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Unspoken Truths About Pests: Soybean Aphids
Unspoken Truths About Pests: Soybean Aphids

Be on the lookout for this mother of clones.

Unspoken Truths About Pests: Wireworms
Unspoken Truths About Pests: Wireworms

Look for signs of this early-season nuisance this spring.

Unspoken Truths About Drought-Loving Pests
Unspoken Truths About Drought-Loving Pests

Last year showed how dry conditions create the perfect playground for a few  yield-robbing pests. The conditions could be ripe again for drought-loving pests to emerge.

Unspoken Truths About Pests: Winter Weather Impact
Unspoken Truths About Pests: Winter Weather Impact

Cold temperatures may or may not reduce populations.

Make Pest Scouting a Priority in 2022
Make Pest Scouting a Priority in 2022

Scouting fields for pest problems is a vital component of crop health and yield outcome.

Unspoken Truths About Pests: Down The Vole Hole
Unspoken Truths About Pests: Down The Vole Hole

Ground squirrels and voles take tiny bites from soybean fields.

Unspoken Truths About Pests: Corn Rootworm
Unspoken Truths About Pests: Corn Rootworm

Resistance and continuous corn are boosting populations of this yield-robbing pest.

 Drought and Grasshoppers Ravage Fields in Northwest, Some Producers Bale 10% of Normal Hay Crop
Drought and Grasshoppers Ravage Fields in Northwest, Some Producers Bale 10% of Normal Hay Crop

The drought in the West is producing many firsts, as farmers and ranchers grapple with dire decisions including pulling their cattle off federal lands early. Now many worry they won't source enough feed for winter.

Unspoken Truths About Pests: Grasshoppers
Unspoken Truths About Pests: Grasshoppers

Extreme drought conditions have plagued the West, northern Plains and parts of the Midwest this growing season, which is the ideal environment for the jumping insect.

Unspoken Truth About Pests: This Pest Can Cost You 15% to 50% in Yield Loss
Unspoken Truth About Pests: This Pest Can Cost You 15% to 50% in Yield Loss

As Arkansas farmers work to battle an outbreak of fall armyworms, entomologists say the pest is proving to be devastating in later planted crops. And as farmers see increased pest pressure, the costs are adding up.

Unspoken Truth About Pests: Emerging Pest Pressure That Could Come to a Field Near You
Unspoken Truth About Pests: Emerging Pest Pressure That Could Come to a Field Near You

Emerging pest pressures can create problems for farmers every year. And as certain pest pressures build, Farm Journal Associate Agronomist Missy Bauer says the issues are often geography based.

Grasshoppers Swarm Wheat Fields, A Phenomenon One Grower Hasn't Seen Since the 1980s
Grasshoppers Swarm Wheat Fields, A Phenomenon One Grower Hasn't Seen Since the 1980s

With drought causing spring wheat to shrivel, the heat next week will be lethal for that portion of the crop barely hanging on. Now, grasshoppers are preying on battered fields, possibly shrinking the crop to zero.

Unspoken Truth About Pests: Weather's Influential Role in Pest Pressure This Year
Unspoken Truth About Pests: Weather's Influential Role in Pest Pressure This Year

From too much rain to not enough, to the intensity and direction of the wind, weather plays a vital role in the the amount of pests farmers see from year to year. Agronomists and entomologists debunk myths with facts.

corn rootworm
Expect More Corn Rootworm Problems This Season

Contributing factors include continuous corn, late-maturing hybrids, delayed and/or replanted fields, weedy fields and borders, and soybeans with significant volunteer corn.