Insects

Bee hotels boost native bee populations Bee hotels boost native bee populations

To help protect and increase dwindling pollinator populations, homeowners can build bee hotels, which are the insect equivalent of a birdhouse.

byTrisha Gedon, Communications Specialist

Jun 30, 2023

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mosquito wild flowers

Mosquito types, tips and prevention Mosquito types, tips and prevention

byPaul Schattenberg

Jun 30, 2023

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sugarcane aphid on grain sorghum leaf

Crop Protection

Tolerant varieties tone down sugarcane aphid Tolerant varieties tone down sugarcane aphid

Jun 27, 2023

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Emerald ash borer

Oregon quarantine targets emerald ash borer Oregon quarantine targets emerald ash borer

byFarm Press Staff

Jun 26, 2023

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Watching for pests in the West’s vineyards Watching for pests in the West’s vineyards

Jun 22, 2023

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Scientists seeking to negate nasty nematodes Scientists seeking to negate nasty nematodes

Jun 22, 2023

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grasshopper on a shaft of wheat

What’s bugging your crops this year?

What’s bugging your crops this year?

Close-up of armyworm larvae in field

Armyworms spotted in Missouri fields

Armyworms spotted in Missouri fields

byMindy Ward, Editor, Missouri Ruralist

Rice farm

Rice stinkbug resists management

Rice stinkbug resists management

byPam Caraway, Farm Futures executive editor

Spotted lanternfly

Colorado taking survey of ag pests

Colorado taking survey of ag pests

byFarm Press Staff

young plants in a field

Perfect storm leads to sugarbeet root maggots

Perfect storm leads to sugarbeet root maggots

Cotton seedlings in commercial field.

Acephate-resistant cotton thrips confirmed in North Carolina

Acephate-resistant cotton thrips confirmed in North Carolina

byDominic Reisig, Extension entomologist

Close-up of apple trees in orchard

Pest management tips for apple trees

Pest management tips for apple trees

byCurt Arens, Editor, Nebraska Farmer

Snow Field

Insects hid from killing freezes

Insects hid from killing freezes

byPam Caraway, Farm Futures executive editor

Close up of black cutworm crawling in field of early planted rice.

Pest pressure in 2023: some you treat and some you don’t

Pest pressure in 2023: some you treat and some you don’t

byWhitney Shannon Haigwood, Staff Writer

Navel orangeworms

Wet year stifles NOW, but stay on guard

Wet year stifles NOW, but stay on guard

byTim Hearden, Western Farm Press

Insect trap

Napa marks 20 years of pest exclusion efforts

Napa marks 20 years of pest exclusion efforts

byTodd Fitchette, Associate Editor

northern corn rootworm beetle

What is corn rootworm’s next move on your farm?

What is corn rootworm’s next move on your farm?

mosquitoes

5 mosquito home-protection tips

5 mosquito home-protection tips

South Carolina Boll Weevil Eradication

Boll weevil eradication assessment reduced in South Carolina

Boll weevil eradication assessment reduced in South Carolina

byJonathan Veit

Shot-hole feeding in corn leaves, indicative of European corn borer

Scout for insect damage in corn

Scout for insect damage in corn

byTom J. Bechman, Midwest Crops Editor

Michael Miller bee hive

Bee-vival? Is Texas’ bee population rebounding?

Bee-vival? Is Texas’ bee population rebounding?

byPaul Schattenberg

signs of soybean cyst nematodes on roots

Spring is in the air, and soybean cyst nematode doesn't care

Spring is in the air, and soybean cyst nematode doesn't care

alfalfa

Manage alfalfa from start to finish

Manage alfalfa from start to finish

byJennifer Carrico

rice stink bug sorghum

LRGV scout school scheduled May 24

LRGV scout school scheduled May 24

byRon Smith, Contributing Writer

spotted lanternfly sits on the hood of a white car

Check your ride for unwanted pest passengers

Check your ride for unwanted pest passengers

Common tools help scout soybean aphid

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Common tools help scout soybean aphid infestations

Common tools help scout soybean aphid

Young peanuts in field.

4 things peanut thrips don’t want you to know

4 things peanut thrips don’t want you to know

Grasshoppers on crop

Will grasshoppers be a problem this season?

Will grasshoppers be a problem this season?

Parasitoid wasp

Not all wasps are the same

Not all wasps are the same

wheat-bird-cherry-oat-aphid

Drought conditions increase wheat disease, insect potential

Drought conditions increase wheat disease, insect potential

agrilife-reagan-noland-cotton-damage

Resistant varieties, rotation suppress reniform nematodes

Resistant varieties, rotation suppress reniform nematodes

byRon Smith, Contributing Writer

Pollinators NC State University

Quality of habitat key role in conserving bee populations

Quality of habitat key role in conserving bee populations

byMick Kulikowski

herbicide-resistant waterhemp taking over field of corn

Crop Protection

Scout crops early and often

Scout crops early and often

byFran O'Leary, Wisconsin Agriculturist Senior Editor

soybean plant leaf covered with aphids

Soybean aphid control gets update

Soybean aphid control gets update

byKevin Schulz, Editor

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