Pressures

We’re looking at where farmers have been impacted by recent wild weather this spring, and to what degree.

There are several species of cutworms that attack young corn seedlings, and black cutworm is the most prominent of all species to cause damage to corn. Here’s what you need to know about managing the disease, in case it shows up in your fields.

Before we had Bt to control European Corn Borer (ECB) in corn production, the pest had the potential to cause large yield losses. But European Corn Borer can be controlled effectively without Bt. Here's an outline of best practices.

Following what turned out to be a wild sprint at planting, many farmers are now in a steady rhythm of fieldwork—scouting and spraying are fully underway. So we asked farmers what pressures they are facing so far this crop year, and how those pressures com