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Keep an eye out for this as your doing late season crop scouting, checking corn standability, yield estimates, etc.  I was out doing some spot checks yesterday in Benton, Tama, and Bremer Counties and found this in 3 out of the 5 corn fields I was in. Our national land grant universities have a helpful map here showing the current geographic distribution of this disease.  Iowa State University has written several articles about this, as have the University of Illinois and the University of Wisconsin among others. Based on what we’ve seen in the past few days, my guess is that the occurrence of ..read more

Although it’s still summer, harvest of seed corn and early maturing soybeans is just a few short weeks away.  With continued uncertainty in commodities markets likely to extend into the foreseeable future, getting a fall game plan in place now that will maximize nutrient use efficiency and eliminate unnecessary expenses is more important than ever.  Getting quality soil sampling on 2.5 to 5.0-acre grids provides you with a level of detail sufficient to make variable rate applications of phosphorus, potassium, and lime.  Many will say lime alone pays for the sampling.  In addition, average savi ..read more

Hot and dry conditions have been impacting most of eastern Iowa over the last month.  Scattered storms brought some relief late yesterday, but the crops are still thirsty in many parts of the state. Earlier crops planted in April and early May have deeper roots than those planted in late May and into June. The more mature corn is still being stressed by excessive heat and lack of moisture, but the shorter younger corn leaves are rolling and are very stressed as their root development is much shallower. So how did we go from one of the wettest springs on record to one of the hottest and driest ..read more

We are excited to host Trace Genomics’ Soil At Work Session on Friday, August 9 at the Dysart Community Building from 8:00 - 10:00 AM CST. Trace Genomics is helping growers and their agronomists to measure and analyze their soil to maximize the value of every acre. View Agenda & Register Here ..read more

It has been a challenging spring for farmers to say the least. Following a fall with little to no anhydrous applied, spring brought significant logistical hurdles for Iowa retailers. Many producers had to wait for NH3 tanks which extended the already delayed N applications. Some producers switched to urea while others will sidedress most of their nitrogen later in the season so they could get planters going sooner. Corn planting started in Tama and Benton Counties the third week in April abruptly halting on Friday, April 26 ahead of the cold and wet snap we are currently under. Many were weigh ..read more

Welcome to North Iowa Agronomy Partners new website! We are very thankful for the year we had in 2018 and could’t be more excited for the 2019 growing season. Last year we added two full time employees Bailey and Jeremy. Both are Certified Crop Advisers and NRCS Technical Service Providers. This year we will be offering professional drone services with NDVI, NDRE, and aerial imagery with a Sentera fixed-wing drone and their FieldAgent Software platform. The software can be linked with many existing data management providers such as MyJohnDeere and Encirca. Please explore our new site and let u ..read more