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Mike Witt

Mike Witt

Mike Witt is a field agronomist in west-central Iowa for Iowa State University Extension. His areas of expertise include agronomic evaluation of corn and soybeans, crop production, and management of weeds, insects and crop diseases.

Latest from Mike Witt

Extension staff collects waterhemp seeds

Iowa pest plan takes community approach Iowa pest plan takes community approach

Nov 8, 2023

4 Min Read

soybean plants in a field

Find right soybean seeding rate Find right soybean seeding rate

Feb 17, 2023

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All from Mike Witt

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How to analyze on-farm trial results

How to analyze on-farm trial results

Combine in soybean field

Maximizing your on-farm crop trial

Maximizing your on-farm crop trial

Farmer holding tablet

7 tips for setting up an on-farm crop trial

7 tips for setting up an on-farm crop trial

Airplane applying fungicide to field

Fungicide applications: Considerations for when to apply

Fungicide applications: Considerations for when to apply

A field of volunteer corn looked like in mid-October in central Iowa.

Don't let volunteer corn haunt you in 2021

Don't let volunteer corn haunt you in 2021

A four-row interseeding machine plants two rows of cover crops between the corn rows

Interseeding cover crops in Iowa

Interseeding cover crops in Iowa

cornfield

Farm Operations

On-farm trials: Opportunities for farmers

On-farm trials: Opportunities for farmers

farmer discusing Harrison County pest resistance management at field days

It takes a community to manage pest resistance

It takes a community to manage pest resistance

Choosing corn hybrids for 2019

Choosing corn hybrids for 2019

Figure out planting delay’s effect on yield

Figure out planting delay’s effect on yield

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