Insecticide buying, The pest control payoffBy: Ron Ross Although use of soil insecticides has dropped off recently, experts say corn growers should ponder this investment more carefully.If you skipped using... Your comments neededBy: the staff of Farm Industry News The number of tools for ridding corn and soybeans of insects may bereduced, unless enough producers take action. The Environmental ProtectionAgency is... Scouting with sticky trapsTwo summers ago, Gary Dillion headed to his soybean fields with sticky yellow traps. During the next four weeks, the Chrisman, IL, farmer checked his... CropsGrain drain ends buildupThe new Grain Drain, from May-Wes, keeps grain and dirt from building up in front of and behind the auger housing. Constructed... Population ExplosionBy: Tom Dodge Populations of Western corn rootworm in first-year corn in east-central Illinois and northern Indiana exploded in 1997 in a continuation of an outbreak... |