2008 Annual Progress Reports
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Armstrong Farm
- Acknowledgements
- Wallace Foundation for Rural Research and Development
- Beef Cattle Feeding in a Bedded Hoop Barn: Three Year Summary
- Comparison of Organic and Conventional Crops at the Neely-Kinyon Long-Term Agroecological Research (LTAR) Site, 2008
- Comparison of Organic and Conventional Crops at the Neely-Kinyon Long-Term Agroecological Research (LTAR) Site, 2008 (Table)
- Corn Planting Date
- Corn, Soybeans, and Soil Test Response to Lime and Hoop Building Manure in 2008
- Determination of Carcass and Live Body Weight of Finishing Cattle from Front Body Weights Taken at a Scale-Electronic Identification Equipped Water Fountain
- Effect of Potassium Fertilization and New Corn Hybrids on Yield and Potassium Uptake in Continuous Corn
- Farm and Weather Summary
- Finishing Steers in a Deep-Bedded Hoop Barn and a Conventional Feedlot: Effects on Behavior and Temperament in Iowa
- Fungicide-Insecticide Study on Soybeans
- Grape Cultivar by Management System Trial Performance in 2008
- Greek Oregano - A Niche Crop for Iowa?
- Herbicide Application Timings in Liberty Link, Roundup Ready, and Conventional Soybean Varieties
- High Tunnel Bramble Production
- High Tunnel Colored Pepper Production
- High Tunnel Pole Bean Evaluation
- 2008 Home Demonstration Gardens
- Information on Experiments in Previous Annual Progress Reports
- Long-Term Tillage and Crop Rotation Effects on Soil Carbon and Soil Productivity
- Modified Oil Soybean Test - South
- Modified Oil Soybean Test - South (Table)
- Performance and Carcass Traits of Market Beef Cattle Supplemented Self-Fed Byproducts on Pasture: A Progress Report
- Prairie Mixture Establishment
- Wallace Foundation for Rural Research and Development President's Report
- Research Farm Projects
- Seasonal and Rotational Influences on Corn Nitrogen Requirements
- Soybean Planting Date and Growth and Development Study
- Wine Grape Cultivar Trial Performance in 2008
Central Iowa
- ISU Compost Facility
- Corn Breeding
- Farm and Weather Summary, Ag Engineering and Agronomy Farm
- Farm and Weather Summary, Central Iowa Farms
- Farms Staff
- Impact of Bean Pod Mottle Virus on Soybean Yield and Quality in Iowa
- Long-Term Tillage and Crop Rotation Effects on Soil Carbon and Soil Productivity
- Modifying a John Deere 9410 Combine for Plot Harvest
- Project List
- Sulfur Fertilizer Application to Corn and Soybean
Horticulture Station
- Alternative Weed Management Strategies Influence Weed Control and Grapevine Yield in an Established Vineyard
- Assessing New Methods of Integrated Pest Management for Apple Orchards in the Midwest
- Control of Anthracnose of Watermelon with Fungicide Sprays Timed According to the Melcast Warning System
- Cultivar Evaluation of Three Primocane-Fruiting Blackberry Selections from Arkansas and Grown in Iowa
- 2003 NC-140 Dwarf Apple Rootstock Trial Performance in 2008
- The Effect of Plant Distribution on Diversity and Exotic Species Invasion in Prairie Restoration
- Effect of Extended-Duration Row Covers on Muskmelons
- Evaluating Effectiveness of a Sooty Blotch and Flyspeck Warning System at Three Commercial Orchards in Central Iowa
- Evaluation of Weather Data as Inputs to a Disease Warning System for Control of Sooty Blotch and Flyspeck
- Farm Staff
- Farm and Weather Summary
- Grape Cultivar by Management System Trial Performance in 2008
- Greek Oregano - A Niche Crop for Iowa?
