Rebecca Vittetoe
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ISU Extension and Outreach Field Agronomist serving EC IA, wife & mother. The views expressed on this site are my own and not those of Iowa State University.
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http://www.extension.iastate.edu/ag/field-agronomist-rebecca-ahlers 29-04-2015 02:56:31
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If you have hail damage from the recent storms, check out these resources: > Hail Damage on Corn: store.extension.iastate.edu/product/14776 > Hail Damage on Soybean: store.extension.iastate.edu/product/14792 >Does a fungicide benefit hail-damaged crops? crops.extension.iastate.edu/blog/adam-siss… #ISUCrops
Check out what ISU Extension and Outreach field agronomists have been seeing in fields across the state this last week: crops.extension.iastate.edu/blog/rebecca-v…. What are you seeing? #ISUCrops Meaghan Anderson Joshua Michel Virgil Schmitt Gentry Sorenson Leah Ten Napel
Can you distinguish Asian Copperleaf from waterhemp. Answers provided later. Meaghan Anderson Zachary Utley. Zach has super skills! #isucrops.
Some of the recent storms caused hail damage in parts of Marion, Mahaska, Warren, and Jasper counties. While some is minor, other damage is more significant. To address ?'s/concerns ISU Extension and Outreach is holding a Hail Meeting on Aug. 5th @ 11 AM near Otley. #ISUCrops Meaghan Anderson
Learning more about strip-till and how to be successful with it from Ben Convington with Digital Ag Innovation Lab. #ISUCrops
Always great to hear and learn more about our soils with the one and only Dr. Lee Burras! Iowa State Agronomy #ISUCrops
#Covercrops can provide a lot of great benefits but important to 🤔 about how to successfully integrate them into an operation. If you’re new, start small, start simple w/ a single species, & figure out what works! Also 🤔 about what goals you have for using them. Mark Licht
We’ve got Richard Roth, PhD joining us for our Fall Field Day on Sept. 5 along with mike castellano and Melissa Miller w/ the Iowa Nitrogen Initiative to provide a retrospective look at N mgmt for '24 & get us looking ahead to '25. More info: crops.extension.iastate.edu/southeast-rese… #ISUCrops
Learn more about 2 research projects being conducted at the farm to gain insight into rootworm impacts on silage quality/ yield AND if beneficial nematodes can be used in Iowa to help manage rootworm. More info: crops.extension.iastate.edu/southeast-rese… #ISUCrops Erin Hodgson Ashley Dean
Fall armyworms have been the 🔥hot topic🔥so far this week! More information on this destructive pest : crops.extension.iastate.edu/blog/ashley-de…. Be sure to take time to scout your fields! #ISUCrops Erin Hodgson Ashley Dean
What can we expect for #harvest 24 weather? Get a harvest weather outlook and learn more about how you can utilize the ISU Mesonet Weather Networks and data at the Southeast Research Farm’s Fall Field Day on Sept. 5th. More info: crops.extension.iastate.edu/southeast-rese… #ISUCrops Dennis Todey
Tomorrow’s the day! The SE Research Farm’s Fall Field Day kicks off at 1:30 PM! We’ll start in the Research and Learning Center and then head out to the field! We hope to see you there! Dennis Todey Ashley Dean Erin Hodgson Melissa Miller mike castellano Richard Roth, PhD #ISUCrops
Sunny and lows 80s = perfect weather for a fall field day at the ISU Southeast Research Farm! Started off with some farm updates and then updates from Erin Hodgson and Ashley Dean on current research being done here at the farm focusing corn rootworms. #ISUCrops
Next topic on the field day tour - nitrogen. Richard Roth, PhD shared information on the fall stalk nitrate test and some tips for making N mgmt plans for 2025. Also had Melissa Miller and mike castellano join us and talk about the Iowa Nitrogen Initiative Project. #ISUCrops
Last stop of the day…weather and fall weather outlook for harvest conditions with Dennis Todey and sharing some handy weather-related resources! Virgil Schmitt #ISUCrops