Best Management Practices to Protect Honey Bees and Other Pollinators in Soybean Fields
A new document has been published by Adam Dolezal of the Honey Bee Health Coalition Soybean BMP Technical Committee. …
Hessian Fly Adults Are Active- Should You Spray?
Hessian fly eggs have been spotted on wheat in Beaufort County, NC. Larvae will hatch from these eggs and …
All 2017 Corn Data - NOW AVAILABLE
The 2017 Corn data (Grain and Silage) is now available. This data can be found at the link below, …
Treating Stink Bugs in Late Soybeans
How late should you treat soybeans? Recent research from Maryland and Suffolk, VA, showed that stink bugs can damage …
How Late Should I Treat Insects in Soybeans?
Most of our field crops are transitioning into insect safe stages, except for soybeans. At this point in the …
Treating Earworms Defoliating Soybeans Prior to Bloom and Eating Flowers During Bloom
I have received a number of calls and reports of very high earworm numbers in soybeans that are not …
2017-18 Small Grains Entry Letters and Forms NOW AVAILABLE
The instruction letters and entry forms for the 2017-18 NC Small Grains OVT tests can are now available. Navigate …
2017 Wheat and Oats Data AVAILABLE
2017 Wheat and Oat OVT results are now available. This includes both individual location, location summary, and statewide (1, …
Insecticidal Seed Treatment a Good Idea for Sorghum
Gary Cross, Ag Agent in Granville and Person counties has reported seeing sugarcane aphid on one of its hosts, …
2016 Sorghum OVT Data Now Available
The sorghum hybrid data from 2016, and the 2 year data for 2015-16, has been uploaded to the website. …
Freeze Warning in NC: Are Your Varieties at Risk?
The state will be experiencing temperatures below freezing over the weekend and into next week. In North Carolina, temperatures …
Early Varieties at Flag Leaf (Lenoir)
Early varieties at the Lenoir county OVT location are at or near flag leaf as of March …
Wheat OVT Update
We have started to stage our wheat plots at all 6 OVT locations. Preliminary notes are showing wheat jointing …
Concerns With Flooded Soybeans
In these videos, NC State University Extension crop specialist Dr. Jim Dunphy discusses the immediate and long-term agronomic concerns …
Initial 2016 Insecticide Screening Data Available for Soybean Looper
During summer 2015, we changed our insecticide recommendations for Blackland soybean growers (click here for last year’s article). This …
Update for Bollworm / Earworm Management in Soybean and Cotton
Reports have come in on spray failures in some limited spots of pyrethroids over soybeans and cotton for bollworm/earworm. …
Insecticide Spray Considerations for Worms in Cotton, Sorghum and Soybean
I have heard a lot of concern about worms (bollworm, fall armyworm, soybean looper, etc.) in our crops this …
Worms Already Present in Full and Double Cropped Soybeans
All signs so far point to this year as being wormier than the previous three. I started picking up …
Roundup Ready 2 Extend Soybean Varieties
‘Roundup Ready 2 Extend’ (RR2X) soybean varieties are now becoming available on the market. Farmers should be aware of some …
Wheat Infested With Hessian Fly in Spring- Disc It, Spray It, or Let It Ride?
Article by Dominic Reisig, NCSU Entomologist and Scott Tilley- Regional Grains Agent Two common questions have been popping up as …