2000 Annual Progress Reports

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Armstrong Research and Demonstration Farm

• Wallace Foundation Directors and Information on Experiments in Previous Annual Progress Reports
• Report by WFRRD Board
• Development of Research Farm, Field Days and Tours and Acknowledgments
• Crop Season
• Soil Moisture Survey
• Sulfur Fertilizer Application to Corn and Soybean
• In-Season Nitrogen Fertilization of Soybean
• Lime Rates and Sources | Table 1
• Potential for Use of Electrical Conductivity Measurements for Refinement of Soil Survey Information
• Seasonal and Rotational Influences on Corn Nitrogen Requirements
• Soil Fertility Paradigms Evaluated through Collaboration On-farm and On-station
• Phosphorus and Potassium Fertilization of Corn and Soybeans Managed with No-till and Chisel-Plow Tillage
• Liming, Nitrogen and Manure Rates for Continuous Corn
• Planting Date Effects on Yield and Grain Composition of High Oil Corn
• Planting Date and Hybrid Maturity Effects on Corn Yield in Iowa
• Plant Population Effect on Open-Pollinated Corn
• Comparison of Organic and Conventional Crops at the Neely-Kinyon Long-term Agroecological Research (LTAR) Site-2000
• Woolly Cupgrass Management in Corn
• Woolly Cupgrass Management in No-tillage Corn
• Emergence Characteristics of Several Annual Weeds
• Impact of Planting Date and Seed Treatment on Soybean Yield
• Yield of Roundup Ready vs. Conventional Soybean Varieties
• Specialty Soybean Test - S
• Oat Variety Test
• Winter Wheat Variety Test
• Evaluating New Forages
• Asparagus Cultivar Evaluation
• 2000 Home Demonstration Garden
• Sow and Litter Performance for Two Genotypes in Crated and Group Gestation Systems
• Performance of Pigs in a Swedish, Bedded Group Lactation and Nursery System
• The Effect of Housing System and Physical Environment on Post-weaning Pig Performance
• Effects of Corn Crop Residue Grazing on Soil Physical Properties and Subsequent Soybean Production in a Corn-Soybean Crop Rotation (A Progress Report)
• Effect of MGA on Performance, Sexual Behavior, Carcass Quality and Tenderness in Mixed-Sex Pens of Cattle
• Cows in the Corn Grazing Project
• Rotational Grazing Demonstrations with Beef Cows on CRP Land in Adams County
• Intensive Rotational Grazing of Steers on Highly Erodible Land at the Adams County CRP Project, 2000

McNay Research and Demonstration Farm

• Farm Staff
• 2000 Year at McNay Research Farm
• Third Grade Field Day
• Alfalfa Variety Testing
• Row Width Effects on Corn Yield at Varying Plant Densities
• Row Width and Population Effects on Roundup Ready Soybean Yield
• Integrating Organic Soybean Production on Land Formerly in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)
• Seasonal and Rotational Influences on Corn Nitrogen Requirements
• Tiling Research
• Effects of Corn Crop Residue Grazing on Soil Physical Properties and Subsequent Soybean Production in a Corn-Soybean Crop Rotation (A Progress Report)
• Evaluation of Year-round Forage Management Systems for Spring- and Fall-Calving Beef Cows
• Sequential Grazing Systems for Beef Cattle Production
• Beef Cattle Breeding Project Progress Report: Body Composition EPDs Determined from Ultrasound Measures
• Beef Cattle Breeding Project Progress Report: Growth-Trait EPDs for 1998- and 1999-Born Calves

Northwest and Allee Research and Demonstration Farms

• Northwest Iowa Experimental Association
• Activities at Northwest Research Farms
• 2000 Growing Season at Northwest Research Farms
• Allee Demonstration Farm 2000 Report
• Soil Moisture
• Oat/Barley Variety Test
• Row Width and Plant Density Effects on Corn Yield in Iowa
• Corn Yield Response to Wide or Conventional Row Widths at Varying Plant Densities
• Row Width and Hybrid Effects on Corn Yield in Iowa
• Yield Performance of Roundup Ready® versus Conventional Soybean Varieties
• Combine Losses from Narrow and Wide Row Corn Harvest
• Weed Management in Corn
• Weed Management in Soybean
• Corn Response to Urea-N and Pelletal Limestone in 1999
• In-Season Nitrogen Fertilization of Soybean
• Seasonal and Rotational Influences on Corn Nitrogen Requirements
• Sulfur Fertilizer Application to Corn and Soybean
• Compaction Study
• Evaluation of Soybean Varieties for Certified Organic Production--Allee Trial, 2000
• Composting Swine Mortalities at Allee Farm: Lessons Learned
• Organic Broiler Chicken Production Trial--Allee Farm
• Allee Demonstration Garden
• 2000 Home Demonstration Garden

