Take Another Look at Soybean Aphids Soybean aphids (SBA) were very plentiful across the region and some fields were above threshold. Take another look! The hot, rainy, muggy weather were perfect for a ...
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Wheat Harvest is Ready to Begin Malting barley fields were harvested last week and wheat is very close. I am concerned as this rainy weather pattern holds that sprouting could be an issue. ...
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Soybean Aphid Scouting The last three growing seasons have not been big soybean aphid years, which has been great! However, I saw the winged forms flying off buckthorn three weeks ago. We are hoping ...
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Gypsy Moth Larvae are Everywhere Gypsy moth larvae are serious pests of deciduous trees and even conifers. They were really bad last year in the Finger Lakes and west. They are back in impressive ...
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Black Cutworm Feeding Observed, More Still Arriving Black Cutworm (BCW) catches continue to be high in Wyoming, Livingston and Orleans counties. All locations will be over the 300 DD for the May 9, 16 ...
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Time to Get Serious About Scouting Corn for Black Cutworm Feeding Black Cutworm (BCW) catches continue to be high in Wyoming and Livingston counties. See the degree day accumulations from the first major flight ...
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Black Cutworm and Common Armyworm Moth Numbers Rising in Western Counties Black Cutworm (BCW) catches significantly increased, especially in our western counties. We started monitoring degree-days (base 50°F) on May 9. Every location is ...
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Black Cutworm and Common Armyworm Moth Numbers Rising Both Common Armyworm (CAW) and Black Cutworm (BCW) catches are still relatively low in our area but rising. There are some bigger numbers of BCW caught ...
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Black Cutworm and Common Armyworm Moths Still Low but Increasing Both Common Armyworm (CAW) and Black Cutworm (BCW) are still low compared to most years. I sure do not mind. There was an uptick ...
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Low Flights of Black Cutworm and Common Armyworm Moths By this time last year we had several significant flights of both Common Armyworm (CAW) and Black Cutworm (BCW). It has been relatively quite so ...
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