The northwest Iowa fall survey of subsoil moisture completed by Iowa State University in November shows well below average amount of subsoil moisture.

Farmland in western Iowa and eastern Nebraska affected by flooding early this year and not planted to any crop has potential economic and soil environmental consequences if the soils are left unattended.

Through the past 50 years of farming, Webster City, Iowa, farmer Arlo Van Diest has tried many different pieces of equipment and many different practices. His goal is to leave the land better for future generations.

Many farmers in western North Dakota turned to no till farming during dry years. No till farming is a way to plant crops without tilling the soil. That keeps the ground from drying out, saving much-needed moisture for the plants, and farmers are determined to stick with the practice, even during wet years.

We are now limited to herbicide treatments that can be applied just prior to harvest to help dry down weed vegetation prior to a killing frost.

The rate of field drydown of corn grain and the resulting grain moisture content at harvest obviously influences growers' cost of artificially drying the grain after harvest.

In years with late-season stress, leaf senescence often progresses from both the bottom and the top of the plant, with green leaves remaining in the middle of the plants for some time until complete leaf senescence occurs.