ISU Extension and Outreach hosted the 36^th Integrated Crop Management Conference at the Meadows Event Center in Altoona, IA on December 10 and 11, 2025. Close to 500 farmers, exhibitors, agronomists and researchers attended the conference, of which the ISRC is a supporting sponsor. 

The following ISRC faculty research affiliates offered their expertise on a wide variety of topics during the two-day conference, presenting their latest research findings and offering the most up-to-date crop management recommendations. 

Agricultural economists Chad Hart and Rabail Chandio provided an ag market outlook and the changing landscape of farmland ownership, respectively. Weed scientist Wes Everman participated in a panel discussion on the Endangered Species Act and provided useful advice in a separate presentation on navigating weather, weeds, and regulations to optimize weed management. ISRC Co-Director Mark Licht, agronomy,explored the impacts of relay intercropping in Iowa and in another session provided a review of the 2025 crop year with Sotirios Archontoulis, agronomy, covering “the good, the bad and the ugly.” Nitrogen specialist Richard Roth, agronomy, presented on sulfur in corn and soybean and provided advice on nitrogen testing. Antonio Mallarino, professor emeritus, agronomy, covered phosphorus and potassium management and strategies to minimize dissolved phosphorus losses in no-till.

Daren Mueller, plant pathology, entomology and microbiology, discussed the resurgence of sudden death syndrome during the 2025 growing season and Alison Robertson, plant pathology, entomology and microbiology, spoke about the historic levels of southern rust on corn across the state. 

Additionally, invited speaker Laura Lindsey, from the Center for Soybean Research at The Ohio State University, presented on: “Corn vs. Soybean – Which Crop Should have Planting Priority in the Spring?"