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2000 progress reports

Armstrong Research and Demonstration Farm

• Wallace Foundation for Rural Research and Development
• Information on Experiments in Previous Annual Progress Reports and Acknowledgments
• Report by WFRRD Board President
• Development of Research Farms
• Field Days and Tours
  
• Crop Season
• Soil Moisture Survey
• Specialty Soybean Test--South
• Evaluation of Soybean Varieties for Certified Organic Production--Neely-Kinyon Trial, 2001
• Edamame (Vegetable Soybean) Variety Trial at the Neely-Kinyon Farm, 2001
• Sweet Corn Variety and Pest Management Trial at the Neely-Kinyon Farm, 2001
• Open-pollinated Corn Variety Trial, 2001
• Oat Variety Test
• Planting Date Effects on Yield and Grain Composition of High Oil Corn
• Efficacy of Corn Seed Coated with ProShield™ Technology with Force ST® for Insect Control in Field Corn
• Soil Nitrogen and Carbon Management Project
• Soybean Response to Early Planting and Seed-applied Fungicide
• Seasonal and Rotational Influences on Corn Nitrogen Requirements, Armstrong Farm
• Seasonal and Rotational Influences on Corn Nitrogen Requirements, Swine Farm
• Sulfur Fertilizer Application to Corn and Soybean
• Comparison of Organic and Conventional Crops at the Neely-Kinyon LTAR Site, 2001
• Compost Rate Study at the Neely-Kinyon LTAR Site, 2001
• Pre-emergence–applied and Post-emergence-applied Herbicides for Woolly Cupgrass Management in Corn | Table
• Effect of Yeast Supplement on Performance of Steer Calves
• Rotational Grazing Demonstrations with Beef Cows on CRP Land in Adams County, 2001
• Intensive Rotational Grazing of Steers on Highly Erodible Land at the Adams County CRP Project, 2001
• Dairy Heifer Growth and Performance on Grass Pasture
• The Effects of Gestation Housing on the Reproductive Performance of Gestating Sows: A Progress Report
• Swine Carcass Composting as Part of an Environmentally Friendly Production System
• 2001 Home Demonstration Gardens
  

McNay Research and Demonstration Farm

• McNay Memorial Research and Demonstration Farm Staff
• 2001 Year at McNay Research Farm
• Temperature and Precipitation Data
• Seasonal and Rotational Influences on Corn Nitrogen Requirements
• Integrating Organic Soybean Production following Conservation Reserve (CRP) Land into Sustainable Farming Systems
• Effect of Soybean Seed Treatments on Seed Emergence and Yield
• Canada Thistle and Horsenettle Control in Cool-Season Pastures
• Tiling Report 2001
• Forage Crop Research: Evaluating Forage Species in Iowa for Productivity during Drought Conditions
• Sequential Grazing of Cool and Warm-Season Pastures
• Evaluation of Year-round Forage Management Systems for Spring- and Fall-Calving Beef Cows
• Comparison of Ultrasound and Carcass Measures to Predict the Percentage of Lean Beef from Four Primal Cuts — A Progress Report
• Managing Fat — The Future of the Beef Industry
• Beef Cattle Breeding Project Progress Report: Growth Trait EPDs for 1998-, 1999- and 2000-born Calves | Tables
• Beef Cattle Breeding Project Progress Report: Body Composition EPD Determined from Ultrasound Measures
  

Northwest and Allee Research and Demonstration Farms

• Northwest Iowa Experimental Association
• Activities at Northwest Research Farms
• 2001 Growing Season at Northwest Research Farms
• Allee Demonstration Farm 2001 Report
• Allee Farm Crop and Livestock Report
• Soil Moisture
• Oat Variety Test
• Barley Variety Test
• Evaluation of Corn Varieties for Certified Organic Production -- Allee Trial, 2001
• Sulfur Fertilizer Application to Corn and Soybean
• Weed Management in Corn | Tables
• Weed Management in Soybean |Tables
• Reduced Rates of Corn Rootworm Insecticides
• Seed Fungicide Treatments for Very Early Soybean Planting
• Management of Bean Pod Mottle Virus Through Reduction of Bean Leaf Beetles
• Liquid Manure Analysis Comparisons
• Liquid Manure Applicator Calibration
• Organic Broiler Chicken Production Trial Allee Farm 2001
• Allee Demonstration Garden
• 2001 Home Demonstration Gardens
  

