by Jennifer Bearden | Sep 14, 2012
Lots of things like to eat soybeans: beetles, stink bugs, worms, leaf hoppers, grasshoppers and even deer. During the pod-fill stage, we need to limit defoliation to less than 20%. Around Labor Day, defoliation can be caused by velvetbean worms, corn earworms,...
by John Doyle Atkins | Aug 6, 2012
On July 16, I was called to a peanut field in Santa Rosa County. There I met with producer Steven Godwin, and CPS agronomist Greg Esco, to examine an unknown cluster of aphids found in the field they were scouting for lesser cornstalk borer. The scientific jury is...
by Les Harrison | Jul 27, 2012
Wakulla County’s honeybees are still foraging as the available blooms are fading with the approach of summer’s dog days. Some pollen is still being brought to the hive by worker bees. Tropical Storm Debbie necessitated mosquito spraying in parts of the county, but...
by Doug Mayo | Jul 26, 2012
A new exotic pest, commonly called the Kudzu Bug, was found in Georgia during autumn 2009. The population has increased and spread since its discovery. As of July 2012, it has been confirmed in eight southeastern states, including Florida. The Kudzu Bug,...
by Les Harrison | Jul 6, 2012
Neither heat, nor drought, or seldom pesticides will keep the leaf footed plant bug off your tomatoes and other vegetables. This insect sucks juices from your fruit or vegetable leaving light colored marks on your fruit caused by cell distortion. Both nymphs and...
