Predictably unpredictable.” “Randomness.” “Variability.” “Sporadic.” Such are the words used frequently when dealing with weather and farming in Iowa.
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Strong hybrids counterpunch tough conditions
Precipitation was variable for the ICIA corn hybrid trials. Pockets in the southeast got better results than ever before while “other pockets in the area couldn’t buy a drop of rain,” said Ryan Budnik, executive director of the Iowa Crop Improvement Association.
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Josh Nelson views cover crops as another way to diversify, enhance and sustain good black soil for more production on his farm near Belmond, Iowa.
Editor’s note: The following was written by Tamra Jackson-Ziems and Dylan Mangel, University of Nebraska Extension plant pathologist, and Talo…
