• 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 …
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NCSU offers tips to manage stink bugs in soybeans
• By Jenny Carleo • Stink bugs are more than a nuisance pest in soybeans, they cause direct damage to the crop by feeding on the developing pods. In this …
Read More »UGA Southeast REC hosts annual field day online Aug. 12
University of Georgia faculty will share the latest research on cotton, soybeans, corn and other southeast Georgia crops during the annual Southeast Georgia Research and Education Center Field Day held …
Read More »Keep your eyes peeled for corn earworms in the coming weeks
• By Scott Stewart • Although current moth activity remains relatively low, I’m expecting a peak of moth activity sometime beginning around Aug. 5 through 10. Bollworm (a.k.a., corn earworm) …
Read More »Entomologist Stewart named director of UT’s West Tennessee Ag Center
An entomologist well known to row crop producers throughout the South, Scott D. Stewart has been named the director of the West Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center in Jackson. Stewart, …
Read More »UT Soybean Scout School goes virtual July 8 on Zoom
Because of restrictions due to the COVID-19 situation, the University of Tennessee Soybean Scout School will be offered by Zoom from 9-11:30 a.m., Wednesday, July 8. The Zoom link is …
Read More »EPA registers FMC insecticide premix
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently registered Elevest insecticide from FMC Corp. for use on several crops, including cotton, soybeans, sweet corn, peanut and potatoes. The product is a premix …
Read More »Expect another challenging year in the Delta from bollworms
• By Jeff Gore, Angus Catchot, Don Cook and Whitney Crow• The 2019 season was one of the most challenging years we have had from a bollworm standpoint in both …
Read More »Not as bad as you think
Let’s rap about Dectes stem borer in soybeans • By Scott Stewart • Over the years and several times in the last month, I’ve had folks tell me how bad …
Read More »Mild Louisiana winter could lead to pest problems for 2020 season
Amid concerns the 2020 growing season is setting up for a repeat of last year’s challenges, Louisiana State University AgCenter experts emphasized early season management strategies at the Northeast Louisiana …
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