Corn Rootworm News Today

DAVENPORT, N.D. – Brad Kellerman, who farms in southeastern North Dakota, has been growing corn for a long time, yet even he was pleased with the size of his cobs

"Most farmers are anxious to harvest and are looking for mature fields, hopping from corn to beans, and then back again."

Corn rootworm has caused some downed corn, making it kind of a pain to combine, Grant Rix said, but it has yielded better than expected.

The corn rootworm has found its way to farms in Salmon Arm, Enderby and Armstrong and the crop risk to growers in the area is significant.

The corn rootworm has found its way to farms in Salmon Arm, Enderby and Armstrong and the crop risk to growers in the area is significant.

“Mother nature will figure a way around your technology and try to eat your lunch.”

USDA APHIS inviting public comment on draft EA and draft PPRA. 88 Fed Reg 21602. APHIS documents in response to Pioneer Hi Bred International petition seeking deregulation of corn variety that uses genetic engineering to resist rootworm and tolerate glufosinate herbicides

USDAs Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is seeking comments on approval of a corn variety genetically engineered to resist western corn rootworm and glufosinate-ammonium herbicides.

Iowa State University shares how entomologists are researching the dangers of rootworm.

Golden Harvest is conducting a new trial to try to find ways to minimize corn rootworm and its impact on farmers fields.