Corn requires half-inch long fresh silks at the tips of ears in order to pollinate. When pests clip silks shorter than that, pollination won’t happen. “When pollen drops, you need the silks to receive ...

Eating a blend of non-toxic corn and genetically modified toxic corn can result in corn earworm pests (Helicoverpa zea) developing longer, more narrow and more tapered wings—shaped like the wings of a ...

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

What’s crawling around your corn fields? If you haven’t ventured out between the cornstalks lately, several pests could be feeding on your precious corn without your knowing it. Bob Wright, extension ...

As summer moves along, the season is running according to plan for many Arkansas crops—including annual pest issues. Extension specialists and county agents across Arkansas are seeing an increase in ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — An insect that attacks maturing corn could make life more difficult for Eastern Corn Belt farmers in the years to come. The western bean cutworm (WBC) has migrated into Indiana ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Populations of insects that feed on corn and other crops in the United States may flourish and expand to new territory as global climate change brings warmer summers and milder ...

Climate change could provide the warmer weather pests prefer, leading to an increase in populations that feed on corn and other crops, according to a new study. Warmer growing season temperatures and ...

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (Border Report) — Agriculture specialists with U.S. Customs and Border Protection detected in a shipment of corn from Mexico a rare insect that can damage U.S. crops. Officers say ...

Regardless of planting choices, few farmers escape genetically modified crops. More than four-fifths of U.S. soybean, corn, and cotton acres are planted with them, according to The Associated Press, ...

CHICAGO, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Populations of insects that feed on corn and other crops in the United States may flourish and expand to new territory as global climate change brings warmer summers and ...