Corn leafhoppers are small insects that can damage corn crops. The bugs appeared farther north this year in Missouri and Oklahoma. A small insect carrying pathogens that can lead to corn stunt was ...

Ranking right up there with chopping onions, peeling garlic, and pitting cherries, shucking corn used to be one of our ...

As corn begins to emerge, be alert to the potential damage that may be caused by early season insects. Most early season insect damage would be caused by cutworms, wireworms or white grubs. Wireworms ...

Scouting for corn earworm. The corn earworm often functions as a foliage-feeder and is described under foliage-feeding caterpillars for this situation. However, it prefers to eat blooms and fruit ...

The combination of a mild winter and spring windstorms coupled with farmers’ cultural practices are creating the potential for increased insect pressure in corn this season. Though no alarms are ...

OLATHE, Colo. — Hot summer days and cool summer nights – it's part of the magic that happens behind the delicious sweet corn grown in Olathe located on the Western Slope of Colorado – but this year's ...

As May winds down, Ken Ferrie is taking a look at some important agronomic decisions farmers can make now to improve the performance of their corn, soybean and wheat crops. Flowering in wheat is ...

Small insects that damage corn crops are being reported in Oklahoma and Missouri fields for the first time this year. Corn leafhoppers are small, tan torpedo-shaped bugs about one-eighth of an inch ...