Armyworm Pheromone Trap Report – 2024
Armyworm Pheromone Trap Report – 2024
For the last couple of weeks, storms originating in the Southwestern U.S. have effectively “vacuumed up” black cutworm (BCW) moths and deposited them, along with rainfall, in the Midwest.
Pest managers in southern Indiana should now be scouting their alfalfa for leaf feeding from weevil larva.
This spring is likely to be more of a tale of individual months than of a season. For the three-month period of March, April and May, the national Climate Prediction Center (CPC) predicts Indiana to be warmer and wetter than the climatological average conditions.
The 2023-2024 meteorological winter (December, January, and February) has concluded, but it seems as if we only experienced a couple weeks of winter-like weather this season.
Certainly, this incredible inconsistency that our atmosphere has been exposing us to is not unusual for the Midwest. That does not make it any less jarring, though, to go from needing to wear sweaters and a coat to then forgetting that coat at the office because the weather got warmer.
The Purdue Forage Field Guide and subscriptions to forage magazines have great value if information learned is utilized in the forage business.
The following is a link to a simple, short online survey.
Purdue’s 2024 Crop Management Workshop
This season’s extended fall has allowed many plants and insects remain growing and active.
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