Northeast Research and Demonstration Farm

• Northeast Iowa Agricultural Experimental Association
• Information on Experiments in Previous Annual Reports
• Field Days and Farm Tours
• 2000 Crop Season | Figures
• Phosphorous and Potassium Placement for Corn and Soybeans Managed with No-till and Chisel Plow Tillage
• In-Season Nitrogen Fertilization of Soybean
• Impacts of Nitrogen Management Systems on Water Quality
• Planting Date and Hybrid Maturity Effects on Corn Yield in Iowa
• Late-Season Management of Bean Leaf Beetles in Soybeans
• 2000 Bt/Non-Bt Corn Variety Evaluation Study
• Corn Rootworm Insecticide Performance
• Weed Management Strategies in Corn
• Weed Management in Soybean Production
• Emergence Characteristics of Several Annual Weeds
• Roundup Ready® and Conventional Soybean Yield Trial
• Roundup Ready® vs. Conventional Soybean Variety Yield Test
• Corn Planting Dates
• Stalk and Ear Diseases in Bt and Non-Bt Corn Hybrids in Northeast Iowa, 2000
• Oat Variety Test
• Barley Variety Test
• Alfalfa Variety Testing
• Hybrid Alfalfa
• Alfalfa Yields from Mixtures of Dormant and Non-dormant Varieties
• Selecting Non-dormant Alfalfa for Winter Hardiness
• Determining the Mechanism of Yield Stability in Alfalfa
• 2000 Home Demonstration Garden

Northern Research and Demonstration Farm

• North Central Iowa Research Association and Information on Experiments in Previous Annual Progress Reports
• Developments at Northern Research and Demonstration Farm and 2000 Crop Season
• Speciality Soybean Test - North
• Corn Response to Zinc Fertilizer in Iowa
• Corn Weed Management Studies | Tables 4-6
• Soybean Weed Management Studies | Tables 4 and 5
• Effects of Nitrogen Fertilization on Corn Grain Quality
• Starter Fertilizer, Row Width, and Planting Date Effects on Corn Yield in North Central Iowa
• Row Width and Plant Density Effects on Corn Yield in Iowa
• Row Width and Hybrid Effects on Corn Yield in Iowa
• Liquid Swine Manure as a Fertilizer Source for Annual and Perennial Grass Forage
• Liquid Swine Manure as a Fertilizer Source for Established Alfalfa
• Sulfur Fertilizer Application to Corn and Soybean
• In-Season Nitrogen Fertilization of Soybean
• Evaluation of Soybean Varieties Resistant to Soybean Cyst Nematode in Northern Iowa, 2000 | Table 1
• Phosphorus and Potassium Fertilization for Corn and Soybeans Managed with No-Till and Chisel-Plow Tillage
• 2000 Home Demonstration Garden

Rhodes Research and Demonstration Farm

• Farm Staff
• 2000 Year at Rhodes
• Beef Cattle Breeding Project Progress Report: Body Composition EPDs Determined from Ultrasound Measures
• Beef Cattle Breeding Project Progress Report: Growth-Trait EPDs for 1998- and 1999-Born Calves
• Spatial Analysis of Species Diversity in Pastures Using GIS and GPS Technologies
• Forage and Tree Experiment (FATE)
• Two-Year Summary of the Performance of Finishing Pigs in Hoop Structures and Confinement During Winter and Summer
• Performance of Barrows and Gilts in Hoop Structures and Confinement During Winter and Summer | Part 2 with table
• An Analysis of the Cost of Producing Pork in Hoop Structures and Confinement During the Winter
• An Analysis of the Cost of Producing Pork in Hoop Structures and Confinement During the Summer
• Accumulation of Nutrients under a Swine Finisher Hoop Structure and Composting Pad

Southeast Research and Demonstration Farm

• Southeast Iowa Agricultural Research Association
• 2000 Crop Season/Field Days
• Planting Date and Seed Treatment Effects on Soybean Yield
• Roundup Ready vs. Conventional Soybean Yield Comparison
• Conservation Tillage Study
• Seasonal and Rotational Influences on Corn Nitrogen Requirements
• In-Season Nitrogen Fertilization of Soybean
• Sulfur Fertilizer Application to Corn and Soybean
• Rotational Corn and Soybean Responses to P and K
• Oat Variety Test
• Winter Wheat Variety Test
• Evaluation of Soybean Varieties Resistant to Soybean Cyst Nematode in Southeast Iowa, 2000 | Table of Results
• Corn Rootworm Insecticide Performance
• Emergence Characteristics of Several Annual Weeds
• Weed Management in No-tillage Corn Production
• Weed Management Strategies in Soybean Production
• Fungicidal Control of Leaf Diseases in High-Oil Hybrid Corn, 2000
• Stalk and Ear Diseases in Bt and Non-Bt Corn Hybrids, 2000
• Blueberry Production on Soils Amended with an Acidic Biotechnology Fermentation By-product
• Strawberry Variety Trial
• 2000 Home Demonstration Garden

Western Research and Demonstration Farm

• Western Iowa Experimental Farm Association/Acknowledgments
• Field Days, Farm Tours and 2000 Growing Season
• Sulfur Fertilizer Application to Corn and Soybean
• Evaluation of Herbicides in Corn and Soybean
• Impact of Tillage and Crop Rotation Systems on Carbon Sequestration
• Determining the Mechanism of Yield Stability in Alfalfa
• Alfalfa Variety Testing
• Alfalfa Yields from Mixtures of Dormant and Non-dormant Varieties
• Pasture Improvements with Mixed Composition of Warm-Season Grasses and Legumes
• The Effect on Meat Quality of Integrating Pasturing Systems into Cattle Finishing Programs
• The Effect of Housing System and Physical Environment on Post-weaning Pig Performance
• Response of Sweet Corn to Irrigation Management
• Western Iowa 1992 Apple Cultivar x Rootstock Trial
• 2000 Home Demonstration Garden