There are two pests that we’re on high alert for in Indiana and Ohio.
Now is the time to act.
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There are numerous fields containing heavy, winter annual weed pressure because they did not get sprayed or tilled last fall, or cover crops have yet to receive a burndown application to kill off prior to planting. These type of field scenarios are a primary target for egg laying moths.
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Black cutworm will migrate in and feed on anything they can, but they’re easily controlled by synthetic pyrethroids.
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Wireworms are much tougher to kill and currently they’re attacking seedlings because they’re staying much closer to the surface due to cooler soil temperatures.
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Synthetic pyrethroids are less effective on wireworms.
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What must you do now to protect your yield? Watch the video and see –
Join us as seed manager Brandon Lovett visits with Glenn Longabaugh CCA, Winfield United Regional Agronomist, about the damage these two pests can do and how to defend against them.
