Best Management Practices to Protect Honey Bees and Other Pollinators in Soybean Fields
A new document has been published by Adam Dolezal of the Honey Bee Health Coalition Soybean BMP Technical Committee. …
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Treating Stink Bugs in Late Soybeans
How late should you treat soybeans? Recent research from Maryland and Suffolk, VA, showed that stink bugs can damage …
How Late Should I Treat Insects in Soybeans?
Most of our field crops are transitioning into insect safe stages, except for soybeans. At this point in the …
Treating Earworms Defoliating Soybeans Prior to Bloom and Eating Flowers During Bloom
I have received a number of calls and reports of very high earworm numbers in soybeans that are not …
Considerations for Pyrethroids (Bifenthrin and Others) Used to Manage Bollworm in Cotton and Soybean
Pyrethroids (common examples include Baythroid XL, bifenthrin, Declare, Karate Z, and Mustang Maxx) have been used for managing bollworm …
Insecticide Efficacy Results for Corn, Cotton and Soybeans
Extension entomologists are surveyed yearly across the Cotton Belt for how well insecticides and Bt crops are working. These …
Concerns With Flooded Soybeans
In these videos, NC State University Extension crop specialist Dr. Jim Dunphy discusses the immediate and long-term agronomic concerns …
Initial 2016 Insecticide Screening Data Available for Soybean Looper
During summer 2015, we changed our insecticide recommendations for Blackland soybean growers (click here for last year’s article). This …
Update for Bollworm / Earworm Management in Soybean and Cotton
Reports have come in on spray failures in some limited spots of pyrethroids over soybeans and cotton for bollworm/earworm. …
Insecticide Spray Considerations for Worms in Cotton, Sorghum and Soybean
I have heard a lot of concern about worms (bollworm, fall armyworm, soybean looper, etc.) in our crops this …
Bollworm Flight Is On! Light Trap Data for NC Available Here
Light trap data can always be accessed by visiting cotton.ces.ncsu.edu. Scroll over to “links” and down to “light trap …
Worms Already Present in Full and Double Cropped Soybeans
All signs so far point to this year as being wormier than the previous three. I started picking up …
Roundup Ready 2 Extend Soybean Varieties
‘Roundup Ready 2 Extend’ (RR2X) soybean varieties are now becoming available on the market. Farmers should be aware of some …
US EPA Approves Use of Aldicarb for 2016 Season
The US EPA has approved the use of AgLogic™ 15G Aldicarb Pesticide for the 2016 planting season. Unfortunately for …
North Carolina Agriculture and Forestry Adaptation Work Group Needs Your Help
Dear North Carolina Commodity Crop Producers, North Carolina produces more tobacco and sweet potatoes than any other state and ranks …
Loopers Picking Up in Soybeans- Best Management Practices
Loopers that we saw in late July and early August never went away, but more adults are picking up …
Managing Corn Earworm in Soybeans
Corn earworm/tobacco budworm can defoliate soybeans, but are more serious pests of seeds forming in the pod. They should …
Important Changes to Insecticide Recommendations for Soybean Loopers in the Blacklands
As recently as 2014, My top choices for soybean looper were Belt, Prevathon and Steward. These also included premix …
Current Soybean Insect Thesholds
I’ve been getting a lot of questions on soybean insect thresholds. You can always find them on the soybean …
Kudzu Bugs Beginning to Migrate Into Soybeans
Like last year, spots where kudzu bugs are showing up now in very small numbers near traditional “hot spots” …