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News Our soybean sentinel plots have only minor insect/disease populations, so insecticide and fungicides applications may provide little benefit; scout to know! More
News Our soybean sentinel plots continue to have minor insect and disease populations, but walk your own fields to see what is active at your place. More
News Potato Leafhopper is Abundant in Alfalfa
06/27/2018
Damage to alfalfa from potato leafhopper has caught some growers by surprise. Scout your fields to determine if your local populations are problematic! More
News Insect pests are active in each of our major crop species; here we touch upon four major pests to understand local populations. More
News Our first significant flight of cutworm moths arrived in PA, and we have encountered an odd situation with seedcorn maggots infesting insecticide-treated seed. More
News Alfalfa Insect Management
05/16/2018
Alfalfa weevil remains active across the state, and potato leafhopper is bound to arrive in the coming weeks. Scout fields to understand your local populations. More
News Penn State’s Department of Entomology is studying the scientific basis for crop rotations and farm layouts to determine if they can be better designed to improve pest control. More
News Penn State Extension will again been using pheromone traps to monitor arriving populations of black cutworm moths. More
News This week pest pressures continue to be low for our maturing soybeans in the R6-7 stages. Insect damage has negligible effects on yield after the R5 stage. More
Reports continue to indicate low pest populations in soybean fields. Most of our fields are in R5-6 and most insect damage is not relevant after R5. More
Reports this week from across Pennsylvania continue to indicate low pest populations in the soybean fields we are scouting. More
News Kudzu Bug: Still Approaching?
08/09/2017
In 2013, an exotic soybean pest, the kudzu bug, was approaching PA. Recently, kudzu bug adults & egg masses were found on soybeans in Beltsville, MD. More
Reports this week from across the state indicate low pest populations in the soybean fields we are scouting. More
News Western Bean Cutworm
07/26/2017
Western Bean Cutworm pest pressure may apparently be higher than in previous years. More
News More reports this week from across the state that uniformly indicate low pest populations in the soybean fields we are scouting. More
News Corn Aphids have become a recent problem on some farms in Pennsylvania and are the result of imbalances of natural predators. More
News Reports indicate low pest populations in the soybean fields around the state. For most issues, there is little economic return in applying insecticides. More
News Most soybean fields appear to be growing well and are starting to experience some minor defoliation. More
News With better growing conditions, most soybean fields seem to be growing well and have left slug damage behind (with few or no exceptions, I hope). More
News While slugs are fresh in our minds it may be beneficial to discuss some longer-term slug-management options that might help decrease future slug challenges. More
News Aphids in Timothy Fields
04/26/2017
Have you seen browning in timothy fields? It may be due to a heavy aphid population. More
News Black Cutworm Monitoring Network
04/05/2017
Penn State Extension will again monitor black cutworm populations across the state. Keep monitoring for this prospective pest. More