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MyIPM App Series Expands to Include Row Crops May 25, 2022
New insect wreaking havoc in your cotton field? Troublesome disease in your peanut stand you don’t recognize? No idea where to start? There’s an app for that. This year, farmers […]
South Carolina: Clemson Releases ‘MyIPM for Row Crops’ App Feb 24, 2022
Farmers have a new tool this year to help identify and defeat diseases and pests in their row crops. A MyIPM for Row Crops app was developed at Clemson University […]
South Carolina: Pee Dee Research Field Day Discusses Soil Health, Pest Management Sep 12, 2019
Healthy soils are important for healthy crops and Clemson University researcher Rongzhong Ye says planting cover crops, especially cereal rye, can help rejuvenate South Carolina soils. Cover crops during the off […]
South Carolina Corn: Dealing with Stink Bugs in Early Fields May 11, 2018
There have been numerous calls about stink bugs being an issue on early corn. I contacted my colleague, Dr. Francis Reay-Jones, located at the Pee Dee REC in Florence, who […]
South Carolina Sorghum: Sugarcane Aphids Confirmed in State Jul 10, 2017
Tiny, hungry and rapidly reproducing sugarcane aphids have made their annual migration to South Carolina to feast on grain sorghum, an agricultural commodity that had been gaining popularity. The bugs […]
South Carolina Wheat: New Aphid Pest, Be On The Lookout Apr 18, 2016
A new aphid pest of wheat, Sipha maydis, was found for the first time in South Carolina in April 2016. This species is found in Europe, Asia and parts of […]
Soybean Loopers In South – Early, Many, Hungry – Scouting? – AgFax Aug 14, 2015
Soybean loopers have become more widespread across the South. Some slippage has been noted in the Southeast. Velvetbean caterpillars and an assortment of other foliage feeders are in the game […]
