Insect Control

⋅ BY DOMINIC REISIG ⋅ Soybean loopers are usually among the top three insect pests in North Carolina in terms of cost and control. In 2021, we estimated costs and losses from this pest at nearly $5.3 million, but I...

Higher agricultural production costs are in store for the new year, but Clemson University Cooperative Extension Service specialists have a few suggestions to help relieve some of the impacts on South Carolina farmers.The first bit of advice comes from...

Syngenta Crop Protection has trademarked a new insecticide active ingredient, Plinazolin technology, for launch in the coming years. It contains the active ingredient isocycloseram, a member of the Insecticide Resistance Action Committee’s Group 30. This group of insecticides is known...

Research advancements in rice and soybeans, two of the top agricultural commodities in Arkansas, will be the focus of a virtual field day 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 7, presented by the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture. The online...

• By Dominic Reisig • Although stink bugs were light across North Carolina (with a few exceptions) in corn and cotton, they will stack up in soybeans as the season progresses. Since we've had a few mild winters in a...

• By Sandy Steckel and Scott Stewart • Many soybeans in Tennessee have entered the reproductive stages, and this is a critical time for scouting insects. This is especially true for fields in the later development stages with seed forming...

• By Daniel Stephenson, Donnie Miller, Sebe Brown and David Moseley • Across the Louisiana, redbanded stink bug numbers are increasing as the growing season progresses. Louisiana State University AgCenter entomologists recommend the control of RBSB threshold populations until the...

• By Sandy Steckel and Scott Stewart • We are currently experiencing another round of fall armyworm in bermudagrass here at the West Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center in Jackson, Tennessee, and this is also occurring elsewhere. We wouldn’t be...

• By Dominic Reisig • Fall armyworm is a sporadic outbreak pest that doesn’t overwinter in North Carolina. Populations migrate here as early as May but really crank up as the summer progresses. We often find fall armyworm in late-planted...

Attendees of the LSU AgCenter’s recent Agronomic Crops School got in the field with scientists for some hands-on lessons in pest control, crop management practices, new technologies and more. The event, held Aug. 5 at the AgCenter Dean Lee Research...

• By Jeff Gore, Angus Catchot, Whitney Crow and Don Cook • We have had numerous calls over the last week or two about poor control of fall armyworm with pyrethroids. They started in the southern part of the state...

• By Scott Stewart • The fall armyworm outbreak of 2021 is going to be one to remember. My colleague, Dr. Gus Lorenz in Arkansas, called it “epic.” We knew something was different this year when another colleague in Texas, Dr....

• By Jeff Gore, Angus Catchot, Whitney Crow and Don Cook • We have had numerous calls over the past week or two about poor control of fall armyworm with pyrethroids. They started in the southern part of the state...

• By Ryan McGeeney • Farmers in five counties in southeastern Arkansas suffered more than $200 million in direct losses to major crops after the major flooding and storm event in early June, according to a preliminary estimate by experts...

• By Jeremy Ross • With the exceptional rainfall we have had over the past two weeks, especially in southern Arkansas, I have had numerous calls asking how flooding will affect a soybean plant. The answer to this question is,...