Agriculture

Wed
11
Jun

What's up at the FSA Office?

by Joyce Davidshofer, Allamakee County FSA Executive Director

Thu
05
Jun

Farmers urged to fight Palmer Amaranth

Farmers still have a fighting chance to stop Palmer Amaranth, a tough yield-robbing weed, from spreading in Iowa.
The Iowa Soybean Association (ISA) and Iowa State University Extension and Outreach are working together to provide information to keep the weed at bay. Native to the southwestern United States, Palmer was first officially identified in Iowa last September. There are now documented cases in Harrison, Page, Muscatine, Fremont and Davis counties. Herbicide resistance, primarily to glyphosate, is an issue.
“We’re at a point that we can really restrict how quickly it spreads,” said Mike Owen, ISU weed specialist. “If we ignore it, in the next 10 years it could be infesting half the (row crop) acres in Iowa.”
That will decimate yields and the bottom line.

Thu
05
Jun

What's up at the FSA Office?

by Joyce Davidshofer, Allamakee County Executive Director

Reminders
April 15, 2014 – January 30, 2015 sign-up for the LIP/LFP/ELAP/TAP programs.
July 15, 2014 – Crop certification deadline
New: Allamakee County Executive Director Joyce Davidshofer, starting June 4, will be on KNEI Radio at 9 a.m. every Wednesday to update producers on programs and deadlines.

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