We’ve posted state performance summaries for Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Michigan on the plot data page. They are listed in bold in the column on the right.

Corn producers can calculate the economic return to nitrogen (N) application with different N and corn prices using a new regional Web-based tool located at the Iowa State University Extension Agronomy website.
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YieldGard® Plus Corn and Roundup Ready® Corn 2 both received high marks in a 2005 grower survey, with over 90 percent of surveyed farmers saying they were satisfied with the maximum in-plant insect protection of YieldGard Plus and with the effective weed-control of the Roundup Ready Corn 2 System.
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Kentucky has reported the first ever state positive for soybean rust. This find is on kudzu in Caldwell county.
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This will be the final GLH Performance Update until the National Corn Grower’s releases their Yield Contest winners in Mid-December. Enjoy!
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Hi everyone—here is the last issue of the Pest&Crop Newsletter for 2005 – Issue 27.
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Asian soybean rust – a potentially serious fungus of soybean crops – has been found for the first time in Texas. Dr. Tom Isakeit, Texas Cooperative Extension plant pathologist, found the fungus on kudzu leaves he collected on Nov. 2 near Dayton in Liberty County.
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