- High Tunnel Bramble Production
- High Tunnel Colored Pepper Production
- High Tunnel Pole Bean Evaluation
- 2008 Home Demonstration Gardens
- Maturation of Recently Released Cold Hardy Wine Grape Cultivars in Iowa: Corot noir, Frontenac Gris, La Crescent, Marquette, and Noiret
- Organic Weed Management of Primocane-Fruiting Raspberries for Iowa Growers
- 2008 Perennial Ryegrass Phytotoxicity Trial
- 2008 Postemergence Crabgrass Efficacy Trial
- 2008 Preemergence Crabgrass Control Study
- 2008 Preemergence Crabgrass Control Study (table)
- Research Station Projects
- Protein Expression in Cold Acclimating and Freezing Tolerant Grape Cane Tissues
- 2008 Roundup PROMAX Demonstration
- Row Covers for Early Tomato Production
- The Selective Removal of Creeping Bentgrass from Kentucky Bluegrass
- 2008 Spring Seeding Study
- ISU Student Organic Farm* - 2008 Field Season
- Sweet Corn Plastic Mulch Comparison
- Wine Grape Cultivar Trial Performance in 2008
- 2008 Yellow Nutsedge Control Trial
McNay Farm
- Cattle Temporal and Spatial Distribution in Midwestern Pastures using Global Positioning (A Progress Report)
- Corn Planting Date
- Effectiveness of Mixing Wet Distillers Grains and Hay with a Mixer Wagon or a Front End Loader for Long-Term Storage
- Effects of Stocking Rate and Botanical Composition on the Physical Characteristics of the Riparian Zones of Pastures (A Two-Year Progress Report)
- Environmental Factors Impacting Response to Bovine Viral Diarrhea Vaccines in Angus Calves
- Evaluation of Mixing Wet Distillers Grains with Ground Hay in a Bunker and Covering Modified Distillers Grains to Extend Storage Life-A Demonstration Project
- Farm and Weather Summary
- 2008 Home Demonstration Gardens
- Incidence of Bovine Enterovirus, Coronavirus, and Group A Rotavirus, and Concentration of Fecal Coliforms in Midwestern Pasture Streams
- Long-Term Tillage and Crop Rotation Effect on Yield and Soil Carbon
- McNay Memorial Research and Demonstration Farm Staff
- Pasture Supplementation of Dakota Bran Pelleted Distillers Product to Growing Heifers in Southern Iowa
- Research Farm Projects
- Seasonal and Rotational Influences on Corn Nitrogen Requirements
- Use of Wet Distillers Grains with Solubles Mixed with Ground Hay and Bunker Stored in a Heifer Development Program
Muscatine Island Farm
- All-America Selections Vegetable Trial
- Corn Earworm Control Study
- Muscatine Island Research Farm Association
- Effects of Extended-Duration Row Covers on Muskmelons
- Farm and Weather Summary
- Farm and Weather Summary (Table)
- 2008 Home Demonstration Gardens
- Ornamental Corn Cultivar Trial, 2008
- Soybean Planting Date and Growth and Development Study
- Sugar Beet Demonstration
- Sweet Corn Herbicide Impact Residual Study
Northeast Farm
- Acknowledgements
- Northeast Iowa Agricultural Experimental Association 2009-2010
- Barley Variety Test
- Comparison of Diverse Management Tools for Control of Corn Rootworms
- Corn Breeding
- Corn Planting Date
- Crop and Soil Responses to Rates of Lime
- Effect of Fungicide on Disease and Yield of Low Lin/Food Grade Soybeans
- Effect of Fungicides and Plant Populations on Soybean Disease and Yield
- Effectiveness of Foliar Fungicides and Timing on Hybrid Corn in Iowa, 2008
- Effect of Foliar Fungicides on Soybean Yield
- Effects of Crop Rotation and Nitrogen Fertilization for Corn on Yields of Corn, Silage Corn, Soybean, and Oats
- Farm and Weather Summary
- Fungicide-Insecticide Study on Soybean
- 2008 Home Demonstration Gardens
- Impact of Liquid Swine Manure Application and Cover Crops on Ground Water Quality
- 2008 Insecticide Trials for Aphid Control
- 2008 Insecticide Trials for Aphid Control (table)
- Long-Term Tillage and Crop Rotation Effect on Yield and Soil Carbon
- Oat Variety Test
- Organic vs. Conventional Farming Systems
- Experiments in Previous Annual Reports
- Research Farm Projects
