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Zebra chips threaten potato acreage

The most recent disease to hit the country’s potato acreage threatens to wield a direct blow to the thriving processed potato market. Named after the thin striping it causes, zebra chip, is steadily...

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Scout Your Late-planted Corn for Black Cutworm Damage

Plan to scout emerged corn until it reaches V5 to assess damage and evaluate whether you need to take action against this troublesome pest.

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Late Planting Increases Need to Scout for Pests

Crop growers should take extra care to scout their fields this spring for insects and invasive pests.

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Five Insects Display Resistance to Engineered Seeds, Study Says

Five of 13 major crop pests have evolved resistance to Bt corn and cotton, according to University of Arizona researchers.

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SCN Females Already Seen on Soybean Roots

The soybean cyst nematode (SCN) is one of the most damaging pests of soybeans.

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Alfalfa Growers Scouting for Potato Leafhopper

The potato leafhopper can cause significant economic losses for alfalfa growers by reducing yields and quality.

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Time to Scout Rice Fields for Stink Bugs

Two Mississippi State University entomologists share the outlook for stink bugs this year and how to control them.

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Scout Now for Harmful Summer Insects

Even though mild temperatures during planting created prime conditions for avoiding severe problems with spring pests, don't let your guard down when it comes to summer insects.

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Nearly Perfect Pollination

The weather conditions during the critical corn pollination period have been ideal throughout late July, although farmers are concerned about a late maturing crop. Mild temperatures and adequate...

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Scout for Grasshoppers in Emergent Winter Wheat

In locations where grasshoppers are abundant, they may threaten seedlings as they emerge.

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A new one-stop shop for agronomic insights

What if you could have direct access to the thoughts and expertise of more than 70 trained agronomists from across the U.S.? Today, Syngenta made that a possibility with the launch of Know More, Grow...

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Illinois Farmers Wrestle with Rootworm in First-Year Corn

Entomologists report that rotated corn is showing susceptibility to rootworm damage, even when planted to some Bt hybrids.

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Western Corn Rootworm Bt Resistance Now Includes mCry3A Toxin

The problem has been confirmed in some continuous cornfields in Iowa and likely extends to other Midwest states, an Iowa State University entomologist says.

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Kudzu Bugs Are on the Move in Soybeans

This new pest landed in southern fields in 2009 and is headed north.

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Western Corn Rootworm Resistance to Bt Confirmed in Four States

Entomologists in additional states in the Midwest and Northeast suspect resistance is present in farmers’ fields and are conducting laboratory analysis to make a final determination.

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Crop Tech

See the latest crop technology from companies like AgBiTech, Innvictis Crop Care, LLC,, Syngenta, and more.

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Armyworm Marches North

A year-round resident of Florida and Puerto Rico, the Cry1F-resistant pest has been spotted in North Carolina

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NTSB Overturns Key Drone Decision

Drones are "aircraft" and are subject to the FAA's regulations. So says 4-member panel of the National Transportation Safety Board in an opinion that was released earlier today.

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Volatile Weather Will Affect Much More Than Planting Date

Chances are, Mother Nature has been setting up plenty of potential problems all winter long.

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What’s Cutting Corn Yields Now?

Yield is essential to gain a positive net profit. Check corn fields early to detect and deter this detrimental pest.

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Scout to Protect Yield and Profit

Mother Nature is giving farmers a run for their money this year, but, thankfully, there’s a growing crop to tend to in most areas.

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Stink Bugs, Other Pests Appearing in Large Numbers of Crops in Arkansas

Farmers should expect to see an unusually thick wave of insect and pest populations in crops across the state, which outdoors experts blame on widespread flooding in the spring and early summer and...

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New Corn Disease Found in the Midwest

Tar spot, a corn disease never seen previously in the U.S., is found in Indiana.

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A Billion Dollar Pest With a Bad Rap?

In the Broadway musical Wicked, the Wicked Witch of the West isn’t evil as much as she just suffers from bad publicity. In the agriculture industry, could the same be said about nematodes?

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Where Will Fire Ant March End?

Invasive fire ants, six-legged devils barely an eighth of an inch long, are a scourge to farming and livestock production. Keep the granule bait close, and the Benadryl closer.

