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Prairie Grains is the official publication of the Minnesota Association of Wheat Growers, North Dakota Grain Growers Association, Montana Grain Growers Association and South Dakota Wheat, Inc.

Copyright Prairie Grains Magazine
June 2004

Crop Management Information Online

University/Extension

NDSU Crop Production Page-- With links to ’03 Fungicide, Insect, And Weed Control Guides, ProCrop Agronomic database, weekly Crop and Pest Report, and crop production publications -- www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/cropprod.htm

North Dakota State University Small Grains page - www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/aginfo/smgrains/smgrains.htm

Purdue Corn Growers Guidebook - www.kingcorn.org  

U of M Soybean Production Information - www.soybeans.umn.edu

U of M Soybean Integrated Pest Management - http://nwroc.umn.edu/soybeanipm/

NDSU Pesticide Training and Certification Program - With links to important pesticide information -- www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/aginfo/pesticid/pesticid.htm

Purdue Pest Information A-Z - http://ceris.purdue.edu/napis/pests/
Alphabetical pest search guide

University of Minnesota Extension Service -- Click on the Farm link. -- www.extension.umn.edu/
Montana State University Extension -- http://extn.msu.montana.edu

SDSU Extension Service - http://sdces.sdstate.edu

ISU Weed Management -- See online reference desk. -- www.weeds.iastate.edu/

U of M IPM Site: Radcliffe’s IPM World Textbook - http://ipmworld.umn.edu/

S.D. CCA -- Certified Crop Adviser manual study areas: loads of crop production links -- http://sdces.sdstate.edu/admin/CCA_REFERENCE_MANUAL2.pdf

University of Nebraska Wheat Production Systems -- Comprehensive wheat production management referenc -- www.panhandle.unl.edu/personnel/lyon/wheathbk.htm

Private Industry

Hefty Seed Crop Scouting Reports-- www.agphd.com/cropscout.html

IMC Back-To-Basics Soil Fertility Info - www.back-to-basics.net

Exapta Solutions -- Click on “Working Knowledge” for good no-till links, info, including a good guide to no-till seeding -- www.exapta.com

Pesticide Labels - Excellent resource on all current pesticide and adjuvant labels, with links to pesticide manufacturers -- www.cdms.net/manuf/default.asp

Flexi-Coil Seeding Today Magazine Archives-- good articles on seeding and tillage technology -- www.flexicoil.com/company/s-today/magazine.htm

Opti-Crop -- www.opticrop.com

Manitoba-North Dakota Zero Tillage Farmers Association -- excellent no-till resource -- www.mandakzerotill.org

Other References and Resources

USDA Plant Database -- http://plants.usda.gov

International Maize and wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) Guide to Wheat Disease and Pests -- http://wheat.pw.usda.gov/ggpages/wheatpests.html

Doane -- Web site for crop consultants and farm managers, featuring advice, observations from leading crop consultants -- www.cropdecisions.com/croptalk.php3

North Dakota Foundation Seed - www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/aginfo/seedstock/fss/fsshome.htm

Minnesota crop Improvement Association - www.mncia.org

NewCROP - Center for New Crops and Plant Products -- www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop

Site-Specific Management Guidelines -- www.ppi-far.org/ssmg

Weedcast -- WeedCast is a free downloadable software program that forecasts three types of weed growth, emergence potential, emergence timing and seedling height, that can be used in making weed management decisions -- www.mrsars.usda.gov/morris/products/weedcast/weed2.htm

Plant Health Initiative -- Soybean info from North Central Soybean Research Program -- www.planthealth.info

USDA-ARS Ag Resources -- Excellent resources, links -- http://infosys.ars.usda.gov/toc.htm

Weather

National Weather Service -- http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/iwdspg1.html

WeatherNet -- http://cirrus.sprl.umich.edu/wxnet

North Dakota Agricultural Weather Network (NDAWN)-- http://ndawn.ndsu.nodak.edu/index.html

Intellicast Weather for Northern Plains -- www.intellicast.com/LocalWeather/World/UnitedStates/NorthernPlains/

U.S. Drought Monitor, University of Nebraska -- http://drought.unl.edu/dm/

National oceanic & Atmospheric Administration Drought Information Center -- www.drought.noaa.gov

National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center-- www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov