Skip to main content
ISU
Extension
County Offices
Iowa State University | Extension and Outreach
Extension Store
Menu
Toggle
Search
Toggle
Search
Cart
My Account
Store Home
Agriculture & Environment
Crops
Farm Management
Livestock
Rural Sociology
Environment
Pesticide Applicator Training Manuals
Field Guides
Families & Health
Home and Family
Food, Nutrition and Health
Finances
Housing
Strengthening Families Program
Economic Development
Local Government
Community Development
Retail
Planning and Zoning
Yard & Garden
Gardening
Flowers
Lawn, Shrubs, Trees
Vegetables and Herbs
Fruit
Master Gardener
Plant Diseases
4-H
Agricultural Science
Civic Engagement and Leadership
Communication and Arts
Healthy Living
Marketing
Member Resources
STEM
Volunteer Resources
More Resources
New & Revised
Outreach
Spanish/Español Resources
View All Topics
Remaining Time: 1:59:59
Remaining Time:
Timeout Warning
Your shopping cart will expire in
Redirecting to the homepage...
Extending your session...
An error has occurred,
redirecting to the homepage...
Crops
Pesticides & Environment
Sort:
Newest to Oldest
Oldest to Newest
Title
Price (High to Low)
Price (Low to High)
Reference Number
Availability:
Currently Available
No Longer Available
All Items
Filter:
All Program Areas
Advancement
Ag & Natural Resources
Community Economic Development
Outreach
Human Sciences
Youth and 4-H
Extension Administration
Mechanical Engineering
PSEP 67
Protecting Agricultural Employees
The Worker Protection Standard (WPS) is a federal regulation designed to protect agricultural workers and pesticide handlers from pesticide poisoning and injury. The WPS applies whenever a pesticide used in the production of agricultural plants has an "Agricultural Use Requirements" section on the product label. This publication outlines the responsibilities of agricultural employers to ensure that employees are protected from pesticide exposure and provides resources for additional information.
[more]
Format
Price
PDF
$0.00
Download
ICM 1
Integrated Crop Management and Pesticide Application - Field Records
This field records guide is designed to record crop management activities and field operations. It can be used for entering restricted-use pesticide information for required pesticide records as well as field maps, weather records, and EPA registration numbers.
Printed copies available to Extension and Outreach staff only.
[more]
Format
Price
PDF - 45 pages, 8/2023
$0.00
Download
SP 435A
Reducing Nutrient Loss: Science Shows What Works
Iowa has been working for decades to protect and improve water quality through best scientific management, land use, and edge-of-field practices to reduce nutrient loss from farmland.
The Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy is a science and technology-based framework to assess and reduce nutrients to Iowa waters and the Gulf of Mexico.
[more]
Format
Price
PDF
$0.00
Download
CSCAP 194 2016
Midwest Farmer Adaptive Management Responses to Perceptions of Excess Water-related Risks
A helpful handout for discussing variables that may influence farmer decisions regarding on-farm management practices, such as the decision to plant or not plant cover crops. This handout is based on research by the social science team of the USDA Sustainable Corn Project, led by Iowa State University.
More details specific to this research and handout can be found online at:
https://www.researchgate.net
, in a paper authored by Lois Wright Morton, Jon Hobbs, J.G. Arbuckle Jr., and Adam Loy
[more]
Format
Price
PDF
$0.00
Download
HORT 3030
Conservation Techniques for Vegetable Production: Combining Strip-Tillage and Cover Crops
Strip-tillage is when a crop is planted into narrow, tilled strips and the non-tilled area between the strips might contain residue from the previous season's main crop or a living or dead cover crop.
Combining strip-tillage
and
cover crops offers various benefits including minimal soil erosion, maintains soil moisture and weed suppression. This publication provides basic information on using a strip-tillage system with rolled cover crops as a conservation best management practice in vegetable production systems such broccoli, peppers, pumpkins, squash and tomatoes.
[more]
Format
Price
PDF
$0.00
Download
PSEP 45
Factors Affecting Pesticide Drift
Find out what factors affect pesticide drift distances during ground spray application conditions. Tips are provided for reducing drift.
(Previously known as PAT 0045A)
[more]
Format
Price
PDF
$0.00
Download
PSEP 55
Keeping pesticides and nutrients in the field
Find management practices that keep pesticides and nutrients in the field and out of Iowa's rivers and streams. Describes how pesticides move through the soil. Includes a checklist of management practices to protect water resources.
Previously known as PAT 0055
[more]
Format
Price
PDF
$0.00
Download
PM 3070
Farmer Perspectives on Pesticide Resistance - Iowa Farm and Rural Life Poll
Survey results for the 2014 Iowa Farm and Rural Life Poll concern farmers’ perceptions on pesticide resistance. Questions focused on farmer experience with resistant weeds and rootworms, concern about resistance, use of various resistance management practices, and the perceived effectiveness of those practices.
[more]
Format
Price
PDF
$0.00
Download
NRCS 1
Site-Specific Nutrient Management
Site-specific management and planning for nutrient inputs is needed for optimizing economic return and minimizing effects on environmental quality. This publication includes information about factors that influence soil fertility, fertilization management, and associated relations with environmental quality.
[more]
Format
Price
PDF
$0.00
Download
ENT 42
Cockroaches and Their Control
Learn about the five cockroach species in Iowa and the management and chemical treatment possibilities.
[more]
Format
Price
PDF
$0.00
Download
PM 1329
Coping with Contaminated Wells
The most common cause of well water test failures is bacterial problems caused by well deterioration. This publication addresses how to handle contaminated well issues by looking at coliform and nitrate problems.
[more]
Format
Price
PDF
$0.00
Download
Back to top
My Account
Forgot Password?
New User?
Create An Account