Monday, April 13, 2026

Insect Control

Insect control key to successful double-crop soybean management

Insect control will play a major role in the management of double-crop soybeans after wheat harvest is completed, said an Oklahoma State University Extension expert. Experienced farmers know soybeans planted after wheat are vulnerable to several insect pests, but most...

Alabama scouting schools return to in-person format

After having to switch to a virtual format one year ago, the Alabama Cooperative Extension System crops team will once again host an in-person Cotton and Soybean Scouting Short Course. The 62nd annual scouting school will be hosted in...

UGA sets 2 Insect Scouting Schools for June

The University of Georgia will hold insect scouting schools on June 7 in Tifton and June 15 in Midville, Georgia. Crops to be covered include cotton, peanuts, and soybean. These programs offer basic information on insect pest identification and damage,...

MSU begins annual redbanded stink bug survey

• By Angus Catchot, Whitney Crow, Don Cook and Jeff Gore • Each week we sample, we will add to the previous weeks post with updated map and new counties Over the next few weeks, we will be posting redbanded stink...

NC State launches Soybean Diagnostic Key

North Carolina State University has launched the Soybean Diagnostic Key, a database-driven identification tool, accompanied by instructions for use. Many disorders can mimic one another. Hopefully this key provides helpful information to differentiate between disorders in the field. In many cases,...

Virus provides novel targeted insecticide option

Caterpillars like to eat, and soybeans are often a favorite meal. In Louisiana and other southern states, worms commonly cause economic damage to soybeans. Corn earworm larvae feed on every major row crop. Though they start in corn, the second...

Crop Protection Network releases free scouting web book

Corn and soybean producers know that an essential part of pest management is crop scouting. This subject is as vast as the tasks associated with it, and the benefits are evident to farmers. The Crop Protection Network has released...

UArk releases revised 2021 weed, insect & disease management guides

New editions of the most widely used publications from the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture are now available and offer the latest research-based recommendations for managing insects, weeds and diseases in row crop agriculture, as well as...

MU entomologist lists pests to watch in 2021

University of Missouri Extension field crop entomologist Kevin Rice says Missouri soybean and corn growers should be on the lookout for growing populations of yield-robbing insects in 2021. Soybean gall midge MU Extension found soybean gall midge in two northwestern Missouri...

BASF plans launch of new insecticide premix Renestra

BASF plans to introduce Renestra insecticide for the 2021 growing season. A premix of the pyrethroid, alpha-cypermetrin, and afidopyropen, Renestra offers knockdown and residual control of a broad array of aphid and lepidopteran pests in soybeans and cotton, according...

Louisiana’s soybean season was one for the history books

• By David Moseley, Daniel Stephenson, Sebe Brown, Boyd Padgett, Trey Price and Michael Deliberto • The 2020 soybean season has been one for the history books. In March, the U.S. Department of Agriculture estimated Louisiana producers would increase soybean acres...

EPA registers low-use-rate insecticide from FMC

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently registered Vantacor insect control from FMC Corp. for use on an array of crops including soybeans, corn, cotton, peanuts, potatoes, sweet corn, sugarcane and onions. Vantacor is a highly concentrated formulation of Rynaxypyr...

Scout soybeans for stink bugs and defoliators through R7

• By Dominic Reisig • Although stink bugs were light across the state (with a few exceptions) in corn and cotton, it looks like we are having a stink bug year in soybeans. Since we’ve had a few mild winters...

NCSU plans late-season soybean management webinar Sept. 11

Have questions about late-season insect and disease management? Want to learn about the new historical basis tool developed by North Carolina State Extension to aid in grain marketing? Please join us for a Zoom webinar at 8 a.m. EDT, Sept....

Bored? Scout some soybeans!

• By Scott Stewart • As corn harvest begins and we start finishing off the cotton crop, it’s hard to find time to keep up the good fight on soybean insect management. But make no mistake — late August through...

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