Tag Archives: Insect Control

The University of Arkansas’s MP-144, also known as “Insecticide Recommendations for Arkansas,” has gone mobile. Producers, agricultural agents and consultants will now have access to a comprehensive database of insecticide …

Effective May 20, the Environmental Protection Agency has cancelled registrations of 12 neonicotinoid insecticides based on voluntary requests from product registrants, according to a May 20 Federal Register notice. Under a …

This year, the Acadia Parish Louisiana State University AgCenter will again be hosting the Acadia / LSU South Farm Field Day, June 12, beginning at 8:30 a.m. We will have …

By Blake Wilson and Sebe Brown Populations of pest insects are often influenced by factors at play well before crops are planted. Winter mortality is a key regulator of spring …

Targeted, environmentally friendly approach enlists beneficial organism to control corn earworm in soybeans. • By Vicky Boyd, Editor • Monty Bohanan, who farms with his brother, Derek, near Stuttgart, Arkansas, likes …

Sure to be a best-seller, Mississippi State University’s “2019 Insect Control Guide for Agronomic Crops” is available for free download from https://bit.ly/2tahYVv. The 129-page manual contains insect-related information on the gamut …

The Louisiana State University AgCenter recently gave Sebe Brown, assistant professor of entomology, statewide Extension responsibilities in cotton, corn, soybeans and grain sorghum insect pest management. Brown is located at …

AmVac Chemical Corp. has launched a new customer website, www.amvac-chemical.com, with a robust search function for agricultural and environmental protection products, retailers and field representatives, marketing and sales campaigns,

The Environmental Protection Agency has registered Inscalis insecticide from BASF to control piercing-sucking insect pests in a number of row and specialty crops, including soybeans. State registrations are pending.

With more than half the Louisiana soybean crop harvested, many farmers are looking at a good year, according to LSU AgCenter soybean specialist Todd Spivey. “About 60 percent