insect management

⋅ 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...

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...

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...

• 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 cotton and soybeans. The issue was not from a numbers...

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 Dectes stem borer hurt their soybean yields. Almost without exception, they...

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 Crops Forum held recently in Delhi. Continued warm, wet weather...

• By Dominic Reisig and Anders Huseth • During the past few days, we have had a major increase of caterpillar defoliation reports in soybeans and sweet potato from southeastern North Carolina counties. Field visits south of Highway 70 and...

• By Dominic Reisig • Kudzu bugs have been a no-show since 2013 but are widespread at low levels this year. A lot of folks are wondering if they should treat, justifiably so, since our fields with the highest populations...

• By Scott Stewart • Despite a relatively lack luster moth flight, corn earworms (a.k.a. bollworm or soybean podworm) are showing up in some late maturing soybean fields, and as usual the action in centered in the river bottom. The...

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 insect populations, particularly for pests introduced from tropical regions. The 2018-2019...

For the 10th year, Syngenta is sponsoring its Pest Patrol program, which provides pest alerts to growers and consultants who have signed up for the text messaging service. Growers and consultants also are able to access the same information...

Auburn University entomologists have discovered a tiny wasp that could provide a huge benefit to soybean producers in Alabama and other Southern states plagued by the kudzu bug. Though only about the size of a pinhead, the newly detected parasitoid...

Freezing winter temperatures should help knock down redbanded stink bug populations. By Vicky Boyd Editor Sub-freezing winter temperatures throughout much of the South and Mid-South likely knocked down redbanded stink bug populations, prompting cheers from growers and consultants who have battled the...

McMichen Farm of Centre in northeast Alabama became the first operation in the state to break the 100-bushel mark. They did so by cutting just more than 102 bushels per acre. The Cherokee County farm has been in the McMichen...

Mid-South soybean producers are encouraged to continue scouting their fields closely for redbanded stink bugs, a pest that can do more severe damage and do it longer into the season than other stink bug species. The warning came from entomologists...