Northeast Research and Demonstration Farm

• Northeast Iowa Agricultural Experimental Association
  Executive Board of Directors (1975-2001)
• Information on Experiments in Previous Annual Reports
• Excerpts from Keynote Address: ISU Northeast Research Farm Silver Anniversary Field Day
• Field Days and Farm Tours
• 2001 Crop Season
• Corn Breeding Investigations: 2001 Testcross and Single-Cross Trials
• F1/F2 Corn Variety Study
• 2001 Bt/NonBt Corn Variety Evaluation Study
• Twenty-six Years of Soybean Planting Date Studies
• Roundup Ready® and Conventional Soybean Yield Trial
• Barley Variety Test
• Oat Variety Test
• Effects of Crop Rotation and Nitrogen Fertilization on Crop Production
• Crop and Soil Responses to Rates of Lime |Tables
• Estimation of the Groundwater Nutrient Input to Clear Lake
• Precision Agriculture Demonstration Project
• Weed Management in Corn | Tables
• Planting Date Effects on Yield and Grain Composition of High Oil Corn
• Management of Late-Season Bean Leaf Beetles in Iowa Soybean
• Reduced Rates of Corn Rootworm Insecticides
• Seed-applied Fungicides for Very Early Planted Soybeans
• Post-emergence applied Herbicides for Weed Management in Soybean | Tables
• 2001 Home Demonstration Gardens
  

Northern Research and Demonstration Farm

• North Central Iowa Research Association
• Information on Experiments in Previous Annual Progress Reports
• Developments at Northern Research and Demonstration Farm and 2001 Crop Season
• Specialty Soybean Test -- North
• Effects of Nitrogen Fertilization on Corn Grain Quality | Tables
• Impacts of Crop Rotation and Nitrogen Fertilization on Crop Production
• Sulfur Fertilizer Application to Corn and Soybean
• Yield Responses to Winter Application of Chicken Manure
• Compaction from Manure Tanker and Tillage Effects on Corn and Soybean Production
• Corn Weed Management Studies | Table
• Soybean Weed Management Studies
• 2001 Home Demonstration Gardens
  

Rhodes Research and Demonstration Farm

• Farm Staff
• 2001 Year at Rhodes Research Farm
• Whole Farm Nutrient Balance Under Different Grazing Systems: Project Overview
• Botanical Composition of Management Zones in Pastures
• Forage and Tree Experiment (FATE)
• Comparison of Ultrasound and Carcass Measures to Predict the Percentage of Lean Beef from Four Primal Cuts -- A Progress Report
• Managing Fat -- The Future of the Beef Industry
• Beef Cattle Breeding Project Progress Report: Growth Trait EPDs for 1998-, 1999-, and 2000-born Calves
• Beef Cattle Breeding Project Progress Report: Body Composition EPD Determined from Ultrasound Measures | Tables
• Three-Year Summary of Performance of Finishing Pigs in Hoop Structures and Confinement during Winter and Summer
• The Economics of Finishing Pigs in Hoop Structures and Confinement Facilities: A Summer Comparison
• An Economic Analysis of Pork Production in Hoop and Confinement Facilities: A Winter Comparison
• 2001 Home Demonstration Gardens
  

Southeast Research and Demonstration Farm

• Southeast Iowa Agricultural Research Association
• 2001 Crop Season and Field Days
• Using Fungicide-treated Seed for Very Early Soybean Planting
• Evaluation of Soybean Varieties Resistant to Soybean Cyst Nematode in Southeast Iowa in 2001 |Tables
• Oat Variety Test
• Evaluation of Corn, Soybean, and Barley Varieties for Certified Organic Production--Crawfordsville Trial, 2001
• Seasonal and Rotational Influences on Corn Nitrogen Requirements
• Crop and Soil Responses to Lime Sources and Potassium
• Sulfur Fertilizer Application to Corn and Soybean
• Swine Manure Management Study
• No-tillage Corn Weed Management |Tables
• Soybean Weed Competition Study
• Weed Management Strategies in Soybean |Tables
• Pre-emergence and Post-emergence Applied Herbicides for Weed Management in Soybean | Tables
• Reduced Rates of Corn Rootworm Insecticides
• Effect of Bean Leaf Beetle Management on Soybean Yield and on Incidence of Bean Pod Mottle Virus in Eastern Iowa
• Effect of Seed and Foliar Insecticides on Corn Flea Beetles and Stewart's Disease of Corn
• Strawberry Variety Trial
• 2001 Home Demonstration Gardens
  

Western Research and Demonstration Farm

• Western Iowa Experimental Farm Association and Acknowledgments
• Field Days, Farm Tours and 2001 Growing Season |Graphs
• Fall 2001 Subsoil Moisture Levels
• Sulfur Fertilizer Application to Corn and Soybean
• Impact of Tillage and Crop Rotation Systems on Soil Carbon Storage
• Determining the Mechanism of Yield Stability in Alfalfa
• Alfalfa Variety Testing
• Comparison of Different Glyphosate Brands in Roundup Ready Soybeans
• Trapping and Other Strategies for Control of Cucumber Beetle in Muskmelon
• Pasture Enhancement of Warm-Season Grass Pastures Using a Complex Mixture of Legumes
• Integration of Pasturing Systems for Cattle-finishing Programs
• Use of Oats in Swine Diets Fed in Deep-bedded Hoop Barns
• Western Iowa 1992 Apple Cultivar x Rootstock Trial
• 2001 Home Demonstration Garden