Mark your calendars for the July 7 SUMMER FIELD DAY at the SE Research & Demonstration Farm near Crawforsville highlighting some of the research going on at the farm: ag lime vs. pell lime, soybean diseases, interseeding cover crops, & corn rootworm mgmt! go.iastate.edu/VIUHSH

#plant22 is about 2 weeks behind normal. All hope is not lost. crops.extension.iastate.edu/blog/mark-lich… Sotirios Archontoulis ArchontoulisLab

These were planted on April 28 southwest of Atlantic, IA. Several rain events (note slight crusting) and cool temps until the last couple of days.

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📣Hey crop scouts! ISU Extension will be offering a Crop Scout School on May 19 at Kirkwood in Cedar Rapids. Registration is NOW open, but seats are limited. Reserve your spot TODAY: aep.iastate.edu/scout/index.ht…. 🌽🪲🌱 Erin Hodgson Alison Robertson Mark Licht Meaghan Anderson Virgil Schmitt

#Plant22 is off to a slow start in Iowa. There is still time if you consider when planting conditions are ideal Iowa farmers can plant more than 1 million acres per day. crops.extension.iastate.edu/blog/joel-dejo…

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This cereal rye cover crop isn’t enjoying the spring temps since greening up in mid-March. Gonna be hard to get to 1000 # biomass before termination to plant a corn N rate trial. Alison Robertson McDaniel Lab

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach will offer a Field Crop Scout School May 19, at Kirkwood in Cedar Rapids. The Field Crop Scout School is intended to be a foundational course, providing essential information for effective crop scouting.

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Crop Scout School May 19! aep.iastate.edu/scout/index.ht… Learn about crop pest insects, disease, weeds, staging, and other topics.

With Meaghan Anderson Erin Hodgson Mark Licht Joshua Michel Alison Robertson Rebecca Vittetoe and more!

Seeing a lot of field activity today but no planting. Idle considering pulling out the planter you may want to think twice. Dennis Todey Justin Glisan

We hope to see YOU over lunch on Thursday for the #ScienceforSuccess webinar on Misconceptions Across Soybean Growth Stages. Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… Shawn Conley Seth Naeve Laura Lindsey Chad Lee 🧢 Jeremy Ross Michael Plumblee Mark Licht @VirginiaSoybean Carrie Knott

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This should be a very a good opportunity to gain some insights for high yield (or at least keeping a check on cost of production). tinyurl.com/SFSGrowthRegis…

A lot of Iowa is abnormally dry with some in the moderately dry category. A lot can change with spring rains but starting to look a bit like last summer …dry.