Corn leafhoppers, invasive herbivorous insects, are capable of spreading the pathogenic corn stunt disease. David Kerns, an extension entomologist with Texas A&M AgriLife, reported in an April 1 ...

Aaron Porter farms in southeast Missouri and he says recent rains and flooding have delayed planting. “Typically, we’d like ...

Scientists study a natural fungus that may help eradicate the armyworm pest, which has spread to 80 countries and destroys ...

Penn State researchers discover flavonoids make corn earworm larvae sick. New herbicides and a bioinsecticide show promise.

Farmers who are seeing this issue show up in their seed sample test results might want to consider not using starter ...

Widespread planting of corn hybrids designed to combat corn rootworm, the crop’s most damaging pest in the Corn Belt, is ...

“Those whispers pushed new corn down 9 cents per bushel last week and new crop soybeans up 22 cents per bushel. If true, today’s planting intentions report would have been disappointing to ...

Entomologist Krista Hamilton says insect surveys started this week, specifically with black cutworms that have likely blown ...

Since we had a mild winter, there’s a strong chance that there will be heightened pressure from corn rootworm this year. Irwin said that makes using VT4PRO seed an even better choice ...

Continuous corn planting exacerbates resistance, while crop rotation helps manage rootworm pressure. Optimal Bt corn usage varies by region, with overplanting more common in western states.

It will be available for use in products for row and specialty crops, including corn ... and organophosphates are commonly employed to control devastating pests like corn rootworm that can cost corn ...

This was the eighth episode of the 2025 Strategic Farming: Let’s Talk Crops! webinar series, which will continue through March. Two primary corn rootworm species including western and northern ...