Crop consultants say farmers should match insect traits to field risk levels when lenders demand lower seed costs.

Winter means absolutely nothing for southern rust. It overwinters in the tropics, moving back into the Corn Belt during ...

Corn leafhoppers are small insects that can damage corn crops. The bugs appeared farther north this year in Missouri and Oklahoma. A small insect carrying pathogens that can lead to corn stunt was ...

The combination of a mild winter and spring windstorms coupled with farmers’ cultural practices are creating the potential for increased insect pressure in corn this season. Though no alarms are ...

Root pruning from corn rootworm can cause significant yield loss, up to 15% yield loss for every node pruned back to 1.5" of ...

As corn begins to emerge, be alert to the potential damage that may be caused by early season insects. Most early season insect damage would be caused by cutworms, wireworms or white grubs. Wireworms ...

A new study analyzing data on genetically modified Bt corn has found “little impact on nontarget insects and other organisms, especially compared to growing conventional corn,” USDA's Agricultural ...

Five major soil insects can be found in corn fields: seed corn maggot, white grubs, wireworms, cutworms and rootworms. Corn rootworm populations have increased in continuous corn production areas of ...

It may be a sun-baked 110-degree season in the desert, but an Iowa-worthy cornfield is flourishing at the University of Arizona Campus Agricultural Center — not far from saguaro-studded Foothills. Don ...

Small insects that damage corn crops are being reported in Oklahoma and Missouri fields for the first time this year. Corn leafhoppers are small, tan torpedo-shaped bugs about one-eighth of an inch ...