Scouting is a critical component of integrated pest management for soybeans — you need to know which pests are present to effectively manage them. Careful scouting for pests — both harmful and ...

Ensuring we and generations to come have enough to eat in the face of climate change and consequent species migrations, involves the necessary evil of killing insects that destroy our crops.

Even though farmers have been dealing with rice stink bugs as pests since the 1880s, entomologists are still getting to know ...

Crop farmers, agronomists and others who scout crops for insect injury can gain new insight through the latest version of Field Crop Insects. First published in 2012, the latest edition became ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Crop losses in African countries due to insect pests are estimated at 49% of the expected total crop yield each year, according to ...

Researcher touts hubbard squash as being effective against two species. I had the opportunity to attend my national meeting for county agricultural educators this past week. It was wonderful going ...

Extension entomologist Ben Thrash reveals which soybean insects threaten yields and which farmers can safely ignore in new ...

Just like any other organisms, crop-destroying soil microbes die if they get too hot. With that fact in mind, scientists have developed a new system in which soil-heating microwaves are used to kill ...

To be a successful gardener, it is important to have an integrated approach to handling obstacles in the garden. These considerations include techniques such as planting resistant crop varieties, ...

LE MARS, Iowa — After a rough start to the growing season for Iowa’s corn and soybean crops and spotty showers throughout the summer, crops are starting to be stressed in northwestern Iowa. “This ...