WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Volunteer corn can act as a safe harbor for some pests by expressing lower doses of the insecticide found in newly planted corn, according to Purdue University researchers.

This week, Corteva Agriscience unveiled plans to introduce a new corn premix herbicide and a new soybean insecticide seed treatment to farmers in 2022, pending federal registration by the U.S.

Pesticide use is surging among U.S. farmers who are worried about insect resistance to Bt corn. But scientists warn that overuse of chemicals may create a worse problem down the road. Pesticide use is ...

European corn borer may not be on anyone’s radar thanks to Bt corn, but for non-GMO and popcorn fields, it is still causing ...

MSU researcher Felicia Wu finds a a variety of corn that can repel the pest is being overplanted in states like Michigan and Ohio. A new study from a Michigan State University researcher says one of ...

Coming up on AgweekTV, we will talk about the EPA banning an insecticide that is important to the region and what that means for farmers. We will kick off our Agweek Corn and Soybean Tour in Minnesota ...

Aventis CropScience yesterday named Brian Ahrens as product manager for its REGENT® brand corn insecticide. Applied at planting, Regent provides excellent control of first-generation European corn ...

President Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on Friday that it is going to continue to allow a pesticide called chlorpyrifos that interferes with mammalian brain ...

Although wheat stem maggot has been a concern for some Nebraska farmers who plant corn directly into a growing cover crop, entomologists at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln want farmers to scout ...

Nematodes — The University of Delaware no longer offers an open nematode assay service. Aphids In the fall, examine 1 linear foot of row in 10 sites; estimate the number of aphids per foot of row ...