'Too much of a good thing': Overuse is making Bt corn less effective against rootworm, analysis shows
Widespread planting of corn hybrids designed to combat corn rootworm, the crop's most damaging pest in the Corn Belt, is ...
Brownfield Ag News8d
Battle to control corn rootworm
Corn rootworm is one of the most devastating crop pests. Syngenta U.S. insecticide technical product lead Kevin Langdon says ...
Fergus Falls Journal3d
Strategic Farming: Corn insect pest challenges
Dr. Fei Yang, UMN Corn Entomologist, joined UMN Crops Educator Dr. Anthony Hanson for a discussion on corn insect pests. Dr.
Brownfield Ag News2d
Early season pests to prepare for
An entomologist says early planted soybeans in tillage and no-till systems each faced significant pest pressure last season.
Extension at the University of Minnesota10d
Pest forecasts heating up after a relatively cold winter
Despite the problems the cold can cause for farmers, gardeners, and homeowners, a cold winter can be a welcome event from a pest management perspective.
The Meadville Tribune11d
Select corn lines contain compounds that sicken, kill major crop pest
The corn earworm causes the loss of more than 76,000 bushels of corn in the United States annually, and there is mounting evidence that increasingly extreme weather ...
Yakima Herald3d
Yakima County Master Gardeners: Improve your home garden output by practicing crop rotation
Crop rotation is the practice of planting different crops sequentially on the same plot to improve soil health, optimize ...
AgriNews11d
‘One-stop shop’ for crop disease issues
A service that provides unbiased, research-based crop disease and pest management information to farmers and agricultural ...
AGDAILY2d
RinoTec biocontrol agent receives EPA Registration
ProFarm Group’s RinoTec Technology has received EPA registration approval as a novel biocontrol agent offering effective pest management.