A judge told officials to stop spraying on public and private property to control insects that threaten the state’s $45 billion agriculture industry.

In 2017 destructive pests like western bean cutworm continued to pose threats to growers, damaging corn fields across the Corn Belt and leaving crops susceptible to contamination from molds and mycotoxins like aflatoxin or fumonisins. Luckily for growers using the Agrisure traits portfolio from Syngenta, they had strong control over the pests. “The Agrisure traits […]

Post-harvest is a great time to review, specifically your corn rootworm control plan. Was your 2017 strategy a win-win or a complete fail? We had the opportunity to catch up with Tom Koranek, Great Plains Business Manager, FMC, on a new product the company is registering for corn rootworm control,  Steward EC. Koraneck said the […]

Syngenta has upgraded their liquid corn insecticide product. Now registered by the Environmental Protection Agency, Force Evo will replace Force CS, starting in the 2018 growing season. “Force CS was a very effective insecticide for control of corn rootworm (CRW) and other early-season pests, but its liquid formulation had some challenges with handling and application,” […]

Syngenta’s Minecto Pro insecticide has received EPA registration and approval for use in specialty and vegetable crops to control lepidopteran pests as well as sucking/rasping/chewing pests like mites, whiteflies, psyllids, thrips, and Colorado potato beetles. “Minecto Pro is a new foliar insecticide that answers the industry’s request for a broad spectrum solution with long-lasting residual […]

Arysta LifeScience  and DuPont Crop Protection are mixing it up with the development of new foliar insecticides based on the market-leading product, DuPont Rynaxypyr. The long-term agreement between the two companies allows Arysta LifeScience to combine Rynaxypyr insect control in premixes with acetamiprid, thereby creating novel insecticidal formulations that more efficiently and conveniently address needs […]

The pyrethroid class of insecticides is up for an EPA review in 2017 and FMC is asking soybean growers to voice their support for bifenthrin. The EPA is required to review and re-evaluate active ingredients in crop production every 15 years. The EPA’s decision could put the future of critical bifenthrin insecticides in peril. In […]