Still this week, dairy producers in extreme northern counties were losing forage grasses in their hay fields from armyworm.
Still this week, dairy producers in extreme northern counties were losing forage grasses in their hay fields from armyworm.
In most years, with highly resistant potato leafhopper alfalfa varieties, management of this pest with insecticides usually isn’t needed.
Our newsletter topics for this week will be a general update of some of the issues that have crossed our desk over the last week.
Prior to this week, there was growing concern of developing drought across Indiana.
National Forage Week (June 21 – 27) is coming to a close.
Early season dry periods are historically not that common for the Eastern Corn Belt of the U.S.
Potato leafhopper populations were noticeably higher after last week’s tropical storm remnants blew through, and now the warmer temperature will drive further increases.
Pheromone traps placed on campus by Purdue’s Turfgrass Entomology & Applied Ecology program have detected emergence of Japanese beetle.
Armyworm Pheromone Trap Report – 2020
Indiana has been very dry the last several weeks (Figure 1) and conditions are starting to show in lawns and fields.
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