

If you look close enough, we've got some weeds starting to come to help teach weed ID at our upcoming Crop Scout School on May 16th: crops.extension.iastate.edu/2024-crop-scou…. #ISUCrops TerryBasol Meaghan Anderson

Join the Pest Alert Network and get timely updates on pest activity/what to be looking for in your fields while scouting! #ISUCrops

If you have alfalfa, keep your 👀 out for alfalfa weevil. Seeing a lot more activity this week. More on scouting and thresholds here: crops.extension.iastate.edu/cropnews/2024/… #ISUCrops Ashley Dean Erin Hodgson

Planting Season is Upon Us: Here Are Some Quick Planting Considerations dlvr.it/T5NfwZ

I'm working on putting a list of scouting-related apps together for our Crop Scout School coming up in May. What are some of your favorite scouting-related apps? #ISUCrops #CropScout

Read the Label: Protecting Non-target Plants and Animals dlvr.it/T5KtQq

Black cutworm moth trapping is underway in Iowa, and as usual, we're capturing moths during the first week of trapping. Here's a recap: crops.extension.iastate.edu/blog/ashley-de….
Stay tuned for weekly updates on what our cooperators find!
Erin Hodgson

Hello there! We've got some corn and soybeans already growing (thanks to the Muscatine Island Research Farm) for our Crop Scout School on May 16th at the Southeast Research and Demonstration Farm! More details here: crops.extension.iastate.edu/2024-crop-scou…. Mark Licht Virgil Schmitt #ISUCrops

With the reports that some areas are under water usage restrictions, some applicators may seek alternate water sources for pesticide applications this spring.

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It's not too late to join the regional webinar fro soybean gall midge! soybeangallmidge.org Justin McMechan

Farmers, Ag Industry Professionals Reap Dividends from Planter University dlvr.it/T4p6Qt