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Western Bean Cutworm Attacks Indiana Cornfields

August 7, 2009 | Posted in Crop Protection

Recent trap monitoring has confirmed that western bean cutworm, a destructive insect that can cause severe yield loss in cornfields, has moved further eastward and has continued to spread into northern areas of Indiana.

White Mold Showing Up In Soybeans

August 7, 2009 | Posted in Crop Protection

Rainy weather and cooler-than-normal summer temperatures have resulted in a white mold outbreak in soybeans throughout parts of the Midwest. For Ohio growers, this is the first major outbreak of white mold in the state in nearly a decade.

Soybean Aphids Can Hurt Your No-Till Yields

When you find as many as 1,021 soybean aphids on a soybean plant, yields have to be affected.

By Lynn Grooms posted on July 1, 2002 | Posted in Crop Protection

IT'S difficult to imagine, let alone count, 1,021 aphids on a single soybean plant. But in soybean fields last August, that's what Dave Cole and Mark Myers did.

Slugs Slither Into Spring

Higher slug counts will put many no-tillers on special alert this spring.

By Susan K. Davis posted on May 1, 2002 | Posted in Crop Protection

David Graham steps out of his red pickup truck and into the barren field. He pulls out his pocketknife, digs into the corn stalks and within 2 minutes uncovers two slugs — one brown and another one black. The slimy creatures slither up the silver blade of his knife.

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