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Big Yields and Tiny Aphids in Crosshairs

When Winter squeezed the chemical trigger on a sugarcane aphid army, he didn’t know he was protecting bin-busting grain: the best sorghum crop of his life.

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Bats Save Billions In Pest Control

A secret war is waged above farmland every night. In games of hide-and-seek between bats and crop pests, the bats always win, and the victories are worth billions of dollars to U.S. agriculture.  

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Search Warrants for Potato Pest Ordered at Idaho Farms

Officials in Idaho can now issue search warrants to find a pest in potato fields. 

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EPA Denies Activists' Petition to Cancel Chlorpyrifos

Following a recent Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) review, chlorpyrifos will stay on the market. The insecticide has been on the market for more than 50 years and is used in close to 100...

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Perfect Storm For Soybean Insect Crisis

NAICC gives perspective on insect control options. 

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AgTech Investment is Booming

A ‘new agricultural revolution’ is brewing, and farmers are in the center of it.

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Marrone Bio Product Reduces Crop Stress

Haven antitranspirant, a biostimulant made by Marrone Bio, is a compound applied to leaves to reduce transpiration (water evaporation from leaves) to cool plants.  

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EPA Reopens Comment Period for Pyrethroids

Farmers interested in defending pyrethroids can comment through July 7, 2017 on the pesticide. The comment docket re-opened this past Monday as the pesticide goes through reregistration.

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When Planting, Dot I's and Cross T's

As more fields dry out from last week’s deluge and more planters roll across Midwestern fields, it’s time to revisit your mental planting checklist, according to Lance Tarochione, technical agronomist...

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Thinking About Second-Year Soybeans?

Fields planted to soybeans multiple years in a row will find themselves under certain specific pressures. Here’s what to watch for.

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American Countryside: Monument to a Pest

In the early 1900s, cotton was king around Enterprise, Ala., and much of the southern U.S. But a silent southern invasion was just beginning.

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Time to Choose Your Pest Boss

Designating one person to keep an eye on crop conditions can pay big dividends

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Be Weather Wary When Scouting

Insects and diseases likely to vary this season—here’s what should be top of mind

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Japanese Beetle Reports on the Rise

Scouting tips and economic thresholds.

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Weigh-In on the Value of Pyrethroids

Today, the National Association of Independent Crop Consultants (NAICC) issued a request to crop consultants, agronomists, retailers and other ag professionals to submit any comments they have on...

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FJCTV: "Historic" Japanese Beetle Damage

Japanese beetles are spreading across the country, and this year, infestations appear to be at or near record levels in parts of the Corn Belt.

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Manage Bt Resistance Now

Stop pests before they nibble at your bottom line

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Nematodes Are Everywhere, Including in Corn

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Mississippi Farmer Catches Brazen Beaver in Soybeans

Smartphone video rolling, a Mississippi farmer was surprised to find a beaver hammering a quarter-acre of soybeans in broad daylight.

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South Dakota Soybeans Feeling Pest Pressure

Yield robbers in the form of thistle caterpillars are the surprise guests of South Dakota soybean fields as late September and early October harvest approaches.

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Invasive Stink Bugs Plaguing Soybean Farmers in 3 States

The Deep South's nastiest soybean pest is marching north, and Mississippi and Arkansas are facing their worst invasion ever.

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Dow/DuPont Close Historic Merger

Today Dow and DuPont close their merger valued at $130 billion. Final required divestments will take place over the next 18 months, while the larger combined company will split into three separate...

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Slugs Crawling to a Field Near You

Slugs are an accepted part of the bill for many agriculture operations, but as numbers rise, particularly in the Midwest, producers are reckoning with a new level of damage. A mild slug presence,...

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Fumonisin Reaches Critical Level in Texas and Oklahoma Corn Crop

A mycotoxin with the propensity to hurt livestock and even humans that consume it, fumonisin is making its way through parts of Okalahoma and Texas well-above normal levels. Farmers with the mold are...

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APFN-US--Pesticide Buffer Zone-Schools

California bans use of some farming pesticides near schools

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