Preserve Cotton Yield by Addressing Tarnished Plant Bug
With low cotton prices, growers are rightly looking to reduce the cost of production. This previous article details why …
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Saving Money on Cotton in 2025? Don't Skimp on Scouting & Treating Mite and Insect Pests
With cotton prices down, many growers are looking for ways to cut production costs. This article emphasizes the importance …
2024 Soybean Insecticide Ratings
Every year, entomologists from the National Cotton States Arthropod Pest Management Working Group are polled on insecticide efficacy. This …
Insecticide Ratings for Corn
Every year, entomologists from the National Cotton States Arthropod Pest Management Working Group are polled on insecticide efficacy. This group consists …
Insecticide Ratings for Cotton
Every year, entomologists from the National Cotton States Arthropod Pest Management Working Group are polled on insecticide efficacy. This …
Maximizing Corn Yields: Bt vs Non-Bt Hybrids in Statewide Large-Plot Trials
Bt corn growers are required to plant 20% of their total corn acres to non-Bt corn for resistance management. …
Don't Give Up Scouting Soybeans- Soybean Loopers and Stink Bugs Are Abundant
I call the first week of September looper week, and this year has not disappointed. Soybean loopers cannot overwinter …
Don't Forget About Stink Bugs in Cotton
Following the reduced-spray environment brought by Bt cotton, stink bugs became a consistent pest. These were a major concern …
Concerns About Corn Earworm in Field Corn
As I mentioned in a soybean article, corn earworms are early this year, populations are high, and moths are flying. …
Corn Earworms Are Early in Soybeans, Populations Are High, and Moths Are Flying
For many years, corn earworm has been the top pest in North Carolina soybeans in terms of cost of …
Tarnished Plant Bug Management in 2024
With cotton squaring, growers should have someone scouting their fields weekly for tarnished plant bugs. With the dry conditions, …
Pest Alert- Scout for Foliage Feeding From Asiatic Garden Beetle
Asiatic garden beetle is an invasive insect that is an occasional pest of seedling cotton in North Carolina. In …