- Seasonal and Rotational Influences on Corn Nitrogen Requirements
- Soybean Planting Date and Growth and Development Study
- Sulfur Fertilizer Application to Corn and Soybean
- Water Table Level as Influenced by Rainfall, Crop Requirements, and Tiling Method during the Past Six Years
- Weed Management Strategies in Liberty Link, Roundup Ready, and Conventional Soybean Varieties
- Weed Management Strategies in Liberty Link, Roundup Ready, and Conventional Soybean Varieties (table)
- Wine Grape Cultivar Trial Performance in 2008
Northern Farm
- North Central Iowa Research Association, 2008
- Comparing Yields and Nematode Control of Soybean Varieties with Different Sources of SCN Resistance in Strip Trials
- Corn Planting Date
- Early-Season Weed Competition in Corn
- Effect of Potassium Fertilization and New Corn Hybrids on Yield and Potassium Uptake in Continuous Corn
- Farm and Weather Summary
- Fungicide-Insecticide Study on Soybean
- 2008 Home Demonstration Gardens
- Influence of Date of Planting on Corn Hybrids with/without Bt Corn Rootworm Protection
- Information on Experiments in Previous Annual Progress Reports
- Modified Oil Soybean Test-North
- Modified Oil Soybean Test-North (table)
- Research Farm Projects
- Soybean Sudden Death Syndrome Field Screening
- Strawberry Demonstration
Northwest Farm and Allee Farm
- Allee Memorial Research and Demonstration Farm: A Brief History
- Northwest Iowa Experimental Association
- Barley Variety Test
- Corn Planting Date
- Corn and Soybean Rotation Study
- Effectiveness of Foliar Fungicides on Hybrid Corn in Iowa, 2008
- Effectiveness of Foliar Fungicide Timing on Hybrid Corn in Iowa, 2008
- Report on the Effects of Eggshells and Aglime on Soil pH and Crop Yields
- Evaluation of Transgenic Rootworm Corn, with and without Seed Treatments or Insecticide
- Farm and Weather Summary Northwest Research Farm
- Farm and Weather Summary Allee Demonstration Farm
- Fungicide-Insecticide Study on Soybeans
- 2008 Home Demonstration Gardens
- Modifying an Outdoor Farrowing Hut for Alternative Indoor Farrowing during Summer and Winter
- Projects at Northwest Research Farm
- Oat Variety Test
- Northwest Iowa On-Farm Research
- Soil Moisture
- Projects and Timeline: Allee Research and Demonstration Farm
- Wheat and Triticale Variety Tests
Southeast Farm
- Southeast Iowa Agricultural Research Association
- Conservation Tillage Study
- Corn Planting Date
- Double-Cropped Field Pea Crop Rotation Study
- Effect of Potassium Fertilization and New Corn Hybrids on Yield and Potassium Uptake in Continuous Corn
- Farm and Weather Summary
- Fungicide-Insecticide Study on Soybean
- Long-Term Tillage and Crop Rotation Effects on Yield and Soil Carbon
- Management of Corn Rootworms in Refuge Corn
- Research Farm Projects
- Seasonal and Rotational Influences on Corn Nitrogen Requirements
- Soybean Planting Date and Growth and Development Study
- Tile Spacing Results on Taintor and Kalona Soils
- Vertical Tillage Study
- Wine Grape Cultivar Trial Performance in 2008
Western Farm
- Western Iowa Experimental Farm Association, 2008
- Corn Plant Populations
- Corn Residue Removal Effects on Grain Yield and Soil Quality
- Crop Insects and Disease in 2008
- Progress Report: Effects of Condensed Corn Distillers Solubles on Steer Performance and Carcass Composition
- Exotic Species and Overgrazing Can Drive Declines in Grassland Biodiversity and Productivity
- Farm Summary
- History of Lilac Phenological Observations in the USA
- Maximizing DDGS for Finishing Pigs in Bedded Hoop Barns: Trial One
- Progress Report: Pasture Finishing of Beef Steers Using Contemporary Feedlot Protocols
- Performance and Carcass Traits of Market Beef Cattle Supplemented Self-Fed Byproducts on Pasture: A Progress Report
- Research Farm Projects
- Soybean Planting Dates and Populations
- Weather and Growing Season Summary, 2008
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